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Date | Day | Entry |
Jan. 1 | Wed | L. O. Reilly and Miss Molly Flynn married today. At Cascade by Reverend Burke. |
Jan. 2 | Thur | Ellen Quinn, sister of Pat Quinn, was buried in Mitchell today, died at Milwaukee. |
Jan. 3 | Fri | Mrs. McNair and her four daughters made a social call. |
Jan. 4 | Sat | Smith, Conger, Daley and McGrain came along. I made out their pension voucher. |
Jan. 6 | Mon | Made out Mrs. Phillipsen's pension voucher. |
Jan. 7 | Tue | Left home at 9 a.m. for Plymouth with Jas. (?) Naughton. Took freight to Grafton and electric from there to Milwaukee. Stopped at William Scanlan's over night. |
Jan. 8 | Wed | At Scanlan's in Milwaukee till 9 a.m. Called on Mrs. Holland. Walked to Daley's and stopped there for dinner. |
Jan. 9 | Thur | At Milwaukee. Stopped to see Aunt Winnie (having ridden over on National Avenue). Stopped to see Tom Dwire at his shop on Grove Street. |
Jan. 14 | Tue | Old man Tommie Gahagan died at 6 o'clock this evening. |
Feb. 1 | Sat | Drifts over 10 feet high after blowing of gale. James Gill's wife lay dead at her home in Mitchell today. Lord have mercy on her soul. |
Feb. 2 | Sun | No mass in Mitchell today on account of the drifted roads. |
Feb. 3 | Mon | The mail man came today, first time since Friday. |
Feb. 4 | Tue | Mrs. James Gill buried today in Mitchell. |
Feb. 10 | Mon | The roads are packed down more. Several teams passed to Plymouth today, the first time in 10 days. |
Feb. 11 | Tue | Johnny Devine sold Tom Gahagan his old farm. |
Feb. 12 | Wed | Drove to Parnell. I paid Pat Slattery $60.29 taxes for 1907 for M. Gilboy, Town Treasurer. Paid: Reilly store up in full to February 12, $47.96. |
Feb. 13 | Thur | Anthony Reddington has a bee today at cutting logs for his new house. Hauled logs to our mill for timber for his new house. |
Feb. 15 | Sat | Mary Mangan has a wood sawing bee today. |
Feb. 17 | Mon | Dan Connell drove to Plymouth with a load of barley. He lost a bag on the way. Old man Plautz found the bag of barley. He took it in to Plymouth. Sold it and denied finding it. |
Feb. 19 | Wed | Snowing till 7 a.m. Everything drifted full. No mail today. Wrote "Information" letter to the Review. |
Feb. 28 | Fri | Heard over the phone that William Murphy's baby was dead. |
March 1 | Sun | Jerry Donahue of Sheboygan died. He married that Clarke woman. |
March 2 | Mon | A big Lenten dance at Flood's, Parnell. |
March 3 | Tue | Mrs. John Bowen called on ______ this p.m. |
March 15 | Sun | Henry Mangan called this evening and made out an application paper for an orphan boy to Wauwatosa. |
March 22 | Sun | Walked to see old man Donahue. First time since their marriage, met Mr. And Mrs. Tom Butler. They were at Donahue's. |
March 23 | Mon | Tom Fitzpatrick came here with horse rig and mop sticks and stayed over night. |
March 24 | Tue | Bought a mop from Tom Fitzpatrick, $1.50. |
April 4 | Sat | Heard this p.m. of the death of John Reilly, town line of Mitchell and Scott, from inflammation of the bowels. |
April 7 | Tue | Town meeting today. Town ticket: Crosby, Murray, Helmer - Superintendant; Phalen - Clerk; Burke - Assessor; Hanahan - Treasurer. |
April 23 | Thur | At about 5 p.m., Kit came to mill and told about the sudden death of Mrs. Bart Donahue at 4 p.m. Mona walked up there. |
April 24 | Fri | The death of Mrs. Donahue was the saddest in this locality in years. |
April 25 | Sat | Mrs. Bart Donahue (Annie) was buried today in St. Michael's cemetery, Mitchell. Mass by Reverend Burke. Largest funeral to Mitchell. Mona and self attended. Got home 2 p.m. Pall bearers: Jim Connors, Bill Dwire, Jack Bowen, Peter Murphy, Tony Reddington and Ed Slattery. Jim Gilboy, director. |
April 27 | Mon | Mailed application from Mrs. Gilboy for pension today. |
May 3 | Sun | The first all game of the season was played at Parnell today. Parnell vs. Osceola. |
May 10 | Sun | A ball game at Parnell, White Sox vs. the West Ends from Sheboygan. 5 to 1 in favor of Parnell. |
May 16 | Sat | Milwaukee. Went downtown, called on Alice, Holland and spent till 10:30 at Jim Reilly's. Got back to Bill Scanlan's at 11:30 at night. |
May 23 | Sat | William Delahunt of Russell township was buried today at St. Anne. Died from pneumonia, age 47 years. 6 children survive. |
May 25 | Mon | Wrote letter to Margaret at Fulton, N.Y. |
May 27 | Wed | Tomorrow will be out 43rd Wedding Anniversary. Married at St. Patrick's in the town of Sherman, Holy Thursday, 1865, by Reverend Father Krief. |
June 24 | Wed | Zeke Bowen and his saw mill passed down to Jim Devine's this a.m. Jim still in bed but gaining fast. |
