From: Fazenda Santa Izabel, Brazil
25 March 1930
Dear Staats-Anzeiger!
On 8 March, I took a little hike to our neighboring fazenda “Figeira”, which is 2 miles away. I visited Mr. Raphael Seifert and his wife Amelia, nee Schlick, who are from Krasna, Bessarabia. They welcomed me and wined and dined me with the very best. We had a nice talk. We also talked a lot about the old homeland. Mr. and Mrs. Seifert complained that their parents and siblings in Krasna, Bessarabia no longer write to them. On 5 March, a letter was mailed to the in-laws Anton Schlick. Mrs. Schlick would be very happy to also have her parents here. They say hello to their father Gustav Seifert and ask him to write.
This is to inform Mr. Ignatius Ihli in Canada that his daughter Theresia is still sick. On Sunday, 23 March she was examined by a doctor who suggested surgery that would cost 500 milreis. Her children will have a hard time coming up with this sum.
Elisabetha, the second youngest daughter of Markus Soehn is still sick and bedridden. We hear that she is on the way to recovery.
We give a friendly reply to the greetings of our friend Thomas Stefan in Berwick, North Dakota. We read your report of 7 February in Edition #67 and were very happy about it.
How are our other friends in Berwick, North Dakota doing? Why don’t they write us a letter?
I am sending greetings to everyone.
Joseph Foeth