Cool. Sidney and I picked berries p.m. Mora picked some a.m. Gave .8 cents for black berries. I got flour, soap, baking powder and yeast off Wilson. Bell took 3 more loads, all moved but 3 have got away from her.
Wednesday August 9th 1916
Nice and cool. Sidney fixed fence a.m., went to W. Monre p.m. Mora and I picked about 4qts of huckleberries p.m. Bell took 2 more loads of goods a.m. Making 5 loads so far.
Tuesday August 8th 1916
Had a nice shower, a little cooler. We all together picked 13 qts of huckleberries, got .9 cents per qt. I canned 1 qt. and 1 pint can of blackberries.
Monday August 7th 1916
Hot. Sidney and I picked a few black berries a.m. hoed p.m. I rec'd a card from Lillian Smith, sent from Conn.
Sunday August 6th 1916
Hot and awfully dusty. Auto's make an awful fog. Sidney, Mora and Maud went to S.S. Sidney was so hoarse, he could not preach but he has gone to Gayville this evening, got along alright. Got .70 cents collection.
Saturday August 5th 1916
Cloudy most of the day, but hot. Children and I pulled weeds. Mora and I hoed it is very hard work. Mora picked over 1 qt of huckleberries after 6 tonight. Memphis also picked about 1 pint. Mostly long johns. Bell stopped out in front and talked with the children awhile. Sidney came at about 10 p.m., stayed with Mary Allen last night.
Thursday August 3rd 1916
Cool. We hoed beans and popcorn. Children pulled weeds. I got flour and salt off Mr. Wilson. Molasses and compound off Davey, also 2# spanish onions for which I paid .7 cents per lb. Sent an order to Sears Roebuck. Rec'd a card from Sidney. Mailed a card to him. Sprinkled ever so little p.m.
Wednesday August 2nd 1916
Cool a.m., hot p.m Mora and I hoed beans and sweet corn p.m. Picked huckleberries for 2 qt cans.
Tuesday August 1st 1916
Cold this morning, changed at 3 a.m. Sidney started for the station about 9 a.m. going to Fulton. Mora and I hoed sweet corn. Children pulled weeds. Mrs. Russel and girls called eve.
Monday July 31st 1916
Very hot. Sidney went to W Monroe a.m., got flour and meds. Rode both ways with Leon Muckey with Potter's cheese rig.
Sunday July 30th 1916
Awfully hot. Sidney and 5 girls went to S.S (Sunday school) and Sidney conducted services a.m. and at Dutch Hill at 3 p.m. and Gayville 7:30 p.m. Lillian rode home with Mrs. Siegert. Maud Potter gave her some cookies. Sidney got .60 cents here, .40 cents at Dutch Hill and .92 cents at Gayville.
Saturday July 29th 1916
A trifle cooler. Children and Sidney worked in the corn. I hoed bean, tomatoes, and turnips. we need rain very much.
Friday July 28th 1916
Hot as eve, cooler last night. Sidney finished hilling potatoes and weeding corn. We picked berrys enough for shortcakes.
Thursday July 27th 1916
Warm, burning dry, everything curled up. Sidney killed more potatoes. Mora and I went berrying p.m. Got only enough for 1 qrt can and small glass of jam. I got flour and soap off Mr. Wilson. Sugar and lard off Davy.
Wednesday July 26th 1916
Hot, dry, everything burning up. Weeded and hilled potatoes. Sow'd more turnips seed between beans. I hoed some beans, can'd 2 pint cans red raspberries and huckleberries mixed.
Tuesday July 25th 1916
Very hot. We hilled potatoes. Picked a few berries, huckleberries ripening fast. Mora got a few ripe long johns.
Monday July 24th 1916
Very warm. Sidney went to W. Monroe a.m. got a ride both ways. We hilled potatoes. Children pulled weeds and went to Russel's to play an hour, p.m.
Sunday July 23rd 1916
Mable Piggah 13 years old. Hot, nice shower p.m. Sidney, Mora, and Maud went to church. Maud went home with Mildred Potter, came home eve. way around by the cheese factory, got home at 7 p.m.
Saturday July 22nd 1916
Hot. Sidney hilled potatoes. Mora helped him a.m and p.m. She straightened parlor and chamber. Children pulled some weeds. I set cabbage and peppers, sow'd a row of turnips and made a sun bonnet, and dress for Paul. Baked bread and am quite tired tonight. I sent a letter to Aunt Adeline, a card to Adell.
Friday July 21st 1916
Hot dry, clouded up awhile but no rain. Sidney rode with Edd Cotett's girl a.m. went to Besonson's and got flour, sugar and BK powder. Mrs. Besonson gave him 5 sticks of candy. Mrs. Russel and girls came eve. also Bell. I rec'd a letter from Susie.
Thursday July 20th 1916
Hot, almost suffocating. I sent a card but Glen started before the mail got back so all I brought was 1 gal. vinegar. I sold him 2 doz eggs at 25 cents per doz. All pulled weed and hoed.
Wednesday July 19th 1916
Hot as usual. Mora picked 2 1/2 qts red raspberries and Sidney 1 1/2 qts. He was gone an hour and Mrs. Russel and Mora all, a.m. I canned 2 qrt cans.
Tuesday July 18th 1916
Hot, sultry day. We have all been busy all day. Mora and Mrs. Russel went red raspberrying a.m. Mora got about 2 qts all mush, I sent a letter to James.
