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1910 Thomas Heraty's Diary
| Date | Day | Entry |
| Jan. 3 | Mon | Blowing, drifting and cold gale from N.W., 2 degrees below. |
| Jan. 5 | Wed | Snow from fence to fence. Ed Cummings died at 11:30 tonight at Bart Donahue's from heart failure. |
| Jan. 8 | Sat | Ed Cummings was buried at Dundee cemetery today. |
| Jan. 16 | Sun | Mona went to mass to carry Dan's baby girl to have her baptized. |
| Feb. 1 | Tue | Card party at Bart Donahue's tonight. |
| Feb. 7 | Mon | Martin Gallagher and Molly O'Mally married at Osceola. Mona, with Flora, drove Jim to Plymouth this p.m. where he is going to get married tomorrow to Jennie Fryer, which leads to his early death. Poor Jim! |
| Feb. 15 | Tue | Michael Reilly died this a.m., 11:30. |
| Feb. 18 | Fri | Michael Reilly buried today in Cascade. |
| Feb. 27 | Sun | Heard this evening of the reported death of Peter Alcox. |
| March 1 | Tue | Peter Alcox buried at Cascade. Very large funeral. |
| March 8 | Tue | Mailman came this p.m. on foot to deliver mail. First mail since last Friday. |
| March 9 | Wed | Cutting bee at Henry Mangan's. |
| March 17 | Thur | A remarkable day. President Taft visited Chicago to address the Irish Hibernians and stood while doing so on a platform made from two tons of the "Auld Sod" from Irish soil brought particularly from Ireland. |
| March 20 | Sun | Ella Lindsay and Mr. Ford were called to be married. |
| March 21 | Mon | Joe Skelton had a wood sawing bee today. |
| April 2 | Sat | Pat Quinn auction today. |
| April 5 | Tue | Town meeting to vote for judge. |
| April 6 | Wed | Bidella Lindsay and Charles Ford were married by Reverend Fisher at St. Michael's. |
| April 11 | Mon | Michael Collins of Fond du Lac, formerly of Osceola, was buried today at St. Michael's, he was 93 years old. |
| May 13 | Fri | Barn raising at Twohig's. |
| May 23 | Mon | Mrs. Robert Skelton buried at Cascade. Mrs. Cannon's body was brought from Oshkosh to Mitchell where it was interred. Her children came from Oshkosh. |
| May ? | Thur | Drove to Dick Phalen's and took insurance on his farm buildings and personal property. |
| June 5 | Sun | 64 years ago today, our people sailed from Liverpool, England for America on the good ship Manchester of Cork with Captain Brown and 500 passengers. |
| June 6 | Mon | A Forester dance at Parnell tonight. Robert and Alice attended. |
| June 15 | Wed | John Harkins of Milwaukee and Kate Lindsay, daughter of George and Agnes Lindsay, of the town of Mitchell, were married today at St. Michael's church. Best man, J. Harkins; Bride's maid, Kate Lindsay. |
| June 24 | Fri | A dance at Pool's tonight. Robert, Alice and Kit attended. |
| June 27 | Mon | William Murray, son of Patrick Murray, formerly of Dundee, died today at Campbellsport. |
| June 29 | Wed | Body of William Murray was buried at Mitchell today. |
| July 16 | Sat | Drove to Dan Piper's cheese factory and took out insurance for $1,000.00. |
| July 27 | Wed | Bart Donahue called this a.m. with nomination papers for Collins for District Attorney for acknowledgement for notary. |
| July 29 | Fri | John Ferguson's dwelling house burned down last night, was insured in the Herman Co. of Dodge County. |
| July 30 | Sat | William Reilly died today at his home in Rathburn. |
| July 31 | Sun | The priest announced a collection to be taken up for the John Ferguson's whose home burned out a few days ago. |
| Aug. 2 | Tue | William Reilly of Rathburn was buried today in Greenbush. |
| Aug. 15 | Mon | The last day for Reverend Fisher, 2 years in Mitchell. Paid Pat Slattery $5.50 inful for last year church dues. |
| Aug. 17 | Wed | Robert and Alice went to the Ringling Circus today in Sheboygan. The circus people did not get home till 12:30. |
| Aug. 23 | Tue | Alice went to Beechwood to sew for Mrs. O'Connell. |
| Aug. 26 | Fri | Heard of the death of John Knowd of Plymouth whose death occurred today. He was an old pioneer R.R. man, stationed for many years in Plymouth. |
| Aug. 30 | Tue | John Knowd was buried today. |
| Sept. 6 | Tue | Primary election day for State Legislature and County officers. First day of County Fair. Attended the primary election, voted the straight Democratic ticket on account of the 20% law. Would NOT have voted for Senator LaFollette, could not split ticket. |
| Sept. 7 | Wed | 50 years ago today, Lady Elagen sank in Lake Michigan. 400 lives were lost. |
| Sept. 11 | Sun | Skelton boy baby kicked by a colt of Jim Devine at Skelton home. |
| Sept. 18 | Sun | Miss Irene Smith, daughter of Mr. And Mrs. M. Smith of Mitchell, died today at her home. Born June 26, 1885. |
| Sept. 21 | Wed | Attended the Smith girls funeral, held at Cascade. |
| Sept. 28 | Wed | Mona drove to Poole's after supplies and groceries. She got home at 5 p.m., did evening chores and watered stock. |
| Oct. 9 | Sun | Elected John Gill and Ed Burke as church committee for ending term. They raised pew rent to $4.00. |
| Oct. 16 | Sun | A number of children received First Communion today. Father Fisher gave instruction and drill to those who are to be confirmed next Sunday and how to act themselves in front of the Bishop. |
| Oct. 18 | Tue | A big day in Mitchell for the congregation. Archbishop Messmer of Milwaukee and 3 priests. A big crowd. The Foresters attended in a body. |
| Nov. 2 | Wed | Mona and self attended Tim Scanlan's funeral. |
| Nov. 5 | Sat | The boys went to the Gerity auction. |
| Nov. 8 | Tue | General election day. Jim's boy baby died this a.m. The Democrats nearly carried the county. Congressman Burke was elected by a big majority. |
| Nov. 10 | Thur | Jim's boy baby was buried today in Mitchell. Short service was held by Father Meyers. |
| Dec. 11 | Sun | The Roaker chair factory burned down tonight at Plymouth. |
| Dec. 15 | Thur | James Giffens died at Plymouth this p.m. 84 years old. Born September 1, 1827. |
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