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1902 Thomas Heraty's Diary
| Date | Day | Entry |
| Jan. 3 | Fri | The Parnell Devine lawsuit settled at Waldo. Against Devine. Grooms carried mail today, first time. John F. Burke quite low. |
| Jan. 5 | Sun | Martin Dooley died at 10 a.m. |
| Jan. 7 | Tue | Pat Mack got hurt, fell 25 feet through the river railroad bridge at Plymouth, 7 p.m. (Note by Frank Slattery: This could be Patrick McNicholas who was living near or in Plymouth at this time, as the McNicholas' were ever referred to as Macks; never-the-less there was an Irish Mack family. I remember Katie Mack who lived in Cascade and died about 1955.) |
| Jan. 8 | Wed | John Scanlon left for Oconto, his home. |
| Jan. 11 | Sat | Mattie McNair got home from the pinery. |
| Jan. 15 | Wed | Installation of Knights at Parnell tonight. John, Alice and Jim attended. |
| Jan. 25 | Sat | Old James Webb of the prairie died at 8 o'clock a.m. today. |
| Jan. 26 | Sun | Was told that Mike Burke was dieing at Chicago hospital. Father Burke went to see him. |
| Jan. 27 | Mon | Got some papers from Fulton from Margaret. Jim Webb buried in Greenbush. Annie Devine left today for Denver for her health. |
| Feb. 7 | Fri | Not a big crowd at Dowling's tonight. |
| Feb. 10 | Mon | Big dance at Manley's, Parnell, tonight. |
| Feb. 11 | Tue | Pat Quinn had bills for auction printed. Old Mullaney was buried today at Cascade. |
| Feb. 12 | Wed | Johnny Bowen phoned to Dr. O'Neill to Dundee, his wife being sick in confinement. |
| Feb. 13 | Thur | Mona was called to Bart Donohues where there was born a son, 10 a.m. |
| Feb. 14 | Fri | Dan Murphy taken ill today. Telephoned to Reverend Burke and Reverend Downs. Neither at home. Father Burke finally came and anointed Murphy. |
| Feb. 16 | Fri | Heard Francis Cooney died at Chicago. Heard Johnny Burke (the Connell's cousin) was dead at Greenbush. Mrs. Cahill Sr. of Osceola is dead. |
| Feb. 22 | Sat | Heard of the death of Nick Michaels of Campbellsport. |
| Feb. 24 | Mon | Nick Michaels buried in Mitchell. Leaves his wife, daughter, brother John, and sister, Mrs. John Slattery. Was 54. |
| Feb. 25 | Tue | Isaas B. Clark died at Glen at 1 a.m., age 67, married Harriet Thackeray, June 10, 1855. 5 sons and wife survive. |
| March 4 | Tue | Auction at Pat Quinn's. Sold $336.10 worth of stuff. |
| March 7 | Fri | Wrote letter to Ella Lynch at Syracuse, N.Y. and mailed 2 papers to Mary Flannery at Fulton, N.Y. |
| March 8 | Sat | Tom Burke called this morning about an assignment of mortgage to John Mugan on the Slattery Store, Parnell. |
| April 9 | Wed | John F. Burke died at 12:55 p.m. today at his home in Mitchell. |
| April 13 | Sun | Father Hughes said mass at Mitchell. |
| April 24 | Thur | Johnny Michaels boy died today. |
| April 25 | Fri | Mrs. Sheehan called this a.m. Staid all night. |
| April 29 | Tue | Nona Murray and F. J. Rode ? married at Iron Mountain, Michigan today. |
| April 30 | Wed | Michael Slattery and Margaret Butler were married by Reverend Burke. Wedding Anniversary for Jim and Mrs. Godfrey at their home, a big crowd there. |
| May 5 | Mon | The boys gave Mike Slattery a charivari this evening. Made a loud racket. |
| May 23 | Fri | Ed Gerity very sick. Had a consultation of doctors who decided he had appendicitis. He was operated on this p.m. |
| May 25 | Sun | Heard today of the death of Mrs. Johnny O'Malley of Osceola, James Gillen of Sheboygan and C. W. Humphrey of Milwaukee. |
| May 27 | Tue | Mrs. O'Malley buried in Osceola. |
| June | Alice Page and baby here, left for Adell. Heard of the death of Garrett Doyle at St. Patrick's. Ed Gerity reported worse. Another examination by doctors tonight. | |
