Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary where up this afternoon & Leona & the kids where also here, she came up to get a bu. of peaches from Dr. Eckert for 60¢ bu. nice, she & Aunt Mary & Rosalia went over to George Wagner’s & looked at them first, she got hers there too. Bill Lehr was here, he is going all over town taking orders. Aunt Mary helped to peel the rest of ours & we got 6 more cans, we got 40 cans about 20 to a bu. we would have about 42 cans with those what we ate. Al Rittmeyer was here trying to sell brushes & the like. We sure had lot of rain & nice.
Monday, August 17, 1931
Papa & Rosalia went after the peaches this morn, they got 2 bus. from Gross Orchard for 65¢ a bus. there where so many trucks there loading. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary came up to help to peel them, we caned [sic] 32 qts. so far, the green ones we layed back, they where here for lunch & supper, we also canned 1 qt. pickles, 2 tomatoe, 1 greengage. This evening there was a big truck around with peaches from Ava, Ill. they sold quite a few in town here, the Eichenseer’s got 8 bus. they where also 65¢ bu. Aunt Mary & Bertille where at George Wagner’s this evening. Henry & family where all here, he went to Eckert’s, & Kessler’s, looking for peaches. Eggs 15¢ & wheat 42 at Red Bud today.
Saturday, August 1, 1931
Papa & Rosalia went down to John Dehne’s sale. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary where up at Hecker today. Bertille had lunch with them. George Wagner’s went to Belleville to Leonora’s Kammler’s birthday.
Saturday, July 18, 1931
Milton Wagner has a new plymouth, sporting it around, it is a coach. Papa fixed a place in the garden to sew pickle seed. He put tiles down for the water to soak to the bushes. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary came up, then we all went to Belleville, they where here for lunch.
Monday, July 13, 1931
Today is wash, iron & patch day. Papa went out to Henry’s to get the posts for a shed, Henry brought them up on the wagon. This afternoon Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary came, they where here for lunch, & supper. He helped papa with the straw shed. The Karr Range Co wind [? – unclear] through this afternoon & played the radio, it was nice. George Wagner & the kids where here this evening. Bertille got a recipe book from Mrs. Rennecker this afternoon. Alfred Stahl had awful bad luck the other day. Some thing caught fire & it came up to the seperator [sic] & started burning the fire stuff there & he tried to fight it, & got his hand all scorched & burned & also his arm, he hooked the engine too it & broke 4 links, so there it was, so the water wagon came then & it got it out, then he was on the engine & fell off & broke the same arm.
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.
Sunday, June 21, 1931
Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary where here for pie lunch this morn. After mass this morn – the chances were raffled from the Pinic [sic], Tom Havey won the stove, Mrs. Hy S. Braun won the tea set, Lester Miller won a quilt, Uncle Joe won something too. There was 5 articles raffled out. This afternoon we all went out to Henry’s, he was up for church this morn – then went home & started cutting wheat again, Gus Geodell’s was out too, he was sitting on the binder. We helped to bake dewberry pie. Then it started in a raining & we went home. George Wagners have lots of company today, it is Charles Birthday he is 4 yrs. old. The Merhmans, Fritsche’s, Ettlings, Kammlers where all there. It is a real lawn party.
Sunday, May 31, 1931
Papa & Bertille went to Smithton to church this morning, it is nice there, we seen quite a few people that we knowed. Henry & family where here for dinner. This evening Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary & Henry’s family & Bill came, & we all went to the Brick House, the boy’s stayed here with papa. The Hecker All Stars gave the dance, music from Belleville, & also Uncle Fred. Adm. was gents 25 ladies 15¢. Hecker ball team played Evansville today & Hecker won. Gus Blackburn & Roy Stauenbiel played at a barn dance at Wagner’s, by Red Bud this evening. There was also a barn dance by Joe Haudrich’s, by Rheinhardt’s musci [sic].
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Friday, May 29, 1931
It rained a little this morn. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary where here this afternoon for lunch. Lucinda Eichenseer brought us some flowers from Mamie this morn. This afternoon there where some school kids here with cards, chances to win, bed spread, quilt, tea set, gas or coal range, & other articles, 10¢ a chance, we didn’t take any. Rosalia & Aunt Mary where by Mrs. Rennecker a while. Bertille & Rosalia went to church to-night & took that table scarf along & gave it to Mrs. Joe Braun. Mrs. Rennecker birthday is today, Klotz’s & G. Wagners where there, they had ice cream.
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