We fried down a ham & a qt. saussage [sic]. Henry sold everything in Waterloo last eve, all but a piece backbone, 2 bacons, shoulder, for 20 & 15¢. Henry & Leona went to Belleville this afternoon, & the kids stayed here. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary where up took some more turnips out, sold 1 bu. to Hy. Meng in trade with a bu. of sweet potatoes, for 50¢ bus. both of them. There was a man here from Et. St. Louis & asked permission to leave his truck & a load of posts here, he had a flat tire & couldn’t get none at the store, so they unloaded the posts & left the truck here. The egg man paid us 24¢. We sold 63# Sprs. for 13¢ lb, Rosalia took them up. She bought a lb. butter olea & got a towel along free, butter was 20¢. This evening we all went up town, Rosalia & Bertille went to Kammler’s Hall to the dance given by the baseball club. There wasn’t many there left them in free, then afterwords started charging 25¢ so we left. Where home at 9 o’clock. Bill Herzog & orchestra played. Sure nice musci [sic].
Monday, Oct. 26, 1931
It rained a little this morning, a little. Ralph Etling was here after dinner a while he paid papa $100 Int, still $98 due yet. He said ain’t much work in St. Louis, he works 3 days week. Today is Buddy’s birthday he is going to celebrate it Sat. night dance at the brick house. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary where up brought 2 doz. eggs along. The egg man came, he got 8 doz. from us & 2 of there’s, pays 25¢. Henry & the boys where here brought a load of corn up. He took our kettle along, he is talking about butchering Wed. & peddle out the saussage [sic]. Our egg man say’s he will take 2 lbs.
Thursday, Oct. 22, 1931
Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary where up all day, cleaned there garden. They had chicken soup dinner with us. Papa shocked the last of our popcorn today. There where 2 ladies here this afternoon wanted to buy some White Rock hens, but we won’t sell any of ours now. George Emery when coming home from the dance at Brezzy [sic] hill the other night ran in the ditch by Parker’s, he was sleeping, he smashed his car, the radiator especially. Henry & family came up this evening after there a dance in Kammler’s Hall, Herzog Orchestra.
Wednesday, Oct. 21, 1931
Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary came & then we all went up to George Neff’s funeral, his brother’s & sister’s weren’t all here. It was a large funeral. Querheim had the burial. During the Show week last, they had baby & lady contests. Bill Fristch’s baby got first prize a ring & Pete Watchel’s second a ring. The ladies first Lucille Rausch & second Eunice Scheinder both a ring. Henry & the boy’s where here with the wagon, he brought a sow pig up here. Papa went down to the Molasses Factory & got the 2 gal. crock, this evening Steve stopped & said he could fill the 4 gals. so papa took it & him down in the car, & brought it back again. Tonight is a dance at the brick house, the baseball team is giving it.
Tuesday, Oct. 20, 1931
Leona & the kids where up we washed, all her quilts & ours. She took a basket green tomatoes & some ripe ones, along home. They & Bertille went down to the molasses factory, she left at 2 gal. jar there to get filled with foam. They told us down there about Bug Schaefer getting married & a wedding dance at Brezzy [sic] Hill tonight. We all went & had a good time, the Melody Club furnished the musci [sic]. They had double bridesmaids, & a crowd, the hall was packed.
Monday, Oct. 19, 1931
They tolled the bell this morn for George Neff, he must off died in the night sometime. We all went out to Aunt Mary’s was there for dinner, we picked about 8 bus. apples, sack of walnuts & took them along home, they have so many apples this year. The egg man got 10 doz. eggs 26¢. This eve. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary, Henry & family all where here, they all, except Leona & the kids, & us two went up to the wake at George Neff’s, he was 57 yrs. old. & was laid out so nice, looks natural, there where quiete [sic] a few there.
Thursday, October 1, 1931
Henry & Leona & the kids where all here all day, for lunch, dinner, lunch & supper, they where sewing wheat. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary where here for dinner. We had 2 spring chickens. Uncle Fred & papa went to Waterloo on business to meet Bestmann’s family. The egg man pays 21¢ today, he also bought a ½ bu. turnips for 30¢. Aunt Mary, Rosalia, Bertille & the boy’s went down to the molasses factory & watched them cook awhile, we got ½ gallon for ourselves for 5¢, & got Henry a gal. for 10¢, foam. Rennecker’s got apple picking frolic this eve.
Thursday, June 18, 1931
Papa & Rosalia went out to Henry’s again today. She has to take care of the kids because today Emil can’t help, so Leona has to drive the tractor. They had lunch dinner & lunch there. This evening they brought the kids along up again for supper, Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary, where also here for supper. We sold 5 lbs. H. Hus got 15¢ a lb. & 97 # Med. for 14¢, eggs are down to 11¢ now.
Tuesday, June 16, 1931
We all went down to the truck patch this morning & cleaned the weeds all out of there again. We dug some potatoes this morning for dinner, they are pretty big. Papa & Rosalia went out to Henry’s this afternoon, he was cutting wheat, she drove the tractor, Rosalia took care of the kids, they brought them along up here to night, they had supper & breakfast here, they where good boys.
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