Well Charley I must get up early in the a.m. and take the famly rideing and I wisht you was here to go with us. O you Swift Six.
Regards to Mary.
Your Bro. Fred Gross .
Allison. Ill. March 5.
Dear Charley.
Well Charley the cars down to the town garrage here in Allison and Grace aint had a ride in it yet and the man says it wilk be OK tomorrow a.m. but if he sticks to the truth like all the rest of them he means next New yrs. when he says tomorrow. There fixing up the batery now so as the self starter will work and I would of took it in to town and made the Swift people fix it free for nothing only I called them up and told them about it and they says they was so busy they couldent do it this wk.
The batery died on me when I was trying to start her yesterday a.m. and I made a mistake leaveing her out the doors in cold weather like it was but how did I know what would happen. I guess they think a man should ought to know all about a car if he seen 1 before or dident see 1 before.
Well Charley the night I left her stand out all night the engine froze up and it took the garrage man pretty near 2 hrs. to get her runing again and in the mean wile Grace was about ready to cry and the kids was balling so