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      <title><![CDATA[Edvard Eidum to John Holm 1947.4.9]]></title>
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                                    <div class="element-text">BREV FRA EDVARD EIDUM DATERT 9. APRIL &ndash; 1947, TIL MR. JOHN HOLM, 108. WEST FIFTH. ST., DELL RAPIDS, SYD DAKOTA, U.S.A.  FRIMERKENE ER FJERNET.<br />
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LETTER FROM EDVARD EIDUM DATED APRIL 9 &ndash;1947 (2 year anniversary of the German attack on Norway), TO MR. JOHN HOLM, 108. WEST FIFTH. ST., DELL RAPIDS, SYD DAKOTA, U.S.A.  THE STAMPS HAVE BEEN REMOVED.</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">Edvard Eidum</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">1947.04.09</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text"><p class=–MsoNormal–>Narvik 9/4-1947</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Hallo Svoger og familie.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Vill i aften senne Dere noen ord, Da jeg netop er kommet hjem fra Arbeide.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi Veier nu Malm, som g&aring;r til Amerika og England.<span>&nbsp; </span>De ligger nu 20 Malmb&aring;ter p&aring; havnen, s&aring; De er en sv&aelig;r trafikk her nu igjen.<span>&nbsp; </span>Bare at Malmen hadde blit brukt til De som tjener oss Mennesker til De gode, og ikke til kanoner og krigsmatriel<span>&nbsp; </span>Ja Gud alene vet hvad ende Dette vil ta.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi har De som almindelig her hjemme.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hanna har noks&aring; mye smerter i benene.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hun g&aring;r lidt inne i huset, men smerten er noks&aring; stor, s&aring; hun liker best &aring; ligge, for Da er smerten borte.<span>&nbsp; </span>Ja nu har vi feiret P&aring;ske ijen.<span>&nbsp; </span>Livets store Seiersfest.<span>&nbsp; </span>Seiren over d&oslash;den med all sin gru og velde.<span>&nbsp; </span>Seierherren Jesus Kristus stod op av sin Grav, medens Di Romerske Soldater som skulle holle Vagt falt til Jorden som d&oslash;de.<span>&nbsp; </span>Men De er s&oslash;rgeligt &aring; se p&aring; hvorledes folket feirer P&aring;skeh&oslash;itiden.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det er nu bare utflukter, hytteliv og sport som er tidens l&oslash;sen.<span>&nbsp; </span>Kirkerne og Bedehusene er tynt besat, og Evangeliet har Di fleste ingen interesse av.<span>&nbsp; </span>De er vel en smitte som g&aring;r over hele Verden.<span>&nbsp; </span>Ja Svoger, Du m&aring; ha hjertelig takk for alle Di brevene Du sender oss.<span>&nbsp; </span>Liges&aring; for alt De &oslash;vrige vi har modtatt.<span>&nbsp; </span>Di b&oslash;kerne Du sendte oss, er gode gamle skrifter, skrevet av vor tids ber&oslash;mte Mend, hvad kristendom ang&aring;r.<span>&nbsp; </span>Ja nu f&aring;r vi snart sol og full sommer her.<span>&nbsp; </span>Tr&aelig;kfuglene er nu her ijen, og De er vakkert her i Norden i Guds sj&oslash;nne og herlige Natur.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Om Hanna hadde v&aelig;rt frisk, s&aring; er De ikke umuligt at jeg hadde tatt mig en tur over havet ved leilighed.<span>&nbsp; </span>Siden jeg er malmveier, s&aring; f&aring;r jeg v&aelig;re med en av B&aring;tene som g&aring;r til Amerika med malm.<span>&nbsp; </span>Reisen er fri, men de koster kr 5 pr D&oslash;gn for kosten, og De er jo intet &aring; snakke om.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg kunne Da ha vert Der en 2 a 3 m&aring;neder, s&aring; jeg kunde ha f&aring;tt hilst p&aring; vores kj&aelig;re, og s&aring; v&aelig;rt med en b&aring;t hjem ijen. Men n&aring;r Hanna er slik som hun nu er, s&aring; vill jeg selvf&oslash;lgelig ikke reise fra hende.<span>&nbsp; </span>Men de hadde v&aelig;rt en morsom tur.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg har nylig f&aring;tt brev fra Din bror Olav.<span>&nbsp; </span>Liges&aring; fra Axel og Laura.<span>&nbsp; </span>Olav er lidt D&aring;rlig av og til.<span>&nbsp; </span>De er s&aelig;rlig hodepine<span>&nbsp; </span>Men Axel og Laura har De bra.<span>&nbsp; </span>Du m&aring; hilse Alma fra oss, &aring; si at hun skal ogs&aring; f&aring; brev snart.