Diaries

MAY 5 1933 Home this PM no work untill next week sometime for some of eve cleaned dining room rug + mowed lawn 1st time

1934 Vary warm cleaned closet + dresser drawers upstairs ironed some 10 30 to bed

1935 Rain and cold all day and tonight No one here all day. [Wiole] Ruth and Cousin Maggie too 10:00 to bed

1936 Still cold need fire in house. Burned up [lot ?] of junk from Lab after work Mr Bonsay [fixed, fired ?] lawn mower 1.00

1937 Had Wash funr [fired ?] lawn mower

MAY 7 1933 Nice day rather cool home all day Have not felt very good

1934 Much colder had furnace fire tonight. cleaned and [?] tonight. [Uphowe ?] adopted a baby. 10 00 to bed

1935 Very cold wind tonight Put up curtains up stairs about all I did do. 11:00 to bed

1936 Nice day warmer Finished mowing larn 8:15 going to bed

1937 [Be? ] all day small [boys]

MAY 21 1933 Nice day cold // but don't feel to good. Loring + Ester shopped a short time to night had been to S New Berlin

1934 Vary hot I think. I cleaned the front bed room this PM Katherine Moore up tonight Work very slack 200 laid off

1935 Nice day worked 9 hrs nothing of importance today

1936 Frost last night still cold. Letter from Clara today

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MAY 28 1933 Lonely day. I had to wash as I worked yesterday We were alone all day

1934 Mr Ford // rest of garden all but few // I worked till five tonight no more work untill Mon

1935 Worked 12 hrs today Dione babies 1 yr old today. Geo Smith put on screen doors today

1936 worked 12 11 hours today very cold

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MAY 30 1933 Worked this AM L + E down went to Poolville I had // to sit out 2:30 AM I have out still yet

1934 Mr Ford took GB over to Poolville took geraniums for porch lots + // Lg + Eslin came down went back at night

1935 Loring + Esther here for dinner also Mary they took her to Poolville I stayed home got dinner Lonely warm day

1936 L + E came friends brought that went to Norwich Mary + Marion Lamp here. I had chicken dinner I am very tired nervous tonight

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MAY 31 1933 Cloudy day L + E went home this PM Esther got dinner I tore off wall paper in back hall tonight + Letter from Martha

1934 cleaned GBs bedroom // blanket + // Mr Ford + GB went on trip in PM. Fires in Adirondack 9 30 to bed very tired

1935 Nice day $18.30 worked 9 hrs. GB said he had not felt so good today

1936 Home alone all day I was very tired was I did not get up untill 18 00 AM

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JUNE 2 1933 Nice day after work cleaned wood work in back hall + bathroom. work from 7 till now GB cleaned out cellar

1934 Very hot + dry cleaned living room rug + all Marion Lamp up this eve brought Mr Sampler //

19 Lonely day painted dining chairs and put in new seats also varnished other things in dining room and dresser 10:30 to bed

1936 Katherine Moore up this eve coller today Did not do much after work

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JUNE 13 1933 Very cold steam on at factory this AM. Made short cake of bisquick for supper Varnished bathroom tonight

1934 Cold today had furnace fire tonight ironed today Mrs Baker in tonight

1935 Washed Mrs Kneffly's curtains tonight Mrs Jones in GB mowed rest of lawn 9 45 to bed

1936 Hard // man here // pipe + cleaned store pipe + furnace $3.42 bought shoes $1.95

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JUNE 15 1933 warmer tonight and raining now and much needed Varnished more in kitchen tonight

1934 GB // letter // 6.50 from [Walt] father's day $15 cleaned kitchen today GB worked in garden this AM Mrs [Lieworthey] called in PM

1935 GB went with Geo Smith trade not so good. I washed and cleaned parlor. Lillian sent me arthouse dress

1936 Very cold wind // washed tonight worked 7 hrs

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JUNE 16 1933 rained some today going to bed early tired but did not do much today

1934 Warmer today washed did not feel good 10:30 took bath going // GB been down town twice

1935 Lonely day. We were alone. I ironed so not to have it around next week Wore my dress like it

1936 Cold all day. Mrs Kneffly in tonight cleaned back closet

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