Harry Wittenauer came to see pap. Henry came they went to meeting at Kammler’s, guys there figureing [sic] out your farms, to what crops you can put out. Uncle Fred & A. [Aunt] Mary came, got horse & him & pap, plowed, his patch for him. We set out 26 cabbage plants in truck patch. Seen in paper transfer of John Kammler’s in town here to Marie Wagner. Dorothy Geogelion of New Athens was buried the other day, she used to work at Vera’s Tavern, was Alf. Eckerts, girl friend; was roller skating & hurt. Emil & girls are having tombstone [of Uncle Adam’s], at cemetery fixed, same stone for both, old one turned & writing put on for U. [Uncle] Adam also.
Tuesday, August 25, 1931
Our company had breakfast , & stay a little while then left for Ben Neff’s. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary where also over here. Henry was here for lunch this morning. He was also here for dinner, lunch supper. Ed Pautler the oil man was here too, he brought Henry some oil up here. I seen in the paper that Joe Mueth & that married Ben Neff’s daughter Minnie have a little baby girl born last Friday, it is the first born. Frances Eichenseer’s wife of Belleville is under going medical attention at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. Clarence Wiegand’s wife of near Smithon [sic] is also at the hospital, they also have a little baby girl, first child. George Neff is sick with the dropsy, has changed doctors, 3 one already, he is by Osies now. The way they say everything was free last night, played euchre free, ice cream & soda, & dancing all free. We went down to the cemetery this evening, it just looks awful there, they started yesterday, today they never plowed they just took the tombstones & rocks & haul them out, some of them back of the house. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary was there too, we took the rose bushes what was left on the grave along home, but only 2 we got.
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