We hoed and I planted some beans and set tomato plants. Mora weed out turnips and parsnips. Mrs. Judge stopped and kept me talking about an hour, or I could have finished the beans. Sidney went down to Bisbo's a.m. got some seed potatoes to plant.
Friday July 7th 1916
Fair, hot day. Sidney and I cultivated with Frank Roggiski's horse. Mora picked berries for Cassy. Maud and Memphis for Bisbo's. I cooked the turtle mora got yesterday for supper.
Thursday July 6th 1916
Beautiful bright warm day. Maud and Memphis picked berries at Bisbo's. Mora walked over on the Pinnacle and back, they were all gone. Sidney and I hoed. I got 5# graham, 5# soft a. sugar and yeast foam off Mr. Wilson, and flour comp. beans, soda off Davy.
Wednesday July 5th 1916
Fair, cool. Peter Dupra came for James' clothes a.m. Sidney and Cassy picked berries a.m. at Bisbo's. Maud and Memphis all day, caught another rabbit. Mora picked berries for Casey, came back and picked 4 qrts at Bisbo's pm.
Tuesday July 4th 1916
Sidney, Maud and Memphis picked berries for Bisbo. Cassy sent for Mora, so she came home, got her shoes and went over and picked, came home at night with the rest of them. Sidney caught 3 little rabbits in the berry field, brought 1 home. Rained hard at night. Mr. and Mrs. Sypher called eve.
Monday June 3rd 1916
Cloudy, a mist some. Joe Sloson and children came a.m. for Mora, it seems lonesome without her. Sidney hoed but it was so very wet, he quite and built fence. I washed nearly all day. Some of our things and more for Susie. Sidney went to Bisbo's eve, to see about berry picking.
Sunday July 2nd 1916
Warm. Sidney and the four girls went to church. Nell Sloson spoke to Sidney about Mora going to Franks to work. Frank Sloson drove up p.m. Quite a hard thunder shower p.m. Rain poured. Found Patsy in the trap, glad to see us come,
Saturday July 1st 1916
Warm. Sidney came at 10 a.m. He went first to W. Monroe, got a lot of groceries and feed. Marguerite came with him. Pa fixed my flat iron handle. Sent Ma's teeth to me, also gave Sidney a picture of his mother that was there in the bureau drawer. Sidney cultivated a little, then took the horse back. Maude and Memphis walked back with him.
Friday June 30th 1916
I got up 5:45, drew off milk, fed pig calves and chickens before the rest were up except Pa. Picked berries, all of us got 2 crates and Cassy and I picked 20 qts over to bring home. James came and brought us home. Marian and Myrtle came, Susie traded a goose and a guinea hen for 2 hens. She gave me some butter an a pail of milk to bring home. When we got to Bisbo's our girls rode home having just finished, they got tickets cashed, Sidney, Maude and Memphis went home with James.
Thursday June 29th 1916
Lovely quite cool day. I picked 48 qts of berries and made a dress for Paul, did some sewing for Susie.
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