Papa went to the barber shop this morn. The way we heard Elmer Kammler bought Mrs. Lutz’s house for $900. This afternoon Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary came & then she went along with us to Belleville. We all went to confession. We helped Uncle Fred to make root beer this evening, then they came over & sat on our porch until bed time, they stayed up here tonight.
Thursday, August 13, 1931
There is a sale at Ruma this afternoon. Papa went & took Ed. Meng along. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary also went, they didn’t stay very long, & went over to Christ Buehler’s threshing oats today. In the evening they came back here again, then we all went out to Roy Satanfbiel, Hilda’s birthday, Adam Eckerts, Charles Coop’s, where all there. Ice cream, cake, lemonade, where the refreshments served. It is Also Eunice Blackburn’s birthday.
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.
Monday, August 10, 1931
Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary came up this morn – they where here for lunch, dinner, lunch & supper. We threshed this afternoon. Leona & kids came up to, we had them all for lunch. We threshed 91½ bus. wheat & Henry threshed 658 bus. oats. We got altogether, 218 from Henry, 43 bus. Pabst, & 17 from Armstutz.
Sunday, August 9, 1931
Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary where here for dinner today. Tonight is a dance at the Gun & Rod Club House. Joe Watchel was here this evening. We had a nice shower rain this eve, so that puts threshing off for a while.
Saturday, August 8, 1931
Papa was over at Meng’s by the threshing machine this morning, then he went out to Henry. Bertille did the scrubbing for Aunt Mary today. Henry & family & Mrs. Geodelle & Raymond, Dick Lanert, where out here threshing, had them for lunch & supper. Mr. Geodelle came out in the evening. After we had everything cleaned up we all of us went out to Mrs. Hy. Ronerberg’s birthday party, beer & cake where there refreshments served. The people came there & left all the time. The Porter Bro. House & Henry Kammler gave a dance in the hall, but they say it is bum there.
Friday, August 7, 1931
Papa went to Waterloo to get he watch fixed. Leona & the kids where here. Steve Freund from Ohio was here & gave us a call this afternoon. He is selling papers to help the young boys who are getting there free education to become priests. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary where up this afternoon, we baked a cake for Mrs. Roneberg’s birthday tomorrow. Henry came up this afternoon & this evening to see about threshing. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary where here for lunch.
Thursday, August 6, 1931
Papa & Rosalia went out to Henry’s & got a load of wheat & took it to Freeburg. Bertille was at Aunt Mary’s all day for lunch, dinner & lunch, they brought her home, & had supper here.
Wednesday, August 5, 1931
Henry & the boy’s was here & brought some coal up for threshing. Wheat is 37¢ bus. now. We all went out & cleaned the cemetery, & from there we went up to Henry’s to find out about threshing, Henry & Pap went over & seen Geo. Schilling.
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