Grandma Pfaltzgraff's Journal 1917 - May 2 - 24

 May 2 - We went to Atlantic so I could take another adjustment.  It started to rain on the way home.

3 - It snowed quite hard today.  I did not feel one bit good.  Started to read "A Shepherd of the Hills."

4 - Fred & I tried to go to Griswold but the roads were quite bad, & the car would not work at all & it was raining and snowing all the time.  We only got to miles from home when the car stopped & Fred had to work at it several hrs. to get it started again.

5 - Fred worked at the car some & then at the lights at church but could not make them work.  I felt very bad today.  Hazel is much better again.

6 - We all went to Sunday School.  There was a big crowd int he afternoon.  Russell Schuler came up & helped Fred fix up some gas lights for the evening services.  The band boys came out from Griswold & sang.  The church was crowded.

7 - We got up at 7 today.  That is very late for us on wash day but we did not have a very big wash as we got it out by noon any way.

8 - We went to Atlantic today to take an adjustment.  Fred was not feeling very good as he took one, too.

9 - We got ready for the plastere but he did not come.  We cooked in the pantry & ate int he library.  we went to prayer meeting J. Kritzberg led.

10 - The plasterer came this morning & plastered the kitchen & part of the library ceiling.  We did some ironing & then cleaned up the kitchen.

11 - Today we cleaned up the Library for a little & scrubbed the porches & put up the curtains in the kitchen & went to Eshelmans in the evening to a class meeting.  I took a cake which they thought was very good.

12 - We papered the pantry today & cleaned it.  Wilma cleaned the church & part of the base burner.

13 - I did notnot go to church because I had such a tooth ache that I couldn't do any thing but walk the floor.  Mrs. A. Rothe came down here with her two children about half past 11 & stayed until church was out.

14 - I started to clean things out of the bedroom as we could paper in there.  I finished the mending from last week.

15 & 16 - we did some more cleaning up in the front rooms preparatory to papering.

17 - We papered the ??? bedroom in the morning & in the afternoon we went to Atlantic to the chiropractor.

18 - I finished the bedroom we slept upstairs on the sanitary cot last night.  We liked it just fine.  When we took Hazel's bed apart to take it upstairs, she cried as if her heart would break.  I guess she thought we were breaking it.  She liked it upstairs just fine, though.  we papered the parlor today.  In the evening we went to the Class Glory in Grant.  We also went to Atlantic to the chiropractor.  On the way we caught up to a car that was in trouble & it was three women folks that could not get their car started so Fred stopped & helped them & then along came O. D. Funke & Laura & O. D. F. tried to help them, too, but neither could start their car so they hitched it onto O.D. F.'s truck & Laura went to town with me & Frederick stayed & came with O.D. Funke.  Laura went to the dentist & to the chiropractor.

19 - Today we finished the parlor & started in the library.  We papered the library before dinner & then after dinner I washed the woodwork in their & then we went to Atlantic & when we got home Fred helped me finish.  Wilma went to Lyman with Rudig's.  Fred and I were up till 2 minutes to twelve that night. Ironed the parlor and Library curtains & put them up.

20 - We all went to church.

21 - We put out a great big wash.  WE washed one quilt & 2 horse blankets beside our regular wash.

22 - We ironed all the clothes today & did some of the mending.

23 - We papered te kitche & cleaned it today.

24 - I cleaned the cobshed & part of the back porch while Wilma got breakfast.  After breakfast I finished the back porch while Wilma washed dishes & dressed Hazel & then both went out the front porch & cleaned the long part & then we got ready & went to  Rothes to the Ladies Aid & were there for dinner.  about Half past three we went to Atlantic to the chiropractors' & Wilma finished the porch.  when we got home she had her mind made up to go home so Blanch & Beatrice Rudig came up & brought some of her sheet music back.

Grandma Pfaltzgraff's Journal 1917 - April 5 - May 1

5 - Wilma and I tatted nearly all day. Fred worked at his bee hives.

6 - Wilma & I cleaned the attic while Fred worked at the car & went to Grant.  We went to Lyman, too.

7 - I did not feel very well in the forenoon.  We did up the Saturdays work.  It snowed nearly all P.M.

