I came across this 1901 postcard at the back of the notebook, so it’s a bit out of sequence. It is a postcard written by Edward Frasier, sent to his mother Ann [Campbell] Frasier. Ashland Neb 4-13-01 Dear Mother, The recipe for the cough syrup that Nellie asked for is as follows: Good whiskey, 5 […]
Ida Frasier, Christmas 1947
Here are two letters from Ida Frasier, written as thank-you notes following the 1947 Christmas holiday. Although Ida lived in Lincoln at the time with her son Clarence, she is spending Christmas in Geneva, Nebraska with her daughter Myrtle (Frasier) Hrubesky and Myrtle’s family (husband Frank and daughters Mary Anne, Margaret and Kathryn). Ida puts […]
Ida Frasier to Roscoe Frasier, VJ Day 1945
Ida sent a birthday card, a letter and a $50 check to her son Roscoe on August 15, 1945. Roscoe’s birthday is actually on the 20th, but Ida pens the letter on the morning of VJ Day. Ida wants Roscoe to buy a couch with the money, but Roscoe never cashed the check (it’s still […]
Ida Frasier to Roscoe Frasier, 1942
This is the first in a series of letters written by Ida (Black) Frasier to her son, Roscoe Frasier. This letter was written in October of 1942 (I deduced that it was October, being the only month that fall with a Friday falling on the 16th). The previous letter in the archive was written in […]
Sija Lawson to Margarette Pierce, Christmas 1927
Here is the postcard that Margarette mentioned in her letter to Edward. It was written by Sija Lawson, who signed her name as Mrs. George Lawson. We have the letter that George sent to Edward back in 1877. I speculated that George was a childhood friend of Edward’s. I dug around a bit in the […]