<span>&nbsp; </span>Liges&aring; Florence Winters.<span>&nbsp; </span>Du snakker om en flaske som du la ijen Der oppe p&aring; Fagernestoppen Da Du var Der oppe.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi skal se om vi finder den nu til v&aring;ren.<span>&nbsp; </span>Tyskerne hadde et stort flagg st&aring;ende Der p&aring; toppen ved Krigens begyndelse.<span>&nbsp; </span>Men de blev skudt ned flere gange av Engelsmennene fra Sj&oslash;en.<span>&nbsp; </span>Du m&aring; ta Dig en tur til Narvik ijen, S&aring; skal vi besoke Den toppen en gang til.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg h&aring;per at Dem nu har fundet sig et andet Vandbaseng Der i Dell Rapids, s&aring; Du slipper &aring; ha Vandtanken p&aring; hodet.<span>&nbsp; </span>Ja Du er en nyttig Mand &aring; ha,<span>&nbsp; </span>De skal v&aelig;re b&aring;de vist og sant.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>S&aring; m&aring; Di leve vel ijen, og v&aelig;r venlig hilset fra oss alle.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hils Din hustru og alle som vil ha en hilsen fra oss.<span>&nbsp; </span>Tusen takk for Den vakre Kalenderen vi fikk.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>E. Eidum<span>&nbsp; </span>Box 68.<span>&nbsp; </span>Narvik</p>
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<p class=–MsoNormal–>Narvik 9/4-1947</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Hallo Brother in law and family.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>This evening I&rsquo;ll send You a few words, As I&rsquo;ve just come home from Work.<span>&nbsp; </span>We&rsquo;re Weighing Ore now, which goes to America and England.<span>&nbsp; </span>There are 20 Ore ships in the harbor, so There&rsquo;s huge traffic here again now.<span>&nbsp; </span>If only the Ore had been used for What serves us Humans for The good, and not for cannons and war materials<span>&nbsp; </span>Yes God alone knows how This will end.<span>&nbsp; </span>We&rsquo;re doing as usual here at home.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hanna has quite a lot of pain in her legs.<span>&nbsp; </span>She walks a little in the house, but the pain is quite bad, so she prefers to be lying down, because Then the pain is gone.<span>&nbsp; </span>Well now we&rsquo;ve celebrated Easter again. Life&rsquo;s great Victory feast.<span>&nbsp; </span>The victory over death with all its horror and power.<span>&nbsp; </span>The Conqueror Jesus Christ rose from his Grave, while The Roman Soldiers who were Guarding it fell dead to the Ground.<span>&nbsp; </span>But It&rsquo;s sad to see how people celebrate The Easter festival.<span>&nbsp; </span>Now the order of the day is nothing but outings, trips to cabins and sports. The Churches and the Chapels are sparsely visited, and the Gospel is of little interest to most.<span>&nbsp; </span>I guess it&rsquo;s an infection which is going around the whole World.<span>&nbsp; </span>Well Brother in law, thank you so much for all The letters You&rsquo;re sending us.<span>&nbsp; </span>Likewise for all The other things we&rsquo;ve received.<span>&nbsp; </span>Those books You sent us, are good old writings, written by the famous Men of our time, as far as Religion goes.<span>&nbsp; </span>Well now we&rsquo;ll soon have sun and full summer here.<span>&nbsp; </span>The migrating birds are here again now, and It&rsquo;s beautiful here in the North in God&rsquo;s lovely and wonderful Nature.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>If Hanna had been well, It&rsquo;s not impossible that I would have taken a trip across the ocean when convenient.<span>&nbsp; </span>Since I&rsquo;m an ore weigher, I can get passage on one of the Ships that go to America with ore.<span>&nbsp; </span>The trip is free, but it costs kr 5 per day for the food, and That&rsquo;s nothing to speak of. Then I could have stayed There 2 or 3 months, so I could see our loved ones, and then return home on a ship again.<span>&nbsp; </span>But when Hanna is like she is now, I don&rsquo;t want to leave her of course.<span>&nbsp; </span>But it would have been a fun trip.<span>&nbsp; </span>I&rsquo;ve recently received a letter from Your brother Olav.