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Date | Day | Entry |
Jan. 24 | Mon | John Devine's daughter, Ruth, died at 6 p.m. today. |
Jan. 28 | Sun | Heard of Robert Lindsay being low with typhoid fever at Milwaukee. |
Jan. 30 | Tue | Just heard of the death of Robert Lindsay at Milwaukee from typhoid fever at 5:45 p.m. |
Feb. 3 | Sat | Funeral of Robert Lindsay at Milwaukee. |
Feb. 6 | Wed | Ed Gosline had a phone call from Marshfield saying that his mother was dying. |
Feb. 24 | Sat | Johnny Mangan had his auction today. Was a poor day for auction. Small crowd. Things sold cheap. |
March 12 | Tue | Peter Murphy had an auction today. |
March 14 | Thur | To Parnell. Had dinner at Slattery's. Stopped at Hotel Mangans. Treated house. Drove to Mrs. Hanahan's. Made a lease from Mrs. Hanahan to Frank Sherman on her farm, only year at $300.00 rent. |
March 17 | Sun | Drove to Dimmer's to attend 10th Marriage Anniversary of Mr. And Mrs. Dimmer. Party till 4 a.m. Big crowd. 100 persons. Nearly all the neighbors were present. |
March 18 | Mon | Nothing doing at mill today. |
March 30 | Sat | Attended meeting at the Larson cheese factory, acted as secretary to the meeting. W. Dwyer as chairman. There was a full attendance. Harmony prevailed. |
April 7 | Sun | Easter Sunday. Easter mass at Mitchell. The Foresters attended in a body. |
April 10 | Wed | The Murphy Slattery wedding at Mitchell church by Reverend Fisher. A big crowd attended. |
April 12 | Fri | Jim Connors came this evening and made out his income tax. He paid me 50 cents. Mona milked all alone this evening. |
April 14 | Sun | The Titanic Liner came in collision with an iceberg at Newfoundland. |
April 17 | Wed | Pat Slattery called this evening and Alice went to Parnell with him. The great shipwreck of the Titanic is the talk of the nation and the world. |
April 20 | Sat | Godfrey auto drove up to Brogan's this morning, took the Brogan's north and brought them home this evening. |
April 21 | Sun | Mona drove to George Lindsay's this p.m. |
April 27 | Sat | Gilboy's called with auto this p.m. |
April 29 | Mon | Mamie Devine asked for school again and I promised her for next term. |
April 30 | Tue | Johnny Gaynor and two children called this morning. |
May 3 | Fri | Mrs. Ed Slattery called this evening. Charlie Piper, with auto, Mrs. Piper, Mrs. Pat Slattery and Mrs. Johnny Mangan called this p.m. |
May 6 | Mon | With Flora, drove off south this a.m. to qualify for justice to Dippels. He was not at home. Drove to Jim Gill's. There for dinner. He signed justice bond, from there to George Lindsay's. He signed justice bond. Drove to Joe Bowser's. He accepted bond. Drove to Hirsig factory. Gave him policy. He gave me a check for $10.00. Drove to Dan's, there for supper. Got home at dark. |
May 9 | Thur | Mrs. Larry Reilly and son here today - dress biz, here till near sundown. |
May 10 | Fri | Ed Slattery and the Mrs. called this evening. |
May 11 | Sat | Mrs. Ephraim Conger of Forest was buried in the little Union cemetery in town of Forest. She died from stroke of apoplexy on last Tuesday, the 7th inst. |
May 14 | Tue | Alice had a number of visitors this evening on dress biz. A picture man called this evening and applied for lodging. He stayed all night. |
May 16 | Thur | Ascension Thursday. This is the 47th Anniversary of our Wedding. |
May 17 | Fri | Jim Connors got a new manure spreader. |
May 25 | Sat | Dick Garry came here this p.m. and stayed all night. |
May 30 | Thur | Big dance at Parnell tonight. |
June 1 | Sat | Drove to Hanahan's and made out Frank Sherman's income report. |
June 2 | Sun | Leo Carlin called at 12:30 a.m. at night for a drink of water, was here with a gray horse and buggy and a woman. |
June 7 | Fri | Big dance at Plymouth high school at which Murray's, Devine's and Fitzpatrick girls graduated. |
June 14 | Fri | A Forester dance at Parnell, Robert, Kit and Alice attended. The Shea girls came here with Alice this evening and went with them to the Forester dance. She drove her own horse to Parnell. |
June 15 | Sat | I stopped at Dr. Meyers at Parnell to see about sore shoulder. |
June 21 | Fri | Dr. Meyers drove with his auto this evening. I met him at Bowen's, where he dressed my wound. Members appointed to meeting at Plymouth from cheese factory, Bill Dwire, Ed Gerity and Tony Reddington. |
