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. 

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 June 12th 1916

Nice day. 3 girls went to school to practice. Sidney started for Fulton about 9 a.m. Children got home after 5 tonight, practiced all day. Mora sent a note home by Maud. I kept the turkey shut up and she layed in the hens nest, one hen layed also.

Friday June 9th 1916

Mora came a.m., went back at 4 p.m.  Mrs. Russel and the girls came p.m.  Sidney came on the 4 p.m., walked home from the Square. he brought 2 can red cross, 2# crackers and 6# rice from Fulton. An auto party stopped to inquire for Roy Johnson.

Thursday June 8th 1916

Rainy, nearly all day. Stopped a little before dark, cold wind. Rec'd a card from Sidney, he is in Fulton. Watkins man came a.m. I got $1.90 worth off him. Hot drops, $1.00,  louse powder .25c, vanilla .40c, and mustard .25 cents.

Monday May 8th, 1916

Had a good shower a.m., thunder shower p.m.. Sidney went to West Monroe a.m., got corn,  and Maud went to take the milk train, p.m., for Fulton. Children went to school, Mora came home at noon, called on Mrs. Siegert this eve.

Monday April 24, 1916

Cloudy. Rainy at night. Children at school. Sidney went to Fulton 8 a.m. Susie, Mable, Myrtle and the baby came at 10 a.m. and started for home at 3:15 .m. they brought a loaf of bread and 2 lemon pies. I gave her some seed and let her take Cassy's beads for the baby. I found one ducks egg.

Saturday April 22, 1916

Rained hard a.m. and a little p.m. Sidney came on the 4 o'clock train rode up to corner with E.B. Potter and Floyd McSymond. he had a box full of groceries he bought in Fulton. Left his scroll with Dolly.

Wednesday April 19, 1916

Beautiful day. Froze quite hard last night, ice and ground was froze hard. Sidney started for Fulton at 7 a.m. with 2 scrolls. The children went to school. I went out to the trap Sidney set for a woodchuck, and the drake heard me and followed the children and myself back home. I hulled a lot of corn and it is just fine too.

Tuesday April 11, 1916

Cloudy most all day, commenced to rain at 7 p.m. Sidney went away at 7:30, toward Fulton. Mora and Maud went to Maud Potter's and got some milk. Mora also went to Russels, got some rural N.Y.'s. Memphis and Cassy carried some bell peppers and Maud, Memphis and Cassy and the Russel girls went and picked some wintergreen berries p.m.

Tuesday November 2, 1915

Cold raw wind. Rained and hailed about 4 p.m. Mora came over acrost with Lettie, she went {unable to read, ripped}. Mora, Maud and Memphis went to school together. Russel came just dark, wanted one of the girls to help Mamie while he went and see about a house to {unable to read, ripped}. So Mora went. Maud and Memphis went with {unable to read, ripped}, came back with the lantern. I got off of Mr. Wilson, 5# graham, 1 red cross and 1 soap. Sold him eleven eggs at .38c/doz. Sidney started at 9 a.m. to go and vote and go on towards Fulton intending to get as far as Loren woods tonight. Volney Russel's barn burned last night, all his farming tools, horse, cow, hogs and hens, also burned with it. Mr. House came in and talked himself out as usual.

Thursday September 16, 1915

Terrible, hot sweltering. Many thunder showers. Lightening, about all night. I had 2 cans of string beans work and I made mustard pickles of them. Gave Bell a cupful for her dinner, also baked a cup of those big beans for her. Gave her a little pumpkin pie. Borrowed a cup of sugar off her and she brought us a nice mess of sweet corn for our supper. Cassie went down to the corner with the girls when they went to school, and got a bottle of *paregoric. Sidney sent from Fulton by mail. I stitched Mamie's dress and made Mora two little tea aprons, p.m.

*medicine