Arthur Potter Transcribed Journals 1892-1915

Arthur A.
Potter
Elba Twp., MI
1892-93 Farm Accounts
page 56
1892
Expenses Month Income

$13.76 Jan $108.75
$5.89 Feb $2.50
$12.15 Mar $333.86
$12.94 Apr $20.40
$7.47 May $10.00
$16.44 Jun $3.00
$2.75 Jul $47.05
$25.90 Aug $2.09
$3.55 Sep $28.45
$87.38 Oct $50.00
$22.57 Nov $93.00
$34.01 Dec $76.61
$244.81 $775.71
June 28, 1892 Mowing Machine 47.83

Sept 30, 1892 Fanning Mill 30.00
Oct. 1, 1892 Binder 20.00
Oct. 29, 1892 A. S. Moorland Note 55.54
Dec. 23, 1892 Drain Tax 100.90
Jan. '93 $121.85

Jan. '93 $194.54
{Several pages of calculations of estimates for coming years, income and expenses.}
{Not complete enough to decipher}
page 70 C. Ostrom
Jan 92
1st To Colt Pasture $2.75
" Cornstalks $2.50
Feb. 13th By Cash $2.50
Mar. 26th " " $2.75
July 14th Help in Haying
11 1/2 days @ $1.25 $14.75
April 6th To load of oat straw $2.00
Jan 26th " " clover straw $10.00
July 15th " Colt pasture $3.75
" " " Int. on note $0.38
" 27th " cutting 2 A wheat $2.00
" " " 2 balls of twine $0.92
Nov. 24th To Colt Pasture $9.25
" " By Labor $6.38
Balance Due Me $7.17
Dec. 9th By work 1/2 day $0.38

10th " " 1 hr. $0.10
19th " 1 turkey $1.50
21st To Clover Straw $5.00
Jan. 17th By work 1/2 day $0.37
Mar. 10th " " 1/2 " $0.38
16th " " 1 " $0.75
20th " " 3/4 " $0.56
21st " Rooster $0.40
22nd " work 1/4 day $0.19
24th " " 1/2 day $0.37
25th " " 1/2 day $0.38
28th " " 1 " $0.75
29th " " 1 " $0.75
Apr. 28th " " 1 " $1.00
May 6th By Cash to balance $4.29
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$12.17 $12.17
page 72
Frank Gleason
Jan 1st To Colt Pasture $7.75
15th He Paid Me $7.75
(7 %)
Isaac Wadsworth $28.00
Jan. 5th Note $8.00
July 29th By Cash $14.00
Oct. 27th " " $6.00
page 73 Eugene Burt

Jan. 1st Note due 2/1/92 7% $10.00
23 Rec'd on Note $10.00
Joseph Denien
Note due 10/26/92 10% $35.00
Oct. 8 To Int. on Note $3.35
" " By Cash $38.35
page 74 C. H. Gleason
Jan. 1st Note given 4/9/90 (7%) $300.00
Due 4/9/91 $21.00
Mar. 12th Rec'd N. Y. Draft $320.00
Switzer Bros.
Jan. 1st By Cash $5.00
" 20th By Check $100.00
Feb. 25th To 19 1/2 tons of hay $195.00
Mar. 4th " 8 t. 765# of hay $83.82
" " By Cash $15.40
" " By Check $158.42
Oct. 25th By Cash $10.00
Nov. 23rd By Check $90.00
Jan. 20th ('93) By Check $112.57
" 20th (93) To 30 T 735# of #2 hay @ $7.00 $212.57
page 75 Dr. M. F. Hemingway
Jan. 1st 12 #25 Wagons
1 End Spring
1 side spring wagon
Per S. B. Gaskill Jan 10 $30.00
Per. G. Dent $35.00
Mar. 30th Per. S. B. Gaskill $30.00
Per. G. Dent $10.00
25th Per. G. Dent $20.00
page 77 Rufus Ivory
Jan. 1st Note Due 3/12/92 $100.00

Note Due 3/5/92 $200.00
Int. Due $21.00
March 1st('93) Int. Due $22.47
Pd. C " $178.00
[calculations follow - appear to be calculations of future interest and balances]
$343.47 [Balance owed]

$178.00 [Paid March 1st, '93]
$165.47 [New Balance] 45
0.07 [Interest Rate] 0.30
$11.58 [Interest due next payment] 11.58 13.50
$165.47 [balance before payment] 12.39
$177.05 [New Balance] 23.97
0.07 [Interest Rate]
$12.39 [Interest due next payment]
$177.05 [balance before payment]
$189.45 [New Balance]
$14.45 [?]
$175.00 [?]
page 80 W. H. Johnson [Grain Binder mentioned in journal]
Jan. 1st Note due 10/1/92 $45.00

Int. " " $2.83
June 28th Pd. Herbert Pelton Deering

Company Note $45.00
Int. from 8/1/91 to 6/1/92 $2.83
June 21st Bo't of W. H. Johnson a binder

Due 10/1/'92 $20.00
Due 10/1/'93 $50.00
Due 10/1/'94 $52.50
Oct. 1st P'd him $20.00
page 81 W. Perry [Previous owner of farm at 1419 Hadley Road]
Jan. 1st On the Farm $3,700.00

Int. Due 4/1/92 $259.00 [7% interest]
April 1st Paid Mr. Perry on Principal $800.00
Interest $259.00
April 1st '93 Int. Due $203.00

1st '93 Paid him $203.00
[new balance 4/1/93] $2,900.00

Journal1893
Date Entry Note Dr Cr

1/1/1892 We went over to Father's to spend the day. Went over to Father Father is Henry N. Potter of Elba Township. Father Stewart is
Stewart's in the Evening. Kate's father, Robert Stewart of Elba Twp. Arthur (the writer is
about 23 years of age and recently married to Kate Stewart.
1/2/1892 I cut and drew a load of wood.
1/3/1892 I went to church. $0.72
1/3/1892 For Sun. School $0.00 $0.01
1/4/1892 I drew 2 loads of wood for Sylv. Barber. Broke my wagon. Cut $0.50 $0.00
some wood.
1/5/1892 I took the wagon wheel to Lapeer. Received on the (Isaac) $8.00 $0.00
Wadsworth note:
1/5/1892 Pd. Tax on wagons 4.00 for this book .25 for writing material $0.00 $4.90
.19 for 2# oat-meal .10 for hair cut .25 for postal card
.01. I wrote to Switzer Brothers
1/6/1892 I drove the sow and cut some wood [for] Mother & Lillie & Jean Mother is Emilie (Pierson) Potter. Lillie is Arthur's sister. $0.00 $0.00
Cameron
1/7/1892 Cut wood. Went to Hadley P. M. For overalls .85 for glass $0.00 $1.12
11X22 .15 for castor oil .12
1/7/1892 for 1/2 doz. Lemons .15 for shoe string .02 for Dr. $0.00 $0.67
Medicine .50
1/8/1892 I went away to find the hay pressers A.M. I cut & draw a load of Hay was cut and drawn in loose. To prepare it for sale, it had to $0.00 $0.00
wood. Went to an exhibition at the Town Hall in the even.. be baled up, which was done by outside people with the proper
equipment.
1/9/1892 Went to see the clover threshers. Went to Hadley . For Oysters Oysters and crackers for oyster soup remained a treat for Arthur $0.00 $0.70
.25 for crackers .25 for fixing shoe .10 for Tinc. Of and Kate all their life.
Iodine .10
1/10/1892 I stayed at home. Kate was sick. Wrote to Switzer Bros., Flint $0.00 $0.00
about my hay. Wrote to Mr. Stuckey.
1/11/1892 I cut some wood. Went away to look for a girl to help Kate. $0.00 $0.00
1/12/1892 Went over to Father's to get a pair of bobs that he gave to me. Probably the extra 1/2 bushel was the pay for the miller. Sulfer $0.00 $0.00
Went to the mill with 4 bu. Of oats, 4 bu of corn (8 1/2 bu) for and Ginger may have been for medicine for animals.
rod for wagon box .20 for oysters .25
for 1# Sulfer .07 for 1/2 # of ginger .18 for Molasses (1
qt) .10
1/13/1892 Went and got Jean. Filled a bed tick. Drew 2 loads of wood. $0.00 $0.00
Clover threshers came. Threshed out a little more than 2 1/2 bu.
1/14/1892 I washed for Kate. Drew a load of wood. Aunt Kate Gleason $0.00 $0.00
called on us.
1/15/1892 I chored around in the forenoon. Went over to Uncle Frank Frank Gleason was Kate (Stewart) Potter's uncle on her mother's $7.75 $0.00
Gleason's side.
He paid me
1/16/1892 I cut wood and drew some. $0.00 $0.00
1/17/1892 We drove over to Father's place a little while. $0.00 $0.00
1/18/1892 I cut some wood and filed my saw $0.00 $0.00
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1/19/1892 I cut some wood. Took some corn to mill (3 bu. Ears) for $0.00 $0.95
postage stamps .20 for mittens .50 for Oysters .35
for Buckwheat flour (25#) .60 Wrote to Switzer Bros.
1/19/1892 I drew some wood. Went to see the clover threshers. Got some Horses often ger sores on their neck and need to be treated. $0.00 $0.00
liniment of E. Bird for Dock's neck.
1/20/1892 I worked in the cellar A. M. Cut some wood P. M. $0.00 $0.00
1/22/1892 I drew up a little wood and cut some. Went over to Rufus Ivory's Rufus Ivory was a relative. $0.00 $0.20
to a social in the evening. For supper .20
1/23/1892 I went over to Father's place. Received a check from Switzer For the hay. $100.00 $0.00
Bros.
1/24/1892 We stayed at home $0.00 $0.00
1/25/1892 I took 12 bu. Of oats & 12 bu. Of corn & 2 bu of wheat to mill. $0.00 $5.29
For horse collar 2.25 for pair of rubbers 1.25 for Cough
powders .25 for Horse shoeing 1.50
for Sugar and Syrup .04
1/26/1892 I threshed about 6 1/2 bu. Of clover seed. Took the sow over to May have taken sow to be bred. Names mentioned ar long time $0.00 $7.40
Beebe's. Paid Frank Curtis .50 Paid Lamereau 6.90 Frank neighbors.
and Chas. Ostrom helped me 1/2 day.
1/27/1892 We went over to Father Stewart's and got a stove. Mr. Peters $0.50 $0.00
payed me.
1/28/1892 I went to Lapeer. Received on Eugene Burt's note 10.00 for $10.00 $0.95
kettle .50 for lantern .45 Cleaned the barn floor
1/29/1892 I cut some wood $0.00 $0.00
1/30/1892 I cut some wood. Went to Hadley for oil .10 for overalls $0.00 $1.07
.90 for soda .07 Pd. A. Moorland (see Mon. 25th)
1/31/1892 We went to the funeral of Mrs. Pierson $0.00 $0.00

2/1/1892 I helped Kate wash A.M. Cut wood P.M. $0.00 $0.00
2/2/1892 It rained all day. Chored around the barn. $0.00 $0.00
2/3/1892 I cut some wood. Went over to Father's $0.00 $0.00
2/4/1892 I cut some wood. $0.00 $0.00
2/5/1892 Egbert Ivory's folks came to visit us. $0.00 $0.00
2/6/1892 I cut some wood. $0.00 $0.52
For 6 1/2 # Beef
2/7/1892 It rained. We stayed home. $0.00 $0.00
2/8/1892 Went after Lydia Imer to help Kate. Cud some wood. C. Ostrom $0.00 $0.37
helped me draw straw 1/2 day.
2/9/1892 I cut some wood. Finished Mr. Parry's (9 cords) $0.00 $0.00
2/10/1892 I cut wood. Went to Lapeer $0.00 $0.60
for kettle, etc. .60
2/11/1892 I cut wood for myself A.M. Helped Frank Ostrom P.M. $0.00 $0.00
2/12/1892 I cut wood $0.00 $0.00
2/13/1892 I cut wood A.M. I drew wood P.M. Pd. Lydia Ellmer $0.00 $2.75
2/13/1892 C. Ostrom pd. Me $2.50 $0.00
2/14/1892 Went to church. Ate dinner at Kate's folks. For Pastor's salary $0.00 $1.00
$1.00
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2/15/1892 I filed my saw & drew a load of wood for the Church. $0.00 $0.00
2/16/1892 I cut wood $0.00 $0.00
2/16/1892 I cut wood $0.00 $0.00
2/17/1892 I cut wood $0.00 $0.00
2/18/1892 I cut wood. Hay pressers came here. Pressed out 800 # $0.00 $0.00
2/19/1892 I got Dock's shoes sharpened. I drove over to Elba to Father $0.00 $0.50
Stweart's P. M.
2/20/1892 I drew 76 bales of hay to Elba & to Father Stewart's P.M. $0.00 $0.13
For getting one of Dock's shoes nailed on
2/21/1892 Went to church. For collection .04 The commencement of $0.00 $0.04
a series of special meetings
2/22/1892 I drew 85 bales of hay to Elba For sugar (5#) $0.00 $0.22
2/23/1892 I drove to Elba to see about a car. Chored around rem. Of day Hay was picked up at the Elba station (Grand Trunk RR) and $0.00 $0.00
apparently the shipper had to reserve a rr car for the shipment.
2/24/1892 I drew 68 bales of hay to Elba $0.00 $0.00

2/25/1892 I drew 32 bales of hay to Elba $0.00 $0.00
2/26/1892 I cut wood $0.00 $0.00
2/27/1892 I cut wood A.M. Chored around in the afternoon. $0.00 $0.00
2/28/1892 We went to church. For coll. Ate dinner at Father's $0.00 $0.11
2/29/1892 I cleaned my clover seed. Drove over to Elba P.M. For Oil Clover seed was cleaned with a mechanical fanning mill turned by $0.00 $0.15
.10 for matches .05 a crank.
3/1/1892 I drew 56 bales of hay to Elba. $0.00 $0.00
3/2/1892 I drew 33 bales of hay to Elba These were not the light bales of my youth, but very large bales (I $0.00 $0.10
for candy think > 100 lbs)
I remember Grandpa having quite a sweet tooth as well as Dad
(Robert) and me (Jason)
3/3/1892 I chored around the barn. $0.00 $0.00
3/4/1892 I took my clover seed to Flint. Got $5.75 per bu. $37.40 $211.22 $0.65
Settled with Switzer Bros. For my hay Rec'd. check for
$158.42 Rec'd. cash $ 15.40 pd. For dinner $ .20
pd. For horse stall $ .20 pd. For butcher knife $ .25
3/5/1892 Went to Lapeer for nails .20 for horse medicine .75 $0.00 $1.08
for beef .12 I deposited Switzer Bros. Ch. At 1st National
3/6/1892 We ate dinner at Father Stewart's $0.00 $0.00
3/7/1892 I took 3080 # of hay to Elba Went to Gibson's sale P.M. $0.00 $0.00
3/8/1892 I went over to Harry Potter's after 1/2 bu. Of Alsace Clover Seed. $0.00 $3.75
Finished my wood rack.
3/9/1892 We went over to Nelson Davis' & to Lapeer for Umbrella 1.00 $0.00 $0.00
for Omar's shoes .50 for ?Lapup? 2.00
3/10/1892 I fitted my saw and cut some wood. Frank Ostrom paid me for $3.83 $0.00
40# of clover seed.
3/11/1892 I drew a load of wood & split some. Cut and drew to mill 14 $0.00 $1.00
picket bolts. Pd. Mr. Rogers
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3/12/1892 We went over to Father's . I drove to Hadley. For haircut $340.25 $20.25
.25 for cake of soap .05 Received from C.S. Gleason a
draft for full amount of note ($340.25) (for 1 year-11 months)
Deduct for spring plates 20.25 leaves
3/13/1892 Went to church. Ate dinner at Uncle Judson's. For collection Judson Potter - Henry N. Potter's brother. (Adironam Judson $0.00 $0.04
Potter)
3/14/1892 I shelled 46 bu. Of corn. $0.00 $0.00
3/15/1892 I shelled 40 bu. Of corn. $0.00 $0.00
3/16/1892 I shelled 27 bu. Of corn. Lillie was married in the evening. Mr. Lillie Potter - Arthur's sister. $0.00 $2.00
Peterson for a load of cornstalks of me
3/17/1892 I cut some wood $0.00 $0.00
3/18/1892 I sold 23 bu 45# of corn to C. Ostrom @ $0.42 and 24 bu. 13# to $20.18 $0.00
F. ostrom @ $0.42. Frank got his clover seed. I went to Hadley.
The white cow & Pet's cow had calves. I drew up some wood.
Set a hen
3/19/1892 I sorted potatoes. It stormed all day. $0.00 $0.00
3/20/1892 We stayed at home. $0.00 $0.00
3/21/1892 I took 56 bu. 3# of corn @ $0.56 to Davison. $21.30 Arthur $24.52 $0.00
?Colbert? Paid me for 11 1/2 bu. Of oats at $0.28 $3.22
3/22/1892 It rained all day. I picked over potatoes. $0.00 $0.00

