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.
Tuesday, August 4, 1931
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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