Quite cool, rainy. Sidney went to work on the road loading stone, worked until 2:30 p.m. rained hard, he came home.
Catherine Piquet Clarke: the journals
the life and times of an Central New York family, starting in 1914.
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
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.