Won’t You Say Yes? -1912

Posted on July 26, 2016 by Pat Shaul

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Won’t you say yes?

Post marked Birmingham, Mich,  Dec 2, 1912.  Addressed to Mr. Lee G. Weaver, 94 Tireman Ave., Detroit, Mich,

“To what we were talking about.  I feel much better than when I left.  Take my advice and cut her out.  Keep cheerful and let me know if you get the job.   Lovingly, Irene [Jenks]”

Wow, is Grandpa’s cousin, Irene, telling him to dump Grandma?  Or, maybe some other young lady?   Irene was one of Grandpa’s confidants, so she probably knew more than most what was going on in his mind.  Part of the reality of being an only child with a very strong mother force.

 

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Won’t you let me demonstrate – 1913

Posted on July 25, 2016 by Pat Shaul

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Won’t you let me demonstrate my nerve.    K B Kemble.  

Post marked Detroit, Mich. Jun25, 1913.  Addressed to Mr. Lee Weaver, Akron, Ohio, P.O. Box 15

“6-15-13   Hello Lee,  How are you.  I hope not thinking of Florence for I hope that I may chance your thoughts just for once in my life.  Have a funny joke to tell you when I see you.  No more news but it is hotter than Dutch.  Love here.  Good night.  Clara”

WELL!  Clara is out after Grandpa and wants to oust Grandma before she was really in.  Grandma Florence had just turned 18 at this time.   Grandpa Lee was 20.   They did not marry for another 5 years.   And, I guess Clara did demonstrate her nerve!

 

 

 

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Say! Don’t you think I’ve waited – 1913

Posted on July 24, 2016 by Pat Shaul

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Say! Don’t you think I’ve waited long enough? [hand written below: to answer your letter].  “Sunbonnet Kid,” Series 938

Post marked Birmingham, Mich.  Jun 18, 1913.  Addressed to Mr. Lee G. Weaver, 199 S. Main St., Akron, Ohio.

“6/18/13    Dear Lee, Have been too busy to write before.  Was at the Island last Friday.  Had a swell time.  Wound up at the Temple.  Am going to the Lyceum tomorrow with a different fellow still. Was at the laying of the corner stone of the new Pontiac High School yesterday.  With Love, Irene [Jenks]”

Possibly, this different fellow still was Joseph George Jones.  Irene and Joseph were married on 25 September 1913, so she probably was not dating around much after mid June if she was married by the end of September.  Not sure of the Island reference — since Irene lived in Birmingham, it could very well have been Apple Island in the middle of nearby Cass Lake.

 

 

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Greensburg, PA -1913

Posted on July 23, 2016 by Pat Shaul

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View of the Kelly & Jones Company Plant, Greensburg, Pa.

Post marked Jeanette, PA.  Jun 9, 1913.   Addressed to Mr. Lee G Weave, 199 S. Main St, Akron, O.

“Just a line to say I am still alive and received card and letter O.K. I will write again soon.  If any news write soon.  As ever yours.  C H Scott 307 Gaskell Ave, Jeanette, Pa.”

This plant closed in 1980 and has since been demolished. It was the largest employer in the Greensburg area at the turn of the century.   C.H. Scott was apparently one of Grandpa Lee’s friends with whom he corresponded.

 

 

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Greetings from Birmingham, Mich. – 1912

Posted on July 22, 2016 by Pat Shaul

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Greetings from Birmingham, Mich.  

Post marked Birmingham, Mich. Nov 24, 1912.  Addressed to Mr. Lee Weaver, 94 Tireman Ave., Detroit, Mich.

“Will be in Sat if nothing happens.  Will be at Boul [Grand Boulevard stop] between 4:30 and 5:30.  Best Wishes.  From, Irene [Jenks]”

I imagine, Grandpa was waiting at the stop for his cousin to arrive.   It seems this was a meeting that was long in the planning.

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Vats the use of moonlight – 1912

Posted on July 21, 2016 by Pat Shaul

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Vats the use of moonlight ven there’s no one here to luf.  The Pink Perfection, Reg.  Series 105.

Post marked Saginaw, Mich.  Nov 13, 1912.   Addressed to Mr. Lee Weaver, 94 Tireman Ave., Detroit, Michigan.