<span>&nbsp; </span>Likewise from Axel and Laura.<span>&nbsp; </span>Olav is a little unwell now and then.<span>&nbsp; </span>It&rsquo;s mostly headaches<span>&nbsp; </span>But Axel and Laura are fine.<span>&nbsp; </span>Give Alma our regards and tell her she too will get a letter soon.<span>&nbsp; </span>Likewise Florence Winters.<span>&nbsp; </span>You mention a bottle that you left up There at Fagernestoppen When You were up There.<span>&nbsp; </span>We&rsquo;re going to see if we can find it now this spring.<span>&nbsp; </span>The Germans had a big flag up There on the top at the beginning of the War.<span>&nbsp; </span>But it was shot down several times by the English from the Sea.<span>&nbsp; </span>You must come and visit Narvik again, Then we&rsquo;ll visit That top once more.<span>&nbsp; </span>I hope They have found another Water reservoir There in Dell Rapids now, so that You wont have to keep the Water tank on your head.<span>&nbsp; </span>Yes You&rsquo;re a useful Man to have around, That&rsquo;s for sure.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>So keep well again, and consider yourself kindly greeted by us all.<span>&nbsp; </span>Say hello to Your wife and everyone who wants a greeting from us.<span>&nbsp; </span>Thank you very much for The beautiful Calendar we received.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>E. Eidum<span>&nbsp; </span>Box 68.<span>&nbsp; </span>Narvik</p></div>
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      <title><![CDATA[Berith Holm to John Holm and Alma C. Wilson 1934.2.12]]></title>
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                                    <div class="element-text">BREV FRA BERITH HOLM (OLAS KONE) DATERT TRONDHJEM 12. FEBRUAR-1934.  L&Aring; I SAMME KONVOLUTT SOM BREV FRA DATTEREN EVELYN, DATERT 8. JANUAR-1934.<br />
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LETTER FROM BERITH HOLM (OLA&#039;S WIFE) DATED TRONDHJEM, FEBRUARY 12-1934.  THIS LETTER WAS IN THE SAME ENVELOPE AS HER DAUGHTER EVELYN&#039;S LETTER DATED JANUARY 8-1934.</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">Berith Holm</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text"><p class=–MsoNormal–>Trondhjem 12/2-1934</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Kj&aelig;re Svoger &amp; Frue.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>tak for brevet og tusende tak for den prektig brodkniven, den kom akurat i ellefte time for den som jeg har holder paa og l&oslash;stner fra skaftet.<span>&nbsp; </span>Ja de maa nu vel lade sig jore og faa de fas ijen da.<span>&nbsp; </span>Men de var gjilt at faa.<span>&nbsp; </span>og Pikene var begeistret over sine kniver og kalendere saa tak skal du have.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Jeg skuld havet noget nyt og mor=somt at fortalt dig men vad skal de ver <span>&nbsp;</span>du har kanske set af avisene, at her far et sp&oslash;kelsesfly <span>&nbsp;</span>de sees i nor og sid ost og vest men ingen finder ut vad de er <span>&nbsp;</span>nogen finder de er en sten, folk har set, andre en liten balong og en tredie en stjerne og atter andre paastar at de er et virkeligt Fly. <span>&nbsp;</span>ingen komer tilbuns i misteriumet. <span>&nbsp;</span>ja jeg har verken set eller h&oslash;rt noget og tenker ikke at foretage nogen opdagelsesreise og utforsk de heller <span>&nbsp;</span>kan ver hvad de vil <span>&nbsp;</span>men avisene har jo stof, kanske de kan vere en stjerne og saa er de ikke saa at de skal sje tengn i Sol og Maane og stjerner, og mange af Gusfolk tror at Jesus hjenkoms er ner, men de er nu ingen som vet her paa jorden, kan hende dem som studre bibelen vet og ser lit mere en vi som er Enfoldige, men jeg takker min gud og Frelser at jeg forstaar nok til min Frelse, jeg kan got skrive saadant til dig?<span>&nbsp; </span>jeg har forstaat dig saa at du er en medvandrer, jeg er glad over at har fundet fred med gud<span>&nbsp; </span>Kan hilse dig fra Chondrad og Aksel og hans son Eilef <span>&nbsp;</span>du kan tro han er stor og sver.<span>&nbsp; </span>En meget pen ung mand <span>&nbsp;</span>du vet vel at han gjiftet sig i Julen med en tiltalende s&oslash;t pige.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hjertine bes&oslash;kte vi for 3 uker siden, og der var de alt bra<span>&nbsp; </span>Laura hade vi brev fra hun har veret i Sverige i julen og har havet en hyggelig tur og vi alle her har det bra <span>&nbsp;</span>vi er friske og strever saa godt vi kan.<span>&nbsp; </span>Lev saa inderlig vel og hils din Fru fra os.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Hjerteligs</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Berith</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>&nbsp;</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–><em>(Navnene p&aring; Gjertine, Axel og Eilif er feilskrevet)</em></p>
