Papa went out in the woods this morning to get some poles. Today Slyvester [sic – Sylvester] Miller & Hilda Bertram are getting married. Leona went to church to see it. Her sister & brother where the attendants. We got the report this morning that Henry S. Braun died last night at 7 o clock & will be buried Thurs. morn. We heard he had heart failure & indigestion trouble & then again we heard, he went to get a drink of water by the well & fell over dead. Clarence Wittenauer was here, he wants 3½¢ to haul wheat from Pabst’s to our place & takes 3 to Red Bud & 4 to New Athens & 5 to Freeburg. So Papa got Eichenseer’s to haul it, they will do it for 3¢. Bertille was by Mrs. Rennecker about a half hr. this evening.
Saturday, July 4, 1931
Today the machines go, there is Homecoming at New Athens, & Circus at Belleville. Papa went down to see Ed. Pabst’s, this morning to see the crops there. He bought 12 tiling from the town for 60¢. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary where up this afternoon, we all had lunch there & this evening we sat on there porch, watching fireworks at New Athen’s & at George Wagner’s. We had music & singing. Joe Schilling finished threshing today & pulled out in the prariere [sic-prairie] are up by Paderborn. He threshed 2214 bus, with oats & wheat.
Saturday, May 16, 1931
Rosalia & Bertille went to church & also cleaned. Papa got crushing done & paid George Shilling lumber sawing. We went in to Waterloo to Dan Geodell’s sale this afternoon, bought 15¢ worth, everything went cheap. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary came this afternoon or this evening & we went to the show. The blanket winner was Loyd Pabst. There play entitled was “The driven Daughter.” Emery’s boys & Russ’s boy’s are giving a dance at the Brick House to-night, there is a play at Broad Hollow too.
Saturday, Dec. 13, 1930
Papa got crushing down this morn. Rosalia & Bertille baked Christmas cookies this afternoon. Mr. Ed. Pabst was here this morning and brought a load of corn 12 bus. from the place down there. Papa went up in the woods. There is to be some kind of play party down at Hepp’s tonight the way we heard.
Friday, Sept. 5, 1930
It is raining a little this morning. Gregory McArthy is teaching the Hecker School and he boards by Eichenseers. I seen in the paper that there are a lot of people ailing at present, they are, Mrs. Rausch ailing of a weak heart. Mrs. Spalt has Typhoid fever, Bill Parkinson has rehuwates [?], Peter Dehn is no better yet. George Gambach had his well closed up with cinders. Harry Stiffler moved in Gambach’s property. Clarence Pabst sold his milk route and truck to Clarence Wittenauer. Edward Neff & Mr. & Mrs. John Reheis motored to St. Louis & visited Forest Park. The Hecker baseball team played with Waterloo, the Catholics, Sunday there and were defeated with a score of 14 to 6 & Monday they played at New Athens & was defeated by a score of 14 to 4. William Birkner is building a garage. Henry Armstutz is on jury at Waterloo. Papa, Rosalia, & Bertille went to Uncle Fred’s & Aunt Mary’s this afternoon to help to cut corn. We had lunch out there. We brought some corn father along back. Rosalia went and got the mail. Tomorrow we intend to dig a well by the straw shed. Bennet Mudd from Red Bud guessed in Waterloo Sunday that a sack of feed weighed 30.9 lbs. He was closest to it, it weighed 30.8 lbs. He got the 100 lb. sack of pig chow. Mrs Threfall & John Henkel had to be on circuit court last Tuesday. She sued John $300.00 for board. On Sept. 1 Mon. Peter Dietz & Miss Marie Henke were married in Waterloo. Mrs. Ralph Neff & Miss Anna Dietz were best. Henry Eichleman marriage license was also in the paper he is 29 yrs. old & Dora Einwich is 18 yrs. Virginia Emery of Hecker won the Normal School Scholarship.
Friday, July 25, 1930
Today is Peter Melhauser’s sale by Burksville, Ill. Papa thought he was going. Today is also Clarence Pabsts birthday. The way they say there is a bunch going to surprise him tonight. Uncle Fred helped at the school today and Aunt Mary was here all day. Uncle Fred came down here for dinner then afterwards Papa went along up & worked at the school too all afternoon. We went out to Henry’s this morning. Rosalia & Bertille got a hair cut. We took some plums along too for jelly. This evening Wm. C. Heyl came & wanted his money for lime dust. Papa paid him $117.65 by check. Mamie & Clarence Eichenseer was down a little while this evening. Mamie said there was a big bunch went down to Clarence Pabst birthday. He is 22 years old today.
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.
Thursday, July 10, 1930
Papa & Rosalia went to Waterloo & took 5 bus. wheat along & got .77¢ bus. They got the oil changed in the Whippet. 5150 miles. This afternoon Papa & Bertille took 16 bus. to Freeburg & got .78¢ bus. That was all wheat from out at Henry’s. Clarence Pabst hauled a load to Freeburg from down there and got 78 & .63¢ bus. He charged $3.50 to haul it there. Bertille was up at the store this afternoon. Mrs. George Gambach is awful sick at present. Rosalia went across the street awhile to talk to Ida.
Monday, July 7, 1930
Henry is trashing this morning. We all went out to Uncle Fred’s and Aunt Mary’s and got them then we all went to Henry’s. Mrs. Gus Geodell and Mrs. Dan Geodelle were also helping. They had them for lunch and dinner. After dinner, Papa took the horses & colt & hitched them to the cultivator and drove them to Hecker. We thrashed about 183 bus. out at Henry’s. And here from Kuhns we thrashed about 166 bus. and from Pabst, 63 bus. Kuhn’s thrashed altogether 2300 bus. wheat. Papa hauled to Red Bud 8 bus. and got .78¢ that was Hecker wheat.
Sunday, July 6, 1930
Leona fainted in church this morning. Henry and family were all here for dinner. Ed Pabst was here a little while this evening. Today is Turner picnic in Smithton. Good many Hecker folks went there for the dance in the evening.
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