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October 14, 1902

A fine day after the most severe frost yet experienced this season. It commenced to bite the ground shortly after sundown last night. But for the breeze which sprung up from the South in the night, the ground must have … Continue reading

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October 11, 1902

Today I hauled a load 2960 lbs. gravel to W.C. Perkins. The evening has been raining, but this closes the finest week in several months.

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October 10, 1902

This has been a fair day and calm tho a slight breeze has been blowing from the South all day and the bank now hovering around the North W. is a fair promise of a change of weather soon. We … Continue reading

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October 7, 1902

Today was the finest of the year; seemed more like a spring than a fall day. This forenoon I hauled two loads of dirt to the tile down the road and in the P.M. took W.C. Perkins 2810 lbs. gravel.

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October 6, 1902

Today fair with N.W. wind. I mowed the remainder of the second growth (of hay) today. Ma and Fannie went over to Ernest’s today in the P.M. Harve and I were over there yesterday. (Pictured is Ernest’s house as it … Continue reading

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October 4, 1902

A rainy day. This forenoon I helped Harve get his black calf home & this P.M. put in a tile culvert south of the place here. Yesterday I went to Churdan – brot out the tile, also 500 lbs. shorts … Continue reading

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October 2, 1902

Another fair day. We got the hay straightened up today.

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Wednesday, October 1, 1902

A fine day; the fairer we have seen this wk. thus far this forenoon. I shut up the shotes (young male pigs) & raked some hay in the afternoon. Pa and I hauled up four jags (loads), 2 of Timothy … Continue reading

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September 29, 1902

A most disagreeable day, not cold, but very raining, starting with a spatter at about eight this morn. It has made a steady afternoon of it. Water is lying all over the ground. I did a little work on the … Continue reading

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September 27, 1902

Today has been fine the more remarkable after the storm that raved last night. I cut some corn this A.M. and in the afternoon mowed some of the second growth hay. It is fine this year, the best I ever … Continue reading

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