A daily journal from 76 years ago
143rd day- 222 days follow (arrowheads) Fair + Warmer I mowed with the scythe today. After I got through work I rode my wheel up to the Browne Site. I hunted on the surface first and found one good red triangular point, and one snub nosed quartz scraper, and the base of a green flint …
142nd day- 223 days follow (Arrowheads) Cloudy + Shower Eleanor and the two girls were [here] this morning. I put on screens and washed windows. After dinner I rode my bike up to the Browne Site. It has just been plowed up. I surface hunted it and found a small piece of the top of …
141st day- 224 days follow Fair + Cool I put up the awnings on the hill. After dinner Bill came up for a couple of hours’ visit. I took off the storm windows and burned the rubbish. After supper I got a ride over to town with Jo. Manter, and I went up to the …
140th day- 225 days follow Rain + Cold Oiled floors in the house. The women were at work up on the hill today. This sure was a miserable day. No. East Wind + rain + cold. I got a letter from Dr. Howe. He is chairman of the M.A.S. nominating com. For officers to be …
139th day- 226 days follow Fair + Warmer Did chores around the house this A.M. The women were cleaning today. After work I stopped at Pick’s and had supper with she and Walder and spent the evening with them. This has been a fine warm day, good growing weather. Saw the hummingbird again today. Maynard …
138th day- 227 days follow Fair + Warmer This has been a fine day for the plants and flowers to grow. The women were up on the hill today. It was Cozette’s birthday. Mrs. Briggs came home today from Boston with a new son. Eleanor, George, and the girls were here for dinner. Thel left …
137th day- 228 days follow Fair + Warmer Cleaned windows, sprayed gutters and watered gardens. When I was coming home from work I met Ski and Bud. I got in the car with them and had a ride around White Horse and Manomet. After supper I went over to Archie’s and sharpened his lawn mower …
136th day- 229 days follow Partly Cloudy Cool Mickey carted kindling and fireplace wood into the house cellar. I transplanted flower beds. After supper I took a ride on the truck with Archie with a load of road material down on the Cape. Thel took Eleanor and the kids for a ride down to …
135th day- 230 days follow Fair + Cool Cleaned house till dinner time, ate dinner with Ski. Eleanor came down and I went up to her house and sharpened her lawn mower and adjusted it. Then she took me up to Russell Mills Pond and I fished in back of where the school used to …
134th day- 231 days follo (Arrowheads) Fair + Warmer Harry, Bud, + Mrs. H. talked to me over the phone this A.M. Mickey said he saw three black snakes wrestling when he went home from work last night. That is one Paul Bowser never heard of. After dinner I rode my wheel up to the …
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