|
Date | Day | Entry |
Jan. 1 | Sun | Early mass at Mitchell. Drove team and sled to Parnell after mass. Heard this p.m. of the birth and death of a child to Martin Gallagher. |
Jan. 3 | Tue | Father Meyers lecture at Turner Hall tonight on his foreign trips last summer. |
Jan. 5 | Thur | Johnny Brogan came this evening and refused to serve as _____? Agent. I telephoned Ott and told him I would serve. |
Jan. 6 | Fri | Dance at Lindsay Hall, Parnell. |
Jan. 8 | Sun | The Mission commenced at Mitchell church. Mass by Father Fisher. |
Jan. 9 | Mon | Mission on at Mitchell. Most all family attended. Took the Mangan's to the lecture this a.m. The subject was mortal sin. Sent paper to Mrs. Kenny, Chicago. |
Jan. 10 | Tue | The mission continues. Lecture on married life. |
Jan. 11 | Wed | Subject of mass was general confession. Mission priest and Reverend Fisher at Phalens for dinner. |
Jan. 15 | Sun | The Mission continues. In the evening all rode with Henry Mangan. Sermon and Benediction. Repetition of baptismal vows by congregation and procession by the children. The services this evening were simply grand and edifying. Something the Mitchell congregation never before witnessed. |
Jan. 19 | Thur | Paul and I drove cutter to Plymouth. Paul and self left for Milwaukee on train at 4:45. Went to Mrs. Holland's where I stopped over night. |
Jan. 20 | Fri | Found Scanlan's at 1012 15th St. South of Center. Went to the Harkins' on 18th Ave. Attended Auto Show at the auditorium, a grand show. |
Jan. 22 | Sun | At Milwaukee at Bill Scanlan's. Attended mass at Father O'Keefe's church on 3rd St. Went from there to Maggie Albert's at 628 Oakland Ave. |
Jan. 25 | Wed | Received a letter from Mrs. Margaret Heraty Kenny of Chicago today in response to rosary sent her. |
Jan. 26 | Thur | John C. O'Brien of Milwaukee, formerly of Scott, died today at Milwaukee, age 69 years. Survived by his wife and 4 daughters. |
Jan. 31 | Tue | Robert helping Johnny Mangan butchering this p.m. |
Feb. 1 | Wed | Ed Slattery called this morning for me to go up to John Slattery to make out deeds and will. Wrote deed from John Slattery and wife to Ed Slattery, and deed from Ed Slattery and wife to Mrs. John Slattery. John Slattery going to Chicago to consult doctor. |
Feb. 2 | Thur | Heard about Reverend Fisher's poison case. |
Feb. 10 | Fri | Kate Madden died at 10 o'clock a.m. today suddenly. |
Feb. 11 | Sat | Mrs. Charley (M)aase died today. Buried at Milwaukee. |
Feb. 12 | Sun | No mass today. Priest sick with bad cold. |
Feb. 13 | Mon | In a.m. Catherine Madden was buried in Mitchell cemetery. After funeral drove to McDonnell place to view loss as the house burned down this morning. |
Feb. 7 ? | Fri | Heard this p.m. of the death of Jas. Rooney at 1 o'clock today at his home in Plymouth, of pneumonia. 3rd attack. |
Feb. 20 | Mon | Jas. Rooney buried at Mitchell today. |
Feb. 21 | Tue | The Devine and Mugan girls called here this p.m. and Alice went with them. |
Feb. 22 | Wed | The Grosskreutz boy, who was drowned Sunday, was buried today at Cascade. |
Feb. 25 | Sat | Drove to Eden to see the condition of Pete Heraty. Found him not very sick, only his feet are gangrened. |
Feb. 27 | Mon | Patt Gallagher was buried today at the New Prospect cemetery. He died at Milwaukee from pneumonia after a few days sickness. |
March 9 | Thur | The Gilboy's had an auction today on the Mitchell and Osceola farms. |
March 11 | Sat | Drove to the Ben Butler's and made deed from Tom to Ben Butler on a parcel of land in Section 20. |