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<p class=–MsoNormal–>Trondhjem 12/2-1934</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Dear brother in law &amp; wife.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Thank you for your letter and thank you so much for the splendid bread knive, it came right at the eleventh hour <em>(Norwegian expression)</em> because the one I have is about to come lose from the handle.<span>&nbsp; </span>I guess it would be possible to get it fixed.<span>&nbsp; </span>But it was nice to get.<span>&nbsp; </span>And the Girls were thrilled with their knives and calendars so thank you so much.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>I ought to tell you something new and fun but what would that be<span>&nbsp; </span>maybe you&rsquo;ve seen in the newspapers, that a ghost plane is flying around here<span>&nbsp; </span>it can be seen in the north and south east and west but nobody can figure out what it is<span>&nbsp; </span>some figure it&rsquo;s a rock, people have seen, others a small ballon and a third a star and others again claim it&rsquo;s a real Plane.<span>&nbsp; </span>nobody can get to the bottom of the mystery.<span>&nbsp; </span>well I have neither seen nor heard anything and am not about to go on an expedition to investigate either <span>&nbsp;</span>can be what it will <span>&nbsp;</span>but the newspaper have something to write about, maybe it could be a star and then isn&rsquo;t it true that a sign will occur in the Sun and the Moon and stars, and many of the religious people think Jesus&rsquo; return is near, but nobody here on earth knows, maybe those who study the bible know and see a little more than us Simpletons, but I thank my god and Saviour that I understand enough for my deliverance, can I write such a thing to you? I have understood you to be a fellow wanderer, I&rsquo;m glad you have found peace with god<span>&nbsp; </span>I have greetings from Chonrad and Aksel and his son Eilef <span>&nbsp;</span>he is such a big man.<span>&nbsp; </span>A very handsome young man <span>&nbsp;</span>I guess you know he got married this Christmas to a pleasant pretty girl.<span>&nbsp; </span>We visited Hjertine 3 weeks ago, and everything was fine there<span>&nbsp; </span>we had a letter from Laura<span>&nbsp; </span>she was in Sweden over christmas and has had a pleasant trip and all of us here are fine<span>&nbsp; </span>we are healthy and struggle on as best we can.<span>&nbsp; </span>Live very well and say hello to your Wife from us.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Heartiest</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Berith</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>&nbsp;</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–><em>(The names of Gjertine, Axel and Eilif are spelt wrong in this letter)</em></p></div>
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      <title><![CDATA[Klara Krogstad to Alma C. Wilson 1934.1.21]]></title>
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                                    <div class="element-text">BREV FRA KLARA KROGSTAD (MARKUS HOLM&#039;S DATTER) DATERT SLUPPEN 21. JANUAR-1934 TIL MISS ALMA WILSON, 102 WEST 5 ST., DELL RAPIDS, SYD DAKOTA. POSTSTEMPLET 1. FEBRUAR 1934.  FRIMERKENE ER REVET AV.<br />
