Papa pumped the water out of Uncle Fred’s cellar this morning. Mr. Rennecker & Hy Armstutz are butchering 1 hog at Mrs. Arns today. Bertille got the papers. Mr Wm. Laut & Mr. John Hepp are awful bad sick no hopes for recovery. Mr. Laut got a light stroke again. Mr. Hepp here in town has kidney trouble. There is a big free dance tonite at the Odd Fellow Hall at Waterloo. Seen in the paper that Wm. Sensel’s mother, Mrs. Mary Sensel was buried last Sun. afternoon at Waterloo 74 yrs. old; her husband preceded her in death about 2 yrs. ago. Dr. Sennot died, most probably be buried this afternoon, being ill for several months, in former years, he practice as his doctor in Hecker for several yrs. According to Bill Kleyer’s onion, this is supposed to be a very dry year. Sheriff Al Gaven took Wm. Zimmer Jr. to the Vandalia Penal Farm last Friday. Alf. Mueller who was clerk at Connor’s Store is now employed at Gauen’s Store since the first & Joe Johnson is now employed at Connor’s.
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.
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