March 13 | Mon | Mrs. Leonard Hefling buried today in the St. Michael's cemetery. |
March 17 | Fri | Heard today of the death of Jim Butler in South Milwaukee from heart disease, fell dead on the street. |
March 20 | Mon | Jim Butler buried in Mitchell today. |
March 27 | Old man Roltgin of Greenbush died, buried Osceola. | |
March 30 | Ed Gosline and Johnny attended John Gill auction. | |
April 2 | Sun | Mona and self started for McNair's to bid the family goodbye. Johnny went to Bowen's to dehorn cattle. Heard this a.m. of a daughter being born to the Ford's. Bidella Lindsay. (This would be Iris Mary Ford) |
April 3 | Mon | Was called to Dundee this morning by the Gilboy's to arrange papers for old Mrs. Gilboy, who is sick to death. Got there at noon. |
April 4 | Tue | Snowed about 5 inches of snow. Town meeting. Opposition for clerk between Reilly and Dipple. |
April 5 | Wed | Robert drove to Parnell this morning with 3 calves to sell. Johnny at bee at Art Phipps. I drove to Conger's to write his last will. |
April 7 | Fri | Robert began hauling milk to factory this morning. First time in 1911. Matthew McNair this morning started for Waukesha County with team and buggy finally. |
April 9 | Sun | Paid Ed Burke church dues $3.50. |
April 13 | Thur | Mona, with Flora and buggy, drove to Plymouth today with live chickens, sold at 12 cents a lb. She got home at dark. |
April 14 | Fri | Saw several teams plowing corn ground today. |
April 16 | Sun | Easter Sunday. Paid priest $1.00 Easter collection. |
April 19 | Wed | Jim Johnson called this a.m. and placed 2 new batteries in the phone. |
April 21 | Fri | The play at Reilly's Hall, Parnell, for the benefit of the Altar Society. The play was a literary and financial success. All the family attended. |
May 2 | Tue | Wrote some letters to Review. |
May 3 | Wed | Dan Slattery and Mag Michaels called this morning on their way to visit Mrs. Johnny Hanlon Rise. Tony O'Malley of the town of Greenbush died at his home today. |
May 7 | Sun | We invited hands for stone digging "Bee" today for tomorrow. |
May 12 | Fri | Dance at Pool's tonight. Robert and Kit attended. |
May 16 | Tue | Old Mrs. Eagan of Mitchell died at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. Pat Slattery, today at Parnell. |
May 18 | Thur | Solemn Requiem Mass for Mrs. Eagan celebrated by Reverend Fisher, Father Haensler and Mayer of Osceola and Plymouth. |
June 2 | Fri | Big dance at Parnell. |
June 7 | Wed | Dr. Connell came from Fond du Lac today to Joe Naughton's to operate on the Naughton boy. |
June 8 | Thur | Jas. Prindeville had a stone "bee" today for barn basement. John McLaughlin called about his colt being killed by lightning. |
June 11 | Sun | Early mass at Mitchell. Tom Reilly and Agnes Gill of Sheboygan and Luke Gahagan and Miss Theresa Hand of Lyndon called to be married. |
June 13 | Thur | Jim Cosgrove puts rods on his barn today. So did Phillipson on their house. Buyer Walsh called this p.m. after hogs and cattle. |
June 14 | Wed | George Coleman came here this evening from the hospital in Sheboygan where he was placed last week by town board, being sick. |
June 15 | Thur | Heard this evening of Cummings buying out the Ed Smith farm. |
June 16 | Fri | Old Mrs. Pat Crosby died at 4 a.m. today at her son Mike's at Plymouth. Archie McDougal died at his home in Dundee. |
June 17 | Sat | Mona and self drove Old Badger to wake house at Crosby's. Stayed till 5 a.m. |
