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1917 Thomas Heraty's Diary
| Date | Day | Entry |
| Jan. 3 | Wed | Mailed letter to Citizen and Flannery in Kenosha. |
| Jan. 7 | Sun | Heard this evening of the death of Mr. Maas, husband of the former Minnie Murray, daughter of Mike Murray of Mitchell. |
| Jan. 14 | Sun | Was 22 degrees below 0. Heard they had a dispute in church between the priest and members of the congregation on general topics, salary, appointing a church committee. |
| Jan. 16 | Tue | Mike Kiernan buried in Mitchell. Died at Cascade at his sister's, Mrs. Henry Skelton. |
| Jan. 20 | Sat | Mailed a check for Pat Slattery this evening from $118.63 for tax of 1916. |
| Jan. 25 | Thur | Met John Dwyre at Plymouth out from the wild west. He is sport imbiber and full of money. |
| Feb. 2 | Fri | -28 degrees. The Lord save us from such weather. This was the coldest day and the worst weather conditions known in many years. There was a high wind blowing and drifting and was -20 degrees all day. Jim drove Kit to school this morning. There was no children in attendance. He drove after her and she got home at noon. |
| Feb. 5 | Mon | Heard of the death of Johnny Gaynor at Plymouth as a result of a fall while employed as a motorman on the Sheboygan & Plymouth, Elkhart Lake electric R.R. He died as a result of the fall from heart failure at 3 a.m. |
| Feb. 25 | Sun | No mass at Mitchell today. It is so reported that the smart ones of the congregation have locked the church against Reverend Father Hoog. Heard no cause or reason for committing the unlawful act. |
| March 4 | Sun | No mass at Mitchell today. It is reported that some persons without the authority of the congregation, locked the church doors to keep out the priest. |
| March 9 | Fri | James Hanlon died this morning at his home in Mitchell. |
| March 10 | Sat | First thunder storm of the season. |
| March 11 | Sun | James Hanlon lying dead at his house, aged 50 years, son of Felix Hanlon, never married. Funeral held at St. Michael's Church in the town of Mitchell. Services by Reverend Hoog. |
| March 15 | Thur | The great Russian Revolution on at Petrograd. It proved to be a success so far. The Emperor abdicated and hid himself away. |
| March 18 | Sun | Nothing doing this morning. No mass at Mitchell. Reverend Hoog has abandoned the congregation which makes a bad condition for St. Michael's congregation. |
| March 22 | Thur | Gus Cosgrove's auction. |
| March 28 | Wed | Read after mail of prospective revolution in Austria, Hungary aimed at German direction (?) (dictation)(?) Would be a blessing to the world at large. |
| April 1 | Sun | No mass at Mitchell. Reverend Hoog has forsaken us. |
| April 7 | Sat | Heard Dutkevich didn't get for rent the Enright farm for this season. Could get no backers to his notes to satisfy Enright. |
| April 8 | Sun | Easter. Nothing doing today in the church line. No mass at our church in Mitchell today. The Bishop is responsible for this big congregation not having the services of a priest in their need. The congregation has simply been abandoned to its fate. |
| April 9 | Mon | William Dwyre here this morning with a petition for signers to the Bishop to have Reverend Hoog re-instated in the Mitchell parish. |
| April 15 | Sun | No mass at Mitchell. Ecclesiastics have given up on us as being perfect morally and not in need of ministration of clergyman. |
| April 17 | Tue | 74 degrees in the p.m. |
| May 6 | Sun | The Devoy's came to Connell's this morning with auto. |
| May 14 | Mon | The Rathbun blacksmith is moving his building on a new concrete foundation. |
| May 17 | Thur | 85 degrees. |
| May 20 | Sun | No mass at Mitchell. We are left like "Hathins" by the German Bishop. |
| June 10 | Sun | 10 o'clock mass at Mitchell today by Reverend VanTreeck of Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Read mass and after mass he read a letter from Bishop Messmer of Milwaukee in relation to the Father Hoog controversy which caused a lot of insidious controversy. A vote was taken by the congregation in relation to the removal of Reverend Hoog, which unanimously favored his removal from the parish. I voted in favor of his removal for the sake of harmony in the congregation, but not personally. |