8 - I went to church with Wilma & Hazel went with Frederick.  This is a beautiful Easter day.  But it is very muddy.  Fred preached on Acts 5:42.   It was a very good sermon.  In the afternoon Frederick & Hazel went to sleep.  Wilma wrote on the typewriter.  We all went to church in the evening.

9 - We washed clothes today & made ice cream while Fred & Hazel slept to surprise them. 

10 - We ironed clothes.  It is Hazel's birthday today.  WE had two candles & a cake for dinner & some ice cream.  It does not seem possible she is two years old already.  We got her an unbreakable doll & mother sent her a dress.

11 - We finish ironing & went to Grant & started to rake yard.  Did some mending.

12 - We put out some garden seeds & raked part of the lawn.  We deposited $10 for Hazel yesterday.

13 - We raked some more lawn.  Fred lost his fountain pen.

14 - Fred went to Griswold.  We finished raking the yard.  We sowed some rutabaga seeds back of the farm.  Hazel cut her finger & when it bled she pointed to the blood & said, "pretsy."

15 - We all went to church.  I got 2 new scholars today.  Wilma went to Rudig's today and we went to Mother Miller's  & Henry Martens & Mrs. Fred Miller to call.  We all went to church in the evening.  Hazel set her "baby" on her nursery chair today & then after a while she went to it & said, "see eru, " "see eru" ha!

16 - I put some seeds in paste board boxes today for early use & made an apron for myself & finished some underwear I had started for Hazel.  Today Hazel dropped a box of buttons 7 when they all spilled she frowned and said, "oh, too bad."

17 - I finished my apron & made a suit of underwear for Hazel's new doll & we put out a bed of onions & some gladiolas & sweet peas.  Fred went to Lyman & got some more seeds.  Hazel was outside this afternoon.  It had rained last night.  Just what we want.  I got some plants, a cyclamen & a fuchsia from Iowa Seed Co. & a Martha Washington Geranium & fern from Reeve Smith at Grant.

18 - Wilma & I cleaned the dressing room today.  Fred went to Griswold after a grocery order from Montgomery Ward & Co.  I got my new spring coat.  I did not like it at all at first.

19 - Today was to be a W.M.S. meeting but we couldn't have it on account of it being such a busy time so we went to Grant to see the doctor.  It rained hard before we got back.  We cleaned the spare room upstairs in the A.M.

21 - We cleaned Wilma's room today.   Fred pounded the rugs & mattresses & washed the car.  It was rainy all day, yesterday, so we couldn't.  I ran house.

22 - We went to church & in the afternoon Wilma & Fred & Hazel took a ride & Hazel caught a bad cold.  She was very restless all evening in church.

23 - We washed clothes today.  Hezel felt some better.  I mended some stockings.

24 - Today we went to Atlantic to the chiropractor for treatment.  I got a new hat and so did Hazel.  She got the sweetest bonnet.  We had lots of trouble with the car, ruined two inner tubes & broke the brake band & the gas iron.  Hazel seemed worse, but a little better toward evening.  I finished mending stockings. 

25 - We went to Atlantic to the chiropractor again today & in the afternoon we borrowed John Schulers flat irons & finished or almost finished ironing.  I did some mending.  Hazel was quite sick.  We got Hazel a coat today.

26 - We went to Atlantic again to the Chiropractor & took Hazel along.  She had an adjustment, too.  It started to rain on the way home.  In the afternoon it rained so & snowed as we could not have the W.M.S. meeting.  I tatted in the afternoon.

27 - It rained & snowed so much yesterday & last night.  Thought the ground was white so we could not go to Atlantic.  Hazel seemed a little better.  Today I finished the tatting & hook today & sent it to Herbert & Elsie's little baby boy today.  We cleaned in hall this afternoon and have the upstairs cleaned now.

28 - I did not feel very well.

29 - Fred & wilma went to church.  I stayed home with Hazel.  She was not very well 7 it is awfully muddy & damp out so I did not like to take her out.

30 - I did some tatting & took some plants out of the hot bed.  Hazel slept mos tof the day.

