A daily journal from 76 years ago
113th day- 253 days follow (Arrowheads) Cloudy + Cool Worked all day mowing lawns. Thel and Eleanor and her girls came up on the hill for a few minutes this afternoon. Thel came up on the hill and got me after work and we went up to Eleanor’s to drop them off. Thel and I …
112th day- 254 days follow Cool + Rain This morning I got a ride over to town by Geo. Crowell. I bought a lot of 22 cartridges from Gus in Jordan Hardware. Went up to the town house and paid my poll tax. Got a ride home with Geo. Crowell. Eleanor and the kids were …
111th day- 255 days follow (Dog) Partly Cloudy + Warmer Thel’s dog came in heat Sunday for the first time. Worked all day transplanting and sowing annual flower seeds. Saw Mrs. H. this A.M. She has a lame back and is in bed. The cook and the second girl were on the hill today. Thel …
110th day- 256 days follow Partly Cloudy And Warmer This morning four of us went mayflowering and got quite a good large bunch. We tracked three deer. And there is a lot of wintergreen, partridge berry, Bears’ Grass, running pine, and Stag horn mass. Blackberries grow freely on cut over land. One thing that amazed …
109th day- 257 days follow Fair + Cold Thel and I left here at 6 A.M. and took Sawci up to Evelin Holman’s and left her there. Then we picked up Frieda + Oscar and we all went up to Martin Elberg’s in Freyburg, Maine. We got there at 12 Noon and we had dinner …
108th day- 258 days follow (Arrowheads) Fair + Cool Saw Mr. H. and Geo. Crowell on the hill this A.M. After I got home at noon I put up a new outside aerial. Thel and I went over to Primo’s and filled up the car with gas for the trip tomorrow. Bill came up on …
107th day- 259 days follow (Arrowhead) Partly Cloudy Cool Worked on the flower beds all day transplanting. Thel took me over to town at noon. We took Bill’s pot to him, and I went into Jordan Hardware to get Redo to make a hand rail for the house on the hill. Saw a rabbit on …
106th day- 260Â days follow No entry made.
105th day- 261 days follow Cloudy + Cool They worked most all day on the Jennie Chandler’s land. Jubbie worked all day. Thel went over to town and she brought Marjory Palavanchi home and Jimmy over to Cozette’s. Thel is taking a bunch of kids up to Benson’s Animal Farm tomorrow. David and Eric were …
104th day- 262 days follow (Arrowheads) Cloudy + Mild Worked all day on the gardens and the lawns. Looked on Jennie Chandler’s on my way to work after dinner and found a large flaked tool of some sort, made of green flinty slate. After work I rode over to H. H. barn and looked for …
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