| July 20 | Fri | I found McNicholas lives at Reedsville, Manitowoc Co. |
| July 21 | Sat | 96 degrees at 1 p.m. Robert drove to Plymouth with a load of cheese at sundown. He stated that he and Jim were drafted yesterday. |
| July 24 | Tue | 88 degrees in the p.m. |
| July 26 | Thur | Made insurance on John Lindsay's new home. |
| July 27 | Fri | A girl baby born to the Nelson-McNair family. |
| July 29 | Sun | 96 degrees all day. A melter. |
| July 30 | Mon | 98 degrees at 2 p.m. Hottest yet. A big barn dance at Johnny O'Connell's tonight. Everybody in the surrounding county attended with autos, were 100 autos at the barn. |
| Aug. 1 | Wed | Sheboygan. Attended Old Settler's Club socially till p.m. |
| Aug. 15 | Wed | Insurance on farm property of John and Patrick McBride. Wrote McBride. |
| Aug. 25 | Sat | Made out deed from Felix Hanlon to Leo Hanlon as free gift, W1/2, SW1/4, Sec. 34, Town of Greenbush. |
| Aug. 26 | Sun | Mrs. William Scanlan of Milwaukee came here this _____(?) with Michael Murray and his auto. She was here at night. |
| Sept. 17 | Mon | 85 degrees in p.m. |
| Sept. 23 | Sun | Mrs. Phelim Hughes formerly of Mitchell, died at John Gannon's in Glenbeulah. |
| Sept. 26 | Wed | Mrs. Julia Hughes was buried in Mitchell Cemetery today. Requiem mass was celebrated at Glenbeulah by Reverend J. (?) W. Heuper, a nice appearing young man. God preserve him. The funeral was by auto, the first of the kind that here-to-fore came to Mitchell church. The funeral was largely attended by Mitchell people, which attended with numerous autos. The Glenbeulah priest attended the burial exercises at Mitchell, which makes it plain how badly the Mitchell congregation is treated by Archbishop Messmer. |
| Sept. 28 | Fri | I wrote to Pete Heraty this a.m. at Milwaukee, giving an account of Mrs. Julia Hughes' death and funeral. |
| Oct. 20 | Sat | James Mangan, Kate Connell's man, called here this a.m. He only stayed a short time. |
| Oct. 23 | Tue | There was a number of autos drove to Plymouth this morning to meet intended son-in-law who are to attend the wedding this p.m. The Wedding Rite was performed by the Reverend Hoog at Mitchell church at 9 a.m. with a Nuptual Mass p.m. Jim and Jenny and Kit attended the wedding in the p.m. and evening. |
| Oct. 24 | Wed | At 7 a.m. there was a phone call from Plymouth stating that Jenny's mother, Mrs. Fryer, died last night and was found dead this morning. The Liberty Bond Sheboygan bunch called here this p.m. |
| Oct. 27 | Sat | Mrs. Frier, Jim's mother-in-law, was buried today at Plymouth. |
| Nov. 13 | Tue | The Devoy-Graff marriage took place at Plymouth today by Reverend Father Meyers. |
| Nov. 19 | Mon | The soldier boys left Plymouth at 12 tonight for Camp Custer, Michigan. |
| Nov. 23 | Fri | A good-bye reception held tonight at Parnell for J. J. Crosby and family who are to move away from the town of Mitchell to Fond du Lac county where they are to make their future home. The Crosby family were a pioneer family in Mitchell. Jerry was in favor of #1 regardless of past favor received by him. |
| Dec. 2 | Sun | No new priest at Mitchell today. |
| Dec. 11 | Tue | My birthday. Dec. 11/'36, near town of Westport, Mayo County, Ireland, came to America - 1846, came to Wisconsin - 1852, settled in the town of Mitchell, in the farm where I live today. Was married May 24/'65 to Mary Ann Scanlan of the town of Sherman. |
| Dec. 12 | Wed | Edwin Keuper, Sheboygan and Miss Mamie Burke of Mitchell, daughter of Ed Burke of the town of Mitchell, were married at Plymouth. |
| Dec. 31 | Mon | I got a $5.00 gold piece at the bank for a Golden Wedding gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Phalen. |
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