“Dear Lee, Am enjoying myself very much in Saginaw.  We reached here yesterday at 12:30 and have been on the jump ever since.  Estelle [Wright]”

Not sure if there is significance to cousin Estelle’s front of card message.   This is still 6 years prior to her marriage to Levern Samuel Sturman.

From the flood of cards post marked Saginaw, it must have really been a happening place in the early 20th century.

 

 

 

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Fire Dept, HQ, Columbus,O. -1912

Posted on July 20, 2016 by Pat Shaul

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Fire Department Headquarters, Columbus, O.  21121  Pub. by Haenlein Bros., Columbus, O. 109

Post marked Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 6, 1912.  Addressed to Mr. Lee Weaver, 94 Tremont St., Detroit, Mich.  [Detroit Post office corrected to 94 Tireman and delivered the post card]

“1346 W. Broad St, Col., Ohio   Hello, No, I haven’t forgotten you, but how about shorthand, typewritering, English, chemistry, and history?  Do you think I have any time for anything else?   I did turn away from them last week after exams and went to Rome with Essie [Koontz, Florence’s sister] & Mr. Griste [Charles McKinley Griste, the soon to be – 1913 – husband of Florence’s sister, Ethel Jeanette Koontz].  We won a few pictures.  Ans soon. FLO [Florence Koontz].”

OK, all those cards signed FLO were from Grandma Florence not some other mystery Florence that Grandpa was keeping in the wings.  I guess Mrs. O was just her chaperone when traveling without her mother.    Grandpa never referred to Grandma as Flo — Flossie, yes, Flo, no.  Also worth noting is that Grandma got Grandpa’s address dead WRONG, but wanted to make sure he got hers.  And they were inventing words back in 1912 as well — typewritering ?   Or, did we just shorten it to typing?

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The Spring at OSU – 1912

Posted on July 19, 2016 by Pat Shaul

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The Spring at Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.  22.  The E. H. Potts Post Card Co., Pub., Columbus, O.

Post marked Columbus, Ohio.  Only the year, 1912, appears to have printed.  Addressed to Lemuel Weaver, 94 Tireman Ave., Detroit, Michigan.

“2160 N High St.  Columbus, Ohio.     Marcella Fisher [Marcella Neusome Fisher, wife of Charles Elmer Fisher, the son of Lemuel’s sister Roseanah Weaver Fisher]”

Marcella was married to Great Grandpa Weaver’s nephew, Charles, in 1896.   The post card appears to be notifying of a change in address because the address is the sole message.  I wonder if they still dress that way at OSU?????

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Post Office, Columbus, Ohio – 1912

Posted on July 18, 2016 by Pat Shaul

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107.  Post Office, Columbus, Ohio.   Published by Haenlein Brothers, Columbus, Ohio.   Made in U.S.A.  R-29795

Post marked Columbus, Ohio, Aug 29, 1912.  Addressed to Mr. Lemuel Weaver, 94 Tireman Ave., Detroit, Mich.

“Cinti. O.  8-28-12  Why did you not come.   Aunt Rose was greatly disappointed.  The grandest time though was in Columbus.  You are missing half of your life.   Christeen R. [Christiana Weaver Rinehart, Lemuel’s sister].

Aunt Teen was giving Great Grandpa Weaver, what for!   Not sure who Aunt Rose was, unless she was referring to their older sister Roseanah Weaver Fisher who would have been Aunt Rose to Lemuel’s son, Lee.

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Rust Park, Saginaw, Mich. 1912

Posted on July 17, 2016 by Pat Shaul

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Boating in Rust Park, Saginaw, Mich.  Pub. by Bennett News Co., Saginaw, Mich.  

Post marked Saginaw West Side, Mich.  Aug 12, 1912.   Addressed to Mrs. Effie [Lee] Weaver, 94 Tireman Ave., Detroit, Mich.

“8-11-12  Dear Mother:  Expect me home Sometime Wednesday.  Found the people all well.  Aunt Avis [ Avis Lee Rice, sister of Charles Lee, Effie’s father] knew me at once.  Lee [Weaver]”

So, Grandpa made it up to Saginaw!  It is interesting that there is such a distinction for the West Side of Saginaw.

Aunt Avis lived until late 1913.

 

 

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