Thanks to my cousin Jacquelyn for this picture: My grandma, Grace Masters Pierce. Ta da!!!
April 1 – Sun
Very nice warm day. We had company from morning till night.
Jim & Ida came first and then Raymonds came & Frank & Florence
& Merle & Elsie & Deane & Maynard Underbakke & Cecil &
Agnes and then Mrs. Blaess. Luella came over in morning & helped do up the
work. Doris & Emil & kids came about 4 & Marion had changed so I
would hardly know her.
April 2 – Mon
Very warm & such a wind. Luella came over & helped
in morning. Doris & Emil went to Harmony in morning & in afternoon they
went over to Allie Wards. They took
Margarette with them. Myrtle Manning was here in afternoon. I did a big washing
& mopped.
April 3 – Tues
Warm again. Luella was here while Raymond went to Canton
& he then went to Decorah & got their chickens – 30. Emil went over
after Gladys Bryant to help for a week. In afternoon Doris & Emil went to
Decorah & left the kids here. Emil went to Spring Grove after supper.
April 4 – Wed.
Very windy day. Gladys washed. Glen & Mr. & Mrs.
Price were here in forenoon. Emil came about 3-30 & they took Margarette
over to Allie Wards & when they came back they went over to Luella’s to
supper & I went with them. It looked so rainy we came home early, but
didn’t rain after all. The baby was a little fussy until 12 o-clock. This is
LuVerne’s birthday, he is 10 years old. Elmer started seeding.
April 5 – Thurs.
Another windy day & colder. It rained some in the night.
Doris & Emil went to Harmony in forenoon & she had a tooth pulled. I
kept Margarette & Marion here & they were very good. They got ice &
I made ice cream. Emil went to Harmony again in afternoon & then to Spring
Grove. In eve Raymonds came over. Baby was very good tonight. It started to
rain in night & rained all night.
April 6 – Fri.
Very rainy and nasty all day. Doris covered the baby basket
& I washed & dressed all the kids. They were very good all day. Emil
& Burnell came about 3-30 & Doris went over to Allies to try on her
dresses. They were here to supper & then started to Spring Grove. Gee but I
hate to see them go but it will only be two months before they are through up
there.
April 7 – Sat.
Very stormy & ground is covered with snow. Elmer went to
Prosper after coal. I washed out some things for baby, she is very good.
Raymond came over after chick feed. Doris called me from Spring Grove &
said they would not go until tomorrow. We all went to bed early tonight.
April 8 – Sun. Easter
Nice & bright but very snowy. Elmer was to take Gladys
home but the roads were too bad. He got hungry for ice cream so we made some in
afternoon. About 6-30 Doris, Emil & kids came. They had started for Isle
about 9 o-clock & couldn’t get through the snow banks so came back. I was
so glad to see them again for it had been so lonesome all day without little
Margarette.
April 9 – Mon.
Sun shone bright but was quite cold. Emil went to Spring
Grove early. We did a big washing & Elmer took Gladys home about 11. Violet
Louis & three kids were here a while. Luella & Roger walked over &
got her at 11:15 & walked back home about 5. Emil came after Doris & kids about 5-30 so
they had to go again. They were to start early tomorrow morning & his
father is going with them. Marilyn was quite fussy until after ten tonight.
April 10 – Tues.
Bright & nice but such a strong south wind. I ironed
& washed out baby’s clothes. Elmer took 24 doz eggs to town & went down
to Elsie’s & got eggs to set in incubator. Baby was quite restless most all
night.
April 11 – Wed.
Colder & cloudy & turned to rain toward night but
only rained a little. Elmer took the old male hog & a calf to Prosper, he
sold them to Lloyd Knowlton for $45.20. Vernie Manning went with him. They
brought back some coal. I washed out baby’s clothes same as I do every day,
LuVerne came up & stayed to Raymond’s in afternoon & brought wood back.
April 12 – Thurs.
Very nice bright day. I washed & mopped & ironed.
LuVerne stayed here again tonight & he and Elmer went to Canton in eve.
They brought home ice cream.
April 13 – Fri.
Cloudy & colder & snowed a little in morning. Anita
went to Canton & got her hair cut. It started to snow about 2 & kept it
up all night & looks like Jan.
April 14 – Sat.
A horrid day, a worse blizzard than a week ago. There are
big drifts everywhere. Elmer rode a horse over to Raymonds & went to B.O.
with him. LuVerne rode his pony over with Elmer & stayed here all night.
The mail man came but had a hard time to get through the drifts. The baby was
so restless we had to give her the bottle twice today. I got a letter from
Doris & they got home all right.
April 15 – Sun.