3/23/1892 I drew 150 bu. & 30# of oats to Elba @ 28 cents per bu. Frank $45.46 $0.00
Ostrom pd.e for 11 1/2 bu. Of oats @ 28 cents.
3/24/1892 I took 49 bu 15# of oats to Elba @ 28 cents. I loaded 40 bu. Of $13.85 $0.00
potatoes.
Father and Mother came over so I did nothing P.M. I set a hen
with 15 eggs.
3/25/1892 I went to Lapeer with 35 bu of potatoes. Sold @ 10 cents per bu. $3.53 $0.00
3/25/1892 Rec'd of M. Hemingway on ls Dent's note $20.00 $0.00

3/25/1892 Wilbur Pierson pd. Me for 9 bu of oats @ 28 cents less $1.00 $1.50 $0.00
error on pasture money.
3/25/1892 for Omar's T. Chair .50. Took 1 bu. Of wheat to mill. $0.00 $0.50
3/26/1892 I went over to Winn's Mill with 10 bags of feed. Drove to Hadley. $2.75 $1.00
Got the horses shoes set. Bought a grass seed sower. Traded
a wagon for a cart & $15.00 with Elder Mott.
3/26/1892 Eddie came over to see us P.M. Drew up a load of wood. For Eddie Potter is Arthur's brother. $0.00 $0.17
beef steak.
3/27/1892 We went to church. For collection. $0.00 $0.17
3/28/1892 I sowed grass-seed on the 6 acre lot. Split some wood. Took up $0.00 $0.00
the hams. Cut wood P.M.
3/29/1892 I cut wood. $0.00 $0.00
3/30/1892 I went to Lapeer A.M. Millard pd. Me $30.00 on the Haskill acct. $510.00 $0.00
$10.00 on the Dent acct. Deposited C.H.S's $320 Deposited
cash $150.00 in the 1st Nat. Cut wood P.M.
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3/31/1892 Borrowed of Ellery Ivory (7%) 125.00. Gave my him note due $295.00 $5.00
before Mar. 31st, 1894.
Borrowed $150.00 of Father (6%) Gave him my note for $150
plus the $126.75 that I owed him. Due March 31, 1893. Rec'd of
J.H. Hemingway $15.00 P'd him $5.00
On the wagon sold to Elder Mott John Beckman p'd me $5.00 for
18 bu. Of oats.
Uncle Judson bought my cow for $30.00
4/1/1892 I went to Lapeer to make papers with Mr. Perry. I paid him This was probably for the farm at 1419 Hadley Road where I grew $0.00 $1,060.80
$800.00 on the principal and $259.00 as Interest. For making up, since it was Grandpa's first farm.
mortgage $.75 For recording deed of farm $.75 Went
to the Maple sugar social at Uncle Judson's. $.30
4/2/1892 I split and drew some wood. $0.00 $0.00

4/3/1892 We went to church. For the collection. $0.00 $0.15
4/4/1892 I acted as one of the clerks of our township election, Elba Twp. $0.00 $0.00
4/5/1892 I split wood A.M. Went to Hadley P.M. For 6 drag teeth $.60 $0.00 $1.45
for sharpening 30 $.30 for Post Office box $.25 rent to
4/5/93 for hive syrup $.30
4/6/1892 I took the top off the oat straw stack. Drew home 335 slats & 2 $0.00 $0.00
loads of wood. Picked stone P.M. Chas Ostrom bought a load
of straw of me. He to pay $2.00
4/7/1892 I fixed fence and picked stone A.M. Plowed for oats P.M. $0.00 $0.00
4/8/1892 I sowed 8 acred of clover seed. Plowed for oats. Clover was sowed using a walking broadcasting seed spreader $0.00 $0.00
powered by a hand crank.
4/9/1892 I plowed a little. Went to Hadley P.M. For plow clevice $.10 $0.00 $0.35
for fixing boots $.25
4/10/1892 We went to church. Ate dinner at Father Potter's. $0.00 $0.00
4/11/1892 I cleaned seed oats & put my roller together A.M. Drew 4 loads $0.00 $0.00
of manure P.M.
4/12/1892 I drew 4 loads of manure A.M. Rolled and dragged oat ground $0.00 $0.00
P.M.
4/13/1892 Drew 2 loads of manure & dragged some oat ground. Sowed 3 $0.00 $0.00
acres of oats (7 1/4 bu.) P.M. plowed a little.
4/14/1892 I plowed A.M. Rolled 3 A. oat ground & plowed. $0.00 $0.00
4/15/1892 Drew one load of manure, cleaned out the hen coop & plowed $0.00 $0.00
about 6 hours.
4/16/1892 I plowed (8 3/4 hours) $0.00 $0.00
4/17/1892 We went to church. Ate dinner at Father Potter's. For coll. $0.00 $1.27
$0.27. For Baptistry $1.00
4/18/1892 I finished plowing for oats. (8 1/2 hours) $0.00 $0.00
4/19/1892 I rolled and partly dragged my oat ground. $0.00 $0.00
4/20/1892 I dragged and rolled the oat ground. $0.00 $0.00
4/21/1892 It rained. We drove over to Melvin Skinner's. I took 2 bu. Wheat $0.00 $0.00
to mill at Lapeer. We drove down to Hadley. Got a letter from C.
H. G. Gave Kate $1.00
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4/22/1892 I went over to Royal Green's and got Uncle Judson's drill. Drilled Royal Green - Cousin $0.00 $0.00
8 acres of oats. Otis brought a team over and helped. Otis - Brother
4/23/1892 I dragged and rolled the oat ground A.M. Otis got the whiffletree $0.00 $0.15
fixed.
4/23/1892 Otis took the drill back to Royal's. Set a hen. $0.00 $0.00
4/24/1892 We went to church. For collection $0.02 Ate dinner at Father $0.00 $0.02
Stewart's
4/25/1892 I went to Lapeer. Drew the stones off the meadows. $0.00 $0.00
4/26/1892 I drew 8 loads of manure. Sold 2 quarts clover seed to Vet. $0.40 $0.00
4/27/1892 I drew 5 loads of manure. A.M. Helped Kate in the house P.M. $0.00 $0.00
4/28/1892 I made a hen park. $0.00 $0.00

4/29/1892 I went to Hadley. Uncle Judson paid me $20.00. Paid Mr. $20.00 $2.75
Chalmers $4.00
Got a new pair of boots & paid for them. Left my watch with F.
Nowlin for repairs. Set 2 hens.
4/30/1892 I helped Mr. Peterson 1/2 day with my team. Went to the Probably Ole Peterson 1/2 mile south on Hadley Road (brick $0.00 $0.00
Covenant Meeting P.M. Sowed some peas. Got a letter from maker) . Later bought his farm with the brick house.
Mr. Stuckey
5/1/1892 It rained in the morning. John Beckman's folks came to see us. Jean is Kate's sister. Arthur apparently was pasturing a cow for $0.00 $0.00
We took Jean home just at night. Set 12 turkey eggs. Mr. Mr. Peters. The turkey eggs were incubated by a hen.
Peters turned his cow in.
5/2/1892 It rained all A.M. I cleaned the barn floors. Took my seed corn $0.00 $0.00
over to Father's and shelled it. Had about 3 1/2 bu.
5/3/1892 It rained A.M. I chored around the house. I tore the old wood $0.00 $0.00
house down and burned some brush P.M.
5/4/1892 I cut and burned brush, fixed the well platform A.M. Drew 4 $0.00 $0.00
loads of manure P.M.
Set a hen.
5/5/1892 It rained A.M. I chored around. Got 25 red raspberry plants of F. $0.00 $0.00
Ostrom.
5/6/1892 I cut brush in front of the house A. M. Went to Hadley. For irons Rack for wagon front, back and sides. $0.00 $0.35
for rack
5/7/1892 I split 130 rails and went to the play by the band girls. 50 ct. $0.00 $0.80
For padlock 30 ct.
5/8/1892 We went to church. Drove over to see Grandma Pierson. For $0.00 $0.06
church collection
5/9/1892 I split 34 rails and cut some wood. Mr. Peterson turned his $0.00 $0.00
young cattle to pasture (3 head @ 15 cents per head per week.
5/11/1892 It rained. We went over to Father Potter's. Went to Hadley. Got Uncle Judson is A. Judson Potter, Henry N. Potter's brother. $10.00 $0.25
my watch. For a new crystal $.25 Uncle Judson p'd me
$10.00
5/12/1892 I fixed my H. rack. Piled barn-yard manure, cut succors on apple $0.00 $0.00
trees, sowed some lettuce & red peppers.
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5/13/1892 I cut wood. Drove over to John Beckman's P.M. $0.00 $0.00
5/14/1892 I plowed corn ground. Went to Hadley in even. $0.00 $0.05
For Licorice
5/15/1892 We stayed at home. It rained. Father and Mother Stewart came Robert and Emily Stewart, Kate's parents. $0.00 $0.00
over.
5/16/1892 Plowed corn ground. Chas Ostrom turned his bay colt to $0.00 $0.00
pasture.
5/17/1892 I finished plowing the corn ground $0.00 $0.00
5/18/1892 We went to Lapeer. For garden seeds $.90 Candy $.10 $0.00 $4.40
Photos $1.50
horse in sheds $.10 took 2 bu. Wheat to mill $.90
Took my deed from the Register's office. Gave Kate $.90 Drew
3 loads of wood.
5/19/1892 It rained some. I split some wood. $0.00 $0.00
5/20/1892 I took the spotted cow to R. I.'s [Rufus Ivory] . Mr. Perry brot me $0.00 $0.00
an abstract of title to my farm & some strawberry plants. I cut
some brush. Drove down and got my mail. Sow had 12 pigs.
5/21/1892 Cut and burned brush. $0.00 $0.00

5/22/1892 We went to church. Ate dinner at Lillies. For collection $0.00 $0.07
5/23/1892 I went and helped Uncle Judson and Eddie in the cemetry at $0.00 $0.42
Hadley A. M. For setting Dock's shoes in front $.37 for fixing
harness $.05 I dragged corn ground P.M.
5/24/1892 I dragged corn ground. For 2 1/4 # pork @ 8 cents $0.00 $0.18
5/25/1892 I finished fitting and marked my corn ground. Drove to Hadley $0.00 $0.19
P.M. For writing mater. $.04 " garden seeds $.15
5/26/1892 I planted corn. Jerome Peterson helped me 6 hours. $0.00 $0.00

5/27/1892 I planted potatoes. Drove to Hadley. For fish hooks & line $0.00 $0.20
$.10 For Spanish Fly $.10
5/28/1892 Planted garden seeds. Set the gray hen on 17 eggs. $0.00 $0.00
5/29/1892 Drove over to Father Stewart's. Set a hen (15 eggs) $0.00 $0.00
5/30/1892 Planted sweet corn A.M. Cut brush P.M. $0.00 $0.00
5/31/1892 Cut brush A.M. Got Omar's photo taken. For hair cut $.25 $0.00 $0.35
For straw hat $.15
6/1/1892 Helped Uncle Judson plant corn. He pd. Me $1.00 Chas $0.00 $1.00
Ostrom turned his black colt to pasture.
6/2/1892 Cut brush $0.00 $0.00
6/3/1892 I cut brush A.M. Sprouted potatoes $0.00 $0.00
6/4/1892 I cut brush A.M. Went to covenant meeting P.M. For tomato $0.00 $0.35
plants $.25 For hellibore $.10
6/5/1892 Went to church. Father Potter's folks all came up here. Otis $0.00 $0.04
Thompson's folks came here. For collection
6/6/1892 I cut brush. $0.00 $0.00
6/7/1892 I cut weeds A.M. Drove the wh. Sow Planted corn P.M. $0.00 $0.00
6/8/1892 Planted corn. Cultivated a little corn. $0.00 $0.00
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6/9/1892 Cultivated corn. Drove to Hadley and to Father Stewart's P.M. $0.00 $1.50
For revolver
6/10/1892 Cultivated corn $0.00 $0.00
6/11/1892 I cultivated corn A.M. Cut burdocks P.M. $0.00 $0.00
6/12/1892 Went to church. For collection $0.00 $0.04
6/13/1892 Cut burdocks & thistles all day. Was ordained deacon of the $0.00 $0.05
church in the evening. For candy
6/14/1892 I went to the funeral of John Watson. Warned the people out to $2.00 $0.35
work on the road. For castor oil $.25 for shoe blacking
$.10 Mr. Peters pd me on cow pasture. $2.00
6/15/1892 Worked on the road. $0.00 $0.00
6/16/1892 Worked on the road A.M. Went to Lapeer P.M. For screen continued $0.00 $6.43
$.60 for scythe stone $.05 Binder twine (65# @ 8 1/2 cents)
$5.53 for beef $.20 for candy $.10
6/16/1892 (continued) P'd. Mr Beebe $1.00. Took 2 bu wheat to mill. $25.00 $1.00
Went fishing with Nels Davis & Frank Ostrom's folks. Rec'd. on
C.H.G.'s note $25.00
6/17/1892 Hoed in the garden. Cultivated corn P.M. $0.00 $0.00
6/18/1892 Cultivated corn. Drove to Hadley. For pitchforks $.90 for rake $0.00 $1.00
$.10
6/19/1892 Took Mabel home. Mabel Stewart - Kate's sister. $0.00 $0.00
6/20/1892 Mowed some in the dooryard. Hoed in the garden. Cultivated $0.00 $0.00
corn P.M.
6/21/1892 Hoed in the garden. Went to Lapeer P.M. For Gr. Cradle $3.00 I remember seeing him cut grain with the cradle in places the $0.00 $3.00
Bargained for a Deering Binder. $20 due Oct. 1st, '92 $50.00 binder couldn't go. My father still used the binder for the first 10
Due Oct. 1st '93 $52.50 due Oct. 1st. '94 Canvas cover for years or so of my youth.
mach. & bundle carrier included.
6/21/1892 (continued) Rec'd. of Millard $30.00 pd. Him $5.00 Got the $30.00 $5.00
twine
6/22/1892 Hoed in the garden. Got the mower & hay rake out. $0.00 $0.00
6/23/1892 Went to Elba and got my binder. Hoed some potatoes. Took $0.00 $1.60
$2000 Lapeer Mutual Ins. Policy. $1.50 for candy $.10
6/24/1892 Mowed some grass. Cleaned the cellar and dooryard. $0.00 $0.00
6/25/1892 Cut weeds A.M. Cut C. thistles P.M. Raked some hay. For Canadian thistles - a real weed. $0.00 $0.20
strawberries $.20
6/26/1892 Went to church For pastor's salary $.50 For collection $.03 $0.00 $0.53
6/27/1892 Hoed some potatoes. Stirred a little hay. C. Ostrom helped me $0.00 $0.00
about 1 hr. Set a hen (15 eggs)
6/28/1892 Cut C. Thistles A.M. Spread and mowed hay P.M. C. Ostrom $0.00 $47.88
helped me (5 hrs) Gave Kate $.05 P'd. Mr. Pelton the Deering
Co. Note $47.83
6/29/1892 Cut C. thistles A.M. Drew 1 load hay. Hoed potatoes. C. $0.00 $0.00
Ostrom helped me 1/2 day
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6/30/1892 Hoed a few potatoes. Stirred hay. Drew 3 loads of hay. Cocked $0.00 $0.25
what I had cut. C. Ostrom helped me about 10 1/2 hours. Gave
Kate $.25
7/1/1892 Cut about 3 1/2 A. of grass. Drew 5 loads of hay. C. Ostrom Hay was cut with a scythe, raked with a hand rake and piled into $0.00 $0.00
helped me 5 hrs. "cocks" about 4-5 feet high to protect from possible rain. It was
Set the blue hen (15 eggs) loaded onto the wagon with pitchforks.
7/2/1892 C. Ostrom helped me 1/2 day. I drew 2 loads of hay. It rained all $0.00 $0.00
of the afternoon.
7/3/1892 It rained most of the time. We stayed at home. $0.00 $0.00
7/4/1892 I cut grass A.M. Raked and cocked hay P.M. C. Ostrom helped $0.00 $0.00
me 8 1/2 hrs. C.H.G. was here a few minutes.
7/5/1892 I drew 5 loads of hay. Raked and cocked hay P.M. C. Ostrom $0.00 $0.00
helped me 10 hrs.
7/6/1892 C. Ostrom helped me 10 hrs. I mowed some grass in the back $0.00 $0.00
lot. Drew 4 loads of hay. Raked some hay. Set a hen (17 eggs)
7/7/1892 I drew 8 loads of hay. C. Ostrom helped me 10 hrs. Drove to $0.00 $0.08
Hadley. For turnip seeds $.03 for cucumber seeds $.05
38 loads of hay up to 8th.
7/8/1892 Drew 10 loads of hay. C. Ostrom helped me 10 hrs. 11 loads of Probably field numbers. $0.00 $0.00
hay on #1 20 loads of hay on #2 7 loads of hay on #3
7/9/1892 Cut some grass. Went to Hadley. Got Barney shod $.50 For $0.00 $0.85
mach. Oil (1 gal) $.35 Got a washing mach. Took 2 bu
wheat to mill. Raked and cocked 87 cocks of hay. Planted
some cucumber seeds.
7/10/1892 Stayed at home. Ed came over. $0.00 $0.00
7/11/1892 I cut some grass. Drew 4 loads of hay. Raked and cocked the $0.25 $0.00
rem. Of back lot. C. Ostrom helped me all day. Kate gave me
$.25
7/12/1892 I mowed the hill lot. Teddered and raked about 2/3 of the lot. The hill lot probably is the second field back from the road on the $0.00 $0.00
Cocked about 1 load. The black hen come to set. north side of the farm next to the woods.
7/13/1892 I drew 7 loads of hay. C. Ostrom helped me all day. Raked and $0.00 $0.00
cocked some hay. 2 loads were from the hill lot.
7/14/1892 I drew 7 loads of hay. C. Ostrom helped me 1 day. $0.00 $0.00
7/15/1892 I drew 3 loads of hay. C. Ostrom helped me 1/2 day. I cradled $0.00 $0.00
and bound part way around the wheat in the Orch. Lot.
7/16/1892 I cradled and bound a little wheat. Started the binder. Shut the $0.00 $0.00
hogs into the pen.
7/17/1892 Went to church. Collection $.04 Pastor's salary $.25 $0.00 $0.29
7/18/1892 I cut about 6 1/2 acres of the orchard lot (wheat). Frank Ostrom Orchard lot is lot south of the house on Hadley road. Paris green $0.00 $0.00
helped me 1/2 day. is for insects.
I paris greened my potatoes.
7/19/1892 Cut 1/2 acre S. of ditch in orchard lot. Otis helped me. $0.00 $0.00
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7/20/1892 I cut about 5 acres of wheat. Frank Ostrom helped me 3/4 of the $0.00 $0.00
day. Otis helped me. Got Dock's shoes set.
7/21/1892 Cut about 10 acres of wheat. F. Ostrom h W. Johnson.elped me The great increase of productivity in grain harvesting shows here. $0.00 $0.00
1/2 day. Otis helped me. Bot 2 balls of twine of When grain was hand bundled, the twine was made of twisted
straw.
7/22/1892 Cut 5 acres of wheat for F. Ostrom @ 75 cents [per acre] $0.00 $0.00
7/23/1892 Cut 7 acres of wheat for F. Ostrom. (@ $.75) Here he is earning back some of the price of the binder by doing $0.00 $0.00
custom work for neighbors, just as people did with combines later.
7/24/1892 Went to church. For coll. $0.00 $0.07