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LETTER FROM KLARA KROGSTAD (MARKUS HOLM&#039;S DAUGHTER) DATED SLUPPEN, JANUARY 21-1934 TO MISS ALMA WILSON, 102 WEST 5 ST., DELL RAPIDS, SD.  POSTSTAMPED FEBRUARY 1-1934, STAMPS HAVE BEEN TORN OFF.</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text"><p class=–MsoNormal–>Kj&aelig;re kusine Alma!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Mangle tak for brevet jeg fik fra dig, du maa tro jeg har ventet og t&aelig;nkt hvorfor du slapp op og skrive, jeg synes det er en hel begivenhet og h&oslash;re fra Amerika i fra folket hans far saa du forstaar jeg er dig inderlig taknemlig for brevene.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Siden sist du fik fra mig har jeg faat en s&oslash;n som nu er 6 mnd en s&oslash;t liten kubbe, han heter Svenn Alfred er opkalt efter svigermor hun het Sofie og efter min bror som er d&oslash;d han het Alfred.<span>&nbsp; </span>Du skulle ha bodd saa n&aelig;r at jeg kunde ha bes&oslash;kt dig og du mig t&aelig;nk saa morsomt det har v&aelig;rt Alma, jeg fik sent en kalender fra onkel John og den kom uventende saa det var morsomt &aring; faa.<span>&nbsp; </span>Her i Trondhjem er det en daarlig vinter det blaaser og sner og regner om hverandre saa det er sykdomsv&aelig;r.<span>&nbsp; </span>Sykehusene er overfylt sier dem, du maa hilse din datter at hun maa bare skrive paa engelsk til mig det bor en ungdom som l&aelig;ser og skriver engelsk i huset ved siden av vort.<span>&nbsp; </span>Her i byen er det megen arbeidsledighet og fattigdom vi forstaar det vist ikke vi som har arbeide hvor godt vi har det, mor har ogsaa to gutter som er ledige det er nu litt en gang i blant til den ene men det er tussi og v&aelig;re mor hun skal v&aelig;re baade fors&oslash;rger far og mor og du f&oslash;ler vel det samme som henne men jeg forstaar du har snille og flinke barn og det er mor sv&aelig;rt heldig med ogsaa og det er jo en lettelse i ensomheten.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hils onkel John fra mig og tante Anna tror du jeg kan skrive til henne bor hun langt fra dig eller er de n&aelig;re hverandre.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg ser av dit brev at hun har det ikke godt jeg kan ikke forst&aring; dem som faar til &aring; v&aelig;re slik mot sin mor jeg synes dem maa faa samvittighetsnag naar det kommer den stunn dem skal sie henne farvell det har ikke blit mig som har kunne t&aelig;nkt paa det.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Nu vaagner lillegut og da maa jeg slutte for denne gang, med en hjertelig hilsen fra mig til dere alle fra deres Klara.<span>&nbsp; </span>Skriv til mig Alma det er saa morsomt &aring; faa brev fra dig.<span>&nbsp; </span>1000 hilsen Klara og hennes alle.</p>
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<p class=–MsoNormal–>&nbsp;</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Dear cousin Alma!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Many thanks for the letter I received from you, I have really been waiting for it and wondering why you had stopped writing, hearing from America from my father&rsquo;s people is such a big event for me so you understand I&rsquo;m deeply grateful to you for your letters.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Since you last heard from me I&rsquo;ve had a son who&rsquo;s now 6 months old<span>&nbsp; </span>a sweet little thing, his name is Svenn Alfred<span>&nbsp; </span>he&rsquo;s named for my mother in law<span>&nbsp; </span>her name was Sofie<span>&nbsp; </span>and for my brother who is dead<span>&nbsp; </span>his name was Alfred.<span>&nbsp; </span>I wish you lived so close that I could visit you and you me <span>&nbsp;</span>what fun that would be Alma, I received a calendar from uncle John and it came unexpectedly so that was fun to get.<span>&nbsp; </span>Here in Trondhjem we&rsquo;re having a bad winter<span>&nbsp; </span>it&rsquo;s blowing and snowing or raining so it&rsquo;s sickness weather.<span>&nbsp; </span>They say the hospitals are overcrowded, tell your daughter she can write to me in English there&rsquo;s a youth living in the house next door who can read and write English.<span>&nbsp; </span>In this town there&rsquo;s a lot of unemployment and poverty <span>&nbsp;</span>those of us who have work probably don&rsquo;t understand how lucky we are, mother also has two boys who have no work<span>&nbsp; </span>there&rsquo;s some now and again for one of them but being mother is hard<span>&nbsp; </span>she has to be the provider as well as mother and father and you probably feel the same way as she does but I understand you have good and kind children and mother is very lucky in that respect too which eases the loneliness. <span>&nbsp;</span>Say hello to uncle John from me and aunt Anna<span>&nbsp; </span>do you think I can write to her<span>&nbsp; </span>does she live far away from you or are you close to eachother.