Monday, February 17, 1930

Today we have church all day.  We all went up to church this morning, our hour is between 11:30 & 12 o’clock.  Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary were up this morning.  Henry and family were for dinner today.  After they went home, Rosalia & Bertille went up to church.  We took 4 doz. eggs to Eichenseer’s, got .30¢ a dozen.  Then we went up to Braun’s, had a little argument with him.  We found 19 eggs today.  Papa, Rosalia, & Bertille went up to church this evening.

Saturday, February 15, 1930

Henry was here for dinner today.  He came up with the wagon and brought a telephone pole along.  He said the roads were awful bad.  Papa put our telephone box in today.  We found 19 eggs today.  Rosalia was up town this afternoon to Braun’s and ordered some chick feed.  She told them to bring it down right away, but they ain’t here yet, so maybe we will have to get it somewhere else.  Frank Birkner was stuck with his machine right in front of his shed this evening.  He couldn’t get in so I guess he left it stand in front of his house.  Uncle Adam is on the sick list at present.  Last week Emil was in bed and this week Uncle Adam ain’t feeling well.

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.

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.

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.

Sunday, February 2, 1930

Today the groundhog saw his shadow that means six more weeks bad weather.  Aunt Mary & Uncle Fred were here this morning.  Henry came up with Levi Ganley to church and took our Whippet home.  After dinner Henry’s family came up because there was Benediction and throat blessing.  We all got our throats blessed.  We found 5 eggs.  John Kammler’s and Mehremans were also there.  Mrs. Laut is on the sick list at present.  Adam Eckert’s baby Irvin is also sick with bronchitis and pneumonia.  Tonight there is a play at Smithton.  Players from the St. Mary’s Parish at Belleville (to preform).  Today Bill Grohman had their little baby girl baptized.  Mr. and Mrs. Adam Matzenbacher were sponsons.  They named it Orlin Ida.  Henry had company last night.  Uncle Pete and Jake’s kid and Betty Jane and rest of family were there.

Thursday, January 30, 1930

There is going to be quilting in the church basement this afternoon.  Mr. Hart the corono feed instructor was here this morning explaining the corono laying mash and grains.  Bertille was over at Rheineckers and called out to Henry’s.  Papa, Rosalia was in Waterloo this afternoon and they got 50 chicks from the Heyls Hatchery for .13¢ a piece.  Bertille was out at Henry’s.  Philip Braun and Mr. Hart the corono feed men were out there to.  Henry ordered 6 sack of starting mash and we ordered 7 sacks of starting mash.  Philip Braun puled Henry’s machine to the garage this evening, the motor was busted to pieces.  We didn’t find no egg today.  Wheat price today is $1.14.  Papa took 4 sack along in.

Friday, January 24, 1930

Papa and Henry were hauling oats from Pabst place to Henry’s.  Aunt Mary called up today.  Rosalia had to go over to Rheinecker’s to answer.  Rosalia found 1 egg.  Emil bought some oats this morning.  The weather is nice and warm today.