EDGOOSE, Elizabeth

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• Name	EDGOOSE, Elizabeth
  Gender	Female
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I3357	Edgoose
  Last Modified	3 Feb 2026

  
  

• Biographical Notes

  EDGOOSE, Elizabeth now STROHMEIER (1852-1944). A Letter to her sister Harriet RIGGALL late COCKER born EDGOOSE on the letterheading of RICHARD STROHMEIER Proprietor of Aberdeen Greenhouse, All kinds of Plants, Cut Flowers and Vegetables' dated 28 May 1894 "Aberdeen, South Dakota, May 28 1894 My Dear Sister I was very much supprised to recive Mamies letter this morning am very glad to hear you and your little son are well I hope you will boath continue to improve also that sweet looking little girl we do think she looks to be very smart as the peopople say here Wel I hope thay may be a blessing to you It was such a supprise to hear of your little son we think you in a hurry this time JIM WESTMORLAND (sic) is in Aberdeen he was here last night he was also suprised he said he thaught you was hurring up he would like to know what Miss SCOFIELD Mrs W. was doing I often think of the CLEGGs and all the folks what a change has taken place since 1888 you know LIZZIE has two little boys now the smalest one is a tiney little blue eyed fellow Just as cute as he could be EDDIE seems to be very dellacate looks just like KIRK LIZZIE is more fleshy she use to be but seems to be so very much worn out with the children they seem so dellacate I told her she was to much afraid and wraped them up to much her also Aunt MARY thaught I did not dress my little boy warm enough but he as not had one bad cold he did not feel well for a few days while we were at Aunt MARYs he had 4 front upper teeth come through in one week Auntie gave him some Castor Oil in a few days he was al right a gain I was very sick for a few days so that I could not sit up we were to start for home the next day so we staid one week longer then I fet quite well a gain Poor Aunt MARY I did (2) feel sorry for her she had been up 4 nights and days with EDDIE I think she was one week and did not have her cloheese off the doctor said it was the good care that brought him out al right he seem to be very smart but so very delicate I think it is the large City is not good for them I think if thay were on the prairie thay would be very strong thay all thaught my little boy was a lovely little fillow Brother JOHN plaid with him for houres and he did love his uncle JOHN he did not get a quainted with any of the boys he would only go to two of the men folks while we were a way and that was Mr STROHMEIERs brother and my brother JOHN Brother JOHN and RICHARD enjoyed themselves very much for the weather was fine so thay weent in the morning came back a bout 4 in the evening I think they saw all the Parks and Greenhouses in and near Chicago we went to the worlds fair grounds it was worth going to see to Must have been a great sight at its best Aunt MARY was there 12 days she slad it would taken weeks to have seen all Chicago has grown wonderfully since I first saw the City it looks to me like a nother place I would not want to live there there is no place that is to be compaired with the Prairie for peeople that has to make a living we went to Minneapolis the first week in December and staid untill the first of January then to Chicago we enjoyed our visit very much RICHARD had promised his people to spend the hollidays with them and as we were out of busness it was a good time for us to go Mr S. people were exceedingly kind to me the baby was taken care of for me so that I could go I think I saw all the princepale places in Minneapolis and St Paul St Paul is so much like an old country city Minneapolis is a beautiful place the trees are large and on evry part of the city except the very busness part we were out to R. Greenhouses after seeing them it seems discurigin to see ours Ours is very much improved since you were here we have comence with vegetables as well as flowers we have had very good success in the bgining we sold 25oo hundred heads of lettuice out of the hot beds it was so tender and .....(?) people said it was much superior to that shipt in we are selling it out of the garden for a week or ten days now thgis is the 30 of May the gardne is very early this year for this part of the country the potatos are up and if we do not have any heavy frosts the peas will be in blossom in a bout ten dayys we have planted 22 bushels of potatos at the farm and a lot of other stuf I have a girl to help to and I help in the gardn I feel sure we shall do well in this busness so many seem pleasedthe greenhouse is runing a gain we need Rain bad now fo for we have not had any since seeding Comenced when we have it dry in May we usuly have rain in June and July I hope it will be this year for things are busey here this spring rents are high nearly evry house is rented and houses that rented fofor 5 and 6 per month all 8 and 10 per month the ones that for years rented for ten and 15 are 15 and 20 you will see by the papers that there are terrable times in this country but we are better off here in the center statesthan East or West the floods are in many parts of the country but we have not had a good shower this month it is fearfully hot and dry I dont know what it will be before the summer is over rain is predicted there is thousands of acres of grain that will soon perish..........