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A. H. SELLERS 3420 MICHIGAN AVENUE (2) CHICAGO Now, for fear you did not get my best answer to your letter, I must, at
the risk of repetion, tell you why we sold our house. Last year we were only in the house about two months, the winter being
spent at Coronado Eeach California, and the following summer at Oconomowoc and Fuckawa lake. Returning from there Nov 15th
we left on Jan'y 15th last for Southern Cal, returning here about the first of last May. Soon after our return an Israelite
commenced negotiating with we for the house, and inasmuch as we were about the only Gentiles left in the block- balance all
Israelites- I finally sold to him the place, realizing 50.000.00 in cash, being all that it had cost ire more than 15 years
ago. It took about two months to consumate the sale, get rid of our surplus truck (giving away six wagon loads) and pack up
and store the balance in warehouse. We then took rooms in the Hotel Metropole , a very fine family hotel at the corner of
23rd Michigan Ave. We did this because we had no time to look up another house, and wanted time to carefully consider before
building another home. We cannot, at present, give much attention to our future plans, because Mrs. Sellers' dear old mother
is very ill, and at her age, 82, is in a very precarious condition. We cannot now make any plans for this coming winter, because
if she continues as she is now, Fay will not want to go very far from her. We have been in the city all summer, and expect
to remain, tho1 we hope to be able to spend a couple of weeks or so at Puckawa lake, near your old home in Wisconsin, sometime
next month. Frank and his wife took dinner with us today, and we talked much about 03457