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1918-08-25 -- 1918-08-31
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August, 1918 Sun. 25 Beautiful a.m. - Pretty warm p.m. Westerly 90° Clara & I at church. morn. Mon. 26 Clear & warm with a cooling N.E. breeze 83° Dig potatoes morn. Abstracting p.m. - Plumbags evg. Tues. 27 Beautiful clear day; S. Easterly & only 82°, Not doing much - back lame Wed. 28 Fair mostly; smart shower 10 a.m. - 80 or 81° cooler evg. Abst. & church report work. latter till past 9 p.m. Mrs. Robertson died. Thurs. 29 50° N.W. - fair, S.E. 76° Garden morn: mowed evg. (west) - Church Fin. Com. meeting evg. till 11, - my office. Fri. 30 Mostly cloudy; S.E. or S.W. 74° - Cleaned vault, & other work at home till 11. Office p.m. & evg. a while. Sat. 31 50 to 75°: very fine day, N.W. to West. Edith Pratt & Hattie Clyde came 2:20: E.W. [Gosfry K.?] went to Postville for [them?], & Harriet went along. A little head-ache all day.
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August, 1918 Sun. 25 Beautiful a.m. - Pretty warm p.m. Westerly 90° Clara & I at church. morn. Mon. 26 Clear & warm with a cooling N.E. breeze 83° Dig potatoes morn. Abstracting p.m. - Plumbags evg. Tues. 27 Beautiful clear day; S. Easterly & only 82°, Not doing much - back lame Wed. 28 Fair mostly; smart shower 10 a.m. - 80 or 81° cooler evg. Abst. & church report work. latter till past 9 p.m. Mrs. Robertson died. Thurs. 29 50° N.W. - fair, S.E. 76° Garden morn: mowed evg. (west) - Church Fin. Com. meeting evg. till 11, - my office. Fri. 30 Mostly cloudy; S.E. or S.W. 74° - Cleaned vault, & other work at home till 11. Office p.m. & evg. a while. Sat. 31 50 to 75°: very fine day, N.W. to West. Edith Pratt & Hattie Clyde came 2:20: E.W. [Gosfry K.?] went to Postville for [them?], & Harriet went along. A little head-ache all day.
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