Bertille took 4 dozen eggs to Eichenseers & got .22¢ a dozen. Ed Meng was here and looked at our building. We found 19 eggs today.
Tuesday, February 25, 1930
We found 23 eggs today. The euchre which was to be given by the Y.P.L. tonight was postponed on account of bad weather until further notice. It rained all day, til about 4:30 then the sun came out. Vic Eichenseer was here & got his tools.
Monday, February 24, 1930
We found 24 eggs today. Mr. Wilson was here this afternoon trying to sell us the dixie feeds. Edward Neff was here this evening & played pinochle with us. Papa & Bertille got one out of six games. Bertille took 3 dozen eggs to Eichenseers this morning, got .23¢ a dozen. We started building our brooder house today. Bertille wrote a letter to the Eureka Hatchery to find out the price of W. Leghorns. Mrs. Adam Braun wanted to buy some. Mr. Adam Vogl’s daughter was buried today. She died from diphtheria and flu.
Sunday, February 23, 1930
Papa went to first mass. Rosalia and Bertille went to late mass. In the afternoon we drove up to Eichenseer’s and got gas and air and took Mamie along, we went to Smithton, Douglas, Belleville, Millstadt, Darmstadt, Columbia, Waterloo, Red Bud & then back to Hecker. Oh! Wasn’t that some drive. I say it was. It took 2 hours. We found 20 eggs today.
Saturday, February 22, 1930
We found 19 eggs today. We put our little baby chicks out in the chicken house. We have 193 left from 250. Victor Eichenseer was here this morning and put the brooder in the chicken house. It is raining all day. Today is Frieda Buchler and Martha Boll’s birthdays. Rosalia took 3 dozen eggs to Eichenseer’s this morning. She got .23¢ a dozen.
Friday, February 21, 1930
Papa and Rosalia went out to Henry’s this afternoon, Henry is sawing wood. Mr. Jeff Payne and Virginia Alterkruse were married Wednesday, way it states in the paper. Albert Monike was surprised last Sat. evening, when a number of his friends gathered at this home to join in the celebration of the anniversary of his birthday. He was 52 years old. Among those present were: Nick Schaefer, Frances, Rosalia, Lorinda, Maggie, Clarasia, his daughters, Mr. & Mrs. Frank Birkner, Henry Volkman, Robert Probst, George & Clarence Rettinghouse, Jerome and Wilford Cortner, Robert Lippert, Raymond Ambruster, Ed Cortner, Ben Kuhn, August Frisch, Clarence Pabst, August Millman & Roy Kammeron. The elderly persons played cards while the young folks enjoyed the evening dancing. The bachelor’s band consisting of harp, accordion & organ furnished the music. Mail Carrier Schmidt’s niece died at Red Bud of flu. The store of late Henry Kocchel at Waterloo was sold to Mrs. Lulu Myers who is going to start business as soon as possible. We found 17 eggs today. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary were here this evening.
Thursday, February 20, 1930
We got our telephone connected today. Papa, Steve Rheinecker, Elmer Kummer, & Victor Eichenseer set up the pole, & connected the wire. There was a fire out at Uncle Adam’s today. Emil was burning hedge and it started to run away. He call the neighbors for help, but they didn’t answer. So Papa & Odilla Eichenseer & Kenneth Kemp, Clem Parker, Lester Gregson went out, but the wind went down, so it didn’t take long they had it out. Rosalia took 4 dozen eggs to Eichenseer’s this morning, she got .24¢. We found 23 eggs today.
Wednesday, February 19, 1930
Papa went out in the woods today to make a telephone pole. Papa had dinner at Henry’s today & this evening they brought him back on the wagon & they all had supper with us. John Henkel rode along home with them. We found 17 eggs. Eggs are .24¢ a dozen. Mrs. Rhinecker was over a little while this evening. Leona called up and said they was coming up here for supper.
Tuesday, February 18, 1930
It is so nice and warm that we had the front doors open today. We found 17 eggs. We had company today. Mr. Kirsch was here and brought us a book of Starks Nurseries. A man from Baldwin was here and wanted to sell paint. Papa took some of our summer sausage over to Reinhenckers to smoke it for us. Uncle Matt was in town today. Mr. Rheinecker planted some sprouts trees in front of his house. Bertille baked cookies. Rosalia & Bertille washed & ironed today.
Monday, February 17, 1930
Today we have church all day. We all went up to church this morning, our hour is between 11:30 & 12 o’clock. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary were up this morning. Henry and family were for dinner today. After they went home, Rosalia & Bertille went up to church. We took 4 doz. eggs to Eichenseer’s, got .30¢ a dozen. Then we went up to Braun’s, had a little argument with him. We found 19 eggs today. Papa, Rosalia, & Bertille went up to church this evening.
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