June 23 | Sun | A baby _____ named _______ was baptized today for Bill Mangan. |
June 30 | Sun | Dr. Meyers dressed my shoulder after mass today at Parnell. Brother Crosby at mass at Mitchell today. Several autos up and down today. |
July 1 | Mon | School meeting. Mike Slattery was elected clerk for 2 years. Ed Gerity elected 3 years as treasurer. Raised $200.00 district tax. |
July 3 | Wed | Heard at Plymouth that Mrs. Tom Caine died at the hospital in Sheboygan as a result of an operation for a tumor. |
July 6 | Sat | Pat Cooney had a barn raising today. Dr. Meyers called today saying he was going to practice in Elkhart Lake. |
July 7 | Sun | Late mass at Mitchell. Mona and self attended. After mass stopped at Tony Reddington's for dinner and supper. A large gathering of the friends there for dinner and supper. All enjoyed themselves immensely. There was plenty to eat and drink. Music on the piano by Miss Lucile Heraty. Some of the old folks tripped the light fantastic. |
July 12 | Fri | Mike Slattery called this a.m. to fix up some school papers. |
July 13 | Sat | Old man John Shea of town of Forest died at his home in Forest at 7 p.m. |
July 16 | Tue | Shea buried today in Osceola. |
July 22 | Mon | County officials came this p.m., took away Dan's hired man in an auto to the asylum in Sheboygan. |
July 26 | Fri | Dance tonight at Manley's and Reilly's hall at Parnell. Adam Dutkevich called this morning to consult about the Snufkie case. |
Aug. 12 | Mon | Wrote letter to Tim Murphy about auto. Heard of the death of Pat Murphy of Holland at Milwaukee. |
Aug. 14 | Wed | Heard that the daughter of Tom Carnes of Greenbush was drowned in Crystal Lake. |
Aug. 24 | Sat | Hannah Gaynor and the kids came from Plymouth to Connell's this p.m. with team. |
Aug. 27 | Tue | A Turk came here this evening and stayed tonight. He was begging help to bring his family from Armenia to the U.S. |
Sept. 15 | Sun | George Murphy and Delia Madden Scott called today to be married. |
Oct. 18 | Fri | A Forester dance at Lindsay hall in Parnell tonight. |
Oct. 26 | Sat | Paddy Gerity got filled up last night and was laid down all day in our barn. Got up a little before sundown and went to Connell's. Bowen's girl here for eggs. Sold them a dozen. |
Oct. 27 | Sun | Crosby-Mugan Banns called, last time, to be married, 30th inst. at Mitchell. Paid Tom Mangan $3.50 on priests salary. |
Nov. 7 | Thur | Fred Wallinski funeral who died at his son-in-law's, John Ferguson. 74 years old. |
Nov. 10 | Sun | Heard today at church of the death of Mrs. Michael Rodden. Will be buried tomorrow at Cascade. Had a phone call from Alice at Milwaukee this evening saying that Frank Daly was dead at Milwaukee. Alice to attend funeral. |
Nov. 21 | Thur | Mrs. Ed. Calvey of Dundee was found dead in her home this morning in a kneeling posture with her beads in her hands, as in prayer. Death was from heart disease. |
Dec. 8 | Sun | Heard at the church of the dangerous illness of Mrs. Thomas Gilboy. She was being prayed for at church. |
Dec. 10 | Tue | Mrs. Tom Gilboy died at the hospital in Green Bay tonight. |
Dec. 11 | Wed | My 76th birthday. I was born in Doon, 1 1/2 miles from the town of Westport, Mayo County, Ireland, on the 11th day of December, 1836. |
Dec. 12 | Thur | Heard that Michael Kilcoin died at 2 p.m. at his home in Dundee of tuberculosis. |
Dec. 13 | Fri | Attended Mrs. Gilboy's funeral, who was buried in Mitchell. Was the largest funeral in years. |
Dec. 14 | Sat | Michael Kilcoin was buried in Mitchell cemetery today. |
Dec. 21 | Sat | Made a check to Pat Slattery for $31.09 in full for store bill to date. |
Dec. 24 | Tue | Mona and Alice attended midnight mass at Osceola tonight. |
Dec. 25 | Wed | Late mass at Mitchell. There was a very large congregation in attendance. The larger cities of the country were represented and the custom of the absent ones of the family visiting the old home and birthplace and attending mass in the old church where many of them received the Sacred Rites of Baptism is strictly observed by the once members (?) of the Mitchell congregation. |
Dec. 30 | Sun | A Miss Huberty and Miss Burke of Plymouth called on Kit. |
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