Henry & Leona went to Belleville left the kids here. Mrs. Johnny Reheis died this morn. around 1 o’clock, she will be buried Fri. afternoon, she was sick for a time, had cancer. We all went to the wake this eve. stayed till about 12 o clock. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary where going to stay all night. Ben Kerber a sales agent was here. Papa was in the woods this afternoon.
Wednesday, Dec. 2, 1931
Wash, iron & patch day. Wm. Parkinson died yesterday morning & will be buried Thurs. morn. to the Catholic church & Stehfest cemetery. Papa dug up the bathroom tiling & cleaned it out. A man was round selling vegatbles [sic] & oranges 17½¢ a doz.
Thursday, Sept. 17, 1931
Papa is hauling the fresh coal in the basement for this year. He hauled 2 loads this morning. Henry was here this afternoon, he was talking about getting his hogs vacinated [sic], Alf. Geodelle, Joe Schilling have there. There are getting them vacinated [sic] all over. Papa went over by Steve Rennecker’s awhile. There was a gent here selling Oriental Rugs. It is awful hot these days. Odillo Eichenseer & 2 of his friends from St. Louis left last Friday, for Chicago, he covered a distance of 900 miles with his new car. They took a 40 miles ride on the lake on a speed boat. Papa was over at Rennecker’s this afternoon, & Steve he told him, today was his 40 yr. wedding anniversary, so tonight we all went, Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary, Henry’s family, Gus, Klotz, Adam Brauns, Ed Neff, Gus Frisch, the evening was spent in musci [sic], cake, soda, wine where the refreshments served. Papa & Rosalia went out to Henry’s this afternoon, papa had to help him, he got his hogs vacinated [sic] Quirin did the work for $8.55. Albert Cleveland Grover where there, he brought theres up to & got it vacinated [sic], he has only the one. The egg man was here, we sold 3 doz. 19¢. A man selling rugs, & one taking pictures of babies where here.
Wednesday, August 19, 1931
Today is washing, iron & patch day. There was a truck through here from Chester selling peaches, 80¢ bu. picked over. Mr. Harbough the Moorman’s Mineral Agent was here this afternoon. It started raining again.
Tuesday, August 18, 1931
Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary where up this afternoon & Leona & the kids where also here, she came up to get a bu. of peaches from Dr. Eckert for 60¢ bu. nice, she & Aunt Mary & Rosalia went over to George Wagner’s & looked at them first, she got hers there too. Bill Lehr was here, he is going all over town taking orders. Aunt Mary helped to peel the rest of ours & we got 6 more cans, we got 40 cans about 20 to a bu. we would have about 42 cans with those what we ate. Al Rittmeyer was here trying to sell brushes & the like. We sure had lot of rain & nice.
Wednesday, August 12, 1931
Papa is plowing again today. Ed Meng was over a little while. There was a man around selling moth & insect killing, it is something like moth balls, we bought a card for 25¢. Valentine Fritche of East St. Louis who was in a accident on July 30 on Smithon [sic] & Hecker road died and will be buried Thurs. afternoon at 3 o clock to the Mt. Hope Cemetery. He is 70 yrs. old & had 5 ribs bones broken & hip bone. Hy. Armstutz was here this eve, a little while. Ed Meng & Clifford was here, they brought a gray horse over & took the boy home, they said Nick Schefer bought it & they where going to take it out there. Today is Weyhaupt sale by Smithon [sic].
Tuesday, August 11, 1931
Today we washed, ironed, patched. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary where up all day, working in there garden & pulling weeds. It is awful cool today, cold wind. Papa went over to Mengs this afternoon & got his horses, & started plowing the chicken yard. There was a man here trying to sell burglar alarms to prevent the chickens, cause so much stealing has been carried on in Monroe Co.
Thursday, May 21, 1931
Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary came up to pump the water out of there cellar, he made a hole in the kitchen floor to put the pipe on the pump down, he has it all out now. They had lunch here with us. There was a boy here wanted some votes to become a doctor, he had 47 more votes to get, he has to have 2,000 & then he get $500.00 bonus to study, you buy a book or magazine, & it has so many votes, from 1 to 8 vote, that’s the highest, he said Fr. Grootens gave him 7 & Sister Superior, Lela Deuker, that is all he mentioned. We didn’t take none. The butcher Sethl from Smithton was here & looked at our hogs, they are only 5.45 he said. Clara Wagner gave us some flowers to plant out, touch-me-nots. Eggs are 13¢.
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