Most of the threshing machines are starting out at 9 o’clock this morning. Vic Eichenseer & Odillo where here & fixed the pump again. This afternoon we all went to Henry’s threshing, we had lunch & supper, they threshed 421 bus. from lunch on.
Friday, July 24, 1931
Henry was here this morning & the kids, they brought a wash tub plums & box apples. We didn’t keep all the plums, it was to many. Mr. Ed Meng was here this morning, to tell papa that Ratz had a cheap team for him, that if he wanted to he should come & look at them this afternoon. But he aint going. Papa got crushing done this morning. They say Phil Braun’s machine is going to start threshing this afternoon they must not of had any rain there. Vic Eichenseer was here & fixed our pump this morning, it works again now. We cleaned our truck patch & sowed some more turnip seed again today & also some radishs.
Thursday, July 23, 1931
We caught all our chickens this morning and cut the wings, we have 358 chicken all together, but we intend to sell quite a few now. We had rain again this morning, pretty much too. We sold 32 lbs. heavy hens 18¢ & 7 lbs. light hens 15¢. Eggs are 15¢.
Wednesday, July 22, 1931
Papa & Rosalia duged [sic] potatoes this morning. Bertille baked bread & coffeecake. This afternoon the threshing machines where all going to start again, but around 1 o clock we had a shower rain, so that put them back another day, I guess. Just before noon today, there was a car passed here, with 4 ladies dressed as gypsies. Clifford told us they took $15.00 from George Neff, the two of them where in Eichenseer’s store. Clifford brought our mail along too. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary was here again this evening, he went to Red Bud. It rained mostly all night.
Tuesday, July 21, 1931
This morning our cistern is full again. Papa went up town this morn. We dug a bucket full of straw potatoes, & planted some more pickle seed, & turnip seed. Papa & Rosalia fixed fenced this afternoon. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary where up again this afternoon. We all had lunch there. We helped her scrubb [sic] the porch & rooms. I seen in the paper today that Clarence Rittinhouse 26 & Arthur Meuth had a serious accident last Sat. night at 10 o clock. On the Belleville bridge right south edge of town, he met a car & the lights blinded him & he side swiped a third car coming, & his machine ran of the pavement & down the bankment of, the down in there, the machine caught fire & Rettinghouse was burnt arms & legs, he still in the hospital & the ambulance was called to take Mueth to the hospital, but he was discharged after treatment. Rettinghouse & Zollmer the car which was damaged they will settle it between themselves.
Monday, July 20, 1931
Today is wash, iron & patch day. But the weather don’t look so nice this morning. Leona called this afternoon & said we should come out & bake the cakes, & pies for threshing, so we bake 4 cakes, 11 pie shells. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary was up this afternoon, papa had lunch with them this afternoon. Papa sold 17 lbs. springer for 25¢ a lb. to a man from Belleville. It started raining this evening & kept it up all night, we sure did need it too. Papa took the clock of off the stove to get it fixed once. Bertille went over to Mrs. Rennecker this evening & brought her there Red Bud paper back again.
Sunday, July 19, 1931
We all went to Belleville to church this morning. We had a little shower of rain this afternoon. Rosalia & Bertille went up to Mamie’s, then we walked the streets awhile, she came along home with us. Uncle Fred brought us some more plums this morning we got 5 qts & 11 glasses of Jelly now.
Saturday, July 18, 1931
Milton Wagner has a new plymouth, sporting it around, it is a coach. Papa fixed a place in the garden to sew pickle seed. He put tiles down for the water to soak to the bushes. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary came up, then we all went to Belleville, they where here for lunch.
Friday, July 17, 1931
We all went out to Henry’s this afternoon, got our hair cut. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary was up this evening, they where here for supper. They planted a patch of beans today.
Thursday, July 16, 1931
Today Ed Pabst’s is threshing, papa has to go down around eleven oclock & also Eichenseers. Edwin Reheis has a little girl since last Sat. Rosalia & Bertille went to church this morning when Hy. Braun was getting buried. It was a large funeral. This afternoon we went out to Parker’s, they didn’t take it to church, they went from the house to the cemetery. The baby was 7 mo. old. Koch had both funerals. Papa went to Pabst’s, he had dinner there, we got 62 bus. for our share but we are 5 short now. So I don’t know how it will be now. Vic & Odillo hauled it here, they where both here for lunch.
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