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.

Grandma Pfaltzgraff's journal starting April 8, 1916

8 - We cleaned the kitchen.  in the evening I crocheted & Elda studied her S.S. lesson.

9 - We both went to church in the afternoon.  We went up there to practice for the Missionary programm.   I played "In the Sweet Bye & Bye."

10 - Fred came home early he got here at about nine oclock & we all three went to work & cleaned the bedroom & library & parlor.  There was election at the school house so Fred got one of the men to come down & help me move the base burner.

11 - Fred & I washed clothes Elda went home last night & I forgot to say Hazel was a year old & we burned one candle at the supper table.  We had a very big wash & were done at noon.

12 - I ironed quite a little Fred worked at the typewriter all forenoon.

13 - I finished ironing this forenoon & this afternoon we made a little early garden some onion sets & some peas & radishes & lettuce (&) spinach.  In the evening we went to Bible Study and The choir practiced after it.

14 & 15 - During one of these days we put out sweet peas and cosmos  Both days were spent at home  One day we went to Grant

16 - We went to church.  in the forenoon & in the afternoon We studied In the evening  I gave a talk to the Y.P.A. on "Good Prayermeetings & How to have them always."

17 - We went to Atlantic today.  I got my spring hat & some new glasses.  We called at F. Schulers in Atlantic but they were not at home.  (According to the 1910 census Fred and Mary Schuler lived in Atlantic, Cass, Iowa, US but by the 1920 census Fred was a widower.  Mary presumably died after April 16, 1916 and the 1920 census.)

18 - The members met at the church & gave it a good cleaning.

19 - Today we called at E & Wm Pilzer (A William Pelzer is listed in the 1910 census but no one else in the family has a name that begins with "E."  It could be that his wife, Nora, went by her middle name but the census does not give her middle name or initial.) & Chas & Grandma Sundermans (There are two Sundermans listed on the same page of the 1910 census.   One is clearly Charles Sunderman and the other may be Grandpa and Grandma Sunderman.)  It rained very had while we were at Wm Pilzers so we came home after the rain.

20 - I rained mostly all day today.  We could not have any Bible Study this evening.

21 - We went to Wm Eppelsheimers (listed in 1910 census as living in "Noble, Cass, Iowa") this morning & go stuck in the mud & Henry Martens (There are several Henry Martens living in Iowa in 1910 census however there is only one who lives in Cass County, Iowa) & Geo. Rose (There are several George Roses in the 1910 Census so it is difficult to determine which one is the right one.) came along & helped us out  when we got to E's Laura & Mrs & I made some Easter Lillies for Easter Sunday.  Laura came along (Laura is listed as one of the Eppleshemers children according to the 1910 Census)

22 - Laura & I finished the Lillies & decorated the church with them & some green & white crepe Paper.

23 - We all went to church.  The choir gave a special song.  In the afternoon Fred & I & Baby all took a nap & slept until nearly church time  Laura E. went home this morning.

24 - We washing clothes 7 got done by noon 7 then went to Doches for dinner & in the afternoon we went over to Laemisches to arrange for the W. M. S. meeting & then we went to A. Kuesters to get some potatoes for planting.

Grandma Pfaltzgraff's Journal starting March 22, 1916

22 When we were near Grant the car made an awful noise & we thot (thought) something was wrong with one wheel.  So he took the car to the Grant Garage today to have it fixed.  But it was alright.  So we took a little ride & then came home.

23 We went to Wm. Eppelsheimers for dinner.  She was just baking bread and kuchen & so she gave us some.  Then she gave us some onion sets & some soap & we went calling.  We wen to A. Martins.  They were not home.  Mr. was out in the field & when we went by he fell off of the disk & then we when to Geo. Bicking's & from there to Hy Bick's.  Baby wore shoes for the first time.  Had been wearing moccasins.  Then it started to rain & we came home.  We thot (thought) it might rain tomorrow to (too) so we went to Lyman & got some oil to clean our clothing with.

