Rosalia went to clean church on Aunt Mary’s place this morning. We seen the balloon that left Scot field this morning at 4:30 & is going 40 miles from there, it is a 35,000 cu. ft. balloon, we seen it about 6 o’clock, it was going South. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary where here this afternoon for lunch. Papa went to Waterloo. Tonight Marcella Ettling is graduating from piano lessons, we got a written invitation. It is over at St. Louis, she is to play two pieces on the piano. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary got an invitation to come to Belleville, Irene Reheis send them a card to come.
Sunday, May 17, 1931
This afternoon we started out for a drive & landed at Fort De Chartres & viewed everything there, we made 48 min. Hilda Fritz was the only one we knew there that we seen. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary came up for the show this evening. Bill & Creses came too, we all went too the show. Ben Schilling was here this evening then he came there too Creses along with him. The blanket winners to-night were, Levi Gregson again, & Edwin Reheis. Oliver Birkner was the 8 yr. boy that played the violin with the [racial slur omitted], he played 2 tunes, he was to get 50¢ but that he played 2, I think he got $1.00.
Monday, March 9, 1931
We all went out to Henry’s today butchering. Papa & Henry did it, they started about 9 o’clock & finished about 3 o’clock. It wasn’t a very heavy hog. Eggs are still 18¢ yet. Walter & Aunt Lizzie were at Henry’s this morning & got 3 doz. eggs for setting. Floyd was awful cranky today. He has so much fever.
Wednesday, March 4, 1931
Papa is sewing clover seed this morning. Henry was here for dinner today. This afternoon he went home with his tractor & Rosalia had to take his machine home for him. Papa harrowed the potatoe patch, & when he was finished, he went out & got Rosalia again. Jac. Reheis’ wife was also at Henry’s, she got 12 doz. eggs for hatching. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary came up this evening, they brought our seed potatoes along up. Aunt Mary & Rosalia went to church. Mr. Tolin was buried this morning at Waterloo. He was playing cards till 11 o’clock at night, & at 12:30 they found him breathing heavy & shortly after he died.
Tuesday, March 3, 1931
They are sewing oats today again. George Reheis & Henry were here for dinner today. He charged Henry $3.50 for sewing oats. He finished just before dinner. This afternoon Papa went to Caldwell’s sale, but didn’t buy anything, it was a pretty fair sale. There were quite a few there from around here. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary went too. This afternoon Philip Peiffer is being buried at Centralia, he used to live around here, it is Ben Heyl’s wife & Mrs. Cleveland’s father. Rosalia got 17¢ today for eggs. We set 6 hens tonight & we also got the incubator setting with 100 eggs. Rosalia finished Bertille’s dress today.
Monday, March 2, 1931
This morning Mrs. Johnny Schilling of Waterloo is getting buried there, they found her dead. Papa & Rosalia left early this morn. & went out to Henry’s to help him, he is going to sew oats up here today. Papa brought the team & wagon & Rosalia, the machine [to] Henry’s with oats, & oil & Henry the tractor. Geo. Reheis is here too helping him. There was a car crippled one of our red hens last night so we killed the hen & are having it for dinner today. George Reheis & Henry were here for dinner. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary came up this afternoon. She started fixing Bertille’s dress, like Leona’s pattern. It is right nice. Henry & Rosalia went out to Henry’s this afternoon after some more oats.
Sunday, March 1, 1931
It is Christ Buehler’s birthday today. Leona was up for first mass today & Henry for late mass. Uncle Fred is working on the bed what he bought yesterday, he is cleaning it with coakol [charcoal?]. It just seems that everybody what didn’t have the measles yet are sure to get them this year. Agnes Gregson, Karl Boll, Hugo & Robert Probst, Oscar Birkner’s children, & a good many others all got the measles now. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary, Henry, were all here for dinner today. He tried to fix our incubator. Tomorrow he is going to sew oats up here. George Reheis is to sew it for him. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary, Rosalia put up curtains upstairs in the house across the street. They took Cyrus Hill’s wife to the hospital at Red Bud to get operated on appendix. Rosalia went to church this evening.
Saturday, Jan. 24, 1931
Papa got crushing done this morn. It is such a nice day too, it is warm for being Jan. Willie Ganley’s children got the measles. Paul Pour has them too. Gilbert Birkner was sent home from school the other day, he had fever. Henry was here this morning, he brought some oats up too the preist’s from Peter Reheis. There was a man from Collinsville here this morning. He wants to buy timber. Papa went up town this afternoon. Walter Weber’s of E. St. Louis have a little baby girl. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary was here this afternoon. They came up to file in their claim in the Hecker Bank. Frank Birkner’s have a little baby boy since yesterday afternoon. They are going to christened it Sun. afternoon, Roland.
Saturday, Jan. 3, 1931
Papa got crushing done this morning. This afternoon Papa & Rosalia went out to the woods & sawed a tree down. They stopped at Henry’s & brought our big table along back for butchering Monday. Tonight we all went to Uncle Fred’s & Aunt Mary’s first, Henry Birkner & family were also there & then we all went to Hy. Ronenberg birthday dance. There was an awful crowd there. Henry Birkner & Uncle Fred & Roy Stafenbiel furnished music. Those from here that were there were, Parkers, Pappenbergs, Rittemeyers, Probsts, Reheis, Watchel, Skaer boy played his guitar & sang three songs, one was, The Letter Edged in Black, Will You Let Me Sleep in Your Barn. It sure was nice. The Evansville relatives were all there too.
Wednesday, Dec. 17, 1930
Papa, Rosalia, Bertille all went to Belleville to sell sausage again this morning, so we did pretty good today, we sold $6.30 eggs & had calls for many more, but we didn’t have any, only 18 dozs. We also came across Aunt Mary & Uncle Fred too, John Reheis’s, Louis Armstutz, Flossie Kammler, Alvera Jatho. We & Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary went to Rhein’s & Kamapp Piano Co. we bought a victrola from Rhein’s for $8.00 delivered to the house, 24 records, 2 package needles. Rosalia & Bertille are baking oatmeal cookies tonight. We met Tony Eichenseer & also Raymond Schumacher at Belleville today. Bertille was up town twice this evening to get the papers. The marriage licenses of Osborn Birkner & a girl from Belleville 16 years old were in the paper & also those who were present at the wedding supper. He is the son of Pete Birkner, he is 29 yrs. old & married a girl 16. Viola Steinheimer of Belleville. Hy. Rausch is ill at present.
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