June 18 | Sun | A vote was taken in church today to pay $240.00 to raise a fund to pay a debt in the Polish church in Milwaukee. (St. Josephat's) There was only a few voted either way. The sentiment of the people was against such a sum. All the Crosby family and children were at the old home this a.m. George, Jerry, John Lew, Mike, Ed and all the girls, a big lot of them. |
June 19 | Mon | Mrs. Pat Crosby was buried in Mitchell cemetery, one of the largest processions whichever approached the church. Pallbearers were 6 grandsons. |
June 21 | Wed | Tom Reilly and Miss Agnes Gill married today. |
June 22 | Thur | Another roaster. Was 93 degrees in the p.m. No wind stirring. George Smith auction today. Things sold fairly well. Jerry Crosby, auctioneer. Larry Reilly, clerk. |
June 26 | Mon | Stopped to see Bart Donahue. Bart no better. |
July 2 | Sun | Mrs. Luke Flynn, formerly of Mitchell, died at Cascade this morning of heart failure. Dr. Nutt came to see Mattie McNair this p.m. He's in bad condition. |
July 3 | Mon | Mona drove to Plymouth early this morning on a ring from Jim. It turned out he was sick from being over heated in the foundry where he worked. Mona got home at 9 p.m. Dr. Morganroth called this a.m. on his way to Johnny O'Connell's, who has a sick horse. |
July 4 | Tue | A son born to our Jim today. A big picnic at Newton's today. Mrs. Luke Flynn was buried in Mitchell cemetery. The mass was celebrated at Mitchell. A large funeral. |
July 5 | Wed | Ed (?) Arimond called this morning on inspection trip with his whole family in auto on a trip in the interest of Phoenix Co. |
July 6 | Thur | Mailed $16.70 to Cudahy Bros. for lard and meat. A Mrs. and Miss Devine called this p.m. on school biz. Went to Dwyer's with them. Did nothing. Called on Mrs. Slattery. |
July 7 | Fri | Heard this morning of the death of Mary Devine at Chicago. Body brought to Mitchell for burial. |
July 8 | Sat | Mary Devine McDonnell of Chicago buried in Mitchell. Mass by Father Hughes. |
July 14 | Fri | Dwyer and self concluded to hire Miss Devine for school. |
July 15 | Sat | Matty McNair Sr. called this evening. |
July 16 | Sun | Mona and Alice with Flora drove to Plymouth to attend baptism of Jim's son. Devine to receive $35.00 per month. |
July 19 | Wed | This evening made contracts to Mary E. Devine, teacher for Dist. #1. |
July 21 | Fri | Heard today of Father Hughes to be buried in Mitchell and that the body will be brought to Plymouth at 7 p.m. tomorrow. |
July 22 | Sat | Father Hughes body to be brought to Tom Mangan's this evening. |
July 23 | Sun | Baptized at Plymouth, Edward Norman Heraty. Alice and Dan Mugan sponsors. Attended Father Hughes wake all night at Tom Mangan's. |
July 24 | Mon | Father Hughes funeral, 30 priests attended. It was the largest funeral procession that ever attended Mitchell church. Estimated at 300 teams as well as 30 automobiles. Reverend Hughes was the first priest to be buried in Mitchell. |
July 30 | Sun | It was reported at the church today that Johnny Mugan, Plymouth, was murdered at Ludington, Michigan, where he went to buy a farm and carried money with him. |
Aug. 2 | Wed | Johnny Slattery was buried in Mitchell cemetery. Mass by Reverend Fisher. Gilboy, undertaker. It was under control of the Catholic Foresters of Parnell Court. A delegation from Eden Court also in attendance. |
Aug. 3 | Thur | Mrs. Johnny Hanlon was buried in Osceola cemetery today. |
Aug. 5 | Sat | Heard of the death of Mrs. Dan Murphy and Mrs. Tom Gahagan Sr. |
Aug. 6 | Sun | Mona and self drove to Plymouth to Mrs. Murphy's wake. Stayed at Matt Gaynor's all night. |
