Washed, ironed; canned peaches, tomatoes. Wittenauers plowing & cutting hay today. Mauff was here. Jac Orlet stopped took 1 bu. peaches along. pap picked 4 bus. today. Hy Bruns came brought basket back. We went to Kleins this eve; pap looked at horse & heifers they have for sale.
Monday, Aug. 14, 1939
Filed Under: 1939, August, Tillie's News Diaries from the 1930s Tagged With: Anton, Brand, Bruns, canning, chores, farming_chores, horse_buying, household_chores, Klein, Mauff, Mauff_agent, Orlet, peach_season, Wittenauer
Tuesday, March 28, 1939
Bert [Bertille] washed, ironed. Rained a little this eve. Radio says snow. Ziebold man was here trying to sell electric things. Nobbes man Johnson was here looked at horse; some fellows from Prairie Du Rocher looked at black team. We found 95 eggs. still 15 [cents] at Eichenseers. Cold to be 30 tonite.
Filed Under: 1939, March, Tillie's News Diaries from the 1930s Tagged With: Brand, chores, eggs, Eichenseer, electric_things, horse_buying, Johnson, Nobbe, Prairie_du_Rocher, Ziebold
Monday, Dec. 2, 1935
We washed, ironed. Papa went out trading; went to Waterloo & got the Whip curtains. Berniece brought the mail. Henry brought a load corn & Toptsy up, pap bought the horse for $100.00. Leona is sick in bed again, chills & feaver. Rose stamped a pair pillow cases to stitch.
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