{"id":619,"date":"2012-08-31T16:53:42","date_gmt":"2012-08-31T23:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/?p=619"},"modified":"2012-09-02T08:48:01","modified_gmt":"2012-09-02T15:48:01","slug":"a-postcard-to-frank-scott-from-his-sister-mate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/a-postcard-to-frank-scott-from-his-sister-mate\/","title":{"rendered":"A postcard to Frank Scott from his sister Mate"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Another quick post while I’m scanning photos. \u00a0This one is an Easter-themed postcard written to Frank Scott by his sister Mary “Mate” Scott on Saturday, April 11, 1914\u2014the day before Easter. \u00a0She’s not a big fan of punctuation, and he’s apparently not the greatest correspondent.<\/p>\n

The postcard was mailed from Deer Creek, MN, to Menahga, MN, a distance of about 30 miles.<\/p>\n

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The stamp has long since been removed, but the postmark and the writing are clearly preserved.<\/p>\n

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Apr 11<\/p>\n

Deer Brother<\/p>\n

Haven’t heard from you in so long[;] didn’t know where to write[.] I wrote Gertie a letter you read that we have sent Eva and Mable some cards and a letter[.]<\/p>\n

Where are you working[?] \u00a0Cassie is well[.]<\/p>\n

Mate<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Another quick post while I’m scanning photos. \u00a0This one is an Easter-themed postcard written to Frank Scott by his sister Mary “Mate” Scott on Saturday, April 11, 1914\u2014the day before Easter. \u00a0She’s not a big fan of punctuation, and he’s … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[40,8,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1910s","category-frank-scott","category-mary-e-mate-scott"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackenedroots.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}