The births of Loretta and Reinhard Janson

Here's the announcement of mom's beloved sister, Loretta,  born and baptized in September 1917. (I'm sure it was also posted in the PJ, but these three clips happened to be in the LF Herald's "Buckman" news).

  We don't know if Anton & Maggie were thrilled to have another daughter. We do know that Loretta's big sister was pleased.  It would have been fun to have a playmate and confidant.

Interesting, tho, how different Reinhard's birth announcement was.  Grandpa was feeling expansive, for sure.  His remarks were so unusual for the father of a new baby to make that they were published.  Even now, it's weird.
Something else I found from that year surprised me--why was the house vacant on the Janson farm?

Wow, because Grandpa Janson had an auction shortly after Reinhard was born! "Quit active farming"?