<span>&nbsp; </span>I see from your letter that things are not good there <span>&nbsp;</span>I cannot understand those who can treat their mother like that<span>&nbsp; </span>it seems to me they would get a guilty conscience when the time comes for them to tell her goodbye<span>&nbsp; </span>I wouldn&rsquo;t have been able to handle that.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>The little one is waking up now so I must stop for now, with a warm greeting from me to you all from your Klara.<span>&nbsp; </span>Write to me Alma it&rsquo;s so much fun to get a letter from you.<span>&nbsp; </span>1000 greetings Klara and all hers.</p></div>
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      <title><![CDATA[Axel Holm to John Holm 1917.1.30]]></title>
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                                    <div class="element-text">BREV FRA AXEL HOLM DATERT 30. JANUAR-1917 TIL HR. JOHN HOLM, DEL RAPIDS, SO, DAK., U.S.A.  BRUNAKTIG KONVOLUTT,  MED AXEL HOLM, BAKERI &amp; CONDITORY, STJ&Oslash;RDALEN LANGS &Oslash;VERSTE KANT (I senere brev fra 40-&aring;rene er konvolutten hvit og teksten st&aring;r nederst til venstre).  BL&Aring;TT 20-&Oslash;RES FRIMERKE, TALLET 20 INNI ET &ndash;HORN&ndash; MED KRONE OVER., SOM ER INNI EN BL&Aring; OVAL MED NORGE &Oslash;VERST OG POSTFRIM. 20 &Oslash;RE NEDERST.  P&Aring; BAKSIDEN ER DET ET STORT MERKE KLISTRET P&Aring; HVOR DET ST&Aring;R OPENED BY CENSOR.  1322.  BREVET ER SKREVET P&Aring; BAKERIETS PAPIR FRA DEN TIDEN.<br />
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 LETTER FROM AXEL HOLM DATED JAN.30-1917 TO MR. JOHN HOLM, DEL RAPIDS. SO. DAK., U.S.A. BROWNISH ENVELOPE FROM HIS BAKERY WITH THE TEXT AXEL HOLM, BAKERY AND CONFECTIONERY &ndash; STJ&Oslash;RDALEN &ndash;  ALONG THE TOP EDGE .  BLUE 20-&Oslash;RE STAMP WITH THE NUMBER 20 INSIDE AN INSTRUMENT (don&#039;t know what it&#039;s called in English) WITH A CROWN ABOVE IT, INSIDE AN OVAL WITH NORGE (NORWAY) WRITTEN AT THE TOP AND POST STAMP 20 &Oslash;RE AT THE BOTTOM. ON THE BACK OF THE ENVELOPE THERE&#039;S A LARGE STICKER WITH THE WORDS OPENED BY CENSOR 1322.</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">Axel Holm</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">1917.01.30</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text"><p class=–MsoNormal–>Stj&oslash;rdal den 30-1-1917</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Gode Broder, med familie</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Jeg vil skrive til dig saa faar du se at vi lever vel og har det godt.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det er intet som fattes os tak og lov for det.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi har nu flere m&oslash;ter her jesus er os n&aelig;r priset hans naven for det den store Lappemissions kj&aelig;mpe A Vangberg har holdt en par m&oslash;ter her.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vor gode ven og broder i Herren Maler &Oslash;ian er nu flyttet ind i det evige boliger til det rum som jesus har beret alle dem som elsker ham (jesus) &Oslash;ian var glad i sin frelser og i gudsfolk, men han hadde liten andledning i det siste 2 aar til at vere blant hans hellege da han var syk. (du husker vel ham).<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg var deroppe en par dage f&oslash;r han d&oslash;de og han &oslash;nsket sig hjem til Herren og nu er han hjemme og staar for tronen vad gj&oslash;r det da om solen har ham brent.<span>&nbsp; </span>Du maa hilse Julie at han &oslash;nsket os alle velkomne efter er ikke det herligt.<span>&nbsp; </span>Peder og Jon b&oslash;dde sine kn&aelig; ved faderens d&oslash;dsseng og vi maa haabe at jesus for sin vei med Dem. Maatte herren velsigne dem alle som s&oslash;rger.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg skal sige dig at A O Svorkmo kommer til Amerika i l&oslash;pet av Sommeren og du for vist bes&oslash;k av ham vis du vil.