Irvin Wineland - Separation - Sept 1926

 

San Francisco
Calif

Sept 28 – 26

Dear bro and Wife,

Well Archie old top – I haven’t heard from you for some time. Now write to me here and tell me all the news and about your selves.

I suppose that you had a dandy wheat crop this year. I see all through Kansas that the crops were very good.

I have been spending the summer up in the Mts. For a Big Power Co and have been working in the Office and also had charge of one of their commissary’s- but I’m putting in applications with the standard Oil Union Oil and several Comporters to try and land a two or three year contract with them for duty in the Orient or India or Java if possible, if I cannot make one of them – then I’m going to ship to Australia and land a job with some of the Importers on their Coffee plantations on some Island they pay very good money – you stay 21 months at 250$ or 50 English lbs and they pay you two years times.

Then I’ll come back home for a visit to see you – but not until it got so darn cold there. I came on down to San Francisco you know and maby you don’t that my wife and I have separated. She got so darn contrary that it made my life miserable so we separated – she got every darn thing we had.

I’ll make a stake again and the next time – when I get a divorce from her – I’ll certainly watch my step next time. It’s the only life to live – if both can get along – but it certainly is Hell – if you pull opposite each other – she was older than I too that had a lot to do with us not getting along.

I  muke a good stake and then I’ll settle down some where.

I’d very much like to see you folks – and I wish you all the happiness in the world and may you long continue to live it.

Have you heard from Father lately? And what is he doing and how is he getting along?

How is grandfather White and all the rest of the folks – tell all helo – and I think of them, even if I don’t write.  

Your affectionate

Brother & Brother-in-law
Irvin G Wineland

Gen Del – San Francisco Calif