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.
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