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02. Thursday: Up early this morning to sell
candles at St. Vincents. Aunt Mary is finally
down with her cold, she surely hated to give up.
03. Friday: Mrs. Ed Wolf is married today to Harry
P. Mikon of Milwaukee. Tonite is one of
the most beautiful winter nights I’ve ever seen. The Moon is at its full.
04. Saturday: Emma Siewert who has been down with
a cold for over a week is a little better.
05. Sunday: Snow this morning and milder. Christian Mothers have nice turnout for
Communion, Mama Potter, new president is well satisfied.
06. Monday: Phil Lyman dislocated his shoulder in
a fall from his bicycle. Mama Potter conducts
her first meeting as President of the Christian Mothers Society.
07. Tuesday: Joe Hemmer and Bill Nuernberg dropped
in tonite at the store after work and we sample some K Taylor. Will Joe Hemmer is in bad shape when we go
home. Joe Baier and myself finished
inventory today. Margaret Klemmer –Mrs.
Joe Cater – Mrs. Paul Procknow are here for a game of cards. Mrs. Anna Ostertag entertains and a shower in
honor of her daughter Margaret. Della
(Mrs. Kirk) also entertains at her home.
We are invited to Mrs. Haverty’s this evening but could not be there. Announcement is made of the approaching
marriage of Marge Haverty to Joe Weisheipl Jr.
It is to take place April 20th.
08. Wednesday: I spend a quiet evening at home.
09. Thursday: Radio reports come in with special
bulletin that the Holy Father Pope Pius 11th passed away at 5.31 A.M.
Rome time. This means 10.31 tonite our
time, Friday A.M. Rome time. It is
raining tonite with temperatures above 35°degrees. Mailed packages to Teddy Gittings, Chicago,
tonite for his birthday which will be Sunday.
Music pupils at St. Vincent’s give a recital this afternoon. Donald plays several members. Mama Potter attends.
10. Friday: This streets
and walks are one mess of ice this morning, temperature is at zero, quite a
drop overnight. The radio and newspapers
are busy making announcements of the demise of the Holy Father Pius XI born
Achille Ratti. Temperature at 11.15
tonight is 8° below with a heavy north west wind and clear skies. I took a night off tonite as business is slow. Thres would not venture out with her car
today, so I took her and Anna Heip to the Oshkosh Theatre. They would like to win 1500 dollars.
11. Saturday: Hour Donald’s birthday today, he is eleven
and getting to be quite a young man. He
received A Harmonika –Chinese Checkers Game – Fountain Pen – Sky Flyer Kite –
Shirts – Pajamas.
12. Sunday: To Six Oclock Mass this morning, then
to work. Carl and Marg Radomski are in
town and also Harvey and Agnes Kujawa from Berlin. We stop with them at Fritz Weisheipl’s Tavern
after I get thru working. Had lots of
fun. Thres and Anna Heip joined us after
the Keno Party at St. Mary’s sponsored by the C.Y.O. (Catholic Youth
Organization) of Oshkosh. Aunt Mary gets
out today for the first time in about two weeks. She attends Mass at St. Johns. Teddy Gittings birthday, he is 3 today.
13. Monday: Visited Anna Drexler for a while, she
is not so well. Visited her mother Mrs.
Meisinger for a while.
14. Tuesday: His Holiness Paul Pius 11th
is laid to rest in a crypt below St. Peters Basilica beside the tomb of the
late Cardinal Merry Del Val. Workers
preparing the tomb for His Holiness made an important fine when a spade hit a
stone slab underneath St. Peters. Archaeologists
identified the discovery as the pavement which formed part of the early St.
Peters built by Constantine, Christian Emperor of Rome about 326 A.D. when the
basilica was built over the grave of the Apostle Peter, the First Pope. Richard Andrashko passed away at Mercy
Hospital this morning at 9.40. Born in
Germany Jan 1 -1873.
15. Wednesday: Gilbert Botz and Margaret Ostertag
are united in marriage at St. Vincents.
View the remains of Richard Andrashko tonite at the Konrad Funeral Home.
16. Thursday: Leona Drexler has a birthday, she is
29. Frankie Hein, Donald’s friend also
has a birthday. George Scattergood is in
town.
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18. Saturday: This is a beautiful day, temperature
about 46°. It is Ed Fretchel’s day of
tough luck. In the morning he tries to
open a box with wires around it. He
applies the hammer steps on it and lets it go, the hammer promptly backfires
and hits him in the ankle; Result one very much swollen ankle, in the afternoon
he drops a large ribbed funnel and it breaks to pieces. San Francisco International Fair opens today. F.W. Mueller leaves for the “Spa” at Waukesha. He is to learn the various diets for diabeties.
19. Sunday: To six oclock
Mass as usual, then to work. During the afternoon took Mary Ann to
Sacred Heart to Childrens Keno Party, visited Raymond and Anna Ostertag
for a while and was taken thru their new home, which is complete with the
exception of painting the walls. Also visited Ed Fretchel, his foot is better
today altho he did not get to church this morning.
20. Monday: Grandma Baiers Birthday today. She is 89 and still getting around pretty
well. We all help her celebrate, when I
get there at 7.15 she is ready to go to bed.
She believes in the old saying “Early to bed and early to rise.” The
Heips and Thres Fretchel invite themselves over for the evening. After I get home at 9.45 from work we played 5
handed sheephead and I win about 5 games.
21. Tuesday: I attend stockholders meeting
Druggist Service Bureau Inc at Milwaukee.
Many of the druggist or clerks are laid up as there is an epidemic of
flu in Milwaukee. After the meeting had
a nice visit with Margaret Radomski and Harry Wolf. Carl and Frances are working. Arrived home at 11.10 P.M.
22. Wednesday: This is a cold morning, about 3°
below zero. Another retort burns out at
the store. This is the second one this
winter. Ash Wednesday today, we attend
evening service. Father Bastian’s Sermon
“Do Dead Men Live.” He proved they do.
Joe Baier and Ed Weisheipl help John Marn celebrate his birthday last
night and they both look at this morning.
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26. Sunday: To six oclock mass this morning the
temperature is again about 2° below, but it warms up much during the day. Took a drive to the cottage this afternoon,
who drew only as far as Glotz’s driveway.
There is much snow in the country and some of the side roads are very
icy. Everything is OK at the cottage. Worked most of the day.
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28. Tuesday: Attended card
party a Roseleaf Hall 17th and Oregon Auspices South Side Businessmens
Club. Ma Potter is rather lucky. She wins $1.45 in cash and 12 Bottles Peoples
Beer. We took the Heips with us.
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