A daily journal from 76 years ago
186th day - 179 days to follow Temp 75 George Hot and fair. Cleaned rugs and mowed at the foot of the drive. Something stung on the corner of my mouth and the right side of my face swelled something fierce. Mrs Driscoll was in here when I came home at noon. When I got …
185th day - 180 days to follow Temp 75 Fair and hot. Went up on the hill this AM saw Mrs H. Archie and Jubbie went fishing this AM and Archie got a six bass striper. Took a walk over to Archies to see the Automatic and camera Eddie brought back home from Germ. After …
184th day - 181 days to follow Temp 70 Fair and a little cooler, great day. Jubbie and I worked at the foot of the front driveway. After supper I worked in my garden til dark. Then we all went up to the Driscolls to look at a couple of fires in two of Bates …
183rd day - 182 days to follow Temp 87 Hot partly cloudy, a few sprinkles from noon on. Jubbie worked AM but when we came home to dinner we heard that his brother Eddie is home in town from Germany so Jub didn't show up this afternoon. Mary Gallagher is returning July 5 and she …
182nd day - 183 days to follow Temp 90 Hot and fair. We slept at the camp last night and got up early this am. The Hathaways were at their camp over night for the first time. I went out fishing this AM and got one good pickerel, we ate him for dinner. After I …
181st day - 184 days to follow Temp 90 Fair and hot. Cleaned up some around the house. Saw Mr H and Mrs and Geo Crowell After dinner I rode over to the sand bank and looked it over found nothing. Rode up and saw that my canoe was allright. From there I rode up …
180th day - 185 days to follow Temp 85 Aunt Tirzah Hot and fair today. Wrote a long letter to Harry last night. Cleaned up hay I had mowed, and tied up the plants and tomatoes that got blown in the storm. Thel told me that Aunt Tirzah died at Noon today in the Taunton …
179th day - 186 days to follow Temp 70 Nook Farm Abraiding Stones Carted coal from the barn over into the house cellar. Mrs H went to Boston this AM early. I caught a young rabbit eating the bean vines on the hill. Gilbert Harlow came in while I was at dinner, he was looking …
178th day - 187 days to follow Temp 68 Small Hurricane High wind and rain. There is quite a lot of damage to trees again caused by the wind. Mowed today across the drive from the house. There is a woodchuck has eaten one row of beans up on the hill. When I got home …
177th day - 188 days to follow Temp 80-58 United Nations Charter Started off warm and foggy and changed from So wind to NoEast and started to rain hard, supposed to be the tail of a hurricane that has been sweeping up the Atlantic coast from Florida and it’s blowing real hard now. Eleanor picked …
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