Two Noras: 1915 and 2023

My paternal grandmother, Nora, was a great recorder of daily events. I have her daily notes from 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1945, 1945, and 1949. 

In 2021, I recorded her daily events and described my day in the same amount of words. I took a year off from the project and realized that I really missed hearing about Nora's day and researching her life. 

Nora Bauer would have been 20 at the start of 1915 and dating Paul Spitznogle - who would become my grandfather. 

Nora was the fourth of six children of Felix Bauer (saloon owner) and Barbara Rosfeld Bauer (homemaker). She was still living in her family home, although she did contribute $5 a month ($150 in today's money) to her room and board. She worked as the bookkeeper for Barnes Construction, a prominent firm in Logansport, Indiana, making $44 a month $1316 today). 

My intention is to transcribe her notes as best I can, with an occasional [bracket] to when I cannot decipher something. I am 61 years-old at the start of 2023 and living in the Meridian-Kessler neighborhood of Indianapolis, Indiana and working for a nonprofit agency.