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1915 Thomas Heraty's Diary
| Date | Day | Entry |
| Jan. 4 | Mon | Read today from Mrs. Donohue this copy of diary and calendar for 1915. Thanks for favor. |
| Jan. 5 | Tue | The annual meeting of insurance company at Plymouth, was elected director for the town of Mitchell. |
| Jan. 12 | Tue | Old Mrs. Ed Smith was buried today in Greenbush. |
| Jan. 17 | Sun | A social at Donahue's, all got ready and drove with sleigh and team. Mona, Kit and self attended, stayed till 9:30. Present were: Bill Dwyre, Tony Henry Burke, John Connell. A happy time and splendid dance and supper, refreshments of all kinds. This party was one of a series of winter among families in the neighborhood. |
| Jan. 23 | Sat | Mrs. John Murray, of the city of Fond du Lac, was buried today in Mitchell cemetery. Started this morning with Flo and cutter for Dundee to meet the funeral from Campbellsport, got as far as Reddington's, found roads snow bound and drifted full, so I turned back home as a horse could not get through drifts. |
| Feb. 13 | Sat | Heard this p.m. of the sudden and unexpected death of young John Mangan's wife, nee Stella Burke, only a short time married, no cause for death given. |
| Feb. 16 | Tue | Stella Burke Mangan was buried in Mitchell today. Mass by Reverend Hoog. |
| Feb. 18 | Thur | Today the German blockade around England begins. |
| Feb. 28 | Sun | A Mr. Schockmel came here this evening with his violin. He and Kit played some pieces on the piano and violin. He took Kit to school with his horse and cutter. |
| March 2 | Tue | The Ed Gerity auction today. |
| March 3 | Wed | The Mike Schomer auction. The mail man came today with a wagon, the first time of the season. |
| March 9 | Tue | Tommy Murray, formerly of the Murray family of Mitchell, was buried in Mitchell today. He died in Denver, Colorado. Body brought here for burial and mass. |
| March 11 | Thur | Rosy Grahn's of Osceola was buried in the little church yard near the Gary farm in Osceola. |
| March 13 | Sat | George Murphy auction today. |
| March 17 | Wed | Dutkevich auction today. |
| March 21 | Sun | All Catholic churches over the world prayed for peace by order of the Pope Benedict the 15th. |
| March 26 | Fri | Mission at St. Michael's in Mitchell. |
| March 28 | Sun | Palm Sunday. Reverend Murdock said mass, blessed the palms. The largest number ever at mass. |
| March 31 | Wed | Young Manley, son of Bill Manley and Rosy (?) Lynch, was buried today in Mitchell. |
| April 1 | Thur | It was a hell of a drive in the mud west of Dooley's. The fish man here at night. |
| April 2 | Fri | 50 years ago tonight, Lincoln was shot in Washington. |
| April 3 | Sat | This was a splendid day. The first good sap day of the year. Mona gathered 6 cans full. |
| April 7 | Sat | Alice came home from Milwaukee to Plymouth, Paddy Slattery took her home with his auto. A great deal on autos today with Paddy. |
| April 18 | Sun | 9 o'clock mass at Mitchell. Mona, Kit and self attended. Paddy Slattery came here with a new auto, our boys bought one yesterday. Paddy took us to mass and home again. He stayed for dinner and instructed the boys how to run the auto. He took Kit to her school this evening. Larson took Paddy home this evening. It was an eventful day. The first time we rode to Mitchell church in an auto. |
| April 19 | Mon | Mrs. Jas. Connell died at 5 o'clock this p.m. at Rice's in Greenbush. |
| April 22 | Thur | Mona and self were at Aunt Connell's wake at Rice's all last night. Funeral left for Osceola church at 10 a.m. Mass by Reverend Meyers from Plymouth. A large funeral, mostly automobiles. |
| April 29 | Thur | Mary Connell went to Dundee to Dr. to have her arm treated. Alice went with her. |
| April 30 | Fri | Rosy Pool with auto came to get Alice to make a dress for her. Alice went off with her to Osceola. |
| May 2 | Sun | The home crowd went for a joy ride. Reverend Hoog has a new car. Mostly all autos at church today. |
| May 6 | Thur | Robert, with his auto, drove to Plymouth with his mother, who went to do some trading. The auto party got home from Plymouth inside of two hours from time of starting. |
| May 8 | Sat | Old Mrs. John Hughes was buried in Mitchell today. Mass at Plymouth by Reverend Meyers. She was one of the old settlers of the town and a good woman. |
| May 13 | Thur | The 50th Anniversary of our wedding. We were married at St. Patrick's church in the town of Sherman on the Holy Day in May 1865. Tim Scanlan and Catherine Heraty stood up with us. Both are now dead. We were married by Father Krief. Ascension Thursday. |
| May 30 | Thur | The boys received a set of chains from Chicago by parcel post for their auto from Sears, Roebuck & Co. |
