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      <title><![CDATA[Edvard Eidum to Alma C. Wilson 1948.10.28]]></title>
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                                    <div class="element-text">Edvard Eidum to Alma C. Wilson 1948.10.28</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">BREV FRA EDVARD EIDUM, DATERT NARVIK 28. OKTOBER &ndash; 1948 TIL MRS. ALMA C. WILSON, 102. WEST. 5. STREET, DELL RAPIDS, SYD DAKOTA, U.S.A. ET R&Oslash;DT 20-&Oslash;RES FRIMERKE MED L&Oslash;VE OG ET GR&Oslash;NT 1-KRONES FRIMERKE MED KONG HAAKON VII I ADMIRALSUNIFORM SOM KOM UT 7.JUNI-1946.<br />
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LETTER FROM EDVARD EIDUM DATED OCTOBER 28 &ndash; 1948, TO MRS. ALMA C. WILSON, 102. WEST. 5. STREET, DELL RAPIDS, SOUTH DAKOTA, U.S.A.  THE ENVELOPE HAS A RED 20 &Oslash;RE STAMP WITH LION, AND A GREEN 1 KRONE STAMP WITH KING HAAKON VII WEARING HIS ADMIRALS UNIFORM, WHICH CAME OUT JUNE 7-1946.</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">Edvard Eidum</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">Norwegian</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text"><p class=–MsoNormal–>Narvik 28/10-1948</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Kj&aelig;re Alma og Mor.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Tak for brevet som vi fikk fra Dig for 4 dage siden.<span>&nbsp; </span>M&aring; f&oslash;rst fortelle Dig, at brevet som vi nu fik fra Dig hadde v&aelig;rt p&aring; havets bund f&oslash;r vi fik De.<span>&nbsp; </span>De var med De fly som falt ned her ved Trondheim for nogen dage siden, og hvor 19 Mennesker omkom.<span>&nbsp; </span>Tak for alle billederne som var med.<span>&nbsp; </span>Ensj&oslash;nt Dem var smeltet sammen av vandet, og alt som var skrevet var borte p&aring; alle billederne.<span>&nbsp; </span>Men De meste av brevet kunne vi l&aelig;se.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi har De som vanlig her.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hanna sitter fremdeles med smerte i benene.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg har nylig v&aelig;rt i Trondheim en tur.<span>&nbsp; </span>Var Der og bes&oslash;kte en l&aelig;ge Spesialist.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg plages lidt med Nerverne i brystet.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hjertefeil har jeg heldigvis ikke sa l&aelig;gen.<span>&nbsp; </span>Men R&oslash;ngtnbillederne viste at De var Nerverne runt hjertet som hadde f&aring;tt for stor p&aring;kjenning, og antagelig i Krigs&aring;rene.<span>&nbsp; </span>Men jeg h&aring;per at De skal rette lidt p&aring; sig.<span>&nbsp; </span>Du sp&oslash;r om hvad Hanna kj&oslash;pte sig for pengerne hun fik fra Amerika.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jo hun har kj&oslash;pt sig to Stoler, som passer godt for hende &aring; sitte i.<span>&nbsp; </span>Og s&aring; har hun gjit bort noen kroner til en par familier som tr&aelig;ngte hjelp.<span>&nbsp; </span>Og s&aring; har hun nogle kroner, alts&aring; De som er ijen av bel&oslash;pet liggende, og venter p&aring; &aring; f&aring; h&oslash;re, om Gjertine og Olava skal ha noe av bel&oslash;pet.<span>&nbsp; </span>Da jeg nu var hos Axel en tur en kvel, jeg reiste til Stj&oslash;rdal fra Trondheim. Da traf jeg Klara Datter til Gjertine Der.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi snakket lidt om Disse penger, og hvorledes De hang sammen.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hun hadde med et brev, som hun hadde f&aring;tt fra Dig sa hun.<span>&nbsp; </span>Axel sa at hun skulde f&aring; se brevet som han og Banken hadde f&aring;tt fra Johan.<span>&nbsp; </span>Og der stod De presisslig. Disse kroner skal st&aring; i Banken s&aring;lenge jeg lever.<span>&nbsp; </span>Men efter min d&oslash;d s&aring; skal bel&oslash;pet fordeles mellem mine 4 hjenlevende s&oslash;sken Der.<span>&nbsp; </span>Noen av Enkerne var ikke n&aelig;vnt.<span>&nbsp; </span>Og Da sa Klara at De var jo rimelig at De blev fordelt slik som Johan vilde ha de, og som De stod i brevet.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg for min Del kan ikke forst&aring; at Johan ikke sa De i brevet, vist han t&aelig;nkte at Gjertine og Olava ogs&aring; skulle v&aelig;re med.<span>&nbsp; </span>Men Klara sa ogs&aring; at De var ikke annet og gj&oslash;re end De som var gjort.<span>&nbsp; </span>Men som sagt.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi vil ikke p&aring; nogen m&aring;te ha noget, som var tilt&aelig;nkt andre, om avd&oslash;de Johan sa og &oslash;nsket De.<span>&nbsp; </span>Du sp&oslash;r om hvor stor toll De vil bli p&aring; en dukke.<span>&nbsp; </span>Ja De vil nok bli en del.<span>&nbsp; </span>Og &aelig;rlig talt Alma s&aring; vil jeg si at du skal ikke t&aelig;nke p&aring; &aring; sende nogen Dukke.<span>&nbsp; </span>De vil ganske sikkert bli lidt for Dyrt, slig som tiden er nu.<span>&nbsp; </span>Du m&aring; hilse Din Mor fra Hanna.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hun sier hjertelig takk for gaven og for De bryderi hun har hadt sammen med Dig for Disse penger.<span>&nbsp; </span>Her er intet nytt av interesse.<span>&nbsp; </span>Bare De at strid og krig er dagens sp&oslash;rsm&aring;l.<span>&nbsp; </span>Tiden er alvorlig, men vi er glad at De g&aring;r en dag ad gangen.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi h&aring;per og tror at b&aring;de Du og gamle Mor m&aring; f&aring; De bra.<span>&nbsp; </span>Og vi h&aring;per at alt m&aring; klarnes, s&aring; at ingen Misforst&aring;else m&aring; f&aring; sitte sig fast i mellem oss.<span>&nbsp; </span>Har vi gjort noe uret s&aring; vil vi gjerne rette p&aring; alt.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Nu m&aring; Di leve vel ijen og ha De riktig bra.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi kan hilse Dere fra alle vores barn.<span>&nbsp; </span>Her er snart full Vinter nu.<span>&nbsp; </span>Og M&oslash;rketiden er snart inne.<span>&nbsp; </span>Julen kommer snart, om vi f&aring;r leve, bare knapt, to m&aring;neder til Jul.<span>&nbsp; </span>Ha De bra Alma og Du er venlig hilset.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Hanna og Edv. Eidum</p>
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<p>Narvik 28/10-1948</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Dear Alma and Mother.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Thank you for the letter that we got from You 4 days ago.<span>&nbsp; </span>First I must tell You, that the letter we now received from You had been at the bottom of the ocean before we got It.<span>&nbsp; </span>It was on The plane that crashed near Trondheim a few days ago, and where 19 People were killed.<span>&nbsp; </span>Thank you for all the pictures that were enclosed.<span>&nbsp; </span>Though They were melted together by the water, and everything written on them was gone.<span>&nbsp; </span>But most of the letter was readable.<span>&nbsp; </span>We&rsquo;re doing as usual here.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hanna is still sitting here with pain in her legs.<span>&nbsp; </span>I&rsquo;ve recently been to Trondheim.<span>&nbsp; </span>Was There to visit a doctor Specialist.<span>&nbsp; </span>I have a little trouble with the Nerves in my chest.<span>&nbsp; </span>Fortunately I don&rsquo;t have any heart disease the doctor said.<span>&nbsp; </span>But the X-rays showed that It was the Nerves around my heart that have had too much strain, and probably during the War years.<span>&nbsp; </span>But I hope that It&rsquo;ll improve a little.<span>&nbsp; </span>You ask what Hanna bought herself for the money she got from America.<span>&nbsp; </span>She&rsquo;s bought herself two Chairs, which are just right for her to sit in.<span>&nbsp; </span>And then she has given away a few kroner to a couple of families in need of help.<span>&nbsp; </span>And then she has a few kroner, that is What&rsquo;s left of the amount set aside, and is waiting to hear, if Gjertine and Olava are to have some of the amount.<span>&nbsp; </span>When I was at Axel&rsquo;s one night, I went to Stj&oslash;rdal from Trondheim, I met Klara Gjertine&rsquo;s Daughter There.<span>&nbsp; </span>We talked a little bit about This money, and how It was with them.<span>&nbsp; </span>She had brought a letter, which she had received from You she said.<span>&nbsp; </span>Axel said he&rsquo;d let her see the letter that he and the Bank had gotten from Johan.<span>&nbsp; </span>And There It said precisely.<span>&nbsp; </span>These kroner are to be left in the Bank for as long as I shall live.<span>&nbsp; </span>But after my demise the amount is to be divided between my 4 surviving siblings There.<span>&nbsp; </span>The Widows were not mentioned.<span>&nbsp; </span>And Then Klara said that It was reasonable that It was divided like Johan had wanted it, and like It said in the letter.<span>&nbsp; </span>As for me I can&rsquo;t understand that Johan didn&rsquo;t say So in the letter, if he planned for Gjertine and Olava to be included too.<span>&nbsp; </span>But Klara also said There was nothing else to be done than What had been done.<span>&nbsp; </span>But like I&rsquo;ve said.<span>&nbsp; </span>In no way do we want to keep anything, that was meant for somebody else, if the deceased Johan said So and wanted it So.<span>&nbsp; </span>You ask how much duty There would be to pay on a doll.<span>&nbsp; </span>It would probably be quite a bit.<span>&nbsp; </span>And honestly Alma I want to say that you mustn&rsquo;t be thinking about sending a Doll.<span>&nbsp; </span>It will most probably be a little bit too Expensive, the way things are now.<span>&nbsp; </span>You must say hello to Your Mother from Hanna.<span>&nbsp; </span>She says many thanks for the gift and for The trouble she&rsquo;s had together with You over This money.<span>&nbsp; </span>There&rsquo;s no news here of interest.<span>&nbsp; </span>Only The fact that conflict and war are the topics of the day.<span>&nbsp; </span>The situation is serious, but we&rsquo;re glad that It&rsquo;s going well one day at a time.<span>&nbsp; </span>We hope and believe that both You and old Mother will do fine.<span>&nbsp; </span>And we hope that everything can be cleared up, so that no Misunderstanding will settle between us.<span>&nbsp; </span>If we&rsquo;ve done something wrong we would like to make all of it right.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>So keep well again and goodbye.<span>&nbsp; </span>We can greet You from all our children<span>&nbsp; </span>It&rsquo;s almost full Winter here now.<span>&nbsp; </span>And the Polar Nights are very close.<span>&nbsp; </span>Christmas is coming soon, if we get to live, less than, two months till Christmas.<span>&nbsp; </span>Keep well Alma and You are warmly greeted.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Hanna and Edv. Eidum</p></div>
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      <title><![CDATA[Klara Krogstad to Alma C. Wilson 1948.8.22]]></title>
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                                    <div class="element-text">Klara Krogstad to Alma C. Wilson 1948.8.22</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">BREV FRA KLARA KROGSTAD DATERT 22. AUGUST.  KLARA SKRIVER ALDRI HVILKET &Aring;R DET ER, S&Aring; DET KAN OFTE V&AElig;RE VANSKELIG &Aring; GJETTE (JEG HAR M&Aring;TTET GJETTE MEG TIL DET UT FRA INNHOLDET AV BREVET), MEN I DETTE TILFELLET KAN POSTSTEMPLET P&Aring; KONVOLUTTEN TYDES;  SENDT NESTE DAG OG &Aring;RET ER 1948.  TIL ALMA WILSSON, 102 WEST 5 ST, DELL RAPIDS, S.D., U.S.A.  TO BL&Aring; 60&ndash;&Oslash;RES FRIMERKER MED L&Oslash;VE.<br />
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LETTER FROM KLARA KROGSTAD DATED AUGUST 22.  KLARA NEVER PUTS THE YEAR DOWN ON HER LETTERS, SO AT TIMES IT CAN BE HARD TO GUESS WHEN THEY WERE WRITTEN; I&#039;VE HAD TO GUESS BY THE CONTENT OF THE LETTER.  BUT IN THIS CASE THE POST STAMP ON THE ENVELOPE IS CLEAR ENOUGH TO READ, AND THE LETTER WAS SENT THE NEXT DAY, 1948.  TO ALMA WILSSON, 102 WEST 5 ST, DELL RAPIDS, S.D., U.S.A.  TWO BLUE 60 &Oslash;RE STAMPS WITH LION.</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">Klara Krogstad</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">1948.08.22</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text"><p class=–MsoNormal–>Sluppen den 22 august. <em>(1948)</em></p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Kj&aelig;re kusine Alma og dine</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Denne uke har v&aelig;ret en oplevelse av de sjeldne, jeg fik pakken fra dig og har brukt den 2 ganger, f&oslash;ler mig som et nyt menneske for du skulde ha set det jeg hadde paa f&oslash;r <em>(sikkert hofteholder som hun har v&aelig;rt p&aring; utkikk etter i lengre tid)</em>.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg vet ikke min arme raad for &aring; betale den, den er dyr det skj&oslash;nner jeg, kan du ikke skrive og fort&aelig;lle mig hvad du vil jeg skal sende i steden og hvad som er lovlig.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg f&oslash;ler mig i evig skyld til dig, men skriv er du snild, har dere intresse av Selbu-varer?<span>&nbsp; </span>Den er for lang 15-20 cm, men jeg har ikke lyst til &aring; forandre den saa jeg bruker den slik.<span>&nbsp; </span>Du sp&oslash;r om bestemor, nu har nu <em>(trykkfeil)</em> gaat bort fra os, hun sovnet stille og rolig inn i gaar kl halv 4 <span>&nbsp;</span>96 aar gammel, paa sykehuset.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det var tungt for min mor, igaar naar vi var der selv om hun var gammel for det er saa rart med en mor det vet vi Alma som er mor selv.<span>&nbsp; </span>Du sp&oslash;r om mine gutter er i Armeen, nei Kjell min &aelig;lste gut er 21 aar han slipper for han er paa Jernbane som l&aelig;regut enda.<span>&nbsp; </span>Min yngste gut er bare 15 aar, det er saa flinke og snille gutter, jeg er gla for det naar jeg skal v&aelig;re baade mor og far for dem, du har pr&oslash;vet det samme Alma og forstaar mig godt ikke sant.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Jeg ser av dit brev at dere har sent saa meget hit, det vet ikke vi noget om.<span>&nbsp; </span>Du maa tro far sin familie er saa fine paa det, ser ikke paa min mor og os, det var bare store ord naar far d&oslash;de og Ole ikke hadde noget at mor var bra for ham, han lovte da gull og gr&oslash;nne skoge som man sier at det skulde bli hj&aelig;lp for henne som satt i gjen alene i verden med seks smaa barn den &aelig;lste 14 aar <em>(jeg tror det var Klara som var eldst).</em><span>&nbsp; </span>Han gaar ikke og ser om henne nu heller enda hun er 73 &aring;r.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi er stolte av mor som har arbeidet slik for &aring; leve paa ordling <em>(ordentlig</em>) vis et meget pent hjem har min bror Erling og hun, saa hun er ingen tak skyldig til fars familie.<span>&nbsp; </span>Kristerdomme <em>(kristendommen)</em> hos dem tror jeg er bare hykleri, jeg har en tante altsaa en s&oslash;ster av mor som bor i samme gaard som Laura og dem fort&aelig;ller litt av hvert, jeg vil heller vaske gulv.<span>&nbsp; </span>Naar Aksel er oprigtig kristen kunde han ha git mor og Olava kona efter onkel Konrad for det faller ogsaa paa dem.<span>&nbsp; </span>Onkel Jon kunde ha brukt sine p&aelig;nger paa sig selv og sin kone for dem er lite taknemelig enten dem faar eller ei.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi har aldrig vist dette.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg vil aldrig sie noget om dette til dem, det blir bare ondt oss i mellem.<span>&nbsp; </span>Onkel Jon og jeg har v&aelig;ret gode venner og skrevet til hverandre fra jeg var liten skolepike.<span>&nbsp; </span>Onkel lovete mig &aring; komme til ham men det blev det aldrig for far d&oslash;de <em>(hun m&aring;tte hjelpe til hjemme).</em></p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Imorgen begynner jeg og arbeider igjen<span>&nbsp; </span>har ferie nu, vi har v&aelig;ret borte i 14 dager mine gutter og jeg.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi har v&aelig;ret hos min mans familie for dem bor 8 mil herfra.<span>&nbsp; </span>17 sept skal mine gutter reise og bes&oslash;ke en bror som bor i Bergen <em>(Klaras bror Olaf)</em> for de har nogen dager igjen.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Nu maa sjeg slutte for jeg skal til min s&oslash;ster og drikke eftermiddags kaffe kom og bli med du og. end om det hadde gaat. <span>&nbsp;</span>Skriv nu og si hvad du vil ha i steden for det su sente.<span>&nbsp; </span>Den duken paa bildet fik du da av mig, ikke av Evelyn, Oles datter.<span>&nbsp; </span>Tak for bildet, pen pike.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hils dem og ha det bra</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Din kusine Klara</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Skal hilse fra mine barn og mor.</p>
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<p class=–MsoNormal–>Sluppen the 22 August.<span>&nbsp; </span>(1948)</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Dear cousin Alma and yours</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>This week has been an experience of the rare kinds, I got the package from you and have worn it twice, feel like a new person because you should have seen what I used to wear <em>(she probably got a girdle which she&rsquo;s been wanting for a long time)</em>.<span>&nbsp; </span>I have no idea how I can pay you for it, I understand it&rsquo;s expensive, couldn&rsquo;t you write and tell me what you would like for me to send you in return and what&rsquo;s legal.<span>&nbsp; </span>I feel I&rsquo;m in perpetual dept to you, but please write, would you be interested in Selbu items?<span>&nbsp; </span>It&rsquo;s 15-20 cm too long, but I don&rsquo;t want to alter it so I wear the way it is.<span>&nbsp; </span>You ask about grandmother, she has now left us, she quietly and calmly went to sleep yesterday at 3:30<span>&nbsp; </span>96 years old, in the hospital.<span>&nbsp; </span>It was hard on my mother, yesterday when we were there even though she was old because there&rsquo;s something special about a mother <span>&nbsp;</span>we know that Alma who are mothers ourselves.<span>&nbsp; </span>You ask if my boys are in the Army, no Kjell my oldest boy is 21 years old and he doesn&rsquo;t have to because he&rsquo;s still an apprentice with the Railroads.<span>&nbsp; </span>My youngest boy is only 15 years old, they&rsquo;re such clever and good boys, and I&rsquo;m glad of that since I have to be both a mother and a father to them, you&rsquo;ve tried the same thing Alma and understand me well don&rsquo;t you.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>I see from your letter that you&rsquo;ve sent such a lot over here, we know nothing about that.<span>&nbsp; </span>Father&rsquo;s family is so distinguished, they don&rsquo;t look at my mother and us, there were nothing but big words when father died and Ole didn&rsquo;t have anything and mother was good enough for him, he promised gold and green forests then <em>(directly translated from a Norwegian expression)</em> as we say that there would be help for her who was left alone in the world with six small children the oldest being 14 years old <em>(I believe Klara was the oldest).</em><span>&nbsp; </span>He doesn&rsquo;t go to visit her now either even though she&rsquo;s 73 years old.<span>&nbsp; </span>We&rsquo;re proud of mother who has worked so hard to live in a decent way<span>&nbsp; </span>she and my brother Erling have a very nice home, so she owes nothing to father&rsquo;s family.<span>&nbsp; </span>Christianity is just hypocracy with them I think, I have an aunt a sister of mother&rsquo;s that is who lives in the same building as Laura and they tell us quite a few things, I&rsquo;d rather be cleaning floors.<span>&nbsp; </span>If Aksel was a true Christian he could have given some to mother and Olava Konrad&rsquo;s wife because they&rsquo;re entitled to it too.<span>&nbsp; </span>Uncle Jon could have spent his money on himself and his wife because they&rsquo;re not very grateful whether they get something or not.<span>&nbsp; </span>We&rsquo;ve never known about this.<span>&nbsp; </span>I&rsquo;ll never say anything about this to them, there will only be bad feelings between us.<span>&nbsp; </span>Uncle Jon and I have been good friends and have corresponded since I was a little schoolgirl.<span>&nbsp; </span>Uncle promised that I could come and visit him but that never came to pass because father died <em>(she had to stay at home and help her mother).</em></p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Tomorrow I&rsquo;ll go back to work again<span>&nbsp; </span>I&rsquo;m on vacation now, we&rsquo;ve been away for 14 days my boys and I.<span>&nbsp; </span>We&rsquo;ve been to see my husband&rsquo;s family because they live 8 miles from here.<span>&nbsp; </span>On Sept. 17 my boys are going to visit a brother who lives in Bergen <em>(Klara&rsquo;s brother Olaf)</em> because they have a few days left.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>I must end this now because I&rsquo;m going to my sister&rsquo;s for afternoon coffee <span>&nbsp;</span>come with me. how nice if that could be done.<span>&nbsp; </span>Please write and tell me what you would like in return for what you sent.<span>&nbsp; </span>The table runner on the picture you got from me didn&rsquo;t you, not from Evelyn, Ole&rsquo;s daughter.<span>&nbsp; </span>Thank you for the picture, pretty girl.<span>&nbsp; </span>Give them my regards keep well</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Your cousin Klara</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>My children and mother send their regards.</p></div>
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      <title><![CDATA[Edvard Eidum to Alma C. Wilson 1948.6.28]]></title>
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                                    <div class="element-text">BREV FRA EDVARD EIDUM DATERT 28. JUNI-1948, TIL MRS ALMA C. WILSON, 102. WEST. 5. STREET, DELL RAPIDS, SYD DAKOTA, U.S.A.  ET R&Oslash;DT 20-&Oslash;RES FRIMERKE MED L&Oslash;VE, ET GR&Oslash;NT 1-KRONES FRIMERKE MED KONG HAAKON I ADMIRALSUNIFORM, KRONE I H&Oslash;YRE HJ&Oslash;RNE MED TALLET 7 UNDER, NORGE LANGS &Oslash;VERSTE KANT, OG NOE SOM LIGNER P&Aring; KORNAKS I EN KRANS RUNDT HELE FRIMERKET.  (KOM UT 7. JUNI-1946, ETT &Aring;R ETTERAT HAN KOM TILBAKE TIL NORGE ETTER 5 &Aring;R I EXIL, OG P&Aring; DAGEN 6 &Aring;R ETTERAT HAN M&Aring;TTE EVAKUERES FRA NORGE I 1940).<br />
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LETTER FROM EDVARD EIDUM DATED JUNE 28 &ndash; 1948, TO MRS. ALMA C. WILSON, 102. WEST. 5. STREET, DELL RAPIDS, SYD DAKOTA, U.S.A.  THE ENVELOPE HAS A RED 20 &Oslash;RE STAMP WITH LION AND A GREEN 1 KRONE STAMP WITH KING HAAKON VII WEARING HIS ADMIRAL UNIFORM (CAME OUT JUNE 7 &ndash; 1946, A YEAR AFTER HE RETURNED TO NORWAY FROM HIS 5 YEARS IN EXILE, AND 6 YEARS TO THE DATE AFTER HIS EVACUATION FROM NORWAY FOLLOWING THE GERMAN INVASION IN 1940).</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">Edvard Eidum</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text"><p class=–MsoNormal–>Narvik 28-6-1948</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Kj&aelig;re Alma og Mor.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Atter hjertelig takk for brevet Alma.<span>&nbsp; </span>Du er meget flink til &aring; skrive.<span>&nbsp; </span>Ingen er s&aring; snar til &aring; svare p&aring; brevene som du.<span>&nbsp; </span>P&aring; De pungt lingner vi hverandre ogs&aring; meget godt.<span>&nbsp; </span>Ja De er sant at Du har meget &aring; ta vare p&aring;.<span>&nbsp; </span>Ikke bare Dit eget hjem.<span>&nbsp; </span>Men du har ogs&aring; Mor &aring; hendes hjem og ordne med.<span>&nbsp; </span>Dertil kommer alle Di andre ting som Du blir plaget med.<span>&nbsp; </span>Du har hadt mange ekstra vendinger med alle Disse sp&oslash;rsm&aring;l ang&aring;ende Disse penger som er sendt.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi har ennu intet h&oslash;rt fra Axel om Dette.<span>&nbsp; </span>Men som jeg ser s&aring; har Du atter sendt en skrivelse, med underskrift og attestasjon fra flere personer.<span>&nbsp; </span>Og Da skulle vell Den saken engang komme ut av Verden. Ja jeg gjentar hvad jeg f&oslash;r har sagt, jeg synes at De var rart at John ordnet De p&aring; en slik m&aring;te f&oslash;r han d&oslash;de.<span>&nbsp; </span>Men han er nu D&oslash;d og jeg vill ikke si mere om Den sak.<span>&nbsp; </span>Men unnerligt synes jeg De var, og serlig Dette at hans hustru Din Mor ikke fik vite noget om De.<span>&nbsp; </span>Forresten s&aring; f&aring;rekommer De mig at Olav Holm er ogs&aring; en uforst&aring;elig Mand.<span>&nbsp; </span>S&aring; jeg forst&aring;r n&aelig;r sagt ingen ting av nogen av Dem.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vell, S&aring; snart vi f&aring;r h&oslash;re noe fra Dem, s&aring; skal Du f&aring; h&oslash;re De.<span>&nbsp; </span>Her er fremdeles lidt vanskelig med mange ting.<span>&nbsp; </span>Ensj&oslash;nt De er vell ikke s&aring; ligetil Der i Amerika heller.<span>&nbsp; </span>Kostbart alt Der ogs&aring; b&aring;de Mat og kl&aelig;r.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi har hadt bra med Mat her, og har De fremdeles.<span>&nbsp; </span>Men kl&aelig;r og s&aelig;rlig Da Arbeidskl&aelig;r er De tungt &aring; f&aring; noe av.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg har Derfor m&aring;ttet gji mine s&oslash;nner en del kl&aelig;r, og s&aelig;rlig da benkl&aelig;r (bukser) til Arbeisbruk.<span>&nbsp; </span>Og jeg er glad for at jeg kunde hjelpe Dem.<span>&nbsp; </span>Ja kj&aelig;re Dig Alma.<span>&nbsp; </span>Du m&aring; ikke ta De alt for h&aring;rt med strevet og Arbeidet.<span>&nbsp; </span>For De kan jo bli for meget for Dig ogs&aring;.<span>&nbsp; </span>Om vi hadde v&aelig;rt Dig lidt nermere, sa ville vi s&aring; gjerne ha hjulpet Dig lidt.<span>&nbsp; </span>Karen har nu sendt brev til Dig.<span>&nbsp; </span>Greta har vist ogs&aring; skrevet.<span>&nbsp; </span>Edvard er nu ferdig med Skolen og har nu Middelskoleeksamen.<span>&nbsp; </span>Greta skal Konfirmeres nu S&oslash;ndag 4de Juli, s&aring; tiden g&aring;r sv&aelig;rt fort til alle barna blir voksen.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Ja s&aring; m&aring; Du hilse all Dine ijen, og s&aelig;rlig Da Mor,<span>&nbsp; </span>Hanna sender Dig en s&aelig;rlig hilsen.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi ville s&aring; gjerne ha sendt Dere noen foto billeder av oss, men de er n&aelig;r sagt umulig for tiden &aring; f&aring; tatt nogen billeder.<span>&nbsp; </span>For De finnes ikke film sier Fotograferne.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Ha De bra og lev vell alle.<span>&nbsp; </span>Tusen takk for alt Dit str&aelig;v.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Deres Hanna og E. Eidum</p>
