Quite cool, rainy. Sidney went to work on the road loading stone, worked until 2:30 p.m. rained hard, he came home.
Sunday October 8th 1916
Warm, bright and beautiful. Mora and Samantha came at 11 a.m. Vera got Mora some clothes she had outgrown. 4 went to play with Samantha p.m. Sidney got $2.70 worth of groceries off Florence a.m. Sidney went to attend holiness meeting with eve.
Saturday October 7th 1916
Fair. Memphis is 10 years old. Sidney went to Fulton a.m., got home at 3 p.m. Got a letter from Aunt Adaline, 1 from Mina, and card from Philys R. and several other letters. Maud went with Vera and been to Florence's twice. Loren Wood came hunting, told me we could have some cabbage. Memphis went over and got 4 heads. Cassy and Lillian with her. Mora gone to spend the night with Vera.
Friday October 6th 1916
Fair, hot day. I finished my washing a.m., am not feeling very good. I went to Bernices and got some buttermilk this p.m. Vera here all eve. Maud went to Pervcival's p.m., went in house. Glen has the mumps.
Thursday October 5th 1916
*School closed indefinitely*. Fair, warm day. I washed again. Sidney got home at noon. Having spent the night at Little's. The little girl at Howdral's died and was buried at night of infantile paralysis or diphtheria.
*1916 Polio pandemic
Wednesday October 4th 1916
Fair, hot day. I washed. Sidney went over north. Maud went to Percival's. Got graham, a pencil tablet and 2 sticks of candy. p.m. 4 girls went to Bernice's to play. Samantha and James came down after them to go.
Tuesday September 19th 1916.
Continues very cool. Cassy is better, sent letter to Sidney. I picked [unknown, paper ripped].
**The family moves and the journals do not pick up again until early October, the sheets may have been lost.
Monday September 18th 1916
Rainy night last night. Clearing in morning. Fred came at 1 p.m. after dinner, loaded up and started for Volney at 6 p.m. Sidney, Maud and Memphis went with him. Cold Night. Bell and Mrs. Russel came p.m. Cassy sick.
Sunday September 17th 1916
Fair, cool. Mr. Cary came, eat dinner with us, also Phillys. Roguiski and boy came with his phonograph, spent p.m. here.
Saturday September 16th 1916
Cold. Sidney worked for H. Russel, cut corn at Elmer Cotett's. Elmer gave him a mess of sweet corn. I have packed nearly all the dishes. Emily House called this eve.
Friday September 15th 1916
Rainy. Sidney went to Russel's to work but did not work on account of the rain. Other man went to Square with Frank Roguiski.
Thursday September 14th 1916
Very close, muggy day. Rain hard at night. Sidney and Mora husked corn. Other girls picked off beans. Martin bought his cow tonight, looks like a good one. Mr. Wilson came, I got graham, oats and sugar.
Wednesday September 13th 1916
Fair, cool. Sidney went to Hastings, got home at 8 p.m. Mora and the woman here went to Elmer Cotett's to look at a cow they think to buy p.m. I rec'd a card from Daisy.
Monday September 11th 1916
Fair, cool, lovely day. Phillys called this morning a minute with his boy. Sidney went to [unknown, tear in paper]. Rec'd a letter from Hannah.
Sunday September 10th 1916
Fair, rather an uneventful day. Man Phillys gave Mora and Lillian a box of candy. Called a while in the evening.
Saturday September 9th 1916
Cool, fair. Sidney and Martin finished digging the potatoes, all except the last early ones, they are too green. We pulled the rest of beans, all the last ones are green and a mass of blossoms and buds. Sidney and the other man Martin have gone to Gayville, got home at 10 p.m.
Thursday September 7th 1916
Hot, nice showers at evening. Sidney went to West Monroe a.m., dug a few potato's p.m. The Polish man dug a few also a.m. Paul and I have not felt very well today. Sidney wrote to Hannah.
Wednesday September 6th 1916
Awfully hot, sultry day. Sidney cut corn. The agent brought the people, Man and woman, 3 children. They had quite a lot of groceries. a.m. and p.m. Mr. Roguiski went with him to Parish to get their things, dishes mostly smashed.
Tuesday September 5th 1916
I dug potatoes. Sidney cut corn. Mr. Webb came with the real estate agent and people that bought the place.
Monday Sept 4th 1916
Warm. Sidney started cutting corn. I dug some potatoes. Warren Smith's stepson buried p.m.
Sunday September 3rd 1916
Beautiful all day. Charles and Daisy Green and 3 children, Fred and Hannah Bartlet and Guy came all 10 a.m in auto. Went at 3 p.m. Took Sidney to Gayville to get some flour and sugar. Mr. Roguiski came and with his phonograph. Had nice time.
Saturday September 2nd 1916
Cool. we have been busy straightening up and cleaning. Mr. Sypher called at 11:30 a.m. Eva sent a dress and jacket by him to Mora. Bell and the 2 miss Allen's called also, eve. Sidney got home at 11 p.m. Walked and carried scroll and groceries from Hastings, came on car.
Friday September 1st 1916
Fair, warm. gentle rain all eve. Rec'd a letter from Sidney, mailed at Hasting.