Aug. 7 | Mon | Mrs. Murphy's mass at Mitchell. Mona and Kit attended Mrs. Gahagan's wake. |
Aug. 8 | Tue | Mrs. Gahagan buried in Mitchell today. |
Aug. 10 | Thur | Dan drove to Plymouth today with a load of cheese for factory. Aunt Mary Scanlan, Alice Page and Mr. And Mrs. Ed Hays called here this evening and stayed over night. |
Aug. 12 | Sat | Drove up to Dwyer's and Slattery's about a biography of Mrs. Gahagan and John Slattery. |
Aug. 13 | Sun | Kit and self went across the lake by boat and attended picnic at Newton's. Left at 6 p.m. and back by boat. Kit went by auto to Godfrey's. |
Aug. 15 | Tue | Received invitation to marriage of Miss Reed, Lincoln, Nebraska. |
Aug. 17 | Thur | Tom Cooney is dead at Cascade and the body of John Leonard was brought home last night. Both funerals tomorrow. Cooney's at Cascade and Leonard's at Osceola. |
Aug. 18 | Fri | John Leonard was killed in N.W. Canada in a R.R. wreck. Cooney died of cancer after a long illness. Albert S____? Of Merrill directed the Cooney funeral. |
Tue | Gave Mrs. Slattery copies of Herald with obituary of John in it. | |
Aug. 24 | Thur | Heard of the death of Michael McGrath of Osceola. The Forester's picnic held at Long Lake today at Newton's. |
Aug. 26 | Sat | Michael McGrath funeral in Osceola, 85 years old. Was born in Town of Nahna, Tipperary County, Ireland and was married to Celia Heraty in 1856 or 54. (Should be spelled Nenagh) |
Aug. 29 | Tue | "Dick" called here this evening on his way to Eden to Flaherty's. |
Aug. 31 | Thur | Heard of the death of Mrs. Michael Butler at City of Plymouth of paralysis. |
Sept. 2 | Tue | Mrs. Butler buried in Mitchell. Funeral mass by Reverend Fisher. |
Sept. 7 | Thur | Dan drove to Kewaskum today with hogs. Received letter from Mrs. Holland about Paul and where she lives in Chicago. |
Sept. 21 | Thur | Heard of the death of Henry Skelton of Lyndon after a long illness from cancer and of Bart Donahue of Mitchell from disease of kidney. |
Sept. 23 | Sat | Bart Donahue was buried in Mitchell. Large funeral. 1 1/2 miles long. |
Sept. 24 | Sun | Reverend Fisher gave the Foresters a rake down on their conduct socially. |
Sept. 28 | Thur | John Harkins and wife and baby of Milwaukee here over night. So was Loretta. First time called here as such. |
Oct. 6 | Fri | Johnny Connell had 5 cows killed by eating green corn. |
Oct. 27 | Fri | Forester dance at Parnell tonight. |
Oct. 31 | Tue | Mrs. Rice of Greenbush buried at Osceola today. |
Nov. 12 | Sun | No mass at Mitchell today. The church furnace not being completed. |
Nov. 24 | Fri | Heard of the death of Mrs. Eliza Murphy at Phil King's in Mitchell at 6 o'clock. Cause - apoplexy. Mrs. Ed Bowser (nee Hughes) was buried today at Colby, Wisconsin. |
Nov. 27 | Mon | Mrs. Eliza (1 - Murray) 2 - Murphy, nee Shea, buried in Mitchell today. |
Dec. 21 | Thur | Ed Gilboy and Adam Dutkevich came here this evening. Dutkevich gave Gilboy a note for $251.00 on a chattel mortgage to secure it on cows, young stock and farm machinery, etc. |
Dec. 24 | Sun | 1910 (?) Midnight mass at Mitchell. |
Dec. 26 | Tue | Clarence Gaynor called this morning to bid goodbye to his relatives, having enlisted in the U.S. Navy. |
This information is copyright by Mrs. Yvonne Matt and Kay Reitberger and was donated
to the Sheboygan page to share with others. Absolutely no copying for sale or profit is
permitted without prior written consent from Kay, Yvonne and Debie Blindauer.
Copyright 1997 - 2007 by Debie Blindauer
All Rights reserved