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1897 Thomas Heraty's Diary
| Date | Day | Entry |
| Jan. 6 | Wed | Mrs. Thomas McGrath of Osceola buried at Fond du Lac on Monday the 4th. |
| Jan. 7 | Thur | ________ O'Connell of Scott married a Milwaukee lady. |
| Jan. 12 | Tue | Heard of Ferguson of Osceola committing suicide. Latter about money matters, he being town treasurer. |
| Jan. 19 | ?Tue | Phil A. Gannon and Mary Anne Devoy of Greenbush married by Reverend VanTreeck of city of Plymouth. |
| Feb. 4 | Thur | A big dance at Parnell tonight by Kickapoo Medicine Man. |
| Feb. 7 | Sun | The Mack-Shea parties called to be married - Osceola. Mrs. Dan ? Moriarty of Osceola died at 4 p.m. from paralysis. |
| Feb. 9 | Tue | Dr. Fitzgibbons came from Milwaukee today and in company with Dr. Kratz and Rogers, performed an operation cutting a cancer from his face. |
| Feb. 13 | Sat | Martin Devine died at 7 ½ o'clock. |
| Feb. 14 | Sun | Miss Crosby quite sick. Also Mrs. Slattery. |
| Feb. 16 | Tue | Old Martin Devine buried. |
| Feb. 24 | Wed | The Mack-Shea wedding at Osceola today. |
| Feb. 28 | Sun | The Andy Crogan-O'Hearn wedding at Cascade today. |
| March 6 | Sat | Mrs. Ellen Scanlan, Mary's mother, died at Delaware, Ohio at 9:30. Will be buried at Maumee, Ohio on Wednesday the 10th. |
| March 9 | Tue | Received letter from Mike Scanlan, Delaware, Ohio. |
| March 26 | Fri | Johnny Devine on trial at Plymouth on complaint of Mary Rhoda for abduction. |
| March 27 | Sat | John Devine held to circuit court for trial. |
| April 12 | Mon | Ella quietly passed away at 9:40 a.m. |
| April 22 | Thur | Wm. Gilboy had barn raising. |
| April 27 | Tue | John Cosgrove and Miss ______ Walsh married at Lima. |
| May 10 | Mon | Uncle James came along and brought with him a cousin, son of Uncle Tom Heraty, named James Heraty. He hails from Chicago. Uncle James went home and cousin James stayed. |
| May 16 | Sun | Heard today of the death of Jas. Long of near Cascade. |
| May 23 | Sun | Drove to Parnell to see Manley about insurance on his new building. Didn't see him. |
| May 31 | Mon | Heard today of the death of Mrs. Anthony Kelly. Died at Fond du Lac, buried at Osceola yesterday. |
| June 15 | Tue | Can ? away shearing sheep for Slattery's and Crosby's. |
| June 17 | Thur | Big blow out tonight at Manley's opening at Parnell. |
| June 23 | Wed | Matt Gaynor and Miss Katy Murphy married at Mitchell. Witnesses, Mary Reddington and Mike Gaynor. |
| June 29 | Tue | Jas. McNair died at 7 p.m. 87 years. |
| June 30 | Wed | The Rietz-Manly wedding at Mitchell today. |
| July 18 | Sun | Mr. And Mrs. McNair attended mass at Mitchell. |
| Aug. 5 | Thur | Mary, nee McGrane, Jordan called here today for mail. |
| Aug. 6 | Sat | Made 2 deeds from M. Butler to his 3 sons on real estate in Section 23. Michael Butler to Ben F. Butler, to Edward F. Butler, and to Joseph Butler. |
| Aug. 25 | Wed | Heard this evening of the death yesterday of Mrs. Tom O'Brien of Osceola yesterday. |
| Sept. 5 | Sun | John Gill and Katie Butler called to be married, first time. |
| Sept. 7 | Tue | Martin Jordan, formerly of Mitchell, buried at Milwaukee today and John Reilly's daughter from Milwaukee buried at Cascade. |
| Sept. 19 | Sun | Late mass at Mitchell by Reverend Father Murray of Chicago. He delivered best sermon I ever heard in Mitchell. It was on "The Real Presence." |
| Sept. 2 | ?Wed | John Gill and Katy Butler married at Mitchell by Reverend Father Murray of Chicago. |
| Oct. 1 | Fri | Heard John Devine beaten in bastardy case in circuit court. |
| Oct. 4 | Mon | Heard of the Devine-Rhoda girl baby, about which there was so much fuss and law, having died yesterday. Foul Play! |
| Oct. 6 | Wed | Old Mrs. Donahue died at 10 a.m. today. Buried at Meeme. |
| Oct. 12 | Tue | Tom Franey and Miss Fannie Kennedy married at St. Rose, Lima. |
| Oct. 20 | Wed | Libby Murphy and Frank Keating of St. Paul married at Sheboygan by Reverend Thill. |
| Nov. 10 | Wed | Old man Prindeville died 10:00 at night. |
| Nov. 11 | Thur | Everything froze solid tonight. |
| Nov. 19 | Fri | Heard of the death of Tom Gannon of Greenbush. |
| Nov. 25 | Thur | Swann-O'Hearn wedding at Cascade. |
| Nov. 26 | Fri | Paul Blodgett died today at his home in Dundee from dropsy. |
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