A daily journal from 76 years ago
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and cool, wind SoW. Saw Mrs. H this morning and she had a letter from Martha and one from Harry. I went over to the river after dinner to fish. All I caught was a small mud turtle. I was in Fred Moon's boat but had to get out …
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and cool, wind East. Thel and a bunch of women went down to the camp to spend the day. Nobody home when I got home at noon. Worked in the garden till 2 p.m. Took a walk over to see Pic and Walder for a few minutes, took a …
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and cool wind West. Saw a woodcock on the side of the front drive, I was about eight feet from it, it wasn't the least bit afraid of me. Put top dressing on the bowling green. Ski and Jubbie [?] worked haying for Frank Holman on the Bramhall land. …
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and warm, wind So. Put top dressing on the pool lawn. Eleanor worked at Mabbit's office from 8 a.m. Yesterday morning. They had to revise their payroll. Eleanor took me over to the Armory. We marched down to and along Water St, over as far as Stephen's Field, and …
Hello all, I'm going to be out of town and without internet access for about a week and a half. I had hoped to do some early scheduling of blog posts before I left, but it's becoming clear that's simply not going to happen. I do apologize, but I'm going to take the next several …
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and cool wind East. Went down to the Beach Club on my way up to the hill this noon. Found a mud turtle nest and found fifteen good eggs, and a lot that had been eaten by a skunk. Worked on the foot of the drive. Tired a lot …
ToDay is the Birthday of Awful hot up till four P.M. Then the wind turned east and it dropped from 86 to 60. Went to Drill tonight and the first platoon marched south as far as the nook. Then represented an attack force, opposing the second platform. We had a lot of fun. Rode part …
ToDay is the Birthday of Hot today, wind So. Worked in the garden, and Archie, Jubbie [?] and Phil were over working in Lu's. The post chief of the Pythian Sisters had a meeting at the house tonight. Eleanor and Ski went over to take care of Eric tonight. “Tale bearers are just as bad …
ToDay is the Birthday of Paid $33.31 Income Tax Fair and cool today, wind no. Worked around the house on the hill all day. Picked 147 wood ticks off of Ginger. Called up Walder to see if he would go striped bassing tonight, he said he will go. Eleanor has been picked to go to …
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and warm wind So. Rode my wheel over to see Walder, Pic, and Eric. Rode over to town with Walder. We put a new rope on his boat. When I got back, Archie and I went up to the Hotel Rocks and each dug a bucket of nice clams. …
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