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.