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pork and chickens for meat. We didn’t have deep freezers thought we might like it. He was gone three weeks, came
so had to dress chickens every day. Mother Holmes shared home by train ahead of the other men. Was I ever glad to see
her ice refrigerator with me, which surely was a big help. him as his father had taken sick so I with Mother Holmes’
We had to pump and carry our water quite a little ways, and help had all of the chores to do. That was in May 1921.
I did most of it. Otto most always helped carry my wash His sister Eva had gotten married in the fall of 1920 so she
water. wasn’t there to help, but her husband left her in May 1912,
also happened while Otto was away and she moved back to
The folks had a large fenced in yard which was a great help
her sister’s near Utica. Dad Holmes doctored but contin-
to keep Edward from wandering off, when we could keep
ued to get worse, he passed away November 9 1921.
th
the gates locked. Mother Holmes was good to watch him
too, if she didn’t sometimes During this time Eva had a baby girl in September and
he would pull her flowers moved back home with her Mother and Dad. We contin-
which, she didn’t like. She ued living at the ranch until the fall of 1923. Then Moth-
did have beautiful flowers er decided to let Otto’s older brother Guy have the
for Western Kansas. place to farm. They moved in to our
part of the house and we moved
Otto had a chance to go
to Utica where we rented a four
with three other men to
room square white house. Otto
Wyoming to look at the
and another brother Fahey
country. They went in a
bought a garage. I enjoyed
Ford Touring car. Had some
living in town for a change. I
friends who lived there, it
Edward didn’t have to work so hard.
was a cattle country so we
On March 2, 1924 our lit-
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