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Friday 21 Oct 1916
We were preparing for a social
time. Expected our neighbors, a
house full of them. Emma had every
thing prepared, house decorated
with pine oak cedar flowers but
alas for human hopes and expectations
as the guests were dressing for the
party a great storm of wind, rain,
lighning and thunder stoped their
coming and instead of a happy joyous
company a disapointed lot of revelers
were obliged to remain at home, but
such life. Only Joe and his kid,
Samy & Orville came all dressed
in their best. Moved the cabinet in
to the kitchen to make room for the
dancers that never came. V drove over home with R
this pm.

Saturday 21 Oct 1916
Wind howled & shrieked all night.
This morn the ground covered
with fallen leaves, brown and beautiful,
blowing the hallows and huddled in heaps
in the grove. Wind blowing cold from
S.W. We ate breakfast in kitchen. V after
going to factory, feeding hogs &c starts
plowing and ditching over "There"
commenced a cake today. Joe Woodman
here to borrow V's gun to go hunting
rabbits in rabit [sic] town which is
the cedars.