Tuesday, Oct. 16, 1934

We took beef bones along, cooked soup out at Henry, Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary also helped again, finished up the house inside & out. We washed, ironed, cleaned house out there today. The West End Filing Station at Red Bud was robbed of $6. at 5:30 yesterday evening; & McBride guy that works there filled up the tank 9, gals, bandits car, the guy reached in his pocket & pulled out a gun, knocked himover the head & unconcious, he was the only one there at the time. Schumacher is, the proprietor of the West End garage.

Friday, May 20, 1932

Papa went to see Roman Schwartz this morn, for trading. He went over to Ed. Mengs this afternoon, & tonite Meng came over here & they went down to see Quathammer, but couldn’t make no trade. Mrs. Rennecker came over this evening, till papa got back. I seen in the Waterloo paper that Emil C. Geoddelle bought the West End garage on the hard road from Clarence Olendorph.