Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary, Henry & family were all here for dinner. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary came up again this evening for church. Rosalia & Bertille went to the closing of the 40 hr. devotion in Waterloo this eve.
Thursday, March 19, 1931
We all went to church this morning. Papa went to Red Bud, & he stopped in at John Braun’s. This afternoon Papa went out to help Henry in the woods. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary came up this afternoon to clean & spade the paths in their garden. Clifford was here & got a setting of Reds’ eggs for 25¢, eggs are 16¢ at the store. Henry came up & him & Papa went to the milk meeting in the new school hall. They also had a milk house on a truck here too, it was 6 x 8 ft. Mrs. Duecker got a spell again this afternoon, they called for the doctor twice.
Wednesday, March 18, 1931
We all went out to Henry’s. We took dinner along out, Uncle Joe, Uncle Fred, they came down for dinner. We helped Leona with the garden, we made the paths & sewed onions, planted 3 rows potatoes, lettuce, carrots. Aunt Mary, Rosalia, Bertille took Uncle Fred’s machine & drove over there first & Aunt Mary got her coat, & hat, so she could go to church this evening. Then we drove back home, Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary were here for supper, afterwards we went to church. Aunt Mary & Bertille were over at George Wagner’s a little while. Today is just 6 years ago of the Murphysboro cyclone. Ralph Ettling was here this evening. Martha Boll is home now, she has a bad cold.
Tuesday, March 17, 1931
Today is St. Patrick, there is a euchre in Tiptown tonight. We are going to saw wood this afternoon up in the woods. Henry is going to saw it & Uncle Fred, Uncle Joe, & Emil are going to help. Rosalia & Bertille drove out to Henry’s this morning, we were all out there for dinner. Aunt Mary was there this afternoon too, she & Bobby went too Uncle Adam’s. They didn’t get started sawing for wood until about 2:30, before that the pulley broke. So we will have to finish tomorrow morning. We have too take dinner out to Henry’s. Bertille baked a cake this evening. Bertille went to church this morning, was mass for Aunt Bridget Dunn.
Monday, March 16, 1931
Papa went out to help Henry in the woods again today, he was there for dinner. Mr. Hill was here this morning, & told us about some pea sticks. This week is court week, it is today for the stockholders of the Bank. We washed, ironed, & patched. Fr. Grootens has Lorberg, Wittenauer’s, Braun’s, trucks to haul each a load of coal for the church & school, today they coal oil heaters in the school room’s for the children. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary came up this evening & planted their onions in the garden. They were here for supper. Eggs are 17¢.
Sunday, March 15, 1931
Leona came up for first mass this morning & Henry for later. Uncle Fred, Aunt Mary & Henry were here for dinner. Henry helped us test our eggs this afternoon, out of 101, we had to throw 17 out. This evening we went out to Uncle Fred’s for supper, we had beef roast. Then Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary came back up here again. Aunt Mary & Bertille went to church. Mr. Philip Freund & Rosalia & Frank Kruse & Elizabeth Freund went down to Chester.
Wednesday, March 11, 1931
Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary came up this morning & then we all went into Belleville. We got new dresses & Bertille got a pair of shoes. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary were here for dinner. He worked over at the place, & Aunt Mary started cutting out Bertille’s dress. There was a fellow here from St. Louis & wanted to sell apples, oranges, cabbage, lettuce, sweet potatoes, but we sent him off. Alois Havey was here & wanted to buy our walnut logs up in the woods, for 5¢ a foot & then he would take them over to St. Louis. Rosalia & Bertille went to church this evening.
Sunday, March 8, 1931
It is snowing & awful cold this morn. Papa didn’t go to church today. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary were here for dinner today. Henry was up & got medicine for Floyd, he has the measles now. Papa paid Uncle Fred for the seed potatoes today. 2 bu for $1.80. Today is August Blackburn’s birthday. Fr. Grootens went down to the Evangelical Church between our masses, & before there service & preached a sermon about the bank. They should do as he says & everything will be allright. Fred Schaefer brought Rome Meng home this evening, he was snowed under he couldn’t hardly hold him up. Philip & Bill Freund were here this evening & we all went to church.
Friday, March 6, 1931
Papa went up to Jac. Neffs to see if he would grub the well out down on the farm. He is strawing potatoes today, 8 rows we got planted. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary came up this afternoon. They planted potatoes on their place across the street. It started raining so they had to stop & go home. Rosalia & Bertille went to church this morning, & this evening. There wasn’t many people there this evening on account of the rainy weather, so he didn’t have stations, he just had the rosary & Benediction.
Wednesday, March 4, 1931
Papa is sewing clover seed this morning. Henry was here for dinner today. This afternoon he went home with his tractor & Rosalia had to take his machine home for him. Papa harrowed the potatoe patch, & when he was finished, he went out & got Rosalia again. Jac. Reheis’ wife was also at Henry’s, she got 12 doz. eggs for hatching. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary came up this evening, they brought our seed potatoes along up. Aunt Mary & Rosalia went to church. Mr. Tolin was buried this morning at Waterloo. He was playing cards till 11 o’clock at night, & at 12:30 they found him breathing heavy & shortly after he died.
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