It is raining this morning. This afternoon Papa went out and started discing again. Clifford Stahlber was here nearly all afternoon playing with the colt. Wilford & Clarence Eichenseer were also here. Papa went over to Ed. Meng’s this evening with the mare, and we had to hold the Blindy & Queeny the colt. We all went out to Henry’s this evening but when we got there they wasn’t home. So Papa took a sample of sweet clover along to see how it was. If it was fit for seed.
Tuesday, July 15, 1930
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We are cooking plum jelly today. Bertille went up town & got some sugar. Papa is spreading lime dust this morning. Kuhns are plowing over at Ed Mengs, they are going to stay another year yet. I guess they will crop our ground again too. Leona, Robert, & Floyd were here this afternoon, she came up & got the milk check. Clarence Pabst was here this afternoon & brought the oats here from down at their place. I saw in the paper that Joe Handrich fainted while out at thrashing, but they called for Dr. Pautler from Waterloo to come out. He is allright again now. They took William Braun to the hospital last Thurs. he got operated on appendicitis, he is as good as can be expected, last Sunday. Papa went to Waterloo last Sun. & got the oil changed in the chev. 10,942 miles. Steve Rennecker came over a little while this evening.
Wednesday, July 2, 1930
Today is Hy. Armstutz’s birthday. Him and Mr. Gambach tend the store. I send a letter to the Auto Ins. Co. for the Chev. $7.18. Kuhus started thrashing today. Tomorrow they will be over at Ed Mengs. Rosalia and Bertille went out to Henry’s this afternoon and took a few things along out from the store what she needed for thrashing. This evening Papa, Rosalia, Bertille went out to Henry’s to see about thrashing. Geodell’s family from Waterloo were also there. We helped Leona string and cut beans for to can. Bertille was up at church this morning.
Tuesday, July 1, 1930
Rosalia & Bertille washed today. Papa is setting posts. Joe Schilling thrashed 900 bu. wheat today. Rosalia & Bertille went out to Henry’s this evening a little while. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary came up a little while this evening. Rosalia clipped their necks for them. Uncle Fred, Aunt Mary, Rosalia & Bertille went down to the cemetery to see the Gambach’s graves. They are all decorated with flowers. Eichenseers were also down there. Papa was over at Ed. Mengs and then he came up to the store. The day when Gambach brothers got buried, they say that Father Grootens was also in their church too. On June 27 is also Steve Rennecker’s birthday, the same day the Gambach’s died.
Tuesday, June 24, 1930
Papa went down to Red Bud to get some lumber this morning. Hy. Armstutz is cutting oats today. Nick Schaefer is on the binder (?) and Hy. & Arthur are shocking. It was in today’s paper that Mr. & Mrs. Colonel Lindbergh have a little son born last Sunday at 3:15 p.m. They didn’t know what they was going to called it yet. Some said “Charles Augustus” and others said “Charles Morrow” in honor of the grandfather. It will be in tomorrows paper what they are going to call it. Papa is setting fence posts this afternoon. “Dick” Stahlebher & John Wertz were here at noon hour & John wanted to look at our little leghorn chick. He was going to talk to his papa about them once and would (let) us know later. He is working over at Meng’s today, hauling mist. Rosalia & Bertille went out to Henry’s this evening to water the horses. Henry & Emil are cutting oats. After supper we all went out to set posts. We had spring chicken for dinner today. It sure was good.
Friday, June 13, 1930
Papa went out to Henry’s this morning & got the team & then hauled posts. He brought the little colt along up to Hecker too. Afterwards he went over to Ed Meng’s a little while, then went back out to Henry’s again. Mr. John Armbruster & son Raymond were here this morning & looked at our leghorns chicks that we have for sale, but he heard that we just wanted to sell the pullets. So he said he would talk to his wife about it first and would let us know later. Yesterday was Uncle Pete & Aunt Lizzie Reheis wedding anniversary. They are married 36 years. Last Sunday the Hecker baseball team played up & with Floraville & Hecker won. Rosalia got the mail & took 2 doz. eggs to the store, got .18¢ a dozen. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary went to Red Bud this afternoon a little while they stopped in when they went both ways. Mr. Jake Helfrich & another fellow from Belleville were here this evening. They each bought 2 spring chickens for .80¢ a piece. Papa went up to work at the school from about 4:30 to until 6 o’clock.
Mr. Hill called up this evening and said there was a little chick over there that didn’t belong to them & we should come over & see it, maybe it was ours. So Bertille went over & brought it along back, but it didn’t belong to us.
Friday, June 6, 1930
Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary came up this afternoon and then we all went to Red Bud to Valentine Dehn’s funeral. It was a pretty large one. They had such nice flowers. Uncle Fred and Aunt Mary stayed for lunch. Mr. Mavers was here trying to sell his horses and machinery & chicks to Papa. In the evening Papa went over to see Ed. Meng. And afterwards we all went out to Henry’s. Papa and Henry went up to Jac. Mavers and got the stuff home what Papa got. Papa got the 2 horses & 1 colt, buggy, cultivator, 75 chicks, wire, harness, and a few other items. Mr. Mavers was here this morning but Papa wasn’t at home, he was working at the new school all morning.
Friday, May 16, 1930
Leona, Robert, Floyd were here this morning. Leona & Bertille went to church. Papa went to William Harbaugh to get crushing down this afternoon. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary were here this afternoon. Steve Rennecker came over and got a sack of corn for his chickens for .80¢. In the evening Papa went over to Rennecker’s a little while. Steve planted some sweet potato plants out. Mr. Meng said we are going to have rain tonight.
Saturday, May 10, 1930
Today there is sale up in town, they are selling the post lamps and old lanterns and all such like. Bertille washed the machine this afternoon. Rosalia was up town & took the eggs. She got .19¢ a dozen. Rosalia & Bertille, Anna & Alvera Braun clean the church this morning. Lena Meng was over a little while this evening. She brought Rosalia her dress over. She took $2.00 to make it. There is a dance tonite at Adolph Rittemeyers barn. We heard he made 90 gals. beer for tonight. It rained this evening.
Friday, May 9, 1930
Papa, Rosalia are painting the chicken houses this morning. Mr. Theodore Klinkhardt of St. Louis was here a little while this morning. He is Mrs. Pour’s father. This afternoon Papa, Rosalia, Bertille, Uncle Fred, Aunt Mary went to George Heyl’s funeral. It sure was a large one. Quernheim undertaker. They have a new hearse. The funeral was so large that when the hearse was was driving in at the Round Prairie Church, there were still machines leaving the house yet. People from all over, St. Louis, Red Bud, Waterloo, Hecker. Mr. Heyl belonged to the Horse Prairie fire insurance co. He was killed accidentally. There were over 100 machines at the house and about 100 at the cemetery before the funeral cortege every came.
Today is Gregory Ganley’s birthday. Lena Meng was over a little while this morning and told Rosalia to get some buttons for her dress. Uncle Fred and Aunt Mary had lunch with us this afternoon.
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