May

1 I did not feel very good.  Hazel is some better

 

Grandma Pfaltzgraff's Journal - March 29 - April 4

 29 - We did our wok & then went to Lyman & sold 1-1/4 pounds of butter for which we bought 1/2 gal of vinegar & 25 cents of soap.  Then we went to W. Eppelsheimers.  Mrs. gave us some soap.  They had the pink eye so we didn't stay very long.  We came home by the way of N. Fishers & the car ran back down the hill fur us there.  But we finally got home alright.

30 - We stayed home today & tatted & we left Hazel outside a while & she was so happy to be outside.  She just rand back and forth & then she sat on the walk awhile to rest & she put one foot up on the other knee & folder her hands & then she would pick up a dry weed & call it a flower.  She called fence posts & trees & everything flowers.

31 - We did not hear from Fred today so we hurried our work.  Done by 4:15 & went to Griswold to get the mail & got a letter from him telling us when to meet him.  I was almost frozen when we got home.

April 

1 - We went to church this morning.  I slept neatly all afternoon.  There wasn't any service at church in the evening so we took a little ride & then stayed home & went to bed early.

2 - I got up at five o'clock & finished tatting a hood.  I was at & then I went to get Frederick from Atlantic.  The car worked good all the way.

3 -Wilma & I cleaned the cellar today & Frederickwent to Griswold after some freight.  Mrs. Dolch called.  She asked Fred to preach the funeral service for the Walter's baby.

4 - Today O.D. Funke & Laura Knoke & G.F. Kuester & Elda Weaver came here to the parsonage to get married.  After that was over, Della & Frank Knoke & Harold Schuler came to practice for the funeral.  I sang with them.  We practiced a while then left for the funeral.  I went with Knokes & Fred went with Harold Schuler because it was raining so we couldn't go in the car.

Grandma Pfaltzgraff's Journal - March 1 to 28

 March 1917

1 - Fred went calling all day.  Mrs. G.P. Schuler and Bernice came to see me & stayed all evening.

2 - Fred went calling & Mrs. Wm. Epplsheimer came to see me & Mrs. Ed. Fisher & Leora. (Laura?)

3 - Fred cleaned the church & tried to fix the lights but could not & then he tried to thaw out the pump but he could not.

4 - Fred & Laura went to church.  Della Knoke came in & stayed until evening.  Mrs. Dolch & Emma came over in the afternoon.  They all went to church in the evening so I was alone.  Martha S. came down to see me before church but when I got to the door she was going up the road again.  There was a man there today that wants to teach music & singing for us for 2 weeks.

5 - Fred went to Grant and made some calls.  He calle Ed. Fishers & Wm. Birgs & J. Wasmers & Geo. Rose's. In the evening the young folks came to the school house to practice singing.  Beulah & Viola Weaver & Mary & Roy Rothe & Fank Knoke came in a few minutes before.  There were not very many there so they dropped it.  Fred stayed here with me.  He can never know how much I appreciated that.  Laura went.

6 - Fred sowed the hot bed & set the incubator & a hen.  Fred & I played in the evening.  

7 to 18 - Laura Eppelsheimer stayed with me until the 18th of March.  We did some sewing.  Fred was very busy collecting the benevolences for Conference.  Hazel is feeling just fine.  I did some crocheting & tatting.  Then on Sunday the 18th Laura went home.  We had quarterly meeting, too.  

19 - Fred helped me do some of the work.

20 - Fred helped me again & then went to Atlantic to get Wilma.  I stayed here.  It was almost eleven o'clock at night when they got here.

21 to 24 - Fred finished up his work.  Mrs. Go. Rose visited me one evening when there was a congregational meeting.  Fred got the car all fixed up so we could run it when he was gone to conference.

25 - I went to church for the first time again.  It seemed good to here Frederick preach again.  Hazel was pretty good.  I went again in the evening.

26 - I took Fred to Atlantic today.  He got a new spring coat.  We washed before we left.  We were almost there then Wilma finished.  When I got home we sprinkled the clothes & did the chores.

27- We did the chores & the ironing & the chickens started to hatch.  I brought some of them up into the house & Hazel was tickled over them.  She just laughed & laughed & threw kisses at them & petted them & everything.

28- We finished the mending & went to Grant to give me Mr. L.C. Schuler the auto license money to send in for us.  We washed the car when we got home.

