Sunday, the forenoon has been fair, but the eve is little seemed to be showery.
Yesterday & Friday Harve & I were over trying to help Ernest finish his hay.
Mr. Wood was over this evening to get help from Henry (Stephenson).
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August 22, 1902
Morning yesterday Harve and I repaired the fence South of his brush field.
It was a fair day tho somewhat cloudy.
Ernest came over in the P.M. and paid Pa & Harve. (Ernest) wants H. (Brother Harvey Bolton) and I to go over and help him finish his hay.
August 20, 1902
Myrtle’s (18th) birthday & I guess is the first one which she has ever spent away from home.
(Myrtle is pictured at a family picnic in 1907 with Lee Bolton in the background.)
A fair day but as so many of the later days have been rather simply not rainy, but just like a heavy steam over every thing and rising from every thing which is capable of taking any water.
The (revival) camp meetings closed at the (Maple) Grove lastn’t and today the tent was taken to Ralston.
The bridge over the (Raccoon) River is in order again tho the river is so high as to make one a little leery at crossing.
August 17, 1902
(Written) August 17th
Following a period of neglect I find some difficulty in recalling all of my movements of the last week.
Monday on record of last page.
Tuesday finished laying the tile in the A.M.; in the P.M. helped J. Kinnan at his threshing.
Wed. 13
Helped Henry in the P.M. also helped at the same work on Thurs. 14.
Thurs. night brot a heavy rain and as I did not feel overly well, did not get organized until noon.
Spent a diligent afternoon at fencing or repairing the fence on the NE field.
The cattle spring the task by a raid on the corn.
Sat. 16th
Wm. Ritchie & I went to Churdan to complete the telephone line or to reset the poles & put on a cross arm.
Last night brot the heaviest electric storm of the season.
Written Sunday 17th.
August 11, 1902
A good day, following a very cool night.
I have deepened the tile drain today.
Ma and Frank went to Hunt’s today and bot 2 bu. of Whitneys @ 25¢.
This is the day of W & K Lawsuit.
Yesterday we attended camp meeting at Maple Grove Sun-Sat.
Harve and I went to Churdan.
Fri. I helped at Henry’s hay.
August 7, 1902
A fine day, cool and pleasant; the rain seems to be over for a time.
Threshing is now in progress.
Henry is helping Lafe (his cousin, Lafayette Cochran) today.
Frank and I were digging for the tile to drain the cave (root cellar).
Yesterday I was helping Henry at his hay, we made good progress.
August 5, 1902
This has been a very pleasant day.
A number of cattle from the West pasture having gotten on to the North Bottom cornfield; we returned them this morning and repaired the fence.
This P.M. we, Henry, Harve, and I, went down to the (Friends) church to help get the grounds in order and to put up the tent for the meetings which are to begin tonight.
August 4, 1902
A long time without making an entry.
We finished the hay today and I feel pleased at the prospect of a change of work and an opportunity to turn off some jobs now waiting.
Timothy (horse hay) was a magnificent crop this year, as the West piece yielded nearly 20 loads, which needs not bring a large price to make a fair income.
The weather seems to have greatly improved of late, and now, tho it threatens rain nightly in the South, it remains dry.
July 31, 1902
I spent the forenoon with Henry (Stephenson) repairing the line fence where (it was) taken out by the floods.
We also drove back the cattle which had been in our pasture from the west side.
In the P.M. we turned a number of bunches (of bound oats) which had got wet, raked up the cutting of the 25th, and I cut the strip which extends onto the Forty. (Where the A-Frame cabin stands today.)
Yester we finished up the hay east of the slough by hauling four loads
July 29, 1902
July 29th, Tuesday
This morning we took the cattle to Churdan.
Were slightly disappointed in their weight, 23.20 (cwt.), (#2320 lbs total weight.)
Had expected 24 or 25 cwt, @ 3cts.
This P.M. I got the mower to work and we got a big piece down & one load up.