Today it is a year that we moved up in our new house, but we didn’t have such weather then, like it is today. Bertille was at church this morning. There were some people here this afternoon & wanted to buy some eggs, but they wanted all white ones & that we didn’t have, so from here they went down to Braun’s. We were invited to a dance out at Ettling’s tonight, it is a birthday party, but we didn’t go. Eggs are .27¢ today. Mrs. Anna Lutz is awful sick at present, she has a nervous break down. Papers were given out this evening for Gambach’s Sale. Starts Saturday. Merchandise, shoes, hardward, clothing, this is closing out sale.
Wednesday, Oct. 22, 1930
by 1 Comment
Ed. Meng & Johnny Wertz was here this morning & got the lime dust spreader. Today a year ago our curtain was put up and our linoleums laid. The weather is awful gloomy. It is raining a little now. There is no devotion tonight on account of the weather.
Tuesday, Oct. 21, 1930
We canned beets & sauerkraut today. Leona & the kids were up this afternoon, but they didn’t get off of the machine, she came up to get some things from the store. It is nice & warm again this afternoon. Ed Meng was over tonight and wanted to know if he could get the lime dust spreader tomorrow. In Belleville everybody is donating for the jobless.
Monday, Oct. 20, 1930
by 1 Comment
We washed this morning. Henry & Leona went to Belleville & also to the coal mines & got a load of coal for the church. They left the kids here, they came back about 4 o’clock, they left at 10am this morning, but they had to wait so long to get a load of coal. Sister Several call up this morning and wanted to know if Papa would go to Red Bud this morning & get a school desk for the sister, so he did, this afternoon he went to get a load of coal for the church, but there were so many trucks waiting at the coal mine that he went over to Freeburg’s coal mine & there he got 19 bu. 70 lbs. for $1.56. Rosalia took 8 doz. eggs to the store & got .26¢. The Catholic School children didn’t have no school today, because it was to cold & the furnace isn’t fixed yet in the new school house, & it is to cold with out fire.
Sunday, Oct. 19, 1930
We had our first snow this morning for this year. Today is shooting matches all over, George Boll’s, Martin Doyl’s, Mike McCarthy’s. There is also a picnic in Smithton fish fry and dance tonight. Henry and family were all here for dinner today. We had roast beef. Tonight Rosalia & Bertille went to the picture show in the new school hall, the name of the show was “Noah’s Ark” in 10 reels. There was a good crowd there. Admission was 10 and 25¢.
Saturday, Oct. 18, 1930
It froze ice last night in the chicken troughs. The people were seen with their overcoats on. Papa went to Waterloo this afternoon and got his watch fixed and the oil changed in the Chev. 11513 miles. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary went to Red Bud to a sale. They brought us 1/2 bu. sweet potatoes along. I don’t no how much they are. We made fire in the furnace today.
Friday, Oct. 17,1930
It is cold this morning. There was a light frost last night. The paper said a killing frost tonight. We picked all our green beans.
Thursday, Oct. 16, 1930
It is raining again this afternoon & is turning awful cold. There was a truckload of apples going along here trying to sell them, when they stopped front of Lauts’ they couldn’t get back on the hard road any more, they backed up & forward & a good many was pushing but it wouldn’t go, they drove along that side till down by George Wagners, there they got on the hard road. We took 1 bu. Ben Davis for $1.25. They tasted alright, but they are awful hard. Rosalia took 8 doz. eggs off and got .25¢ a doz. We shelled some corn this afternoon.
Wednesday, Oct. 15, 1930
Bertille cleaned house this morning. We made some sweet chow-chow this afternoon & also some piccalilli. One of our white young pullets died today. Rosalia & Bertille went to church this evening. Rosary Devotion again. When we came out of church it just started pouring down raining. Tonight is also the Literary Meeting down in the Public School House. Speakers are H.M. Hill, Wm. Wiegand, Dr. Bock from Smithton & Greg McCarthy teacher.
Tuesday, Oct. 14, 1930
Mrs. Alfred Stahl got buried yesterday afternoon at Smithton. She died in the hospital Friday at 6:30 in the evening. She was operated for gall stones about 4 weeks ago. Rosalia & Bertille went to Henry’s this afternoon to iron and help to work. They are sewing wheat, he wants to finish tomorrow. Mr. Hill was here this evening & collected telephone dues. We found 39 eggs today. Papa got the oil changed in the Whippet last Sat. in Waterloo, 6505 miles.
Stay Connected with Tillie's Tales!