DIY History | Transcribe | Iowa Women’s Lives: Letters and Diaries | Robert Walker Byington diary, April 3, 1883 - August 2, 1884 and Iowa Byington Reed diary, September 20, 1886 -December 31, 1892: Part 1

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Robert Walker Byington diary, April 3, 1883 - August 2, 1884 and Iowa Byington Reed diary, September 20, 1886 -December 31, 1892: Part 1

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Sunday July 1st 1888
It was a very warm morning but Will and I drove out to the
west farm. It was noon when we got home and we soon got
some dinner. I slept all the afternoon and sat on the
porch in the evening.
Monday July 2nd 1888
We washed this morning and I cleaned out the hall closet
before dinner. I baked a cake soon after dinner and then
May and I ironed. Mother went to town in the afternoon
and Will and I were over in the evening.
Tuesday July 3rd 1888
It was a very warm day but the most of Mothers company
came for dinner. There were the relatives from the valley and
Mr & Mrs Denton and the Holson. Our dinner was nice and
the day was pleasantly spent.
Wednesday July 4th 1888
It was a fearful hot day. I went to town with Father in
the morning to get some things for dinner. I rested awhile
after dinner for I felt nearly sick. The folks came
over in the afternoon to watch the picnic in the ball park
and it came up a heavy rain so they all stayed all night.
Thursday July 5th 1888
The folks got started home this morning and later our folks
went over to spend the day with them. I was busy about
the work all forenoon and took a sleep in the afternoon.
We visited on the porch in the evening weather warm.
Friday July 6th 1888
It was warm day but May and I washed some. The folks spent
the day at Holsons. I worked all afternoon up in the garret looking
over things and putting them away. 
Saturday July 7th 1888
It was an intensely hot forenoon following a warm night. I ironed
and baked in the morning. It blew of cooler in the afternoon and 
I did a little mending. The folks were all over from town in the
evening to watch the fireworks in the park that were to have
been the 4th, had a letter from May Woolf which I answered and
wrote to George McCallister. Ott and Fanny are back from Marshalltown.

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Sunday July 1st 1888 It was a very warm morning but Will and I drove out to the west farm. It was noon when we got home and we soon got some dinner. I slept all the afternoon and sat on the porch in the evening. Monday July 2nd 1888 We washed this morning and I cleaned out the hall closet before dinner. I baked a cake soon after dinner and then May and I ironed. Mother went to town in the afternoon and Will and I were over in the evening. Tuesday July 3rd 1888 It was a very warm day but the most of Mothers company came for dinner. There were the relatives from the valley and Mr & Mrs Denton and the Holson. Our dinner was nice and the day was pleasantly spent. Wednesday July 4th 1888 It was a fearful hot day. I went to town with Father in the morning to get some things for dinner. I rested awhile after dinner for I felt nearly sick. The folks came over in the afternoon to watch the picnic in the ball park and it came up a heavy rain so they all stayed all night. Thursday July 5th 1888 The folks got started home this morning and later our folks went over to spend the day with them. I was busy about the work all forenoon and took a sleep in the afternoon. We visited on the porch in the evening weather warm. Friday July 6th 1888 It was warm day but May and I washed some. The folks spent the day at Holsons. I worked all afternoon up in the garret looking over things and putting them away. Saturday July 7th 1888 It was an intensely hot forenoon following a warm night. I ironed and baked in the morning. It blew of cooler in the afternoon and I did a little mending. The folks were all over from town in the evening to watch the fireworks in the park that were to have been the 4th, had a letter from May Woolf which I answered and wrote to George McCallister. Ott and Fanny are back from Marshalltown.