Monday July 17th 1916
Hot day. Sidney went to W. Monroe, got feed and groceries. Rode past way both ways. Mora, Memphis and Cassy picked berries for Cassy Potter. Mora went to Sloson's and got her clothes tonight.
Sunday July 16th 1916
Maud is 12 years old. Very hot. Sidney and the 4 girls went to church. 3 younger rode down and back with Mr. Johnson. Maud was sick. Russel girls came here to play, and our girls went there a while, evening.
Saturday July 15th 1916
Hot. Sidney worked at Bernhard Smith's, drawing hay, came back by Cary's and 4 qts of strawberries and some *pie plant. I sow'd carrot, beet and radish seed. Children pulled weeds. Mrs. Russel and girls called p.m.
*rhubarb
Friday July 14th 1916
Hot all day. I was sick at noon. Mora sick at night. All been busy as bees. Sidney set bean poles. Joe and Nell Sloson stopped to get Mora to go back to Frank's but she did not want to go. Glen brought our groceries at noon.
Thursday July 13th 1916
Hot a.m. thunder shower p.m. Sidney went to Smith's at noon. Mora went to Potter's. Maud and Memphis to Bisbo's but as they were through picking they went with Mora. Cassy went down with them and brought back their money. Mr. Wilson said he could not get any flour, so I sent a card to Davy to bring us a sack. Children all had their dinner pails full of berries when they came back.
Wednesday July 12th 1916
Hot, sultry with an occasional breeze. Mora rode past way over to Little France a.m., got some rolled oats and sugar. Maud, Memphis and Cassy went and picked a l0 qrt pail. Also a carrier of berries at Mr. Cary's for us to eat p.m. Sidney went to draw hay at Mr. Smith's but it rained before they got fairly started for the first load.
Tuesday July 11th 1916
Hot, sultry all day. Maud and Memphis picked berries at Bisbo's all day. Mora at Potter's. Sidney went with her and picked berries until noon, and worked in hay at Smith's p.m. Supper there. I planted more potatoes.
Monday July 10th 1916
Cloudy, close. Sidney worked at Smith in the hay from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Mora, Maud and Memphis picked 40 qts of berries each. I finished planting he beans. Sidney stopped and picked 4 qts of strawberries at Cary's, brought home.
Sunday July 9th 1916
Hot sultry day. Mary Dupra was buried. Rosco Bisbo went and got her in his car a.m. Mora, Maud and Memphis went to the funeral. Sidney picked red raspberries, so I made 3 pies and 3 little ones for their dinner pails.
Saturday July 8th 1916
We hoed and I planted some beans and set tomato plants. Mora weed out turnips and parsnips. Mrs. Judge stopped and kept me talking about an hour, or I could have finished the beans. Sidney went down to Bisbo's a.m. got some seed potatoes to plant.
Friday July 7th 1916
Fair, hot day. Sidney and I cultivated with Frank Roggiski's horse. Mora picked berries for Cassy. Maud and Memphis for Bisbo's. I cooked the turtle mora got yesterday for supper.
Thursday July 6th 1916
Beautiful bright warm day. Maud and Memphis picked berries at Bisbo's. Mora walked over on the Pinnacle and back, they were all gone. Sidney and I hoed. I got 5# graham, 5# soft a. sugar and yeast foam off Mr. Wilson, and flour comp. beans, soda off Davy.
Wednesday July 5th 1916
Fair, cool. Peter Dupra came for James' clothes a.m. Sidney and Cassy picked berries a.m. at Bisbo's. Maud and Memphis all day, caught another rabbit. Mora picked berries for Casey, came back and picked 4 qrts at Bisbo's pm.
Tuesday July 4th 1916
Sidney, Maud and Memphis picked berries for Bisbo. Cassy sent for Mora, so she came home, got her shoes and went over and picked, came home at night with the rest of them. Sidney caught 3 little rabbits in the berry field, brought 1 home. Rained hard at night. Mr. and Mrs. Sypher called eve.
Monday June 3rd 1916
Cloudy, a mist some. Joe Sloson and children came a.m. for Mora, it seems lonesome without her. Sidney hoed but it was so very wet, he quite and built fence. I washed nearly all day. Some of our things and more for Susie. Sidney went to Bisbo's eve, to see about berry picking.
Sunday July 2nd 1916
Warm. Sidney and the four girls went to church. Nell Sloson spoke to Sidney about Mora going to Franks to work. Frank Sloson drove up p.m. Quite a hard thunder shower p.m. Rain poured. Found Patsy in the trap, glad to see us come,
Saturday July 1st 1916
Warm. Sidney came at 10 a.m. He went first to W. Monroe, got a lot of groceries and feed. Marguerite came with him. Pa fixed my flat iron handle. Sent Ma's teeth to me, also gave Sidney a picture of his mother that was there in the bureau drawer. Sidney cultivated a little, then took the horse back. Maude and Memphis walked back with him.
Friday June 30th 1916
I got up 5:45, drew off milk, fed pig calves and chickens before the rest were up except Pa. Picked berries, all of us got 2 crates and Cassy and I picked 20 qts over to bring home. James came and brought us home. Marian and Myrtle came, Susie traded a goose and a guinea hen for 2 hens. She gave me some butter an a pail of milk to bring home. When we got to Bisbo's our girls rode home having just finished, they got tickets cashed, Sidney, Maude and Memphis went home with James.
Thursday June 29th 1916
Lovely quite cool day. I picked 48 qts of berries and made a dress for Paul, did some sewing for Susie.
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