Dec. 1932. From Jen to her Mother

The timing of this 1932 letter is particularly poignant given it’s during the Great Depression a significant expense during incredibly hard times. In 1930, only about 10% of rural US homes had electricity.

Dec. 1932

Dear Mother:

Will you come over tomorrow if you feel well enough? Wes asked me if I would let them come in to wire for rooms for electric this week and I told him not till Tuesday. So if you can come over tomorrow it will help me wonderfully. I hope it will be warmer too. The electrician said he would not make much dirt nor trouble.

We had company today this awful cold day as usual Albert, Samuel and Lettie.

Wasn’t last night terrible cold and to-day too?

Hope Ed has a home when he comes home from Wyoming. Guess I’ll go crazy soon. I feel just dotty to-night.

We had rabbit for dinner and didn’t Samuel enjoyed it. He said it was the first he had since 1899. Ha!

Guess Ed’s waiting so I’ll stop and finish washing a barrel of dishes and finish freezing.

Jen.