Source: Dakota Rundschau, 30 May 1930 · 📰

From: Krasna, Bessarabia
6 April 1930

Dear Editor Brendel:

I am happy to tell you that the spring crops of barley and summer wheat are looking great. The winter wheat stands tall and we are all hoping that God will give us a bountiful harvest.

The prairie dogs (Erdhasen) are a pest and the mayor has ordered all of us to work on getting rid of them. Some farms have to supply two and three workers for this task in accordance with how much land one owns. The people without land have to help as they too own livestock that grazes on common lands.

Anton Gedak died on April 4 at the age of 60. He leaves behind his wife and grandson. May God give him eternal rest!

Today we had another general meeting of the cooperative and discussed the matter of the vendor. Rochus Fenrich has originally vouched for the old salesman, Nikolaus Kelsch, but took his word back and Kelsch had to abdicate. I took the job and my commission will be 2.5% of the gross. I have to pay back 1,000 Lei of my monthly income to cover any eventual store losses at the end of the year. The merchandise is worth 371,121 Lei. We hope for the best.

(*Editor: Good luck with the new post, greetings.) In spite of the added workload, I will continue to file my weekly reports every Sunday.

We cannot complain about the weather. Enough rain. Grain prices are too low. Barley brings 28 Lei and corn 40 Lei/Pud; yet, a Pud of flour runs 180-200 Lei. Greetings to the editor and staff, and the readers.

Joseph Braun

• 327. The first house on the lower corner from the churchyard - Christian Riehl, widower, his son-in-law Joseph Bunigovsky [Boniakowski] and wife nee Riehl.
• 328. Anton Wingenbach and wife nee Ternes.
• 329. Cottage of the late Joseph Deichert, vacant.
• 330. Johannes Fleckenstein and wife nee Kunz.
• 331. Pius Tischler, widower, son Johannes and wife nee Wuitschik.
• 332. Michael Mandernacht and wife nee Keller. A Moldavian woman rents from them.

Now the other side of the street:

• 333. Gabriel Bauschenko, a Russian and wife nee Paul, a German.
• 334. The cottage (Semljanka, sod house) of Edmund Kahl and wife nee Bunikovsky, rented to a Chupan (Tschupan). Owners live near the railroad.
• 335. Katharina Wieter, widow and her son Daniel and wife nee Speicher.
• 336. Adolf Müller and wife nee Meer.
• 337. Edmund Kuss and wife nee Wagner.
• 338. Rochus Nagel and wife nee Lauderbach.
• 339. Alexander Boot and wife nee Haag, son Erasmus and wife nee Winter.
• 340. Eustachius Paul and wife nee Kahl.
• 341. Maximilian Arnold and wife nee Wagner.
• 342. Kornelius Plotzki and wife nee Harsche. In the back lives his brother Michael and wife from Tarutino.
• 343. Home of Kasper Paul, under construction.
• 344. Zachäus Seifert and wife nee Winter.
• 345. Widower Anton Haag, his son-in-law Dionisius Harsche and wife nee Haag.
• 346. Joseph Furch and wife nee Kraft from Baden.
• 347. Joseph Dirk and wife nee Riehl
• 348. Karl Ternes and wife nee Steiert.
• 349. Joachim Boot and wife nee Wagner.
• 350. Joseph Paul and wife nee Ihli, their son-in-law Markus Paul and wife nee Paul. Both last names are Paul, but they are not related.
• 351. Rochus Speicher and wife nee Rückert.
• 352. Brick factory of Markus Ternes and Valerian Furch, the farmers of the concrete brick factory.
• 353. Thomas Deichert and wife nee Paul
• 354. Vacant house of Christian Riehl.
• 355. Anton Leinz and wife nee Hinz.
• 356. Korbinian Wagner and wife nee Bauer.
• 357. Thomas Januscheitis and wife nee Selzler from Strassburg.

We continue up to the clay pit, direction Tarutino:

• 358. Emil Müller and wife nee Keller, his mother Amalia nee Hein.
• 359. Eduard Riehl and wife nee Dirk.
• 360. Joseph Riehl and wife nee Dressler.

On the other side now:

• 361. Maximilian Söhn and wife nee Folk.
• 362. Melchoir Söhn and wife nee Haag.
• 363. House of Thomas Schäfer, under construction.
• 364. Johannes Ruscheinsky and wife nee Kuss.
• 365. Isidor Koch and wife nee Nagel.
• 366. Your reporter, Joseph Braun and wife nee Wagner. Maybe living on the far corner, but still in the hub of things.

Back to the other side:

• 367. Johannes Harsche and wife nee Bunikovsky.
• 368. Adolf Kotschek and wife nee Bruschinsky.
• 369. Joseph Hilzendeger and wife nee Leinz.
• 370. Johannes Löb and wife nee Folk.
• 371. Franz Ekert and wife nee Mandernacht.
• 372. Joseph Dirk and wife nee Bender from Karlsruhe.
• 373. Maximilian Speicher and wife nee Keller.

Cottage of the landless. These folks received small building plots and built little homes:

• 374. Joseph Plotzky and his wife from Emmental.
• 375. Alexander Folk and wife nee Söhn and his old mother.
• 376. Salomon Arnold and wife from Czechoslovakia.
• 377. Philipp Harsche and wife nee Schäfer.
• 378. Kilian Arnold and wife nee Drefs.

THE END