August Stockebrand letter to Bernard Rustemeyer - c. 1922

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1923 or 1922 My Dear Bernard! I shall dare to start a little paper, and if the paper gets full I'll have to close for this time. Healthwise, except for my eyes, we are well. Surely that is also the case with you. Heinrich Altekoester will pass along your greeting to his in-law Bruene. I will greet Franz and Anton Altekoester for you. I have not been with them yet. As concerns our business, we have big profits. Just think, 1 liter of brandy now costs 2500-3000Mk. That is brandy out of Mongolia. Spirits, but very good. Since September, however, no spirits have been distilled. It is said that alcohol prohibition will be enacted here, as with you. I still have a large store. If you come, I can set out some prime stuff from the year 1880. God knows what will become of us now. In any case, I'll be able to write you a lot about Germany's disasters in my next letter. If dear America doesn't help us, the French and the Belgians might well annihilate us. The year 1923 might well be the worst that ever Germany has had. You can picture it from the newspaper reports. All you dear cousins, Joseph, Anton, and Ferdinand, along with your wives and children live well. Until we see each other again, if not in this world then in Heaven. But dear cousin Bernard, as long as we live and the postal service keeps on delivering letters and I can still write, our communication by letter shouldn't stop. Again, fare well, and forget about the fate of our election or whatever. With this hope and with love for you all, I now close. Your Cousin, August Write again soon.