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<p class=–MsoNormal–>Narvik 28-6-1948</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Dear Alma and Mother.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Again many thanks for your letter Alma.<span>&nbsp; </span>You&rsquo;re very good at writing.<span>&nbsp; </span>No one is as quick to reply to the letters as you are.<span>&nbsp; </span>In That Respect we are also very much alike.<span>&nbsp; </span>Yes It&rsquo;s true that You have a lot to take care of.<span>&nbsp; </span>Not only Your own home.<span>&nbsp; </span>But you also have Mother and her home to see to.<span>&nbsp; </span>In addition there&rsquo;s all The other things that You&rsquo;re being bothered with.<span>&nbsp; </span>You&rsquo;ve had many extra turns with all These questions regarding This money that were sent.<span>&nbsp; </span>We&lsquo;ve still heard nothing from Axel about This.<span>&nbsp; </span>But I see You have once again sent a statement, with signatures and certifications from several persons.<span>&nbsp; </span>And Then That matter should be out of the Way.<span>&nbsp; </span>Well I repeat what I&rsquo;ve said before, I think It was strange that John arranged It like that before he died.<span>&nbsp; </span>But he&rsquo;s Dead now and I won&rsquo;t say any more on That matter.<span>&nbsp; </span>But I do think It was odd, and especially The fact that his wife Your Mother wasn&rsquo;t told about It.<span>&nbsp; </span>Besides it seems to me that Olav Holm is also an incomprehensible Man.<span>&nbsp; </span>So I don&rsquo;t understand anything about any of Them so to speak.<span>&nbsp; </span>Well, As soon as we hear something from Them, we&rsquo;ll let You know about It.<span>&nbsp; </span>It&rsquo;s still a little difficult here with many things.<span>&nbsp; </span>Though I guess It&rsquo;s not so simple There in America either. Everything expensive There too both Food and clothing.<span>&nbsp; </span>We&rsquo;ve had enough Food here, and still do.<span>&nbsp; </span>But clothing and especially Work clothes are hard to get.<span>&nbsp; </span>Therefore I&rsquo;ve had to give my sons some clothes, and especially pants for Working in.<span>&nbsp; </span>And I&rsquo;m glad that I&rsquo;ve been able to help Them.<span>&nbsp; </span>Well dear Alma.<span>&nbsp; </span>You mustn&rsquo;t Work and toil too hard.<span>&nbsp; </span>Because It can get to be too much for You too.<span>&nbsp; </span>If we&rsquo;d been closer to You, we would gladly have helped You a little.<span>&nbsp; </span>Karen has sent a letter to You now.<span>&nbsp; </span>I think Greta has also written.<span>&nbsp; </span>Edvard has finished School and now he has his Middle School exam <em>(this should be more or less equivalent to the U.S. Junior High School)</em>.<span>&nbsp; </span>Greta is going to be Confirmed this Sunday July 4<sup>th</sup>, so it won&rsquo;t be long till the children are adults.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Say hello to all of Yours again, and especially Mother, Hanna sends You a special greeting.<span>&nbsp; </span>We would so much have liked to send You some pictures of us, but it&rsquo;s just about impossible to get pictures taken these days.<span>&nbsp; </span>Because there is no film the Photographers say.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Keep well all of you.<span>&nbsp; </span>Thanks a lot for Your hard work.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Yours Hanna and E. Eidum</p></div>
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      <title><![CDATA[Klara Krogstad to Alma C. Wilson 1948.5]]></title>
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                                    <div class="element-text">BREV FRA KLARA KROGSTAD, UDATERT, POSTSTEMPLET 11.5.48 TIL FRU ALMA WILSON, 102 WEST 5 ST., DELL RAPIDS, SYD DAKOTA, AMERIKA.  TO BL&Aring; 60-&Oslash;RES FRIMERKER MED L&Oslash;VE.  SENDT MED FLYPOST.<br />
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LETTER FROM KLARA KROGSTAD, UNDATED, POST STAMPED ON MAY 11 &ndash; 1948, TO FRU (MRS.) ALMA WILSON, 102 WEST 5 ST., DELL RAPIDS, SYD DAKOTA, AMERIKA.  TWO BLUE 60 &Oslash;RE STAMPS WITH LION.  SENT BY AIR.</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text"><p class=–MsoNormal–>Kj&aelig;re Alma!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Hjertelig tak for brevet, som jeg l&aelig;nge har ventet paa.<span>&nbsp; </span>Bedre sent enn aldrig.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det er godt og h&oslash;re at du er frisk, er det din datter eller svigerdatter som er syk i en fot?<span>&nbsp; </span>Skal hilse fra min mor og mig at vi synes onkel Jon laa saa fint og pent paa d&oslash;dsleiet, end saa fin en kiste.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg for min del synes at hvis onkel Jon hadde noget efter sig maatte det v&aelig;re du som har tat saa mangt et tak for dem.<span>&nbsp; </span>Men det er dem her i Norge som tror onkel Jon hadde saa mye, men om saa var er det da vel ikke noget og snakke om det synes jeg.<span>&nbsp; </span>I dag er det et nydelig veir her, jeg har ingenting faat gjort i min have for det har v&aelig;ret saa koldt, men nu maa det bli alvor.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg er saa klar og tr&oslash;t naar jeg kommer fra arbeide at det blir lite gjort.<span>&nbsp; </span>Mine gutter er saa optat med Idr&aelig;tten, saa det blir lite med dem ogsaa.<span>&nbsp; </span>I dag skal mor og jeg og min &aelig;ldste datter reise op til min yngste datter for hennes minste gut er 5 aar.<span>&nbsp; </span>Min yngste gut var i fint selskap hos sin sjef, det var 75 aars Jubileum.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det var 140 mennesker der, god mat, og musik og sang, han kom hjem kl 4 om morgenen.<span>&nbsp; </span>Helt str&aring;lende fest sa han.<span>&nbsp; </span>Han fik 50 kr og en beretning(?).<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg skal sende dig aviser men unders&oslash;k dem godt for jeg har noget og sende.<span>&nbsp; </span>Mor har v&aelig;ret paa Stj&oslash;rdal i 70 aars hos sin s&oslash;ster.<span>&nbsp; </span>Da var hun hos Aksel og tante Laura bor i samme hus som mors s&oslash;ster saa Laura var der ogsaa.<span>&nbsp; </span>Mindor har arbeide nu, saa hun har det godt hadde hun sagt til mor.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Nu maa jeg slutte for jeg skal bort.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Hils dine saa hjertelig og v&aelig;r du hilset fra mig.<span>&nbsp; </span>Din kusine Klara.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Enda har jeg ikke faat i mig korselett <span>&nbsp;</span>det finnes ikke her.</p>
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<p class=–MsoNormal–>Dear Alma!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Thanks a lot for your letter, which I&rsquo;ve been waiting for for a long time.<span>&nbsp; </span>Better late than never.<span>&nbsp; </span>It&rsquo;s good to hear that you&rsquo;re well, is it your daughter or daughter in law who has a bad foot?<span>&nbsp; </span>My mother says hello and we think uncle Jon looked so nice on his deathbed, and what a nice coffin.<span>&nbsp; </span>As far as I&rsquo;m concerned I think that if uncle Jon left anything behind it ought to be for you who have done so many things for them.<span>&nbsp; </span>But there are those here in Norway who think uncle Jon had so much, but if that were so I don&rsquo;t think it&rsquo;s anything to talk about <em>(nobody&rsquo;s business, in other words).</em><span>&nbsp; </span>We&rsquo;re having beautiful weather here today, I haven&rsquo;t gotten anything done in my yard because it&rsquo;s been so cold, but now I must really get to it.<span>&nbsp; </span>I&rsquo;m so tired when I get home from work that little gets done.<span>&nbsp; </span>My boys are so busy with Sports, so they don&rsquo;t have much time either.<span>&nbsp; </span>Today mother and I and my oldest daughter are going up to my youngest daughter because her youngest boy turns 5.<span>&nbsp; </span>My youngest boy was at a fancy party at his boss&rsquo; house, for a 75 year Jubilee <em>(this could either mean that the boss turned 75 or the company did).</em><span>&nbsp; </span>There were 140 people there, good food, and music and singing, he came home at 4 in the morning.<span>&nbsp; </span>A magnificent party he said.<span>&nbsp; </span>He got 50 kr and a ? <em>(I don&rsquo;t know what the next word means).</em><span>&nbsp; </span>I&rsquo;ll send you some newspapers but go through them carefully because I have something to send.<span>&nbsp; </span>Mother has been to Stj&oslash;rdal for her sister&rsquo;s 70<sup>th</sup>.<span>&nbsp; </span>She also went to see Axel and aunt Laura lives in the same house as mother&rsquo;s sister so Laura was there too.<span>&nbsp; </span>Mindor has a job now, so she&rsquo;s doing well she had said to mother.<span>&nbsp; </span>I must end this now because I&rsquo;m going out.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Give my regards to yours and regards to you from me.<span>&nbsp; </span></p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Your cousin Klara.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>I still haven&rsquo;t found myself a girdle<span>&nbsp; </span>they don&rsquo;t have them here.</p></div>
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      <title><![CDATA[Laura Karlson to Alma C. Wilson 1948.4.5]]></title>
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                                    <div class="element-text">BREV FRA LAURA KARLSON DATERT 5. APRIL &ndash; 1948, TIL MRS. ALMA WILSON, 102 WEST 5TH. STREET, DELL RAPIDS, SYD DAKOTA, U.S.A.  KONVOLUTTEN HAR ET BRUNAKTIG 80-&Oslash;RES FRIMERKE MED KONG HAAKON VII, OG TEKSTEN &ndash;KONGENS HJEMKOMST 7 JUNI 1945&ndash;, OG OSLO R&Aring;DHUS I BAKGRUNNEN.  DETTE FRIMERKET ER ETT AV EN SERIE P&Aring; 11 SOM KOM UT 15. APRIL -1947 I FORBINDELSE MED POSTVERKETS 300-&Aring;RSJUBILEUM (1647-1947).  BLANDT BREVENE FRA JOHAN HOLM&#039;S FAMILIE I NORGE ER TILSAMMEN 10 AV JUBILEUMS-FRIMERKENE REPRESENTERT, MENS ETT (55 &Oslash;RE) MANGLER.<br />
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LETTER FROM LAURA KARLSON DATED APRIL 5 &ndash; 1948, TO MRS. ALMA WILSON, 102 WEST 5TH STREET, DELL RAPIDS, SYD DAKOTA, U.S.A.  THE ENVELOPE HAS A BROWNISH 80 &Oslash;RE STAMP WITH KING HAAKON VII AND THE TEXT &ndash;THE KING&#039;S RETURN JUNE 7 1945&ndash; AND OSLO CITY HALL IN THE BACKGROUND.  THIS IS THE DATE THE KING RETURNED FROM HIS EXILE IN LONDON DURING WW II. THIS STAMP IS ONE OF 11 STAMPS THAT CAME OUT APRIL 15-1947 TO COMMEMORATE 300 YEARS OF POSTAL SERVICES.  ALL OF THEM EXCEPT ONE ARE REPRESENTED AMONG THE LETTERS FROM JOHN&#039;S FAMILY IN NORWAY. (THE 55 &Oslash;RE ONE IS MISSING).</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text"><p class=–MsoNormal–>Stj&oslash;rdal 5/4-1948</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Kjere Alma og alle sammen.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Tusen takk, for Foto av John. de var meget pene.<span>&nbsp; </span>Saa har hann Stridd fra sig her i verden, vi har vores tur ijen, vi vet ikke hvordan vi skal ende vore dager, kanske, de blir en ny Krig, saa det bliver paa den maate, at det ikke kann, blive fred mellom Menneskene, Stakkars det er mange som lider.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg er taknemmelig, ver kveld, at vi faar legge os i fred, og er mette.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg er meget skral, men jeg er glad for ver dag jeg kann klare det lille jeg har og stelle med.<span>&nbsp; </span>Mindor har havt arbeide hos en Slakter i Vinter, han har 60 kr uken, paa egen Kost, men jeg er glad for ver dag han klarer det, han er ikke saa sterk av Helsen.<span>&nbsp; </span>Og han er, orntlig med sine penger<span>&nbsp; </span>han har Kj&oslash;pt sig meget kleder, som han manglet, og saa faar jeg til Mat og Brensel, og Husleie, og litt gamle kleder, har jeg, som jeg faar stelt paa, noget Nytt, det blir det ikke tale om, alle ting er saa Dyrt.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg blev saa overrasket, efter Johns D&oslash;d, Aksel havde faat sent, nogen, Penger, som han har satt, i Banken her, og som hann, skulde dele ud til oss S&oslash;sken, efter hans D&oslash;d, saa jeg har ingen ting, vist, om det f&oslash;r, det skulde vere en hemmelighet, til hann var D&oslash;d.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det er saa synd at jeg ikke fikk takket ham, men jeg vil faa takke din Moder, mange tusen gange, om hun er saa snild, og jiver os, en saa kjerkommen gave, og likedan dig.<span>&nbsp; </span>Du maa tro det kommer vel med, for os alle, og mest for mig, for jeg har, bestandig havt det meget vanskelig, og pr&oslash;vsamt, og Trasigt.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg orker ikke, tage arbeide ute, men jeg skal fors&oslash;ke og faa mig, Jemme, og stoppe Str&oslash;mper, for Soldaten, her paa Ekserplassen.<span>&nbsp; </span>dem betaler, 0.35 &oslash;re paret, det blir da litt, dem skaffer Stoppingsgarn, selv.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hvordan har du og dine det, jeg haaper bare bra, og din Moder er hun frisk, vi bliver alle gamle, v&aring;r reise jennem verden er snart slutt.<span>&nbsp; </span>Treffer du nogen av S&oslash;ster Annas Barn saa hils dem, og ji dem min, adr og bede dem skrive til mig, det skulde vere moro, og h&oslash;re fra dem ogsaa, du maa hilse din Moder og alle dine barn, et meget pent foto av dine s&oslash;nner. tusen Takk.<span>&nbsp; </span>Lev inderlig vell alle sammen,</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Tusen kjere hilsen fra Laura og Mindor, Stj&oslash;rdal.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>&nbsp;</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Stj&oslash;rdal 5/4-1948</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Dear Alma and everybody.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Thank you so much, for the Photos of John. they were very nice.<span>&nbsp; </span>So now he has finished his Toil in this world, our turn is to come, we don&rsquo;t know how we will end our days, maybe, there will be a new War, so it might be in that way, too bad there can&rsquo;t, be peace among Humankind. <span>&nbsp;</span>Poor people so many are suffering.<span>&nbsp; </span>I&rsquo;m grateful, every night, that we can go to bed in peace, and are full.<span>&nbsp; </span>I&rsquo;m very unwell, but I&rsquo;m glad for every day that I can manage what little I have to do.<span>&nbsp; </span>Mindor has had a job at a Butcher&rsquo;s this Winter, he has 60 kr a week, with his own Food, but I&rsquo;m glad of every day he can manage, he&rsquo;s not so strong Healthwise.<span>&nbsp; </span>And he&rsquo;s, decent with his money<span>&nbsp; </span>he has Bought himself lots of clothes, which he lacked, and then he gives me money for Food and Fuel, and Rent, and some old clothes, I do have, that I can fix up, anything New, is out of the question, everything is so Expensive.<span>&nbsp; </span>I was so surprised, after John&rsquo;s Death, Axel had received, some, Money, which he had put, in the Bank here, and which he, was to distribute to us Siblings, after his Death, so I&rsquo;ve known, nothing, about it before, it was to be a secret, until he had Dead.<span>&nbsp; </span>It&rsquo;s too bad I didn&rsquo;t get to thank him, but I&rsquo;ll be able to thank your Mother, many thousand times, if she&rsquo;s so kind, as to give us, such a welcome gift, and likewise you.<span>&nbsp; </span>You can&rsquo;t imagine how useful it&rsquo;ll be, for all of us, and mostly for me, because I&rsquo;ve, always had a difficult time of it, and trying, and Hard.<span>&nbsp; </span>I can&rsquo;t handle, outside work, but I&rsquo;ll try to get myself, work at Home, darning Socks, for the Soldiers, here on the Drill grounds. they pay, 0.35 &oslash;re a pair, it&rsquo;s something, they supply the Darning yarn, themselves.<span>&nbsp; </span>How are you and yours, just fine I hope, and your Mother is she well, we&rsquo;re all getting old, our travel through the world will soon be over.<span>&nbsp; </span>If you meet any of Sister Anna&rsquo;s Children give them my regards, and give them my, addr and ask them to write to me, it would be fun, to hear from them too, you must give my regards to your Mother and all your children, a very nice photo of your sons. Thanks a lot.<span>&nbsp; </span>Keep very well all of you.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>A thousand dear wishes from Laura and Mindor, Stj&oslash;rdal.</p></div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">BREV FRA HERBORG HOLM DATERT 2. APRIL &ndash; 1948, TIL ALMA WILSON.  INGEN KONVOLUTT.<br />
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LETTER FROM HERBORG HOLM DATED APRIL 2 &ndash; 1948, TO ALMA WILSON.  NO ENVELOPE.</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text"><p class=–MsoNormal–>Stj&oslash;rdal 2den april 1948</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Kj&aelig;re Alma!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Du m&aring; undskylde at jeg ikke har skrevet til dig for lenge siden, men nu skal det endelig bli gjort.<span>&nbsp; </span>Far har syklet til kirkeg&aring;rden og skal begynne &aring; stelle litt med mors grav.<span>&nbsp; </span>Her er ingen sne nu &ndash; bare i h&oslash;iereliggende str&oslash;k &ndash; og tr&aelig;rne spretter, s&aring; snart kommer v&aring;ren for alvor og det skal bli trivelig.<span>&nbsp; </span>Her er s&aring; ekkel, sterk vind om dagen &ndash; Laura sier at hun l&aring; i sengen med k&aring;pen p&aring; inatt for hun trodde at huset hun bor i skulle ramle sammen!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Kondolerer med onkel Johan!<span>&nbsp; </span>Ja, tenk, <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>nu</span> er <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>han</span> ferdig med et strevsomt liv &ndash; det blir rent rart, aldri &aring; f&aring; brev fra ham mere.<span>&nbsp; </span>Takk for bildene! &ndash; de Laura skulle ha, har hun f&aring;tt og hun snakker i det hver dag at hun skal skrive og takke dig, men det er veldig tiltak for henne &aring; skrive &ndash; men det blir vel engang. &ndash; Johan ligner Kong Haakon der han ligger i kisten, synes jeg.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det er en meget flott kiste &ndash; <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>her</span> brukers <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>bare</span> hvite kister s&aring; det er rart &aring; se at i U.S.A. brukes kul&oslash;rte kister med blomstermotiver.<span>&nbsp; </span>Likedan blev jeg meget forbauset over at han er helt p&aring;kledd i kisten!<span>&nbsp; </span>Du skj&oslash;nner, at <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>her</span> er det <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>ikke</span> brukelig.<span>&nbsp; </span>Her brukes hvite lik-kjoler &ndash; f&oslash;r var de av t&oslash;i &ndash; men siden krigen fra 1940 er de av papir.<span>&nbsp; </span>Her er jo fremdeles lite stoffer og rasjonert.<span>&nbsp; </span>Og tusen takk for fotografiene av dine s&oslash;nner James og Henry!<span>&nbsp; </span>Det var morsomt &aring; f&aring;, s&aring; du m&aring; hilse begge hjertelig takk fra mig!<span>&nbsp; </span>James har s&aring;nn lurt glimt i &oslash;inene s&aring; han er sikkert en sk&oslash;ier!<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg er f&oslash;dt 3/6-1912 &ndash; alts&aring; 5 dager eldre enn ham.<span>&nbsp; </span>S&aring; har du en s&oslash;nn Ralph som er gift med Inez, og deres lille datter Ruth Irene &ndash; men er det ikke 4 s&oslash;nner du har?<span>&nbsp; </span>og hvordan g&aring;r det med Grace og hennes brukne ankel?<span>&nbsp; </span>Er hun allrigth igjen?<span>&nbsp; </span>Hils henne ogs&aring; fra mig!<span>&nbsp; </span>Og likedan m&aring; du hilse din mor Caroline Holm s&aring; hjertelig fra mig.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det blev vel langsamt for henne nu, n&aring;r Johan er borte?<span>&nbsp; </span>Men du er vel hos henne hver dag.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Ig&aring;r fikk jeg brev fra Florentze Winters og hun sp&oslash;r om jeg har f&aring;tt julegaven hun sendte til mig.<span>&nbsp; </span>Men, <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>nei</span> dessverre det er til dags dato <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>ikke</span> kommet &ndash; men da jeg h&oslash;rer at mange pakker fra U.S.A. har v&aelig;rt flere m&aring;neder underveis &ndash; er det kansje enda et lite h&aring;p om at den kan komme.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hun skrev til mig f&oslash;r jul og fortalte at hun hadde sendt mig julegave og i ditt brev til far h&oslash;rer jeg at det var nylonstr&oslash;mper.<span>&nbsp; </span>Ja, det hadde v&aelig;rt veldig fint og f&aring;tt, for de er jo s&aring; sterke, s&aring; jeg h&aring;per inderlig at de kommer frem.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg skal skrive til henne med det samme.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Laura ver her idag &ndash; hun er her en tur omtrent hver dag og ofte tar hun hekling (h&aring;ndarbeide) med sig og sitter og prater.<span>&nbsp; </span>Laura er s&aring; trivelig og snild og kvikk, s&aring; jeg tar ofte med strikking og g&aring;r hjem til henne om kveldene &ndash; s&aring; drikker vi kaffe og prater ivei da, vet du.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det er bare synd at hun plages s&aring; meget av gigt og nervesmerter &ndash; men ellers er hun s&aring; i godt hum&oslash;r.<span>&nbsp; </span>Mindor har hatt arbeide hos en slakter ca 1/2 &aring;r nu og det er jo storartet.<span>&nbsp; </span>Han har 60 kr. uka p&aring; egen kost, det er jo ikke s&aring; meget, men bra allikevel &ndash; alt er jo s&aring; dyrt <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>her</span> ogs&aring;.<span>&nbsp; </span>Men han har kj&oslash;pt p&aring; sig mye kl&aelig;r i vinter &ndash; sko &ndash; st&oslash;vler &ndash; kappe &ndash; dress &ndash; arbeidskl&aelig;r, skjorter osv. s&aring; han er da fornuftig med pengene sine.<span>&nbsp; </span>Laura f&aring;r jo 20-30 kr. uken til matpenger &ndash; s&aring; du vet hun har jo stadig pengesorger da &ndash; hun f&aring;r jo aldri r&aring;d til &aring; kj&oslash;pe sig et nytt kl&aelig;plagg forexempel &ndash; men hun har nu f&aring;tt noe efter mor da, vet du Vinterk&aring;pe &ndash; to kjoler litt undert&oslash;i, str&oslash;mper osv. s&aring; det g&aring;r da bra &ndash; ja vi f&aring;r h&aring;pe at M. f&aring;r v&aelig;re frisk s&aring; han kan f&aring; beholde sitt arbeid.<span>&nbsp; </span>Han er ofte d&aring;rlig s&aring; han er slett ikke sterk.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>F&oslash;rste mandag skal jeg reise en tur til Trondheim &ndash; jeg har ikke v&aelig;rt der p&aring; 1/2 &aring;r, enda det bare er 1 times reise med jernbanen.<span>&nbsp; </span>Tenkte &aring; kj&oslash;pe mig et par pene sko med <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>lave</span> heler &ndash; da jeg er for <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>lang</span> fra f&oslash;r!<span>&nbsp; </span>jeg mener at jeg kan ikke forlenge mig med h&oslash;ie heler alts&aring;!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Einar og hans frue &ndash; Arne og frue og Eilif og frue har alle f&aring;tt de pakkene dere sendte ifjor -<span>&nbsp; </span>t&oslash;fler til fruene og fyllepenn til Einar &ndash; og pengeb&oslash;ker til Arne og Eilif og divs.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg har bedt dem skrive til dere &aring; takke s&aring; jeg h&aring;per at de alle har gjort det. - F.k. s&oslash;ndag skal det v&aelig;re barned&aring;p hos Eilif &ndash; far og jeg skal v&aelig;re faddere.<span>&nbsp; </span>Piken skal hete Helga Kristine efter begge foreldrenes m&oslash;dre.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Som du vet har Johan sendt endel dollar hit til Stj&oslash;rdalens Sparebank &ndash; og Johan skrev i brev til far at pengene skulle deles likt mellem hans fire igjenlevende s&oslash;sken,- far-Olav-Laura og Hanna, <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>efter</span> Johans d&oslash;d.<span>&nbsp; </span>Og han skriver til far at han vil ikke at <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>noen</span> skal vite det f&oslash;r <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>efter</span> hans d&oslash;d.<span>&nbsp; </span>Og far og jeg har ikke fortalt til noen, forst&aring;r du.<span>&nbsp; </span>Da J. var d&oslash;d, gikk far i banken for &aring; ta dem ut og de skulle da deles likt, som en gledelig overraskelse.<span>&nbsp; </span>Men s&aring; blev det jo s&aring; mange vanskeligheter med &aring; f&aring; tatt dem ut, som du vet.<span>&nbsp; </span>S&aring; sendte far bud hit p&aring; Olav og fortalte <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>ham</span> det og s&aring; hentet vi Laura og fortalte det og samme dag skrev far til Hanna om pengene, men som vi nu h&oslash;rer s&aring; har Hanna og Edv. visst dette siden ifjorsommer b&aring;de ved brev fra Johan og dig &ndash; og det er jo naturligvis det samme &ndash; det var bare rart at Johan skrev og fortalte det dengang han ber far om ikke &aring; fortelle det f&oslash;r <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>efter</span> sin d&oslash;d.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Olav har nu skrevet til din mor for &aring; f&aring; henne til skriftlig &aring; fraskrive sig retten til disse penger &ndash; men det er visst ikke kommet svar enda &ndash; men h&aring;per det ordner sig, det ville jo bli til stor glede for alle fire.<span>&nbsp; </span>Banken godtar alts&aring; ikke bare brevet (hvor J. selv skriver at det skal v&aelig;re <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>gave</span> til de 4 <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>efter</span> hans d&oslash;d) som bevis nok for &aring; f&aring; tatt dem ut.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Ja, hils alle!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Hjertelig hilsen fra Herborg.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Ser du gjerne ville hatt litt norske tr&aelig;saker.<span>&nbsp; </span>Far skrev straks til Selbu for &aring; h&oslash;re om det finns sm&oslash;rform der &ndash; vi f&aring;r se om det ordner sig.</p>