| May 25 | Tue | This was Kit's last day of school in the town of Forest, Fond du Lac Co. |
| May 27 | Thur | The oil man from Plymouth came this morning and put us up 50 gallons of gasoline at $6.20, and 10 gallons of kerosene at 59 cents. I bought Mona a new wedding ring, 18 carat from Carbutt at $4.00. |
| May 28 | Fri | Some girls helping here. Ella Shea, Stella Dwyre, all mixing and baking and cooking. |
| May 29 | Sat | (50th Anniversary Celebration) It's all busy business with the women folks this eventful day. Robert and Alice got back at 1:30 with Jenny's two sisters, they brought flowers. Stayed all night at the wedding which was simply superb in every detail, an immense crowd. All friends and neighbors who enjoyed themselves in the social Anniversary, partaking of good things and various refreshments. |
| June 3 | Thur | Mangan has a stone bee today, Johnny helped fix stone boat. |
| June 5 | Sat | Lebenstein vet came from Adell to attend to the colt who was sick. Fed it some bread and sugar, colt won't die. |
| June ? | Sun | Jim Prindeville had 5 cows killed by lightning. |
| June 9 | Wed | Father Hoog gave them two rosaries as an anniversary gift, one for me and one for Mona. |
| June 21 | Mon | The book agent called at noon. I paid him 98 cents for 3 papers, a pocket book and 1/2 dozen tea spoons. He had his dinner here. |
| June 22 | Tue | A Miss Murphy, Peter's daughter, came here this p.m. with Alice from Parnell, she is a trained nurse at Milwaukee. |
| June 30 | Wed | The event of today was the marriage of Mary Stella Dwyre of the town of Mitchell and John Sullivan of the town of Lyndon. There was a Nuptual mass at the church by Father Hoog. Lucile Heraty and Mamie Burke were bride's maids. Earl Dwyre and George Sullivan were groom's men. The young married couple left for San Francisco, California in p.m. Sullivan made a good deal securing Estella for his wife. She is a splendid girl. |
| July 2 | Fri | Signed school reports for Michael Slattery this morning as a notary. |
| July 5 | Mon | Everybody is off motoring this morning, Rob, Daniel, Johnny and Paul off in auto. Jim, his wife and kid, off with Nelly and buggy. All headed for Plymouth. Mona and self, the dogs, pigs at home. They were home at 5 p.m. |
| July 17 | Sat | Heard of the death of Patrick Doherty of Mitchell, who died at St. Nicholas hospital in Sheboygan. |
| July 19 | Mon | Mass for Patrick Doherty at Cascade celebrated by Father Hoog assisted by Reverend Meyers. |
| July 15 | Sun | Young Wiffler from Plymouth was here for dinner. |
| Aug. 20 | Wed | Robert, Johnny, Paul and mother drove to Plymouth to meet Kit who came from the teacher's convention in Milwaukee. Mona is going to Adell to meet Alice tomorrow. |
| Aug. 25 | Wed | Johnny Connell's little boy died as a result of scarlet fever, after a long illness. Mass celebrated by Father Hoog. |
| Aug. 28 | Sat | The piano tuner called this p.m. |
| Aug. 30 | Mon | We had the first frost of the season last night, 30 degrees. |
| Sept. 19 | Sun | Late mass at Mitchell. Self, Kit and young Whiffler attended. Drove Woozy (horse) and buggy. |
| Sept. 20 | Mon | Kit this morning commenced school in Dist. #1, town of Mitchell in our own Dist. For 8 months at $50.00 per month. |
| Sept. 23 | Thur | Old Dutkevich is having an auction of everything, the biggest auction ever held in Mitchell and the finest herd of cows you ever saw. All high, good Holsteins. |
| Sept. 29 | Wed | Mrs. Peter Baker was buried in Osceola today. |
| Oct. 19 | Tue | Tom Gilboy and Miss Susan Doherty were married today at Cascade. |
| Oct. 20 | Wed | George Leonard and Miss Hand married today. |
| Nov. 7 | Sun | Ed Gilboy and Mrs. Gilboy and all the youngsters called this p.m. and stayed till 4 p.m. They came in their $1,600.00 car. It's a dandy. It was a social day for the cousins all around. |
| Nov. 10 | Wed | Joe Radder was buried in Mt. Pleasant today. Mona went to Milwaukee November 9th, got back November 23rd. She went with Dan's girls for her yearly treat. |
| Nov. 25 | Thur | Thanksgiving. All the members of the family at home. Dan and Kate here for dinner, so was young Whiffler. All were at dance at Parnell last night. Got home at 4 a.m. |
| Dec. 11 | Sat | Today is my birthday. Born December 11, 1836, near the town of Westport, Mayo County, Ireland. |
| Dec. 15 | Wed | Received many Christmas gifts from Paul, Chicago - pair of gloves, Mona a jacket. |
| Dec. 24 | Fri | I am off this p.m. to insure Mike Gaynor place. |
| Dec. 25 | Sat | At St. Michael's there was a lot of excitement by the collapse of two brick pillars supporting the main floor allowing the floor to settle. No serious results. |
| Dec. 31 | Fri | Mrs. Johnny Gibbons was buried in Mitchell. She died in Sheboygan of old age. |
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