| June 10 | Tue | Jim Gill and Mrs. Mamie Murray married at Mitchell. Reverend Burke performed the ceremony. |
| June 11 | Wed | Pat Slattery and Frances Egan married today at Plymouth by Reverend Meyer. Laura Gilboy and Mike Flood married at Mitchell by Reverend Burke. |
| June 17 | Tue | Henry Skelton and Annie McGrain married at Mitchell today by Reverend Burke. |
| June 23 | Mon | Heard of Mike Burke's death. (Note by Frank Slattery: I think this Mike Burke was Father Burke's brother) Missionaries went from Osceola to Dundee for a 3 day mission. |
| June 30 | Mon | Last day of Pius P.O. Old Jim Harrington came today for the last time. |
| July 1 | First day of rural route carried from Plymouth by avid Mantz. I served as postmaster of Pius since 1887 - 15 years. | |
| July 7 | Mon | Ed Garrity had a barn raising today. Henry Mangan came near being hurt by following (falling) from top of the building. |
| July 14 | Mon | Dance tonight at Garrity's new barn. |
| Aug. 1 | Fri | A big reception at Dundee tonight given to Jim Murray who takes charge of the Calvey saloon. |
| Aug. 10 | Sun | Heard today of the death of John Maloy at Hingham. |
| Aug. 24 | Sun | Gerity came and telephoned for Reverend Burke for Mrs. Ed. Gerrity who is sick in childbirth. |
| Aug. 25 | Mon | Ed Garrity's wife very low. Her life is in the balance. |
| Sept. 5 | Fri | Stopped at Donohue's to tell them of Mrs. McBride's death at Forest Junction. (Note by Frank Slattery: Catherine (McBride) Loftus and her husband are buried at Catholic cemetery in Hollandtown, west of Forest Junction.) |
| Sept. 8 | Mon | No mass at Mitchell today. The church is being frescoed. |
| Sept. 19 | Fri | Heard of the death of Mrs. Martin Reddington. |
| Sept. 21 | Sun | No mass because of frescoing. Drove to old Anthony Reddington's where Mrs. Martin Reddington was waked. Heard this evening of the death of Ed O'Hearn of Cascade. |
| Sept. 22 | Mon | Mrs. M. Reddington buried at Mitchell, was 95 years old. Her husband died in 1885. |
| Sept. 24 | Wed | Heard today of the death of Mrs. Clifford of Scott. |
| Sept. 25 | Thur | Mrs. John Clifford buried today at Mitchell. |
| Oct. 5 | Sun | The Dunn-Murray nuptuals announced in church today. Second time. (Note by Frank Slattery: Most of this Murray family died of T.B. Children of John Murray and ______ O'Reilly, better known as "Cranky" Johnnie Murray, to distinguish him from my uncle by marriage, "Long" Johnnie Murray, pretty close to 7 ft. tall.) |
| Oct. 11 | Sat | Auction at Ed Butler's. Ed Lyons, auctioneer. |
| Oct. 13 | Mon | School commenced in District #2 today, Kit Lindsay as teacher. Our Kit attended the first day. |
| Oct. 29 | Wed | Old Mrs. Kelly, formerly of Cascade, died today in Plymouth as a result of breaking her hip. She was 84 years old. (Note by Frank Slattery: from the Plymouth Review, Nov. 5, 1902: nee Kelly. Died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Franey. Born in Ireland, came to America when 11 and married Mr. Kelly in Milwaukee in 1849. Same year came to Cascade. Survived by Mrs. John Franey of Plymouth, Emon(?) Kelly of Denver, Colo., and Miss Frances of Ashland.---Is not in Cascade 1850 census.) |
| Nov. 25 | Tue | Heard today of the death of Tim Gill Jr. of Sheboygan today on the phone. |
| Nov. 26 | Wed | Thomas Gill died at his home in Cascade this morning. |
| Dec. 3 | Wed | Patrick Cahill buried today in Osceola. |
| Dec. 18 | Thur | Old Lawrence Reilly died today in South Mitchell in his 85th year. Leaves 3 sons, 4 daughters and his wife. |
| Dec. 27 | Sat | Charley Smith died today in the town of Auburn. |
| Dec. 28 | Sun | Mrs. Joe Shea died in Cascade this evening. |
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