Postmark
NOV 13 1913
8 AM
PLATTEVILLE, WIS
Published by
E. A. BISHOP PUB. RACINE, WIS
Made in U.S.A.
E. A. BISHOP PUB. RACINE, WIS
Made in U.S.A.
Postcards were often written with pencil rather than ink, and without being protected from contact with other papers and handling, the pencil markings begin to fade. This postcard is difficult to read for this reason. I needed to put on my 10X magnifiers, and then darken the photographic image to make this message readable.
It must be so that the common courtesy of inquiring as to the well being of those with whom we communicate without regard to the situation is not a situation new to the era in which we live. Here is a message letting Fern know that someone has died. This message is blunt, yet given the fact that we don't know what kind of relationship there was between Fern Brugger and Clara Schlater who received the message of Fern's death, we will never know how bluntly it was received.
To
Miss Fern Brugger
Austin, Minn.
R.F.D.
Message
Just grand weather
Esthel
Dear Fern,
Grandma wants me to tell you that Clara Schlater's mother is dead. She died the 11th. How are you all. Why don't you write.
Esthel
Dear Fern,
Grandma wants me to tell you that Clara Schlater's mother is dead. She died the 11th. How are you all. Why don't you write.
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