A daily journal from 76 years ago
56th day – 310 days follow 35 Fair & Cloudy Eleanor got a letter from Frank Holman, he has bought a gas station in Miama, Fla. I got a post card from John B. Finney, he is in St. Petersburg, Fla. We are having some high tides now. The kids are giving a supper up …
56th day – 310 days follow 38 Fair Froze up hard during the night but warmed up during the day. Rakes up some rubbish and got the house ready for the folks. Stopped in to see Eric, he is fine and Pic was feeling fair. Percy came in at noon, he was on a hunt …
55th day – 311 days follow 56 Fair The electric light man Mr. Clark was up on the hill this morning to see if Mr. H had called me about getting some cable. Just like spring today. Charlie Sanderson called me up at noon and wanted to know if I would like to go arrowhead …
54th day – 312 days follow 50 Cloudy Took the chubs out of the laundry sink and took them over to the river. Saw Steve, he didn’t seem to know much about the electricity, didn’t know if it was to be shut off or not. Ski got a letter from Alex, he is still in …
53rd day – 314 days follow Cloudy 1 hoe 2 arrowheads, Whitehorse & Manomet Walder called me up while I was getting my breakfast. Went up on the hill and things are OK. Bill came up about 9-30AM and we went up to Beaver Dam Road and hunted both sides of the road and found …
52nd day – 315 days follow 38 Fair Fair and much warmer. Mrs. Hornblower and I went up to the Stones Mansion to get a stone Chinese statue and three other stone objects that used to be in the Stones lower garden. The old Mansion is being torn down. I see that they have got …
51st day – 316 days follow 0 Cold Mrs. H called me up this morning and said that the house was cold as the furnace had shut down. She read some letters from Bud’s wife and Harry’s. Walder and Eric came in a few minutes. Dave and I took a walk up the back road, …
50th day – 317 days follow 2/0 Fair Arrowhead Gee! But it was cold this morning with high north wind. When I got up on the hill Mary and Martha were there, they came last night. Thel had a nice brown quartzite arrow head and a small piece of an old fashioned slate pencil. That …
49th day – 318 days follow 38 Fair Things G.H. on the hill this morning. Went over to see Steve. This afternoon I went over to the cow farm for milk, butter, and vegetables, got a ride back in the truck. On my way home from work I stopped in to the Engstroms, they had …
48th day – 319 days follow 38 Fair After I fixed my fires I went over to H.H. and found Tom Doten and Budreau at the manhole, the water had all self drained and John O’Brian had been up and had gone down to the Electric Light Co. to get them to fix it up. …
