Today is Lincoln’s Birthday & also Roy Stavenbiel. It rain a little here this morning but after awhile the sun came out nice. Ed L. Parker was here this morning, looked over our little chicks. Papa was up town this morning. Bertille patched this morning. Bertille went up to Mamie Eichenseer’s to help quilt. We found 16 eggs. Clifford left his over shoes here last night and he came tonight to get them. Rosalia got a Valentine. Ha! Ha! She don’t know where it came from. There was no name on it. Elmer Retihinghouse was visited with a Stork on Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday. It is a little boy and also Willie Weig’s have a little son.
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.
Monday, February 10, 1930
Papa & Rosalia went by the way of Red Bud to Waterloo and from there they went to go see Pete Weltzbacher, he has a telephone box for sale. They bought the phone for $5.00. We found 10 eggs. Rosalia took 2 dozen to Eichenseer’s this afternoon. She got .34¢ a dozen. There was a lady around selling flower stands. She asked .70¢ a piece for them. We didn’t take any but Mrs. Rheinecker bought one. Edward & Paul Neff were here this evening.
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.
Friday, February 7, 1930
Rosalia was at church this morning. After dinner Rosalia & Mamie Eichenseer went up to the quilting in the priest’s house. We found 6 eggs today. There is going to be a dance at Charles Hepps. Mildred invited us to come down this evening. But we didn’t go. Roads are too bad. Elmer Lother was in County Jail for having 3 gallons of whiskey in his machine and also some empty jars. He had a accident at Smithton with a sheriff from Champaign County driving the car. Lother had to pay $200 and costs. His friends got him out this afternoon. Lother was intoxicated.
Thursday, February 6, 1930
We found 7 eggs today. Rosalia took our first eggs that we got in Hecker to Brauns this afternoon and got .39¢ a dozen. She had 2 dozen eggs. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary were here this morning. Aunt Lizzie was over (at) Rheinecker’s this evening. Steve trimmed his trees in front of his place this evening. There was quilting this afternoon at church basement.
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.
Monday, February 3, 1930
Papa, Rosalia, Bertille were at Belleville this morning at the Eureka Hatchery and got 200 little chicks at .12¢ a chick. Papa went to Red Bud to get a pipe made to fit the brooder. Papa was uptown and settle up with the groceries bills in the stores. The weather looks awful cloudy this afternoon. We found 2 eggs today.
Saturday, February 1, 1930
We found 2 eggs today. Papa went to New Athens today. The roads are getting awful muddy at present. Rosalia & Bertille baked bread & coffee cake, & cleaned house today.
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.
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