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From TMR, Mar 1892: Gretna, March 9th. The weather is so unpleasant today that one hardly dares venture out to buy the bare necessities.
We've had a thaw since March 2nd; most of the snow had already melted, and people were thinking about threshing (in Morden, people are even said to have started seeding!), when the wind shifted last n...
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January 14, 2026 at 2:43 AM
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From TMR, March 1892: Blumenfeld, March 2nd. Today is a clear, sunny day with a temperature of 5 degrees Celsius. The sled track is disappearing,
and the steam engines can already be heard.
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January 14, 2026 at 2:28 AM
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From TMR, March 1892: Reinland (Hochfeld), February 13. Nearly half a year has passed since I left Russia,
which is why I feel compelled to send a sign of life to my friends in my old homeland through this faithful messenger, and to inform them that, thank God, we are in good health.
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January 14, 2026 at 2:11 AM
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From TMR, March 1892: A request.
Those writing for the "Rundschau" are asked not to write the lines too close together, and also to leave a strip approximately one inch wide blank on one side of the paper, which should be as close as...
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January 14, 2026 at 1:26 AM
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From TMR, March 1892: Olgafeld (Fuerstenland), 12 January 1892. We are currently experiencing quite severe cold.
[…] Until New Year's Day, the weather was very unsettled, sometimes rain, sometimes frost, sometimes foggy, sometimes warm.
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January 14, 2026 at 12:51 AM
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From TMR, Mar 1892: Duck Lake (Rosthern), February 21. Recently, I read in the "Rundschau," a publication I've grown so fond of, a letter from my dear friend Eduard Wiebe
in Reinland, Manitoba, which I feel compelled to correct.
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January 14, 2026 at 12:39 AM
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From TMR, March 1892: Reinland. In keeping with my promise, I will now give a brief description of our journey and the conditions we encountered in America.
On May 17th, we bade farewell to our home in Russia and traveled by train to the town of Eydtkuhnen, where we had expected to find money or tickets for onward travel, but we found nothing.
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January 13, 2026 at 11:48 PM
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From TMR, March 1892: Gretna, February 25. It is impossible for me to answer all the letters that arrive from Russia individually,
so I will do so through the "Rundschau" (a local publication).
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January 13, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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From TMR, March 1892: Plum Coulee, February 25. Because I so often read in the "Rundschau" that people praise the land in the northwest,
I feel compelled to finally take up my pen, for I am also somewhat familiar with the region, and indeed well enough that it does not surprise me that the people there cannot make a living and demand b...
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January 13, 2026 at 3:56 PM
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From TMR, March 1892: Hillsboro, February 22. Warm greetings to my brothers and sisters in Russia.
I have received more letters that I am supposed to reply to, but since three of my letters have already gone astray, I would appreciate your exact address first, so that I don't write unnecessarily ag...
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January 13, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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From TMR, Feb 1892: Schanzenfeld (Rosenthal),
February 15th.
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January 12, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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From TMR, Jan 1892: Potato Cultivation in the Cellar.
In Russia, gardeners traditionally grow their first potatoes by forcing them in the cellar.
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January 12, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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From TMR, Feb 1892: Gretna, January 30th. Nearly nine months have passed since I and my children bid farewell
to our old homeland, Russia, to establish a new and better home in the New World, America.
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January 12, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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From TMR, Feb 1892: He who laughs last laughs best.
It is common knowledge that the Mennonites in Russia hold a completely distorted and erroneous view of the situation of their fellow believers in America.
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January 12, 2026 at 4:59 AM
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From TMR, New Year 1892: Michaelsburg, Fuerstenland, Post Nikopol, 31 December 1891.
The year 1891 is drawing to a close.
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January 12, 2026 at 4:37 AM
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From TMR, Feb 1892: Reinland (Osterwick),
February 10th.
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Fuerstenland connection. open.substack.com/pub/pamklass...
From TMR, Feb 1892: Hillsboro [Kansas]. In keeping with my promise, I will now give a brief account of our journey to America,
which was filled with obstacles.
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January 12, 2026 at 12:31 AM
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Mein Leben sei ein Wandern (Abram J. Loewen): neu.chortitza.org/wp-content/u...
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January 11, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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From TMR, Feb 1892: Isaac Nickel's [#284633] son Isaac [#?], Pastwa, formerly of Berdjansk,
embarked on a journey to America last summer.
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January 9, 2026 at 3:52 PM
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From TMR, Jan 1892: (?) Derk Klassen [perhaps #219589 or #219639?] (Bergthal),
Chortitz, Manitoba, requests information from his cousins ​​Johann [#?] and Martin Klassen [#?], residing in Blumengart, Chortitza Colony.
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January 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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From TMR, Dec 1892: (?) I request the address of Widow Anna Wohlgemut [#32223?], formerly of Poland, last residing in Crimea.
Further, I request the addresses of the heirs of Johann Friesen [#?], formerly of Schardau, and the addresses of the heirs of H.
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January 6, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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From TMR, Dec 1892: A Land Dispute in Southern Russia.
(“Od.
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January 5, 2026 at 9:45 AM
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From TMR, Nov 1892: Some time ago, we reported extensively on a filed by the Case Company against Aron Penner
of Plum Coulee concerning a threshing machine; the lawsuit was decided in Penner's favour.
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January 5, 2026 at 8:10 AM
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From TMR, Nov 1892: On Monday, October 13th, Peter Rempel from Silberfeld
finished shopping in Gretna and was on his way home when his horses were startled by the passing train.
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January 5, 2026 at 5:04 AM
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Watch how these owls find their prey under deep snow. It's unlike anything you've ever seen | CBC Documentaries
The great grey owl has evolved so it can remain as quiet as possible as it listens for food beneath the snow
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