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<p class=–MsoNormal–>Stj&oslash;rdal 2<sup>nd</sup> of April 1948</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Dear Alma!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>You must excuse me for not having written to you a long time ago, but now finally it&rsquo;ll get done.<span>&nbsp; </span>Father has gone on his bike to the graveyard and is going to start fixing up mother&rsquo;s grave a little bit.<span>&nbsp; </span>There&rsquo;s no snow here now &ndash; only in the higher areas &ndash; and the trees are sprouting, so soon spring will be here in full and that will be nice.<span>&nbsp; </span>We&rsquo;re having such a nasty, strong wind these days &ndash; Laura says that she slept in her bed with her coat on last night because she thought the house she lives in was going to collapse!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>My condolences on uncle Johan!<span>&nbsp; </span>Well, just think, <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>now</span> <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>he&rsquo;s</span> done with a laborious life &ndash; it&rsquo;ll be so strange, to never again get a letter from him.<span>&nbsp; </span>Thank you for the pictures! &ndash; the ones Laura was to have, she has gotten and every day she talks about writing to thank you, but it&rsquo;s such an effort for her to write &ndash; but she will. - Johan looks like King Haakon lying there in his coffin, I think.<span>&nbsp; </span>It&rsquo;s a very nice coffin &ndash; <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>here</span> <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>only</span> white coffins are used so it&rsquo;s strange to see that in U.S.A. colored coffins with flower motifs on them are used.<span>&nbsp; </span>Likewise I was very surprised that he&rsquo;s fully clothed in the coffin!<span>&nbsp; </span>You see, <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>here</span> that is <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>not</span> done.<span>&nbsp; </span>Here white shrouds are used &ndash; they used to be out of cloth &ndash; but since the war from 1940 they&rsquo;ve been made of paper. <span>&nbsp;</span>We still have a shortage of fabrics and they&rsquo;re rationed.<span>&nbsp; </span>And thank you so much for the photos of your sons James and Henry!<span>&nbsp; </span>That was fun to get, so you must tell them both many thanks from me!<span>&nbsp; </span>James has such a cheeky look in his eyes so he must be quite a rogue!<span>&nbsp; </span>I was born June 3-1912 &ndash; in other words 5 days older than him.<span>&nbsp; </span>Then you have a son Ralph who&rsquo;s married to Inez, and their little daughter Ruth Irene &ndash; but don&rsquo;t you have 4 sons?<span>&nbsp; </span>And how&rsquo;s it going with Grace and her broken ankle?<span>&nbsp; </span>Is she all right again? <span>&nbsp;</span>Give her my regards!<span>&nbsp; </span>And likewise you must give your mother Caroline Holm my best regards.<span>&nbsp; </span>I imagine it&rsquo;s lonely for her now, that Johan is gone?<span>&nbsp; </span>But I guess you visit her every day.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Yesterday I had a letter from Florentze Winters and she asks if I&rsquo;ve received the Christmas gift she sent to me.<span>&nbsp; </span>But, <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>no</span> unfortunately it has <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>not</span> arrived to date &ndash; but <span>&nbsp;</span>since I hear that many packages from U.S.A. have been several months on their way &ndash; there might still be a small hope that it may get here.<span>&nbsp; </span>She wrote to me before Christmas and told me that she had sent me a Christmas gift and in your letter to father I hear that it was nylon stockings.<span>&nbsp; </span>Well, that would have been very nice to get, as they&rsquo;re so strong, so I really hope they get here.<span>&nbsp; </span>I&rsquo;ll write to her while I&rsquo;m at it.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Laura was here today &ndash; she&rsquo;s here just about every day and often she brings her crocheting and sits and talks.<span>&nbsp; </span>Laura is so nice and kind and quick, so I often take my knitting over to her place in the evenings &ndash; then we drink coffee and sit and talk, you know.<span>&nbsp; </span>It&rsquo;s just too bad that she&rsquo;s bothered so much with arthritis and nerve pains &ndash; but otherwise she&rsquo;s so cheerful.<span>&nbsp; </span>Mindor has had work at a butcher&rsquo;s for about 1/2 a year now and that&rsquo;s just great.<span>&nbsp; </span>He gets 60 kr. a week with his own food<em> (I suppose this means he pays for his own food)</em>, it&rsquo;s not that much, but still good &ndash; everything is so expensive <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>here</span> too.<span>&nbsp; </span>But he&rsquo;s bought himself a lot of clothes this winter &ndash; shoes &ndash; boots &ndash; coat &ndash; suit &ndash; work clothes, shirts etc. so he&rsquo;s sensible with his money.<span>&nbsp; </span>Laura gets 20-30 kr. a week for food &ndash; so you know she always has money problems &ndash; she can never afford to buy herself a new piece of clothing for example &ndash; but she has gotten some of mother&rsquo;s, you know &ndash; two dresses some under clothes, stockings etc. so she does ok &ndash; well we&rsquo;ll have to hope that M. gets to stay healthy so that he can keep his job.<span>&nbsp; </span>He&rsquo;s often unwell so he&rsquo;s far from strong.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>This coming Monday I&rsquo;m going to Trondheim &ndash; I haven&rsquo;t been there for 1/2 a year, even though it&rsquo;s only an hour trip by train.<span>&nbsp; </span>Thought I&rsquo;d buy me a pair of good looking shoes with <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>flat</span> heels &ndash; as I&rsquo;m too <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>tall</span> to begin with!<span>&nbsp; </span>I mean that I can&rsquo;t make myself taller with high heels!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Einar and his wife &ndash; Arne and wife and Eilif and wife have all received the packages you sent last year &ndash; slippers for the ladies and fountain pen for Einar &ndash; and money books for Arne and Eilif and misc.<span>&nbsp; </span>I&rsquo;ve asked them to write you and thank you so I hope that they&rsquo;ve all done that. &ndash; This coming Sunday there will be a christening at Eilif&rsquo;s &ndash; father and I will be God parents.<span>&nbsp; </span>The little girl will be called Helga Kristine for both her parents&rsquo; mothers.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>As you know Johan has sent a few dollars to Stj&oslash;rdalens Sparebank here &ndash; and Johan wrote in a letter to father that the money was to be divided equally between his four surviving siblings,- father-Olav-Laura and Hanna, <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>after</span> Johan&rsquo;s death.<span>&nbsp; </span>And he writes to father that he doesn&rsquo;t want <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>anyone</span> to know about it until <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>after</span> his death.<span>&nbsp; </span>And father and I haven&rsquo;t told anybody, you understand.<span>&nbsp; </span>When J. had died, father went to the bank to withdraw it and was going to divide it equally, as a pleasant surprise.<span>&nbsp; </span>But then there were so many difficulties in withdrawing it, as you know.<span>&nbsp; </span>Then father sent for Olav and told <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>him</span> about it and then we fetched Laura and told her and the same day father wrote to Hanna about the money, but as we now hear Hanna and Edv. have known about this since last summer both through a letter from Johan and from you &ndash; and that&rsquo;s of course no matter &ndash; it was just odd that Johan wrote and told them about it at the time he told father not to tell anybody until <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>after</span> his death.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Olav has now written to your mother to get her to waive her right to this money in writing &ndash; but I guess no reply has come yet &ndash; but hope it can be sorted out, it would be of great joy to all four of them.<span>&nbsp; </span>The bank does not accept just the letter (where J. himself writes that it&rsquo;s to be a <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>gift</span> for the 4 <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>after</span> his death) as proof enough for withdrawing them.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Well, say hello to everyone!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Best wishes from Herborg.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>I see that you would like to have some Norwegian wooden items.<span>&nbsp; </span>Father wrote to Selbu immediately to see if there&rsquo;s butter moulds to be had there &ndash; we&rsquo;ll have to see if it can be arranged.</p></div>
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      <title><![CDATA[Edvart Søberg to Alma C. Wilson 1948.4.11]]></title>
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                                    <div class="element-text">BREV FRA EDVART S&Oslash;BERG, EIDET, VESTER&Aring;LEN DATERT 11. APRIL-1948, TIL MRS. ALMA WILSON, 102 WEST 5. STREET, DELL RAPIDS, SOUTH DAKOTA, U.S.A.  ETT RUSTBRUNT 80-&Oslash;RES FRIMERKE MED L&Oslash;VE, ETT BL&Aring;TT 40-&Oslash;RES FRIMERKE MED TEKSTEN &ndash;D/S CONSTITUTIONEN CHR.ANIA 1827&ndash;, NORGES F&Oslash;RSTE DAMPSKIP. DETTE FRIMERKET ER ETT AV EN SERIE P&Aring; 11 SOM KOM UT 15. APRIL -1947 I FORBINDELSE MED POSTVERKETS 300-&Aring;RSJUBILEUM (1647-1947).  BLANDT BREVENE FRA JOHAN HOLM&#039;S FAMILIE I NORGE ER TILSAMMEN 10 AV JUBILEUMS-FRIMERKENE REPRESENTERT, MENS ETT (55 &Oslash;RE) MANGLER.  I BREVET L&Aring; DET ET BILDE AV EDVART SAMMEN MED ONKELEN LYDER EIDUM.<br />
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LETTER FROM EDVART S&Oslash;BERG DATED APRIL 11 &ndash; 1948, TO MRS. ALMA WILSON, 102 WEST 5. STREET, DELL RAPIDS, SOUTH DAKOTA, U.S.A.  THE ENVELOPE HAS A RUSTY BROWN 80 &Oslash;RE STAMP WITH LION, AND A BLUE 40 &Oslash;RE STAMP WITH THE TEXT &ndash;D/S CONSTITUTIONEN CHR.ANIA 1827&ndash;, WHICH WAS NORWAY&#039;S FIRST STEAM SHIP.  CHR.ANIA STANDS FOR CHRISTIANIA, WHICH WAS THE OLD NAME FOR OSLO, NORWAY&#039;S CAPITAL.  THIS STAMP IS ONE OF 11 THAT CAME OUT APRIL 15-1947 TO COMMEMORATE 300 YEARS OF POSTAL SERVICES.  ALL OF THEM EXCEPT ONE ARE REPRESENTED AMONG THE LETTERS FROM JOHN&#039;S FAMILY IN NORWAY. (THE 55 &Oslash;RE ONE IS MISSING).  ENCLOSED IN THIS LETTER WAS A PICTURE OF EDVART AND HIS UNCLE LYDER EIDUM.</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">Edvart S&oslash;berg</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">1948.04.11</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">Norwegian</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text"><p class=–MsoNormal–>11/4-48</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Morn igjen Alma.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Jeg har f&aring;tt brevet fra deg, for 1 uke siden, men har desverre ikke hatt tid til &aring; skrevet f&oslash;r, men i dag er det s&oslash;ndag s&aring; da har jeg jo anledning.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Idag har jeg ogs&aring; skrevet brev til Arlene Johnson som du nevnte i brevet jeg fikk.<span>&nbsp; </span>Ellers har vi det bare bra alle sammen her hos oss.<span>&nbsp; </span>Du bad meg fortelle litt fra stedet her, og det skal jeg gj&oslash;re.<span>&nbsp; </span>Eiendommen v&aring;r er p&aring; ca. 150 dk. og p&aring; denne eiendommen er det et lite vann med holmer i, som det er m&aring;ke p&aring;, og om sommeren kan vi plukke egg av reirene deres &aring; spise.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hvis du ser p&aring; det bildet av huset v&aring;rt som jeg har sendt Arlene, ser du et fjell i bakgrunnen, dette fjellet ligger ca. vel 1500 meter fra huset, og tett nedenuner det ligger vatnet med m&aring;kene i som jeg har nevnt.<span>&nbsp; </span>I dette vatnet fisker vi &oslash;rret om sommeren.<span>&nbsp; </span>Ellers er det for det meste myrer og hauger.<span>&nbsp; </span>Men myrene gj&oslash;r ogs&aring; nytte for seg her for folk som <em>(mangler et ord, skal sikkert v&aelig;re &ldquo;bor&rdquo;)</em> n&aelig;rt havet har ikke myrer og derfor kommer de om sommrene til v&aring;re trakter for &aring; tarve.<span>&nbsp; </span>Torvet brukes til brensel.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Sommeren er den fineste &aring;rstida her, for da st&aring;r &aring;krene gr&oslash;nne og skogen gr&oslash;nn, og fra fjellet h&oslash;res en stadig fuglesang.<span>&nbsp; </span>V&aring;ren er n&aring; kommet og det er serlig tidlig i &aring;r.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det f&oslash;rste <em>(mangler &ldquo;er&rdquo;)</em> gangen i mitt liv at vi har nesten full sommer den 1 april.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Far arbeider n&aring; p&aring; spreng med v&aring;ronna, han er jo alene n&aring; mens jeg er p&aring; skolen.<span>&nbsp; </span>Han kj&oslash;rer gj&oslash;dsel p&aring; jorda og steller alt mulig til sommeren.<span>&nbsp; </span>Dessuten kj&oslash;rer han begge bilene som vi har.<span>&nbsp; </span>Han og mor skal skrive senere.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hvis v&aelig;ret er riktig godt neste s&oslash;ndag, skal jeg l&aring;ne meg et fotografiapparat og g&aring; p&aring; fjellet &aring; fotografere hele bygda her, og da skal du f&aring; se hvordan det ser ut her.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Du spurte om jeg kunne skaffe deg former til &aring; st&oslash;pe starinlys i, men det er sv&aelig;rt vanskelig, da dette ikke har v&aelig;rt i bruk p&aring; mange herrens &aring;r, men hvis du kan gi meg n&oslash;yaktig beskrivelse av hvordan de skal v&aelig;re skal jeg f&aring; en blikkenslager til &aring; arbeide dem.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Du sa at hvis jeg manglet en ordbok s&aring; skulle <em>(mangler &ldquo;du&rdquo;)</em> forskaffe meg ei.<span>&nbsp; </span>Og hvis det er mulig for deg &aring; f&aring; tak i, &ldquo;The general Basic English Dictionary&rdquo; s&aring; m&aring; du gj&oslash;re det, for den mangler jeg.<span>&nbsp; </span>Men n&aring; m&aring; jeg vel slutte, for jeg skal reise til skolen snart.<span>&nbsp; </span></p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Beste hilsen fra Edvart S&oslash;berg</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Eidet i Vester&aring;len</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Brevet som du sendte brukte 12 dager p&aring; turen fra Amerika til Norge.</p>
<span style=–font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times;–> </span>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>&nbsp;</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>&nbsp;</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>11/4-48</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Hi again Alma.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>I&rsquo;ve received the letter from you, 1 week ago, but unfortunately I haven&rsquo;t had time to write before, but today is Sunday so then I have the opportunity do so.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Today I&rsquo;ve also written a letter to Arlene Johnson whom you mentioned in the letter I got.<span>&nbsp; </span>All of us here are just fine.<span>&nbsp; </span>You asked me to tell you a little bit about this place, and I will.<span>&nbsp; </span>Our property is about 150 dk <em>(dekar=Norwegian land measurement)</em> and on this property there&rsquo;s a small lake with islets in it, on which there are seagulls, and in the summer we can pick eggs from their nests to eat.<span>&nbsp; </span>If you look at the picture of our house which I&rsquo;ve sent to Arlene, you&rsquo;ll see a mountain in the background, this mountain is about a little over 1500 meters from the house, and right below it is the lake with the seagulls that I&rsquo;ve mentioned.<span>&nbsp; </span>In this lake we fish for trout in the summer.<span>&nbsp; </span>Otherwise there&rsquo;s mostly marshes and hills.<span>&nbsp; </span>But the marshes are put to good use here too because people who live near the ocean don&rsquo;t have marshes and therefore they come to our region in the summers to collect peat moss.<span>&nbsp; </span>The peat moss is used for fuel.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>The summer is the nicest time of year here, because then the fields are green and the woods are green, and from the mountain constant birdsong can be heard.<span>&nbsp; </span>Spring has arrived now and that&rsquo;s especially early this year.<span>&nbsp; </span>It&rsquo;s the first time in my life that we have almost full summer on April 1.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Father is working extremely hard on the spring farming now, as he&rsquo;s alone now while I&rsquo;m at school.<span>&nbsp; </span>He fertilizes the fields and works on all kinds of things for the summer.<span>&nbsp; </span>Besides he drives both the cars that we have.<span>&nbsp; </span>He and mother will write later.<span>&nbsp; </span>If the weather is really good next Sunday, I&rsquo;m going to borrow a camera and go up on the mountain and photograph the whole village here, and then you&rsquo;ll get to see how it looks here.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>You asked if I could get a hold of moulds to make candles in for you, but that&rsquo;s very difficult, as those haven&rsquo;t been in use for donkey&rsquo;s years, but if you can give me an exact description of how they&rsquo;re supposed to be I&rsquo;ll get a tinsmith to work them.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>You said that if I lacked a dictionary you would get one for me.<span>&nbsp; </span>And if it&rsquo;s possible for you to get a hold of, &ldquo;The general Basic English Dictionary&rdquo; then do so, because that one I don&rsquo;t have.<span>&nbsp; </span>But now I&rsquo;d better quit, because I&rsquo;m going to school soon.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Best wishes from Edvart S&oslash;berg</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Eidet in Vester&aring;len</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>The letter you sent took 12 days on the way from America to Norway.</p></div>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 31 Dec 2010 13:05:56 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Klara Krogstad to Alma C. Wilson 1948.3.30]]></title>
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                                    <div class="element-text">Klara Krogstad to Alma C. Wilson 1948.3.30</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">BREV FRA KLARA KROGSTAD DATERT 1ST P&Aring;SKEDAG, POSTSTEMPLET 30. MARS &ndash; 1948, TIL FRU ALMA WILSON, 102 WEST 5 ST., DELL RAPIDS, SYD DAKOTA, AMERIKA.  KONVOLUTTEN HAR TO BL&Aring; 60-&Oslash;RES FRIMERKER MED TEKSTEN &ndash;HAAKON VII, MAUD KRONET 1906&ndash; OG KONGEPARET MED KRONER, OG INNSIDEN AV NIDAROSDOMEN I BAKGRUNNEN.  DETTE ER ETT AV EN SERIE P&Aring; 11 FRIMERKER SOM KOM UT 15. APRIL -1947 I FORBINDELSE MED POSTVERKETS 300-&Aring;RSJUBILEUM (1647-1947).  BLANDT BREVENE FRA JOHAN HOLM&#039;S FAMILIE I NORGE ER TILSAMMEN 10 AV JUBILEUMS-FRIMERKENE REPRESENTERT, MENS ETT (55 &Oslash;RE) MANGLER.<br />
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LETTER FROM KLARA KROGSTAD DATED 1ST DAY OF EASTER, POST STAMPED MARCH 30 &ndash; 1948, TO FRU (MRS.) ALMA WILSON, 102 WEST 5 ST., DELL RAPIDS, SYD DAKOTA, AMERIKA.  THE ENVELOPE HAS TWO BLUE 60 &Oslash;RE STAMPS WITH THE TEXT  &ndash;HAAKON VII, MAUD CROWNED 1906&ndash; WITH THE ROYAL COUPLE WEARING THEIR CROWNS, AND THE INTERIOR OF NIDAROSDOMEN IN THE BACKGROUND (THE CATHEDRAL IN TRONDHEIM WHERE THEY WERE CROWNED). THIS STAMP IS ONE OF 11 STAMPS THAT CAME OUT APRIL 15-1947 TO COMMEMORATE 300 YEARS OF POSTAL SERVICES.  ALL OF THEM EXCEPT ONE ARE REPRESENTED AMONG THE LETTERS FROM JOHN&#039;S FAMILY IN NORWAY. (THE 55 &Oslash;RE ONE IS MISSING).</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">Klara Krogstad</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">1948.03.30</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">Norwegian</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text"><p class=–MsoNormal–>1ste Paaskedag</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Kj&aelig;re Alma!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Det forbauser mig i h&oslash;i grad at jeg ikke faar brev fra dig, det er l&aelig;nge siden jeg skrev, Mor har en s&oslash;ster paa Stj&oslash;rdal og hun hadde h&oslash;rt av andre at onkel John var d&oslash;d<span>&nbsp; </span>vi har ikke snakket med nogen av fars familje.<span>&nbsp; </span>Laa onkel l&aelig;nge syk Alma<span>&nbsp; </span>du maa skrive og fort&aelig;lle mig om ham.<span>&nbsp; </span>Skal hilse fra mor hjertelig tak for bildene.<span>&nbsp; </span>Han var pen der han laa og pent var det omkring ham ogsaa.<span>&nbsp; </span>Min &aelig;lste bror Erling er saa lik ham<span>&nbsp; </span>akkurat som du ser ham.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det var vel meget arbeide til dig naar onkel laa syk, end hans kone er hun frisk.<span>&nbsp; </span>Har du dine s&oslash;nner hjemme, eller er dem inkalt.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det er en spent tid vi lever i nu igjen Alma.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg er saa r&aelig;dd for disse ungdommene.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Jeg har gaat syk i over 2 mnd nu, har for h&oslash;it blodtrykk<span>&nbsp; </span>er for tykk, men nu skal jeg begynne paa vask igjen, efter paaske.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det begynner og blir vaar her nu, det er solskinn men koldt om n&aelig;ttene.<span>&nbsp; </span>Mine gutter er godt i marka p&aring; tur, det er saa mange helligdager i Paasken.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg maa slutte nu og se om jeg faar svar paa dette, mor og min bror er buden hit paa kaffe, kom du og.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Hils dine fra mig, hilsen deres Klara.</p>
