We all went out to Henry’s butchering today, there for lunch & had dinner at 3 o clock when we finished, had beef soup. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary where helping too. He made mostly summer saussage [sic]. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary & Mamie Eichenseer where here this evening. Eggs are 10¢ doz.
Friday, Jan. 29, 1932
Vic Eichenseer was here & delivered some articles, flour etc. Mr. & Mrs. Louis Armstrutz where here this evening, playing 5 hand pinochle, Bertille had 1500 spade. The nurse was at the Paroachial [sic] School & sent John Krehers, Nic Schaefers & Will Braun’s, children home because they had scarlet fever & also quarrantined [sic] them. Melburn Miller got pulled in for making whiskey & beer.
Thursday, Jan. 28, 1932
Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary had dinner here. He went down to Red Bud to get medicine, is kind on a sick list. Then he went to Mike Armstutz’s. A Lady was here & wanted eggs. We sewed cabbage seed today. Mrs. Joe Wacthel & Angela Eichenseer where here & the little boy Delmar. The Freeburg banker Mr. Hamil shot himself this morn. at 7:45 the paper says, the bank was in good standing but there was lot of talk & that made it worse for him.
Thursday, Jan. 14, 1932
Frying down bacon today. It is real spring weather doors open. Eggs are 12¢ at Eichenseer’s some price. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary where up this afternoon. Uncle Fred went to Red Bud, & she stayed here. Hy. brought a hog up here & took some more of his oats along home. Ed Pabst brought the last of our corn today. We went up to Mamie’s, looked at quilts & such like & this evening. Not very long ago Pete Watchel had some of his fruit stolen out of cellar.
Tuesday, Jan. 12, 1932
We washed, hung it in the basement, it rained all day. Loyd Pbast [sic-Pabst] brought a load of corn & also Henry brought one this morn. Papa went up to Vic Eichenseers & sugar cured there meat for them. It was warm yesterday & today again.
Monday, Jan. 11, 1932
We butchered 2 hogs today. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary, Henry & family where here helping, had lunch, dinner, supper. We grind the sausage & beef through with Eichenseer’s grinder & little gasoline engine finished in about ½ hr. had a little bad luck to start with. George Wagner was here & Hy. Armstutz a little while.
Sunday, Jan. 10, 1932
We went to Red Bud church. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary where here for dinner & supper, played 5 handed pinochle nearly all day. Vic Eichenseer was down to see wether [sic-whether] papa would sugar cure there meat for them. Buddy Ettling stopped in on a little businiss [sic-business].
Saturday, Jan. 9, 1932
Henry & family where here for dinner, they left the kids here & they went to Belleville to sell there beef, but couldn’t sell much there. This eve. we went out there & helped to make summer sausage, Papa was up at Eichenseer’s, watching them butcher.
Monday, Jan. 4, 1932
We are invited out to Rodenbergs it his birthday but didn’t get there on account of this weather, it rained a little. Eichenseer’s brought feed down for us this afternoon.
Wednesday, Dec. 30, 1931
Papa was up town this afternoon. Zita [?] Staufenbiel & husband moved out to her mother’s here in Hecker. We went up to see Angela this evening, papa stayed at the store.
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