EDGOOSE, Elizabeth

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• Name	EDGOOSE, Elizabeth
  Gender	Female
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I4308	Edgoose
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

• Biographical Notes

  EDGOOSE, Elizabeth now STROHMEIER (1852-1944). A Letter to her sister Harriet EDGOOSE now RIGGALL late COCKER (1858-1916) on the letterheading of the Aberdeen Greenhouse: "April 10th 1899 My Dear Sister it is such a long time since I recived your very kind letter it seems wicked of me not wrighting to you oftener than I do I am all ways busey and such a poor one to wright, well I am glad to let you we are all well the cold weatheer is just a bout over the weather has been very severe the past 6 weeks it is only the past three or four days that has been like spring we had a heavy fall of snow on month ago and it has just comenced to go the farmers have not being on the la the land yet this is the 9th of April other years the Crops are most planted by this time I look for hot weather soon the streest (sic) are thronged with people the past four five days and evry one seems to be in a hurry I hope you and your far fami are all well you will be supprised to hear that JOHN W HINCHCLIFF ALFRED's Brother came here on March the 6th he has been troubled with his stoumach for a bout 4 years every thing turns soure that he eats he has had the Rheumatism foor a bbout a year He has had it very bad for a time then it is better for a while then comes back again he has had it nearly all the time since he came up here he is not in bed he gets a bout it is some times in his legs and feet at others in his handnds and arms he has tried many things but he his taking treatment from a Osteopathy he hos vey succesfull with all cases of Rheumatism he dose not give any medisen he clames the the (sic) Musels in JOHNs back are hard and the backbone between the shoulders is out of place he clames, that is the cause of his sour stomach the stomach causes the Rheumatism he says from eight (2) ten weeks of treatment that will make all right he is very strong in Every other way says he has all ways been well and strong untill that sour stomoch came an well HARRIETT I wish you could see him he is dark rather saller or bilous lookiniing a side from that he is very handsome stands six feet has fine featuers is full of fun and a nible Character he is studing Enginearing by mail he seems to have natural a bility and a born Gentleman he dos not waste any tim he is an a Exception when I looke at him and see his fine apearice and beautifull characture hink af his poor mother how proud she would have been of him, well WILLIE is with us a gane he was with Mr NOAY over forer year then he went to nother man since then he think he has stomoch troubel he says he has such a craving hapitite then after he Eats he feels bad then he seems tired and lone som of farm life, we all have tried to purswade him him to learn a trade and stay in town he started with H. W. FOSTER lost week to learn the harnis making he pays him 4 dollars to begin with I dont know if he will Ever a mount to any thing ar not he is so low and dirty in his habits slovenly in his dress , if he likes the Harnis making Mr F. may make some thing of him as he is a fine worke man and a thourough business man WILLIE is very short to looke at he looks the picture of healh (sic) I thinck it is a good thng for him to learn a trade he dose not read or seem to have much desire for any thing for only thng aut side of eating and sleeping and thinking of his self how bad he feels I sincearly hope his mind may get settled on his work then he may turn out a good steady man he seems to have saved some money I think the only thng is fofor him is to depend on himself. I have not hard from my Brother JOHN for a long time, ALFRED is in Sioux City he is comg up here this spring JIM HAYNES is married and living in Mineapolis and married a duch girl he writes to JIM he says thay are very comfortable JIM baught the small steam laundry from TOM ROYNANCE thay solde the big Laundry to a McLARAN and REED it is a very large place thay say thay have don as much as sixty dollars a day thay do a lot of work, JIM is doing fine wirk my Old Enginear is working for JIM to day is the 16th it is all this time since I started this letter to you that is the way time does I get up early mornings many times at two and am scarcly ever in bed at five I have a place near main street where I do my baking I have a nice little place people say my bakery goods are so good many paiy for thare stuff when thar order it I get compliments daily for my (3) pies and cakes I make lar(?) cakes I made ten on Saturday and could have solde ten more if I could get them ready it is so hard to get help it cost from 3 to six dollars a week to get any one that is any good JOHN is helping me he is goinng t to be here for some time as he canot do much at what he has been at in the Condition he is in at the present he thinks this treatment will cure him well I hope it will. I take the baby with me the other children stay with R. he is working o on the hot beds I hope he will do well this year I am sure it will be a fine busness if he keeps on and I can make our living wich I can do I feel well only tired at times hav grown so old looking the past years. Now HARRIET I think you have don a bibig thng for us in relicing the property you or yours shall get evry cent that is due to you if we are spared and I am sure your money is not lost property is comming up fast. Mr A L WARD came in to see me last week and wanted to know if the Main Street lot could be baught for 3 three thousand he said that was a good price for it and it would be a good thing to sell when that price could be got for it. I told him I did not think there was any hurry about selling I did not think it a gogood price he said he was on the committy that were a pointed to look up or decide where the goverment Building was to be and some thaught that block would be a good one for the new building thay had not decided where the building is to be buililt thay were to find out what could be got, I do not think there is land enough in that block it is not the thing to put a building on three lots that is to cost a bout one hundred thousand dollars in the block a corenr(?) south in the East side of the street is a better place where the whole block could be boughtght not any brick or stone a..y(?) a f.....(?) p...(?) frame buildings not have been left to go to a wreck I wish thay would take that block (4) the Goverment said if the City gave a block the Goverment would graid(?) at finish(?) the shrubery alse pay a man by the year to keep it up noon knows what the land will be or just where it will be R. thaught WARD was after the lot for himself if it were to be sold as property stands to day I would not take four thousand dollars If the keeps(?) on it will bring more than five in the near future I have all ways thought this would be a good Town thay told me ten years ago a steam Laundry would not pay today it is a big industry there is work don in Town from forty to fifty Towns the big steam L. ships to forty Towns a lone then there is JIM and the sim.a.(?) JIMs is mostly Town work the steam L. men are trying to buy JIM oM out, wel HARRIET what do you think a bout selling I think it is the best to get those unreasonable people out and get a good rent for the building it will cost quite a little to fix it up it will pay I am paying seven per month where I am and i it would be better to use half of that and rent half than to let it stand as it dose, I felt real hurt the way Mr BURGETT payed the taxes in stead of hime paying them for me he payed in his own name I shall be glad if you will return the papapers as soon as you possibly can then we will get the taxes settled then, land is so cheap on the north side I should like if you would in stead of sending you a part af your intrest money I would like to take a little at a time and buy Each o of youur children a lot and improve them as I can I can do it and in years thay may be worth more than thay are to day it is Expected that three more Roads are to come through Aberdeen there is a Union Depot talked of I belive it will come it is talkeed of gon South of Main Street it is not known but the indications are that the City is building more to the south then north this summer will decide I should be so glad to get these taxes sittled it is a constant care I should have writttte before I waisted for a time to see what the St Croix would do since then I have scarcly had a few minutes for my self, if you would like for me to put a little of your Intrest Money in lots sind the childrens names I look for a good buisnesss this su summer if my side dos not bother me. there is a yong lady that as got Cansor of the stomach I wish you had any way of sending the Mediceien t her farther was a doctor C...(?) he died of cansor of the stomach thay are well to do people would pay a good price I hope you are all well I canot tel you now how I do feel how good you have been to me I do hope I can pay Evry penny back to you your ever gratefull sister B