From: Haynes, Adams County, ND
10 June 1921
I always receive my paper on time.
This spring we have had enough rain and it is raining very well again today. The grain looks good on the average. Fruit on land, which was only prepared by disk, is full of weeds. It was rough all over to combat the weeds this spring and we all had to work hard. Wife and children had to help.
I am certain that we will have enough hay this year. We will not need to travel to Morton County for it, but one should not rejoice until one is over the ditch!
In Krasna, I would like to let my cousin Valentin Herrschaft and his family know that his letter has arrived. A shame that Cousin Elisabeth is suffering so from rheumatism!
We are busy here putting a smithy together and hope to have a good business.
Thomas Ihli would like the address of his brother Peter Ihli.
Greetings to all Emmentalers! Since Cousin Romuald Dirk left there, perhaps the Staats-Anzeiger is not read there any more? (*Publisher: Oh, we still have plenty of readers there.) The paper only costs $2.00 or 4 rubles per year and every fall there is a bonus gift, like the scissors or such. (*Publisher: Yes, there will be bonuses in the fall.)
If cousin Joseph Gross or brother-in-law Wendelin Seifert would promise to write twelve letters to the publisher, I will pay for their subscription and they will save money, as twelve letters only cost 1 ruble and 20 kopecks. Write and let me know your decision on this! My address is: Philipp Seifert, Haynes, Adams County, North Dakota.
Greetings to Alexander Nagel, Ewaldus Miller and families, and to Lorenz Mass and Daniel Hittel in Canada! They could write to the Staats-Anzeiger as well!
Philipp Seifert,
Son of Martin