24 Fred did up the Fri. Wash & then we got ready to go calling.  Rauleigh Man came & we bought some Vanilla Extract & Cinammon.  We stopped at H.C. Schuler's to get an obituary he wrote in Germany of Amelia Bourch.  Then we went to call on Mrs. P. Rost.  She gave us a dollar for Baby.  That makes $5 that Baby has.  One from Mother Miller & one from Mother Weaver & one from Grandpa G. (Gruber?) & one from Grandma G. (Gruber) 7 then we went to Duff's & Bourch's. Ed & Mrs. had gone to Cumberland.  But Mr. was home.  We called at Nichol's & C. Wasmer's & G.P. Schuler's & then at Walter Eppelsheimer's & Herman Rothe's & Dolch's

25 Fred  helped me do up the Sat. work & then we dry cleaned 2 of his suits & 2 coats & 2 hats & 2 of my skirts & 2 of baby's hoods & a jacket & jabot & Necktie & I started to clean my plume with gasoline and flour but it got to dark for me so I quit.

26 Fred & baby & I went to church.  In the afternoon we went to H.C. Schulers to call.  In the evening we went to church.  When Fred was making his announcements he said 15 for 15 minutes till &  27 of Nov. for 27 of Mar. & he made an announcement about school commencing 7 he said parents twice where he should have said children.  Before we went to church Mrs. Eppelsheimer came in here & asked if Laura could board her while she taught school until they got another teacher.  Of course I had to.

27 Fred & I washed clothes.  We got a late start but we were all thru (through) & had everything clearned up when school was out.

28 I ironed some clothes & Fred went calling.

28 I finished ironing & Fred went calling.

29 I finished ironing & Fred went calling & in the evening he went to Bible Study.  I was to (too) tired so I did not go.

30 I finished cleaning my plume & cleaned one of Hazel's jackets.  Wehn Fred came home from claling he took me for a ride. We went as far as Rudig and back.  In the evening Fred went to he School House to a lecture.  Laura & I stayed home.  I curled my plume.  Baby was very good all day long

April


1 Fred did up my work & then we went to Grant.  In the evening we did some pressing.

2 we all went to church.  In the afternoon we made out some of Fred's Reparts for conference & then in the evening we went to church again.  Baby was so tired I had to take her out in the hall.  After  we went home from church we packed his suitcase and then retired.

3 We got up about five o'clock.  I baked a pie & got Fred's lunch ready & some breakfast & then  at six he left with the car which he left in Griswold.  He went to Dumont for a couple of days.  I did up the dishes & wrote some letters & then Elda Weaver came and raked the yard.

4 Elda & I finished raking the yard & cleaned the attic.

5 I wrote a letter while Elda ate Breakfast & then I gave baby a bath.  We cleaned the dressing room & spare bedroom upstairs.  I learned to crochet a pattern that Elda was crocheting.

6 We cleaned the other spare bedroom & the hall.  Mrs. & Laura Knoke called here & went to prayer meeting.

7 We cleaned the pantry & wash room.
 

Grandma Pfaltzgraff's Journal starting March 11, 1916

11th - Fred did up my Sat. work this morning before I got up & then he went to Griswold to have the car fixed.  Baby was very good all day.  He did not get the car quite finished so he will have to go again.  He was home & cleaned the church for Sun.

12th - We went to church.  I did not intend to go because baby had a slight rash.  But Mr. Schuler S.S. Supt. sent Fred back after me.  In the afternoon we went to F. Sundermans & to U.G. Weavers.  In the evening Fred went to church & I went to bed.

13th - Fred & I got up at five o'clock & started to wash.  We had a big three weeks wash & were almost done at noon.  In the afternoon I sowed the hotbed.

14th - Fred went to Atlantic to get his glasses & Baby & I stayed home.  Baby had a slight cold but I gave her some aconite & by this evening she was much better.  We just laid her in her little bed & she smiled us a good night & went to sleep all by herself.  She is surely a good darling.  Fred is ironing for me now. I mended about four pair of stockings today besides sending some announcements to the newspapers & some letters.