Very nice in morning & until 5 in eve when it started to
snow for a change & was a regular blizzard. We went over to Raymonds for
dinner & I ate so much I couldn’t eat any supper. We went in a lumber wagon
& took a chair out to get in. This is Marilyn’s first trip & she was
good. Anita & baby slept upstairs for the first time.
April 16 – Mon.
Everything is covered with snow but it is very warm. We
washed & had a big one. Anita got a pretty hood & little skirt in mail
for Marilyn, from Laurence & family. Elmer went to Burr Oak in afternoon
& took 24 doz eggs.
April 17 – Tues.
A nice day but windy. The mail man’s team ran away &
spilled him out & went down by the corner south of Louie’s & he caught
them. Elmer went to Prosper in afternoon & when he got home had to take
Myrtle Manning home & route the burglars, but it turned out there wasn’t
any.
April 18 – Wed.
Rainy from noon on. Three truck load of hogs got stuck &
had to drive the hogs up here from the corner & get them in the hog house
to load them again. The wind blows so hard & it is as cold as winter. The
baby has been very fussy today & one of us has held her most all day.
April 19 – Thurs.
Very cold wind this morning. The baby was very fussy so we
called Fred Glise and had him send some Castoria over in the mail. She slept
very good in afternoon but had a colicky spell in evening. Harold Reed brought
the feed just after dark. Elmer was to B.O. in afternoon, took 12 doz eggs over
& I sent the braid for Margarette’s coat.
April 20 – Fri.
Froze quite hard in morning but was nice & sunny.
LuVerne rode his pony to school and stayed here all night while his folks went
to the dance. They had a hot time at the dance & some of the women were
drunk. The baby cried with colic until nine
o-clock.
April 21 – Sat.
Very nice day. LuVerne went home quite early & brought
Margarette’s coat part way & I went and met him and got it. We told Guys to
let us know when the mail went by & they didn’t so we didn’t get to send
the letter or package & Violet was to let us know so we could send it with
the Canton man & she didn’t see him so Louise took them to Canton at night.
Violet, Opal & twins & Louise Krumm came up & were here until after
11. I raked nearly all the front lawn in afternoon. Elmer went to B.O. in eve.
April 22 – Sun.
A beautiful day, the nicest we have had yet. I am so lame
from raking yesterday that I can hardly move. We were home all day & just
layed around and slept. In eve Anita, Elmer & Marilyn went over to Raymonds
after something. Raymond got to Harmony for Elmer & there was a big mud
hole on the flat so they didn’t drive through. Elmer walked up after it.
April 23 – Mon.
Nice in the morning but turned very cold. We washed &
did all the ironing. In afternoon it got very cold.
April 24 – Tues.
Cold as in the middle of the winter & a few snow flakes
fell. I baked a pie & fried cakes & sewed on quilt in afternoon. Luella
& Roger started over and got stuck so went back. In eve Elmer & I went
to a play given by the Hesper people. “Mrs. Briggs of the poultry yard.” Anita & Marilyn stayed home.
April 25 – Wed.
Cold in morning. Very nice day. We washed baby clothes &
did housework & in afternoon Luella & Roger came over. Anita went part
way after them & took them part way home. Mrs. Leistikow & Helen were
here until nearly five Elmer went to B.O. & to Arthur Smiths in eve.
April 26 - Thurs.
Another nice day but cold in morning. Anita took some
comforters over to Luella to have washed as Hughie was to demonstrate with the
Maytag but they couldn’t wash them in it so we went after them about 4. Myrtle
Manning was here in afternoon.
April 27 – Fri.
Very nice but quite cool in morning. I sewed on Anita’s
dress all forenoon & we didn’t do much house work. After noon Anita &
Elmer went to Decorah & I kept the baby. Mark & Jen were here. In eve
Elmer & I went to play at Burr Oak given by Canton Folks “All on account of
Polly.” It was very good.
April 28 – Sat.
Nice today & we did almost everything… washed, ironed,
took off storm windows & washed windows. I bake a cake & picked &
dressed a chicken. Marilyn was very fussy all day & one of us held her most
of the day. Elmer went to B.O. in eve, Raymond went with him. We went to bed
early, tired out.
April 29 – Sun.
Showery by spells & the wind blew terribly toward night.
I made two cherry pies. We had company Stevie, Ethel, Alva & Raymonds
family. We were tired tonight & went to bed early.
April 30 – Mon.
Oh such a wind – I never saw it worse but we washed &
dried clothes all day. The wind nearly whipped them to pieces. Anita & I
drove over to Luella’s to get Elmers shoes that they brought from Decorah. In
eve Anita & Elmer went to Canton to the play “All on Account of Polly.” I
kept the baby & she never woke up at all. Harry Harvey’s barn, corn crib
& milk-house burned today.
