A daily journal from 76 years ago
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and hot, wind So. Stopped and woke up Walder to see if he would go sea bassing tonight. He said he would. Mr and Mrs. Mayer and Johnnie were up to the hill today. Put new green on the bowling green for brown patch. The hummingbird has two eggs …
ToDay is the Birthday of $9.00 from Thel Fair and hot, Wind So. Chet picked a bushel of beans up on the hill. The Blimp came over the hill so low this morning I waved at the crew and some of them waved back our of the open windows. Mrs. H said she is having …
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and very hot, wind So. Walder, Pic, and Eric stopped in a few minutes and so did Fanny Holman. Archie was over and pulled some carrots. Helen Finney was over this morning and she said that there was a small riot over in town last night, will have to …
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and hot wind. After dinner, Lou Fragazzi came down with his truck and we took the sailboat down to the mouth of the river. Thel, Ski, Jubbie, Milt and I went down to the camp and we all fished and got mostly roaches, though I hooked on to a …
ToDay is the Birthday of Eric Gustaf Engstrom This is Eric's first anniversary and he got some useful presents. Ski, Eleanor and I walked over and spent the evening with Pick. Thel and a gang went down to the camp for the day. Milt brought back my canoe. I will have to scrape, patch, and …
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and cool wind No. Picked a bushel of string bings up on the hill. Had Charlie Fraser up on the hill to see about building some bookshelves. I found a humming birds nest, she is building it in the pine tree over my screened loam box. I heard last …
ToDay is the Birthday of Cool and showers Wind east. Picked some beans up on the hill. I got a letter from Dorothy H from Washington and she sent a picture of Harry. Last night Ski went over to see if she could shoot a woodchuck. She sneaked up to take a peek thru the …
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and cool, wind No. Moved a lot of books from the attic to Harry's museum. Mary finished up working on the hill today. Stopped in to see Eric on my way home from work – his two cousins from Washington were there. Walder and Pic came in before I …
ToDay is the Birthday of Cloudy, light shower, win So. Planted kidney beans, wax beans and Horticulture. Archie was over this afternoon working in his garden. We had beets and string beans out of the garden today. Saw a marsh hawk over by Walders. After supper, I went up on the hill to fix the …
ToDay is the Birthday of America Rode up to the store and got the paper and some bread. After dinner I went down to the corner and Carl Holman picked me up and gave me a ride to town. I went to the Armory and the company marched out to No. Plymouth Theater and took …
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