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<p class=–MsoNormal–>1<sup>st</sup> day of Easter</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Dear Alma!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>It surprises me to the greatest extent that I don&rsquo;t get a letter from you, it&rsquo;s been a long time since I wrote, Mother has a sister in Stj&oslash;rdal and she had heard from somebody else that uncle John was dead<span>&nbsp; </span>we haven&rsquo;t spoken with anyone in father&rsquo;s family.<span>&nbsp; </span>Was uncle sick for a long time Alma<span>&nbsp; </span>you must write and tell me about him.<span>&nbsp; </span>Mother says many thanks for the pictures.<span>&nbsp; </span>He was handsome lying there and it was nice around him too.<span>&nbsp; </span>My oldest brother Erling looks a lot like him<span>&nbsp; </span>just like seeing him.<span>&nbsp; </span>I guess there was a lot for you to do while uncle was sick, what about his wife is she well.<span>&nbsp; </span>Do you have your sons at home, or have they been drafted.<span>&nbsp; </span>It&rsquo;s a tense time we&rsquo;re living in now again Alma.<span>&nbsp; </span>I&rsquo;m so afraid for these youngsters.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>I&rsquo;ve been sick for over 2 months now, have high blood pressure<span>&nbsp; </span>am too fat, but now I&rsquo;m going to start cleaning again, after Easter.<span>&nbsp; </span>Spring is approaching here now, it&rsquo;s sunny but cold at night.<span>&nbsp; </span>My boys have gone on a trip in the fields, there are so many Holidays at Easter.<span>&nbsp; </span>I must quit now and see if I get a reply to this, mother and my brother are invited here for coffee, you come too.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Give my regards to yours from me, regards your Klara.</p></div>
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      <title><![CDATA[Olaf Holm to John Holm 1948.1.25]]></title>
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                                    <div class="element-text">BREV FRA OLAF HOLM (EN AV MAGNUS&#039; TVILLINGS&Oslash;NNER), SANDALEN, NESTTUN ST. PR. BERGEN, DATERT 25. JANUAR &ndash; 1948, TIL HRR JOHN HOLM, 108 VEST FIFTH STREET, DELL RAPIDS, SOUTH DAKOTA, U.S.A.  KONVOLUTTEN HAR ET RUSTR&Oslash;DT 2-KRONES FRIMERKE MED KONG HAAKON VII I ADMIRALUNIFORM.  DETTE FRIMERKET KOM UT 7.JUNI-1946. <br />
INNI BREVET L&Aring; DET 5 BILDER; TO AV OLAF ALENE, OG 3 AV OLAF, KONA OG TRE SM&Aring; BARN.<br />
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LETTER FROM OLAF HOLM (ONE OF MAGNUS&#039; TWIN SONS), SANDALEN, NESTTUN ST. (STATION), PR. BERGEN, DATED JANUARY 25 &ndash; 1948, TO HRR (MR.) JOHN HOLM, 108 VEST FIFTH STREET, DELL RAPIDS, SOUTH DAKOTA, U.S.A.  THE ENVELOPE HAS A RUST COLORED 2 KRONER STAMP PICTURING KING HAAKON VII WEARING HIS ADMIRALS&#039; UNIFORM.  THIS STAMP CAME OUT JUNE 7-1946.  INSIDE THE LETTER THERE WERE 5 PICTURES; 2 OF OLAF BY HIMSELF AND 3 OF HIM, HIS WIFE AND 3 LITTLE BOYS.</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">Olaf Holm</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">1948.01.25</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text"><p class=–MsoNormal–>Nesttun s&oslash;ndag 25-1-1948.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Onkel Johan m fam.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Jeg vill herved f&aring; takke dig s&aring; hjertelig for den 10 dollaren, du sendte mig, igjennem min s&oslash;ster Klara.<span>&nbsp; </span>Den kom sv&aelig;rt godt med, da jeg da hadde g&aring;tt syk i reumatisme, nesten hele vinteren.<span>&nbsp; </span>Som du kanskje hvet, s&aring; har jeg v&aelig;rt sj&oslash;mann i nogen &aring;r, og var kommet g&aring;tt ivei, p&aring; at f&aring; mig en god stilling p&aring; sj&oslash;en, men sykdommen sa stopp for denslags mere, s&aring; jeg m&aring;tte gi mig, og ta mig arbeide iland.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg er gift &aring; bosatt i nerheten av Bergen, har tre kjekke gutter, og en sm&aring;pike.<span>&nbsp; </span>Min mor og s&oslash;ster Maia, var her p&aring; bes&oslash;k en tur ifjor i mai m&aring;ned, nu til sommeren venter jeg min tvillingbror og kona hannes p&aring; bes&oslash;k hertil, kanskje min s&oslash;ster Klara og kommer en tur.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det skal bli morro.<span>&nbsp; </span>Har jeg bare hatt ett familje bildet av oss, s&aring; skulde jeg ha sendt dig ett nu, med det samme, men &oslash;konomien, har ikke tillat mig det enda.<span>&nbsp; </span>Min kone er ogs&aring; ifra Trondhjem.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det er mange av hennes bekjente her i Bergen, som nu drar over til Amerika.<span>&nbsp; </span>Min kone st&aring;r ikke i Den norske statskirke, s&aring;nn som mig, hun st&aring;r tilsluttet Jesu Kristi Kirke av siste dagers hellige, og Kirkens hovedsete er i Salt Laik City.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det hvet vell kanskje du Onkel.<span>&nbsp; </span>Reisetillatelse er der ganske lett at f&aring; nu, s&aring;lenge Truman er President derborte, men der m&aring; stilles garanti av bekjente eller slektninger da.<span>&nbsp; </span>Og som vi h&oslash;rer, s&aring; trives dem sv&aelig;rt godt, dem som er reist over nu, efter denne siste krigen.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg reiste p&aring; Norskekysten under hele krigen, s&aring; at si da, og det gikk bra heldigvis, men gikta sa stopp, det siste krigs&aring;ret.<span>&nbsp; </span>Her i Bergen og p&aring; Vestlandet sier Doktoren min, er der for fuktig klima til mig og sykdommen min, s&aring; jeg lurer s&aring; sm&aring;tt p&aring;, at dra opover til Thjem med familjen.<span>&nbsp; </span>Der er der litt t&oslash;rrere klima, men noks&aring; kaldt om vinteren desverre.<span>&nbsp; </span>S&aring; jeg hvet ikke enda, hvad jeg kommer til at gj&oslash;re.<span>&nbsp; </span>Fikk brev i forrige uke ifra Mor, og der skriver hun om, at Bestemor er d&aring;rlig og sengeliggende, hennes mange levedager nu, er vell kanskje talte Onkel.<span>&nbsp; </span>Ellers s&aring; er der vist bare bra med familjen Holm i Trondhjem og Tr&oslash;ndelag.<span>&nbsp; </span>Klara hun skriver vell av &aring; til til dig, s&aring; du f&aring;r f&oslash;lge med litt, hvad som foreg&aring;r sig, som er av din intresse?<span>&nbsp; </span>Hvordan er det med arbeidet og diverse ting der borte i Amerika nu Onkel?<span>&nbsp; </span>Tror du, om at jeg har tatt med mig mine her, og drad over, at jeg da har kunnet f&aring;tt noe &aring; gj&oslash;re, s&aring; at jeg har kunnet eksistert p&aring; det, p&aring; en noenlunde tilfredstillet m&aring;te?<span>&nbsp; </span>Min kone vill s&aring; gjerne, dra avsted sier hun, for at f&oslash;lge sine kjente av Kirken, og samtidig f&aring; v&aelig;re i n&aelig;rheten av kirkens hovedsete.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hun er sv&aelig;rt intresert i Kirken og dens videre arbeide.<span>&nbsp; </span>Barna vore er d&oslash;pt og velsignet i Jesu Kristi Kirke.<span>&nbsp; </span>V&aelig;r s&aring; snild &aring; skriv &aring; fortel mig Onkel, hvad du synes om dette, og mitt sp&oslash;rsm&aring;l.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>De beste hilsninger til dig og dine fra din brors s&oslash;nn Olaf m familje.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Min adresse er</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Olaf Holm</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Sandalen</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Nesttun st.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Pr Bergen</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Sender dig ett lite foto av mig.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–><em>P&aring;</em> <em>baksiden av familiebildet st&aring;r det:</em><span>&nbsp; </span>Lillemor er ikke med der, hun kom sist.<span>&nbsp; </span>Den 10-7-45.<span>&nbsp; </span>Dette er Far Mor &ndash; Tor &ndash; Odd &ndash; Jan.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–><em>Bak p&aring; bildene av Olaf alene st&aring;r det:</em><span>&nbsp; </span>O Holm, 21-5-44</p>
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<p class=–MsoNormal–>Nesttun Sunday 25-1-1948.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Uncle Johan w fam.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>I hereby want to thank you so much for the 10 dollars, you sent me, through my sister Klara.<span>&nbsp; </span>It came in really handy, as I had been sick with rheumatism, almost all winter.<span>&nbsp; </span>As you may know, I&rsquo;ve been a sailor for a few years, and was well on my way, to getting a good position at sea, but the illness put a stop to that, so I had to give it up, and take work on shore.<span>&nbsp; </span>I&rsquo;m married and live near Bergen, have three fine boys, and a little girl.<span>&nbsp; </span>My mother and sister Maia, were here for a visit last May, this summer I&rsquo;m expecting my twin brother and his wife for a visit, maybe my sister Klara will come too.<span>&nbsp; </span>That&rsquo;ll be fun.<span>&nbsp; </span>If only I&rsquo;d had a family photo of us, I would have sent you one now, right away, but my finances, haven&rsquo;t allowed it yet.<span>&nbsp; </span>My wife is also from Trondheim.<span>&nbsp; </span>There are many of her acquaintances here in Bergen, who are going over to America now.<span>&nbsp; </span>My wife doesn&rsquo;t belong to The Norwegian state church, like I do, she belongs to The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Days&rsquo; Saints, and the main seat for the Church is in Salt Lake City <em>(he spells it Laik).</em><span>&nbsp; </span>You probably know that Uncle.<span>&nbsp; </span>It&rsquo;s easy to get travel permission now, as long as Truman is President over there, but then acquaintances or relatives must place a guarantee.<span>&nbsp; </span>And from what we hear, they like it very much, those who have gone over now, after this last war.<span>&nbsp; </span>I sailed on the Norwegian coast all through the war, just about that is, and fortunately that went well, but the arthritis stopped that, the last war year.<span>&nbsp; </span>Here in Bergen and in the Western parts my Doctor says, the climate is too humid for me and my illness, so I&rsquo;m thinking about, going up to Theim with the family.<span>&nbsp; </span>The climate is a little drier there, but quite cold in the winter unfortunately.<span>&nbsp; </span>So I don&rsquo;t know yet, what I will do.<span>&nbsp; </span>Had a letter last week from Mother, and there she writes, that Grandmother is sick and bedridden, her many days of life, are perhaps over Uncle.<span>&nbsp; </span>Otherwise everything sounded fine with the Holm family in Trondheim and Tr&oslash;ndelag.<span>&nbsp; </span>Klara writes to you now and then I assume, so that you keep up with, what goes on, of interest to you?<span>&nbsp; </span>How are things as far as work and various things over there in America now Uncle?<span>&nbsp; </span>Do you think, if I had brought my family, and gone over, that I could find something to do, that I could exist from, in a fairly satisfying manner?<span>&nbsp; </span>My wife would so much like to go, she says, to follow those of the Church whom she knows, and at the same time be close to the main seat for the church.<span>&nbsp; </span>She&rsquo;s very interested in the Church and its further work.<span>&nbsp; </span>Our children were christened and blessed in Jesus Christ Church.<span>&nbsp; </span>Please write and tell me Uncle, what you think about this, and my question.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Best wishes to you and yours from your brother&rsquo;s son Olaf w family.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>My address is:</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Olaf Holm</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Sandalen</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Nesttun st. <em>(Station)</em></p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Pr. Bergen</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>I&rsquo;m sending you a little photo of myself.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–><em>On the back of the family pictures (3 in a row) it says:</em><span>&nbsp; </span>Our little girl is not on this one, she came last.<span>&nbsp; </span>The 10<sup>th</sup> of July-45.<span>&nbsp; </span>Here are Father Mother &ndash; Tor &ndash; Odd &ndash; Jan.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–><em>On the back of the pictures of Olaf alone it says: </em><span>&nbsp;</span>O Holm, 21-5-44 <span>&nbsp;</span></p></div>
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      <title><![CDATA[Miranda to Alma C. Wilson and Grace Wilson 1946]]></title>
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                                    <div class="element-text">LETTER FROM A FRIEND (MIRANDA? MIRACLE?) TO ALMA AND GRACE, DATED MAY 15, NO YEAR, BUT THE &ndash;HANK&ndash; REFERRED TO IN THIS LETTER IS ALMA&#039;S SON HENRY (HANK WAS HIS NICKNAME) WHO GRADUATED IN 1946, SO IT&#039;S SAFE TO DATE IT THAT YEAR. &ndash; NO ENVELOPE.</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text"><p class=–MsoNormal–>823 &ndash; 16<sup>th</sup> Wilmette Ill.<span>&nbsp; </span>May 15</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Dear old Pal&rsquo;s Alma &amp; Grace</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>I am thouroughly ashamed of myself, but oh boy are we ever going round in circles in this house hold &ndash; but they are getting along fine towards getting ready<span>&nbsp; </span>they have the birth Certificates the pictures for pass ports and the pass ports are ordered<span>&nbsp; </span>now they are taking the preperation shots and selling the furnature<span>&nbsp; </span>it will take a month or 6 wks yet &ndash; then I am going to go see all the folks and then home to get the little home fixed up to be a realy comfy home for me<span>&nbsp; </span>Dick was in Hong Kong last time he wrote<span>&nbsp; </span>was going on to Shanghi then on to ports he has not been in before<span>&nbsp; </span>he is surly getting around, and Jack wrote me<span>&nbsp; </span>he was at wold?-Chamberlin at Minneapolis<span>&nbsp; </span>run on to 2 of the fellows he was in service with<span>&nbsp; </span>they had re-enlisted and of course wanted him to<span>&nbsp; </span>he said now mom don&rsquo;t be surprised if I do.<span>&nbsp; </span>I told him I would be praying for him and what ever he does decide to do I am sure would be right, altho he is making good with the Soo? Lines Rail Road one can never tell when they will call a strike and throw him out of work and he thinks he can&rsquo;t afford that<span>&nbsp; </span>Well any way Im sure of one thing<span>&nbsp; </span>he will have to make up his mind before June 30 if he wants to get back in on his old rank, and of course he will will if he goes back.<span>&nbsp; </span>Well Ive still not heard what they did at the Easter meeting<span>&nbsp; </span>no one has wrote me any thing so I guess I never did get anything &ndash; Well I&rsquo;m so thankful you let them come to your house for the March meet.<span>&nbsp; </span>I sure did hate it I couldn&rsquo;t get there &ndash; but well anyway Ill be wherever?<span>&nbsp; </span>Can come some of these days.<span>&nbsp; </span>I had nice card from grandma Shieve? for Easter<span>&nbsp; </span>enjoyed it a lot.<span>&nbsp; </span>I get the Tribune but I know there is a lot of gossip they don&rsquo;t dare print so you must write me all the news of that sort ha, ha, Hank I suspect your school days are about over, then for the fight with the big bad world all the rest of your life &ndash; Well I do wish you a lot of success as you go along the road of life and may God bless you abondantly in all you do &ndash; and don&rsquo;t ever forget to thank mother for you owe it all to her &ndash; and God, for giving you such a grand mom.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Erma Blow(?) is still around here <span>&nbsp;</span>she is in a beautiful home in Winnetka<span>&nbsp; </span>gets $ 35.00 a week<span>&nbsp; </span>they send the laundry out<span>&nbsp; </span>she gets Thur after breakfast and Sunday after dinner off<span>&nbsp; </span>the home she is in is a lovely big dutch Colonal and georgous<span>&nbsp; </span>she said she never dreamed there were places like this out side of a story book.<span>&nbsp; </span>I told her I tried to tell her the kind of place I had worked in but she say mom? well, it was hard to believe but it isent now for she is in one<span>&nbsp; </span>Im glad for her<span>&nbsp; </span>she wants to be here another 3 or 4 wks then will go on to Ky to Merritts <em>(next word missing from page)</em> but she hates to leave as long as Im here<span>&nbsp; </span>she is so lost by herself<span>&nbsp; </span>we go out a good bit togather and she just dont know straight up she is so turned around<span>&nbsp; </span>says she would be afraid to start out alone if she hadent been there before.<span>&nbsp; </span>I get a bang out of her<span>&nbsp; </span>she is like a little kid at a circus<span>&nbsp; </span>we do have fun.<span>&nbsp; </span>She says why aint you afraid of getting lost<span>&nbsp; </span>I told her as long as I could talk and ask questions I&rsquo;d not get lost &ndash; I took her down in the loop and it just did me good to see how she did enjoy every minuet of it.<span>&nbsp; </span>I am wondering how your mom has gotten <span>&nbsp;</span>do hope able to get around by herself by now &ndash; its sure raining again now<span>&nbsp; </span>it was <em>(next word missing)</em> Eastern? stor? &ndash; <em>(could be: I was at Estern star, or store, <span>&nbsp;</span>and they gave me etc.)</em> and they gave me a red American beauty rose bud <span>&nbsp;</span>I brought it home put it in the ground and its beging <em>(beginning)</em> to grow<span>&nbsp; </span>Im so glad<span>&nbsp; </span>hope I can keep it.<span>&nbsp; </span>Well I sure hated it I could not get Windy the white pants but I seen where Sears have them now<span>&nbsp; </span>maby if they would order them they might get them or better yet if they still want them I can order them to come here<span>&nbsp; </span>they deliver out here<span>&nbsp; </span>then I could send them on<span>&nbsp; </span>maby I&rsquo;d better do that as they may not have them in stock very long<span>&nbsp; </span>I may even be to late now but I&rsquo;ll try<span>&nbsp; </span>Well I must get to my little bed so Ill say night to all and you too miss Grace<span>&nbsp; </span>I love you so hope you dont for get the old pest<span>&nbsp; </span>tell Inez Im still waiting to hear from her<span>&nbsp; </span>loads of love your Pal Miranda <span>&nbsp;</span></p></div>
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      <title><![CDATA[Edvart Søberg to John Holm 1947.12.21]]></title>
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                                    <div class="element-text">BREV FRA EDVART S&Oslash;BERG (EDVARD EIDUMS DATTERS&Oslash;NN) DATERT 21. DESEMBER &ndash; 1947, TIL HRR JOHN HOLM, 108 WEST FIFTH STREET, DELL RAPIDS, SOUTH DAKOTA, U.S.A. ET BRUNAKTIG 15-&Oslash;RES FRIMERKE MED TEKSTEN &ndash;PETER WESSEL TORDENSKIOLD 1690 1720&ndash; OG ET ORANSJE  25-&Oslash;RES FRIMERKE MED TEKSTEN &ndash;CHR. M. FALSEN EIDSVOLL 1814&ndash;.  DETTE ER TO AV 11 FRIMERKER SOM KOM UT 15. APRIL -1947 I FORBINDELSE MED POSTVERKETS 300-&Aring;RSJUBILEUM (1647-1947).  BLANDT BREVENE FRA JOHAN HOLM&#039;S FAMILIE I NORGE ER TILSAMMEN 10 AV JUBILEUMS-FRIMERKENE REPRESENTERT, MENS ETT (55 &Oslash;RE) MANGLER.  BREVET ER SKREVET P&Aring; ENGELSK.<br />
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LETTER FROM EDVART S&Oslash;BERG (THE SON OF EDVARD EIDUM&#039;S DAUGHTER &Aring;GODT S&Oslash;BERG) DATED DECEMBER 21 &ndash; 1947, TO HRR (MR.) JOHN HOLM, 108 WEST FIFTH STREET, DELL RAPIDS, SOUTH DAKOTA, U.SA.  THE LETTER IS WRITTEN IN ENGLISH AND I&#039;VE LEFT IT UNCHANGED.<br />
THE ENVELOPE HAS A BROWNISH 15 &Oslash;RE STAMP WITH THE TEXT &ndash;PETER WESSEL TORDENSKIOLD 1690 1720&ndash; AND AN ORANGE 25 &Oslash;RE STAMP WITH THE TEXT &ndash;CHR. M. FALSEN EIDSVOLL 1814&ndash;.  THESE ARE TWO OF 11 STAMPS THAT CAME OUT APRIL 15-1947 TO COMMEMORATE 300 YEARS OF POSTAL SERVICES (1647-1947).  ALL OF THEM EXCEPT ONE ARE REPRESENTED AMONG THE LETTERS FROM JOHN&#039;S FAMILY IN NORWAY. (THE 55 &Oslash;RE ONE IS MISSING).<br />
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                                    <div class="element-text">1947.12.21</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text"><p class=–MsoNormal–>21-12-47</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Good morning John.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>I will now write a few words to you<span>&nbsp; </span>This is the first letter I write in English so you must not be surprised if you find that something is wrong, for I do not know the English language so good as you.<span>&nbsp; </span>You spek and write English as a native, but cannot do it.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>I send you two pictures.<span>&nbsp; </span>The biggest are taken in Narvik last summer.<span>&nbsp; </span>The two men you see, are uncle Lyder and I.<span>&nbsp; </span>We are sitting on the wall of a half built house.<span>&nbsp; </span>The other picture is a winter-day I am going at ski <em>(he means he&rsquo;s skiing).</em></p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>My father say that he also shall write you a letter.<span>&nbsp; </span>Father have a lorry and a bus.<span>&nbsp; </span>With the bus he drive the school children to the school and home from the school on the after-noon.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Now I will wish you and your friends a merry Christmas and a happy New-year.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Your friend Edvart.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>H&aring;per du forst&aring;r hva jeg har skrevet.<span>&nbsp; </span>N&aring;r du skriver til meg, s&aring; m&aring; du skrive p&aring; Engelsk.</p>
<p class=–MsoBodyText–>(Hope you understand what I&rsquo;ve written.<span>&nbsp; </span>When you write to me, you must write in English)</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Edvart S&oslash;berg</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Veggemo</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Eidet i Vester&aring;len<span>&nbsp; </span>Norway</p></div>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 18:30:10 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Herborg Holm to John Holm 1947.9.24]]></title>
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                                    <div class="element-text">BREV FRA HERBORG HOLM DATERT 24. SEPTEMBER-1947, TIL HRR. JOHAN HOLM, 108 WEST, 5TH. STREET, DELL RAPIDS, SYD DAKOTA , U.S.A.  FRIMERKENE ER KLIPPET VEKK.<br />
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LETTER FROM HERBORG HOLM DATED SEPTEMBER 24-1947, TO HRR. (MR.) JOHAN HOLM, 108 WEST 5TH. STREET, DELL RAPIDS, SYD DAKOTA, U.S.A.  THE STAMPS HAVE BEEN REMOVED.<br />
