We put the brooder stove up & put the little chicks out there now, 44 of them so far. Bertille’s shoes came today. Ed Pabst was here this afternoon, he wanted papa to buy the clover seed, but Papa won’t do that.
Saturday, Feb. 20, 1932
Miss Pinkel was buried at Waterloo this morning. We have 22 little chicks from 2 hens, but them in the basement. Jake Helfrich’s the carpenter at Belleville have a little boy.
Monday, April 20, 1931
Papa & Rosalia finished planting popcorn this morn. & this afternoon planted watermelons, pickles. We got 160 little chicks from our last incubator hatch. 16 hens. Rosalia took the eggs up town this evening, they are 13¢ a doz. coming down all the time. It rained heavy this evening for about 15 mins, we where all out trying to put the little chicks in their coops, & got all wet over it.
Tuesday, April 14, 1931
Today Wm. Curran & Julia Ruby are getting married in St. Patrick’s church Tiptown, & this evening they will have a wedding dance at Oak Grove. Philip & Bill came out & we went to the dance. The wedding couple marched around the hall, then they danced a waltz. Mabel Crook & Olga Bozzay where the attendants. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary went too. We all went too Waterloo this afternoon to the car sale at Nobbe’s. Aunt Mary won a prize a dress, cap & anklets given by Clara Siegel. The dress she got exchanged for a larger one & Rosalia got the cap, & Bertille the socks. Nelson Kleyer won the old ford coupe that was raffled. There was a man here this morning selling the Daily Advocate paper. The insurance man from Horse Prairie was also here. Victor Eichenseer was here too. We stopped at Henry’s when we went to Waterloo. Frank Dudenhoeffers & Margaret & the family where at Uncle Pete’s last Sunday. She said we should come over to St. Louis next Sunday. Our little chicks are hatching Sat., so I don’t know if we will go or not but I guess if it don’t rain we will.
Tuesday, June 10, 1930
Bertille was at church this morning. Papa & Rosalia are fixing gates. Mrs. Ganley is pretty bad sick we heard. Bertille mailed a letter to the Auto Ins. Co. for $6.32 for the Whippet Insurance. This evening Mr. & Mrs. Albert Cleveland & son Grover were here they came to look at our little chicks. Ed. Neff was also here a little while.
Wednesday, March 26, 1930
Mr. Jac. Erle was here this afternoon. We got 300 little chicks this morning but the weather is awful cold for the little chickens. Henry came up this evening to the store, he came down here a little while. We found 29 eggs.
Saturday, February 22, 1930
We found 19 eggs today. We put our little baby chicks out in the chicken house. We have 193 left from 250. Victor Eichenseer was here this morning and put the brooder in the chicken house. It is raining all day. Today is Frieda Buchler and Martha Boll’s birthdays. Rosalia took 3 dozen eggs to Eichenseer’s this morning. She got .23¢ a dozen.
Monday, February 3, 1930
Papa, Rosalia, Bertille were at Belleville this morning at the Eureka Hatchery and got 200 little chicks at .12¢ a chick. Papa went to Red Bud to get a pipe made to fit the brooder. Papa was uptown and settle up with the groceries bills in the stores. The weather looks awful cloudy this afternoon. We found 2 eggs today.
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