We all went out to Uncle Fred’s today, we where there for dinner. Papa went to Waterloo to pay his tax. We helped Aunt Mary wash & Rosalia sewed Bertille’s dress. This afternoon then we all went to the cemetery & cleaned that, then came home, Fr. Grootens & Frank just came there when we left. Celestine Neff was here & wanted to sell us thicket [ticket] for 35¢ adm. to go to there play on May 5. We didn’t buy any. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary came this evening, him & Papa went to Red Bud, he got some iron barrels. Aunt Mary & Bertille went up the store this eve. a little while, eggs are 12¢ today.
Thursday, April 23, 1931
Papa went down to Dr. Eckerts to pay for medicine. $4.25 for the time when we had the measles. Papa & Rosalia went out in the woods this morning & got a load of black ground to put around the house for flowers, & also filled up the holes in the lawn. We had white frost this morning. This afternoon we went down in our truck patch & set out 66 cabbage plants. Hy. Armstutz came & talked a few words with us. Steve Rennecker was over a little while while we where cutting the lawn. Rosalia took the eggs to the store, they are 13¢ a doz. We cooped 5 roosters this evening for fattening. Today a year ago Mrs. Hirst was buried.
Monday, April 20, 1931
Papa & Rosalia finished planting popcorn this morn. & this afternoon planted watermelons, pickles. We got 160 little chicks from our last incubator hatch. 16 hens. Rosalia took the eggs up town this evening, they are 13¢ a doz. coming down all the time. It rained heavy this evening for about 15 mins, we where all out trying to put the little chicks in their coops, & got all wet over it.
Saturday, April 18, 1931
Papa & Rosalia went out to Henry’s this morn. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary where here for lunch, they mowed their grass. We planted popcorn seed this afternoon. Mrs. Rennecker was here & got 2 settings of eggs. She paid us 15¢ but there where 14 at the store.
Thursday, April 9, 1931
Uncle Adam bought a horse yesterday. Papa & Rosalia is stretching wire this morn. Miss Kate McDermott was here to see Papa. She came up with the bus & then went back on it again. She also came to see Jac. Neff’s. Leona called up & said, that her mom, called out & said that Mrs. Geodelle her grandma die last night, & will be buried Sat. afternoon. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary came up this afternoon, they lawned there grass on their place, & planted out flowers. It started to rain this evening. Eggs are 15¢ today. Wm. Harbaugh got his land, stock, & everything praised [appraised] like the Brauns did too. Aunt Mary & Bertille were over an looked at Mrs. Rheinecker’s garden she gave me some flowers, Catsus [catcus].
Monday, April 6, 1931
Papa went to Waterloo to the Court House today to hear what the lawyers got to say about the stockholders of the Hecker Bank. Bertille went to church this morning. We washed the Whippet this afternoon. Jac. Erle was here this morning. Uncle Fred, Aunt Mary, Philip Freund were all here this evening, then we all went to the Euchre & dance given by the Catholics. Adm. as enter 35¢. Papa had 6 points & got a shawl, & Rosalia 5 points & got a tie, Bertille only had 3. There were only 8 games played. The bed spread was won by Raphael Neff, & Bertha Weber, & Marie Rausch got a choice on quilt & lumber jacket. Eggs are 15¢ today.
Sunday, April 5, 1931
Today is Easter. Henry & family were here for breakfast. The rabbit laid the boy’s egg again. This afternoon we drove out to Uncle Fred’s but there was no one at home, so we drove out past the cemetery, but we couldn’t get in their, the gate was locked shut then we drove back home again. Then we went to Waterloo, Coxeyville to see Mr. Miester Jr. the fellow that bought our horses, but they sure do look bad. We came back home again about 3:30. Papa went up town. Bill Matzenbacher has a new Whippet, everybody getting new cars. There was a man here, wanted to buy eggs, but we wanted 20¢ & he wouldn’t pay that. There was a man here from Belleville & bought 2 doz. for 20¢. Odillo Eichenseer & Angela drove down here with his car & showed it to us. This evening Philip & Bill came & then we went along with them to Belleville to a show. “It Pays to Advertise” was the name of it.
Friday, April 3, 1931
Papa & Bertille went to church this morning. Henry & Leona went to Belleville & left the kids here. The rabbit came & laid eggs for the boys. Leona got a new spring hat this morn. for $1.69 a brown one. Rosalia finished our dresses today. There was a lady here, bought 2 doz. eggs for 18¢ a doz. Henry & family, Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary, were all here this evening, we all went to church. Uncle Fred took care of the boys. I seen in the Waterloo Paper that Mat Crowe is going to move above Wolf’s Store & Leo Kohler is moving where Uncle Matt lived.
Thursday, April 2, 1931
We all went to church this morning. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary were here for breakfast, dinner & supper. Aunt Mary, Rosalia, Bertille went to church this afternoon for 1/2 hr. Uncle Fred went home & come back again for supper. Papa went to Waterloo today, & from there, too Caldwell’s farm. There were school kids here pretty near every half hr. today, selling chances on bedspread, quilt, lumber jacket for 5¢. We took 3 chances. This evening Henry’s family were all up. We all went to church. Uncle Fred took care of the kids. We heard today that Harry Stiffler was runned away from Gambach’s Store. The Scheriff [sic.] was out, & also Bollinger the other day. Henry was up here this morning & got a load of corn fodder. This evening they took 17 doz. eggs along home to set the incubator again, they got about 125 from the last hatch. Bertille took 1 setting down to Lizzie Boll’s this evening, got 20¢ for them. Eggs are 16¢ a doz.
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