~ Boyd County, Nebraska
September 28, 1920: Was a windy and first real cold day of season. Will disced in the Rye and cleaned barn. I put up curtains and not much else on account of wind but went to Brad’s for water. Papa came from Omaha on evening train with a new limb.
~ Hidden Timber, South Dakota
September 28, 1929, Saturday: Bright a.m. but cloudy in p.m. and colder, and a very dark night. Will and Roy went to Moore Creek and fixed windmill and tank, and got well tools at Baileys, and returned them, so came home late p.m. for dinner. Dave got a load of barley for hogs at his place. Roy went out to the pasture to drive some cattle from N.E. pasture to river, and was home late evening for supper. Dave ate and left for Totton-Van Epps wedding dance. Will and I went to the church and put up the stove that Mary and I took down before Louise’s wedding, and went on to Pat Karne’s, and took home a large jack.
September 28, 1932, Wednesday: Bright, nice day, but cool north breeze when indoors. Isaac Afraid of Bear and wife Elsie Lean Bad Whirlwind were here for lease money, but we do not have any just now and gave them some pennies, nickels and dimes to get gas. This is depression, I must say.
September 28, 1944, Thursday: Chilly northeast breeze, but sun shone and breeze changed to southeast at 4 p.m., and late p.m. was nearly from the south. I got meals, lay down in p.m., played solitaire, went with Will to Van Epps, he is at John Sundquists getting his rake so he can rake off the weeds and hay that Will plowed for fire-guards on Lunderman Land.
Elsie and Billie went to Wm. Abbotts’ to help get dinner for threshers, but she said there was a lot of help. Mrs. Wallace Gran, Mrs. Roy Drey, Mrs. Wm Chauncey, Sr., Mrs. Frank Abbott, Mrs. Abbott and Delores, for there isn’t any school at Jackson School, for Mrs. Pierce cannot get a girl to take care of her baby, Carol Lee, so she stays home.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Abbott brought Billie Abbott out from Winner, and his wounded head is still serious, have to keep hot packs on and he sits in rocker and lays his head on hot water bottle.
There was a fire over Southeast in Tripp County, and Will was plowing fireguards and never came home until the evening. W. D., Elsie and Billie came in evening and said that a plane got on fire, crashed near Dorian Buttes or on them, and set fire to the prairie and burnt the plane, but all the soldiers bailed out. Threshing crew from Abbotts went to this scene. I went with Will to Whiting Store. He brought home 5 wool batts that he got by mail.
September 28, 1947, Sunday: Bright, nice day and this evening was moonlit and so nice, for Willa and I went to Wm Fronek’s late p.m. after Harry, Louise, Harley, Dorothy, Billy and Mary went home. Harry is going to take Harley and Dorothy back to Winner to Lee Anderson’s and Mrs. Rose Shoemaker’s this evening. Keith and Gene McCormick stay at Shoemakers with Harley, and Dorothy has a small room all by herself at Andersons.