From: Emmental, Bessarabia
12 October 1921
Worthy Staats-Anzeiger!
Although I am not a reader of the paper, I still have a favor to ask of the valued editorship. I have a brother in the New World with whom I have not had any contact by letter since the start of the war. I had lost his address when I moved from Orgeef to Kischinev. His name is Karl Busse. He did immigrate to Brazil. Should he read these lines, or if someone else informs him about them, then he is being asked to please write and provide his address, so that I will be able to get back in contact with him. He should send his letter to the following address. Roumania, Bessarabia, Ind. Tighina, Post Kainari, Emmental, Marianna Gross.
I was previously married to August Melzer in Orgeef. During the war we moved to Kischinev. That is where my husband died and left me with 4 children alone in this world. Last year on 5 September, I got married again to Michael Gross from Emmental. The little Lina is with me. The three boys Peter, Paul and Anton are employed at a locksmith’s shop in Kischinev.
It would be my wish dear brother, if you would let them come over to you. If not all three, then maybe two or even one of them. They are very competent in their trade. Since you dear brother have your own locksmith shop, they could work for you and in doing so could pay you back the expenses for their journey across.
Hoping to hear from you soon, I remain with a friendly greeting,
Marianna Gross
From: Emmental, Bessarabia
12 October 1921
Worthy Editorship!
Kasimir Bleile, son of Joseph and Klara Arnolt, daughter of Reimund was married yesterday. The celebration took place in the house of the bride’s parents. Everybody had a lot of fun.
Towards the evening an “accident” happened. A wine bottle was thrown at Michael Kloke’s head and he was bleeding. During the yelling, which started because of this, Mrs. Kloke came running. She was lucky that the person who had thrown the bottle didn’t have another one. Otherwise, it could have happened that she also could have received a “bottle bomb”. It was Mr. Kloke’s own fault and that’s why no one felt sorry for him. He said that all people from Emmental are barefooted beggars. The inhabitants of our village of course did not like that. That’s why the bottle was thrown.
Now I want to give the readers a small puzzle to solve. A rich man had 3 sons and in his testament he ordered that his 17 horses be shared the following way. The first son was supposed to get half the horses. The second son was supposed to get one third and the third son one ninth of the horses. After his death the brothers couldn’t agree on how the sharing should be. They asked for their uncle to come and he did the sharing exactly according to the testament. How did he divide the horses?
On the marriage register are David Kopp, son of Johannes Kopp and Mathilda Gross, daughter of Peter Gross. Hopefully, there won’t be any bottles used as grenades at this wedding.
I am heartily greeting my mother, my brother Joseph and the rest of the readers.
Respectfully,
Zachaeus Kopp