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.