Bertille took the eggs to Eichenseer’s this morning. She had 2 dozen and got .34¢ a dozen from them. We sent a letter to New Athens Lumber Co. to pay for the lumber used for the chicken house. The check amounted to $187.96. Hurray tomorrow is Valentine’s Day. Rosalia took eggs to Braun’s this afternoon. She got .34¢ a dozen. She had 2 dozen too. We found 15 eggs today. The roads are awful muddy now. It took 4 horses to pull Pabst truck up Kemps hill this morning. He said the worst place was by Blackburn’s lane. Papa & Rosalia put concrete in the chicken house (some of it) this afternoon.
Tuesday, February 11, 1930
Rosalia & Bertille washed today. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary were here. They brought their eggs up. Mrs. Joe Schilling’s sister died, Katie Becker. She is going to be buried Wednesday morning. Mr. Henry Kreamer, the insurance agent, was here this afternoon. We found 10 eggs today. This evening, Lena Meng, Clifford, Ida Kammler & Billy, Hildagard, Angela, Wilma Reheis were here. They evening was spent in playing cards & eating popcorn. Henry was here too.
Monday, February 10, 1930
Papa & Rosalia went by the way of Red Bud to Waterloo and from there they went to go see Pete Weltzbacher, he has a telephone box for sale. They bought the phone for $5.00. We found 10 eggs. Rosalia took 2 dozen to Eichenseer’s this afternoon. She got .34¢ a dozen. There was a lady around selling flower stands. She asked .70¢ a piece for them. We didn’t take any but Mrs. Rheinecker bought one. Edward & Paul Neff were here this evening.
Sunday, February 9, 1930
Henry was up here for church this morning with the whippet. He rode home with Joseph Schillings. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary were here all day. They had dinner and supper with us. Aunt Mary & Rosalia & Bertille went to see Liza Boll in in the afternoon. In the evening we all went to the moving picture show in the church basement. The name was Square Shoulders. Admission .25¢ We found 11 eggs again today.
Saturday, February 8, 1930
Papa and Philip Braun went out to Henry’s with Henry’s machine. Then Philip Braun walked home and Papa came home with Henry’s family with the buggy. They were all here for supper. In the evening Alvera Braun & Pearl Griffen were here we played pinochle. Ha! Ha! We had a good old time. We found 11 eggs today.
Friday, February 7, 1930
Rosalia was at church this morning. After dinner Rosalia & Mamie Eichenseer went up to the quilting in the priest’s house. We found 6 eggs today. There is going to be a dance at Charles Hepps. Mildred invited us to come down this evening. But we didn’t go. Roads are too bad. Elmer Lother was in County Jail for having 3 gallons of whiskey in his machine and also some empty jars. He had a accident at Smithton with a sheriff from Champaign County driving the car. Lother had to pay $200 and costs. His friends got him out this afternoon. Lother was intoxicated.
Thursday, February 6, 1930
We found 7 eggs today. Rosalia took our first eggs that we got in Hecker to Brauns this afternoon and got .39¢ a dozen. She had 2 dozen eggs. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary were here this morning. Aunt Lizzie was over (at) Rheinecker’s this evening. Steve trimmed his trees in front of his place this evening. There was quilting this afternoon at church basement.
Wednesday, February 5, 1930
It happen to be a nice day after all. We found 8 eggs today. Henry came up this morning to get his machine from the garage, but it wasn’t finished yet. So he came down here for dinner and afterwards went back up again. Then about four o’clock he left for home, but when he got to the corner his machine stopped and then he got Vic Eichenseer to look after it. So he got it started again, he left. When he got between Schneiders and Kammlers it stopped again. He called up Steve Rheinecker’s to call Papa over to the telephone to bring the Whippet out there. During that while he came up to Braun’s & had a little talk with him (and) told him to come out & pull it in. So Papa and Henry went out to where his machine was & got the Whippet passed there. So Henry could get home. Papa walked home. Papa got his hair cut this morning. Willie Birkner dug a well on his place today. Louis and Oscar were doing it for him. Bill Birkner bought Mrs. Lorberg’s place.
Tuesday, February 4, 1930
Rosalia & Bertille washed this morning. Henry was here this afternoon. Mr. Jake Mavers was here trying to sell Papa his coal oil brooder. We found 6 eggs today. It is getting colder. Looks like snow.
Monday, February 3, 1930
Papa, Rosalia, Bertille were at Belleville this morning at the Eureka Hatchery and got 200 little chicks at .12¢ a chick. Papa went to Red Bud to get a pipe made to fit the brooder. Papa was uptown and settle up with the groceries bills in the stores. The weather looks awful cloudy this afternoon. We found 2 eggs today.
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