A daily journal from 76 years ago
ToDay is the Birthday of Margrie S. Hathaway Thel paid me $15.00 Rode over to town today and paid my mortgage for one year in advance. Brought home some fish hooks. Thel and I picked over the blueberries I picked last night. Rained a little today, not enough to do any good. Charlie Fraser came …
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and cool, wind East. Mrs. Hornblower went to Cohasset to Squibs wedding. Dr. Mays the Naturalist came up on the hill Saturday morning and he took morning pictures of the hummingbird feeding her young. Ski and Jubbie went sailing this afternoon. Walder, Archie and I went up to the …
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and cool wind East. This morning Damon called me up and his wife, Peter, and I went up to the swamp and they picked about seven quarts each and I got a heaping water pail full. After dinner, Thel and I took a walk over to Archie's. They wanted …
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair but a little cooler, wind East. After work we took a ride down to the Camp. Walder, Pic, and Eric came too. When I moved the boat a small roach was under it and I caught it in my hands before it knew where to go. Walder and I …
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and warm, wind east. I went with Mrs. H over to Richard Greenwoods to see what damage had been done by someone that had broken in there. They got in by smashing out a lower sash in a cellar window. I punctured my rear wheel on my bike again. …
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and cool, wind East. Worked on the rose garden most all day. After supper I worked in the garden till dark. Gee but the mosquitoes were thick. Thel went out tonight. Milt was here tonight. Stopped in to see Eric tonight, he was eating his supper. We sure need …
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and hot, wind So. Saw Walder's Brother this morning. Received a nice long letter from Dave, he is going to move from Yonkers to a location near LeGuardia Field. Finished up weeding on the greens. Chet said that Charles Nickerson is at home from Fort Bragg on a furlow. …
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and warm wind So. Chet worked up around the house all day and I watered. Harold Damond called me up at 5:30 and wanted me to show him where to pick some swamp blueberries so I took him, his wife, and son and a girl up to my pet …
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and hot, wind So. It was so hot tonight we went down to the camp to sleep. I did a lot of casting off the point but didn't get a strike. So Thel rowed Ski and I fished and got nothing. After they went to bed I took the …
ToDay is the Birthday of Fair and hot, wind So. Got to bed at 2 a.m. but not to sleep for some time. 6 a.m. cleaned up our cots, got ready for breakfast. Took a run before breakfast. This morning the two platoons faced each other about ¼ mile apart and advanced by crawling thru …
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