From: Santa Izabel, Brazil
2 October 1931
Dear Staats-Anzeiger!
First of all, I want to report that this will be my last letter from Santa Izabel. In the next few days I will start the journey to the state Grando do Sul, where I want to establish my own home. Even there I will not forget the dear Staats-Anzeiger. As soon as I get there, I will report everything accurately in the paper, like how we fared on the journey and what we have met there, as long as my report finds acceptance in the paper. (Editor: Your reports are always accepted and with pleasure. The description of the resettlement will certainly be interesting and we are asking for the correct address. We wish you much luck in your new home.)
On 24 September, the following three families left from here for the state Rio Grando do Sul; namely, Johannes Miller, Aloisius Herrschaft and Jakob Weber.
We were done with the coffee harvest on 24 September. The weather was nice. The nights are cool and the days are warm. It also rains once in a while.
Further, we also greet all friends in the old homeland and also in North America and Canada.
Where is the old Rochus Ternes? Is he going to pay the Staats-Anzeiger for me? Why don’t you get into your car and drive to Bismarck and put a stop to the begging! (*Editor: Mr. Ternes had paid for the paper for you, but unfortunately did not renew the subscription when it expired. Rochus had an attack of economy and complained about hard times. Right now he isn’t a reader of the paper either. We hope that he will order again and will also have the paper sent to you again.) Because the letters don’t get through, the Staats-Anzeiger is a good friend in the house, since it arrives here on time. By means of the Staats-Anzeiger, we found out that our brother-in-law Ignatz Becker in Krasna, Bessarabia had died. May the Lord give him eternal rest! In my next report I will give you my new address.
I am sending a greeting to the editor Mr. Brandt and to his assistant.
I remain,
Heinrich Ternes