7/25/1892 Cut 2 a. for F. Ostrom. Cut 1 A. for C. Ostrom. Drew 7 loads of $0.00 $0.37
wheat. Wm. Beckett helped me 1/2 day. C. Ostrom helped me
1/2 day. For beef .18 for dried beef. For overalls. .19
Got a new brace for my binder tongue.
7/26/1892 Drew 11 loads of wheat. Wm. Beckett helped me 3/4 day. F. The wheat was hauled in sheaves to the barn, where they would $0.00 $0.00
Ostrom helped me with his team 3/4 day. later be threshed by a travelling thresher. Generally many
neighbors would participate in threshing, with a large meal
prepared mostly by the wife.
7/27/1892 Cut 1 a. wheat for C. Ostrom. Cut 4 acres for Wm. Beckett. $3.00 $0.00
7/28/1892 For beef .21 C. & F. & S. Ostrom helped me 1/2 day $0.00 $0.21
with team. Pa and Otis helped me 1/2 day. Drew 11 loads of
wheat.
7/29/1892 It rained all of the forenoon. Went to Hadley. For Castile soap The wheat had gotten wet, so the sheaves needed to be turned to $14.00 $0.15
.10 for candy .05 out 3-4 loads of wheat. Went to Lapeer. dry on the other side before hauling.
Took 2 bu. Wheat to mill. Received of Millard Hemingway
$14.00 I set over about about 3-4 loads of wheat.
7/30/1892 I set over some wheat. Cut about 2 acres of oats. The wheat was mostly for sale and oats were mainly grown for $0.00 $0.00
livestock feed (horses and mixed with corn and ground for cattle
and pigs)
7/31/1892 Went to church. For collection $0.00 $0.02
8/1/1892 Duncan Black helped me. Otis helped me. Drew 8 loads of $0.00 $0.00
wheat and stacked it. Drew 2 loads and unloaded 3 for F.
Ostrom.
8/2/1892 Helped F. Ostrom with my team to draw wheat. Got through at 6 $0.00 $3.00
o'clock. Pd. Duncan Black
8/3/1892 I cut and set up about 1 a. of oats. Cut some of the long stubble The hog ringer was a pincer type tool for putting rings in the ridge $0.00 $1.25
in the wheat stubble. Drove to Hadley. For overalls .90 for around hogs nose to keep them from rooting under fences, etc.
hog ringer and rings .35 Got a new reel arm. The reel arm was for the binder.
8/4/1892 Cut about 6 a. of oats. $0.00 $0.00
8/5/1892 I set up a few oats. It rained nearly all day. Mr. Peters p'd. me $2.00 $0.00
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8/6/1892 Raked some wheat stubble and set up some oats. Went to $20.00 $11.15
covenant meeting. For jack knife .40 Pd. Mortgage for
washing machine. $6.00 Mr. Hemingway pd. Me for cart.
$20.00 pd. Him for grass seed. $1.75 P'd. him com. On Father
Stewart's wagon. $3.00
8/6/1892 Pd. W. Johnson for binder twine. $0.00 $5.00
8/7/1892 Went to church. For Pastor's salary .20 for coll. .01 $0.00 $0.21
8/8/1892 Cut and set up about 2 a of oats. Wm. Beckett helped me 1/2 $0.00 $0.00
day. Fred Ostrom Helped me 1/2 day. Drew 3 loads of oats
and 1 load of wheat rakings. Gave W. Johnson my note for
$50.00 Due Oct. 1st. 1893 and for $52.50 Due Oct 1st. 1894.
Int. @ 6% from 9/1/92.
8/9/1892 Helped Arthur Clark thresh about 3 hours. Our baby girl was Lottie (Later Lottie Steir), Arthur and Kate's second child. Oldest $0.00 $0.00
born at about 11:30 o'clock (A.M.) I plowed 9 furrows around was Omar.
wheat stubble.
8/10/1892 Plowed wheat stubble $0.00 $0.00
8/11/1892 Rolled and plowed A.M. Helped Mr. Peterson thresh P.M. $0.00 $0.00
8/12/1892 Helped Mr. Peterson thresh $0.00 $0.00
8/13/1892 Helped Mr. Wm. Beckett draw oats. Went to Hadley. Got Johnie $0.00 $3.19
shod. .63 For hair cut .25 for suspenders .35 for 4 plow
points 1.00 for 2 plow shares .70 for 2 lemons .06 for
2 qts. Huckleberries .20
8/14/1892 Stayed home. $0.00 $0.00
8/15/1892 I drew 6 loads of oats. Wm. Beckett helped me 3/4 day. Andrew Manson is Manson Stewart, Kate's younger brother and later $0.09 $0.82
Sorenson helped me 3/4 day .40. P'd Manson .42 professor of classical studies at Yankton College, in South
Kate gave me .09 Helped do a washing Dakota.
8/16/1892 Did not do anything. Was sick all day. Pd. For burn dressing. $0.00 $0.25
8/17/1892 Drew five loads of straw to the hill lot. Drew 2 loads of wood. $0.00 $0.00
Otis helped me.
8/18/1892 Plowed wheat stubble. Gave Kate .25 $0.00 $0.25
8/19/1892 Helped Uncle Judson thresh until 2:15 o'clock. Plowed a little. $0.00 $0.00
8/20/1892 I plowed wheat stubble. $0.00 $0.00

8/21/1892 Stayed at home. $0.00 $0.00
8/22/1892 Went over to Uncle Frank Gleason's to look at sheep. Helped do $0.00 $0.00
a washing. Ploowed wheat stubble.
8/23/1892 Helped Father Stewart thresh. $0.00 $0.00
8/24/1892 Helped H. Krousa in A. Clark's place 1/2 day to thresh. It rained $0.00 $0.00
P.M.
8/25/1892 Plowed wheat stubble. $0.00 $0.00
8/26/1892 Plowed oat stubble. Drew 4 loads of manure. Drew 1 load of $0.00 $0.00
wood.
8/27/1892 Helped John Beckman to thrash. $0.00 $0.00
8/28/1892 I drove over to Father Stewart's and to Father Potter's. $0.00 $0.00
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8/29/1892 Helped do a washing. Drew 6 loads of manure. Picked 9-10 qts. $0.00 $0.00
Of plums. S.F. Truax helped J.B. in my place.
8/30/1892 Went to Hadley & to see my threshing help. For Barnies shoe $3.78
setting. .50 for beef 1.13 for plowshare & pt. .50 for 25#
of flour .60 Lamp chimney .05 Pd. H. Truax $1.00
8/31/1892 Threshed 369 bu. Of oats & 413 bu. Of wheat. Uncle Judson, C. $0.00 $0.00
& F. Ostrom, T. Hodge, A. Clark, Wm. Beckett, J. Beekman, Mr.
Rogers, Mr. Peterson helped me. J. Beekman 1 1/2 day . Others
2 days.
9/1/1892 Threshed 98 bu. Of wheat. Helped F. Ostrom 3/4 day threshing. $0.00 $0.00
9/2/1892 Helped Mr. Wm. Beckett thresh until 11 o'clock. Rolled the field $0.00 $0.00
N. of the Barn.
9/3/1892 I dragged wheat stubble. Mr. Peterson got 54 bu. Of oats of me $0.00 $0.00
to be p'd for when I sell.
9/4/1892 Stayed at home. $0.00 $0.00
9/5/1892 Helped A. Clark thresh. $0.00 $0.00
9/6/1892 Helped A. Clark 1/4 of a day. Went to Lapeer. Took 2 bu. Of $0.00 $0.85
wheat to mill. For bit-brace .25 1/2 & 1/4 bits .25 5
boxes of matches .05 candy .05
Drew 2 loads of straw & burned them. Cleared up the stack
bottoms. A. Clark owed me 3/4 day for threshing. I owed him
$1.00 for boaring. P'd him 25 cts.
9/7/1892 Drew out some straw & plowed the little patch east of the straw $0.00 $0.00
stack. A.M.
Drew 5 loads of manure & burned the straw on Bunker Hill lot.
9/8/1892 Manson helped me with a team to drag the field N. of the barn. I $0.00 $0.00
drew 7 loads of manure. Went to Hadley . Took Uncle Judson's
bags home & 4 bu. Of oats that I borrowed of him.
9/9/1892 Fin. Dragging field N. of Barn. Rolled a little. Helped Mr. Rogers $0.00 $0.00
thrash from 11 o'clock until night.
9/10/1892 Helped Mr. Rogers thrash. $0.00 $0.00
9/11/1892 Went to church. Ate dinner at Uncle Judson's. $0.00 $0.00
9/12/1892 plowed oat stubble. $0.00 $0.00
9/13/1892 It rained all day. $0.00 $0.00
9/14/1892 I went to Hadley. For Dock's shoes set .25 P'd Mr. Ida Potter $0.00 $1.40
Hemingway .55 for 2 harn. Snaps .10 for table-ware .50
Got a pair of boots. Got Pa's pulverizer. Went to Ida's wedding.
9/15/1892 Plowed oat stubble. Got 19 bu finley wheat of E. R. Vilas @ 75 $0.00 $14.25
cts per bu.
9/16/1892 Plowed A.M. Rolled and dragged. $0.00 $0.00
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9/17/1892 I rolled & dragged & plowed. Drove to Hadley. For candy .05 $0.00 $0.05
9/18/1892 Stayed at home. $0.00 $0.00

9/19/1892 Finished plowing for wheat. $0.00 $0.00
9/20/1892 Fitted ground for wheat. Gave Kate $0.00 $1.00
9/21/1892 Fitted ground for wheat. $0.00 $0.00
9/22/1892 Rained a little. Fitted ground for wheat. $0.00 $0.00
9/23/1892 I cut a little corn. Worked on the wheat grounds. $0.00 $0.00
9/24/1892 Sowed about 10 1/2 acres of wheat. Ed & Ray both helped me seed drill. $0.00 $0.00
with a team. Uncle Judson helped me with his team. Borrowed
Mr. Peterson's drill.
9/25/1892 Went to church. Ate dinner at Father's. $0.00 $0.00
9/26/1892 Cut corn. At this time corn was cut with a corn knife (short handled like a $0.00 $0.00
sickle)
9/27/1892 Cut corn. Otis helped me. He cut about 6 acres of cloverseed. $0.00 $0.00
9/28/1892 I cult. & sowed 5 A of wheat (oaty stu.) Otis helped me with $0.00 $0.00
Father's team. Ray helped me with team. Mate Gleason was
here.
9/29/1892 Otis helped me with team. Duane used my team dragging P.M. $0.00 $0.00
Finished seeding. Cleaned a load of wheat.
9/30/1892 Cut corn A.M. Drew 41 bu 50# of wheat to Lapeer. Sold to E.C. $57.45 $30.25
Roberts for 68 ct per bu. $28.45 Received of Millard $29.00
P'd the fan mill note $30. Took 2 bu of wheat to mill. Bot 2 bu-
baskets. $.25
10/1/1892 Drove over to Elba. Drove to Lapeer. $0.00 $0.00
10/2/1892 Went to church. For collection .02 Ate dinner at Father $0.00 $0.02
Stewart's.
10/3/1892 Helped Father Stewart thrash 1/2 day. Traded Johnnie for a $0.00 $0.00
yearling colt & $15.00. Cut a little corn. James Wade helped
me.
10/4/1892 Helped T. Hodge thresh a little over 3/4 of a day. $0.00 $0.00
10/5/1892 Went to the Hadley Fair. For taffy .10 for pop-corn .05 $15.00 $0.65
for our dinner .50 Peter McDonald paid me $15.00
10/6/1892 Went to the Fair. For dinner .50 Subscr. Farm Journal .25 $4.05
for popcorn .05 P'd Ma what Kate borrowed. 1.00 P'd James
Wade 1.75 for stationery .25 for h'dchfs .25
10/7/1892 Helped Mr. Peterson 1/4 day. Took Uncle Judson's drill home. $0.00 $0.00
Chored around the rest of the day.
10/8/1892 It rained all day. I chored around. Received of Deneen $38.35. $38.35 $0.00
10/9/1892 We went to Mr. Wm. Beckett's funeral. $0.00 $0.00

10/10/1892 Mowed clover seed. Heard Mr. Morton make a political speech $0.00 $0.10
at Hadley.
For Oil
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10/11/1892 Mowed and Raked cloverseed. Husked 2 bu. Corn. $0.00 $0.00
10/12/1892 Husked 2 bu. Corn & chored in the forenoon. Drew 3 loads of $0.00 $0.00
cloverseed PM
C. Ostrom helped me 1/2 day
10/13/1892 Helped Father dig potatoes. Pd. Otis Brother Otis Potter $0.00 $5.00
10/14/1892 Helped Father dig potatoes A.M. Pd. Mr. Vilas Raked clover- $0.00 $13.75
seed
10/15/1892 It rained A.M. Husked a little corn and fixed line fence. Gave Line fences were maintained by neighbors, with an agreement as $0.00 $0.50
Kate .50 to which sections were the responsibility of which person.
10/16/1892 We went to church. For coll. .02 Pastor's salary .25 $0.00 $0.27
10/17/1892 I husked 19 shocks corn A.M. Picked apples P.M. Put 15 bu. In $0.00 $0.00
the cellar.
10/18/1892 Frank Ostrom pd. Me in full for finding wheat. $7.00 I owe him $10.00 $0.00
1/2 day for thrashing. Gathered apples. It rained. C. Ostrom
bo't one of my pigs $3.00 Went over to F. Selby's in even.
10/19/1892 Husked 21 shocks of corn. Gathered a few cider apples. $0.00 $0.00
10/20/1892 Husked 21 shocks corn. Traded 2 pigs with Dan Barber for a No farm was complete without a dog for herding, killing pests and $0.00 $0.00
dog. Drove to Hadley in the even. hunting. The price paid gives an indication of the value put on a
dog.
10/20/1892 For 4 harn. Snaps .20 a hame strap .15 a halter chain and 2 $0.00 $1.42
traps .50 for 2# 8d nails .05 For store bill .52
10/21/1892 C. Ostrom helped me 1 day to draw 3 loads of clover seed. $0.00 $0.00
Husked some corn. Drew 1 load of wood.
10/22/1892 Dug 8 1/2 bu. Potatoes. Drew 2 loads of clover seed. C. Ostrom $0.00 $0.00
helped me 1/2 day.
10/23/1892 Went to church. For collection .10 For N. Branch Church .25 $0.00 $0.35
10/24/1892 Dug and drew 19 bu. potatoes. $0.00 $0.00

