| Jan. 6 | "Col Roosevelt died suddenly" |
| Mar. 7 | "Kit [his wife] & I attend the Temple Israel & hear Rabbi Harnson on Bolshevickism" |
| Mar. 21 | "letter from Mother says Wm Nesbett Died last fall." |
| Apr. 1 | municipal election |
| Apr. 8 | "Kit & I attend a debate at Saldan school on League Nations" |
| Apr. 20 | "EASTER a Beautiful Day - warm Park full of autos & people Kit & I went & saw airplanes & German guns" |
| Apr. 26 | "Letter from Alice [daughter] Her resignation has been handed in - Miss K. leaves sees Pershing" |
| Apr. 29 | "128th "Artillery" Parade an awful Crowd" |
| Apr. 30 | "Nurses unit #21 reach St Louis" |
| May 9 | "138th Parade at 2 PM another big crowd on the streets" |
| May 19 | "2 Letters from Alice and 1 from Peterson asking for Alice" |
| May 21 | "Kit & I meet Miss Kinglsey at station on way to Ripley [N.Y.] from Calif" |
| May 24 | "Sent Lt. H. W. Peterson a reply to his letter asking for Alice" |
| May 25 | "I write Alice sending her copy of Reply to P." |
| May 26 | "Very newsy & important letter from Alice - expecting to be home soon & then married to Lt Peterson" |
| June 7 | "day Last Soldiers Parade 3 P.M did not wait for it.... Shle[?] state that Hospital unit #107 with this will soon depart for US." |
| June 18 | "Ed [son] sends off Drawing "Rexall" to New York for a Prize" |
| June 25 | "Germans delaying signing Peace treaty" |
| July 1 | "Dirigible starts westward across Atlantic." |
| July 2 | "another letter from Alice & one from Peterson Both expect to be home soon & anxious to be married" |
| July 6 | "'R-34' 'Dirigible' arrives over from England safely - Alice arrives in N Y to-day in the 'Arizonian' - no(?)" |
| July 7 | "Papers state that Unit 107 arrived yesterday in N.Y" |
| July 13 | [clippings] Miss Alice Mateer arrived in New York on the Imperator with her Red Cross Unit No. 77, July 13th. ------------------ 15,600 in All Arrive. New York, July 13. - Four transports arrived here today from Brest with 16,000 troops, the Cap Finitsere bringing 2976; the cruiser Pueblo, 1689; the cruiser St. Louis, 1483, and the imperator, 9452. |
| July 17 | "wire from Alice at Ridgefield Park - awaiting discharge - must be married before Aug 1st o/c Petersons business[?] - so it looks as tho they must come here?" |
| July 30 | [clipping pasted in:] Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Mateer of 5936 Cates avenue, St. Louis, Mo., announce the marriage of their daughter, Alice Marion to Lieut. H. W. Peterson of New York City. The wedding will take place at her grandmother's, Mrs. Jane C. Mateer, 101 West Main street during August. Both have very recently returned from service in France. |
| Aug. 16 | "Arrived in W about 11 Alice & Pete with Marie C - met me with Auto Wedding @ 4 P.M went to Buffalo by Auto in rain. Rev Swezey perform ceremony" |
| Sept. 2 | [clippings pasted in:] Freight Wreck at Ripley. RIPLEY, Sep. 2. - Half a dozen freight cars were derailed and a section of track 200 yards in length was torn up in a freight wreck on the New York Central railroad yesterday morning about 10:30 o'clock. The wreck occurred while the train was passing through this village and was caused by the breaking of a spring on one of the freight cars. ----------------------- The harvesting of early grapes started this morning, a few Worden's and Moore's Early being taken off. The harvesting of Concords will commence within the next week or ten days. Where vineyards have been well cultivated there is a good crop and the quality is above the average. A price of $125 a ton is expected for the first pickings of Concords. |
| Sept. 5 | "President Wilson in town Ed & I take dinner down town & then go to Coleseum to hear Wilson great crowds got in but had to stand" |
| Sept. 11 | "Letter from Kit, inclosing letter from Alice Pete working for Standard Oil co Elizabeth NJ add 297 N. Broad St." |
| Sept. 16 | [clipping pasted in:] Emmett C. Nixon, late of the village of Westfield. Total amount of property transferred is $76,999.84. Of this amount Sam F. Nixon, a nephew of decedent, received $22,437.46 and pays a tax of $1,121.87; George R. Nixon, a nephew, and Dorothy F. Griffis and Edith C. Nixon, nieces of decedent, each receive $18,187.46, and each pays a tax of $909.37. In addition to the above specific taxes upon bequests to individuals, the estate is taxable under section 231-B of article 15 of the tax law as amended by the laws of 1917, upon certain mortgages listed in the report of the appraiser, amounting to $27,554.26, and the tax assessed thereon is $1,377.77. |
| Sept. 18 | "'Barnes' Circus in town" |
| Sept. 22 | "Big Steel Strike on" |
| Oct. 8 | "Sent Mother 2# candy Birthday Present 90th Birthday Oct 12th" |
| Oct. 12 | [newspaper clipping pasted in:] Mrs. Jane Mateer, of Oak Street, celebrated the 90th anniversary of her birth on Sunday. She is very active, in possession of all her faculties and able to look after her home duties. On Saturday a number of her friends gave her a pleasant surprise. |
| Nov. 1 | "Clara Kingslee Died today following operation at Jamestown" |
| Nov. 4 | "Rob Taylor & sister return from Calif." |
| Nov. 18 | [newspaper clipping pasted in:] Mrs. Jane Mateer, who is ninety years of age, fell last week Tuesday night while going up stairs to bed. She was carrying a soap stone. She was badly bruised and her head was cut, but no bones were broken. Her daughter Mrs. Wright of Buffalo, is caring for her and at the present writing she is slightly improved. Her many friends hope for her a speedy recoq[v]ery. |
| Nov. 24 | "Letter from Rob [son] & Fanny T. tell us of the Fall backward down stairs that Mother had last Tuesday night. - no bones broken but badly bruised. She was sitting in Rocker when Rob got down & says she only fell 3 or 4 steps. heart probably cause - also cold" |
| Nov. 28 | "Telegram - "Mother fading slight Pulmonary trouble developing" Robert" |
| Dec. 1 | "Telegram tonight Mother died - 3:30 P.M" |
| Dec. 3 | "Funeral - 230 P.M. quite a good many at funeral - Rev. Thompson & Bearers F A Hall Flagler J E Hall H W Thompson" |
| Dec. 4 | "Read the will to Fan AB & Rob altho surprised - yet seem satisfied" |
| Dec. 5 | "Mother gave Fanny her $500. Diamond Pin before she Died" |
| Dec. 8 | "Mothers will Probated at Mayville - to day" |
| Dec. 10 | "Coal Strike of more than 5 weeks - Ends" |
| Dec. 22 | "Gen Pershing in town to-day" |
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