Dated: June 21st, 1911
Addressed to: Dear Ethel (21 yrs old)
Mailed from: Grand Coulee, Sask
Relationship: Courting
Profession: Farmer
Writing instrument: Fine point pen, Black ink, but looks blue-grey in places
Writing Paper: Thick, textured, linen-like paper, 9 inches x 6.5 inches. Paper is folded in half, written on front and back like a book, but inside, paper is turned sideways and written across short length and down both pages.
People/Places mentioned in this letter:
- *Louie: Noah's sister, Sarah Louisa Nelson, married to Fred Coventry
- Mother: *Sarah Sophia Deverell Draper
- *Sadie Nelson: Ethel's 16 yr old sister
- a Scotch man: *hired man to work on the farm
- your Englishman: *hired man to work on the farm
League Games: Base ball played between the following 3 close towns:
- Grand Coulee (Noah's town)
- Bell Plain (Belle Plain)
- Pense
* Look under the Categories/Labels in the right column for more on posts on the above people.
**More info under Genealogical Notes
Grand Coulee, Sask. June. 21st/11. Dear Ethel;- Received your letter Sat. & was glad to hear from you Hope you are well as this leaves meat present. Well Ethel I am buisy as a hen drawing rails drawing lumber & cement & ect for the house have the lumber nearly all home & the carpenter is coming up in the morning to put up the form for the cement cellar. I wish I could walk in and see you to-night but I guess I wont. eh. |
Say I would certainly like to see you for a while. Louie came up with mother today & is going back tomorrow she just told me to send you her best love. Well Ethel we have had another game of base ball with Bell Plain and beat them 9 to 7. so we have won the first 3 league games wheather we win any more or not. We have to go up to play B.P. onthe first so I will have a holiday. was to play Pense tomorrow but it was postponed & I dont know when we will play them. Suppos Sadie will soon be trying her examinations & wish her all kinds of success. Say wont you be glad to getout of a place where they have such thunder storms as you have there We have not had any thunder to speak of for two years but cant tell when it will start. Say I have a Scotch man working for me now and he is a dandy. and can be depended on to take care of things. hope you have got rid of your Englishmen. Haha |
Well it is just 10 minutes after twelve by your time & 22.10 by ours or 10 after 10. Oh say did I tell you I am in the tent & it is fine & cool at night. Ha.Ha. How are the men getting along at the barn? Well Ethel I guess I will have to close for this time & dont you be as slow about writing as I am but I am to lazy to write much at this time so good Bye with lots of Love & a great big hug and half a million kisses. N. C. D. x x x x x x x |
Genealogy Notes
A brilliant function held last Friday night, was the Coronation ball of the Royal Club at the Bota- nic Gardens, in London, England. The grounds were illuminated - the trees being studded with 50,000 elec- tric lights in various colours--form- ing a veritable picture of fairyland. The ball-room was large enough to hold a thousand couples in comfort. It was temporary erected for the occasion. |