10/25/1892 Drew 48 bu. S. Corn. Drew 17 bu. P. " Drew 8 1/2 bu. continued $0.00 $0.00
Potatoes. F. Ostrom bo't 2 pigs of me at $3.00 each.
10/25/1892 Went to M. Moore's sale. P'd J. Stock for thrashing 22.70 For $10.00 $23.75
sawing pickets. $1.05 Sold my hay to Switzer Bros. @ $7.00
per ton. Rec'd on hay $10.00
10/26/1892 Put my binder under shelter. Chored around. Went to Mr. Wm. $7.00 $0.50
Beckett's auction sale Bo't Wheel-Cult & 2 bbls. F. Ostrom pd.
Me for pigs $6.00 G. Ostrom bo't 2 pigs of me. Pd. 1.00 Sold 3
pigs to Mr. Bullock. Sold 1 pig to Mr. Hansen. Pd. Mr. Vilas .50
10/27/1892 Husked corn A.M. Went to Lapeer P.M. Rec'd. of Millard H. for continued $45.00 $10.00
road wagon $35.00
Rec'd. of Millard H. for road wagon $10.00 and note for $20
due June 10, 1892.
Pd. Him commiss. $10.00
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10/27/1892 For Suit of clothes $12.00 For overcoat $7.00 For 2 woolen $10.00 $22.34
shirts $1.50 For 2 pr. Drawers $1.50 Fine shirt & suspenders
free. For 5# sugar $0.22 For 1 gal. Oil $0.12 Menz. Bullock
got 3 pigs. He pd. Me $10.00
10/28/1892 Got my cultivator & 2 bbls. Home from Mr. Beckett's. Gave him $0.00 $0.00
my note for $10.68 due Oct. 26th. 1893. Bo't some wood of Mr.
Beckett for 75 cents.
10/29/1892 Went to Hadley. Took 2 bu wheat to mill. Pd. A.S. Moorland the $0.00 $58.54
$50.00 note. ($55.54)
Halter chain - .25 Pd. Dr. Harger 1.25 Took 12 bu. Ears of
corn and got shelled at Father's. (7 bu. Shelled corn). Took
Uncle Judson's drag home. Father's harrow home. Drove over
to Father Stewart's for butter. .50 Pd. Mr. Bullock 1.00
10/30/1892 Went to church. Ate dinner at Father Stewart's. $0.00 $0.00
10/31/1892 Husked corn. George Ostrom got 2 pigs of me. $5.00 I pd. $5.00 $0.75
Wm. Beckett for wood. .75
11/1/1892 Husked corn A.M. It rained the rem. Of the day. Father and $0.00 $0.00
Mother came over. Shut up 40 chickens.
11/2/1892 It rained some. Husked corn P.M. Went to Hadley. For gloves $0.30
.30
11/3/1892 Husked corn. $0.00 $0.00
11/4/1892 It rained all day. Braided seed corn and chored around. Seed corn was chosen and the husks braided together to hang $0.00 $0.00
up.
11/5/1892 Husked corn A.M. Drew 80 bu. G. corn. Drew 37 bu. P. corn. This was probably the dinner bell that was on the pole by the back $0.00 $0.00
Bot Mr. Wm. Beckett's dinner bell for two dollars. door at 1419 Hadley Rd. and is now in the possession of Jerriene
(Potter) Woodrow.
11/6/1892 We went to church. For collection .02 Ate dinner at Father's. $0.00 $0.00
11/7/1892 Husked corn until 4 o'clock. It rained $0.00 $0.00

11/8/1892 Took a load of apples to Metamora for Father. Drove to Hadley. $0.00 $2.85
For milk pans - .40 " ax - .90 " helve .25 For Dock's shoes
set - .25 " Breast straps for harness $1.00
11/9/1892 Husked corn in forenoon. Got a cord and a half of dry oak wood $1.20 $1.20
of J. Lyle @8 cents. Husked a little corn P.M.
11/10/1892 Husked corn. Went to Hadley. For pr. Gloves .25 for 5# sugar $0.00 $1.75
.22 for 20 buttons .03 Subscribe to Free Press 1.00 Br. &
Strauss "Dict. Of Am. Pol." .10 Post. Stamps .15
11/11/1892 Husked corn. Father helped me. Drew 65 bu. G. Corn. Drew 30 Moved cows from pasture into stable for winter. $0.00 $0.00
bu. P. corn. Comm. Stabling my cows.
11/12/1892 Husked corn. Weened the little pigs. $0.00 $0.00
11/13/1892 Went to church. Ate dinner at Uncle Hudson's. For collection $0.00 $0.07
.07
11/14/1892 Husked corn. $0.00 $0.00
11/15/1892 Finished husking corn & drew 45 bu. G. corn. C. Ostrom helped Ole Peterson $0.00 $0.00
me 1/2 day. Drew 4 loads stalks. Mr. Peterson took his young
cattle home.
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11/16/1892 Helped dress chickens A.M. Cleared the corn field. Drew two $0.00 $0.00
loads corn stalks. Drew 21 bu. P. corn and 10 bu. G corn. C.
Ostrom 1/2 day (Frank helped me in his place) Killed 40
chickens.
11/17/1892 It rained nearly all day. Took the chickens to Davison. Sold at $0.00 $0.00
the creamery @ 8 ct. per lb. Called at Ida's a few minutes.
11/18/1892 It stormed some. Gathered a few beets. $0.00 $0.00

11/19/1892 Gathered a few beets, drew a load of wood to the house. Cut a $0.00 $0.15
little wood for Sylv. Barber & drove to Hadley. For Gr. Stone
malls .10 For candy .05
11/20/1892 Went to church. For collection .02 For Christian Herald 1.50 $0.00 $1.52
Wrote to Mr. Stuckie's folks.
11/21/1892 Helped Kate a little while in the morning to wash. Went to see $0.00 $0.00
the clover thrashers.
11/21/1892 James Lyle pd. Me for pig. 1.80 Went to Hadley. Had Barney $1.80 $1.10
shod. 1.00 For 2-14" rods .10 Sent 2 pictures to Mr. Stuckey.
11/22/1892 Went to help Uncle Judson draw stalks of corn 1/ day. Drew Possibly rutabagas. $0.00 $1.25
load from Rogers 1 1/4 cord. Bo't 2bu Bagas. Got my wood
from Wm. Beckett's.
11/23/1892 Rec'd of Switzer Bros. On hay $90 P'd for R.R. fare from Elba $90.00 $0.57
to Flint and return $0.55 Daily paper $0.02 Chored around in
the afternoon.
11/24/1892 Chored around. C. Ostrom took his colts home. $0.00 $0.00
11/25/1892 Went to Flint. For frock - 1.50 For felts - 1.25 For rubbers - Felts may be to line rubber boots. $0.00 $10.35
1.40 For Shoes - 2.00 For Chivalry Game - 1.00 For
dinners - .50 For oil - .10 For horse shed - .10 For Umbrella -
1.00 Gave Kate 1.50
11/26/1892 Went to the thrashers. Drove the B-S- to A.C.'s. Got up a load B-S- may be bob sled. $0.00 $0.00
of wood.
11/27/1892 Stayed at home. $0.00 $0.00
11/28/1892 Went to see the clover thrashers @ Elba. Cut a little wood. $0.00 $0.00
11/29/1892 Ground my axes & cut a little wood. Went to see the clover Usually different axes were used for different parts of the job, $0.00 $1.50
thrashers at Minnicks. Drove through Farmers Creek to Hadley. depending on whether logs were to be cut or wood split.
For fixing clock. - .50 For fixing Kate's watch - 1.00 Axemanship was a highly developed and valued skill in the Potter
family, as it was in most of the Michigan "Yankees" from New
England.
11/30/1892 Cut a little wood. Drove the white S. to Peterson's. Drove out to $0.00 $0.00
Father Stewart's in the evening.
12/1/1892 Went over to see M. Murphy about the ditch. Laid out some tile. $0.00 $0.00
Mother and Lillie came over to make us a visit.
12/2/1892 Helped J. Beckman butcher A.M. Cut a little wood. $0.00 $0.00
12/3/1892 Went over to Father Stewart's. P'd them for work -3.75 For Ray $0.00 $5.05
for work - 1.00 Gave Kate .25 For benzine .05
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12/4/1892 Went to church. For collection - .12 $0.00 $0.12

Ate dinner at Father's.
12/5/1892 Cut a little wood. Ordered 2 sweet apple trees: 1 Tal-sweet +1 $0.00 $0.00
Munson Sweet.
1 Bartlett Pear tree, 1 Flemish Beauty tree, 1 d'Angouleme tree,
3 Niagra Grape vines. Apple trees $.25 each. Pear Tree $.60.
Gr. Vines $.30 each. To be delivered in Apr. or May.
12/6/1892 Chored around. It rained most of the time. $0.00 $0.00

12/7/1892 Went over to Father Potter's & shelled 5 bu. 20# corn. Went to $0.00 $3.40
Hadley. For fixing shoes - .25 For Machine oil (1 gal.) - .35
For Anguinum - .10 For 2 hen-turkeys bo't of Uncle Judson -
2.70 1 wgh - 16 # 1 wgh 13# @ 9 cents.
12/8/1892 It stormed. I cleaned and white-washed the hen-house. Got $13.40 $0.00
some lime of Mr. Peterson. H p'd me for pasture 12.15 Kate
p'd. me 1.25
12/9/1892 Clover thrashers came here. Threshed a little more than 4 bu. $0.00 $0.00
C. & F. Ostrom helped me 1/2 day.
12/10/1892 Finished thrashing clover-seed. C. & F. Ostrom helped me 1 hr. er $0.00 $4.00
Pd. Smith. Cleaned the barn floor.
12/11/1892 Went to church. Ate dinner at Father Stewart's. Ed handed me $1.00 $0.21
1.00 For collection .06 For special Christmas collection - .15
12/12/1892 Drew and cut wood. Helped Kate wash. $0.00 $0.00
12/13/1892 Went to Hadley. For horse shoing - 1.25, For Hay hook - .15, $0.00 $2.30
For beef - .80 Hay pressers came. For file .10
12/14/1892 Helped in the barn A.M. Cut wood P.M. They pressed about 16 Hay was hauled into the barn loose and baled for shipping during $0.00 $0.00
ton. the winter.
12/15/1892 Hay pressers finished pressing hay for me. They pressed about $0.00 $1.15
14 ton. Bo't 1 1/2 cords of wood of Mr. Rogers. Went and got
Lydia and Hattie Elmer to sew for Kate. Helped the pressers a
little.
12/16/1892 Cut some wood. Drew a load of wood to the house. During the winter, some wood was kept in a wood shed next to the $0.00 $0.00
house for bad weather. During good weather it was hauled in by
sled from the wood pile by the barn.
12/17/1892 Went to Lapeer. A.M. Chored around P.M. Gave Kate 2.50 $0.00 $2.50
12/18/1892 I stayed with the children at home. Omer and Lottie $0.00 $0.00
12/19/1892 Shot a beef for Fred Ostrom. Helped Kate wash. Killed a pig. J. $0.00 $1.50
Beckman helped me. Bo't a gobbler of F. Ostrom
12/20/1892 Put up a load of wheat. Sold 54 bu. Wheat at Elba @ $0.65. $35.10 $0.30
Bo't 5# sugar .25 For candy - .05
12/21/1892 Drew 2 loads of hay to Elba 4145# and 4080#. Banked up the Cellar walls were banked with manure for the winter for insulation. $0.00 $0.00
cellar wall with manure. C. Ostrom drew the most of his clover
straw.
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12/22/1892 Went to Lapeer. Sold 75# clover seed @ $7.00 per bu. For $8.75 $0.30
Omar's engine - .25 For candy - .05 Drove the red cow to
Frank Ryan's.
12/23/1892 Went over to Fred Selby's to pay my taxes. Took the top off my $129.08 $0.00
straw stack. Bedded the barn yard.
12/23/1892 Went to the Christmas Cantatta at the church. $0.00 $0.00
12/24/1892 We had a Christmas gathering at our house. Father Potter's and $0.00 $0.00
Father Stewart's & Uncle Judson's folks were here. Had a
splendid time.
12/25/1892 Took Lulu home. Ate dinner there. $0.00 $0.00
12/26/1892 Sold 104 bu. 32# corn in the ear to Father Stewart at 20 ct. per $0.00 $0.63
bu. Took a load to Hadley to have it shelled. My load wt. 2346#
net. Ed's load wt. 1326 net. For wagon evener - .50 For oil -
.13
12/27/1892 Sold Peterson 46 bu 14# corn in the ear @ .34 ct. per bu. P'd $18.36 $6.24
him Ins. Tax. Cut a little wood.
12/28/1892 Cut and drew some wood. P'd. Mr. Alice for cider bbl. $0.00 $1.00
12/29/1892 Made Melvin Skinner's folks a visit. $0.00 $0.00
12/30/1892 Drew hay to Elba. 1 load - 4255#, 1 load 4850#, 1 load 4460# $0.00 $0.04
12/31/1892 Cut a little wood in the forenoon. Drew 2 loads of hay to Elba 1 $0.00 $0.00
load 4480, 1 load 4445
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Date by Month Date Entry Note Income Expense
January 1898 Saturday, Dr. Stewart came up to see Lulu. I Dr. Stewart is Dr. $0.65 $0.00
January 01, chored around in the forenoon. Drew Peter Stewart, 1st
1898 up some tamerack logs for wood & cousin of Kate
cut some of it up. Sold a mink to (Stewart Potter). F.
Henry Truax for $.65. Drove the G. might be Frank
young cow over to F. G's. Gleason, a cousin.
Lulu is Lulu Potter,
the third child
(Omer, Lottie, Lulu,
Harry, Jason and
Robert)
Sunday, We stayed at home. Dr. Stewart $0.00 $0.00
January 02, came up to see Lulu.
1898
Monday, I drew up some logs for wood. Warren Green is $0.00 $0.40
January 03, Father and Mother were here to married to Ida
1898 dinner. Dr. Stewart made us a call. Potter, a first cousin
He brought up an express package to Arthur. (Daughter
for me. I paid the express. Elder of Judson Potter
Munroe made us a call. Warren and grand daughter
Green's folks called in a few minutes. of W. D. Potter -
$.40 Arthur's grandfather)
Tuesday, I cut 2 beech logs and split some of $4.05 $2.40
January 04, it. Went to Hadley with Lulu to the
1898 doctor. I got my felts & rubbers for
$2.40 paid for them with butter.
Rec'd for butter $1.65.
Wednesday, I went to Lapeer with some wheat & The oats and corn $8.78 $9.73
January 05, oats. Sold 10 bu. 19# wheat @ $.85 were ground for
1898 per bu. $8.75 Took 2 bu. Wheat for cattle feed. The
flour. Bo't 22 bu 13# corn @ $.35 bags were probably
$7.78. For grinding feed @ 8 cents to hold the ground
$1.35 . For 4 bags (new) $.60 feed and possibly
the flour.
Thursday, I cut 2 cds of hard maple wood for Peter Peterson was $0.00 $0.75
January 06, Peter Peterson. Mr. Clemens came a neighbor across
1898 over and got my note for the rem. Of Hadley Road to the
cost of the well. $100.00 one year & South of the farm.
3 months after date @ 7% payable at
Lapeer Nat. Bank. For paying for my
footwear & E. J's. $.75
Friday, I drew 2 cds of hard maple wood to $0.00 $0.00
January 07, Peter Peterson & cut a little wood.
1898 Chored around the buildings & got
the wagon ready to load the pigs.
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Date by Mont Date Entry Note Income Expense
January 1898 Saturday, I took 3 pigs to Lapeer & sold to Giles $15.12 $2.70
January 08, @ $3.15 per Cwt. 480# @ $3.15 =
1898 $15.12. For Castile soap $.10. For
flannel .12. Went to covenant
meeting at Hadley afternoon. Paid
Assn. Dues in L. G's $1.60.
Subscription to the Pastor's salery
.75. Making the total for 1897
$12.24. For 1 gal. Of oil (Ker) .08.
For candy .05
Sunday, We stayed at home. Lulu not well. $0.00 $0.00
January 09,
1898
Monday, I cut wood by the house. $0.00 $0.00
January 10,
1898
Tuesday, I cut wood in A. M. by the house. $0.00 $0.00
January 11, Went to Hadley with Kate to have
1898 Lulu's side lanced again.
Wednesday, Worked at the hen coop. $0.00 $0.00
January 12,
1898
Thursday, Fin the hencook & put 57 hens and $0.00 $0.00
January 13, roosters in the coop.
1898
Friday, Commenced to make a new $0.00 $0.00
January 14, outhouse & dug a trench for the
1898 same.
Saturday, Finished the outhouse in the $0.00 $0.00
January 15, forenoon. Went to Hadley P. M. to
1898 help the Dr. lance Lulu's side the third
time.
Sunday, Went over to Mr. Beckett's to get $0.00 $0.00
January 16, something for Ina Bixby. I staid with
1898 Lulu & Kate & the children & Ina went
to Hadley to church. I took Ina home
after they got back from church. Dr.
Stewart came in eve to dress Lulu's
side.
Monday, I put the roller & harrow, cultivator & The wood moved $1.50 $0.00
January 17, hay rake under the tool shed & fixed was probably in a
1898 the roller. Moved the 4 in. pile & put pile drying before
the pile of lumber into the barn. Peter use.
Peterson came up in the evening &
paid me for wood. Made Vet a pig
trough for 20 cents.
Tuesday, I drew manure (7 loads) & picked up $0.00 $0.00
January 18, some around the buildings.
1898
Wednesday, Drew 7 loads of manure. $0.00 $0.00
January 19,
1898
Thursday, Drew 4 loads of manure. Father and Father is Henry N. $0.00 $0.00
January 20, Eddie came over. They stayed Potter. Eddie is
1898 nearly all of the afternoon. It rained Arthur's younger
quite a good deal. brother.

