Papa is picking the potatoes through. Today is wash day, but it ain’t so very nice yet. It rained again last night, so threshing is stopped for awhile. Alsa Eckert was here, she wanted to know if we wanted some plums or peaches, the little peaches they sell for 50 bu. & the big ones next week for $1 bu., we didn’t order any yet. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary where up again this afternoon. Papa & Rosalia went out to Henry’s, & then came home & fixed fence. Uncle Fred went up to the priest & paid pew rent.
Monday, August 3, 1931
We all drove to Belleville this morning & sold some sp. chickens for 20¢ & eggs for 20¢. Adam Eckert’s are moving out today. Yesterday was Smithton Homecoming & Singer fest in Millstadt but I guess the rain spoiled it all. Ed Pabst was here & brought our oats up, 43 bus. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary was here for supper this evening, they came from Eckert up here. We had spring chicken supper. We got 1 can of pickles now.
Sunday, August 2, 1931
Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary where here for dinner & lunch. They & Bertille went to see Adam Eckert place where he is going to move tomorrow. It is a old place, the house looks awful. George Lorberg has a little girl born this morning Georgia Lee. This evening Rosalia & Bertille went up town when we heard the crash, George Lorberg’s truck with Edwin Wacthel driving as he was going to turn in his place, a car came & crash it went, the man was Busche from Red Bud, no one was hurt only cars damaged, they had to pull them in with a wrecking car. Lorberg has full coverage insurance. Edwin has no chaffeuer license & was drunk as could be. Mr. Martin May was here this afternoon.
Saturday, August 1, 1931
Papa & Rosalia went down to John Dehne’s sale. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary where up at Hecker today. Bertille had lunch with them. George Wagner’s went to Belleville to Leonora’s Kammler’s birthday.
Friday, July 31, 1931
Today is baking day. This afternoon we all went to Waterloo & from there out to Dillerberg’s sale on the Dr. Vogel place. Nick Welzbacher is coming there now. Dr. & Dillenberg where the only biters there, they got everything between themselves. We had supper at Aunt Mary’s they where up here all afternoon so they had supper ready when we came home. Hy. Armstutz gave them a call too. We heard George Neff almost smothered, he is very bad sick. John Euler from Floraville shot himself last night, he will be buried Mon. in St. Augustine’s cemetery of Hecker.
Wednesday, July 29, 1931
This morning & this afternoon while it was cool we finished digging our potatoes. This eve- we went down & cleaned at the cemetery, the hogs has been in there & got everything messed up for Armbruster’s lot & Monike’s lot. From there we drove over to Aunt Mary’s, but they where at Oscar Birkner’s threshing oats, so we went back home again.
Tuesday, July 28, 1931
Today we washed, ironed, patched, baked bread. Papa & Rosalia aren’t feeling well yet. I seen in the paper that the Police are searching for Ed. Neff of Belleville for hitting his father Conrad while eating supper. Mrs. Rennecker is out helping Wm. Gregson’s threshed. We cut the lawn this evening.
Monday, July 27, 1931
We was all at Henry’s today for lunch, dinner, lunch, but all where feeling bad, sick, vomiting all the time. He threshed 1163 bus. wheat. We brought beef & dressing, potatoes & saurkraut [sic], along home for supper. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary came for supper. They told us that we have another cousin & that is Christ Buehler’s have a little baby girl born this morning at 3 o clock. Oscar Birkner & wife will be the sponsors Sun. morning. Uncle Fred took the eggs too town got 14¢ doz.
Sunday, July 26, 1931
We all had dinner & supper at Aunt Mary’s today, across the street. This afternoon, We all & Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary drove out to Henry’s, to help along with threshing. When we came home we went to the truck patch & looked that over.
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