Wednesday June 14th 1916

Warm. Maud and Memphis went and took exam orations. Memphis took a note to H. Munger's for Gail. Mora sent me a note. I sent a letter to Sidney. Planted some more beans on the hill. Maud took Maud Cronin some petunia seed. Duck eggs picking.

Thursday April 13, 1916

Rainy a.m., pleasant p.m. Paul was very sick all night, better tonight. Sidney came a little past 5 p.m., brought 1/2 # flour, 5# rice, 1/2 # coffee, some sugar, can molasses, can milk and bk powder, also lard, besides his scroll. A load alright. Gone to prayer meeting eve. Mora and Maud with him. Sent Maud Cronans flour by them. Mora got a peck of potatoes off Russel's. Mr. Wilson came, I got 10# graham flour off him. Red hen died.

Wednesday April 12, 1916

Cloudy a.m., fair p.m., cool breeze. I washed a few things. Mora went to Cronans, borrowed 2 qts. flour. Paul has a high fever tonight, felt bad for a couple of days.

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.

Thursday March 16, 1916

Fair, clear and cold. Sidney wanted to work but Alf. did not come about 9 a.m. Sidney went there and they were just getting breakfast. Alf. did not want to work so S. went to W. Monroe, got some corn and meal. Rode with Frank Cronan some both ways. Lost our bag. Sidney, Mora and Maud have gone to meeting tonight. Mora and Maud rode back with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hubbard. Claud Bryant converted.

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.

Thursday September 30, 1915

A beautiful white frost last night and a lovely day. Bell brought over her oil can and a note for Maud to leave at Homer Bryant's on her way to school for Claud Davy. Memphis cry'd because I did not have time to fix her old shoes so she could go to school this morning. Bell told me she had a pair too small and wanted Memphis to come over and see if they would fit her. They were not much too large. I had to sew all the buttons on, so she went p.m. Maud Cronan and Helen also Lettie Bryant and her two babies spent a part of the afternoon here. Lettie brought Mora to school this a.m. and she rode home with her tonight. I mailed the letter to Mr. Higley, Syracuse Y.M.C.A. Gave Mora eight seeds of succotash for Lettie. {Unable to read} a tin full of nice string beans and Mrs. Fisher gave the girls a little kettle full also sent a little pail full by them to Bell on their way home from school.

Tuesday September 14, 1915

Awfully hot day. Sidney went about 9 a.m., he went to House's and got a tub for me to wash in so I would not have to throw away the soft water in our tub. I sent by Maud Cronan for a can of milk for Paul. The three girls took their dinner to school. A letter came for Sidney also one for me from Mina. I pickled a two qt. can of string beans.

Tuesday September 7, 1915

Very hot, muggy day until 3 p.m., had a hard shower, some thunder but not very near. Maud and Memphis went to school, carried their dinner. Mora went from Bryant's, did not come home tonight. I mailed the two letters to Sidney and Avis also the one to the news. Memphis took 8 seed of succotash to Maud Cronan, a.m.

Wednesday September 1, 1915

Fair. Mora rode with Letta as far as the corner, got home at 10. Letta went to see her grandmother and came to see Maud Cronan, came back 4 p.m. and stopped for Mora to ride home with her. Bell came eve. with an armful of loveset. Mr. Henderson buried at Mallory.

Saturday August 28, 1915

Fair. Mora took her books to the school house this a.m. Jannie Johnson and Maud Cronan and her 3 children also Roy Munger her p.m. Bell came this eve., brought some new milk. Sidney came on the 7 p.m. train to Hastings, train late. He brought 4 loaves bread and quite a few other groceries.

Wednesday August 25, 1915

Very nice, quite breezy. Mora started out with her soap order p.m.,  got $1.55. Only gone 2 1/2 hours. Bell called, had been to Maud Cronans. I sent news today, forgot to put it in the box yesterday. Had shell beans for supper. Memphis picked over a qt. running blackberries. We got 1 salt, 1 red cross, 1 thread and 1 Lenox soap off Mr. Wilson (66cents). Sold him 3 doz. eggs, 22c/doz.

Thursday August 5, 1915

Quite nice today but wind still blowing. Sidney took Bell's heifer up and put her in House's pasture early, and put in the rest of the day on the brush. Frank Cronan reaped House's oats, they drew in one load p.m. I rec'd a letter from Mina.

Sunday May 30, 1915

Warm. Sidney was tired, did not go to church. Maud and Memphis went. Sidney went to F. Cronan's and Little France, rode home with Frank Fisher. Frank gave him a bu. seed potatoes. F. House paid him for his day's work last week.

Friday May 21, 1915

I sent a card to Mina. Showery, an electric storm at 6 p.m., struck Frank Cronan's house, setting fire in two places. Maud and Memphis went to school. Cassie helped me, dropped 2 rows sweet corn. Sidney worked for F. House a.m. and Ross Bisbo p.m., eve. He and Mora went to Little France and got a lot of groceries. Mrs. Beasonson gave her 3 sticks of candy and Charlie gave her cookies. Took 1 doz. eggs 20c.

Friday May 14, 1915

Cold wind, chilly all day. Baby has worried all day. Pearl Russel waited for our girls this morning. Mamie and her baby came a.m. eat dinner here. Maud Cronan came p.m. and three children.

Monday May 10, 1915

Frost last night, sunshine's but a cold wind blowing today. Sidney started at 12:30. Maud and Cassie went to school. Memphis is much better. I rec'd a letter from Mina. Alf. and Mannie came and spent the evening. Sidney got 1/4 bu. buckwheat off Frank Cronan this morning. Mora got cowslips. Mrs. Fisher gave her sauerkraut.