~ Hidden Timber, South Dakota
September 14, 1926, Tuesday: Bright and cool enough for a fire in the cook-stove, and clouded, as last night, but no rain. The crowd finished threshing, and Violet Allen helped me cook the dinner and supper, also Helen, for Ed brought Leo, Edward, Helen and Charlotte down.
September 14, 1927, Wednesday: After a miserable night of a hot south wind, was a lovely day all day. Louise and I washed clothes, and they dried in a hurry, and I cooked grapes and made 1 gallon of jell in the evening. The men stacked hay after Ben and Lawrence cut and shocked Ben’s squaw corn. Will swept hay meanwhile. Henry around the stock. Mr. B. Wagner was here to see Will about cutting his hay.