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1907 Thomas Heraty's Diary
| Date | Day | Entry |
| Jan. ? | Tue | Social at Tony Reddington's. |
| Jan. 17 | Thur | Paid taxes for 1907 of $44.74. |
| Jan. 19 | Sat | A big C & F Ball at Flood's in Parnell. |
| Jan. 22 | Tue | Mrs. Gilboy came here for her first pension, payed $10.40. |
| Jan. 24 | Thur | A son born to the Johnny O'Connell's tonight. |
| Jan. 26 | Sat | Mrs. John Mangan reported sick. |
| Feb. 5 | Tue | Johnny sold old pig to Haas at Plymouth for $5.75. |
| Feb. 8 | Fri | The last dance before Lent at Flood's. |
| Feb. 9 | Sat | Kit drove over to Lindsay's today to visit the sick folks. |
| Feb. 10 | Sun | The John Connell's son and Ed Burke girl were baptized today by Reverend Burke at Mitchell. The Flood-Butler wedding called today. The throats blessed today. Reverend Burke $2.00 on salary to February 1st. B. Lindsay sick with appendicitis, may have an operation. |
| Feb. 12 | Tue | The Flood-Butler wedding at Mitchell today by Reverend Burke. |
| Feb. 15 | Fri | Dan found his boy at Stokes in Scott yesterday, brought him home. He can't be trusted here after. |
| Feb. 16 | Sat | The 3 boys attended a Medicine Show at Parnell. |
| Feb. 27 | Wed | A blue cold mean start of a day, wind S.E. and inclined to snow. Did not snow much until night. |
| Feb. 28 | Thur | Drove to Pool's Hall to attend a farmers meeting and program, a big crowd. |
| March 9 | Sat | Drove to Parnell to take out insurance on Reilly Bros. Stock goods in account, $600.00. |
| March 12 | Tue | John Scanlan and self attended auction at Devine's. The farm was not sold, $8,400.00 bid. |
| March 13 | Wed | Robert drove Alice to Plymouth on her way to Milwaukee. |
| March 15 | Fri | Rode to Plymouth today with Bill Scanlan to see Rooney about bill to County Judge about Devine estate. Filed bill with Judge for $19.00. Paid Miller in fill $9.10. Renewed note at Exchange Bank for $180.00 for 3 months at 2 %. Paid interest at bank of $2.70. |
| March 22 | Fri | Mrs. Mary Morgan, who was gored by a cow last Monday, died Wednesday and was buried today at Cascade. Services by Reverend Burke. |
| March 23 | Sat | Mrs. Anne Mangan died tonight after a long illness. |
| March 24 | Sun | Wake for Mrs. Mangan. |
| March 25 | Mon | All the Rooney crowd at the wake. |
| March 26 | Tue | Mrs. Annie Mangan was buried today at Mitchell. There was a large funeral. |
| March 27 | Wed | The boys began hauling milk to the factory this morning. Began with 78 lbs. |
| March 28 | Thur | Andy McDonnell's auction today. |
| March 30 | Sat | Jim Devine auction, things sold at fair prices. There was a big crowd and everybody got drunk. I bought one horse for $58.00 and about 200 bushels of barley @ 64 cents per bushel. |
| March 31 | Sun | Easter Sunday. Sent a dollar to Reverend Burke by Mona today for Easter offering. |
| April 5 | Fri | Blue and cloudy with mean cold. Froze hard last night. |
| April 6 | Sat | The Donahue girls went away this morning after their vacation. |
| April 7 | Sun | Mrs. Mullaney of Cascade buried tomorrow at Cascade cemetery. |
| April 8 | Mon | Snowed 4 inches. Snowed all night and all day. The heaviest of the year. Not cold, but terrible going on the roads, mud deep and thick. |
| April 10 | Wed | Flunker factory took out insurance, the sum of $3,190.00 for 1 %. |
| April 13 | Sat | Heard today of the death of Patrick Crosby. |
| April 15 | Mon | Old man Patrick Crosby was buried today in Mitchell. Self and Mona attended. Fearful day for the occasion. Mass by Father Burke. Bearers: Johnny Leo Lindsay, Mike Reilly, Tom Devine, Dick Phalen, Tom Heraty, Gilboy _________? |
| April 20 | Sat | Nat Seekins was found dead in his wagon on the road to Dundee from Armstrong Corner. |