January 1898 Friday, Drew 8 loads of manure. Drove the $0.00 $0.00
January 21, young heifer over to F. G.'s
1898
Saturday, Chas Ostrom helped me a little over $0.00 $3.63
January 22, 1/2 day to draw straw. Drew 3 loads
1898 into the barn. Paid Ina Bixby $3.63.
Chored around rem of the day.
Sunday, It stormed very hard nearly all day. $0.00 $0.00
January 23, We stayed at home until evening. We
1898 took Lulu to the Dr's. at Hadley.
Monday, I chored around until nearly noon. Duane is Arthur's $0.00 $0.00
January 24, Then went over to Father's to get my younger brother.
1898 ewes. Went to Hadley to get some
colic medicine for Frank horse. $.90.
Drove the old cow & the youngest
cow over to F. G.'s Cut Duane's hair.
Tuesday, I fixed the fence around the clover He probably used $0.00 $0.00
January 25, stack A. M. It stormed real hard. I the fanning mill to
1898 put up the cattle & curried the snow clean the clover and
off them. Put up the clover seed & oat seed.
cleaned up 14 bu. Seed oats.
Wednesday, I finished fixing the front barnyard & $0.00 $0.00
January 26, turned the horses out & chored about.
1898
Thursday, I cut 2 cds of elm wood & drew a load $0.00 $0.00
January 27, to Peter[son's].
1898
Friday, I cut a little wood when F. G.'s folks $0.00 $0.00
January 28, came over & we went over to J.
1898 Watt's for a visit. It snowed all day.
Saturday, I went & took Kate & the children over Father Stewart is $0.00 $1.52
January 29, to Father Stewart's & went to Hadley Robert Stewart, who
1898 to get my sleighs fixedf. Took 2 bu. lived on Stewart
Wheat to mill for flour. For fixing Road on the way to
sleighs (2 new knees & a new shoe) Hadley.
$1.50. For washers .02
Sunday, We went to church. For collection Father potter also $0.00 $0.00
January 30, .10. Went up to Father's to dinner. lived on Stewart
1898 Road.
Monday, It stormed so hard and was so cold $0.00 $0.00
January 31, that I did nothing but the chores. ~ ~
1898 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
February 1898 Tuesday, I did nothing but chores & cut a little $3.70 $0.00
February 01, wood. Peter paid me for wood
1898 $3.50. Vet paid me .20.
Wednesday, I took 11 bags of oats & 6 bags of $33.81 $18.73
February 02, cloverseed to Lapeer. Sold
1898 cloverseed 11 bu 40# @ 2.90 per bu
to [?]Cary $33.81. Bo't 1392 # of
corn @ 35 cents per bu $8.70. Paid
J. Stock for threshing cloverseed
$16.00. For grinding feed $1.20. For
P. R. Pills $1.00. For Ammonia
.15. For Oatmeal .10. For Horses in
sheds .10. For stockings .18.

February 1898 Thursday, I cut a little wood & chored around. $0.00 $0.00
February 03,
1898
Friday, I cut a little wood. Separated the $0.00 $0.00
February 04, Boar from the Sows.
1898
Saturday, Went up and got F. Ostrom to help Straw was in a $0.00
February 05, me a little over 2 hrs. to draw straw straw stack outside
1898 into the barn. Went to Covenant and there was
Meeting in P. M. at hadley. Bo't an ax limited storage
(.72) and a pr. Of shears (.63) from J. inside over the
A. Morton. horse and cow
stables for day-to-
day use. J. A.
Morton ran a store in
Hadley.
Sunday, We went to church. For collection. $0.00 $0.07
February 06,
1898
Monday, I cut wood by the house the most of $0.00 $0.00
February 07, the day.
1898
Tuesday, F. Ostrom helped me 2 hrs. to draw $1.80 $6.00
February 08, straw. I sold him 3 turkeys @ 60
1898 cents a piece. I bought 2 ewes of him
@ $3.00 a piece. Cut a little wood by
the house. It stormed a little. Took
the youngest heifer away the second
time.
Wednesday, Cut a door in the South end of the $0.00 $0.00
February 09, cow stable & cut a little wood.
1898
Thursday, Cut some wood in the woods for $0.00 $0.00
February 10, Peter.
1898
Friday, Cut some wood for Peter. $0.00 $0.00
February 11,
1898
Saturday, Cut some wood for Peter. Put the Helve is the ax $0.00 $0.00
February 12, helve in the new ax. handle.
1898
Sunday, We stayed at home. Children were $0.00 $0.00
February 13, sick.
1898
Monday, I worked in the barn & hencoop & $0.00 $0.00
February 14, cowstable. Put a window in the North
1898 end of the cowstable. Cut a cord of
wood in the afternoon. Bred the
young black sow.
Tuesday, It stormed very hard. Father's, Earl is probably $0.00 $0.00
February 15, Eddie's & Earl's folks came over & Kate's brother, Earl
1898 made us a visit. Stewart.
Wednesday, John Howe's folks & Uncle Judson's Judson is A. Judson $0.00 $1.90
February 16, folks came up & made us a visit. I Potter, brother of
1898 went to Hadley in the evening. For Arthur's grandfather,
glass .15. Paid J. A. Morton for ax & W. D. Potter.
shears $1.35. For drugs .40.

February 1898 Thursday, I got up some wood. $0.00 $0.00
February 17,
1898
Friday, Got up some wood. $0.00 $0.00
February 18,
1898
Saturday, Cut a little wood A. M. Went to Richard Winn ran $0.00 $3.60
February 19, Hadley P. M. 2 bu of wheat to mill for Winn's mill near
1898 flour. Got Barney shod $.50. For Hadley where the
meat $.70. For suspenders $.30. feed was ground.
Drove over to Richard Winn's. For
feed $2.10.
Sunday, Children were sick. We stayed at $0.00 $0.00
February 20, home. It stormed very hard.
1898
Monday, It stormed so hard that I did not do $0.00 $0.00
February 21, much. Ed. & Mother Stewart came
1898 over. Uncle Judson drove up here to
see about hay.
Tuesday, Shoveled paths in A. M. Had a sick $0.00 $0.00
February 22, horse & did not do much but fuss
1898 with him & the cow. Dan Barber
drove in to see about moving the hay
press.
Wednesday, We went over to Father's got some $0.00 $0.00
February 23, soft soap & took the carriage over left
1898 it there.
Thursday, Split some wood & drew a cord of Spencer Gleason is $0.00 $0.00
February 24, wood to Peter Peterson. Uncle Emma Gleason
1898 Spencer and Aunt Mary Gleason Potter's (Arthur's
came up to see us & stay over night. mother) brother.
The hay pressers came & set their Mary Gleason's
press down. maiden name was
Greene (Father
Nathan Greene).
Greene family from
Rhode Island. The
hay press was used
to bale hay for
shipment to market.
Friday, We pressed about 7 ton of hay. $0.00 $0.00
February 25,
1898
Saturday, F. Ostrom helped me 3/4 of a day. The tobacco was $0.00 $1.45
February 26, We pressed out 123 bales of hay. I probably for horse
1898 went to Hadley in the evening. medicine, since no
Traded horses with Dan Barber. For one in the family
curry comb .20. For brush .15. For chewed or smoked.
lantern .50. For bits .20. For
tobacco .15. For condition powders
.20. For gum .05
Sunday, We stayed home. $0.00 $0.00
February 27,
1898
Monday, We pressed hay. $0.00 $0.00
February 28,
1898

March 1898 Tuesday, We pressed hay. $0.00 $0.00
March 01,
1898
Wednesday, We pressed hay. Finished about 3 $0.00 $0.00
March 02, o'clock. Took the youngest cow to
1898 Peterson's. Drove to Hadley in the
evening.
Thursday, Went over to Elba with F. Ostrom to $0.00 $14.01
March 03, see about School Bl. Bd. For candy
1898 .05. Went to Lapeer P. M. Borrowed
$35.00 of O. M. Wattles for ninety
days. Bo't some corn meal & bran at
Watkin's Mill $12.25. For mdse at
the Racket $1.11. For hair cut .10.
For horse shoing .50
Friday, March Went to Lapeer. For feed @ 80 ct $0.15 $17.50
04, 1898 per Cwt $16.95. For oil .35. For
hymn book .10. For glycerine .10
Received of Peter for bd. .15. Drew
up a little wood.
Saturday, I cut a little wood. I drew the rem. Of $0.00 $0.00
March 05, Peter's 5 cords of wood.
1898
Sunday, We stayed at home on account of $0.00 $0.00
March 06, sickness.
1898
Monday, I went to Elba Sta. With F. Ostrom to F. Ostrom is Fred $0.00 $0.00
March 07, get the blackboard slates. I cut some Ostrom. Elba Sta.
1898 wood. Is the Elba railroad
station and the
blackboard was for
Shaft School on
Hadley Rd.
Tuesday, I helped F. Ostrom draw a few $0.00 $0.00
March 08, cornstalks & some straw into the
1898 barn & saw some wood.
Wednesday, I cut & put up 3 cds of wood in my $0.00 $0.10
March 09, woods. Went up to F. Ostrom's to
1898 practice singing for Mrs. J. Beckett's
funeral. Sent by F. Ostrom for a file
.10.
Thursday, It rained nearly all day. I cut Harry's & $0.00 $0.00
March 10, Omar's hair & chored around the
1898 buildings.
Friday, March Went to Mrs. J. Beckett's funeral in $0.00 $0.00
11, 1898 forenoon. I cut a little wood P. M.
Saturday, Peter Peterson helped me saw wood $0.00 $0.00
March 12, until about 4o'clock P. M. It rained. I
1898 filed my saw.
Sunday, We stayed at home. $0.00 $0.00
March 13,
1898
Monday, Peterson Peter helped me saw wood. $0.00 $0.00
March 14,
1898

March 1898 Tuesday, I went over to Father's and got my $0.00 $2.44
March 15, buggy and drove to Hadley. For fixing
1898 bridle .15. For Quinine 3 doz
capsules .25. For Nails .18. For
file .10. For Broom .11. For L. G.
assessments & dues up to July 1st.
$1.60. For box of checkers .05. I
split & piled 4 3/4 cds. Of wood in 3
hours & 50 min.
Wednesday, I split & piled wood nearly all day. For $0.00 $0.15
March 16, 2 lantern globes .15. Drove the
1898 youngest heifer to Peterson's barn.
Thursday, Sold Vet some hay $5.00. Chored $5.00 $0.00
March 17, around the barn some in the forenoon
1898 and split & piled some wood.
Friday, March It rained nearly all day. Eddie & Millie $40.95 $41.25
18, 1898 came over to visit. I split & piled
some wood. Dan Barber came & got
2 hen turkeys @ 60 cts. Each. I
settled with him for baling hay. He
allowed me for my work. For Vet
acct. $5.00. For wood $8.32. For
2# turkey .18. He discounted his
acc't. $1.25. I paid him for 42 1/2
tons $41.25. Eddie lent me $25.00
Saturday, I drew up some wood and cut & split $0.00 $0.00
March 19, it A. M. I skidded logs in P. M.
1898
Sunday, We stayed at home in daytime. $0.00 $0.00
March 20, Went up to the town hall in evening to
1898 meeting.
Monday, Drew Vet a 1/2 ton hay $2.00. For $0.00 $5.00
March 21, which he still owes me 50 cents.
1898 Went over to fred Selby's in P. M.
For 19 bu of oats @ 28 cts. $5.00
Tuesday, Helped F. Ostrom cut wood all day. $0.00 $0.00
March 22,
1898
Wednesday, I cut wood at home. $0.00 $0.00
March 23,
1898
Thursday, I cut a little wood in forenoon. Father $0.00 $0.00
March 24, and Mother came over. Visited with
1898 them. Drove young red cow to
Peterson's.
Friday, March I trimmed & drew up some poles & $0.00 $0.50
25, 1898 limbs. Kate went to Hadley. For
horse medicine .50.
Saturday, I cut a few poles into wood & chored $0.00 $0.00
March 26, around some.
1898
Sunday, We stayed at home. It rained nearly $0.00 $0.00
March 27, all day.
1898
Monday, I finished cut up the poles for the $0.00 $0.00
March 28, house.
1898

March 1898 Tuesday, I made some turkey nests. Fixed the $0.00 $0.00
March 29, cattle rack & gate by the granary.
1898 Partitioned off the shed east of horse
stable for the 2 sows & made a little
gate between the shed & barn. Made
a hole in the south side of the hen
coop. Shut up 2 sows. Made 2 feed
boxes & got the wagon ready for
taking away hogs. Put up 2 bu. Of
wheat for flour.
Wednesday, I loaded & took to Lapeer 9 pigs & $38.40 $34.07
March 30, sold to Sullivan & Sweeney @ $3.40
1898 per cwt. 1130# @ $3.40. Paid Eddie
what I borrowed on the 18th $25.00.
For 4 bu. Corn of Watkins 1.60. For
Saw .30. For coffee .07. For box of
axle grease .05. For pair of boots
2.50. For coat (everyday) 1.00. For
bbl. Of Salt .85. For 2 empty bbls.
.15. For Anguinum .10. For Rosin
1# .15. For Hammer .65. For
Omar's ax .65. For stove back
1.00. Young black sow had 5 pigs &
lost 1.
April 1898 Friday, April I split & piled wood in A. M. Got ready $0.00 $0.00
01, 1898 and butchered a pig & made a box to
feed the sow in. The white sow had
8 pigs.
Saturday, I cut the pig up & cleaned the meat $0.00 $0.00
April 02, 1898 crock & packed the pork & fixed the
pig pen in the forenoon. Split & piled
8 1/2 cds. Of wood in P. M.
Sunday, April We went to church. For collection $0.00 $0.52
03, 1898 .02. For foreign missions .50. Went
up to Father Stewart's to dinner.
Monday, April I chored around most of the day. Ellery Ivory is a first $0.00 $0.00
04, 1898 Went to Hadley in P. M. Eddie & cousin, once
Father were here to dinner. Father removed. Son of
Stewart was here to dinner. For Grandmother's
fixing tug .10. Drove to Ellery Ivory's sister.
to see about barley seed.
Tuesday, Drew 7 cds. Of wood for Peter. & $0.00 $0.00
April 05, 1898 chored around. Drove the youngest
heifer to Peterson's.
Wednesday, I chored around. Separated the $0.00 $0.00
April 06, 1898 sows. The youngest white had 8
pigs.
Thursday, I drew 3 cds. Of wood for Peter $14.00 $14.00
April 07, 1898 Peterson. Drew 12 cds. For Vet.
Eddie bo't the sow with 8 pigs
$14.00. I paid Father on note $14.00
Friday, April I took the 4 yr. Old cow to Lapeer to $0.00 $5.20
08, 1898 the Veterinary. Kate drove the team
to Lapeer. For corn meal 350# @
80cts. $2.80. For Bran 326# @
$.75 $2.40.

April 1898 Saturday, I cut wood & trimmed some limbs. 2 $0.00 $0.00
April 09, 1898 cds.
Sunday, April We went to church. For collection $0.00 $0.03
10, 1898 .03. Went up to father's to dinner.
Monday, April I cultivated for oats. $0.00 $0.00
11, 1898
Tuesday, I harrowed the same piece with spr. $2.50 $0.00
April 12, 1898 tooth. Traded the 4 yr old cow for a
bay mare. Peter Oeterson paid me
in full. $2.50. Mixed grass seed &
got ready to sow oats. The young
black sow had 7 pigs.
Wednesday, I sowed 6 1/2 acre of oats up south & $0.00 $0.00
April 13, 1898 rolled it down.
Thursday, Chas Ostrom got the drill to sow 5 $0.00 $0.00
April 14, 1898 1/2 acres of barley. The old sow had
11 pigs & lost 2. I cultivated the North
piece & harrowed a part of it.
Friday, April I finished harrowing & rolled down the $0.00 $3.43
15, 1898 N. piece. I went over to Father's &
got 4 bu. Of peas. Paid Eddie for
same including 2 bags @ 15 cts.
Each $3.43. Got 1050# of barley of
Ellery Ivory for seed to be returned
next fall. Sowed about 1 acre of
barley. Went to Hadley got the mail &
did some trading for Kate.
Saturday, I finished drill 5 acres of barley & $0.00 $0.00
April 16, 1898 harrowed some of Vet's field by the
road.
Sunday, April We stayed at home. One of the ewes $0.00 $0.00
17, 1898 that I got of F. Ostrom had a lamb &
would not own it. The last young
(white) sow had 8 pigs in N. pen.
Monday, April I finished harrowing & rolled & drilled $0.00 $0.00
18, 1898 the field on Vet's by the road to barley.
Tuesday, Let Vet have a bale of hay 60#. It $0.00 $0.00
April 19, 1898 stormed all day. I cleaned a little
timothy seed & got my seed corn in
bags ready to take away to shell.
Helped Kate a little in the house to
paper.
Wednesday, It stormed all day. We went over to $0.00 $0.30
April 20, 1898 Fred's in P.M. I paid him in full to
date for oats $.30. Greased my
boots & shaved.
Thursday, I plowed about half of the orchard in $0.00 $0.00
April 21, 1898 A.M. Drew 500# of hay over to Vet &
rolled in the North piece of Barley &
the one at home N. of the barn.
Friday, April It rained the most of the day. I $0.00 $0.00
22, 1898 worked in the granary cleaning up
timothy seed.