Grandma Pfaltzgraff's Journal January 31 - February 28

 January 31 - Fred when to Henry Schuler's this morning after the mill and stayed there & talked until 3 o'clock then he came homd & went over to Knoke's. This is about the longest day I ever passed I guess.  It was 9:30 when Fred came home.

February 1 (1917) - fred stayed home & worked at the car & found that it needed repairing.  In the even he read "When A Man's A Man", to me.  I finished my pin cushion top.

2 - I started to work at an apron for Wilma's birthday.  It is a little white one worked in pink with a pink crocheted edge.

3 -  Laura did up the Sat. work.  I worked at that little apron.

4 - Today was very stormy so we could have no church.

5 - Laura planned to go home today but the other girl did not some so she will stay with us this week.  Fred called at Rudig's today.  H.C. Schuler's baby is very sick.  Fred went to telephone meeting this evening.

6 - Laura washed clothes today.

7 - I am still in bed.  Laura called up her mother today & asked them to come 7 get her because she had a sore throat.  Such a baby, she cried all morning.

8 - Fred got Laura E. last night & Mrs. Rose visited me in the afternoon.  Today Laura E. ironed.

9 - Hazel burned her little hand.  I picked her up & rocked her so she would stop crying so I could bandage her hand & she started to sing "Bye, Baby! Bye Baby!" (This might possibly be Hazel's version of "Rock-a-bye, Baby.") when she was half crying yet.  Fred has the quincy ? he got it & was in bed yesterday and today so I stayed up these days.

10 - Laura did all he work & she left the pump in the kitchen freeze in so Fred got up and thawed it out which made he worse.  I was up today, too.

11 - Fred got up & sat in a chair by the stove.  I read "The Girl Of The Limberlost" to him.  He liked it fine.

12 - Fred was up today again but not able to go to church.  Laura went.  I played the piano quite a little.  Walter Eppelsheimer's family came to see us today.

13 - Laura E. washed.  Fred was worse & me too.

14 - Laura ironed a& then her mother called up and wanted her to come home because they butchered & Della got sick so Blanche Rudig came.

15 - Blanche did the work & got worse so Fred got up & I went to bed.  Mr. J Schuler came up & did the chores.

16 - Mrs. Rudig came up today & put Fred to bed & got me out.  I got very sick.  She put hot packs on Fred made of oats & he couldn't bear the smell.

17 - I got up today & laid on the foot of the bed.  The doctor came several times to see Fred.

18 - Today Fred got up.  I was up, too.  Blanche went to church & then home.  Mr.s E. Eshelman & Vivian & Mary &  Roy Rothe & Alice came in from church to see us.  I got an awful weak spell this afternoon.  Mrs. G.P. Schuler & Mrs. Walter Epplsheimer came in to see us but I couldn't see them.

19 -  I was some better today.  Mr. & Mrs. V. G. Weaver came to see me this afternoon & then Mrs. Rudig came in & wanted to take Blanche away to work for her sister in Grant.  I got very weak & nervous again.  Mr. R. Came up in the evening & brought a chicken.  Fred went out a little today.

20 - Fred went to Grant today to get the repairs put on the car.

21 - Fred went calling today.  Blanche did the work.

22 - Fred went to the sale today at F. C. Saemisches.

23 - Fred went calling.

24 - Fred cleaned the church & in the afternoon he went to Miller's & Sothman's.  Blanche went to Grant in the evening.  Mrs. W.L. Eppelsheimer from Griswold called on me this afternoon.

25 - Fred & Blanche went to church.  Laura E. came in a minute before church.  Mr. Rudig came up & stayed up with me in the evening.  Fred took Hazel out for a walk after dinner.  Laura K.came in to see me a minute.

26 - Fred helped Blanche wash today & then dug out the hot bed & filled it in again.

27 - Fred got Laura E. today again & took Blanche home again.  Blanche ironed today.  I went Wilma that apron for her Birthday.

28 - Fred went called.  I started to crochet & showed Laura E. how.  Mrs. Knoke came to see me.  Laura E. went to a farewell party on Saemisches.

Grandma Pfaltzgraff's Journal 1917 - January 21 to 30

 1917 January    

21 - It was very cold today.  Martha staid home with me in the forenoon & in the evening.  There wasn't any services.

