We patched. Ivo Buehler is disking our ground this morning, took him about 1 hr. quarter. Papa went to town this morn. There sure was a heavy hail storm in New Athens, hail as big as a hen egg they say, by Sam Krehres [sic – Krehers] the wind was so strong it took big trees twisted them right of; we could hear it roar here, there wasn’t any wind here at all. Hy. Limbach came looked at our mule. Rosalia & Bertille went out to work the garden at Henrys again. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary came up; she brought a house plant & fern from Mrs. Frank Birkner.
Monday, July 25, 1932
We washed, ironed. Papa is disking. Wm. Ganley was here this afternoon. We had a nice shower rain this afternoon but not enough. Bertille took 2 doz. eggs up for Aunt Mary got 20¢. They told her that Mr. Philip Freund of Waterloo fell over dead this morning.
Tuesday, Sept. 9, 1930
Rosalia & Bertille went out to Henry’s to help cook apple butter, she got 10 gallons. Mrs. Geodelle was also out, we cook a kettle full of soap, and washed this afternoon & scrubbed the rooms & porches for Leona. We had lunch & dinner out there. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary were here. We found 19 eggs. Egges are .20¢ a doz. I seen in the paper that $500,000 as fire sweeps Quality & Oakland Foundries at Belleville yesterday. Papa is discing the chicken yards. Henry Meng was over watching Papa disc a little while.
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