06-19-1924

Mrs C.J. Peterson

R.F.D. #2 Box 17.

Logan Utah.

Mrs F. H. White

1624 Lincoln Street

Berkeley

California

            N. Logan Utah R.F.D.#2 Box 17.

                        June 19—1924

My own dear Baby Lovis

            How are you and yours today I hope you are all well and happy as happy can be. Our mail carier you know him he is on a vacation and so the man that take his place comes in a car one hour earlier so consequently we got to have our mail ready earlier to send. Well it is now 11 am and I says I say to day is the day for me to write and mail a letter to you I like to have written to you be fore but I have thaugth mebe I would hear from you again before I wrote so I have a little more to answer on, I am sure happy to hear about Arthur being so welcome to your place he realizes to some extent that he is on orphan I pray the Lord will bless Floyd and you for your goodness and kindness to him I know that your actions will encourage and help him to be a good boy I have written to him this morning and I will ask you to plaese seal it and write the addrsas and mail the enclosed letter to him as I do not know his addras now as he said when he wrote that he expecketed to leave Presidio for Montery the first of this week.

            Prof & Mrs Israelson comes up real often the are on or after some trade with your Dad, but I can not under stand what about it is but I have told Pa to look out, the came upp last Tuesday evening and asked us to go car riding to Hyrum and I think it was real nice of them to do but at F.O. and Annie was going to Wellsville to a Wedding that nigth and I was to take care of Lois and Shirly I could not go with them. It was that Lishman girl that got maried to a man of course from Pocatello.

            Well dearest the time goes slowly but sure on to the 15 of July. to morrow is the day when Joe thaugth he get his leave but mebe this tirrible explosion of the ship Missisippi the had a week ago at San Diego have changed it. Well as the days comes and goes we will find out if that explosion have interfered with Joes furlough or not it is raining here again to day and it is a cold rain, the Relif Sosity Mothers are on a outing this week up on the canion to the girls Camp I was invited but I did not felt justified to leave your Dad as he dont feel as good as he have, he can not do the work or take care of this little farm he have hired Br Wurstain to help him, and Pa is selling and trading the implements of for little or nothing and as I dont know what is best to do I can not stop it, but theere is one thing I can do if I live and that is to never sign my name to sell the real property that was my father in laws advise to me on his death bed and he made me promise him this for he said if I did we would be homless and that what worried him that his son would be homeless.

            I am enclosing some News Paper clippings theere is a sermon I like for you to read sometime when you liy down to rest, like this our Mother of old does when she liyes down sometimes you know. Theere is still a whole lot of measels around here in N. Logan Manny children are sick with them yet you know what some big familys some of them are and it takes a long time for the deasiase to go through them from the time that each one gets exposed. Golden Nyman been sick in bed for 3 weeks and he is not much better now I have been up to see him he has complications such as rheumatism and is in a very weak condition. sister Ormond is now able to sit up Oh she looks bad, I sure got surprised when she said that the Dr told her to have coffee because that would stimulate her weak hart and mebe cure the dropsy, I guess I will have a new partner to drink coffee with me but I surely wissh there would be something that would help her.

            Well now dear Lovis if I hear from you this week then if all is well I shall write to you next Sunday and not wait untill Thursday how will that be my dearest & sweetest baby remember me to your own dear Floyd. I got some more compliments for him now and I as proud as a peacock now plaese excuse me if I dont spell the about word rigth. Will close with much Love Love Love Your Ma

                                                Caroline J. Peterson

When you come home you will see for yourself how we both are  x x x   we are alrigth now by by x x o o x o

[Two newpaper clippings enclosed with this letter. One, dated Saturday June 14, 1924, listed social events of the area. Caroline had circled the following for Louise to read:

Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Henderson annnounce the engagement of their daughter, Lois, to Glen Grandall of Provo. The marriage will take place on the twenty-eighth of June. Miss Mary Henderson and Miss Alberta Jenson entertained at a shower Friday in honor of Miss Lois Henderson. Forty guests were in attendance.

The marriage of Miss Elizabeth Roskelly of Smithfield and Early Byron Ward of Willard took place Wednesday.

Mr. and Mrs. Weston Vernon will leave next week to attend the national Democratic convention to be held in New York, at the conclusion of which they will visit relatives in Kentucky and Virginia, returning by way of  California.

Miss Clara Kramer, supervisor of the Carbon county schools, is here attending school.

[Here is the second newspaper clipping, concerning the explosion on the ship U.S.S. Mississippi.]

BIT OF SILK CAUSE OF SHIP BLAST, IS OFFICIALS’ THEORY

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            LOS ANGELES, Calif. June 14. (US)—The bodies of the 48 victims of the holocaust aboard the U.S.S. Mississippi resulting from “a flareback” in No. 2 turret Thursday while the dreadnaught was engaged in target practice off San Clemente Island, rested Friday night aboard the hospital ship Relief in Los Angeles harbor.

            Beside the bodies seamen worked preparing coffins.

            Behind the coffin builders, navy surgeons still fought for the lives of 10 sailors critically hurt and nursed the injuries of scores blistered in their mad flight from the big guns.

            On shore girls and women, sweethearts and friends stood hour after hour waiting.

                                                            Flags Half Masted.

            While these women wept and begged permission to board the hospital ship, Los Angeles was giving a tribute to the 48 men.

            Acting Mayor Boyle Workman issued a proclamation for every citizen to join in a day of honor for the victims.

            The public will join in the military funerals to be given each.

            Orders have been given for all public buildings to carry flags at half mast. All lodges, societies and conventions have postponed their meetings.

            From “man at war” row in the harbor entrance, back to the hills of Hollywood, Los Angeles grieved.

            A bit of silk, similar to the fabric of a woman’s lingerie, may have caused the explosion. Such was the opinion expressed by naval (continue on page three)

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