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PRACTICING THOUGHTFUL KINDNESS; Mrs. H. M., Canada, 1925
It seems to me that a great many of us women when we come to old age, could look back with more pleasure on our lives, had we tried harder t...
THE LAND OF PROMISE, A Foreigner, Michigan, 1928
Dear Farmers' Wives: I am writing to let you all know how much I appreciate American country life. To begin with: Six years ago we emigr...
HOME AT LAST; Mrs. L. N.; West Virginia
My third book: The Farmer's Wife 1930s Sampler Quilt--Inspiring Letters From Farm Women of the Great Depression and 99 Quilt Blocks That...
GROWING OLD GRACEFULLY; by Dr. John W. Holland; 1928
A reader of The Farmer's Wife in the Southland has asked me to discuss the subject of Growing Old. Rather an odd request, for "Gro...
MY WEDDING RING QUILT; by Alta Booth Dunn; June 1933
You like the pattern called the Wedding Ring? It is a glowing, many-colored thing Like Joseph's coat of old-- Ten times tenscore of piec...
DOESN'T REQUIRE "TIME OFF"; by Mrs. P.N.; Wisconsin; 1930
Dear Peter Pan (the pen name of another farm wife): I read your request in the December issue for a schedule which would enable you to spend...
1930's BOOK PREVIEW "AND THE TEAKETTLE KEPT ON SINGING;" Comfort from Pennsylvania; March 1935
The following letter is one that I often read aloud at speaking engagements. This letter will be included in my third book, The Farmer's...
A FLORAL SHOWER; 1910
She was a dear old lady and she lived alone with her flowers and birds and a big gray cat. Everyone loved her for her gentle ways and many a...
SORROW & COMFORT; February & April 1912
The first letter below is one of the very few sad letters that I have come across in The Farmer's Wife magazine. It might come as a sur...
JUNE'S VENTURE; January 1907; A Serial Story by "Gay," Part 1 of 4
"I hate it, I hate it!" cried June, throwing down her embroidery defiantly. Her aunt looked over her glasses in stern disfavor. ...
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