We washed, ironed, patched, washed the curtains. Papa went out in the woods. It is warmer again today. We cleaned chicken house this afternoon.
Wednesday, Sept. 16, 1931
Papa & Rosalia cleaned the chicken house this morning, then he went up town. He went over by Ed Meng’s awhile. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary came this evening & Rosalia & Bertille rode along with them to the dance at the brick house, Wiegands gave it, charged a 25¢ from the men, the horse Creek Ramblers played, lot of strangers present.
Wednesday, July 15, 1931
Leona & the kids where here for lunch this morning. We heard that George Parker’s baby Virgil died, they had him at the hospital, had trouble with the teeth, they wouldn’t come through. We cleaned the chicken house, papa is setting posts. Henry went threshing today. The machine was by Parker’s yesterday, but account of the baby died, they moved up to Kemp’s & are threshing there now, & from there to August Blackburns’s. There was lady here this morning selling a bottle vanilla for 99¢ & a set sugar bowl & pitcher. We washed the machine this afternoon & fixed the tire. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary came up this evening, they told us about Pete Hoffman, from Mayestown, he was driving a wagon & fell off & broke his back, the horses ran away. A man down by Red Bud, they didn’t know his name he was ground all to pieces through the seperator [sic]. Mr. Keonig from Columbia was here, he was the guy that was looking for the score book, ball games. He took it along. Henry had found that book by the school house some place.
Monday, May 4, 1931
Philip left yesterday morn. at 4 oclock for a 1200 mile trip to N. Dakota again. Today is wash day. Papa & Rosalia went out in the woods, this afternoon. Mrs. Katie Klotz was here & got 2 setting eggs for 12¢ a doz. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary came this evening. Papa went up town & got coal oil to spray the chicken house. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary where here for supper.
Friday, Nov. 21, 1930
Rosalia went to church this morning. Papa is fixing fence. We put clean straw in the chicken houses this afternoon. There was a boy here this morning, he was deaf & dumb & couldn’t speak a thing. He had a card and on there it said “he was deaf & should help him out by buying a package of needles for .25¢, so we bought one from him. I seen in the paper that Jake Frierdichs moved into there new house on the Waterloo & Hecker road this week, & Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Payne moved into the Frierdich’s residence on Morrison Ave. Tuesday and are citizens of Waterloo now. Mr. & Mrs. O. J. Maul moved from Waterloo to Breezy Hill Wednesday to take charge of the service station there. A little baby girl arrived at the home of “Bill” Heubner, they now have a boy and a girl. The two McCarthy’s boys Greg & Kevin & John Cody captured two coons & two opossums for the start of the hunting season. Joe Watchel is building chicken house & garage on his premises. The Orbon Stove Works in Belleville are laying quite a few men off from work at present.
Wednesday, Sept. 3, 1930
Rosalia & Bertille washed, ironed, patched today. Papa & Rosalia went out to Henry’s this morning. Mr. H. Hover was here and looked at our horses, he was here for dinner. Papa went up town to get coal oil to spray the chicken house with.
Wednesday, April 30, 1930
Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary were here today for dinner and supper. Uncle Fred and Papa worked on the building of the new school today. Bertille was uptown this morning. We started painting our chicken house today. Mrs. Rheinecker was over and looked at our garden a little while this morning. Mrs. Frank Birkner was over this afternoon to get some tomato plants that Aunt Mary brought up for her. Aunt Mary & Rosalia, Bertille was over a little while this evening looked at her quilt that she’s got in the frame for Margaret Dudenhoeffer. Bertille took 4 doz. eggs to the store, got .20¢ a dozen. She got some cough syrup. Bertille has an awful bad cough. Some of the men were hauling the brick for the new school today from Red Bud. The brick came from Chester and Murphysboro. Today is Buddy Napiers birthday. Dorothy called up here and wanted to know if Aunt Mary was up here. We told her yes. She invited them to come down there this evening to the dance. But we are not invited for that. Frank Birkner’s wife had lunch with us this afternoon.
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