Thursday August 31st 1916
Fair, warm day. Mr. Wilson came. I got some graham and matches. sold him 1 doz. eggs, .28 cents. Glen Davy called also, I sent a letter Hannah. Mrs. Russel called to have girls stay with her girls while she met Hank with his groceries.
Wednesday August 30th 1916
Fair, thunder shower came up, but it went around. Did not rain a drop here, rec'd a letter from Hannah.
Tuesday August 29th 1916
Frost last night, wiped out some cucumber vines. Sidney started for the north about 8 a.m. Bell Allen came p.m. brought a little dress and pair of pants she found in the house. Geo. Webb came to get some tools of his that were here
Monday August 28th 1916
Quite cold, rained a.m. children played at Russel's. One went at a time. Sidney sent a letter to E. M. Wightman and went to Gayville this eve. Got a ride in an auto, saw Call Burgess. Rosen came, sold him some rags and rubber. .35 cents.
Sunday August 27th 1916
Rainy, seems queer to have none of them go to church. Mrs. Russel came evening.
Saturday August 26th 1916
Quite warm. Sprinkled a little a.m. Sidney picked some berries for me to can. filled 2 2 qt cans. Sidney went to Little France, got flour $2.10 a sack, also got sugar and salt. Mr. Cary called p.m. Harvey Smith found dead ice bed yesterday a.m.
Friday August 25th 1916
Cool. Sidney went over on Muckey's, only got 7 qts of berries. Rode down to Bisbo's with Mrs. Bernhard shuttle. Sidney does not feel well, has not for some days.
Thursday August 24th 1916
Fair. Sent a letter and note to Mina. Bell Allen and Mrs. Albert Herholts called p.m. Sidney picked 9 qts of blackberries. Mr. Wilson did not come.
Wednesday August 23rd 1916
Thunder shower in the ight, lousy and some rain today, cooler. Sidney went to West Monroe a.m. and p.m. went over to Cary's and got a few duchess apples. Mora and I picked a few berries, rec'd a letter from Mina.
Tuesday August 22nd 1916
Awfully hot sultry day. I picked 2 qts of huckleberries p.m. Mora picked some a.m. and also some barberries. I made a pie of them, it was fine. Sidney picked berries on Muckie's, took another can of Fred's over, got some duchess apples off him. I made 2 pies of them, mailed a letter to Aunt Adaline.
Monday August 21st 1916
Awfully hot. Sidney picked a pail of long johns. I picked a pail of huckleberries, 2 1/2 qts. Sick, could hardly get out of the woods.
Sunday August 20th 1916
Very warm. No meetings now on account of that disease scare. Harry House called at noon.
Saturday August 19th 1916
Awfully hot. We expected Mina and Leslie but they did not come. Sidney went to North Constantia eve. got some groceries, the old lady sent me a card picture of herself.
Friday August 18th 1916
Hot. Rec'd a card from Mina. Sidney went to Little France, rode with Edd Cotett at 6:30 a.m. got flour and sugar flour, $2.00 a sack. Went over on Joe Muckey's at 10 a.m., took 2 cans of huckleberries to Fred. He got home early with his pail nearly full. Will Peck's girl sick with infantile paralysis.
Thursday, August 17th 1916
Warm. Sidney and Mora went up on the Fidler place and got about 5qts of lovely berries. Sidney went p.m. got 2 qts more. I went on this lot, got 2 qts, not at all nice. too dryed up. Let Mr. Wilson have 6 qts. I also picked 3 qts of huckleberries.
Wednesday August 16th 1916
Very warm. I picked a pail of huckleberries, caned 2 cans. Sidney got 5 qts of long johns. Maud and Memphis took them to Bisbo's, the Russel girls went with them. Mora and Cassie went as far as Russels to meet them. Mrs Russel said Grace Gearsbeck died last night of *infantile paralysis and was buried this morning. Also, Welcome and baby were very ill.
*Polio
Tuesday August 15th 1916
Fair. I picked a syrup pail full of huckleberries. Sidney picked a few berries too, and also Mora a few.
Monday August 14th 1916
Fair. James and Mable started away at 8 a.m. Sidney picked 11 qts of berries on Muckeys, brought over 5 qt cans to fill with huckleberries for Fred Cary.
Sunday August 13th 1916
Cloudy a.m. and rainy early p.m., fair moon is beautiful tonight. Sidney, Mora, Maud and Mable have gone to meeting this evening. Rev. Conklyn will preach, got home at 10 p.m. Went to bed and before we were asleep at 11, James drove in.
Saturday, August 12th 1916
Looks lousy and sprinkled some. Sidney picked 3 qts of blackberries for a shortcake and huckleberries for pies. Children picked a few. Mora and Maud rode with the Cotett girl, went to Little France. Got 10# sugar, a pkg of oats, 1# soda and lamp chimney. Sidney went to Gayville to quarterly meeting this ee, got home at 11 p.m.
Friday August 11, 1916
Cool, rainy p.m. I sent an order to Sears Roebuck. Sidney went over on Joe Muckey's and picked 8 qts. of blackberries. Got 8 cents a qt. Mable came at 11 a.m. Bell and Sarah Allen, also Cassie Russel and the girls, called during the shower p.m.
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