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                                    <div class="element-text">1947.09.24</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text"><p class=–MsoNormal–>Stj&oslash;rdal 24-9-47</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Kj&aelig;re onkel Johan!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Jeg skal nu skrive noen ord til dig.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det er s&aring; lenge siden jeg har h&oslash;rt noe fra dig.<span>&nbsp; </span>Er du kansje for d&aring;rlig til &aring; skrive?<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg h&aring;per virkelig at det <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>ikke</span> er slik.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Jeg skrev et brev til dig f&oslash;r jeg reiste p&aring; ferie og s&aring; sente jeg et kort til deg fra &Oslash;stersund.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi hadde en trivelig ferie.<span>&nbsp; </span>Var i &Oslash;stersund i 8 dage og l&aring; i telt utenfor byen.<span>&nbsp; </span>Gikk i forretninger hver dag og der var mye varer, frukt og slikkerier som vi ikke har sett p&aring; mange &aring;r.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi fikk vekslet <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>294</span> norkse kroner i <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>210</span> Svenske kroner som vi handlet for.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg har vekslet 50 dollar som jeg fikk hos dig &ndash; 1 dollar er 3,60 svenske kroner.<span>&nbsp; </span>Den andre 50 dollar har jeg hel og skal gjemme den til neste sommer.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det er fremdeles umulig &aring; f&aring; veksle s&aring; store sedler b&aring;de her og i Sverige.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg fikk jo vekslet i sm&aring; dollar hos en dame som var hjemme fra Amerika 1 dollar er ca. 4.90 i norske penger.<span>&nbsp; </span>Far har ikke f&aring;tt vekslet det siste du sente ham, men Laura har f&aring;tt sin part i norske sedler ca. 125 kroner &ndash; av far &ndash; du skrev jo at hun skulle ha 25 dollar av den &ndash; ellers har han ikke delt resten, da han ikke f&aring;r den vekslet sund &ndash; men den kan jo ligge forel&oslash;big.<span>&nbsp; </span>Dollarer kan vel umulig miste sin verdi?</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Det var stekende varmt hver dag da vi var i &Oslash;.<span>&nbsp; </span>Den ene dagen vi var der &ndash; var det varmest i &Oslash;stersund av hele Europa!<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi syklet hele veien hjem &ndash; men da hadde vi regn og motvind s&aring; det var tussig.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi var 5 damer sammen p&aring; turen, og vi kj&oslash;pte oss sko &ndash; forskjellige kl&aelig;r &ndash; svidsker &ndash; blandet &ndash; t&oslash;rret frukt osv.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det er veldig vakkert i &Oslash;.<span>&nbsp; </span>De fleste hus har r&oslash;de tak &ndash; balkonger med r&oslash;de markiser og blomster.<span>&nbsp; </span>Ellers er det s&aring; rent og velordnet der &ndash; pene parker etc. og velkledde menesker &ndash; det vises at dem har g&aring;tt fri krigen.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg synes de norske er utrolig pent kledd ogs&aring; &ndash; n&aring;r vi tenker p&aring; at manufakturforretningene her var helt tomme i 4-5 &aring;r.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det eneste man fikk kj&oslash;pt der &ndash; var papirlommet&oslash;rkl&aelig;r &ndash; papir-h&aring;nd-duker og ditto gardiner.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det er rart &aring; tenke p&aring; <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>nu</span> &ndash; det fantes <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>ikke</span>, forexempler h&aring;rkammer &ndash; det fantes noen av tre og jern, ellers var det tomt for alt mulig.<span>&nbsp; </span>bare sands&aring;pe &aring; vaske sig med &ndash; Nu har vi det riktig bra &ndash; helt up&aring;klagelig &ndash; men det var rart &aring; se de overfyldte forretninger i Sverige med alle slags fine, gode varer<span>&nbsp; </span>Det blir strengere her igjen &ndash; nu f&aring;r vi ikke kj&oslash;pe fl&oslash;te og sm&oslash;r p&aring; meieriet mere &ndash; det er bare for sm&aring;barn og gamle &ndash; men vi har ellers mere enn nok mat.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi f&aring;r kj&oslash;pe kj&oslash;tt til hver helg &ndash; rasjonert.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Vi har hatt str&aring;lende v&aelig;r hele august m&aring;ned.<span>&nbsp; </span>S&aring; varm og t&oslash;rr aug. har vi ikke hatt siden <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>1816</span>.<span>&nbsp; </span>Men nu er det h&oslash;stlig &ndash; med sur vind &ndash; regn og m&oslash;rke kvelder.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi holder p&aring; &aring; tar op poteter &ndash; men m&aring;tte innstille idag, grunnet regn.<span>&nbsp; </span>H&aring;per det blir bra imorgen, s&aring; vi f&aring;r fortsette igjen.<span>&nbsp; </span>Far er nu p&aring; kirkeg&aring;rden og ordner litt med mors grav.<span>&nbsp; </span>Han hadde plukket endel fine steiner ved Viksj&oslash;en, som han skal pynte op med. &ndash; Jeg skal hilse dig s&aring; hjertelig fra Julie Brekken og datteren Oline!<span>&nbsp; </span>Dem husker dig meget godt fra da du var hjemme her i 1914.<span>&nbsp; </span>Julie var pedell p&aring; losjen dengang og hun fortalte at du var s&aring; real og at du rett som det var kom op til henne og slo av en prat.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det er forresten s&aring; mange her som husker dig n&aring;r jeg snakker om dig og forteller om pakker og brever du har sent. &ndash;<span>&nbsp; </span>Idag har Laura v&aelig;rt her og vasket kl&aelig;r til sig selv.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det er nemlig ikke noe st&oslash;rhus der hun bor.<span>&nbsp; </span>Laura har v&aelig;rt 8 dage i Narvik og bes&oslash;kt Hanna og familien.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hun hadde det koselig der - men hjemturen var nifs, forteller hun.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hun kj&oslash;rte med buss over Saltfjellet &ndash; Dunderlandsdalen til Mo i Rana &ndash; med ferger flere ganger.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det er s&aring; vill &ndash; nifs natur der nord.<span>&nbsp; </span>Stupbratt, dypt ned p&aring; den ene side av veien og stupbratte fjell op mot himlen p&aring; andre siden.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hun var veldig redd p&aring; bilturen men hun levde da over det! &ndash; Klara Krogstad fra Trondheim var her en tur i dag, snartur.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Far fikk brev fra Alma forrige uke &ndash; jeg har forresten f&aring;tt brev fra henne jeg ogs&aring;, for lenge siden, du m&aring; hilse henne fra mig &ndash; og si at jeg skal skrive til <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>henne</span> snart ogs&aring;.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Siste l&oslash;rdag var jeg i bryllup.<span>&nbsp; </span>En venninne av mig, giftet sig.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi hadde det riktig trivelig &ndash; med sang og musikk &ndash; mye god mat &ndash; selskapsleker etc. til kl. 4 om morgenen.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Onkel Ola har v&aelig;rt i Narvik i sommer han ogs&aring;.<span>&nbsp; </span>Han var innom hos oss p&aring; hjemturen &ndash; hadde hatt en hyggelig tur &ndash; Hanna gledet sig over &aring; se to av sine s&oslash;sken.<span>&nbsp; </span>De har vel ikke truffet hverandre p&aring; omtrent 30 &aring;r. Laura bad mig hilse dig s&aring; meget!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Du m&aring; hilse din frue fra mig og far.<span>&nbsp; </span>Likes&aring; m&aring; du hilse Alma med familie.<span>&nbsp; </span>Fikk et amat&oslash;rbilde fra A. og ser at lille Ruth Irene &ndash; Ralphs datter &ndash; er blitt ganske stor og kjekk nu.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Senner dig to amat&oslash;rfotos av lille Helge og mig.<span>&nbsp; </span>Helges mor &ndash; Astrid &ndash; g&aring;r et sykurs n&aring;, s&aring; Helge er hos oss hver eftermiddag. &ndash; Nu kom far s&aring; jeg m&aring; sette p&aring; kveldsbordet.<span>&nbsp; </span>Ha det riktig bra, onkel!<span>&nbsp; </span>og skriv igjen hvis du kan!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Kj&aelig;rlig hilsen fra Herborg.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Stj&oslash;rdal 24-9-47</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>&nbsp;</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Dear uncle Johan!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>I&rsquo;ll write you a few words.<span>&nbsp; </span>It&rsquo;s been so long since I heard from you.<span>&nbsp; </span>Are you perhaps too unwell to write?<span>&nbsp; </span>I really hope that&rsquo;s <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>not</span> the case.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>I wrote you a letter before I went on vacation and then I sent you a postcard from &Oslash;stersund.<span>&nbsp; </span>We had a pleasant vacation.<span>&nbsp; </span>We were in &Oslash;stersund for 8 days and slept in a tent outside of town.<span>&nbsp; </span>Went shopping every day and they had lots of things there, fruit and sweets that we haven&rsquo;t seen for many years.<span>&nbsp; </span>We exchanged <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>294</span> Norwegian kroner into <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>210</span> Swedish kroner which we shopped for.<span>&nbsp; </span>I&rsquo;ve exchanged 50 dollars which I got from you &ndash; 1 dollar is 3.60 Swedish kroner.<span>&nbsp; </span>The other 50 dollars is still whole and I&rsquo;ll save it for next summer.<span>&nbsp; </span>It&rsquo;s still impossible to exchange such large notes both here and in Sweden.<span>&nbsp; </span>I got small dollar notes from a lady who was home from America<span>&nbsp; </span>1 dollar is about 4.90 in Norwegian money.<span>&nbsp; </span>Father hasn&rsquo;t managed to exchange the last money you sent him, but Laura has gotten her part in Norwegian notes about 125 kroner &ndash; from father &ndash; you wrote that she was to have 25 dollars of it - other than that he hasn&rsquo;t divided the rest, as he can&rsquo;t get it exchanged &ndash; but it can just wait for now.<span>&nbsp; </span>The dollar can&rsquo;t possibly lose its value can it?</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>It was burning hot every day that we were in &Oslash;.<span>&nbsp; </span>One of the days we were there &ndash; it was warmer in &Oslash;stersund than anywhere in Europe!<span>&nbsp; </span>We biked all the way home &ndash; but then we had rain and the wind against us so it was hard.<span>&nbsp; </span>We were 5 ladies on the trip, and we bought ourselves shoes &ndash; various clothes &ndash; prunes &ndash; mixed - dried fruits etc.<span>&nbsp; </span>It&rsquo;s very beautiful in &Oslash;.<span>&nbsp; </span>Most of the houses have red roofs &ndash; balconies with red awnings and flowers.<span>&nbsp; </span>It&rsquo;s otherwise so clean and tidy there &ndash; lovely parks etc. and well dressed people &ndash; it&rsquo;s obvious that the war didn&rsquo;t touch them.<span>&nbsp; </span>I think the Norwegians are incredibly well dressed too, considering the fact that the clothing stores here were completely empty for 4-5 years.<span>&nbsp; </span>The only thing one could buy there &ndash; were paper handkerchiefs &ndash; paper towels and ditto curtains.<span>&nbsp; </span>It&rsquo;s strange to think about <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>now</span> &ndash; we <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>couldn&rsquo;t</span> for example get hair combs &ndash; they had some made of wood and iron, other than that there was nothing to be had.<span>&nbsp; </span>nothing but sand soap to wash ourselves with &ndash; Now we&rsquo;re doing real well &ndash; nothing to complain about - but it was strange to see the well stocked stores in Sweden with all kinds of nice, good items<span>&nbsp; </span>It&rsquo;s getting more strict here again &ndash; now we can&rsquo;t buy cream and butter at the dairy anymore &ndash; that&rsquo;s only for small children and old people &ndash; but other than that we have more than enough food.<span>&nbsp; </span>We can buy meat for each week end &ndash; rationed.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>We&rsquo;ve had glorious weather through all of August.<span>&nbsp; </span>It hasn&rsquo;t been as warm and dry as that in Aug. since <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>1816</span>.<span>&nbsp; </span>But now it&rsquo;s fall like &ndash; with a cold wind &ndash; rain and dark evenings.<span>&nbsp; </span>We&rsquo;re harvesting our potatoes these days &ndash; but had to put it on hold today, due to rain.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hope it&rsquo;ll get better tomorrow, so that we can continue.<span>&nbsp; </span>Father is at the graveyard now fixing up mother&rsquo;s grave.<span>&nbsp; </span>He had picked some nice rocks by Viksj&oslash;en, which he&rsquo;s going to decorate it with. &ndash; I have warm greetings for you from Julie Brekken and her daughter Oline!<span>&nbsp; </span>They remember you very well from the time you were here in 1914.<span>&nbsp; </span>Julie was the caretaker of the lodge at that time and she said that you were so nice and that you frequently came up to her for a chat.<span>&nbsp; </span>By the way there are so many who remember you when I talk about you and tell them about the packages and letters you&rsquo;ve sent.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Today Laura has been here to do her laundry.<span>&nbsp; </span>There&rsquo;s no laundry room where she lives you see <em>(she&rsquo;s using the term &ldquo;st&oslash;rhus&rdquo; which was a separate building where the butchering of animals took place, and other jobs that required access to running water, like the brewing of beer, the washing of clothes etc.)</em><span>&nbsp; </span>Laura has been to Narvik for 8 days to visit Hanna and her family.<span>&nbsp; </span>She had a pleasant time there &ndash; but the trip home was scary, she says.<span>&nbsp; </span>She went by bus over Saltfjellet <em>(a mountain)</em> &ndash; Dunderlandsdalen to Mo i Rana &ndash; with ferries several times.<span>&nbsp; </span>There&rsquo;s such wild &ndash; frightening scenery up north. Precipitous drops down on one side of the road and precipitous mountains up towards the sky on the other side.<span>&nbsp; </span>She was very scared on the bus ride but she did survive it! -<span>&nbsp; </span>Klara Krogstad from Trondheim was her today, just a quick visit.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Father had a letter from Alma last week &ndash; I&rsquo;ve also had a letter from her by the way, a long time ago, you must greet her from me &ndash; and tell her that I&rsquo;ll write to <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>her</span> soon too.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Last Saturday I was at a wedding.<span>&nbsp; </span>A friend of mine, got married.<span>&nbsp; </span>We had a real good time &ndash; with singing and music&ndash; lots of good food &ndash; party games etc. till 4 in the morning.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Uncle Ola has also been to Narvik this summer.<span>&nbsp; </span>He came by here on his way home &ndash; had had a pleasant trip &ndash; Hanna enjoyed seeing two of her siblings.<span>&nbsp; </span>They hadn&rsquo;t seen eachother for about 30 years.<span>&nbsp; </span>Laura said to give you her best regards!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Say hello to your wife from me and father.<span>&nbsp; </span>Likewise to Alma and family.<span>&nbsp; </span>I got an amateur photo from A. and see that little Ruth Irene &ndash; Ralph&rsquo;s daughter &ndash; has gotten quite big now.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>I&rsquo;m sending you two amateur photos of little Helge and me.<span>&nbsp; </span>Helge&rsquo;s mother &ndash; Astrid &ndash; is taking sewing classes now, so Helge is with us every afternoon.<span>&nbsp; </span>&ndash; Father just came home so I must get him something to eat.<span>&nbsp; </span>Keep real well, uncle!<span>&nbsp; </span>and write again if you can!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Loving greetings from Herborg.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>&nbsp;</p></div>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sonja Bakken to John Holm 1947.8.17]]></title>
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                                    <div class="element-text">BREV FRA SONJA BAKKEN (OLA&#039;S DATTER), KLOSTERGT. 36A, TRONDHEIM, TIL JOHN HOLM, 108 WEST 5TH STREET, DELL RAPIDS, SOUTH DAKOTA, U.S.A.  FRIMERKET ER KLIPPET VEKK.<br />
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LETTER FROM SONJA BAKKEN (OLA&#039;S DAUGHTER), KLOSTERGT. 36A, TRONDHEIM, TIL JOHN HOLM, 108 WEST 5TH STREET, DELL RAPIDS, SOUTH DAKOTA, U.S.A.  THE STAMP HAS BEEN REMOVED.</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">1947.08.17</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text"><p class=–MsoNormal–>Trondheim den 17 aug 47</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Kj&aelig;re onkel!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Takk for brev og gode aviser.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det gleder meg &aring; se at du er s&aring; frisk og &aring;ndsfrisk tross din h&oslash;ye alder.<span>&nbsp; </span>Samme dag avisene kom hit hadde vi v&aring;r pastor fra den frie kirke vi st&aring;r tilsluttet hjemme hos oss og han kjente begge aviser fra Amerika, og selv f&aring;r han dem tilsent derfra regelmessig.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg har lest litt i den ene og jeg fikk et meget godt inntrykk.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>I sommerm&aring;nedene bor vi i v&aring;rt sommerhus som ligger 7 km fra Trondheim og h&oslash;yt oppe omgitt av gran og furuskog.<span>&nbsp; </span>Da v&aring;r leilighet i byen er liten og trang, er det godt vi har dette sommerhus som er stort og rommelig.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det blir for tungvint og bo her om vinteren desverre.<span>&nbsp; </span>Overalt i v&aring;rt land hersker det stor husn&oslash;d, men ellers er tilstanden p&aring; mat og kl&aelig;r riktig bra, men sv&aelig;rt kostbart er jo alt hva vi skal kj&oslash;pe.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Far har v&aelig;rt bortreist en stunn.<span>&nbsp; </span>Han har aldri v&aelig;rt i Nord-Norge s&aring; i&aring;r tok han seg en liten ferie.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det er den f&oslash;rste ferien hans p&aring; mange &aring;r.<span>&nbsp; </span>Han har v&aelig;rt borte i tre uker, men mor venter ham hjem en av de f&oslash;rste dager.<span>&nbsp; </span>Nervene hans er ikke bra, s&aring; han plages av hodepine og gikt.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hadde far v&aelig;rt frelst s&aring; hadde han ikke v&aelig;rt s&aring; urolig og nerv&oslash;s som han ofte er.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg tror han ofte gruer for d&oslash;den nu n&aring;r han kjenner alderdommen sige innover seg.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Ja, det er godt &aring; v&aelig;re frelst &aring; vite at om man lever eller d&oslash;r h&oslash;rer man Herren til.<span>&nbsp; </span>Men man g&aring;r og kjenner p&aring; at man gj&oslash;r s&aring; altfor lite for &aring; f&aring; de andre med.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi skulle v&aelig;r aktive kristne som arbeidet mens det var dag<span>&nbsp; </span>natten kommer da ingen kan arbeide</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>S&aring; m&aring; du hilse dine kj&aelig;re og lev s&aring; vel.<span>&nbsp; </span></p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Din niese Sonja</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Senner et billede som er tatt ved huset v&aring;rt ifjor sommer.<span>&nbsp; </span>Har satt et kryss over meg selv med Berit 1 &aring;r p&aring; fanget.<span>&nbsp; </span>Gerd min s&oslash;ster med en liten 1 &aring;ring p&aring; fanget ved siden av.</p>
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<p>Trondheim the 17<sup>th</sup> of Aug. 47</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Dear uncle!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Thank you for your letter and the good newspapers.<span>&nbsp; </span>It pleases me to see that you are so well and alert in spite of your old age.<span>&nbsp; </span>On the same day the newspapers arrived we had the pastor from the free church which we belong to visiting us and he recognized both the newspapers from America, and he himself gets them sent to him from there regularly.<span>&nbsp; </span>I&rsquo;ve read a little bit in one of them and got a very good impression.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>During the summer months we live in our summer house which is located 7 km from Trondheim and is high up surrounded by spruce and pine trees.<span>&nbsp; </span>As our apartment in the city is small and crowded, it&rsquo;s good to have this summer house which is large and spacious.<span>&nbsp; </span>It would be too bothersome to live here in the winter time unfortunately.<span>&nbsp; </span>Everywhere in our country there&rsquo;s a great shortage of housing, but other than that the food and clothing situation is very good, but everything we want to buy is very expensive.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Father has been away for a while.<span>&nbsp; </span>He&rsquo;s never been to the North of Norway so this year he took a little vacation.<span>&nbsp; </span>It&rsquo;s his first vacation in many years.<span>&nbsp; </span>He&rsquo;s been gone for 3 weeks, but mother is expecting him home shortly.<span>&nbsp; </span>His nerves are not good, so he&rsquo;s bothered with headaches and arthritis.<span>&nbsp; </span>If father had been saved he wouldn&rsquo;t have been as restless and nervous as he often is.<span>&nbsp; </span>I think he often dreads death now that he feels old age coming over him.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Yes, it&rsquo;s good to be saved and know that whether you live or die you belong to the Lord.<span>&nbsp; </span>But one feels that one does much to little to get the others to join in.<span>&nbsp; </span>We should be active Christians who worked while the day is here<span>&nbsp; </span>the night will come when nobody can work</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Say hello to all your loved ones and keep well.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Your niece Sonja</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>I&rsquo;m sending a picture which was taken by our house last summer.<span>&nbsp; </span>I&rsquo;ve put a cross above myself with Berit age 1 on my lap.<span>&nbsp; </span>Gerd my sister with a little 1 year old on her lap next to me.</p></div>
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      <title><![CDATA[Edvard Eidum to John Holm 1947.7.27]]></title>
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                                    <div class="element-text">BREV FRA EDVARD EIDUM DATERT 27. JULI &ndash; 1947, TIL HERR. JOHN HOLM, 108. WEST FIFTH. STREET., DELL RAPIDS, SYD DAKOTA, U.S.A.  FRIMERKENE ER KLIPPET VEKK.<br />
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LETTER FROM EDVARD EIDUM DATED JULY 27 &ndash; 1947, TO HERR. (MR.) JOHN HOLM, 108. WEST FIFTH. STREET, 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">1947.07.27</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text"><p class=–MsoNormal–>Narvik 27/7-1947.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Hallo svoger John Holm.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Takk for brevet som kom, medens jeg var borte p&aring; ferie.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg er nu netop kommet hjem og vil nu senne noen ord med De samme. Jeg har nu v&aelig;rt i Stj&oslash;rdal og Hegra en tur.<span>&nbsp; </span>Fik bes&oslash;ke alle vore Der, b&aring;de mine og Hanna sine sl&aelig;ktninger.<span>&nbsp; </span>Kan hilse fra Aksel og alle hans barn.<span>&nbsp; </span>De var bare godt og vell med Dem alle.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi kj&oslash;rte op til Hegra en dag ogs&aring;, og Da var Laura Din s&oslash;ster med.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>N&aring;r jeg kom hjem fra Den turen s&aring; reiste jeg til Vester&aring;len og bes&oslash;kte Aagodt.<span>&nbsp; </span>Alt var bra Der ogs&aring;.<span>&nbsp; </span>Dem bad mig hilse Dere.<span>&nbsp; </span>Den Pengesedel Du sendte Gusta Den ordnet jeg med.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg fik Den solgt med en gang, og Gusta fikk pengerne.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg spurte om Herborg vilde, at jeg skulde hjelpe hende ogs&aring; med &aring; f&aring; Den v&aelig;kslet. <span>&nbsp;</span>Men hun sa at hun skulle fors&oslash;ke i Sverige.<span>&nbsp; </span>Aa nei. <span>&nbsp;</span>De er ingen kunst &aring; f&aring; Dem v&aelig;kslet.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi fik brev fra Alma for noen dage siden.<span>&nbsp; </span>Skal svare p&aring; De ogs&aring; nu.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi ser at Du har v&aelig;rt D&aring;rlig en tid, og at Du er bedre ijen.<span>&nbsp; </span>Ja De er nu engang slig.<span>&nbsp; </span>Menneskets levetid er som blomsten p&aring; Marken.<span>&nbsp; </span>Og ingen vet hvor lang veien er.<span>&nbsp; </span>Men et vet vi og De er at timen kommer engang og hvilen st&aring;r for d&oslash;ren.<span>&nbsp; </span>N&aring;r vi kommer s&aring; langt i vort livs l&oslash;p at vi n&aring;r Den siste fristad, som vi l&aelig;ser om i Yosvas bok De 20 kapitel.<span>&nbsp; </span>Da vil arbeideren kaldes ind til hvile efter ent Arbeidsdag. Lykkelig Da Den sj&aelig;l som for bytte bort Sverdet med Palmen.<span>&nbsp; </span>Ja her har v&aelig;rt en fin Sommer<span>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Men nu lakker De fort frem til h&oslash;st ijen.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi har hadt meget folk p&aring; bes&oslash;k i Sommer.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hanna er ennu ikke bra i sine ben.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hun var i R&oslash;ntgen for 2 Dage siden.<span>&nbsp; </span>M&aring; kanske ennu ha en liten Opperasjon til.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Jeg ville gjerne ha sluttet og g&aring;tt av som Pensjonist nu.<span>&nbsp; </span>Men Da alting er s&aring; Dyrt ennu s&aring; kan de v&aelig;re godt &aring; henge i s&aring; lenge som en kan.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg kan ennu st&aring; i 2 Aar, om jeg f&aring;r leve og v&aelig;re frisk.<span>&nbsp; </span>Men da m&aring; jeg g&aring;, enten jeg vil eller ikke.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Kan hilse fra Din bror Olav.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg traf ogs&aring; ham i Trondheim.<span>&nbsp; </span>Han var lidt friskere nu sa han.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg sender Dig et par billeder fra min Arbeidsplass <em>(det m&aring; v&aelig;re disse bildene som l&aring; i brevet til Alma, datert samme dag)</em>.<span>&nbsp; </span>Om Hanna hadde v&aelig;rt frisk s&aring; hadde jeg sikkert tatt en tur over Atlanteren i sommer.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg hadde f&aring;tt fulgt med en av Malmb&aring;tene som g&aring;r til Amerika.<span>&nbsp; </span>De er ogs&aring; sv&aelig;rt billigt.<span>&nbsp; </span>Men n&aring;r Hanna er s&aring; D&aring;rlig til &aring; g&aring; s&aring; vil jeg ikke reise fra hende.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Ja s&aring; m&aring; Di ha De bra ijen.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hils Din hustru fra oss, og forresten alle.<span>&nbsp; </span>H&aring;per at Du er bedre nu.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg hadde hadt stor interresse av &aring; f&aring;tt bes&oslash;gt Dere, men som sagt De blir vel neppe nu.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Mange hilsener og god Natt.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>E. Eidum</p>