June 26 | Fri | Mrs. Naughton quite sick. Reverend Burke called at Henry Mangan's. |
June 27 | Sat | Dr. O'Brien called to see Mrs. Naughton. |
June 28 | Sun | Alice went to Dotyville to stand sponsor for a boy child of John Richardson. |
July 2 | Thur | The Zeke Bowen sawing rig left Jim Devine's today on a dispute on sawing. |
July 4 | Sat | Big picnic at Newton's. |
July 7 | Tue | Wrote letter to McNamara to Fulton, N.Y. |
July 8 | Wed | Two barn raisings today, Johnny Mangan and Paddy Connors. |
July 11 | Sat | Lamb came here this p.m. Sold him 2 steers and dry cow for $80.10 and calf for $7.00. |
July 18 | Sat | A dance at John Mangan's new barn tonight. All our youngsters attended. |
July 19 | Sun | Miss Reed of Lincoln, Nebraska, Miss Sellars of Oshkosh and Frank McNicholas called here today. |
July 20 | Mon | Received from Mrs. Holland money order for $5.00 for Kit. |
July 29 | Wed | Rode home from Plymouth with Mike Slattery. |
Aug. 10 | Mon | Mailed letter to McNalery (?) (McHales?), Syracuse. |
Aug. 13 | Thur | Old man Carl Plautz was found dead at Dundee this morning. No cause given for death. |
Aug. 14 | Fri | Carl Plautz was buried in Bartlet cemetery in Mitchell. |
Aug. 16 | Sun | Early mass at Mitchell. The last mass to be said by Reverend Burke in Mitchell. He is going to be moved to another parish in East Geneva, Wis. |
Aug. 19 | Wed | Old man Plautz's body removed today from Mitchell to Plymouth cemetery. |
Aug. 23 | Sun | The first day and time of the Reverend Fishers pastorate in Mitchell Congregation. He creates a good impression. There was no mass today. Simple rosary. Some altar articles were missing. |
Aug. 31 | Mon | I drove to Johnny Slattery to draw up a lease between Mrs. Margaret Michaels and Johnny Corbet. She has note by Corbet for 3 years with privilege of holding for 5 years. |
Sept. 2 | Wed | Johnny Rooney and Maggy Stokes were married today at Mitchell church by Reverend Fisher. His first marriage in Mitchell. |
Sept. 6 | Sun | A meeting held after mass to make arrangements with priest. Only business of the meeting was the election of a committee of two, Thomas Phalen-Secretary, and Bart Donahue-Treasurer. |
Sept. 8 | Tue | Milwaukee. Mona stopped at Mrs. Holland's over night. |
Sept. 15 | Tue | The first cars on the Milwaukee and Northern Electric came in Sheboygan from Milwaukee. |
Sept. 20 | Sun | John Leonard died at about 3:00 this p.m. Gilboy took care of the body. |
Sept. 22 | Tue | The Gilboy-Manley wedding. |
Sept. 23 | Wed | John Leonard was buried today in Osceola cemetery by Reverend Heisler. Very large funeral. |
Sept. 27 | Sun | George skipped out and left Dan today. |
Oct. 8 | Thur | Heard this morning of Tom Mangan's boy being dead. Cause of death not known. |
Oct. 10 | Sat | Tom Mangan's boy, Martin, was buried today in Mitchell. Mass by Father Hughes. Heard this evening of the death of old Mrs. Larry Reilly at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Jim Cahill in Osceola. |
Oct. 18 | Sun | Late mass at Mitchell. Vespers held at Mitchell church this evening. The first Vespers Services in Mitchell church in 18 years. Reverend Fisher held services. |
Oct. 20 | Tue | Heard today of the death of old man Peter Hand at Plymouth. |
Nov. 15 | Sun | Tim (?) Donahue and Mrs. McDonnell, nee Devoy, were called to be married at Glenbeulah. |
Nov. 24 | Tue | Heard today over phone that Miles Gallagher was married today at Chicago to Miss Mary (?) Laura Donahue. |
Nov. 26 | Thur | Tim Donahue and Miss Devoy were married at Plymouth yesterday by Reverend Meyers. |
Nov. 29 | Sun | After dinner, I drove up to Slattery's and looked over some papers connected with old Mrs. Slattery and Tom. Took agreement to send and have that and guardian papers registered at Sheboygan |
Dec. 4 | Fri | Heard today of marriage of Johnny Franey to Miss (?) McCaffery at Green Bay on 25 inst. |
Dec. 8 | Tue | Heard from Dotyville that Jas. McCrory would be buried tomorrow. McCrory was killed by a team of colts running away. He was thrown on a curb breaking a leg. Burial at Mt. Calvary. |
Dec. 11 | Fri | The church choir met here for rehearsal. A good time. They stayed till 11 1/2. Mamie Phalen, the Lindsay girls, the Gill youngsters, Tony, Mag, Kate and Dan and the Murphy's and young Bowser's were here. Delicious lunch was served. |
Dec. 20 | Sun | Mr. And Mrs. George Lindsay called this p.m., stayed till 8 1/2 p.m. |
Dec. 26 | Sat | Mona and self drove over to George Lindsay's today in cutter. Stayed till dark. Home at 6:30. |
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