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.
the life and times of an Central New York family, starting in 1914.
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.
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.
Wednesday July 12th 1916
Hot, sultry with an occasional breeze. Mora rode past way over to Little France a.m., got some rolled oats and sugar. Maud, Memphis and Cassy went and picked a l0 qrt pail. Also a carrier of berries at Mr. Cary's for us to eat p.m. Sidney went to draw hay at Mr. Smith's but it rained before they got fairly started for the first load.