Mr. Cleveland, worked here all day, had lunch, dinner. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary came awhile, he took load wheat to Red Bud again. A girl here selling house remedies. A man around from Freeburg selling straw berries & pinapples [sic], we took 10¢ box got straw berries, & Oh! Boy were they good. Rosalia went quilting by Lester Gregson’s, fire Co. donated quilt, was given by Cora Armstutz, quilted by Gregson’s. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary came up for church. Rosalia had supper at the quilting, 10 quilters, improved 9 patch. Cleveland stayed for supper. Pap paid Cleveland labor $8.75, 35 hrs. @ 25¢; papa will finish the rest of it.
Wednesday, May 23, 1934
Filed Under: 1934, May Tagged With: Anton, Armstutz, Aunt Mary, barn_raising, bills_paid, church, Cleveland, Fire_Company, Freeburg, Gregson, house_remedies, quilting, Red_Bud, Rosalia, saleslady, salesmen, Uncle Fred, wheat
Monday, May 21, 1934
Mixed concrete this morning. Rennecker came over awhile, they are going to New Athens. Mrs. is on sick list. Rose & Berti went to Red Bud, got chick mash, big picnic there this afternoon, parade, 1 o’clock, merchants are all closed, also schools, it is the Evangical [sic] Church, having dinner & supper. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary came this afternoon; her & Rosalia went out to Boll’s this evening got sweet potatoe [sic] plants, 78, they have 200 ordered, we helped to plant them up here. Clara Wagner was over a while, a man around selling house remedies. Rob Mertz & Skaer started putting the roof on this morning 8 o clock – 5; they didn’t finish. Cyril Eichenseer had his nose cracked this morning, hit by baseball up at school; he has it all plastered now. Eggs 11¢ now.
Filed Under: 1934, March Tagged With: Aunt Mary, barn_raising, Boll, eggs, Eichenseer, Evangelical_Church, gardening, house_remedies, illness, injury, Mertz, New_Athens, Red_Bud, Rennecker, Rosalia, salesman, Skaer, sweet_potatoes, Uncle Fred, Wagner
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