Some men around fixing stoves & etc. Pap went up town, butchering a hog by Eichenseer’s today for the wustmark [sic – Wurstmart] Mon, at the School Hall. It rained all day. Roy Neff was around taking orders for beef, they butchered one yesterday, pap went up this afternoon & got 50¢ roast 3 lbs; sell it at 18¢ & soup meat 16¢. Alps. Karban & Elmer Buss have a birthday dance at Pautlers tonite Moonlight Orch. Gents 25 ladies free; & rain all night, terrible.
a southern Illinois farm girl's 1930s diaries
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Hi Angie! A Wurstmart is a dinner, usually held at a church for a fundraiser. Sausage, mashed potatoes and gravy, and sauerkraut would be the menu. These are still really common in this area today! Thanks again for sharing this wonderful resource!