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.
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.
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.
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.
Saturday, July 4, 1931
Today the machines go, there is Homecoming at New Athens, & Circus at Belleville. Papa went down to see Ed. Pabst’s, this morning to see the crops there. He bought 12 tiling from the town for 60¢. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary where up this afternoon, we all had lunch there & this evening we sat on there porch, watching fireworks at New Athen’s & at George Wagner’s. We had music & singing. Joe Schilling finished threshing today & pulled out in the prariere [sic-prairie] are up by Paderborn. He threshed 2214 bus, with oats & wheat.
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