in Misc. Diary Entry

November 14: Will and William in Fine Humor to Tease

~ Boyd County, Nebraska

November 14, 1920: American Red Cross Day. Was stormy and cold and some snow fell at times so was cloudy all day. We looked for Nell and Boyd to come out with Langans but they never came, as a call from Fred said Lee was sick so they went back on evening train. Will and I went to Brad’s for dinner and the Messrs. went hunting Bunnies. I felt bum and so tired.



~ Hidden Timber, South Dakota

November 14, 1926, Sunday: Cloudy and misty and quite a strong north wind and cold. Miss Doane and we all stayed home until evening when Henry went to Abe’s and got Curt’s violin and gave us some music on return. Ben Clausen had a bad cold, so didn’t feel good. Will and William were in fine humor to tease. Will put on some windows and doors. Lew Haukaas and son Everett and John Willy came for their calves in a truck. Mr. Larson and son of Dallas took their cattle to Mission and stopped for dinner.



November 14, 1934, Wednesday: Dusty, hazy horizon early a.m., then a S.W. breeze was warm, it quit and a lovely evening. I wrote letters to mail-order places to get bazaar donations, then put the cracklings and tallow fryings through lard-press, slept in p.m., cooked apples and cranberries in p.m. Maggie got the meals, sprinkled clothes and washed windows. Fritz chored, caked cattle and fixed fence. Ed, Rena, Yvonne, Seth and Pat Van Epps came in a.m., and the men butchered 4 pigs, and Rena made Yvonne slips and bloomers, then they went home towards evening. Seth and Pat caught 9 pigeons, so will have a stew this evening. Will and others went hunting in the hills Ben Elliott goes by in his wagon to work at the dam.



November 14, 1934, Thursday: Very cold N.W. wind, cloudy and some snow fell in morning, and Will and Fritz took Ed home after supper, so we are happy that the beef is butchered. Will put storm windows on the kitchen and pantry and storm-door on the front room, also cleaned the glass first, then he cut the beef into pieces so could handle it, and he and Fritz hung it out in the shanty after supper, except the pieces that I hadn’t trimmed yet. I cut the tallow of pieces and cut 6 one-half gallon jars full to put in the oven in the morning, also got the meals.



November 14, 1942, Saturday: Henry painted a table an undercoat last p.m., and put on red enamel, trimmed with green, also put seat back on front room set of chairs, fixed lower half of west side of outside of kitchen door, and touched up paints here and there. He filled cracks in kitchen floor with crack filler and helped me fix the lower cupboard on north porch by putting screen on the underside and away up the back, as the old screen was rusted, then an old oilcloth to keep out snow on the back, for we keep overshoes and mitten in this place.



November 14, 1943, Sunday: We can to Van Epps to see if they had seen their new calf, and got the mail, which they got yesterday, and our Sears Roebuck package came, so we have nuts and candy now.