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<p class=–MsoNormal–>Narvik 27/7-1947</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Hello brother in law John Holm.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Thank you for the letter which came, while I was away on vacation.<span>&nbsp; </span>I&rsquo;ve just now come home and will send a few words right away.<span>&nbsp; </span>I&rsquo;ve been to Stj&oslash;rdal and Hegra for a while.<span>&nbsp; </span>Got to visit all of ours There, my relatives as well as Hanna&rsquo;s.<span>&nbsp; </span>Have greetings from Aksel and all his children.<span>&nbsp; </span>Everything was just fine with all of Them.<span>&nbsp; </span>We drove up to Hegra one day too, and Then Laura Your sister came with us.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>When I came home from That trip I went to Vester&aring;len to visit Aagodt.<span>&nbsp; </span>All was well There too.<span>&nbsp; </span>They said to tell You all hello.<span>&nbsp; </span>The Money You sent Gusta I took care of.<span>&nbsp; </span>I got It sold right away, and Gusta got the money.<span>&nbsp; </span>I asked Herborg if she wanted me to help her get Hers exchanged too.<span>&nbsp; </span>But she said she was going to try in Sweden.<span>&nbsp; </span>Oh no.<span>&nbsp; </span>It&rsquo;s no problem getting Them exchanged.<span>&nbsp; </span>We had a letter from Alma a few days ago.<span>&nbsp; </span>I&rsquo;ll reply to That too now.<span>&nbsp; </span>We see that You&rsquo;ve been Unwell for a while, and that You&rsquo;re better again.<span>&nbsp; </span>Yes that&rsquo;s how it goes.<span>&nbsp; </span>Life of man is like the flower in the Field.<span>&nbsp; </span>And nobody knows how long the road is.<span>&nbsp; </span>But one thing we know and That is that the hour will come sometime and rest will be at the door.<span>&nbsp; </span>When we get as far in our life&rsquo;s course that we reach the last free city? <em>(directly translated from &ldquo;fristad&rdquo;, no idea how to say it in English)</em> which we can read about in Joshua&rsquo;s(?) book chapter 20.<span>&nbsp; </span>The worker will be called to rest when his work day is done. <span>&nbsp;</span>Happy Then The soul who can exchange his Sword for the Palm.<span>&nbsp; </span>Well we&rsquo;ve had a fine Summer here.<span>&nbsp; </span>But now autumn is quickly approaching again.<span>&nbsp; </span>We&rsquo;ve had a lot of people visiting this Summer.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hanna&rsquo;s legs are still bothering her.<span>&nbsp; </span>She had x-rays done 2 Days ago.<span>&nbsp; </span>May have to have another Operation.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>I would have liked to have quit and become a Pensioner now.<span>&nbsp; </span>But since everything is still so Expensive it may be good to keep at it as long as I can. I can still stay another 2 Years, if I get to live and be healthy.<span>&nbsp; </span>But then I&rsquo;ll have to go, whether I want to or not.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>I can greet you from Your brother Olav.<span>&nbsp; </span>I met him too in Trondheim.<span>&nbsp; </span>He was a little better now he said.<span>&nbsp; </span>I&rsquo;m sending you a couple of pictures from my Work place <em>(these might be the ones that I found in his letter to Alma, dated the same day)</em>.<span>&nbsp; </span>If Hanna had been well I would have taken a trip across the Atlantic this summer.<span>&nbsp; </span>I could have gotten passage on one of the Ore ships that go to America.<span>&nbsp; </span>That&rsquo;s also very cheap.<span>&nbsp; </span>But as Hanna has such trouble walking I don&rsquo;t want to leave her.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Keep well again then.<span>&nbsp; </span>Give our regards to your wife, and all the rest.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hope You&rsquo;re better now.<span>&nbsp; </span>I&rsquo;d be very interested in coming to visit you, but like I said It probably wont happen now.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Best wishes and good Night</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>E. Eidum</p></div>
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      <title><![CDATA[Evelyn Holm to John Holm 1947.6.10]]></title>
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                                    <div class="element-text">BREV FRA EVELYN HOLM, ROSENBORGSGT. 14, TRONDHEIM, DATERT 10. JUNI &ndash; 1947, TIL HERR JOHN HOLM, 108 WEST FIFTH STREET, DELL RAPIDS, SOUTH DAKOTA, U.S.A.  FRIMERKENE ER KLIPPET VEKK.<br />
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LETTER FROM EVELYN HOLM, ROSENBORGSGT. 14, TRONDHEIM, DATED JUNE 10 &ndash; 1947, TO HERR (MR. ) JOHN HOLM, 108 WEST FIFTH STREET, DELL RAPIDS, SOUTH DAKOTA, U.S.A.  THE STAMPS HAVE BEEN REMOVED.</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">1947.06.10</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text"><p class=–MsoNormal–>Trondheim 10-6-47</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Kj&aelig;re onkel John!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Takk for brevet jeg fikk for et par dager siden.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg har nettop skrevet til Alma, tenkte jeg og skrive et par ord til dig med det samme.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Det var nok ikke mig som var liten den gang du var i Norge, men min eldste s&oslash;ster Sonja, hun er 33 &aring;r.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hun er her nu med sin datter, far er nemlig 69 &aring;r i dag.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Dur skriver at han aldri synes han f&aring;r nok, jeg tror han har det som en sykdom.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi har det nu ganske bra.<span>&nbsp; </span>Far og mor har alderstrygden nu.<span>&nbsp; </span>Far har nu ikke n&aring; mye arbeidet nu, men det er nu ingen n&oslash;d, s&aring; han skulde nu ikke skrive slik.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg har nu sett to dresser som far har f&aring;tt, men han fortalte at han har f&aring;tt tre dresser fra dig.<span>&nbsp; </span>Pakkene har vi nu ikke sett som dere har sendt, men i fjor til jul tok far hjem forskjellig som hadde kommet fra Amerika.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Far begynner nu og bli d&aring;rlig<span>&nbsp; </span>han klager nu over smerter her og der.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det er vel nu alderdommen b&aring;de hos dig og han.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Det var synd det ikke kommer Amerika fremmed at du ikke kan ta dig en tur.<span>&nbsp; </span>Mor fikk nu et par sko + 1 par t&oslash;fler fra dere som far kom hjem med.<span>&nbsp; </span>Dem var nu i st&oslash;rste laget, men hun g&aring;r nu i skoene hver dag hjemme.<span>&nbsp; </span>De er s&aring; god og g&aring; i sier hun.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hun bruker nr. 38 i sko, men det er nu andre nr. i Amerika.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Mor har nu f&aring;tt en to tre kjoler en jakke som far hatt tatt med hjem, men hvem det var fra sa han ikke, at det var fra Amerika skj&oslash;nte vi.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Jeg holder p&aring; &aring; ber mor om &aring; skrive, men hun skriver s&aring; d&aring;rlig sier hun, s&aring; jeg skal hilse dere s&aring; meget.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Far ler godt nu til Berith, (Sonjas datter) han synes det er morsomt, og f&aring; bes&oslash;k av barnebarna.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg blir nu 29 &aring;r og den yngste er 25 &aring;r s&aring; far har nu bare voksne barn.<span>&nbsp; </span>Dollar har ikke jeg h&oslash;rt noget om, men han har sikkert f&aring;tt.<span>&nbsp; </span>Du ser nu ut som et ungdom frisk p&aring; billedet.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Vi har nu hatt det s&aring; kaldt og surt<span>&nbsp; </span>her har ingen sommer v&aelig;rt, men det blir vel<span>&nbsp; </span>Mine andre s&oslash;sken skulde skrive til dig og sende et lite foto.<span>&nbsp; </span>Ha det bra.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Hjertelig hilsen fra alle her, Evelyn!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–><em>Det ser ut som Ola har bedt John sende de fleste pakkene til arbeidsplassen sin, Nonnegt. 4, slik at familien i Rosenborgsgt. 14 vet veldig lite om hva han egentlig har f&aring;tt.</em></p>
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<p class=–MsoNormal–>Trondheim 10-6-47</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Dear uncle John!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Thank you for the letter I received a couple of days ago. I&rsquo;ve just written to Alma, and thought I&rsquo;d write a few words to you at the same time.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>It wasn&rsquo;t me who was little that time you were in Norway, but my oldest sister Sonja, she&rsquo;s 33 years old.<span>&nbsp; </span>She&rsquo;s here now with her daughter, you see father turns 69 today.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>You write that he never seems to think he has enough, I think it&rsquo;s a disease with him.<span>&nbsp; </span>We&rsquo;re doing fairly well.<span>&nbsp; </span>Father and mother get their old age pensions now.<span>&nbsp; </span>Father doesn&rsquo;t have much work now, but we&rsquo;re not in any need, so he shouldn&rsquo;t write like that.<span>&nbsp; </span>I&rsquo;ve seen two suits that father has gotten, but he said he has gotten three suits from you.<span>&nbsp; </span>We haven&rsquo;t seen the packages you&rsquo;ve sent, but last year around Christmas father brought home various things that had come from America.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Father is starting to feel unwell<span>&nbsp; </span>he complains about pains here and there now.<span>&nbsp; </span>I guess it&rsquo;s due to age both for you and him.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>I&rsquo;m sorry that no America strangers are coming that you can&rsquo;t take a trip home <em>(I&rsquo;ve left it the ways she says it, the expression &ldquo;Amerika-fremmed&rdquo; means directly translated &ldquo;America strangers&rdquo; &ndash; meaning visitors from Amerika).</em></p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Mother did get a pair of shoes + 1 pair of slippers from you that father came home with.<span>&nbsp; </span>They were a bit too big, but she wears the shoes every day at home.<span>&nbsp; </span>She says they are so comfortable to walk in.<span>&nbsp; </span>She wears size 38 in shoes, but the sizes in America are different.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Mother did get two or three dresses a jacket which father brought home, but who they were from he didn&rsquo;t say, we understood they were from America.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>I keep asking mother to write, but she&rsquo;s so bad at writing she says, so she asks me to give you all her best regards.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Father is laughing at Berith now, (Sonja&rsquo;s daughter)<span>&nbsp; </span>he enjoys, getting a visit from his grandchildren.<span>&nbsp; </span>I&rsquo;m going to be 29 years old and the youngest is 25 years old so all of father&rsquo;s children are adults.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>We haven&rsquo;t heard anything about dollars, but I&rsquo;m sure he must have gotten them.<span>&nbsp; </span>You look like a healthy youth in the picture.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>We&rsquo;ve had such cold and miserable weather now<span>&nbsp; </span>have had no summer, but I guess it&rsquo;s coming<span>&nbsp; </span>My other siblings said they&rsquo;d write to you and send a little picture.<span>&nbsp; </span>Keep well.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Best wishes from all of us here, Evelyn!</p>
<p class=–MsoBodyText–><em>It looks like Ola has been asking John to send most of the packages to his work address, Nonnegt. 4, so that his family in Rosenborgsgt. 14 <span>&nbsp;</span>knows very little about what he has actually received from John.<span>&nbsp; </span></em></p></div>
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      <title><![CDATA[Herborg Holm to John Holm 1947.3.21 ]]></title>
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                                    <div class="element-text">BREV FRA HERBORG HOLM DATERT 21. MARS &ndash; 1947, TIL MR. JOHN HOLM, 108 WEST 5TH STREET, DELL RAPIDS, SYD DAKOTA, U.S.A.  FRIMERKENE ER KLIPPET VEKK.<br />
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LETTER FROM HERBORG HOLM DATED MARCH 21 &ndash; 1947, TO MR. JOHN HOLM, 108 WEST 5TH STREET, DELL RAPIDS, SYD DAKOTA, U.S.A.  THE STAMPS HAVE BEEN REMOVED.</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text"><p class=–MsoNormal–>Fredag 21.3.47</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Kj&aelig;re onkel Johan!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Tusen takk for brevet jeg fikk idag!<span>&nbsp; </span>Du skriver s&aring; morsomt, onkel, at jeg m&aring; le alts&aring;.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg ser at du senner mig en kasse med forskjellige saker igjen.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det er jo rent for galt og du er altfor snild, synes jeg, jeg skulle &oslash;nske at jeg kunne gj&oslash;re dig noen tjenester igjen &ndash; du f&aring;r ta dig en tur hit &aring; bes&oslash;ke moderlandet, jeg vet ingen annen r&aring;d!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Ser at du senner mig en regnkappe med luve til &ndash; ja den er jeg veldig nyssjerig og spent p&aring; &aring; se, m&aring; du tro.<span>&nbsp; </span>H&aring;per inderlig at den blir <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>stor</span> nok til min h&oslash;ie, kraftige person.<span>&nbsp; </span>Og opriktig talt s&aring; har jeg ingen regnk&aring;pe til v&aring;r-regnet kommer, jeg hadde f&oslash;r et gummikep som nu er bare lerver, s&aring; det kan <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>ikke</span> brukes mer.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det finnes &aring; f&aring; kj&oslash;pt nu, men de er s&aring; fryktelig kostbare, og s&aring; tjener jeg jo lite hjemme hos far s&aring; pengene strekker ikke til <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>alt</span> man trenger.<span>&nbsp; </span>&ldquo;F&oslash;rst finner jeg hodet av en mann i kassen&rdquo; sier du &ndash; ha-ha!<span>&nbsp; </span>Er det kansje et trehode du har skj&aelig;rt ut sj&oslash;l? &ndash; s&aring; <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>to ploga</span> &ndash; <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>kompass</span> &ndash; s&aring; jeg ikke g&aring;r mig vill i fjellet igjen &ndash; Joda &ndash; far skal f&aring; l&aring;ne det n&aring;r han g&aring;r i Holmsmarka s&aring; han finner veien ned til &ldquo;H&aring;gen H&aring;ll&aring;a&rdquo;.<span>&nbsp; </span>Videre er det blyantkvesser &ndash; str&oslash;mper, hund og katt med krefter i <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>rompa</span> og s&aring; den store over-raskelse i h&oslash;ire arm!!<span>&nbsp; </span>H&aring;per virkelig at kassen kommer <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>snart</span> for jeg er veldig spent alts&aring; &ndash; men mest p&aring; regnk&aring;pa &ndash; skj&oslash;nner du.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg skal skrive til dig straks jeg f&aring;r det, v&aelig;r sikker.<span>&nbsp; </span>Og bilde skal jeg ta av mig med regnk&aring;pen p&aring; ja, og senne til dig.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg skulle gjerne hatt lyst til &aring; bes&oslash;ke dere, men avstanden er s&aring; stor at det blir bare med tanken.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Ja, nu er mor d&oslash;d, som du vet.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg synes det er godt at hun fikk slippe, hun har jo ligget s&aring; mange &aring;r og hatt vondt, stakkar.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg syklet til Hegra dagen f&oslash;r hun d&oslash;de &ndash; 17 jan &ndash; og satt hos henne en stund sammen med far.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hun kjente mig &ndash; men l&aring; og d&oslash;set imellem og hennes &oslash;ine var store og glassaktige &ndash; hun vinket til mig da jeg gikk og bad mig hilse de andre.<span>&nbsp; </span>Far v&aring;ket over henne om natten og hun d&oslash;de kvart over 12.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi hadde en meget pen begravelse.<span>&nbsp; </span>Leide bedehuset og hadde 60 gjester til middag.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi pyntet lillesalen som stue med matter, lenestoler, sm&aring;bord med duker, blomster o.s.v. &ndash; Det kom s&aring;nn masse blomster og kranser &ndash; tulipaner og sammenplantninger.<span>&nbsp; </span>Efter de forhold som var, f&oslash;ler jeg det som en lettelse at alt er overst&aring;tt.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Her har v&aelig;rt bibelskole p&aring; bedehuset i 6 uker.<span>&nbsp; </span>Far gikk dit hver morgen kl. 9 og kom hjem til middag kl. 1 og var borte p&aring; m&oslash;ter og tilstelninger hver aften.<span>&nbsp; </span>3 kvinnelige elever bodde p&aring; sovev&aelig;relset hos oss &ndash; men de reiste siste helg.<span>&nbsp; </span>Nu bytter far dress igjen og g&aring;r p&aring; et eller annet m&oslash;te &ndash; Laura sier at det &ldquo;er ikke mye ro i r&aelig;va p&aring; han der&rdquo; og hun har rett.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det er bra at han har religi&oslash;se innterresser ellers blev det for langsomt for ham n&aring;r mor er borte.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Vi slaktet gris denne uke, solgte det meste til onkel Edward og tante Hanna i Narvik &ndash; dem f&aring;r ikke kj&oslash;pt flesk der oppe i Nord, forst&aring;r du, s&aring; dem blir glad.<span>&nbsp; </span>Far har r&oslash;rt i smultgryta idag &ndash; og s&aring; lavet vi blodp&oslash;lse men far brukte s&aring; d&aring;rlig tr&aring;d &aring; knyte igjen posene med at den r&oslash;k og innholdet forsvant nedi gryta ha-ha!<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi m&aring;tte le til tross for at det var s&oslash;rgelig.<span>&nbsp; </span>Blodp&oslash;lse og sylte er jo godt, ikke sant?</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Jeg senner dig et par amat&oslash;rbilder som jeg nettop har f&aring;tt fra fotografen.<span>&nbsp; </span>Kjenner du mig igjen fra 1914 da du gav mig sovedukke?</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Laura er i Trondheim idag.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hun reiste inn med noen kilo sildesalat som hun har lavet.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hun m&aring; jo finne p&aring; noe for &aring; leve &ndash; hun skulle selge den til en forretning &ndash; jeg er spent p&aring; hvordan det gikk &ndash; hun kommer sikkert innom her ikveld.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det er jo fortvilt ogs&aring; &ndash; hun har en s&oslash;nn p&aring; 35 &aring;r som hun m&aring; fors&oslash;rge &ndash; han g&aring;r til henne og skal ha penger til kino &ndash; sigaretter &ndash; ukeblade &ndash; fester og alt mulig &ndash; det er jo skammelig, riktignok er han ikke sterk, men han m&aring;tte da jamen kunne finne p&aring; noe hvis han <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>ville</span> &ndash; om det ikke blev s&aring; stor fortjeneste akkurat.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg sier til Laura at det skulle ha v&aelig;rt slik at <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>han</span> hadde arbeidet og tjent penger og Laura stelt huset og ikke hatt &oslash;konomiske bekymringer.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hun kunne vel ha fortjent &aring; f&aring;tt det litt godt p&aring; sine gamle dage.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hun var jo ogs&aring; s&aring; uheldig med sine to menner &ndash; den f&oslash;rste var syk og den siste en dranker og tyrann!<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg h&oslash;rer s&aring; mye rart om ekteskap og ektemenner &ndash; s&aring; jeg er glad jeg ingen mann har s&aring; slipper jeg slike bekymringer og har omsorg bare for mig selv.<span>&nbsp; </span>Er du enig? eller hvad mener du?</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Jeg leste din livshistorie og ser at du har hatt &ldquo;kvikks&oslash;lv i baken&rdquo; slik som du har flyttet og flyttet frem og tilbake &ndash; tror alle Holm&rsquo;er er urolig, Laura liker ogs&aring; &aring; renne hit og dit.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hun <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>m&aring;</span> ut av d&oslash;rene minst en gang om dag ellers er hun visst ikke frisk. &ndash; Du m&aring; hilse Alma s&aring; hjertelig, din kone og de andre og ikke &aring; forglemme lille Ruth Irene!<span>&nbsp; </span>Er hun s&oslash;t og kos?<span>&nbsp; </span>Far ber mig hilse dig!<span>&nbsp; </span>Du m&aring; leve vel da, onkel Johan og p&aring; forh&aring;nd vil jeg si hjertelig takk for kassen!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Herborg</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Her er mye sn&oslash; og flott v&aelig;r om dagene n&aring;r solen skinner.<span>&nbsp; </span>Siste s&oslash;ndag var jeg p&aring; Levanger og hadde med mig Einar&rsquo;s lille gutt Helge.<span>&nbsp; </span>Han er veldig s&oslash;t og kos.</p>