22 - Martha washed clothes today & I cut out some quilt blocks for her.

23 - I started to crochet some lace for a dresser scarf for Fred's Mother.  Fred called at Emil Pilzer's & Gus Kuester's.  Hazel was a very good girl all day.  She sang so nice for me (in her own way).

24 - Today Frederick did not go calling.  He pressed his clothing in the morning and after dinner Mrs. Dolch came over to visit me.  She brought a lot of spare ribs.  Then Fred went to a wedding of George Berg to Maud Hully.  Her cousin was married today, too & they said he wanted Fred to marry him too, but they did not know both weddings were to be on the same day until it was too late.  It was after ten when he got back.  The wedding was in the evening.  they sent a beautiful rose & some sweet peas & some ice cream & cake with him for me.

25 - Fred called at F. C, Saemische's & Kritzberg's & H.Epplehem's.  Then came home.  I finished crocheting some inserts for a dresser scarf.  Knoll came from Audubon to give his lecture on the "Common People" this evening.  Rev. Bogen from Ross brought him in his car.  They stayed at H.C. Schuler's. Mrs. Fisher & Grace & Laura & Arthur came in a while to see me before the lecture & Ella Sothman did too & she brought some beautiful flowers.  2 red rose buds & one pink one & one white one & a red carnation & a white carnation and some ferns. My sweet pea just looked lovely with those ferns & flowers.

26 - Today Fred called on Mrs. Henry Eppelsheimer & then went to F.Schuler's to see if we could get Laura to work for us.  Martha did up the Sat. work.  I started to crochet a top of a pin cushion.  Laura S. is coming to work for us for a week or so.  When Fred went to Lyman today he met a strange girl who is looking for work.  She is staying at H.L. Nettys.  We are thinking about getter her.  Marth has to go home & sew.

28 - Fred & Martha went to church. Mrs. Henry Eppelsheimer died last night.  Orville Funke stopped here for dinner today & after dinner he took Fred & Henry Schuler over to Eppelsheimers.  I did not feel a bit good this evening.  I got very nervous while they were gone to church.

29 - Fred took Martha home & Laura Schuler came to work for us for a week.  This afternoon Fred called again at H. Eppelsheimers.

30 - This afternoon was Mrs. Eppelsheimers funeral and Laura went.  She had to sing & frid preached on "Ther is but one Step between me and death."  There was a large funeral yesterday.  They opened the outside door in here and then they penned Hazel out because it was too cold in here for her & she clasped her little hands & cried so hard because she couldn't come in to me.  this morning when they prayed at the table she folded her hands & shut her eyes.  She is just start to talk now.  she says "boot" for book when we pick her up she says "up a day" & she brings her dolls to us & says "see e bitso baby: for little bits of baby.

Grandma Pfaltzgraff's journal 1917 - January 1 - 20.

 1 MONDAY 

Mother and Father 7 Little Girlie & I went to a church to New Year's service to hear Frederick preach & then had election of S. S. Officers.  The same ones were re-elected.  Then we went to H.C. Schuler's for dinner.  Hazel and Geneva had a big time about 4 o'clock.  We returned. I drove he car with Mother & Hazel.  Then Fred took Mother to Mother Miller's & I stayed with Father and Hazel at home & got supper.  We had sweet potatoes & other potatoes - chicken fry & gravy & dressing - celery & Nei Yahrs' breaids & cake & papa said it was good.

2 - Father & Mother were busy packing their suitcases & got dinner & packed them a lunch 7 then we got ready to go to Atlantic (Iowa) to see them off.  We were very lonesome to see them go.

3 - We went calling.  We called at Aug. Millers & Chr. Bros. & Ella Sothman's school & Henry Martens, Simon Sunderman & H. L. Nettzs & then came home to prayer meeting.  There were about 21 out.  H.C. Schuler led & we had a blessed time.  after whch we had a S.S. teacher meeting.  I got my old class again.  "Somebody" wants some of my scholars.

4 - We went to Taylor County.  They were very glad to see us. The roads were very bad south of Vilised & was almost sick on the way home.  I got so hungry & Dear Frederick got some cheese & crackers for me.  My it was good.  I can taste it yet.

