1919 and 1925

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 four years off from the project and realized that I really missed hearing about Nora's day and researching her life. 

Nora Bauer would have been 24 at the start of 1919 and dating Paul Spitznogle, also 24, who was serving in France in WWI. 

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 $10 a month ($182 in today's money) to her room and board. She was working as the bookkeeper for Barnes Construction, a prominent firm in Logansport, Indiana, making $32 a month ($584 today). 

I will do my best to transcribe her notes, with an occasional [bracket] to when I cannot decipher something. 

I am 63 years-old at the start of 2025 and living in the Meridian-Kessler neighborhood of Indianapolis, Indiana and working for a nonprofit agency.