| May 5 | Sun | Paid Reverend Burke for salary in full up to March 1, 1907, $2.00 and for church repair $3.00. |
| May 6 | Mon | Michael O'Grady of Milwaukee, formerly of Plymouth, died at Milwaukee tonight, age 57, at 1718 Wells St. |
| May 10 | Fri | Received from factory this month $10.00 for milk. |
| May 9 | Thur | Holy Day of Obligation. Our 42nd Anniversary of our marriage. |
| May 26 | Sun | Thick, dark clouds and misty all day, was a mean, raw, cold day and felt like snow. |
| June 2 | Sun | Pete Murphy's girl was called to be married. |
| June 8 | Sat | Nick Cosgrove called this evening and gave me list of outstanding saloon bills to collect. |
| June 12 | Wed | Dance at Parnell tonight, all our youngsters attended at Flood's Hall. |
| June 16 | Sun | Heard this morning of the death of John Michaels at 9 o'clock last night, brain trouble. |
| June 18 | Tue | Went to Nick's funeral, was the largest at Mitchell. Miss Lizzy Murphy, a daughter of Peter Murphy, and Mr. Kalb were married today by Reverend Burke. |
| June 24 | Mon | The dedication of the new Catholic church today at Plymouth by Bishop Messmer of Milwaukee, assisted by numerous priests of the Diocese, an enormous crowd in attendance. The Catholic Foresters of Parnell made a fine appearance. |
| June 25 | Tue | Andy O'Connell and Miss Cassie Hughes were married today at Mitchell by Reverend Hughes. |
| June 14 | Sun | Sarah Lindsay and James Reilly called to be married, first time today by Reverend Burke. |
| July 31 | James Reilly and Miss Sarah Lindsay were married today by Reverend Burke at Mitchell church. A reception was held at the Lindsay home. | |
| Aug. 5 | Mon | Barney Lindsay was taken to Fond du Lac for operation. |
| Aug. 6 | Tue | Mona and John went to Lindsay's to wake, Bernard's body, came to Plymouth, our teams went to meet it. |
| Aug. 7 | Wed | Body of Bernard Lindsay was brought home from Plymouth. He died at 10 o'clock, lived 12 hours after the operation. |
| Aug. 8 | Thur | Bernard Lindsay, son of George and Agnes Lindsay, 10 years of age, was buried today. |
| Aug. 23 | Fri | Mrs. Stanton of Osceola was buried today. |
| Sept. 2 | Mon | Weber girl went home today via Cascade. Alice drove her there. A good riddance. |
| Sept. 5 | Thur | Dan O'Connell sick with pleurisy. The Sheboygan County Fair, splendid day for the occasion. |
| Sept. 11 | Wed | John Lang died at Elkhart Lake, aged 76 years, after a long illness, diabetes. |
| Sept. 18 | Wed | Dan Calvey of Dundee and Miss Rose Skelton were married today by Reverend Burke. |
| Oct. 2 | Wed | Hannah McGrath and ______ were married today. |
| Oct. 11 | Fri | The Lusitania made the fastest trip heretofore made across the Atlantic from Queenstown to Sandybrook in 4 days, 19 hours, 52 minutes. |
| Oct. 12 | Sat | John Dowling's auction at Patt Dewire farm. Things sold cheap, not a big crowd. |
| Oct. 24 | Thur | Mrs. Donahue and Miss Dan Heraty called today. |
| Nov. 7 | Thur | Mrs. Jim Gill reported sick with hemorrhage of the lungs. |
| Nov. 23 | Sat | Auction held at Otto folks. |
| Nov. 30 | Sat | Bee today hauling sand from Reddington pit for barn basement. |
| Dec. 3 | Mon | Joseph Dwire was buried today in Mitchell. 200 teams, mass by Reverend Burke. |
| Dec. ? | Tue | Attended town board meeting as a member, received $2.00. Mailed report to Review. |
| Dec. 11 | Wed | Today is my birthday 1836 - 71 years today. |
| Dec. 22 | Sun | John F. Burke Sawyer?(Lawyer?) died at St. Mary's hospital in Milwaukee of ______, was buried at Osceola cemetery. |
| Dec. 27 | Fri | Alice and Jim drove to Parnell to attend a social at Slattery's. |
| Dec. 29 | Sun | Ellen Naughton reported very sick. Dr. O'Brien of Milwaukee called to see her. |
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