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Ellery Moses Hancock diary, 1906
1906-08-19 -- 1906-08-25
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August, 1906. Sun. 19. Fair & very warm. - At 1st Baptist Ch. St. Paul morn.; Rev. John Vassar of Syracuse in absence of Pastor West. - Dinner & supper at Minnehaha, & back early via Harriet-Como line. Mon. 20. Fair & very warm; several light sprinkles en route, but very dusty ride from St. Paul. Left 8:35 & got home 4:25. Warm nights. Tues. 21. Very warm, 90° & damp; & copious showers. - Took up work again but eyes begin to ache at once. C. in A.M. & P.M. Using Pharaoh Dream sweet corn. Wed. 22. Eyes ached all night, & left one all A.M. getting better P.M. - Another 90° day, and more showers. - C. in A.M. & P.M. - Distributed Hale Plums: now ripening rapidly. C. has put up all we want for winter. - Planted white Lily bulb (annunciation lily) from Mrs. Walker. Thurs. 23. Feeling better. Warm morn about 90 noon, fair but cooled off soon after by N.E. breeze & quite cool Evg. C. in P.M. 102 Fri. 24. Cool night. 65° morn. Mostly cloudy, fair P.M., warmer. C. in A.M. I out a while about home. Rainy evening. Sat. 25. Very warm again, & frequent showers after 11:30. Schroda mowed & raked, (two wks now) & mowed again & trimmed edges
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August, 1906. Sun. 19. Fair & very warm. - At 1st Baptist Ch. St. Paul morn.; Rev. John Vassar of Syracuse in absence of Pastor West. - Dinner & supper at Minnehaha, & back early via Harriet-Como line. Mon. 20. Fair & very warm; several light sprinkles en route, but very dusty ride from St. Paul. Left 8:35 & got home 4:25. Warm nights. Tues. 21. Very warm, 90° & damp; & copious showers. - Took up work again but eyes begin to ache at once. C. in A.M. & P.M. Using Pharaoh Dream sweet corn. Wed. 22. Eyes ached all night, & left one all A.M. getting better P.M. - Another 90° day, and more showers. - C. in A.M. & P.M. - Distributed Hale Plums: now ripening rapidly. C. has put up all we want for winter. - Planted white Lily bulb (annunciation lily) from Mrs. Walker. Thurs. 23. Feeling better. Warm morn about 90 noon, fair but cooled off soon after by N.E. breeze & quite cool Evg. C. in P.M. 102 Fri. 24. Cool night. 65° morn. Mostly cloudy, fair P.M., warmer. C. in A.M. I out a while about home. Rainy evening. Sat. 25. Very warm again, & frequent showers after 11:30. Schroda mowed & raked, (two wks now) & mowed again & trimmed edges
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