April 1898 Saturday, I took my oats (7 bags) and 2 1/2 $0.00 $0.06
April 23, 1898 bags of barley to Winn's mill to be
ground, drove around to Hadley &
took my seed corn up to father's to
shell. Gave Eddie 2 bu. For seed.
Went back to hadley. Got R. J. shod
for which I owe J. Schisler 75 cts.
For wool twine (1 ball) .06.
Sunday, April I went to church. I went to Dr. Earl Hemingway $0.00 $0.04
24, 1898 Stewart & got some medicine. Earl and Lillie Potter
& Lillie came home with me. For Hemingway
collection .04. (Arthur's sister).
Monday, April Sold F. Ostrom 2230# of clover hay $0.00 $0.00
25, 1898 @ $4.00 per t. I plowed a little while
& took a load of hay (1960#) @ $5.oo
per t. over to Richard Winn & brought
home 108 crates.
Tuesday, I finished plowing the orchard for $10.00 $0.00
April 26, 1898 peas and dragged it once in A. M.
Sold my hay to M. A. Millard the L.
mixed hay @ $7.00 per t. Clover hay
@ $4.00 per t. I finished fitting &
sowing the orchard to peas. He paid
me $10.00
Wednesday, I finished rolling the orchard & put on $0.00 $0.00
April 27, 1898 a Jag of hay & went to Lapeer. For
Richard Winn 1230# @ $6.00 per
ton. For lunch for Omar & I .15. For
bananas .20. For daily paper .03.
Went down to Mr. Peterson's & got 2
harness' & put on a load of hay &
went up to Wm. Beckett's.
Thursday, I drew 4 loads of hay & Jerome $0.00 $0.00
April 28, 1898 Peterson 3 loads of hay over to Elba
for Mr. Millard 26215# of mixed hay.
Friday, April I trimmed up a tree top & fixed the $0.00 $0.00
29, 1898 fence between Mr. Beckett & I.
Saturday, I drew rails & fixed fence for pasture. $0.00 $0.00
April 30, 1898
May 1898 Sunday, May We stayed at home. It rained some. $0.00 $0.00
01, 1898
Monday, May I drew 7 loads of manure. It rained in $0.00 $0.00
02, 1898 afternoon. Mother was here awhile.
Tuesday, I plowed a little for potatoes next to $0.00 $1.60
May 03, 1898 the oatground, grubbed out & drew
some brush along the ditch. Went to
Hadley P. M. Got Barney & Fred's
shoes set. For Omar's shoes$1.10.
For box of tacks .10. For 1 bu. Of
potatoes .45. Got some more med-
of Dr. stewart. Went up to father's &
got an old 40 tooth drag & 2 1/2 bu.
Of potatoes.

May 1898 Wednesday, Jerome Peterson helped me to draw $1.20 $0.05
May 04, 1898 hay to Elba. We drew 3 loads each
24855# mixed hay. Vet paid me
$1.20. C. Ostrom got 1125# clover
hay @ $4.00. He paid me $1.20. He
still owes me 25 cents. Gave kate for
lemons .05. Hub Green sheared 4
sheep for me.
Thursday, F. Ostrom helped me draw 3 loads of $0.00 $0.00
May 05, 1898 hay to elba. Jerome Peterson helped
me draw 2 loads of hay to Elba. I
drew 3 loads of hay to Elba. Making
a total of 14 tons and 245#.
Friday, May I cleaned up the barn floor. Greased $0.00 $0.00
06, 1898 the wagon & drew rails to fence
Peterson Pasture.
Saturday, I drew 2 loads of rails to finish fence $220.72 $59.00
May 07, 1898 for Peter. Went to Lapeer to settle
with Mr. Millard for my hay. He paid
me $220.72. I went to James Lyle's
barn raising P. M. Went to Hadley in
the evening. Paid Dr. Stewart
$19.00. Paid Father in full on note
$35.00. Paid Ellery Ivory interest on
note $5.00.
Sunday, May We drove to Father Stewart's to $0.00 $0.00
08, 1898 dinner.
Monday, May I drew rails from the flats and made a $0.00 $132.00
09, 1898 fence east of the orchard. Kate took
the interest on the mortgage out to
Thomas to Ada Wallruth. $132.00.
Tuesday, Drove the young heifer to Mr. $0.00 $0.00
May 10, 1898 Peterson's. I pulled the posts on the
flats & drew them off and drew the
stakes off A. M. Finished plowing the
potato patch up south & rolled &
dragged it.
Wednesday, Drew 8 loads of manure. Let Dan $0.00 $0.25
May 11, 1898 Barber have some timothy seed to
balance acc't.
Thursday, I drew 6 loads of manure. Peter had $3.00 $0.00
May 12, 1898 the little mare to plow with on the
flats. $.50. He got 2 pigs of me
$2.50
Friday, May I finished fitting the patch of muck up $0.50 $0.20
13, 1898 south and planted over 1000 hills of
early potatoes, 875 of early Carmine
and 300 of early green. Planted
some garden peas, watermelons,
muskmelons, cabbages, tomatoes,
radishes, lettuce, 2 kinds of sweet
corn. Peter had the little mare to
plow with $.50. I was not well. Went
to see Dr. Stewart. He gave me
some medicine. For 1 doz.
Bananas .20.

May 1898 Saturday, I did not work. Hired Frank Curtis for $0.00 $1.20
May 14, 1898 one month for Twenty Dollars. Sent
by F. Curtis for points and shears.
$1.20
Sunday, May I drove to see the Dr. We went up to $0.00 $0.00
15, 1898 F. Selby's to dinner. Went up to the
hall in Eve.
Monday, May F. Curtis commenced working for $0.00 $0.00
16, 1898 me. Drew some stumps and stones
& started the plow north of the barn.
Tuesday, Frank plowed. Kate went to Lapeer $0.00 $0.35
May 17, 1898 in afternoon. I sent for some bolts, a
point, and whiffletree iron. I made 3
whiffletrees and an evener. Set
some fires in some stumps.
Wednesday, Frank finished plowing north of barn. $0.00 $0.00
May 18, 1898 I rolled & Frank dragged and we both
dragged. Father & Mother came over
while I doctored the most of the male
pigs.
Thursday, We dug and pulled the stumps out of $0.00 $0.00
May 19, 1898 the field west of the woods & Frank
drew stones & partly filled the old well
by the horse stable. Eddie & Duane
came over & we went fishing. Frank
plowed 1/2 day west of the woods.
Friday, May We took down the fence on the north $0.00 $1.83
20, 1898 side of the front barnyard& set the
posts put the fence up in the A. M. I
went to Hadley in P. M. For Dr's
Med. $1.50. Paid Dr. Stewart in full
to date. For lice killer .25. For plow
bolts .08. Helped Kate put the sitting
room carpet down. Frank plowed P.
M.
Saturday, We put up the fence on north side of $0.00 $0.00
May 21, 1898 pasture lot. Set the posts. Drew the
rails & put it up. I dug a ditch across
the lane and into the cornfield. The
young white sow & Farrow black sow
bred.
Sunday, May We stayed at home. $0.00 $0.00
22, 1898
Monday, May I finished taking up and putting down $0.00 $0.00
23, 1898 the tiles across the lane in forenoon.
Drew rails from the flats to fix pasture
fence P. M. Frank plowed for corn in
field by the west side of woods.
Tuesday, I cultivated a part of the piece N. of $0.00 $1.49
May 24, 1898 the barn. Frank plowed. Kate went
to Lapeer. For For whiffletree staple
.10. For 5# nails .20. For 10# wire
.20. Gave Kate $.99. Sent 1 bu.
Wheat to mill for flour.

May 1898 Wednesday, Frank plowed. I drew rails & finished $0.00 $0.00
May 25, 1898 fixing pasture fence. Made a new
gate & hung 2 around pasture field.
Traded horses with Dan Barber.
Father & Eddie came over. I sold
Eddie 5 pigs @ $1.25 each. The
young black sow with 3 pigs bred.
Thursday, Frank finished plowing east cornfield. $0.00 $0.00
May 26, 1898 I finished cultivating the piece by the
barn in forenoon. Harrowed it in P.
M. Frank rolled & began dragging the
east piece.
Friday, May I drilled the piece by the barn A. M. & $0.00 $0.00
27, 1898 dragged some in E. piece. Dragged
in E. piece in P. M. Drilled about one
acre just at night. Frank dragged all
day.
Saturday, I finished drilling the E. piece to corn $0.00 $0.00
May 28, 1898 in forenoon. Frank dragged in
forenoon & started the plowing the
garden. He finished plowing the
garden piece & pulled a stump in
east garden. I washed the buggy in
P. M.
Sunday, May We went to memorial services at the $0.00 $0.02
29, 1898 M. E. Church in morning. Went up to
town hall in evening. For collection
.02.
Monday, May Mr. Beckman's sow bred. We did not $0.00 $0.00
30, 1898 work. I killed 2 woodchucks
Tuesday, We pulled & drew the stumps & $0.00 $0.00
May 31, 1898 Frank plowed the p. at end of barn. I
fitted the 3 cornered piece and
burned and grubbed some on 2 k
piece.
June 1898 Wednesday, Frank commenced plowing the $0.00 $0.00
June 01, 1898 potato ground. I rolled the piece E. of
the lane twice & dragged it twice &
drilled it to corn in A. M. I drilled 1/2 a.
north of the garden & went to Hadley
with Lottie to see the Dr. about the
abcess on her face.
Thursday, Frank plowed all day. I took my wool $11.06 $1.20
June 02, 1898 to Lapeer. Sold it @14 cents.
Seventy nine pounds $11.06. For
hair cut .10. For bridle fixed & new
bit .35. For whip .15. For plow point
.20. Forgardin seeds .40. Took 2
bu. Wheat to mill. Planted some
beans, peas, cucumbers & beets in
the gardens.

June 1898 Friday, June I went down to Mr. Peterson's & $0.00 $0.00
03, 1898 sprouted some potatoes. Went over
to Father's & got his pulverizer. Got
5 bu. Of potatoes of Mr. Peterson. I
rolled the potato ground twice. Frank
finished plowing in A. M. Pulverized
in P. M.
Saturday, Frank pulverized A. M. I went to $0.00 $0.24
June 04, 1898 Richfield Center in A. M. to see Mr.
Clemens about fixing our cistern. I
came home by way of davison. For
tomato plants .20. For lettuce seed
.04. Frank & I finished dragging &
rolling. Frank marked some ground
for potatoes & planted 6 1/2 rows. I
drilled 1 bu of peas. Set out some
tomato plants & some lettuce seed.
Sunday, June Went to see Dr. stewart. Had Lottie's $0.00 $0.00
05, 1898 abcess lanced. Drove up to Father
Stewart's.
Monday, Finished planting potatoes & $0.00 $0.00
June 06, 1898 popcorn. Frank finished filling the old
well by the horse barn & drew some
manure. I did not do much. P. M.
Tuesday, Frank drew manure. I took Lottie to $0.00 $0.30
June 07, 1898 have her abscess dressed A. M.
Picked a few currants. Cultivated the
garden. For cheeze .25. For paper
of cucumber seeds .05.
Wednesday, Frank drew manure. I took Lottie to $0.00 $0.06
June 08, 1898 the Dr. For mosquito netting .06.
Planted corn in P. M.
Thursday, I took Father's pulverizer home. Took $0.00 $0.00
June 09, 1898 a pig over to Eddie. Took Lottie to
Hadley but the Dr. was not at home.
For hog rings & fish hooks .15.
Frank cultivated corn in A. M. We
scraped & drew the manure from
back barnyard. I planted corn at the
end of the lane. Bred the little bay
mare to Slater's "Highland Frank".
Charlie Gleason came & stayed
overnight with us.
Friday, June Frank hoed the garden in A. M. & a $0.00 $12.25
10, 1898 little after dinner & then cultivated
corn. Mr. Perry's folks came up to
make us a call. They went away at
about 2 o'clock & Charlie went away
a little after one o'clock. I took Lottie
to the Dr. just at night. I paid Rufus
Ivory as interest on note $12.25.
Saturday, I could not work on account of my $3.00 $0.00
June 11, 1898 finger. Frank cultivated corn until it
rained then he hoed potatoes. Frank
Ostrom paid me on hay acct. $3.00.
Sunday, June We took Lottie to Hadley to Hadley to $0.00 $0.00
12, 1898 have her abscess dressed.

June 1898 Monday, Frank and I took up the cistern $0.00 $0.00
June 13, 1898 covering & rung some pigs' noses. It
rained hard in afternoon.
Tuesday, We cleaned the cistern out in $0.00 $1.20
June 14, 1898 morning & picked over some beans
A. M. I took Lottie to the Dr. P. M.
For new jack knife .60. For L. G.
assessment .85. Frank went to get
a load of plastering sand for the
cistern. For sand .20. Paid Frank
Curtis $1.00.
Wednesday, I worked on the road with the team $0.00 $0.00
June 15, 1898 and wagon drawing gravel. Drew up
a load of wood.
Thursday, Planted some beans. Took Lottie to Paris green is an $0.00 $0.45
June 16, 1898 the Dr. For peanuts .05. For insecticide.
carbolic acid & sweet oil .15. For Carbolic acid and
Paris Green .25. sweet oil is probably
for the abscess.
Friday, June I went over to Mrs. Stimson's and got $0.00 $7.57
17, 1898 thirty dollars on my note for one year
@ 6 per cent. Went to Lapeer. Got 6
bu. & 19# corn @ 50 cents $3.17,
257# bran @ 75 cents per cwt.
$1.92. 2 fork handles .30. For 2
window lights .12. For sugar 10# @
6 cts. .60. For 1/2 bbl. Lime & 1 bu.
Cement .75. For oatmeal 8# .25.
For curtain .10. For postage stamps
.04. For bananas .10. For cabbage
plants (50) .12. For tomato plants
.10. Mother & Aunt Eveline came
over a little while.
Saturday, I set out about 60 cabbage plants in $0.00 $0.00
June 18, 1898 morning. Caught 20 pigs & carried
them to the pen. Helped Kate take off
a nest of little turkeys. I fixed the yard
around the pen. Made some
kerosine emulsion & went over 20
pigs. Let Chas. Ostrom take the drill
to drill in some corn. Cut a calf & 2
pigs for Peter Peterson. I opened
Nellie's shoulder. Cut the lamb tails
off. Put the 2 sheep in the woods &
the hogs with the calves.
Sunday, June We stayed at home. Mabel came up Mabel is Kate's $0.00 $0.00
19, 1898 to see us. Fred Selby's folks came sister Mabel
over a little while to see us. Thiemkey. (9 years
younger) Married to
William Thiemkey.

June 1898 Monday, I fixed the pig yard in the morning. The cistern was $0.00 $0.00
June 20, 1898 Mr. Clemens & Martin Hope came & used to collect rain
arched my cistern. I helped around water from the roof
the cistern. and the rainwater
was used for
clothes washing
because of the
hardness of the well
water.
Tuesday, I finished fixing the pig yard & made $0.00 $1.83
June 21, 1898 the covers for the cistern. Threw the
dirt back & put the stoop & platform
back in place. Kate went to Hadley.
For Lap Spread $1.00. For single
harness pad .65. For 2# nails .06.
For ribbon .12.
Wednesday, I cultivated the N. piece of corn. $0.60 $0.40
June 22, 1898 Gave kate for strawberries .40. Let
Hub Green have 100 bricks $.60.
Father was over a little while. He
took the grain cradle home.
Thursday, Frank Curtis helped me to cultivate $0.00 $0.00
June 23, 1898 corn. We both cultivated corn in the
East field.
Friday, June I worked in the garden & transplanted $0.00 $0.00
24, 1898 some cabbage plants.
Saturday, I washed the buggy & split some $0.00 $0.60
June 25, 1898 wood in forenoon. Hilled some
potatoes in the afternoon. Gave to
Albert Vilas for Fourth of July
Celebrations $.60.
Sunday, June We went to see Martin Hope's folks $0.00 $0.00
26, 1898 at Richfield Center.
Monday, Got my mowing machine ready & put $0.00 $1.10
June 27, 1898 on some new sections & ground both
set of sections. Kate went to
Lapeer. For sections .60. Gave
Kate .50. Sold 2 yr old heifer.
Tuesday, Frank Curtis helped me cultivate $0.00 $0.00
June 28, 1898 corn. I hoed in the garden in A. M. I
mowed about 3 acres of grass in P.
M.
Wednesday, Frank Curtis cultivated corn in A. M. $0.00 $0.32
June 29, 1898 by the barn. Hub Green helped me in
the afternoon to cock up hay. I gave
Kate for butter .22. For oil can .10.
Drew in one load of hay.
Thursday, Frank Ostrom helped me in the hay $0.00 $0.00
June 30, 1898 in P. M. Hub & I worked in the
potatoes in the morning. I raked the
piece south of orchard in forenoon.
Hub & I drew 4 loads in afternoon. I
mowed about 2 1/2 acres in ridge lot.

