~ Boyd County, Nebraska
August 25, 1921: Was a hot, bright day until about 4 p.m., then clouded and a shower at about 5:30 p.m. Finished threshing before rain, so all went home but Mr. Charles Crabtree who stayed for supper, and he exchanged 6 roosters for ours, but being odd colored and small, we gave him seven.
~ Hidden Timber, South Dakota
August 25, 1929, Sunday: Bright, real hot day and in evening clouded, and electricity but no rain. At about 2 to 3 o’clock this morning, we came in from O’Kreek, where a program was at Guild Hall, and a Dance at Bennett Day School by Dan Dorian Post was given. Dave and Roy came back with Don, Narvin and Bill Van Epps, and Mary and Nellie with Dan Wagner and Frank Wright, and Louise with Harry Furrey. Will, Harriet, Jeanette and I took Madeline Wagner home. We made $7.50 each for Auxiliary and Legion after expenses were taken out.
We all just did the necessary work. Jeanette, Harriet and I dressed chicken. Will and I got potatoes. Nellie, Mary and Louise did the other work, and we slept most of the day in all the heat. Harry Furrey came, and we ate an early supper, and he and Louise went for a ride.
August 25th, 1931, Tuesday: Will took Mrs. Elshire and Mrs. Jansen to Aux. Convention at Methodist Church, and he to Auditorium where Carl and Tom were. Curt Elshire took Anna, Evelyn and I out to Indian School, just to look at the grounds, and got our eats for dinner. Curt went to sleep on the cot. Ann and Evelyn took a bed, and I got dinner.
This p.m. Will went back to Convention, also Mrs. Jansen, Mr. and Mrs. Elshire and I went to School of Mines, met Tom, Carl and Joe playing hooky also. Mrs. Elshire, Mrs. Jansen and Ann Lambert went to the Banquet. We had a small decorated table. After Will, Evelyn and I had a barbecued Elk feed at Municipal Park, we went up town and met the 3 above mentioned Ladies on Street in Evening gowns, and said they had a little lunch at a Café in their Evening gowns. Were they an attraction. At Park we were told to drink Elk’s Milk, as they had no coffee. We were given a cup and had to go to a water faucet and fill our own cups, had a bun, small spoon of Cabbage salad, also a spoon of potato salad, some of the folks didn’t bother to take their plates, just a piece of Elk Meat, walked off to the trees and had their beer instead of Elk Milk.
This evening there was a Big Parade, then we were invited to Hall for Legion Dance, but went to Baken Park Pavilion where all the crowd seemed to be, also to show up town later.
August 25, 1939, Friday: Cool night, east wind, bright after a hazy, partly cloudy forenoon. I got meals, lay down in p.m., fixed 6 gallons of cucumbers in brine that was boiled and poured over cucumbers until Monday, when new brine must be made, played solitaire, listened to news of pending war. Will painted at barn an dhas pain in the sore on his leg, but not as bad as yesterday. Narvin and Will fixed fence in Rock and Antelope Creeks between us and Tom’s, right after breakfast. I guess the men puttied barn windows in forenoon and went to fix south windmill near Strids, put in new leathers in p.m. I fried cucumbers for dinner. The men do not like them. I do.
August 25, 1946, Sunday: Partly cloudy and damp in a.m., but sun shone rest of day until late p.m., a real cloud in Northwest, caused all folks to leave the ballgame between Lone Hill and Kris teams at Lydon Diamond. Will and I came back in a hurry, but it rained only lightly until we got in the house, then was lightning and more rain.
I fried chicken and made other eats, and Harry, Louise, Harley, Dorothy, Billie and Mary Alice came in their pick-up with a quart of cream, fresh tomatoes and those little cherry ones, a large watermelon and cucumbers, so we had good eats. We all went to the ballgame, Harley and Billie in Furrey’s pick-up and the others in the V8. We were just visiting nicely when the rain threatened, so for home we all went.
