Dear Reader!                     A few lines from our corner of the world again to the Volksblatt that I know you would like to read; so I take my pen to send a few lines.                     Well, the elections are now over again, and therefore everyone knows where he stands. Those who lost are probably grumpily […]

Because it has been such a long time since you have heard from our corner of the world, I will send you a few lines.                 On the 2nd of this month, Mr. August Schelnick moved from Serbin to Thorndale. He shipped all of his belongings via train, and he and I travelled separately because

Dear Reader!!                     Must finally dig up some news from our corner of the world, or else the readers will think that the Warda Correspondent doesn’t exist anymore.  However, most probably the Walburg Correspondent will really be worried and he will wonder where I have been.  Well, I haven’t disappeared yet and I am still

Dear reader,                 Though little news, I will send you a few lines. The people here are finished with the planting, so now if we will have some good weather, we will have a good harvest.                 On the 7th of April, we had a nice rain filling up the rivers, tanks and cisterns.                

The best of thanks to the Walburg Correspondent for his friendly inquiry. I had sprained my finger on my right hand, and as a result was unable to write for a long time.                 There is not much news. Last week we had a very nice rain, and it was really needed and necessary. It

Dear Readers!      Right now, we are having dry weather, this is very good for cotton, and the boll weevils are pestering better. However, this is not good for the gardens, which could use a nice rain.      Mr. M. Kasperik from Waldburg (who seems to be taken a pleasure trip with his wife and

Dear Worthy Volksblatt.              An event which does not often occur in families, perhaps may be of interest to readers of the Volksblatt.             The mother of the undersigned, Mrs. Johanne Zoch, wife of the late Johann Zoch, celebrated her 91st birthday on August 29th.             At this ceremony, a friend took upon himself the

Valued ​​readers!                     I must send in a few lines, so I will not be completely forgotten.                     Presently, it is very dry here, and consequently the water shortage makes itself felt. Oh, that it would rain soon. Cotton products will soon come to an end. In some places it is somewhat better, but in

On the 10th of last month, my wife, two kids, Miss Martha Domaschk and I, took a trip to Thorndale to visit old friends and acquaintances. We made our way on the SAP train to Rockdale, where we arrived at 6:30 in the evening. As the last J. & G. R. train from Rockdale to

Dear reader!                     It is well time to hear something again from our corner of the world, otherwise we will be completely oblivious. But oh no! The Walburg Correspondent is always interested in us. However, this writing is less due to his friction boots than to the fact of various events which are worth mentioning.