Author of Letter: Ethel Isabell Nelson, age 21 (born 31 May 1890)
Dated: June 4th, 1911
Addressed to: Mr. N. C. Draper, Grand Coulee, Sask. (Dear Noah)
Mailed from: Belhaven Post Office, Ont.
Relationship: Courting
Profession: Farmer's Daughter
Writing instrument: Fine point pen, blue ink
Written on: Light bluey/gray, slightly thick, textured, linen-like paper, 9 inches x 6 inches, folded in half. The paper is folded in half with the first page on the front and last on the back, but inside, she's turned the paper and written across the short width and turned both pages into one long page. Hence this letter has only 3 pages.
People/places mentioned in this letter:
- *Veda - 16 yr old daughter of Noah's sister, Eva Amelia and Joe Perrault
- Noah's mother - *Sarah Sophia Deverell
- Aunt Sarah - Sarah Elizabeth Glover, sister of Ethel's mom, Ida Amelia Glover
- Dora *Mahoney - Ethel's neighbor and schoolfriend
**Howe's Great London Circus
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Belhaven. P. O. June 4th, 1911. Mr. N. C. Draper, Grand Coulee, Sask, Dear Noah,- Rec'd your letter Friday evening, and the same as usual, was flad to get it, and to know you still continue to have good health, the main thing in this world, "eh". I had a card from Veda, Thrusday, I think I shall have to tell you how she started it. |
2. Dear Aunt Ethel, "ha, ha," said she was glad you had got a girl for she was afraid you was'nt going to get any. I think I shall write and tell her. I am glad I had the chance then to help you out a bit. She certainly is quite a girl. Say I am glad your mother is going down to stay with you this summer. If she does'nt come down East. Now, will she come with you this winter, Well you certainly did fine at your ball game. There is going to be a wild beast show in Newmarket on June the 6th. but I don't hardly think we will be able to go. we will have 7 or 8 men then. They start in the morning at the wall. I got a letter from Aunt Sarah, wanting me to go up there for July and August, I may be able to go for a week or so, but I am afraid it will be hard work to get away from work. And as to your message it certainly does seem hard to get away. Wish you were coming down to the raising. I think they intend to raise the |
barn about the first of July. Dora Mahoney has quit school. The teachers told her there was no use of her trying her exams than anything. We had some quite windy weather a little while ago. I suppose about the time you had your snow storm. The plan for the house seems allright so far as I see now, and I guess if you build the way you think best, it will be allright. And Noah built it Just as you feel that you can. For everything put to gether means a lot, I know. I guess I will write Veda a card when I get your letter finished, and I guess it is nearly to a close for this time. So must say good-Bye. with love from Ethel. (Yours) "eh" xxxxxxxx |
Genealogy Notes
Many Great Features Coming With Howe's Great Lon- don Circus. The shake-ups to the nerves, the rag-time beat of your heart, the fear that someone will be hurt, with the accompanying apprehen- sion that they may not, all of this --and this is the delight of the Great London Circus, to be at Newmarket, June 6th, must be giv- en by the professionals who shake dice for their lives with fortune every performance. The Great London Circus is high hygiene. It is a Yankee Doodle circus for Yankee Doodle kids from "six" to "sixty." One of the big acts is the original Eddy Family. What this wonderful family do looks easy. Suppose you try it, and newspapers will write a story about it, with a diagram showing the place where your body struck. Another of the best-ever acts is the leaping contest. Fifty leapers take part. Charles Lumkin is the champion and does a double som- ersault over elephants, camels and horses. Marle McPhall, Elding Wallotts and many other big acts are presented in many new riding stunts. You will see the Ben Hur herd of Arabian stallions and the Black Hussar horses perform. They prove what a perfect world this would be if all men had as much intelli- gence as horses. You will see ele- phants waltz, teeter, play hide and seek, and undress and go to bed like people. You will see dog shows and mule? shows and count-less clowns. The Howe Circus is a great show, presenting magnificent good old barbarous sport that makes you happy in feelling that civilization has not eliminated all the traits your grand-dads of the stone age left you as a message. The $25,000 Dublin Gray Horses are also coming and they are a show in themselves. |