July 1898 Friday, July We drew 6 loads of hay in the $0.00 $0.00
01, 1898 forenoon. I finished mowing the ridge
lot & raked what I cut yesterday. We
cocked it up after supper. Hub hoed
a few potatoes.
Saturday, We cleared the North 5 acres of $0.00 $0.25
July 02, 1898 meadow making in all 17 loads to
date. I carried rubbish out of the
cellar in the morning. Hub cut a few
cocks. Gave Kate to pay Rose for
ironing $.25.
Sunday, July We went to church and up to father's $0.00 $6.08
03, 1898 to dinner. For collection .08. For
Pastor's salary $6.00.
Monday, July I mowed 4 1/2 acres of grass north of $0.00 $0.00
04, 1898 Roger's woods in A. M. Paris
Greened my potatoes & raked about
3 acres in afternoon. Paid Hub
Green $1.00. Went up to E. R. Vilas'
in the evening to a celebration.
Tuesday, I put some new sections on my $0.00 $0.00
July 05, 1898 mower bars & ground them. I
cocked up some hay and raked the
rem. Of the piece. Hub hoed some
potatoes & cocked some hay in A.
M. I mowed about 4 1/2 acres in
back field & helped Hub cock up hay
P. M.
Wednesday, We drew 6 loads of hay in A. M. $0.00 $0.00
July 06, 1898 Raked & cocked up about about 5
loads & drew 1 load just at night.
Thursday, We drew 5 loads of hay in A. M. (4 Timothy hay is used $28.00 $0.00
July 07, 1898 loads of mixed and 1 of timothy) and mainly for horses.
6 loads in afternoon. Mr. Peterson Mixed hay for cows.
got my check for the heifer cashed
$28.00. I altered the lambs.
Friday, July Hub hoed potatoes A. M. I mowed They probably went $0.00 $0.75
08, 1898 grass in A. M. Hub & I went fishing. I fishing at Nepessing
paid Hub .50. I paid for boat .25. Lake, about 2 miles
away.
Saturday, We worked in the potatoes and $0.00 $1.40
July 09, 1898 beans in the morning. We raked &
cocked up 6 loads of hay in back
field. I went to Hadley at night with
Kate & the children. For Binder
[?Butter?] Canvas 1.00. For hand
rake .15. For Post Office Box Rent
to June 30, '99 .25.
Sunday, July We went to church. For collection $0.00 $0.07
10, 1898 .07. Went up to the town hall in the
evening.
Monday, July We finished haying. Drew in 6 $0.00 $28.43
11, 1898 loads. Paid Hub Green in full $7.28.
Paid Frank Curtis in full to date
$21.15. I cultivated some potatoes.
Tuesday, Helped Mr. Peterson to draw wheat $0.00 $0.00
July 12, 1898 with team & rack.

July 1898 Wednesday, Helped J. Beckman draw hay. $1.25 $1.25 $0.00
July 13, 1898
Thursday, Helped J. Beckman draw hay $1.25 $1.25 $0.00
July 14, 1898
Friday, July Went to Flint to Buffalo Bill's Wild $0.00 $1.67
15, 1898 West Show with Jerome Peterson.
For horse in barn .25. For shave &
haircut .35. For bananas 2 doz.
.27. For lunch .10. For admission to
show $.60. For pencil & pens, etc.
.10.
Saturday, Helped F. G. Selby draw wheat. For $0.00 $1.00
July 16, 1898 raspberries $1.00.
Sunday, July We stayed at home. There were no $0.00 $0.00
17, 1898 services in the Baptist Church.
Monday, July I helped Fred Selby draw wheat until $0.00 $0.25
18, 1898 about 4 o'clock. Got my binder ready
to cut Barley. Broke the cutter bar.
Gave Kate for Rose Whitlock. $.25.
Tuesday, I cut the piece of barley by the barn. $0.00 $0.00
July 19, 1898 It rained. We hoed 4 rows of
potatoes.
Wednesday, F. G. S. helped me. Got a bu. Of $0.00 $0.00
July 20, 1898 potatoes of Mr. Peterson. Got the
boar home from Curtis. Cut the
piece of barley on Vet's. Fred Selby
helped me .
Thursday, I went down to Mr. Peterson's and up $0.00 $0.00
July 21, 1898 to Frank Ostrom's to see about hiring
a school teacher. Picked some
cherries & mended my harness. Cut
some barley.
Friday, July I cut thistle & burdocks nearly all day. $0.00 $0.00
22, 1898
Saturday, I drew nine loads of barley. F. Selby $0.00 $0.00
July 23, 1898 & J. Beckman helped me.
Sunday, July We went to church. Ate dinner at Lillie Potter $0.00 $0.00
24, 1898 Lillie's & Earl, Harry & Janie Potter Hemingway
were there. (Arthur's sister) and
Earl Hemingway.
Harrison Potter and
wife Mary Jane
Gleason Potter with
son Earl Gleason
Potter from
Davison. (cousins)
Monday, July Helped J. Beckman draw hay. $0.00 $0.00
25, 1898
Tuesday, I hired Hub Green to help C. Ostrom $0.00 $0.00
July 26, 1898 to thresh 1/2 day. I cut my oats. Kate
went over to her folks. I set up some
of ??????

July 1898 Wednesday, I set the oats up. Cut Omar's & $0.00 $0.50
July 27, 1898 Harry's. Went up to J. Beckett's &
paid Hub Green $.50. Got my fork &
went over to C. Ostrom's to see
about barley. Went over there & got
5 bags of barley.
Thursday, I set up the oats that blew down & $0.00 $3.06
July 28, 1898 took the barley to Winn's mill. For
grinding $.31. Went to Hadley. Got
Barney shod $.75. Paid J. Schisler
in full to date $2.00. Finished getting
up the barley ???ings.
Friday, July I got the plow ready. Eddie & Father $0.00 $0.00
29, 1898 came over. I did not work. Cut
Eddie's & Father's hair.
Saturday, I started plowing the barley stubble. $0.00 $0.00
July 30, 1898 Drove over to see Herb & Chas.
About helping me draw oats.
Sunday, July We went to church. Ate dinner at $0.00 $0.05
31, 1898 Father Stewart's.
August 1898 Monday, Chas. Ostrom & Hub Green helped $0.00 $0.75
August 01, me 3/4 of a day to draw oats. (6
1898 loads). Paid Hub $.75. I owe Chas.
Ostrom 30 cents. Drove over to see
Joseph Stock about threshing for
me. Plowed about 1 1/2 hours.
Tuesday, I got the calves into the barn & $0.00 $0.00
August 02, cleaned out the stable & got the barn
1898 partly ready for threshing.
Wednesday, I took Rose Whitlock to Elba to the $0.00 $0.00
August 03, train. Paid to her for Kate $.16.
1898 Drew up a load of wood. Drove down
to Sullivan's to see the threshers. A.
M. Threshed in P. M. Barley 263 bu.
Oats 272 bu. Tim Hodge, Wm.
Beckett, Chas. Lassen Bricker, Nels
Sorenson, Will Peterson, Bert
Baldwin, Fred Selby, Nels Sorenson,
Mr. Myas, Chas. Ostrom, Roy Hodge,
for F. Ostrom. Each 1/2 day. I raked
the stack & carried the loose straw
into the barn.
Thursday, Helped Mr. Peterson thresh all day. $0.00 $0.50
August 04, Paid Tim Hodge. $.50.
1898
Saturday, Made a fence around the straw $0.00 $1.63
August 06, stack. Fixed the fence between the
1898 cornfield & the woods. Went to
Covenant meeting in A. M. For 4
plow [joiners?] .80. For 2 [shives]
.60. For [joiner] .23
Sunday, We stayed at home. It rained in A. M. $0.00 $0.00
August 07,
1898
Monday, Plowed barley stubble in A. M. $0.00 $0.00
August 08, Helped F. Selby draw oats in P. M.
1898

August 1898 Tuesday, Helped F. Selby to draw oats 1/2 $0.00 $0.00
August 09, day. I plowed a little & rolled a little.
1898
Wednesday, I finished plowing & rolling the barley $0.00 $0.00
August 10, ground. Went over to F. Selby's in
1898 P.M. To help thresh but the machine
did not come so I came home & cut
thistles until night.
Thursday, Paid F. Ostrom in full to date $.75. $0.00 $1.25
August 11, Nelson Sorenson came over & blew
1898 out 5 stumps for me $.30 & I drew 3
with the team. Drove over north to
see about threshing help & went to
the Farmers' Picnic in the afternoon.
For taffy $.20
Friday, Helped F. Selby to thresh. Hub $0.00 $0.00
August 12, Green helped Mr. Myas thresh in my
1898 place 3/4 of a day. Roy Hodge
helped Nelson Sorenson in my place
1/4 of a day.
Saturday, Helped Wm. Beckett 1/4 of a day to $0.00 $0.00
August 13, thresh. Hub Green helped him 1/2
1898 day for me. I put up a grist 17 bags
of barley & 8 bags of oats & took
them over to Winn's Mill. Took 3 cwt.
Of barley to mill for Vet. Got Robert
Jay's shoes put on.
Sunday, We went to church. For collection $0.00 $0.08
August 14, .08. Signed $1.00 for state missions
1898 to be paid in one month.
Monday, I fixed the cow stable & cleaned up There is no Eveline $0.00 $0.00
August 15, around the stacks in the A. M. Elder that would be an
1898 Munro's folks came up to make us a aunt in the current
visit. Mother & Aunt Eveline came up family tree. May be
to make us a visit. Henry Krausa's a Gleason not in the
folks came over a little while in the tree.
evening.
Monday, Piled & burned the stumps in back lot $0.00 $1.70
August 15, in A. M. Ground the brush scythe &
1898 ax & cut some brush & burned them.
Father & Mother came over in
afternoon. Hub Green helped Henry
Krausa to thresh all day for me. We
drove to Hadley in the evening. Paid
L. G. dues $.75 & one assessment to
October 1st $.85. For candy .10.
Tuesday, I began plowing in the orchard. Fred $0.00 $0.00
August 16, & Retta came over a little while in the
1898 forenoon.
Wednesday, Kate went to Lansing on the $0.00 $3.00
August 17, excursion to the M.A.C. ground. For
1898 R.R. fare $2.60. For street car fare
$.10. For coffee $.10. For 1 doz
bananas $.20.

August 1898 Thursday, I funished plowing & rolling the $1.00 $0.00
August 18, orchard. Went to Winn's Mill & got
1898 my grist in P. M. F. Ostrom paid me
in full to date $1.00
Friday, I emptied my ground feed & put up 20 $0.00 $0.00
August 19, bags of barley for F. Selby. Took the
1898 barley over there & got 20 bu. Of
wheat. Put up 885# of barley for Vet
& 520# for Chas Ostrom & delivered
the same . Also delivered 300# of
ground feed to Vet. I pulled some
weeds in the garden.
Saturday, Paid Hub green $1.00. Pulled weeds $0.00 $1.00
August 20, in Peter's potato patch. Shut the 4
1898 sows up in the barn. Begun feeding
the calves oats.
August 21, .08.
1898
Monday, Pulled weeds all day. Mr. Hevener $0.00 $0.00
August 22, came over to see about the line fence.
1898
Tuesday, Drove Hevener's cattle back into the $0.00 $0.00
August 23, woods & fixed the line fence in the
1898 morning. Pulled weeds rem. Of the
day.
Wednesday, We drove down to Lapeer in A. M. $0.00 $0.50
August 24, For 2 doz. Bananas $.20. For plow
1898 shire .30. Pulled weeds P. M. Got
some kerosine oil.
Wednesday, Drew 7 1/2 loads of manure from $0.00 $0.00
August 24, Vet's.
1898
Thursday, Pulled weeds. $0.00 $0.00
August 25,
1898
Friday, Drew weeds in A. M. Drew a load of Neighbors shared $0.00 $0.05
August 26, wood in P. M. Fixed the line fence the responsibility for
1898 between Mr. Hevener's & I. Picked maintaining line
some cucumbers. Drove down to fences. Each
Hadley in eve. To get the mail. For 2 person was
lemons .05. responsible for a
particular section of
the shared fence.
Apparently, the
fence in question
was Arthur's
responsibility &
allowed Mr.
Hevener's cattle to
get out of the woods.
Sunday, I stayed at home. Was sick. Kate & $0.00 $0.00
August 28, the children went to church.
1898

August 1898 Monday, Drew 3 loads of manure from Vet's. $0.00 $0.00
August 29, Drew 4 loads from my horse stable
1898 to the piece north of the barn.
Warren Green ate dinner with us.
Tuesday, Kate went home. I drew manure & $0.00 $0.00
August 30, scraped the back barnyard.
1898
Wednesday, We went over to Father's fo a little $0.00 $0.00
August 31, visit. I returned the seed barley to
1898 Ellery Ivory (1050#). Went to Hadley
to get my harness repaired. (new
back band $.75) Bo't 30 bu. & 9 #
Dawson's Golden chaff wheat of
Eddie @ 70 cts. Went to Peterson's
to meet the school b'd.
September 1898 Thursday, Cut a little corn. $0.00 $0.00
September
01, 1898
Friday, Cut a little corn. Sold the old hens. $0.50 $0.00
September Rec'd. on same $.50
02, 1898
Saturday, Cut some corn. $0.00 $0.00
September
03, 1898
Sunday, We went to church. Ate dinner at $0.00 $0.10
September Father Stewart's. For Sunday coll.
04, 1898 .10.
Monday, Harrowed the north piece by the $0.00 $0.00
September barn. Went to school meeting in the
05, 1898 evening.
Tuesday, Ordered 125 strawberry plants. I $0.00 $0.00
September cleaned out the hen coop. Plowed a
06, 1898 little on the half acre at the end of the
lane. Rolled & harrowed a part of the
piece N. of the barn.
Wednesday, Harrowed & rolled the piece N. of the $0.00 $0.00
September barn. Put up a load of barley (31
07, 1898 bags).
Thursday, Took 30 old hens & a load of barley to $27.30 $2.95
September davison. Ate dinner at Warren
08, 1898 Green's. Hens weighed 116#. Sold
to E. Pettis @ 5 cts. Per # $5.30,
less 50 cts. Paid before. Sold 2934#
barley @ 75 cts. Per cwt. $22.00.
For 1 bu. No. 6 wheat for seed (65#)
@ 65 cts. Per bu. $.70. For stand
$1.35. For peaches 1 bu. $1.35.
Chas Ostrom had the drill to drill 5
1/2 acres of wheat.
Friday, I rolled the piece N. of the barn & $0.00 $5.00
September drilled it to wheat (5 acres). (used 8
09, 1898 bu. Of Lawson's Golden Chaff
wheat) Cut a row of shocks of corn
in field by the road. Kate took 2 bu.
Of wheat to mill at Lapeer. Gave
Kate $5.00.

September 1898 Saturday, Cut corn all day N. of the barn. $0.00 $0.00
September
10, 1898
September Eddie's.
11, 1898
Monday, Paid on state missions. $1.00. Cut $0.00 $1.00
September corn N. of the barn.
12, 1898
Tuesday, Cut corn N. of the barn. Paid Hub $0.00 $2.00
September Green in full to date. $2.00
13, 1898
Wednesday, Cut corn in the east field all day. $0.00 $0.00
September Kate went out to Harry Potter's with
14, 1898 Lottie to Grace's birthday party. The
2 young sows had 16 pigs, 2 of them
died.
Thursday, Cut corn in A. M. It rained in the $0.00 $0.60
September afternoon 2 or 3 hours. I cleaned
15, 1898 stables & fixed a place for the pigs.
Went over to Henry Krause's in the
evening. I drove to Elba and got 10#
of sugar.
Friday, Mr. Breitsman helped me cut corn all $0.00 $0.00
September day.
16, 1898
Saturday, Mr. Breitsman helped me cut corn. I $0.00 $6.10
September paid him in full $2.00. Drove to
17, 1898 hadley in the evening. For insurance
on the church $.50. For chloride of
lime .10. For association min. .10.
For 1/2 doz. 2 qt. Fruit cans. $.40.
Paid dr. Stewart in full to date $3.00.
September
18, 1898
Monday, Mr. Breitsman helped me all day. We $0.00 $1.00
September finished cutting corn. Drew the corn
19, 1898 off one acre by the barn. Drew a load
of pumpkins & a load of apples from
the orchard. Paid Mr. Breitsmann
$1.00
Tuesday, Took a grist of 20 bu. Barley & 10 bu. $0.00 $2.00
September Of oats & 4 bu. Of barley for Vet to
20, 1898 Winn's Mill & there was no one at
home, so I went to Lapeer to
Watkin's mill. For grinding the same
$1.00. For hair cut .15. For axle
grease .25. For lunch .10. For ball
of twine .50. Gathered cucumbers
tomatos & watermelon & potatoes
jus at night.
Wednesday, Fixed my roller. Finished plowing & $0.00 $1.00
September fitting & sowed the half acre at the
21, 1898 end of the lane to No. 6 wheat. Gave
kate $1.00

September 1898 Thursday, Plowed & partly fitted the acre of corn $0.00 $1.50
September stubble by the barn. Hub Green
22, 1898 begun husking the piece north of the
barn by the job for $8.00. Paid Mr.
Singer of Lapeer for 125 strawberry
plants. $1.50.
Friday, Harrowed the orchard twice & the $0.00 $0.00
September acre N. of the barn once & picked up
23, 1898 the 15 crates of corn in A. M. It
rained in P. M. Cleaned out the
stables. Washed Nellie's foot. Made
some kerosine emulsion, cleaned up
6 bu. Seed wheat & got the wagon
ready to load hogs.
Saturday, Loaded the 4 sows & took them over $30.00 $0.64
September to Davison. Sold to Trumbull &
24, 1898 Cullens @ 3 young sows 600# @ 3
1/2 cts. $21.00. 1 old sow 300# @
3 cts. $9.00. For broom .25. For 2
1/4 # lard @ 9 cts. .20. For pepper
.15. For postage stamps .04. Set
out 140 strawberry plants of the
Crescent variety, drew 28 bu. Corn,
gathered the squashes. We had
about 60 Hubbard squashes.
September Uncle Judson's. For collection .03.
25, 1898
Monday, I worked the orchard & acre piece N. $0.00 $0.00
September of the barn & sowed them to wheat &
26, 1898 rolled them down & put a furrow
across the acre piece.
Tuesday, Pulled peas & beans. $0.00 $0.00
September
27, 1898
Wednesday, Finished pulling & went to the fair at $0.50 $1.06
September Hadley. For admission for the family
28, 1898 $1.00. For candy for the children
.06. Mr. Beckman paid me $.50.
Thursday, Went to the fair at Hadley. For a tie $6.25 $22.85
September ropes .75. For nails 20 # .25. For
29, 1898 gloves to husk in .50. One pair of
gloves were for Hub Green (25 cts).
Paid Father in full to date for seed
wheat $19.25. They paid me for the
5 pigs got in the spring. $6.25. Gave
Kate for butter $1.00. Gave Kate for
Lottie's hat. .85.
Friday, I dug & drew 22 bu of potatoes. Kate $0.00 $1.20
September went to Lapeer & took 2 bu. Of wheat
30, 1898 for flour. For 150# of fine middlings
$1.20.

