12 January 1900, Letter from Johann Jacob Frautschi to Christian Frautschi

 


University of Wisconsin-Madison. Max Kade Institute. Frautschi Letters (MKI/Frautschi3/1900LetterB)

Electronic version: http://frautschi-letters.mki.wisc.edu/let/JJ1900/JohannJacob1900.html


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St. Paul, <dateLine> <date value="1900-01-12"></date>12 January 1900<lb></dateLine>
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My dear brother Christian,<lb>
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We were glad to receive you nice letter of 10 January. It was so</b>
good to hear from you again.</b>
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We are sorry that Jurgin is still feeling poorly. We hope that </b>
the Texas climate will do his heath some good.</b>
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We too still have our little aches and pains. A week after you</b>
were here last my wife broke an ankle, she slipped on the wet</b>
sidewalk. She could not walk again for quite some time and her</b>
ankle is still weak.</b>
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Ruben got home again last fall. The country air last summer did</b>
Him a lot of good, the doctor thinks that his lung will be</b>
totally healed, he is still under the doctor's care, so is </b>
Lille, she might have to have an operation.</b>
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Well, we have good reason to thank God. He has faithfully </b>
sustained us up to now through all trials, and we place our hope</b>
and trust in Him that he will continue to help and guide us and </b>
make everything work to our good.</b>
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Our son George worked for a long time in Portland, Oregon, and </b>
San Francisco, California, then he went to Los Angeles and has</b>
now moved on to Texas. We expect him to return to us in the </b>
spring.</b>
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The winter so far has not been very cold and there has not been</b>
enough snow for sledding so we haven't sold a lot of winter</b>
articles, otherwise business would have been better like it was</b>
previously.</b>
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Adolf has written to us several times and sent us some </b>
photographs of the Philippines, we think they are very </b>
interesting and we have had them mounted on cards. We are so</b>
glad that he is healthy and we hope that he will arrive home</b>
safely.</b>
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We send our best greetings to you and wish you all the best in</b>
body and soul <1b>
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Your brother
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<signed> John J. Frautschi </signed>
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