top of page

This has been a dark lonesome day-Mar. 9, 1921


 

GERMANY PASSIVE AS TOWNS ARE SEIZED

MAY MAKE NEW PROPOSAL TO ENTENTE

SIMONS MISSION AND ENVOY QUIT LONDON

TOWNS QUICKLY OCCUPIED Degoutte Tells People Move Is Only Against Their Government. WILL AID THE WORKERS But Security Police and Other Semi-Military Organizations Will Be Suppressed. NO COLORED TROOPS SENT Crowds in Duesseldorf Affect Complete Indifference to Presence of Foreign Soldiers. Proclamation to Townspeople. Had Been Demonstrations.

 

New Yates Hotel

Utica New York

The Hotel of Personal Service


March 9, 1921

My darling,

Have decided to stay here over night and start out in the morning toward Fort Plain and hope to find a

letter there tomorrow night. This has been a dark lonesome da, It has rained steadily since about 10 o’clock this morning. I have not. Been in fighting trim today and guess I’ll not feel much like getting into harness until after wind up of our sale-and may feel worse by that time. My ambition seems to be decidedly lacking, I am awfully sorry to have the month so seriously interfered with but I don’t seem to be able to check it. If. You think best and really want some of those bulbs down at the farm you couldn’t have a better time to take them out than right now. The rain will take the frost out of the ground.

Have just one little order today for $48.00 I saw Harry Clark in street this morning and had a chat and later called at his bank. I was back at bank again tonight when he started for home. Would like to have gone home with him. I spent some time with Clinton Clark at New Hartford this morning but did not do any business. With him. I am not discouraged, and we are going to have a good year but just at present man has got to want to buy calendars pretty bad to get me into action. Things will look better someday. I have my farm book with me, and I will try to do something tonight toward my income report.

I suppose Elizabeth is coming home this week or is it next week.

Hope Frank will have wood piled up before I get home. I am more thankful than I can tell you that the farm is sold and yet has left me in a hazy sort of state of mind. I hope you can plan to go to Syracuse to see Elizabeth at time of sale providing you are going to visit her at all this spring. Hope I’ll find a letter from Mr. Hastings when I get home. I have written to D.V. Leonard arranging the test of cows this week but don’t know when we will get it.

Have got to have sub-cutaneous test this time and I guess they will understand it. Have to use that kind of test in order to ship cattle out of this state. It is about suppertime and will close for this tie. Hope all are well.

Love unbounded,

Jack

 



Editor's notes




If you're new to this project, please consider going to our site and catching up with a few letters from the 1900-1910 era. The letters only take 3-5 minutes to read and you'll find the characters more fully develop if you read the letters chronologically.


John has excellent handwriting. However, in some instances, I cant decipher it. If I can't, I simply mark the spot with "xxx"s to signify thank the word isn't decipherable.


Check out our article in the New York Times!


Comments


the LIFE & TIMES of the OSBORNE MAN

©2022

4525303650407410890_edited.png
osbornesample1909 1_edited.jpg
69045034283138964.png
-5507386254426319991_edited.png
Osborne sample 1915_edited_edited.jpg

Sign Up to Get the Letter of the Day!

Thanks for subscribing!

  • The Osborne Man
  • IG
JAC_Logo.png
bottom of page