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg har en b&oslash;n til dig fra Vangberg at du matte sende ham en nytaars kalender ligedan som den jeg fik til jul vil du det saa er du snild hans adr Mission&aelig;r A Vangberg H&oslash;iskolegaten No 4 Trondhjem</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Fredag skal vi begrave br &Oslash;ian han skal bisettes fra logelokalet og efterpaa har vi lesaran inbudt alle som f&oslash;lger ham, til en festlig stund i bedehuset vor vi serverer sokolade taler av Daasvand og Svebak med flere vi ved at jesus er n&aelig;r og da skal vi faa det velsignet for det er vi lovet av jesus tak og lov, maatte det bli en sjel frelst og maatte hans d&oslash;d gripe dem som staar ham nermest i livet saa jesus fik dem helt i sin makt bed om det du og,</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Vi m&oslash;tes hos jesus br&oslash;der</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Hilsen med 30 salme</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Holm med familien</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Du Hilses fra alle, hils fruen fra os.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>&nbsp;</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Stj&oslash;rdalen 30-1-1917</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Good Brother and family</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>I&rsquo;m writing so that you&rsquo;ll see that we are living and doing well.<span>&nbsp; </span>We lack nothing and praise be for that.<span>&nbsp; </span>We have several meetings here now jesus is close to us praised be his name for that<span>&nbsp; </span>the giant of the Lapp mission A Vangberg has had a few meetings here.<span>&nbsp; </span>Our good friend and brother in the Lord Painter &Oslash;ian has now moved into higher dwellings to that room which jesus has prepared for all who loves him (jesus)<span>&nbsp; </span>&Oslash;ian was fond of his saviour and in god fearing people, but he had little opportunity in the last 2 years to be among his holy ones because he was sick. (you remember him don&rsquo;t you).<span>&nbsp; </span>I was up there a couple of days before he died and he wished to go home to the Lord and now he&rsquo;s at home and stands before the throne what does it matter then if the sun has burnt him.<span>&nbsp; </span>You must tell Julie that he wished us all welcome to follow isn&rsquo;t that wonderful.<span>&nbsp; </span>Peder and Jon bent their knees by the deathbed of their father and we must hope that jesus gets his way with Them. may the lord bless all those who are grieving.<span>&nbsp; </span>I can tell you that A O Svorkmo is coming to America in the course of this Summer and you may get a visit from him if you want.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>I need to ask you from Vangberg to send him a new year calendar like the one I received for Christmas if you would be so kind as to do that his addr. A Vangberg H&oslash;iskolegaten No 4 Trondhjem.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>On Friday we will bury br <em>(brother)</em> &Oslash;ian the service will be at the lodge and afterwords we the readers <em>(? this may mean those who speak or read from the bible at the meetings)</em> have invited all those who follow him, to a festive gathering at the chapel where we&rsquo;ll serve chocolate and have speaches by Daasvand and Svebak and others we know that jesus is near so we will have a blessed time for that has been promised us by jesus praise him, may a soul be saved and may his death touch those who are closest to him in life so that jesus could get them completely in his power please pray for that.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>We&rsquo;ll meet at jesus&rsquo; place brothers</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Greetings with Psalm 30</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Holm and family</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Best regards to you from us all, and remember us to your wife.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>&nbsp;</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>&nbsp;</p></div>
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