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<p class=–MsoNormal–>Friday 21.3.47</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Dear uncle Johan</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Thank you very much for the letter I received today!<span>&nbsp; </span>You write so funny, uncle, that I have to laugh you know.<span>&nbsp; </span>I see you&rsquo;re sending me a box of various things again.<span>&nbsp; </span>It really is too much and you&rsquo;re way to kind, I think, I&rsquo;d wish I could do you some favours in return &ndash; you&rsquo;ll have to come and visit the motherland, that&rsquo;s all there is to it!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>I see you&rsquo;re sending me a raincoat with a hat to go with it &ndash; well I&rsquo;m very curious and anxious to see that one, you know!<span>&nbsp; </span>I really hope it&rsquo;s <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>big</span> enough for my tall, heavy frame.<span>&nbsp; </span>And honestly I have no raincoat for this spring&rsquo;s rain, I did have a rubber cape which now is in rags, so that <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>cannot</span> be worn anymore.<span>&nbsp; </span>It&rsquo;s possible to buy them now, but they are so terribly expensive, and then I earn little being at home with father so the money doesn&rsquo;t cover <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>everything</span> one needs.<span>&nbsp; </span>&ldquo;First I&rsquo;ll find the head of a man in the box&rdquo; you say &ndash; ha-ha!<span>&nbsp; </span>Is it perhaps a wooden head you&rsquo;ve carved out yourself? &ndash; then <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>two plows</span> &ndash; <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>compass</span> &ndash; so that I don&rsquo;t get lost in the mountain again &ndash; Yes &ndash; I&rsquo;ll let father borrow it when he walks in Holmsmarka <em>(the Holm fields)</em> so that he&rsquo;ll find his way down to &ldquo;H&aring;gen H&aring;ll&aring;a&rdquo; <em>(nickname for a local Hegra person).</em><span>&nbsp; </span>Then there&rsquo;s a pencil sharpener &ndash; stockings, a dog and a cat with power in its <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>behind</span> and then the big surprise in the right arm!!<span>&nbsp; </span>I really hope the box arrives <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>soon</span> because I&rsquo;m really curious you know &ndash; but mostly about the rain coat &ndash; you see.<span>&nbsp; </span>I&rsquo;ll write you immediately after I get it, you can be sure of that.<span>&nbsp; </span>And yes I&rsquo;ll have my picture taken wearing the raincoat and send it to you.<span>&nbsp; </span>I would very much like to visit you, but the distance is so great that it probably wont happen.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Well, mother is dead now, as you know.<span>&nbsp; </span>I think it was good that she was set free, she has been suffering for so many years, poor thing.<span>&nbsp; </span>I biked to Hegra the day before she died &ndash; Jan. 17 &ndash; and sat with her for a while together with father.<span>&nbsp; </span>She knew me &ndash; but driftet into sleep on and off and her eyes were large and glasslike &ndash; she waved to me when I left and asked me to say hello to the others.<span>&nbsp; </span>Father kept a vigil over her that night and she died at 12 fifteen.<span>&nbsp; </span>We had a very nice funeral.<span>&nbsp; </span>Rented the chapel and had 60 guests for dinner.<span>&nbsp; </span>We decorated the small assembly room to look like a living room with rugs, armchairs, tables with table cloths, flowers etc. &ndash; So many flowers and wreaths arrived &ndash; tulips and plant arrangements.<span>&nbsp; </span>Considering the circumstances, I feel relieved that it&rsquo;s all over.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>There&rsquo;s been a bible school at the chapel for 6 weeks.<span>&nbsp; </span>Father went there every morning at 9 o&rsquo;clock and came home for dinner at 1 o&rsquo;clock and was gone at meetings and social gatherings every evening.<span>&nbsp; </span>3 female students stayed in the bedroom of our house &ndash; but they left last week end.<span>&nbsp; </span>Now father is changing his suit again and is going to some meeting or other &ndash; Laura says that there&rsquo;s &ldquo;not much rest in the behind of that one&rdquo; and she&rsquo;s right.<span>&nbsp; </span>It&rsquo;s good that he has religious interests otherwise it would be too lonesome for him when mother is gone.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>We butchered a pig this week, sold most of it to uncle Edward and aunt Hanna in Narvik &ndash; they can&rsquo;t buy pork up there in the North, you see, so they&rsquo;ll be happy.<span>&nbsp; </span>Father has been stirring the grease pot today &ndash; and then we made blood pudding but father used such bad thread to tie the bags shut with that it broke and the contents disappeared down into the pot ha-ha!<span>&nbsp; </span>We had to laugh in spite of being upset.<span>&nbsp; </span>Blood pudding and mock brawn are good together, right?</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>I&rsquo;m sending you a couple of amateur pictures which I&rsquo;ve just received from the photorapher.<span>&nbsp; </span>Do you recognize me from 1914 when you gave me a sleeping doll?</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Laura is in Trondheim today.<span>&nbsp; </span>She went in with a few kilos of herring salad which she has made.<span>&nbsp; </span>She has to think of something in order to live &ndash; she was going to sell it to a store &ndash; I&rsquo;m curious as to how it went &ndash; she&rsquo;l probably come by here tonight.<span>&nbsp; </span>It&rsquo;s too bad really &ndash; she has a 35 year old son she has to support &ndash; he comes to her for money for the movies &ndash; cigarettes &ndash; magazines &ndash; parties and everything &ndash; it&rsquo;s shameful, granted he&rsquo;s not strong, but seems to me he could do something if he <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>wanted</span> to &ndash; even if it didn&rsquo;t pay a lot of money.<span>&nbsp; </span>I tell Laura that it should be <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>him</span> who worked and earned money while Laura kept house without having financial worries.<span>&nbsp; </span>She deserves to have an easier time of it as she gets older.<span>&nbsp; </span>She was also so unlucky with her two husbands &ndash; the first one was sick and the last one a drunkard and a tyrant!<span>&nbsp; </span>I hear so many strange things about marriage and husbands &ndash; I&rsquo;m glad I have no husband so that I don&rsquo;t have such worries and have only myself to care for.<span>&nbsp; </span>Do you agree?<span>&nbsp; </span>or what do you think?</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>I read your life&rsquo;s story and see that you&rsquo;ve had &ldquo;mercury in your behind&rdquo; <em>(Norwegian expression for someone who can&rsquo;t be still)</em> the way you&rsquo;ve been moving and moving back and forth &ndash; I think all Holm&rsquo;s are restless, Laura too likes to run here and there.<span>&nbsp; </span>She <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>has</span> to leave the house at least once a day or she&rsquo;s not well it seems. &ndash; You must greet Alma so much, your wife and the others and not to forget little Ruth Irene!<span>&nbsp; </span>Is she cute and nice?<span>&nbsp; </span>Father asks me to give you his regards!<span>&nbsp; </span>Live well then, uncle Johan and I want to say thank you so much for the box in advance!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Herborg</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>We have a lot of snow and loveley weather here these days when the sun is shining.<span>&nbsp; </span>Last Sunday I was at Levanger and brought Einar&rsquo;s little boy Helge.<span>&nbsp; </span>He&rsquo;s very cute and nice.</p></div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">BREV FRA HERBORG HOLM DATERT 30. OKTOBER-1946 TO HRR. JOHN HOLM, 108 WEST 5TH STREET, DELL RAPIDS, SYD DAKOTA, U.S.A.  FRIMERKENE ER FJERNET.  PUSSIG NOK ER DET POSTSTEMPLET 1.10.46 &ndash; DET ER MULIG DE HAR GLEMT &Aring; SKRU OVER TIL TALLET 11  I STEMPELET P&Aring; POSTHUSET.<br />
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LETTER FROM HERBORG HOLM DATED OCTOBER 30-1946 TO HRR (MR.) JOHN HOLM, 108 WEST 5TH STREET, DELL RAPIDS, SYD DAKOTA, U.S.A.  THE STAMPS HAVE BEEN REMOVED.  ODDLY, IT&#039;S POST STAMPED ON OCT. 1-&ndash;&tilde;46, BUT IT&#039;S POSSIBLE THAT THE PEOPLE AT THE POST OFFICE FORGOT TO CHANGE THE MONTH ON THE STAMP FROM 10 TO 11.</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">1946.10.30</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text"><p class=–MsoNormal–>Stj&oslash;rdal 30 oktober 1946</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Kj&aelig;re onkel Johan!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Ja, nu idag fikk vi pakken du skrev om med innhold: 1 par nye sko til mig &ndash; 1 ny slal&aring;mbluse til Mindor + 1 stk. s&aring;pe &ndash; blyanter. 1 skillpadde + &ldquo;Hotsy og Totsy&rdquo;.<span>&nbsp; </span>Stemmer det?<span>&nbsp; </span>Ja, du skal ha mitt hjertes beste takk for skoene &ndash; jeg vet slett ikke hvordan jeg skal faa fulltakke dig.<span>&nbsp; </span>De var akkurat passe til mig &ndash; passe bred og s&aring;nne gode, brede heler som jeg liker.<span>&nbsp; </span>Du skj&oslash;nner, jeg kan ikke ha <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>h&oslash;ie</span> heler jeg som er s&aring; lang fra f&oslash;r.<span>&nbsp; </span>De er som jeg skulle ha kj&oslash;pt dem selv, solide &ndash; skinnforete &ndash; gode pene sko.<span>&nbsp; </span>Ja, tusen takk, skal du ha!<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg har v&aelig;rt veldig spent p&aring; om de blev store nok til mig &ndash; skoene som kommer fra Amerika, er ofte s&aring; sm&aring; og smale &ndash; men jeg blev ikke skuffet.<span>&nbsp; </span>Nu har jeg &ldquo;mellemsko&rdquo; for det manglet jeg nemlig.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg fikk for 1 &aring;r siden, fra Sverige et par tykke gatesko &ndash; og s&aring; bruker jeg mors selskaps-sko til &ldquo;finsko&rdquo; &ndash; hun f&aring;r visst ikke bruk for dem selv mere, stakkar.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Jeg gikk opover til tante Laura med Mindors bluse, han var ikke hjemme &ndash; og tante l&aring; og hvilte, hun plages mye med hodepine.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hun syntes blusen var helt fin-fin.<span>&nbsp; </span>Laura hadde gebursdag ig&aring;r &ndash; 63 &aring;r &ndash; jeg var der og Einar med frue og lille Helge og Edvard Eidum fra Narvik (som er i Tr&oslash;ndelag p&aring; ferietur) og Edvards s&oslash;nn (som bor i Stj&oslash;rdal) og hans frue.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det blev fullt hus for det er s&aring; trangt og sm&aring;tt oppe hos henne.<span>&nbsp; </span>Einar hadde bakt en sm&oslash;rkremkake s&aring; fikk vi kaffe og sm&oslash;rrebr&oslash;d.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi snakket om at du skulle ha v&aelig;rt her ogs&aring;, onkel Johan!<span>&nbsp; </span>Far tenkte &aring; g&aring; dit, men han kom hjem fra Hegra i middagstiden og var d&aring;rlig (influensa) og m&aring;tte g&aring; &aring; legge sig.<span>&nbsp; </span>Han ligger idag ogs&aring; &ndash; men imorgen er han vel oppe igjen &ndash; tenker jeg.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi er ferdige med &aring; ta op potetene nu &ndash; s&aring; har vi gulr&oslash;ttene &ndash; hodek&aring;l og epler igjen og det skal vi h&oslash;ste inn denne uke.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det er koldere i v&aelig;ret nu men det har ikke spekt noen natt enda<span>&nbsp; </span>Georginerne st&aring;r helt fine &ndash; de t&aring;ler jo ikke det minste frost.<span>&nbsp; </span>(fra radioen meldes om kaldere luft over Nord-Tr&oslash;ndelag) uff!<span>&nbsp; </span>jeg gruer til vinteren men vi har da brendsel nok &ndash; far s&oslash;rger alltid for t&oslash;rr og huggen ved.<span>&nbsp; </span>Takk for det &ldquo;rare&rdquo; som du skrev var i skoene!<span>&nbsp; </span>&ldquo;Hotsy og Totsy&rdquo; var virkelig morsomme du! det er s&aring; sterk magnetisk kraft i platene dem st&aring;r p&aring;.<span>&nbsp; </span>Eilif satt her lenge og lekte med dem idag, han syntes det var s&aring; pussig at det gikk an at hundene kunne renne <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>ifra</span> hverandre.<span>&nbsp; </span>Ja nu har jeg da noe &aring; tusle med om kveldene jeg ogs&aring; &ndash; ha-ha &ndash; det var vel gjerne det du tenkte p&aring; du ogs&aring;, sk&oslash;ieren!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>P&aring; skillpadden var halen brekt av, men jeg skal fors&oslash;ke &aring; lime den sammen.<span>&nbsp; </span>Takk skal du ha for alt sammen!<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg skrev et brev til dig for en tid siden, med 10 amat&oslash;rfotos nedi &ndash; fra fot-turen i Trollheimen, har du f&aring;tt det?<span>&nbsp; </span>Nu skal jeg ut i kalas sammen med en venninne som har sin venn fra England (London) her p&aring; bes&oslash;k &ndash; det er et bekjentskap fra soldat-tiden her ifjor.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det blir antageli s&aring; hun reiser til London og gifter sig med ham, tenker jeg.<span>&nbsp; </span>Romantikken lenge leve!<span>&nbsp; </span>Det blir en sv&aelig;r overgang fra Stj&oslash;rdalshalsen og til verdens st&oslash;rste by.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>-Far ber mig hilse dere!<span>&nbsp; </span>Du m&aring; hilse din frue og Alma og hennes familie s&aring; meget fra mig.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Ja, lev vel! s&aring; skriver du vel noen ord snart s&aring; jeg f&aring;r h&oslash;re om du har f&aring;tt billedene.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Hjertelig hilsen fra Herborg Kamilla.</p>
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<p class=–MsoNormal–>Stj&oslash;rdal October 30-1946</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Dear uncle Johan!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Well, today we got the parcel you wrote about containing: 1 pair new shoes for me &ndash; 1 new downhill ski blouse for Mindor + 1 soap &ndash; pencils. 1 turtle + &ldquo;Hotsy and Totsy&rdquo;. Is that correct?<span>&nbsp; </span>Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the shoes &ndash; I simply don&rsquo;t know how to thank you properly.<span>&nbsp; </span>They fit me perfectly &ndash; the right width and with the nice, wide heels that I like.<span>&nbsp; </span>You see, I can&rsquo;t wear <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>high</span> heels being as I&rsquo;m so tall to begin with.<span>&nbsp; </span>They&rsquo;re like I would have bought them myself, solid &ndash; leather lined &ndash; comfortable nice looking shoes.<span>&nbsp; </span>Thank you so much!<span>&nbsp; </span>I&rsquo;ve been very curious whether they&rsquo;d be big enough for me &ndash; the shoes that come from America, are often so small and narrow &ndash; but I was not disappointed.<span>&nbsp; </span>Now I have &ldquo;in-between-shoes&rdquo; and that&rsquo;s what I lacked.<span>&nbsp; </span>1 year ago I got a pair of thick street shoes from Sweden &ndash; and then I wear mother&rsquo;s best shoes for &ldquo;party shoes&rdquo; &ndash; it looks like she wont need them anymore herself, poor thing.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>I walked up to aunt Laura&rsquo;s with Mindor&rsquo;s blouse, he wasn&rsquo;t at home &ndash; and aunt Laura was resting, she gets a lot of head aches.<span>&nbsp; </span>She thought the blouse was just fine.<span>&nbsp; </span>Laura had her birthday yesterday &ndash; 63 years old &ndash; I was there and Einar and wife and little Helge and Edvard Eidum from Narvik (who&rsquo;s in Tr&oslash;ndelag on vacation) and Edvard&rsquo;s son (who lives in Stj&oslash;rdal) and his wife.<span>&nbsp; </span>The house was full because there&rsquo;s not much room at her place.<span>&nbsp; </span>Einar had baked a buttercream cake <span>&nbsp;</span>then we got coffee and sandwiches.<span>&nbsp; </span>We talked about how nice it would have been if you had been with us too, uncle Johan!<span>&nbsp; </span>Father meant to come, but he came home from Hegra around dinner time and was sick (the flu&rsquo;) and had to go to bed.<span>&nbsp; </span>He&rsquo;s in bed today too &ndash; but he&rsquo;ll probably be up again tomorrow &ndash; I bet.<span>&nbsp; </span>We&rsquo;ve finished taking up the potatoes now &ndash; then we have the carrots &ndash; cabbage and apples left and are those we&rsquo;re going to harvest this week.<span>&nbsp; </span>The weather is colder now but there hasn&rsquo;t been any frosty nights yet<span>&nbsp; </span>The Dahlias are looking just fine &ndash; and they can&rsquo;t take even the least bit of frost. (the radio is broadcasting cooler air over Nord-Tr&oslash;ndelag)<span>&nbsp; </span>ouch!<span>&nbsp; </span>I&rsquo;m dreading the winter but we have enough fire wood &ndash; father always makes sure we have dry and chopped wood.<span>&nbsp; </span>Thank you for the &ldquo;surprise&rdquo; you told me would be in the shoes!<span>&nbsp; </span>&ldquo;Hotsy and Totsy&rdquo; were really fun!<span>&nbsp; </span>There&rsquo;s such a strong magnetic force in the plates they&rsquo;re standing on.<span>&nbsp; </span>Eilif was sitting here playing with them for a long time today, he thought it was so odd that it was possible for the dogs to run <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>away</span> from eachother.<span>&nbsp; </span>Well now I too have something to do in the evenings &ndash; ha-ha- maybe that&rsquo;s what you too had in mind, you rascal!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>On the turtle the tail had broken off, but I&rsquo;ll try to glue it together.<span>&nbsp; </span>Thank you so much for everything!<span>&nbsp; </span>I wrote you a letter a while back, with 10 amateur photos in it &ndash; from the hiking trip in Trollheimen, did you get it?<span>&nbsp; </span>Now I&rsquo;m going to a party with a friend of mine who has her boy friend visiting from England (London) &ndash; it&rsquo;s an acquaintance from the soldier days here last year.<span>&nbsp; </span>She&rsquo;ll probably end up going to London to marry him, I bet.<span>&nbsp; </span>Long live Romance!<span>&nbsp; </span>It&rsquo;ll be a huge change going from Stj&oslash;rdalshalsen to the world&rsquo;s largest city.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>-Father says to tell you hello!<span>&nbsp; </span>Give my best regards to your wife and Alma and her family.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Live well!<span>&nbsp; </span>and write a few words soon so that I&rsquo;ll know whether you&rsquo;ve received the pictures.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Best wishes from Herborg Kamilla.</p></div>
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      <title><![CDATA[Herborg Holm to John Holm 1946.9.5]]></title>
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                                    <div class="element-text">BREV FRA HERBORG HOLM DATERT 5. SEPTEMBER-1946, TIL HRR. JOHAN HOLM, 108 WEST 5TH STREET, DELL RAPIDS, SYD DAKOTA, U.S.A.  FRIMERKENE ER REVET AV.<br />
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LETTER FROM HERBORG HOLM DATED SEPTEMBER 5-1946, TO HRR, (MR.) JOHAN HOLM, 108 WEST 5TH STREET, DELL RAPIDS, SYD DAKOTA, U.S.A.  THE STAMPS HAVE BEEN REMOVED.<br />
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                                    <div class="element-text">Herborg Holm</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">1946.09.05</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text"><p class=–MsoNormal–>Stj&oslash;rdal den 5-9-46</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Kj&aelig;re onkel Johan!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Takk for brevet jeg fikk hos dig ig&aring;r!<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg skulle s&aring; lenge ha skrevet til dig, men grunnen til at det ikke er blitt f&oslash;r, er den at jeg har ventet p&aring; billedene fra fjellturen og de fikk jeg endelig idag.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg senner dig noen bilder s&aring; du f&aring;r se Norges fjell og natur.<span>&nbsp; </span>F&aring;r du ikke lyst til &aring; ta dig en tur?<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi hadde en flott tur tross at det ogs&aring; var tildels meget strabasi&oslash;st.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi var jo s&aring; utrenet i &aring; <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>g&aring;</span>, vet du, og venninnen min er kontordame, og sitter for det meste p&aring; en stol &ndash; og begge hennes kn&aelig;r hovnet op, skj&oslash;nner du.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg fikk s&aring;nn masse gnags&aring;r, b&aring;de p&aring; heler og t&aelig;r og s&aring; hovnet jeg op rundt &oslash;inene p&aring; grunn av at sol og fjell-lufta var for sterk for mig &ndash; gikk til doktoren da jeg kom hjem og hadde m&oslash;rke briller p&aring; ca. 8 dage, s&aring; blev jeg &ldquo;all rigth<em>&rdquo;(her skal h&rsquo;en egentlig st&aring; foran t&rsquo;en)</em> igjen.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det var veldig langt mellem hyttene <span>&nbsp;</span>ca. 8-9 og 10 timers marsj tildels p&aring; kilometervis i bare kuppelsten.<span>&nbsp; </span>&ldquo;Geithetta&rdquo; bestod bare av kuppelsten &ndash; over 1300 meter over havet &ndash; Trollhetta er over 1600 m. o. havet s&aring; <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>det</span> blev for anstrengende for oss.<span>&nbsp; </span>En baker fra Trondheim gikk der &ndash; han er over 60 &aring;r &ndash; det synes jeg var godt gjort men s&aring; var han temmelig sliten da han kom frem til Trollheimshytta.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi tok det med ro p&aring; dagsmarsjene, vet du, spiste, hvilte og koset oss &ndash; vasket f&oslash;ttene i bekker og vadet gjennem store snefonner.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jo, det var virkelig festlig med en slik ferie ogs&aring;.<span>&nbsp; </span>Du m&aring; tro det var deilig &aring; komme frem til hyttene og f&aring; vasket av sig skitt og svette og s&aring; g&aring; til middagsbordet!<span>&nbsp; </span>Damerne var i majoriteten &ndash; som vanlig.<span>&nbsp; </span>Piker i 16-17&aring;rs alderen, b&aring;de fra Oslo og Trondheim trampet freidig avg&aring;rde &ndash; godt gjort &ndash; 4 stykker av dem var p&aring; toppen av Trollhetta da t&aring;ken kom rullende og lynet slo ned omkring dem, men de var glade da de kom i hus.<span>&nbsp; </span>En mengde dansker trampet omkring i fjellene, for dem er det jo en attraksjon med v&aring;re tind og nuter, dem har jo bare sitt stakkars &ldquo;Himmelbjerg&rdquo; p&aring; under 200 m. o. havet.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Jeg var i Opdal hos Arne de tre siste dage av ferien.<span>&nbsp; </span>Dem har det bra og trives godt.<span>&nbsp; </span>Bakeriet er et lite hus med brune t&oslash;mmervegger og torvtak hvor bj&oslash;rken vokser s&aring; fint<span>&nbsp; </span>- Arildgutten venter sig en liten s&oslash;ster i november m&aring;ned og det var han meget spent p&aring;. &ndash; Arne var hjemme siste helg &ndash; og s&oslash;ndags formiddag syklet han opover og bes&oslash;kte mor.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hun hadde sagt til ham at hun kom ikke til &aring; opleve julen &ndash; hun f&oslash;ler vel at hun slappes av men det er vel ikke godt &aring; vite hvor lenge det varer.<span>&nbsp; </span>Mor har bedt om at hennes s&oslash;sken fra Levanger m&aring; komme og bes&oslash;ke henne nu, og hun mente da at det blev <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>siste gangen</span>.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hun er f&aelig;lt mager og ligger p&aring; luftring.<span>&nbsp; </span>I mere enn to &aring;r har hun v&aelig;rt <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>oppe bare</span> en halv time.<span>&nbsp; </span>Far er i begravelse idag.<span>&nbsp; </span>En ung frue som l&aring; ved siden av mor er d&oslash;d efter 3 &aring;rs sykeleie.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg synes det er fryktelig at dem skal ligge s&aring; lenge og plages.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>-Far bad mig hilse dig &ndash; han har skrevet mange brev til dig &ndash; men da han ikke har sendt det som flyvepost tar det s&aring;nn lang tid.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg var p&aring; visit hos tante Laura ig&aring;rkveld &ndash; hun og Mindor skulle til Geving&aring;sen &aring; plukke tytteb&aelig;r idag &ndash; ja hun har sine bekymringer for &aring; eksistere, men det g&aring;r, tross at Mindor ingenting arbeider.<span>&nbsp; </span>Han er sannelig en &ldquo;klamp om foten&rdquo; p&aring; henne.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>-Du skriver at du har sendt sko til mig &ndash; det synes jeg er altfor snildt av dig &ndash; Jeg er veldig spent p&aring; om de passer &ndash; men de brune skinnt&oslash;flene jeg fikk hos dig passer jo akkurat s&aring; jeg h&aring;per du har kj&oslash;pt disse like store.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg skal skrive til dig straks jeg f&aring;r dem<span>&nbsp; </span>Og s&aring; er jeg meget spent p&aring; hvad det er for &ldquo;rart&rdquo; som ligger nedi skoene &ndash; jeg gl&aelig;r mig til &aring; se efter.<span>&nbsp; </span>Her er det vanskelig &aring; f&aring; kj&oslash;pt sig et par sko for det er nemlig, p&aring; ca. 1 &aring;r, <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>4 skomerker</span> gyldige &ndash; og for &aring; f&aring; kj&oslash;pe et par skinnsko m&aring; man ha 5 merker.<span>&nbsp; </span>Fin ordning!<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg var s&aring; heldig &aring; f&aring; et par gatesko fra Sverige ifjor h&oslash;st. &ndash; Far er s&aring; kry nu for han har b&aring;de skinnt&oslash;fler og filt-t&oslash;fler &ndash; han hadde nemlig ingen f&oslash;r &ndash; efterhvert som han f&aring;r noe tar han med opover til mor og viser det til henne.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg har f&aring;tt skinnt&oslash;fler hos dig ja &ndash; 1 par lyse silkestr&oslash;mper, 2 par sterke, gode linstr&oslash;mper (jeg har g&aring;tt uten str&oslash;mper over 2 m&aring;neder i trekk men nu beg. det &aring; bli for kj&oslash;lig om kveldene) 3 sm&aring; sprettekniver, som du har laget selv, har jeg f&aring;tt og 1 liten, nett hammer + forskj. annet.