We cooked a kettle of soap today. Papa & Uncle Fred, went to Waterloo this morn. They had dinner here. This afternoon Papa & Uncle Fred went to Red Bud, got some lumber for a pigs through [sic – trough]. Aunt Mary went down to Armstutz’s took a gal. there to get it filled with foam. This evening they went down to get it. We had 16 doz. eggs for egg man & Aunt Mary had 6 doz. he paid 26¢ today, same as in the paper. Store price is 25¢ & 24¢. We went out to Uncle Fred’s this eve., Henry Birkner’s where there last night & left there records, victrola, what they brought down, so last night we played them all 6 pieces, some of the latest. There was a euchre in the new school hall tonight, but the crowd wasn’t so large.
Thursday, August 27, 1931
Papa went after his pig from Ganley’s, he also went to see Martin Doyle’s. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary had lunch here with us, then we all went to the sale, Bertille rode along with them in there car, to 2 miles from Evansville, Schulin’s sale the people that got shot that time. Aunt Mary bought a few articles, butter dish, glasses, bowl, table scarf, & bed spread, it all brought a nice price, just everything was sold so much. Alfred Eckert & Clarence Wagner, was here & sold us one chances of the quilts for the picnic. Hy. Armstutz & Liddie Birkner’s husband Ralph where here & got 3 doz eggs from us, she & him are out at Armstutz’s cooking peach butter today, he has vacation, yesterday they where at Springfield fair. Mrs. Val Fritsche called up & said that grandpa was witness when Mr. made his will so papa has to go to Belleville on the 15 Sept. to tell wether it is his handwriting. This evening we all went to Christ Buehler’s, Cletus birthday, we gave them 5¢ candy, Frank’s family & Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary where there.
Sunday, August 23, 1931
Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary are married 33 yrs. today. Henry & family & we all where there for supper. Hy. Armstutz, & Lena Meng, Steve Rennecker, where also some of the guests. Musci [sic] & dancing, singing where the features of the evening. Refreshments served was cake, root beer. Henry & family where there for dinner. Stahl had his bowie [?] for the threshing crew.
Friday, August 21, 1931
Today is nice once for a change. Leona & the kids, came up to get greengages, she cut our hair. Hy. Armstutz was here awhile. Anton Buehler from DeKalb & also his family where here, he just stopped in to say Hello! they are coming back again to make a longer stay. Osie Neff was here, he wants to buy land. There was a man in town today begging for money, he lost both of his legs in the coal mine, he is walking round on clutches. Papa went out to the farm this afternoon. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary brought some more greengages along up for Henry’s & Kammler’s this afternoon.
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].
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.
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.
Thursday, July 9, 1931
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It is raining this morning. We got our beets in from the garden here & the truck patch, we got 5 quts & 1/2. Mrs. Katie Klotz was here this morning to see if she could get a can of cistern water at Uncle Fred’s place, because they are getting the thrashers this evening, & they wanted the water to wash the dishes. Papa went up to Eichenseers, & went along out with Vic & Odillo, to fix Henry pump, they put 5 ft. pipings on it, there is 30 ft. of water in it yet. Papa called up for Rosalia to come out & bring some wrenches along from the store. Mrs. Klotz was telling me about a fire at Albert Gregson’s on Tues. night, the road men had a fire burning the grass on piles, & they left without putting the fire out, & during the night the fire creeped & burned all the way through the woods, nearly too the house, they just got it out in time. George Lorberg was called with a tank of water on his truck & also Joe Shilling’s, Louis Armstutz’s & a fire apartment, I don’t know if it was Smithon’s [sic] or Red Buds, fire out later, it happened around 12 o’clock in the night that is when George Lorberg left. This evening we went out & lawend [sic] at the cemetery, & looked at Frank’s pigs, sheep. Eggs are 12¢ now.
Thursday, June 25, 1931
This morning Mrs. Ben Roth, Adams mother is being buried at Paderborn also mass there at 8 oclock. She stayed at Belleville with Adam. John & George live out here. We are going to have rooster today. Henry & family are coming up, he intends to start cutting oats. They & Emil where here for lunch, dinner, lunch. This evening Rosalia Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary where here this evening awhile from here they went to Mike Armstutz’s birthday it was “Aunt Anna’s.” We heard today that Karl Boll & Marcella Ettling is to be married Sat. & to give a dance at Breezy Hill. There are an awful lot of people losing horses this year, the weather is to hot. Rosalia took the eggs up town got 11¢, Mamie came back with her.
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