My grandmother died in 2005. She did not own a computer. I think she could have mastered some computer skills, but she had plenty of interests and activities and friends to keep her engaged in the world. She wrote things down, not fictional stories but events of her life, both past and present. After she died, I was given the honor of keeping some of her writings. I thought starting a blog with them might be fun. I hope readers will find it enjoyable. Thanks for stopping by.
Thursday, July 20, 2017
Interesting history
Sun., June 2, 1935 - To S.S. and church. Worked on quilts this p.m. Ray and Willie here this evening. I went to Hoskins to a dance with Rews and Iversens. An old-time German orchestra played.
Mon., June 3, 1935 - Got a letter from Mildred Andersen saying she was going to be married Wednesday and they are giving them a dance Thursday. She asked us to come to the dance. Mom and I went down town to call up Ray. We met Howard and he brought us up the hill. He said he'd take us to the dance if Ray couldn't.
Tues., June 4, 1935 - I went to Alma's party tonite. We played Michigan Poker. Lydia Kant won high prize. The other guests were Tillie and Elsie Eckert, Gladys Mettlen, Lena Nieman and Edna Podoll. Ray was here while I was gone.
I wonder what Mildred Andersen's new last name was. I do not think I have very much information on her via Ancestry.com to know how the rest of her life turned out.
Here's 1910, where I last left off with Winside history. It must have been a busy year and I will break this up into two posts:
January 13, Brune and Co., have secured the agency for the Brush Auto, Gabler Bros. will continue to sell the Cartercar, Bolander and Woodward the ABC and now that Laase has the Ford, competition out to be fierce.
January 27, A. Woodward sold out today to Aspengren and Strand.
February 3, A. C. Lantz bought the F. F. Ware drug store.
February 7, Eddie Weible won the new buggy given at the Brune and Co. grand opening of their new building.
March 3, Ed. Krause is moving to town into the residence he bought of Dr. A. B. Cherry.
March 16, "Union Depot for a Day" was given by the Woman's Club to help raise money for the library.
March 17, W. G. Archer received word today his pension had been raised to $15.00 per month.
March 24, David Koch was the first man in Winside to receive $10.00 per hundred for his hogs.
April 7, $1435.00 was paid Winside merchants for eggs the past month.
April 17, Frost killed the fruit this year, all of the leaves and blossoms are black.
April 28, Dr. Cherry went to Sioux City after his auto today, which had been taken there for repairs.
May 5, Woman's club received a $25.00 order of books.
May 12, Nebraska is the first state in the Union to declare, through Governor's proclamation, observance of "Mother's Day.'
May 19, the Alumni banquet will be held at the Cavanaugh home.
June 16, Charles Unger has started to build a brick house on his residence in the east part of town.
June 30, the fire bell was taken down from its location at the rear of the Merchants State Bank and placed on top of the town hall.
A couple of things: I never heard of a Cartercar before and had to look it up, hooray for Nebraska on the Mother's Day proclamation, and just how many eggs did Winsiders eat in March 2010?? That's the equivalent of $34,000 in 2015. Perhaps the Winside history book contains a typo?
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