The Times Review        Entered at the 
Published 2 A Month     Post Office 
D. P. Shanahan           at Roeder as 
Editor & Propretor        third Class mail
Roeder Texas.             Matter

                               Jan 28, 1902


Mrs. S. M. Shanahan$1$ $$

Dear Mother

                We received your kind
& welcome Letter some time ago
but had no chance to ans it.  
Ellen$2$ $$ Was Sick & then We had to 
Move hope you Will forgive my 
long Silence.  Was So Sorry to here 
that you & grandmother$3$ $$ Were not 
Well hope you are Well by this time.  
We sure have had a time of it
Ellen Was Sick for 2 Weeks & I 
had nearly all of the Sitting 
up to do by my Self  I sat up 
9 nights hand Running [wringing?] most all 
 
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night I Would Sleep a little 
in Day time Oh how I did Wish 
for Mamm but in vain.  Salli$4$ $$
did the cooking but She Was 
no good to Sit up.  Well thank 
the Lord We are all up but 
E Still complains a little 
the Baby$5$ $$ is getting along 
fine I am glad you like her 
name.  She got badly Soiled [Spoiled?]
While E Was Sick but She 
is a good Babe now.  Mama 
We live 7 1/2 miles from Town$6$ $$.  
So You See I Wont get to 
go to Town mutch.  please 
Direct Your Letters Roeder
Whitch is about 1/4 of a mile 
from our house & We can get 

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our Mail twice a Week With 
out any trouble don't forget to 
Direct Your letters to 
Roeder.  You are afraid of 
Texas climat are you.  Well I am 
not Supprised for those that don't 
Want You to come keep your 
Mind poisoned against Texas.  
the climate here is no Worse 
than it is there of course We 
all Want to live as long as 
We can but it is a mistaken 
Idea about this Country not 
being healthy.  if it Was a 
Sickly place do you think 
I Would Want You to come to 
a place Where you Would not 
live long.  if [But?] I do Want [to] See 

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you mighty bad.  Mama your 
thanks Make me feel bad 
if it had not been for Sick 
ness I Would have Sent you 
enough to have done your so[me] 
good.  if You Was Just here I 
could do a good many things 
for you that I cant now.  You 
Speak of us yet haveing the 
chance it can not come to 
Soon.  We Stayed at Sisters$7$ $$
Friday night & came by Sallies 
Saterday morning they Were all 
up Sisters folks had bad colds.
Mama you ought See Sallie 
keeping House She Just Sails 
around.  I forgot to tell you 
of Seebs$8$ $$ Bad luck he lost 

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the Best Horse he had over 
4 Weeks ago he Died in Mt, P. 
he had Colick I reckon Seab 
Shure does have a hard time 
Seabs fine Sow has 10 of as 
pretty Pigs as I ever Saw he 
has the Best Stock of Hogs 
in the County.  My Berkshire 
gilt Brought 4 Pigs.  3 of them 
Dead the one that is left is 
very pretty.  We have 2 Poland 
China Shoats that are pretty 
as pictures I got them from 
Seab.  We are haveing Some 
Bad Weather Rain Sat freeze 
Sunday & Sleet Sunday night.  
Mondy & Tuesday & is Still 
Sleeting I am not doring 

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any thing but making fires 
& Sitting by them.  Yes I 
heard about Ferils Marrige$9$ $$ 
I get most all the news out 
of the Democrat$10$ $$ evry Week 
I cant Immagine Who it is that 
is going to marry if they have 
gotten off tell me in your 
next.  What Sort of Work is 
Emmet$11$ $$ doing.  I do hope the 
little Girl Keeps Well.  I 
think Thelma is a pretty 
name.  Cant Say mutch Aline 
tell Nora$12$ $$ to name the Babe 
Jewell$13$ $$ it is the prettiest 
Name I can think of tell 
her & Emmet to Write to me What 
did they quit for tell Nora that 

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I have Some of the Best Morril 
Sorrys [Merrill Stories?]$14$ $$ that I ever read I will 
Send her one & if She ? ? 
more She can Say So.  I Will [send?]
You & her one a piece hope you 
Will like them.  Will Send 
Arther$15$ $$ & Aunt Bet$16$ $$ one a peice 
& You all can exchange  I have 
not heard from Arthur yet 
I don't know What to think of 
him I Made all the Apology 
that I knew how to make 
I heard that he had moved to 
Lores has he or not$17$ $$.  Well I 
have Written all I can think 
of So I Will Close Write 
Soon to Your Loving Son
            D. P. Shanahan    over
                
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[scrunched in the top and upside down:]
it has quit Sleeting & gon to 
Snowing the further it goe[s]
the Wuss it gets

P. S. I forgot to tell you 
that did not move to the 
Place I first Rented I found 
out after I had made the grade 
that is Was a Sickly place 
& I let the Man have it 
Back & Went & rented a better 
place all my Land is fresh 
fine Land.  We have a large 
3 Room House 2 large Rooms 
& Ell Room good Yard good 
Lat Garden Crib & Stable & 
Smoke house 2 Wells & the 
place is off to it Self Whitch 
Suits me exactly.  I have been 
exposed to the measles dont 
know Whether I Will have them 
or not Write Soon.  Dennis S.