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1921
Monday March 14, 1921
A good morning. Rain this evening. Jim shucked corn to day. Ben plowed. Josie washed this morning. This evening she washed up the dineing room floor.
Elsie East called me this evening and said she could get a horse to take me fishing. I was a fraid to go. A fraid it would rain and it did. I was glad that we did not go. Hope that some day I can go but so many things happen. I may never go a gain. Eula Mayhew is home tonight to stay with Edna. Mr Mayhew got his truck in mud so that Jim & Ben had to help him get it out.
Tuesday March 15, 1921
A good day. Ben shucked corn about all day. Jim until dinner. Then he went to the mill at White Falls. He carried Franklin with him. Josie commenced a dress for herself to day. I went to Cedar Forest. Elsie East carried me. She had a horse and buggy. We fished a while. Did not catch any thing worth anything. We had a good time any way.
Henry has commenced to sleep up stairs.
9 oclock
Monday March 21, 1921
A good day and very warm for March. Ben plowed all day. Jim worked in the garden. Mr Willie Allen and Mr Owen shucked corn today. Henry and Edna & Franklin went to school.
I have bin busy nearly all day.
Josie is at Mr Hubbards. I miss her and the baby so much. I went to Carries a few minutes this evening. She had bin sweeping. Harold Mayhew is at Marvins tonight.
9 oclock
Thursday October 13, 1921
A cool clear day. There was a killing frost this morning. Ben finished sowing wheat today. Jim shucked some corn. I washed some.
Josie got dinner. She had beef steak and potatoe pudding. We all enjoyed dinner.
Josie, Mabel and I went to Marvins this evening. They all seemed to be getting on well.
The children went to school to day.
Jim fed the cows corn stalks today. Every thing has dried up in the pasture. It is a gloomy time a bout something to feed on.
Tuesday November 29, 1921
A good day. Ben and Jim shucked some corn and loaded Jims tobacco on John Hutcherson truck. John & Jim started to Danville. I hope they got there ok. This evening Ben & Marvin went to the school house and helped to put a pump in the well that has bin bored there. They staid late. The children come home with them. Josie had supper ready when they got home. I cut peices and sewed on my quilt most of the day. Hope to finish the squares tomorrow if I work on it. I wanted to go to Marvins this evening but would not leave Josie Mabel.