From: Raleigh, North Dakota
31 January 1921
Worthy Staats-Anzeiger!
I received the letter from my brother Gabriel A.Volk and also sent him an answer. Herewith, I am ordering the Staats-Anzeiger for him for 1 year. (Editor: We received the money. A calendar will be sent to you.)
We thank Mr. Anton Gedak for his reports. We wish that he would continue to report more from the old homeland. Just because of those reports, many people are reading the Staats-Anzeiger. It is the best newspaper in the land.
In our area, there are thieves that are stealing the seed. We know who they are, but since we have not been able to catch them red-handed, we haven’t been able to do anything. One of them though has been caught and the court will question him.
I am sending my best wishes.
Michael A.Volk
From: Raleigh, Grant County, ND
3 February 1921
Honored Staats-Anzeiger!
One morning here, the people were scared badly when a message was received that fanatics and “Water Apostles” would rush in on bootleggers. They did find a still, and in one place they found a barrel with the good stuff. What will be happening to the poor sinners I am not yet able to say.
Here the burglaries are an everyday occurrence just like in the country from where Mr. Hobbacher writes his reports. Reinhold Tschischmak had the misfortune to lose 100 bushels of wheat through a burglary and Henry Fischer lost 50 to 60 bushels of barley. However, one was able to track down the young thieves and so far one of them has been arrested. A $1,500 bond was posted and he will be free until the trial. There seems to be a whole gang of thieves.
The following people are on the list to be married: Kilian Kuntz, son of Martin will marry a daughter of Jakob Baltin in Emmons County. Anton Tressler, son of Christian will marry a young woman from Dunn County. Heinrich Harsche, son of Georg will marry a young woman from Emmons County. I don’t know the names of the brides.
Emil Kopp is in the St. Alexius hospital in Bismarck right now. He had his appendix removed. Hopefully, he will soon be well again.
I am puzzled that our North Dakota newspapers bring such different reports about the legislature. I trust Mr. Brandt not to leave us in the dark with the truth.
I am asking my friends in Krasna, Bessarabia to write.
I am greeting all the readers.
Max Erker