Cloudy, & thunder this morn. again, no threshing today again. Wittenauer stopped. Belleville has homecoming, yesterday & today. Started in threshing here this afternoon at 2 o’clock; plenty wet, Klotz’s machine is also threshing; all worked pretty late. Emil came over.
Friday, July 21, 1939
Leo & family were down last nite. Pap went out to Henry’s this morn. Hy. Feurer came stopped in going home from Waterloo. Uncle Fred & A. [Aunt] Mary were up this afternoon. The threshing outfit is here on the place just a week this eve; & no threshing yet to wet. Pap was by Renneckers awhile. Canned 2 pts tomatoes.
Thursday, July 20, 1939
Nice cloudy cool. Went to Waterloo, sold some chances for Red Bud Church Pinic [sic]. Dr. N. B. Pautler 67 died will be buried tomorrow morn; mass & cemetery at Waterloo, was sick for 3 yrs; Bert [Bertille] went down to Wagner’s Funeral Parlor to see him, so many flowers. looks good, 2 sons were there just then. Steve & Ray. Feruer brought sack pullets for chixs down. Bill [Klein] stopped in want to go to St. Louis Sun. to Forest Park.
Wednesday, July 19, 1939
Raining all day, no threshing, some threshed yesterday afternoon. Parker’s & Frank Birkner’s. Awful lot of wind last nite; several trees limbs broken off. Al. Heyl stopped in, wanting to sell life insurance & fellow here selling magazines. Bill [Klein] came this eve.
Tuesday, July 18, 1939
Anton Buehler & wife & daughter Jose [Josephine] was here, stopped in, had lunch here this morn. came yesterday left home 8:30 at DeKalb Ill. & got here to Joe Schillings at 5: o’clock, came here this morn. then going to Jac. Neff & Ben Neff for dinner, & going to Mascoutaha [sic]; going home again Sat. Jose [Josephine] is going to start work Beauty Parlor Morn; it was 8 years since they were around; Rained heavy & thunder & lightening this eve.
Monday, July 17, 1939
Washed, ironed, patched. Uncle Fred & A. [Aunt] Mary were up. Ozie Neff car was hit by a car coming in back of him, both going same way crossing the creek at Blackburn School, Myrtle had a little scratch, she was in back seat. Harry Wittenauer was here to look at wheat, no threshing yet to wet. Raining & heavy thunder & lightening this evening. Leo & family came this evening. Emil was over.
Sunday, July 16, 1939
Went to mass. Raining all morning. Bill [Klein] & Bert [Bertille] went to Ellis Grove & to Gross Peach Orchard got some peaches, they are related to Bill; we also went to Fort Gage. Ed Brand & wife & Joe Gregson came a little while to say Hello; they were all at Emils today; going to leave for Ab. [Alabama] tomorrow evening, going to Levi again this eve. tomorrow to Heyls Bus. then to Waterloo & home again, drove from Alba. [Alabama] to Waterloo in day 680 mi. trip. Susie Gal of Hills is playing at Floraville tonite.
Saturday, July 15, 1939
Rained this morn. & heavy & little hail, no threshing here today. Bill [Klein] stopped in this morn. We went to Waterloo this afternoon to church & Farm Bureau Office. Barney Kaiser & Joe got Matt Crowe’s place through forclosure [sic]. Went out to Uncle Freds & A. [Aunt] Marys this eve. awhile.
Friday, July 14, 1939
Awful hot. Pap dug 2 rows potatoes. H. Wittenauer was here, going to thresh here tomorrow. Transfer in paper of Barney Kaiser to Joe Kaiser. We received the books for pinic [sic] at Red Bud from Fr. Spors. Henry Grossman 62 & Clara Keim 18 of Floraville were married last Sun. in St. Louis, dance in eve. at Keimes. Lightening last Sat. nite; stroke several places at Waterloo Hermans. Country Club; Johanning had 3 cows killed. Bill Weitkamp & Vivian Ripley beauty operator of Waterloo were married last Sat. in St. Louis. Some W.P.A. workers are back on job & others of [sic – off] for good; they had dynamite laid for quarry here by Hecker if they started in working, they would blow things up, so they didn’t work. We went to Leo’s awhile this eve; threshing at M. Mueth.
Thursday, July 13, 1939
We ate our first spring chicken for this yr. today. Went to Belleville this afternoon, Bert [Bertille] got dress 25 [cents]. Harry Wittenauer stopped in; will be threshing here Sat.
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