Location: Menahga, Wadena, Minnesota, United States

Postcard from Mary Elizabeth "Mate" Scott (1867-1943) to her brother Frank B. Scott (1869-1937), dated 11 April 1914 and postmarked the same day in Deer Creek, Otter Tail, Minnesota.
Addressed to Frank Scott, Manahga Minn.
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- Apr 11
- Dear Brother
- Havent hurd from you in so long didnt know where to write I wrote Gertie a letter you read that[.] we have sent Eva and Mable some cards and a letter
- Where are you working Cassie is well
- Mate
The girls mentioned are Frank's daughters whom he sent to live with family after his wife—their mother, Margret Elizabeth (McAllister) Scott (1870-1910)—died unexpectedly on 11 Jun 1910.
- Gertie is Gertrude (Scott) Askew (1897-1980). She was 12 years old when her mother died. Gert and her sisters were sent to live with a cousin, Mate's daughter Dollie E (Peck) McCrea (1890-1985) and her husband Milton Stanley McCrea (1888-1963) in 1911, but had gotten a job and moved out by 1914.
- Eva is Eva (Scott) Martes (1907-2006). She was 4 years old when her mother died.
- Mabel is Mabel (Scott) Armstrong (1899-1935). She was 11 years old when her mother died.
- Cassie is Cassie May Scott (1904-1973). She was 6 years old when her mother died. As this postcard hints, Cassie was still living with Dollie and Milt McCrea in 1914.
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