5 - Today we went calling again and we were at J. Wasmers for dinner & then we went to call on L.C. Shulers.  Mrs. was sick in bed with the rheumatism & then we called at Mrs. F. C. Samisches who was at the hospital in Grant & had one operation & then at Chr. Fishers & Wm. Bergs & Geo Roses & Ed Fishers.

6 - Fred helped me with the housework in the forenoon & In the afternoon cleaned the church.

7 - We went to church & for dinner we went to Knokes & and in the afternoon we came back & went to church again in the evening.

8 - Fred & I washed clothes.  

9 - I ironed clothes and in the evening we went to Mrs. Knokes to baptize her little boy.

10 - We went to Wm. Epplesheimers for dinner today.  They were frying down sausage & I helped make sausage rolls & they gave us a big piece of beef when we left.  Also called at Franks.

11 - Last night we had prayer meeting but I had to stay home with Hazel becaus of her earache.  Today I finished ironing.

12 - I was very weak all day today.  I did not eat no breakfast or dinner & so Fred thought I ought not to eat any supper either & stary my milk diet so I did.  Today Fred called at Mrs. F. Miller & at Sothmans - Martha S came along to work for us.

13 - I was quite sick today so Martha had to do all the Saturday's work.

14 - I went to church & taught my class & went again in the eveing.

15 - Today Fred went calling & Martha & I canned some beef - 9 quarts of it.  Fred brought home some meat & flour & cream of wheat & sauerkraut & sausage & jell from the people he called on today.  He called at Mr. Bickings & Mother Nau. & George Bicking.

16 - I stayed in bed with the diet.  Fred called at Kreitzbergs where we was for dinner & at F.M. Schulers where he was for supper.

17 - Fred called at F. Sundermans & Old Mrs. Sunderman.  I read & wrote letters.  This evening was prayer meeting.  I was here all alone.  I was very nervous.  Thay had election of officers too so it was eleven o'clock when they got back.

18 - The missionary society met at Mrs. Chas. Sundermans.  There were not very many there.  Frederick was there & from there he went to Mr. Pelzers & called there.  In the evening we made out an order for garden seed.  I started to dress one of Hazel's dolls.

19 - I finished dressing Hazel's doll.  Fred went calling today.  He called at Bourchs but they were not at home so he went to G.P. Schulers for dinner & then to W. L. Eppelsheimer & E Millers.  F. C. Sarmisch sold their farm to H.C. Schulers & L. Rudigs.

20 - I started to dress another one of Hazel's dolls & did some crocheting.  Fred cleaned the church in the forenoon & in the afternoon went toGrant.  Beulah 7 Neva Eppelsheimer & Bernice Schuler came to see me this afternoon.  We looked at pictures & everything.  Time passed so quickly.  George Berg asked Fred to preach his "wedding sermon" next Wednesday.  There's where I miss some more good things.

Grandma Pfaltzgraff's journal June 10 -

 Continued from previous blog post -

& they came on the noon train to Atlantic all together & Harold Schuler went to meet them in their big car.  Then that evening were services & also the next day Bro. Kimmel preached in the forenoon & in the afternoon he dedicated the church & then we gave him a lunch & he left for Atlantic so as to be back to his work again on Monday & in the evening Bro. Faust preached & we had communion services & the next morning he left.  Mother & Father stayed with us yet.  Then we had very much work still with the Xmas programme.  One of the committee refusing to help put the load on me.  But God always helps his children when they are in need & so finally it was over with & pronounced a success & then came Xmas at home.  Fred hurried home after the services and lit our little tree & then after a while we came &then such a time Hazel was so tickled over her tree she would look at it & clap her little hands & then she would carry nuts & candy & apples to Grandpa & the rest until she had our arms & hands filled.  I must write down some of the things I go for Xmas from Fred - a clothes rack, a sweater & cap, a cameo pin, a post card album & buttlerfly slippers from Mother & Father, a dress (blue serge skirt & tube silk waist), a dust pan & milk strainer & from Fred's folks a yoke for a nightie & a handkerchief from Florence & from Wilma & from Leslie & Salome 5 or 6 kitchen holders & clothes pin apron & from Herb & Elsie a lawn apron & Laura G. a handkerchief & from Mrs. Bourck an apron also dress for Hazel & Laura Knoke a box of stationary & Della K butter plate & Mrs. Rudig a little H and bag & from the W.M.S, a beautiful corset cover yoke from Mrs. Sumisch & utility case from Mrs. H. Nau. & apron from Ms. N Wasmer & handbag - Mrs. Dinsmer & Glove box - Mrs. W.L. Epplesheimer & Blue silk dress for Hazel from Mrs. G.P. Schuler.  Then other presents I got were a kitchen apron from Aunt Eva & also picture and dresser set from Martha Sothman & pennant from Ella Sothman.

