Friday April 10, 1914

Nice pleasant day. The children are feeling quite good tho speckeled awfully. Sidney is at Mallory's again, sent Gene P. over with a cord of wood. Two wild ducks on the pond, a.m.

Thursday April 9, 1914

A cold raw wind, some snow froze hard. Gerome Fidler was buried today, funeral at 2 p.m. M.E. Church interment in Mallory. Mora went to school came home to dinner was looking bad but went back, came home at 3 oclock sick and broken out with measles. Maud has measles too. Sidney worked for Mallory in and about mill, Mrs. Toothacker is sick at Mallorys, had a Dr.

Wednesday April 8, 1914

Rained all night and all day until 2:30, then snowed hard rest of the day, a very bad day. Mora and Maud went to school came home to dinner. Iva Courbat let them take her umbrella they did not get wet, but tonight Mora's feet were damp and Mauds sopping wet and cold. I had her and Mora both soak their feet in hot water after supper. Mora went to P.O. but did not get any mail, she got a quart of milk at Mallory's on her way home. Mrs. Claxton was there. Clarance Porter came down this morning and pounded on the door loud enough to raise the dead. Clint wanted Sidney to work in the mill, he did not get home last night so did not go naturally. The water is as high as at any time this spring it has rained so much. There was 2 wild ducks and 4 monstrous wild geese on the pond for 3 or 4 hours this a.m. Sidney reached home at 8:30 p.m very tired and a little wet, still raining.

Tuesday April 7, 1914

Pleasant until 5:30 p.m. commenced to sprinkle at 6, rain hard looks like an all night affair. Mora and Maud went to school came home to dinner. Memphis wanted to go but her eyes looked bad and ached. Decided to keep her home it may be pink eye. Mora went to the P.O. after coming home from school and got cabbages for 5c and said they only had 5 more left as she wanted to go and get the rest. Lewis told her she could have them for 2c each . I let her go and she bought all for 9c, cute little very hard heads about a lb. each, however they are cabbage and that is all there is to it. Cassie went up to Gehr's and got a pkg. of Snowboy when the children went back to school, when she came home she was hold of Mrs. Rudeau's hand.

Monday April 6, 1914

Quite a warm day a few flakes of snow in the air on and off all day. Sidney went to the mill at 7 but as the water was so low they did not need him and he got ready and went away with the scroll. Mora and Maud went to school came home to dinner. Mora brought several letters, one from Mrs. Woodard written for Mina, she sent me a $2.00 bill. Avis came home with Mora played a while and Maud went down home with her, and got back in about 20 minutes. Mora went to P.O. and got a money order of $1.75 sent to Larkin Soap Co., and then to Mallory's and got a qt. of milk before we eat supper. Just caught a mouse in one of the traps at 8:20pm.

Sunday April 5, 1914

A cold west wind all day. Snowed in the night and kept at it until about 9 a.m. between 3 and 4 inches of snow fell here. Sidney and Mora went to church, no Sunday school on account of electing officers etc. Jennie Rice gone toward Little France under full head of stream. Floyd Lynch came down peddling his papers. Sidney went up to John House's and brought home 1/2 bu. potatoes, bought two bu. more and John is going to bring them down at $1.00 bu. I baked bread and cakes and well we all have to eat on the sabbath day same as any other.

Saturday April 4, 1914

Not as cold as yesterday it snowed hard a while a.m. very little p.m. Sidney worked to Mallory's. Maud was taken sick to her stomach, had a headache last night and all day. Mora went up to Morey's twice to get groceries. Sidney went and got a sack of flour before he came home from work . Egg's are now 19c a doz. 16 years since our first baby Menzo Nelson was born. Lottie Baum and Vernice Courbot also Patoria Barn's called this p.m. Lottie was getting up a Larkin soap order. I ordered a box of Naphtha wash com., a box of Tartan Tar soap and a pkg of darning needles off her, in all 30c.

Friday April 3, 1914

Cold raw wind all day, cold night. Sidney worked at Mallory's. Maud went to school came home to dinner, Mora went back with her p.m. to see about her arithmetic. Hazel Lynch had taken it home, Maud could not find it, Mora got it alright but it was dirty and also pretty roughhouse. Mora went to the P.O. twice and to school and also to Weatherup's, her eye's are quite a lot better now. Sidney is very tired, went to bed at 8 p.m. and come to think I am tired too. Did not sleep scarcely any last night and then short doses after two was sick all night. Mailed the letter to Mina a.m.

Thursday April 2, 1914

Snowed and rained nearly all day, a very mushy day, not cold. Maud went to school came home to dinner brought Mora's books p.m. Sidney worked p.m. for Clint around mill. Went to mill and got hen feed before eating supper. I wrote to Mina.

Wednesday April 1, 1914

Nice a.m., rain p.m. Sidney worked for Mallory in the saw mill. Maud went to school came home to dinner. Sidney bought 1/2 cord hardwood of Mallory's at $1.75 per cord.