From: Kingsford, Saskatchewan, Canada
19 September 1924
Worthy Staats-Anzeiger!
I cannot work outside today because it rained last night. Therefore, I have the time to write a little report from our corner to the dear newspaper.
The local farmers have finished the harvest and some have already started with threshing. The result is satisfactory. The only problem occurred shortly before the harvest. A terrible big storm damaged the crops badly in some places by flattening the upright grain stalks. There are many rocks in the fields and because of that one can’t cut the blown over sections too low. The result is that a lot of grain is left lying. The potato harvest will be abundant. Not much can be expected from the Welsh corn, vegetables and melons. All of these were ruined by an early frost that had set in on 1 September.
No other news has developed here since my last report. As far as the status of health is concerned I can report that here everyone is still healthy. We wish good health to our parents, friends and my godfather Zachaeus Kopp in Emmental.
Dear Godfather, I was overjoyed when I found out from your report that you are planning to come to Canada. Everybody is of the opinion that it would be good to come here to carry out your plan. We also received letters from other regions in Canada. They all are in support of your plan and are expressing the wish for you to start the planned trip to Canada.
Not everywhere in Canada did the harvest turn out badly but very good in some areas.
Of course, I would love to attend the wedding. Here too there are many weddings, but the libations are not as good as in Bessarabia. I would like to ask one more thing that is if my grandmother Gertrude Ternes in Krasna is still alive. Dear godfather, you could inform us about that. Her children would like to send her some money.
In closing, I greet Mr. Brandt the editor and all the readers of the valued newspaper.
Respectfully,
Joseph Miller