    The next day we had Xmas dinner at Dolches.  There were others there also.  Father and Mother stayed with us until the 2 of Jan.

Grandma Pfaltzgraff's Journal May 28 - June 10th and beyond

 May

28th -We all went to church there was a big crowd there.  We went to Rothe's for dinner & after dinner they went to A. Rothe's & Mother Naus.  In the evening we went to church & a storm came up in the middle of the services.  So they had to dismiss the people.

29th - Fred took Bro. Faust as far as Knoke's & then Frank took him with a team to Griswold & Fred solicited for the church.  I stayed home and crocheted.

30th - Fred & I went calling.

31st - We went calling.

June

1st - I stayed home & started to get ready for the picnic.

2nd - Fred 7 I did up our Sat. work in the forenoon 7 in the afternoon went to the programme at the church.

3rd - Fred went to Griswold to get mother & Florence & Carol.  They came on the early train.

4th - We all went to church morning & evening.

5th- We washed clothes & were all thru by noon.

6th - I ironed some & did a little mending.  Fred went calling.

7th - I did some more ironing & Fred went calling.

8th - I finished the ironing & did some mending & went to W.M.S. at Novel Wasmer's in the afternoon.

9th - I did up the Friday work & in the afternoon did some mending.  The little tots practiced at the church & some of them came down to play with the baby.  We practiced singing for Children's Day in the evening.  The painters finished giving our house the first coat of paint.

 10th - This is our second wedding anniversary & we celebrated it by working hard all day.  Fred went to Lyman and Griswold & washed the car & some of his clothing.  I did up the Sat. work & in the afternoon I rested & I canned 8 qts. of priplant & one of strawberries.  Last evening Fred brought us some fresh meat from Kreitzberg's & some strawberries from H. Nare's a lot of priplant from H. Eppelsheimer's & Today Esther Schuler brought us some strawberries & some nice fresh butter.

From here on I cannot tell all the things as they happened but perhaps I can get down a few of the most important ones.  After Fred's mother went home we were very busy.  Fred solicits for the church nearly every day until the money finally was subscribed then the building commenced.  They boarded here & after the basement was dug, the carpenters began & for 5 weeks we had from 3 & 4 to 6 carpenters.  Emma Knester worked for me.  The the plasterer & painter took their meals here & then when the finishing work began & then I had 4 men steady for about a month. Doing my own work & housecleaning besides.  It was a rush because of such a late start from the beginning to the end & then the dedication was the 17th of December & the painter had dinner with us yet the 16th on the 16th Bro. Faust & Prof.  G.B. Kimmel of Naperville came to dedicate the church.  Mother & Father came also to be with us.

Grandma Pfaltzgraff's journal starting May 13 - May 27

 May 

13th - It rained so we did up our Sat. days wash & got the church ready for Mother's Day

14th - It rained so hard all the day that we could not have our Mother's Day program

15th - The roads were to muddy so we could not go calling

16. - We went to J. Schulers for supper.  We walked

17th - We went calling to Headys & Beattys & were at Gene Eshelmans for dinner & then we called at F.S. Saemischs & C Wasmers & Mother Holdarf & L. Kreitzberg & were at F. M. Schuler's for supper.

18 - We called at Ed Fishers & L.C. Schulers for dinner & Margaret took Hzel & their baby out for a ride & when she got back they were both asleep  Then we called at Jacob Wasmers & G.A. Gibson & F Wolenhaus

19 - We were at Hy Eppleshiemers for dinner & after dinner we stopped at U.G. Weavers & then we went to Lyman.

