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Clara Steen Skott diary, 1936-1939

February 21

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FEBRUARY 21 -10° 1936. Baked bread and beans. Put new cuffs on a shirt for Hans. Finished reading "Jane Eyre". 1937. Cold checked Galena + other floods Snow + wind all day. Children were 4 of 14 at church - no S.S. I had pain in right side. Read "It Can't Happen Here" by Sinclair Lewis'. Drifted. 1938. Too much chilly wind yesterday gave me cold + sore throat. Cross stitched "Tuesday" Scotty towel. Took Grace K + Mrs. Horswill to "Frozen Foods" dinner at Memorial Union 128 there. H Ec Club. 1939. Baked rolls for Frank's Boy Scout banquet. Went with Mrs Zentner to Community Guild guest day at Middleton. First time in "Little White Church". Finished reading "Genghis Khan" 19
 
Iowa Women’s Lives: Letters and Diaries