From: Emmental, Bessarabia
22 May 1932

Dear Staats-Anzeiger!

The hoof and mouth disease has appeared among the cattle. So far none has died from it. There is also an epidemic among the hogs. Many pigs have already died from it. I have lost all my hogs.

I can inform Kaspar Dirk’s children that Joseph Gross and the children of Uncle Melchior have received their fatherly inheritance. Joseph Gross, son of Johannes has received 73,000 lei and Uncle Melchior’s children received the same amount.

Zachaeus Kopp, son of Simon still hopes to receive some fatherly inheritance from America. Therefore, he asks his sister-in-law Mrs. Wendelin Kopp near Raleigh, North Dakota for applicable information.

Last week, Eva Seifert returned with her youngest daughter Louisa from Temeswar in the Banat, where she had been employed in the local women’s convent. Her children received a good education in the convent’s school. Her oldest son Adam, my nephew, who had studied to become a priest, remained in the monastery at Klausenburg. Her oldest daughter stayed in Temeswar. She completed 6 grades there in the convent school. This summer Mrs. Seifert will build a house on the empty lot behind Maximilian Dirk’s place.

The weeds in my vineyard have grown taller than the vines. Tomorrow my brother- in-law Melchior Dirk will weed out the area, which will serve him well.

I will bring more news for the readers the next time. For today I want to come to an end and once more I greet all people from Emmental in a friendly way.

Adam Seifert