Rain, rain, go away

May 4, 1932 - Worked on our alphabets all day today.  Played ball this noon.  Took a nap before supper tonite and they just about had to call out the fire department to wake me.  Went to bed right after supper.  Kennard Hall's birthday.
May 5, 1932 - Played ball this noon.  Did some reviewing for exams.  Got a letter from Mom.  She went up to Thomas' yesterday.  Don't know when I'll see her again.  Went home with Lawrence tonite.  Raining quite hard when we went to bed.  Erwin Ruschman's birthday.
May 6, 1932 - Gave examinations this p.m.  The rain last nite surely did some washing.  Washed out R.R. tracks west of Hoskins and bridge north of Norfolk.  Ray came after me tonite.  Rain did a lot of washing around Winside, too.  We were out to Ola's for awhile.

Grandma was right about that rain.  The history book even mentions it briefly.  It also mentions that on May 4, Henry Miller and Miss Evelyn Darnell were married.

And on to 1892:

     April 5, 201 votes cast at the village election.
     May 2, Frank Weible was granted permission to build a stairway on the west side of his store, which is used mostly for lodges and gatherings.  The board also allowed him to build a stairway to his basement entering form the side walk on main street -- provided that the side walk along the front of the store be eight feet in width.
     June 7, The Board notified E. Hans, saloon keeper, that he must remove the obstructions on the windows and the partition between the front room and the room where the bar now stands by 3 o'clock June 8, or the law shall be enforced at once.
     June 14, Walter Gaebler was appointed city clerk.
     July 16, Estimate of village expenses for the coming year, $990.00.
     October 4, P. F. Panabaker was appointed a committee of one to ascertain to whom a petition asking for the construction of a series of water works is to be presented.
     December 6, the following resolution was introduced and passed:  That whereas the Union Pacific trains are run through this place at a rate of speed in excess of that fixed by statue for the running of trains through incorporated towns and cities and greatly to the danger of public safety -- notice shall be served upon said company of such violation of the statutes and requesting said company to prohibit the same.

Well, the $300 for a saloon license in 1981 will make up almost a third of the city's expenses for a year.  Not bad.  And I wonder what the deal was with obstructions on the windows and a partition -- sounds seedy.

The photo is, obviously, of a muddy road.  I do not know where or when it was taken.