20 - We did up our Sat. work & got the church ready for Sunday.

21 - We had our Mother's Day Program.  It was very good.

22 - We washed clothes & then went dow to Big Rock for ferns & stopped at Knokes for supper.

23 - I ironed clothes & then we wentto Mrs. Rothes for supper  In the eve - the trustees met here & talked about remodaling the church  I ironed until 11 oclock & then lay down & went to sleep.

24 - I finished ironing & in the after noon we went to emery Eshelmans & then to U.G. Weavers for supper

25 - Fred went to Atlantic fo get Bro. Faust & in the afternoon they went to U.G. Weavers & E. Eshelmans.

26 - In the evening we went to church.

27 Fred and Faust went to Knokes & then to Taylor

Grandma Pfaltzgraff's Journal starting May 6

 May 6 - Today we were going after ferns but the car broke so we had to stay home. We did up the Sat work in the forenoon then in the afternoon I washed my hair & took a bath.

7 - We went to church in the morning Fred preached on "The Home" & Beulah Weaver & Laura Eppelsheiner & Frank Knoke & Fred sang a mixed quartette.

8 - We got up at half past 4 & washed clothes.

9 - I ironed clothes & Fred took the car to Grant to have it fixed.  He stayed all day.  In the evening the choir practiced for Mothers day.

10 - Fred went back to Grant to finish the car.  Ludia Dolch brought us a pail of milk & some lilacks.  We took a hen out with 22 chicks this morning that makes 32 we have in all as we have a hen with 8. We do not know where she comes from.

11 - Fred had to go to Grant again to finish the car.  He got home about 7 oclock.  I mended stockings & worked in the law.  In the evening was Bible Study

12 - We did up our work early & then Fred went to Griswold to get Babies high chair & some more freight & then he had dinner & we went calling.  We called at F. Sundermans & Mrs. Ackerman & H Nau's, & then it looked like rain so we had to go home.

Grandma Pfaltzgraff's Journal starting April 25, 1916

25 - I ironed all forenoon, & some in the afternoon.  we went over to C. Wasmer (Carl or Cass, who were brothers and lived in the same county as Grandma Hazel Pfaltzgraff) to practice for the W. M. S. meeting.  Just as we were ready to go, Ed Bourch, who was working on the road here, came with a piece of the grader they broke & Fred had to take it to a Lyman to get it fixed for them.  So we were late at Wasmers

26 - I finished ironing this morning & Fred had to go to Lyman with that piece of the Grader again & ran over to the Cumberland route to mail some invitations & then we did not have enough cards so he had to go to Griswold to get some more & mail the rest of them.

27 - We were very busy getting ready for the  W. M. S. & in the evening they all met here.  There were about 50 we served ten cent lunches & made about *.50.  They also gave a program.  I played a piano solo.  Fred sang a solo.  & Mrs. G.T. Schuler Mr.  F.C. Saimisch & Mrs. E. Eshelman & I sang a quartette.  Fred gave a talk & Mrs. C. Wasmer a reading.  We served fruit salad and cake.

28 - We cleaned the hous all up & then FRed worked at the car & hoed the onions & radishes.  In the afternoon we went to Grant & when we came home I ran the car for the first time.  It went Good but I got nervous.  When we got home we reset some plants in the yard. We do not know what they are & set out a dahlia & some Gladiolia.  Fred mowed the back yard.

29 - Fred worked at clipping in the forenoon.  In the afternoon we put out some parsnips & carrots & salsify & then went to Grant.

30 - It rained so we could not go to church all day.

MAY

1 - We called at Mother Miller and Sothmans.  M. Miller gave us a sack of oats.

2 - We saw Mother M & Sothmans today & Adam & Gus Kuesters yesterday.

3 I had a headache today so we did not go calling.  W.M. Eppelsheimers came up to the cemetery & Mrs. brought me a fern. 

4 - We went to the Ladies Aid at Rothes.

5 - We went calling.  We called at Hy Bickings & from there we went to Henry Martens & Geo Rose's & we called at Mother Naus & we were going to be at August Miller's for dinner but they were not at home so we went to Christ Booses & to Chas Franks.