Tuesday, September 19, 2023

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.


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