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hjertelig takk skal du ha for alt sammen.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det er rent for galt, synes jeg.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det verste er at vi ikke kan gjengjelde &ndash; jeg vet ikke annen r&aring;d enn at du f&aring;r komme hit s&aring; skal vi stelle og hygge for dig.<span>&nbsp; </span>Og jeg vil p&aring; forh&aring;nd takke dig for skoene og det &ldquo;rare&rdquo;<span>&nbsp; </span>jeg er spent for hver dag.<span>&nbsp; </span>Siste uke kom en overfrakk + 1 par halvs&aring;ler &ndash; tr&aring;d, sepestykke, frimerker<span>&nbsp; </span>Takk!<span>&nbsp; </span>Du skrev en gang at du har sendt no brukte kl&aelig;r for barn men det har vi ikke f&aring;tt enda.<span>&nbsp; </span>Du skal f&aring; h&oslash;re n&aring;r det kommer.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg var i Trondheim og overleverte forskj&aelig;rskniver og andre kniver som du har lavet, til Gjertine og Ola&rsquo;s kone, Olava og Laura har og f&aring;tt sine.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg m&aring;tte storle da du skrev om at sko du sente til Ola aldri blev store nok og at du nu skal senne et par som du f&aring;r tre fota nedi en sko.<span>&nbsp; </span>Laura og jeg lo oss nesten fordervet da jeg leste det for du h&oslash;rtes ut s&aring;nn passelig arg, skj&oslash;nner du.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Eilif bad mig hilse dig, han har l&aring;nt motorsag og kl&oslash;ver ved herute.<span>&nbsp; </span>Han reiser p&aring; fugeljakt fra fk. helg<span>&nbsp; </span>S&aring; m&aring; du hilse Alma og hennes familie med takk for alt dem har sendt.<span>&nbsp; </span>Likes&aring; m&aring; du hilse din kone.<span>&nbsp; </span>N&aring;r jeg blir rik, kommer jeg og bes&oslash;ker dere!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Hjertelig hilsen fra Herborg.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Mor har f&aring;tt teppet, ja, takk for det!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>&nbsp;</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Stj&oslash;rdal the 5-9-46</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Dear uncle Johan!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Thank you for the letter I received from you yesterday!<span>&nbsp; </span>I&rsquo;ve been meaning to write you for so long, but the reason why I haven&rsquo;t done so before, is that I&rsquo;ve been waiting for the pictures from the mountain trip and today I finally got them.<span>&nbsp; </span>I&rsquo;m sending you some pictures so that you can see Norway&rsquo;s mountains and nature.<span>&nbsp; </span>Don&rsquo;t you feel like coming over?<span>&nbsp; </span>We had a great trip in spite of the fact that it was quite a struggle.<span>&nbsp; </span>We were so untrained as far as <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>walking</span>, you see, and my friend an office girl, and sits on a chair most of the time &ndash; and both her knees swelled up, you understand.<span>&nbsp; </span>I got so many blisters, on my heels as well as on my toes and then I swelled up around my eyes because the sun and the mountain air were too strong for me &ndash; went to the doctor&rsquo;s when I got home and wore dark glasses for about 8 days, then I was &ldquo;all rigth&rdquo; again.<span>&nbsp; </span>It was a very long distance between the cabins<span>&nbsp; </span>a walk of about 8-9 and 10 hours on nothing but rocks for many kilometers some places.<span>&nbsp; </span>&ldquo;Geithetta&rdquo; consisted of nothing but rocks &ndash; over 1300 meters above the sea &ndash; Trollhetta is over 1600 m.a. the sea so <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>that</span> got to be too strenuous for us.<span>&nbsp; </span>A baker from Trondheim went there &ndash; he&rsquo;s over 60 years old &ndash; I thought that was well done but then again he was rather tired when he reached the Trollheimen cabin.<span>&nbsp; </span>We took it easy during the daytime marching, you know, ate, rested and enjoyed ourselves &ndash; washed our feet in brooks and waded through big snowdrifts.<span>&nbsp; </span>Yes, such a vacation was really enjoyable too.<span>&nbsp; </span>Imagine how wonderful it was to reach the cabins and get the dirt and sweat washed off and then go to the dinner table!<span>&nbsp; </span>The ladies were in majority - as usual.<span>&nbsp; </span>Girls around 16-17 years old, both from Oslo and Trondheim trampled confidently on &ndash; well done &ndash; 4 of them were on top of Trollhetta when the fog came rolling in and the lightning struck around them, but they were glad to get indoors.<span>&nbsp; </span>A lot of Danes trampled around in the mountains, for them our summits and peaks are an attraction, all they have is their pityful &ldquo;Himmelbjerg&rdquo; of less than 200 m. a. the sea.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>I was in Opdal at Arne&rsquo;s the last three days of the vacation.<span>&nbsp; </span>They&rsquo;re doing well and liking it there.<span>&nbsp; </span>The bakery is a small house with brown log walls and thatched roof where the birch grows so lovely &ndash; Arild boy is expecting a little sister in the month of November and he was very excited about that.- Arne was home last week end &ndash; and on Sunday morning he biked up to see mother.<span>&nbsp; </span>She had said to him that she wouldn&rsquo;t see Christmas &ndash; I guess she feels she&rsquo;s going but there&rsquo;s no telling how long she&rsquo;ll last.<span>&nbsp; </span>Mother has asked that her siblings in Levanger come and see her now, and she thought that would be <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>the last time</span>.<span>&nbsp; </span>She&rsquo;s extremely skinny and is lieing on an air ring.<span>&nbsp; </span>In more than two years she has been <span style=–text-decoration: underline;–>out of bed for only</span> half an hour.<span>&nbsp; </span>Father is at a funeral today.<span>&nbsp; </span>A young married lady who was next to mother has died after having been sick for 3 years.<span>&nbsp; </span>I think it&rsquo;s terrible that they should be suffering for so long.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>-Father said to tell you hello &ndash; he has written several letters to you &ndash; but since he hasn&rsquo;t sent them air mail they take such a long time.<span>&nbsp; </span>I went to see aunt Laura last night &ndash; she and Mindor were going to Geving&aring;sen to pick cranberries today &ndash; yes she has her worries for existance, but it&rsquo;s going ok, even though Mindor doesn&rsquo;t work at all.<span>&nbsp; </span>He&rsquo;s really a &ldquo;millstone round her neck&rdquo;.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>-You write that you have sent me some shoes &ndash; I think that&rsquo;s much too kind of you &ndash; I&rsquo;m very curious to see if they fit &ndash; but the brown leather slippers I got from you fit perfectly so I hope you have bought these the same size.<span>&nbsp; </span>I&rsquo;ll write you as soon as I get them.<span>&nbsp; </span>And I&rsquo;m very curious about what the &ldquo;surprise&rdquo; inside the shoes can be &ndash; I&rsquo;m looking forward to checking.<span>&nbsp; </span>Here it&rsquo;s difficult to buy a pair of shoes because you see, during this 1 year, they&rsquo;ve become 4 shoe tokens worth &ndash; and to buy a pair of leather shoes you need 5 tokens.<span>&nbsp; </span>Nice arrangement!<span>&nbsp; </span>I was lucky enough to get a pair of street shoes from Sweden last fall. &ndash; Father is so proud now because he has both leather slippers and felt slippers &ndash; he had none before &ndash; as soon as he gets something he takes it up to show mother.<span>&nbsp; </span>Yes I&rsquo;ve received leather slippers from you &ndash; 1 pair light silk stockings, 2 pair strong, good linen stockings (I haven&rsquo;t been wearing stockings for over 2 months in a row but now it&rsquo;s starting to get too cool at night) 3 small spring knives, which you&rsquo;ve made yourself, I&rsquo;ve gotten and 1 small, cute hammer + various other things.<span>&nbsp; </span>Many thanks to you for everything.<span>&nbsp; </span>It&rsquo;s just too much I feel. The worst part is that we can&rsquo;t repay you &ndash; I have no other solution than for you to come here so that we can pamper you some.<span>&nbsp; </span>And I want to thank you in advance for the shoes and the &ldquo;surprise&rdquo;<span>&nbsp; </span>I can&rsquo;t wait.<span>&nbsp; </span>Last week an overcoat arrived + 1 pair half soles &ndash; thread, piece of soap, stamps<span>&nbsp; </span>Thank you!<span>&nbsp; </span>You wrote once that you&rsquo;ve sent some used clothes for children but those we haven&rsquo;t received yet.<span>&nbsp; </span>You&rsquo;ll hear as soon as they get here.<span>&nbsp; </span>I went to Trondheim to deliver the carving knives and other knives you had made, to Gjertine and Ola&rsquo;s wife, Olava and Laura have gotten theirs too.<span>&nbsp; </span>I had to laugh out loud when you wrote about the shoes you&rsquo;d sent to Ola never being big enough and that now you&rsquo;re going to send a pair that will hold three feet in one shoe.<span>&nbsp; </span>Laura and I nearly killed ourselves laughing when I read it because you sounded quite annoyed, you see.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Eilif asked me to tell you hello, he has borrowed an electrical saw and is chopping wood outside.<span>&nbsp; </span>He&rsquo;s going bird hunting this coming week end.<span>&nbsp; </span>Give our regards to Alma and her family with our thanks for everything they have sent. <span>&nbsp;</span>Also say hello to your wife.<span>&nbsp; </span>When I&rsquo;m rich, I&rsquo;ll come and visit you!</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Best wishes from Herborg.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Yes mother got the blanket, thank you! <span>&nbsp;</span><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p></div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">BREV FRA EDVARD EIDUM DATERT NARVIK 28. JUNI-1946, POSTSTEMPLET 29.6.46, TIL MR JOHN HOLM, 108 WEST FIFTH ST., DELL RAPIDS, SYD DAKOTA, U.S.A.  FRIMERKENE ER REVET UT.  SENDT LUFTPOST.<br />
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LETTER FROM EDVARD EIDUM DATED NARVIK JUNE 28-1946, TO MR JOHN HOLM, 108 WEST FIFTH ST., DELL RAPIDS, SYD DAKOTA, U.S.A.  SENT AIR MAIL THE NEXT DAY, THE STAMPS HAVE BEEN TORN OUT.</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">Edvard Eidum</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">1946.06.28</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text"><p class=–MsoNormal–>Narvik 28/6-1946</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Kj&aelig;re svoger og familie.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Vil idag sende Dere en liten hilsen, s&aring; Di f&aring;r se at vi lever, og har De som vanlig.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi skulle ha skrevet til Alma Vilson ogs&aring;, men du m&aring; la hende f&aring; l&aelig;se Dette brev, da jeg ikke vet hendes Adresse.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg har nu lagt p&aring; Sykehuset i10 dage.<span>&nbsp; </span>Men er nu hjemme ijen.<span>&nbsp; </span>De var en Ondartet mavehistorie, som var sjyl i De hele.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hanna min hustru har nu v&aelig;rt p&aring; Sykehuset ijen.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hun har nu tatt ut N&aring;gelen som l&aelig;gen satte ind i Den f&oslash;rste fot hun brak.<span>&nbsp; </span>Er lidt slap nu efter Den siste Opperasjon.<span>&nbsp; </span>Ja nu har vi Sol og Sommer nat som dag.<span>&nbsp; </span>Solen sjinner like ind i Sengen var Klokken 12 om natten, som 12 om dagen.<span>&nbsp; </span>Midnatsol alts&aring;.<span>&nbsp; </span>Fuglesang og sol hele D&oslash;gnet.<span>&nbsp; </span>Ja Norge er et Vakkert Land.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg t&aelig;nkte at jeg nu skulle f&aring; sende Dere billeder av oss.<span>&nbsp; </span>Men Fotografen hadde Dem ikke f&aelig;rdig ennu.<span>&nbsp; </span>Men Dem skal nok komme.<span>&nbsp; </span>Kan hilse Dere fra Hegra og Stj&oslash;rdalen.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi har nylig hatt bes&oslash;k av var S&oslash;n Erling m familie.<span>&nbsp; </span>Han er p&aring; Jernbanen Der.<span>&nbsp; </span>Dere kan tro at De er Stor forandring i Hegra og Stj&oslash;rdal nu.<span>&nbsp; </span>T&aelig;nk om Dere hadde kommet hit en tur nu.<span>&nbsp; </span>Men vi m&oslash;tes vel kanske ikke mere nu, f&oslash;r end vi m&oslash;tes i Himlen.<span>&nbsp; </span>T&aelig;nk &aring; f&aring; m&oslash;te mor og far, S&oslash;ster og bror, Sl&aelig;gt og venner, for aldrig mere &aring; sjilles.<span>&nbsp; </span>Her i Verden er s&aring;megen Sorg, n&oslash;d og t&aring;rer.<span>&nbsp; </span>Men der hjemme hoss far er alt Dette borte.<span>&nbsp; </span>Der er De kun Jesus, og Jesus allene, som er alt for oss alle.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hanna Hadde 70 bes&oslash;kende p&aring; sin 70 Aars dag 20 Mai.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi hadde en trivelig Aften, og mange Telegrammer fik hun ogs&aring;.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg sender Dere noen Aviser idag.<span>&nbsp; </span>H&aring;per at Dem kommer frem om en m&aring;neds tid.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi skulle ogs&aring; ha skrevet til Florence Winters,<span>&nbsp; </span>Men Da vi da m&aring; skrive bare Engelsk, S&aring; tar De lidt l&aelig;ngere tid for oss.<span>&nbsp; </span>Men skulle Di tr&aelig;ffe hende noe, s&aring; hils hende fra oss.<span>&nbsp; </span>S&aring; m&aring; Di ha de bra ijen.<span>&nbsp; </span>Noe s&aelig;rlig nytt vet jeg ikke &aring; skrive om.<span>&nbsp; </span>S&aring; vidt jeg vet s&aring; er alt bra med Aksel og Olav Holm.<span>&nbsp; </span>Helga Holm ligger fremdeles p&aring; Hegra Pleiehjem.<span>&nbsp; </span>Agnes Holm, Datter til Olav er vist syk.<span>&nbsp; </span>De sies at De er Tuberkul&oslash;s Sykdom hun har.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vist De er noe Di gjerne vil sp&oslash;rre om, s&aring; bare skriv.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg vil gjerne fortelle Dere alt De Di &oslash;nsker, om jeg kan. <span>&nbsp;</span>S&aring; m&aring; Di ha De riktig godt ijen, og Gud velsigne eder alle.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hanna hilser Dere alle s&aring; hjertelig.<span>&nbsp; </span>Alle andre hilser Dere.<span>&nbsp; </span>Og s&aring; tilslut en hilsen fra Gud fader selv, 2den Mosebok 33 kap. 17-23 Vers.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>En hilsen ogs&aring; fra Deres</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Edvard Eidum</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>La oss ikke glemme &aring; be for hverandre.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>D.S.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>&nbsp;</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Narvik 28/6-1946</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Dear brother in law and family.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Wanted to send You a little greeting today, so that You&rsquo;ll see we&rsquo;re alive, and doing as usual.<span>&nbsp; </span>We should write to Alma Vilson too, but just let her read This letter, as I don&rsquo;t know her address.<span>&nbsp; </span>I&rsquo;ve just been in the Hospital for 10 days.<span>&nbsp; </span>But am home again now. It was a Virulent stomach ailment, that was the cause of It all.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hanna my wife has just been in the Hospital again.<span>&nbsp; </span>She has taken the Rivet<em> (I know there&rsquo;s a medical term for this but can&rsquo;t for the life of me think of it)</em> out which the doctor put into The first leg she broke.<span>&nbsp; </span>She&rsquo;s a little weak now after The last Operation.<span>&nbsp; </span>Well now we have Sun and Summer during the night as well as the day.<span>&nbsp; </span>The sun shines straight into our Bed at 12 O&rsquo;clock at night, as well as 12 in the daytime.<span>&nbsp; </span>Midnight sun in other words.<span>&nbsp; </span>Birdsong and sun 24 hrs. a Day.<span>&nbsp; </span>Yes Norway is a Beautiful Country.<span>&nbsp; </span>I thought I&rsquo;d be able to send You pictures of us now.<span>&nbsp; </span>But the Photographer didn&rsquo;t have Them ready yet.<span>&nbsp; </span>But They&rsquo;ll be coming.<span>&nbsp; </span>Have greetings for You from Hegra and Stj&oslash;rdalen.<span>&nbsp; </span>We&rsquo;ve recently had a visit from our Son Erling and family.<span>&nbsp; </span>He&rsquo;s with the Railroads there.<span>&nbsp; </span>You can&rsquo;t imagine The Big changes in Hegra and Stj&oslash;rdalen now.<span>&nbsp; </span>Just think if You could come here for a visit now.<span>&nbsp; </span>But we may not meet again now, until we meet in Heaven.<span>&nbsp; </span>Imagine being able to meet mother and father, Sister and brother, Relatives and friends, never to be parted again. <span>&nbsp;</span>Here in this World there&rsquo;s so much Sorrow, suffering and tears.<span>&nbsp; </span>But at home with the father all This is gone.<span>&nbsp; </span>There&rsquo;s only Jesus, and Jesus alone, who is everything to us all.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hanna had 70 visitors on her 70<sup>th</sup> birthday May 20<sup>th</sup>.<span>&nbsp; </span>We had a pleasant Evening, and she also got many Telegrams.<span>&nbsp; </span>I&rsquo;m sending You some Newspapers today.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hope They&rsquo;ll get there in about a month.<span>&nbsp; </span>We should write to Florence Winters too,<span>&nbsp; </span>But As we have to write only in English then, It takes a little longer time for us.<span>&nbsp; </span>But if You should meet her at all, please greet her from us.<span>&nbsp; </span>So keep well again then.<span>&nbsp; </span>Don&rsquo;t know of much news to tell you about.<span>&nbsp; </span>As far as I know everything is fine with Aksel and Olav Holm.<span>&nbsp; </span>Helga Holm is still at Hegra Nursing Home.<span>&nbsp; </span>Apparently Agnes Holm, the Daughter of Olav is sick.<span>&nbsp; </span>They say she has some kind of a Tuberculose disease.<span>&nbsp; </span>If There&rsquo;s anything You would like to ask, just write.<span>&nbsp; </span>I&rsquo;d tell you everything You&rsquo;d want to know, if I can.<span>&nbsp; </span>So keep real well again, and God bless you all.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hanna sends You her warmest regards.<span>&nbsp; </span>All the others greet You.<span>&nbsp; </span>And finally a greeting from God our father himself, 2<sup>nd</sup> Book of Moses <span>&nbsp;</span>chap. 33, Verse 17-23.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Greetings also from Yours</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Edvard Eidum</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Let us not forget to pray for eachother.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>D.S.<span>&nbsp; </span><span>&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                    <div class="element-text">Klara Krogstad to John Holm 1946.2.24</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">BREV FRA KLARA KROGSTAD DATERT 24. FEBRUAR TIL MR &amp; MRS J HOLM, 108 WEST 5 ST, DELL RAPIDS, SYD DAKOTA, U.S.A.  POSTSTEMPLET 25.2.46.  FRIMERKENE ER KLIPPET UT.<br />
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LETTER FROM KLARA KROGSTAD DATED FEBRUARY 24 TO MR &amp; MRS J HOLM, 108 WEST 5 ST., DELL RAPIDS, SYD DAKOTA, U.S.A. POST STAMPED FEBRUARY 25-1946.  THE STAMPS HAVE BEEN CUT OUT.</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text"><p class=–MsoNormal–>Sluppen den 24. februar</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Kj&aelig;re onkel Johan.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Hjertelig tak for Julehilsen jeg fik i gaar.<span>&nbsp; </span>Ser av det at tante har v&aelig;ret syk, men efter en slik sykdom saa gammel som hun er, er det fint at det har gaat saa fort.<span>&nbsp; </span>Ja onkel nu er det meget rart siden vi hadde brev fra hverandre.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg er saa gla for at vi ingen fly alarm faar mere saa du kan ikke tro det, mine nerver var paa bristepunktet naar sirenene gik og vi maatte gaa i kj&aelig;lleren.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi har det bare bra <span>&nbsp;</span>nu har jeg bare guttene igjen, mine d&oslash;tre er gifte og har flyttet fra mig, jeg har en s&oslash;n som er 19 aar i sommer, han har gaat mekanikerkurset saa nu er han kommet sig inn paa jernbanen.<span>&nbsp; </span>Min yngste gut er 13 &aring;r i sommer <span>&nbsp;</span>han gaar paa skolen enda, selv holder jeg og vasker der min mand arbeidet saa det gaar da bra bare vi faar v&aelig;re frisk.<span>&nbsp; </span>Ma er frisk og kj&aelig;k, hun har sluttet og vaske paa skolen nu<span>&nbsp; </span>er bare hjemme og steller for min bror Erling som er 38 aar den 3 mars.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hennes ma altsaa min bestemor lever ennu<span>&nbsp; </span>hun er 94 aar i sommer<span>&nbsp; </span>hun bor hos sin datter i n&aelig;rheten av mig, har eget hus dem.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det er nu meget bedre i mat og litt kl&aelig;r er det &aring; faa men de er saa daarlige saa jeg har ikke kj&oslash;pt no s&aelig;rlig av dem, i s&aelig;r str&oslash;mpestrik er en saga blot<span>&nbsp; </span>vi bruker papirhyssing.<span>&nbsp; </span>Vi faar v&aelig;re taalmodige, det blir vel litt efter hvert nu.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg ser av bildene Alma sente mig du har det pent og trivelig.<span>&nbsp; </span>Husker du onkel at jeg skulde faa komme til dig, det snakker jeg meget om, men min skjebne var vel ikke slik.<span>&nbsp; </span></p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Du maa hilse tante fra mig og mine og ha det rigtig bra.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg har sent brev til Alma for en tid siden.<span>&nbsp; </span>Jeg faar vel brev fra dig jeg ogsaa nu, men kanske du har sluttet og skrive.<span>&nbsp; </span>Ha det bra, og v&aelig;r hjertelig hilset fra din bror datter Klara.</p>
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<p class=–MsoNormal–>Sluppen the 24<sup>th</sup> of February</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Dear uncle Johan</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Thank you so much for the Christmas greeting I got yesterday.<span>&nbsp; </span>I see from that that auntie has been sick, but after an illness like that as old as she is, it&rsquo;s good that it has gone so quickly.<span>&nbsp; </span>Well uncle a lot of things have happened since we had letters from eachother.<span>&nbsp; </span>You can&rsquo;t imagine how glad I am that we don&rsquo;t get air raid sirens anymore, my nerves were on the point of bursting when the sirens went and we had to go to the basement.<span>&nbsp; </span>We are doing just fine <span>&nbsp;</span>I only have the boys left now, my daughters are married and have moved away from me, I have a son who turns 19 years old this summer, he has taken the mechanics class so now he has gotten a job with the railroads.<span>&nbsp; </span>My youngest boy turns 13 this summer<span>&nbsp; </span>he&rsquo;s still going to school, as for me I&rsquo;m still cleaning where my husband used to work so we&rsquo;ll be fine as long as we can stay healthy.<span>&nbsp; </span>Ma <em>(that&rsquo;s the word she uses)</em> is healthy and doing well, she has quit cleaning at the school now, and is just at home keeping house for my brother Erling who turns 38 years old on March 3.<span>&nbsp; </span>Her ma that is my grandmother is still alive<span>&nbsp; </span>she&rsquo;ll turn 94 this summer<span>&nbsp; </span>she lives with her daughter nearby me, they have their own house.<span>&nbsp; </span>There is a lot more food now and some clothes are to be had but they are so bad that I haven&rsquo;t bought much of them, especially elastic for stockings is a thing of the past<span>&nbsp; </span>we use twine.<span>&nbsp; </span>We&rsquo;ll have to be patient, little by little now there&rsquo;s bound to be more.<span>&nbsp; </span>I see from the pictures Alma sent me that you have a nice and cosy place. Do you remember uncle that I was supposed to come visit you, I talk about that a lot, but my fate wanted it otherwise.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Give our regards to auntie and keep well.<span>&nbsp; </span>I&rsquo;ve sent a letter to Alma a while back.<span>&nbsp; </span>I guess I too will get a letter from you now, but maybe you&rsquo;ve quit writing.<span>&nbsp; </span>Keep well, and be heartily greeted from your brother&rsquo;s daughter Klara.</p></div>
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