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. 

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. 

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 

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. 

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. 

Thursday August 10th 1916

 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.

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.

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.

Saturday June 17th 1916

Showery. Sidney's birthday, 44 years old. Went to Besonson's , got a lot of groceries. Bell Allen came, borrowed yeast cakes. Lillian went with the girls to practice. p.m. Mora came home from Cottet's p.m. Maud went to next house, got 1 qrt. milk. We had strawberry shortcake.

Thursday May 25th 1916

Warm bright day. Sidney and I planted potatoes a.m. and I and the children p.m.  Sidney worked for Frank Kent p.m., this eve. He and Maud have gone to prayer meeting at Claud Bryant's. Memphis and Cassy went to school but the teacher was gone away, so there was no school. Memphis cut her foot on a nail. I got 10# meal off of Wilson, also groceries off of Davy.  1/2c for sugar and 15c for compound. Maud took the turkey to Bell's and went and brought her home tonight.

Wednesday May 24th 1916

Fair. Sidney worked shingling at Fielding's for H. Munger. Got home at 4 p.m.  Maud and Memphis went to school, rode home with Claud Bisbo. Bell Allen spent p.m. here. James and Susie drove up this eve. brought sour milk and a picture and some butter in a pint can.

Thursday April 20, 1916

Rainy a.m., fair p.m. Children went to school. Rec'd a letter from Sidney, enclosed .50c coin. Mr. Wilson came but he did not have any flour. Russel girls came for an hour this eve. Mr. Russel came for them. Mora took a little hulled corn to Bell, eve. I let the ducks out and they went off in the swail a.m.

Monday April 17, 1916

Rainy a.m. Sidney went away, but came back it rained so hard. Went as far as Geo. Clark's old place. The 4 girls went to school. Russel girls stopped this morning. Bell came spent p.m. with us.

Monday April 3, 1916

Froze quite thick ice last night. Everything white with frost this morning. Lovely all day. Mrs. Russel and her two grandchildren came a.m., she borrowed some soda. Sidney finished turning the orchard, it looks fine. Harry House brought the shoe strings Sidney forgot and left on counter at Beasonson's on Saturday. Mora went to Bell's, carried a bottle of oil to Maud Cronan, also went down to Nell Fisher's and got some wrappers Nell gave her to cut over for the little ones. Maud stepped on a nail, pierced her big toe quite bad.

Tuesday March 21, 1916

Thawing. Sidney and Claud commenced to cut wood for E. Potter. Mora went to school. A rag man came. I sold him a bag of rags but could not make change so he said he would leave the money at Fred House's. 14cents. Sidney got 9# flour off Maud Potter also a pail of milk. He let Claud have some milk and Lettie filled his dinner pail with hulled corn Maud went to see Bell. Commenced to wean baby Paul, he is very very good.

Wednesday November 3, 1915

Cold, a little rain. Hail and round snow, first snow this fall. Mora came home eat breakfast. She and Maud and Memphis went to school. The Russel girls stopped and went with them. Bell came an hour a.m. Mr. House said he whole republican ticket was elected here but town went wet. Rev. Sypher and Fay dug some of their {unable to read, ripped} acrost the road.

Monday November 1, 1915

Beautiful day. Sidney cut us a nice lot of wood, and this eve. went over with Mora to Bryant's and then E.B. Potter's. Got 4 small pumpkins also went to Cary's and got onions. Bell came p.m. and this eve came and brought the Post Standard so we could read Billy Sunday's services. Sarah came with her but did not come in. Mr. House visited with Sidney p.m. Saw fire eve. A baby boy at Charles Beasonson's.

Friday October 29, 1915

Quite cloudy, sprinkled some. Bell came and got our cart. Also Cassie went to Homer Bryant's with her to meet Davy. Children went to school. I received a card from Sidney. Mailed at Syracuse.

Thursday October 28, 1915

Beautiful day, white frost last night. Ice in tub. Thunder and lightening'd all eve. I got 10# graham, 1 red cross, and 1 lenox soap off Mr. Wilson. Sold him 11 eggs at .38c/doz. I let Bell have 4 eggs. Children went to school. Brought their dinner pails full of sweet apple's from Cronins. Harry put putty on two lights of window.