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1899 Thomas Heraty's Diary
| Date | Day | Entry |
| Jan. 4 | Wed | Tom Kearnan and Annie Redmond married at Cascade. |
| Jan. 19 | Thur | Joe Butler died this evening at 6 o'clock, at his fathers house. |
| Jan. 20 | Fri | Martin Hanahan buried today in Mitchell. |
| Jan. 24 | Tue | Mrs. Phelix Hanlon died at 10 p.m.; aged 70 years. |
| Jan. 27 | Fri | Drove up to Pat Quinn's this evening and acknowledged a quit claim deed from Mr. and Mrs. Quinn to heirs at Clinton, Iowa. |
| Jan. 28 | Sat | Father Burke offered for sale the Johnny Gibbons forty acres. Was bid $1,300.00. |
| Feb. 9 | Thur | Uncle Jim Connell died at 10 p.m. 73 years. |
| March 4 | 18 years ago Patsy Reddington died. The snow was 5 feet on the level. He was not buried for 11 days afterward. | |
| April 27 | Thur | The Harder-Nolan wedding at Plymouth this a.m. |
| May 1 | Mon | Old man Wm. Dugan died at 9 a.m. 95 years old. |
| May 30 | Tue | Received invitation to the Reddington-Gill wedding to take place June 6th. |
| June 4 | Sun | John Mangan and Maria Naughton called to be married. |
| June 11 | Sun | Mary Leahy and John McLaughlin called to be married. |
| June 23 | Fri | A big dance at John Slattery's new barn. |
| July 1 | Sat | Old Mrs. Mulhearns died today at Keyes in Lyndon. The first day of the daily mail. Commenced today, carried by _____. |
| July 2 | Sun | The John Michaels twins were baptized today at Mitchell. |
| July 13 | Thur | James Heraty came here at 3 p.m. with the information that his grandfather James Heraty died this morning at Fond du Lac. |
| July 15 | Sat | James Heraty was born in Doon, Parish of Agaghour, Mayo County, Ireland on August 5, 1814, 85 years at his death. |
| July 21 | Fri | Johnny Webb's factory burned tonight at 2 o'clock. |
| July 22 | Sat | Saw Dennis Rooney at Plymouth. |
| Aug. 4 | Fri | Mrs. John McCann of Cascade was buried today in Baptist church south of Waldo. |
| Aug. 26 | Sat | Collins had an auction of his 49 acres and personal property. Michael Keyes of Cascade died last night at 12 o'clock. |
| Sept. 6 | Wed | Michael Connors died at 10 o'clock tonight at his home in Mitchell. |
| Oct. 1 | Sun | Harry Dwyre was buried in Mitchell. Edward Calvey of Dundee died. Also Mrs. Shea of Osceola. |
| Oct. 3 | Tue | Reverend Patrick Petit died at St. Marys Hospital, Milwaukee at 7:30 a.m. I knew him well in 1860 when he was our priest and helped build the Mitchell church. Lord have mercy on his soul! He was a noble priest and man. |
| Oct. 5 | Thur | Father Petit buried at Brandon today. |
| Nov. 3 | Fri | Old Mrs. Skelton was buried today at Cascade. She died at Gladstone, Michigan of old age. |
| Nov. 12 | Sun | Father Burke came here and signed corporation papers for St. Michaels congregation. Notary public. |
| Dec. 13 | Wed | Reverend Father Casey was buried today. |
| Dec. 19 | Tue | Mrs. Amelia Hecker drove mail today, the first time and carried her girl baby with her. |
| Dec. 22 | Fri | Slattery called today and made a claim of $6.74 on sawbill which he claimed he paid to me, which I'm positive he never did. Yet, I allowed the claim, for peace sake. The act, makes him, in my opinion, a dishonest man, to be shunned hereafter. |
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