A daily journal from 76 years ago
117th day- 249 days follow Fair + Cold Thel came up on the hill this A.M. and said Lottie called her up and said Bill had another bad attack and had to be doped yesterday. This A.M. Mrs. H. took me over to the H.H. barn to see some porch furniture, and then up to …
116th day- 250 days follow Fair + Cool. No Wind Thel and I took a ride up to the store in the buggy. Mr. H. called up this A.M. This is the first day of daylight savings. Geo, Eleanor, the two kids, Thel, + I took a ride down to the camp. It was nice …
115th day- 251 days follow (Arrowheads) Mrs. H. got 7 trout up at the Whipple’s yesterday. I stopped in to see Pick on my way to work this A.M. She is back from the hospital. She was sure it was going to happen, but apparently it was a false alarm. After dinner I rode my …
114th day- 252 days follow (Arrowheads) Fair + Cool Worked in and out of doors today. Jubbie finished up the gutters. The, Cozette, and Tillie took a car load of kids up to Benson’s Animal Farm in N.H. They were gone all day. Saw Mr. H. and Harry this morning before they went to work. …
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 …