15th - Fred & Baby & I went to the Ladies Aid at Knokes.  There were very many there.  We quilted one & half of another quilt.  Fred went to Griswold to have the car fixed & in the evening I stayed there & he went home to do the chores & then came back for supper & in the evening The Christian Work Dept. of the Y.P.A. met at Knokes.

16th - I did a little ironing but was very tired.  Fred fixed his glasses in the forenoon & we cleaned the cellar & hung up some meat to smoke.  While we were cleaning the cabbagea down [in the] cellar, we overbalanced the door we used for a table & broke 3 gal. jars which made the cellar look like a "dump" ha. In the evening h.C. Schuler led Bible study. [We] were about to go out.  Ladies quart. practiced here after Bible study.

17th - In the forenoon I ironed & Fred churned butter in a gal. pail.  He forgot to let the air out & the lid blew off & the cream all over him & the floor.  Baby sat there & looked as if she would have liked such a play thing.  We got 4 lbs. of butter & some butter milk.  int he afternoon we went to the W.M.S. there were six there then we drove to Lyman after oil & came home.

18th - Fred helped me do the Sat. work & then we went calling.  We went to Mother Millers & to Knokes.

19th - We went to church in the morning.  mrs. G.P. Schuler had her baby there and it cried as she brought it down here to the house.  In the afternoon I played the piano & then we all took a nap & then we got ready for church.  Baby slept all evening.

20th - We went calling all day.  We went to Bors & Augmuellers & Hy. Bickings & Hy. Martens & H.L.Neltzs.

21st - We went to Willisia or Taylor Co.  Fred preached on the way back we had a blowout.  We got that fixed & then we stopped at Warners who moved to town & then we came home.

Grandma Pfaltzgraff's journal starting March 1, 1916

1st - Fred helped me again today & then he went calling.

2nd - Fred went to the Ladies Aid at Geo. Roses.  I did not feel able to go.  So baby & I stayed home.  he called a W. Knokes.

3rd - Fred helped me with my work all forenoon & worked arond here all afternoon & Adam Kuster brought our freight out from Griswold a table & chair, etc. & a load of coal.

4th - Fred helped me with my work all forenoon and in the afternoon we took a couple of snapshots & went to Grant & got some new oil cloth for my new table.  In the evening he developed some films.

5th - Fred & I went to church.  I taught my Sunday School class again.  At noon a while after we got home from church Mr. H.C. Schuler called up & said Amelia Bourch a young girl about 20 yrs old had died suddenly.  So we got ready & went down there for a while in the afternoon.  It was very much of a shock to all of us.  On the way home we stopped at G.R. Shulers to see the little baby & then we came home.  Fred went to church in the evening & I went to bed.

6th - Fred helped me a little & then went to Grant & from there to Bourchs. In the evening O. D. Funke & Laura & Frank Knoke & Elda & Beulah Weaver came over to practice for the funeral.

7th - Fred helped me with my work a little & then I helped him.  He prepared his sermon and typewrote the obituary & then he went to Bourchs & I got ready for the funeral.  Hazel & I went up early to decorate & stayed there.  Frank & Beulah & Evelyn Conklin & Frederick sang.  The girls of Y.L.B.C. carried the flowers in preceding the casket.  Fred preached.
         We got a little Brown Hen in the mail today.  It holds about fifty eggs.

8th - Fred helped me all forenoon almost and then worked at the car.  While he worked at the car he broke his glasses.  He did not get the car fixed.

9th - Fred helped me with my work & then he worked around home.  In the evening he went to Bible Study.  There were about eleven there.

10th - Fred helped me all forenoon & then he was going calling in the afternoon 7 he got part way & broke down.  So he only made one call at Ackermasn.  They gave five dollars for benevolences & some for the Missions & theysent a slip of petunia a big double one.  Very pretty.  Mrs. Geo. Rose called here in the afternoon.  In the evening Fred scrubbed the kitchen & pantry & washroom & I took a hot foot bath.