October 1898 Saturday, Drew up a load of peas and a load of $0.00 $13.70
October 01, beans. Cut the popcorn & drew it up
1898 to the house. Dug 5 bu. Of potatoes
& drew them up. Drove over to
joseph Stock's & paid him my
threshing bill $10.70. Paid Hub
green $3.00.
Sunday, We went to church. For collection Jean, Mable & Lulu $0.00 $0.00
October 02, .03. Ed, Jean, Mable & Lulu were are Kate's sisters.
1898 here to dinner.
Monday, I went over the calves with kerosine $0.00 $0.00
October 03, emulsion & fixed the hen coop & dug
1898 & drew up 20 bu. Of potatoes.
Tuesday, Finished digging potatoes 18 bu. In $4.75 $0.00
October 04, A.M. Geo. Pierson & wife & children
1898 made us a call in P. M. I picked up
10 bu. Of corn & took 12 bu. Of
potatoes to Hub Green. For 10 bu.
Of corn $1.63. For 12 bu. Of
potatoes $3.12. Went over to Fred
Selby's in the evening for his birthday.
Wednesday, I got Kate's horse ready for her to go $0.00 $0.00
October 05, home with Lulu. Drew the potatoe
1898 vines off the new ground & plowed
about one acre. Willie Elliott & his
wife came and stayed all night.
Thursday, I did not do anything but to visit. $0.00 $0.00
October 06, Eddie & Millie was here in the
1898 afternoon & evening.
Friday, For butter @ 17 cts. Per # $1.57. $0.00 $0.00
October 07, Eddie & I worked all day harrowing &
1898 rolling the new ground. Willie &
Sarah went away from here after
dinner. Eddie & Millie stayed all night.
It rained.
Saturday, I rolled & dragged & harrowed the $0.00 $0.00
October 08, new ground twice & drilled it to wheat.
1898
October 09, .04. Ate dinner at Father's.
1898
Monday, We went to Lapeer. Bo't a top buggy $14.50 $14.08
October 10, of Geo. Pierson for twenty dollars.
1898 Gave my note for the same due one
year from date @six percent per
annum. Bo't a suit of clothes a hat, 2
undershirts, 1 outer shirt for
everyday, 1 fine shirt, a celluloid
collar. Suit of clothes $10.00. Hat
1.50. 2 undershirts 1.50. 1 overshirt
.40. 1 fine shirt .50. Celluloid collar
.18. Borrowed of O. M. Wattles for
ninety days $14.50.
Tuesday, Drew up the remainder of the corn in $0.00 $0.00
October 11, the North field about 200 bu. Dug &
1898 drew 14 bu. Of [carnamie] potatoes
in P.M.

October 1898 Wednesday, It rained in forenoon. I put up my $0.00 $0.00
October 12, seed corn & chored about the barn in
1898 A.M. Husked a little corn by the barn.
Thursday, It rained in A. M. I chored about the $0.00 $0.81
October 13, barn. Went over & husked corn for
1898 Eddie about 2 hours. The rain drove
me out. I went to Hadley. Got 2#
lard .18. Got 5# L. B. sugar .28.
For 1 bu. Onions bo't of Mr. Redroot
.35.
Friday, Husked corn for Eddie (34 shocks) $0.00 $0.00
October 14,
1898
Saturday, I finished digging the early potatoes & $0.00 $0.00
October 15, husked and drew 14 bu. Of corn & 3
1898 bu. Of potatoes.
Sunday, I stayed at home. Kate went to $0.00 $0.00
October 16, church & Sunday school with the
1898 children.
Monday, Was sick & did nothing but ??? $0.00 $0.00
October 17, Sorted & tied some t?????.
1898
Tuesday, It rained in A.M. I fixed the horse $0.00 $0.00
October 18, stable & fixed the old hen coop for
1898 pigs. Threw out the sheep manure.
Sorted the pigs. Finished husking
popcorn. Mr. Wm. Beckett was here
a little while. Jerome Peterson was
up a while in the evening.
Wednesday, Gathered apples. Fixed a gate at the $0.00 $0.00
October 19, north side of the front barnyard.
1898
Thursday, Finished gathering apples. Put 16 $0.00 $0.00
October 20, bu. In the cellar & picked up & drew
1898 26 bu of cider apples & got the
barrels ready for cider.
Friday, Took 20 bu. Of apples to the cider $0.00 $0.00
October 21, mill for cider. It rained nearly all day.
1898 F. Selby's folks came over in
afternoon.r. Singer delivered 30
blackberry plants, 35 bl. Raspberry,
35 purple raspberry plants.
Saturday, It rained in forenoon. I chored around $0.00 $0.00
October 22, in A.M. Drew off some cider to boil.
1898 Father & Mother came over so I did
not work in P.M. F. Selby came over
& got 14 pigs of me @ $1.00 apiece.
October 23, Father Stewart's. For collection .07.
1898
Monday, Gathered the beets & cabbage at the $0.00 $0.00
October 24, end of the lane. Husked & drew 18
1898 bu. Of corn & cleaned a place for
raspberries & blackberries.

October 1898 Tuesday, Took 30 bu. Of corn in the ear & 12 $0.00 $0.00
October 25, bu. Of oats to Winn's Mill & had them
1898 ground. I went to Hadley & got the
mail & a square shovel at morton's
for which I owe him $.65. I chored
about in P. M. It rained some in P.M.
Kate went to Lapeer & took 2 bu. Of
wheat to mill.
Wednesday, It stormed all day. We had the first $0.00 $0.00
October 26, freeze of the season on upland to do
1898 any damage. I cleaned 30 bu. Of
Barley & got a feed bin ready in the
barn & cleaned the stables all around.
Thursday, I cleaned out the shed east of the $0.00 $0.00
October 27, horse stable & put some straw in
1898 there & put 8 pigs in there & rung
their noses & fixed the west pig pen
& bedded it. I husked some corn in
front of the barn. Eddie drove over to
see me about drawing corn stalks.
Friday, Helped Eddie to draw cornstalks. $0.00 $0.00
October 28, Drew 11 loads.
1898
Saturday, I went over south & got the plow & $0.00 $0.00
October 29, drag & plowed & fitted the piece of
1898 ground at the end of the lane & set 35
black raskberries of the Mammoth
Cluster variety. 20 of Shafer's
Collossal Purple. 15 of the Cuthbert
Purple, 30 blackberries "Wilson
Junior". Took 63 crates to the field &
scattered them. Husked 12 shocks
of corn & drew up a load of wood.
October 30, .05.
1898
Monday, Fixed fence a little while in the $0.00 $0.00
October 31, morning. Husked corn. Father came
1898 over & helped me husk corn. He
brought us a bu. Of bagas & some
grass to bind stalks with. We went
up to Gleaner meeting in evening.
November 1898 Tuesday, Husked corn all day. Father helped $0.00 $0.00
November me.
01, 1898
Wednesday, Father helped me husk corn. $0.00 $0.00
November
02, 1898
Thursday, Husked corn. $0.00 $0.00
November
03, 1898
Friday, Husked corn. $0.00 $0.00
November
04, 1898

November 1898 Saturday, It rained more than one half of the $0.00 $0.00
November day. I drew up 17 bu. Of poor corn.
05, 1898 Husk rem. Of the corn in front of the
barn. I fixed the calves feed boxes &
cleaned the stables & pig pens. J.
Beckman bro't his sow over to B-----
November
06, 1898
Monday, The old cow had a heifer calf. I took $0.00 $0.25
November 42 bu. Of corn & 5 bags of oats & 1
07, 1898 bag of wheat to Winn's Mill in A.M.
Went to Hadley & [took] some shoes
for Omar & Kate to be fixed. Took
home 42 crates. Took 15 bu. Of corn
to mill in P.M. & had it shelled for
poultry. Went to Hadley & got the
shoes. For fixing same .25. Took
home 71 crates & the grist.
Tuesday, I fixed the fence between my This was a $0.00 $0.00
November cornfields & Vet's & went up to the presidential off-
08, 1898 town house to vote in A.M. Husked a year. William
little corn. McKinley was
president and the
Spanish American
war had started in
March of 1898.
Wednesday, Husked corn part of the day. It rained. $0.00 $0.00
November
09, 1898
Thursday, It stormed all day. Snowed. $0.00 $0.00
November
10, 1898
Friday, We all went to Lapeer. Took a bag (2 $2.28 $0.53
November bu.) of wheat to mill. Took 4 bags of
11, 1898 oats. Sold them to M. Carey @ 24
cts. Per bu. 9 bu 16# $2.28. Gave
kate .53. I got a pr. Of boots $2.50 &
a pr. Of mule-skin gloves $1.25.
Saturday, I chored around in the forenoon. $0.00 $0.00
November Peter Peterson had the team &
12, 1898 sleighs. I drew wood & stalks in P. M.
Sunday, We stayed at home $0.00 $0.00
November
13, 1898
Monday, We got reddy & went down to Lillie's $0.00 $0.85
November & Earl's for a visit. Paid my L. G.
14, 1898 Ass't. $.85
Tuesday, Eddie & Millie came over for a visit. $0.00 $0.00
November
15, 1898
Wednesday, I drew up stalks & wood in A. M. $0.00 $0.00
November Husked 14 bu. Of corn P.M.
16, 1898
Thursday, I drew stalks & corn in A.M. Husked $0.00 $0.00
November corn in P.M.
17, 1898

November 1898 Friday, We went over to Eddies for a visit. I $0.00 $0.00
November took 30 crates of corn & 4 bags of
18, 1898 oats to Winn's Mill. Bro't home the
rem. Of the crate stuff.
Saturday, Husked 33 shocks of corn. $0.00 $0.00
November
19, 1898
Sunday, I stayed at home & Kate went to $0.00 $0.05
November church with Omar & Lottie. For
20, 1898 collection .05.
Monday, Father came & helped me. Drew up $0.00 $0.00
November 136 bu. Of good corn & 28 bu. Of
21, 1898 poor corn in A.M. Husked 26 bu. Of
corn in afternoon. Willie Peterson
bro't up a sow to B-----
Tuesday, Peter Peterson got the team & $0.00 $0.00
November wagon to draw corn in A.M. He
22, 1898 helped me in P.M. to husk corn.
Father helped me.
Wednesday, It was so rough & cold that I did not The corn was often $0.00 $0.00
November husk. Drew up 92 bu. Of corn & got husked in the field
23, 1898 my harrow from up south & got my and crates were
tools in the shed. Scattered some scattered around
crates in the cornfield. near the corn
shocks where they
would be needed
while husking.
Thursday, We went over to Eddie's & spent the $0.00 $0.00
November day. Thanksgiving.
24, 1898
Friday, I husked corn. Peter Peterson $0.00 $0.00
November helped me husk corn in P.M.
25, 1898
Saturday, I did not do much. My hand was so $0.00 $0.00
November bad that I could not do much. I set up
26, 1898 a few stalks that were down.
Sunday, We went to church. For Coll. .03. $0.00 $0.00
November Ate dinner at Father Stewart's. Went
27, 1898 up to the town hall in evening. Got
some medicine of Dr. Stewart.
Monday, I sold the boar to Rufus Ivory for $0.00 $0.00
November $3.00 to be applied on what I owe
28, 1898 him. I drove him over to Rufus &
called on my folks. Borrowed $30.00
of Father until spring. I chored
around the barn. Drew up 27 crates
of corn & put up some oats &
greased the wagon.

November 1898 Tuesday, Took 36 crates of corn & 6 bags of $0.00 $16.27
November oats to winn's Mill. Went to Hadley.
29, 1898 Dinner at Lillie's. Went up to the hall
to Gleaner Social in the evening to
dinner. For [theme?] at Earl's
$2.55. For groceries: $.77. ( 1#
coffee .12 2# lard .15 lamp
chimney .05 lantern chimney .10
sugar 5# .25 matches .10) For
shovel at J. Morton's .65. For
grindstone & hanger $1.40. Paid
Richard winn in full to date $7.00.
For making crates. Got Barney shod
.75. Paid J. Schisler in full to date
.75.
Wednesday, Took the little mare to lapeer to have $0.00 $2.10
November the ring bone fired by Dr. Wolley. For
30, 1898 having her toes trimmed .10. For pr.
Of overalls .50. For pr. Of shoes,
felt for Kate $1.50. Chored around in
P.M.
December 1898 Thursday, Went to Mrs. Gusey's funeral. $0.00 $0.00
December
01, 1898
Friday, Went hunting all day. Eddie came & $0.00 $0.00
December went with me.
02, 1898
Saturday, Took 40 crates of corn & 6 bags of $0.00 $0.00
December oats to Winn's Mill. Drew 3 loads of
03, 1898 manure in P.M.
Sunday, I stayed at home. Kate went to $0.00 $0.00
December church with Lottie & Omar. For
04, 1898 collection .03. Nelson davis & Frank
Ostrom's folks were here to dinner.
Monday, Drew 6 loads of manure. $0.00 $0.00
December
05, 1898
Wednesday, Drew 7 loads of manure. $0.00 $0.00
December
07, 1898
Thursday, Drew 3 loads of manure to the field & $0.00 $0.00
December one to bank the house. Kate went to
08, 1898 Lapeer. Gave her $2.00. Hung the
grindstone. Carried boards to cover
the banking around the house. Sold
the turkeys to William Brokaw @ 10
cts. Per lb. With the feathers off, to
be delivered next Wednesday.
Friday, Ground my ax & cut brush in the $0.00 $0.00
December swail. Peter Peterson helped me all
09, 1898 day for which I owe him 2 cds. Of
wood.
Saturday, He helped me 1/2 day. I helped him $0.00 $0.00
December with myself & team & crates to take
10, 1898 potatoes out of the pit & put them into
the cellar. 1/2 day.

December 1898 Sunday, We started for church and Harry was $0.00 $0.00
December taken sick & we turned around &
11, 1898 came home.
Monday, Helped Peter to take potatoes out of $0.00 $0.00
December the pit.
12, 1898
Tuesday, Helped Peter take potatoes out of the $0.00 $0.00
December pit in forenoon. Finished banking the
13, 1898 house & drew up some potatoes
from the pits. (Little ones)
Wednesday, Dressed 20 turkeys & took them over $0.00 $0.00
December to William Brokaw's . Drove to Elba
14, 1898 & got some oil (3 gals.) Turkeys
weighed 213#.
Thursday, Peter helped me to draw stalks & $0.00 $0.00
December corn.
15, 1898
Friday, Peter helped me finish drawing corn $0.00 $0.00
December & to husk 25 bu. Of corn & saw about
16, 1898 2 cords of wood.
Saturday, Took 8 pigs & 2 old sows to Lapeer. $45.00 $37.41
December Sold to R. Harrison @ 2.80 & 2.60 .
17, 1898 8 pigs 1050# @ $2.80 per cwt.
$29.40. 2 sows 600# @ 2.60 per
cwt. $15.60. For sugar .25. Paid S.
A. Lockwood in full to date $36.89.
For Omar .21.
December .10. For singing book .20. Ate
18, 1898 dinner at Father's. Went up to the
hall in the evening.
Monday, Peter helped me 1/2 day in the $0.00 $0.00
December swale. It rained in P.M. I chored
19, 1898 around.
Tuesday, It stormed some. I chored around. $0.00 $8.18
December Went to Hadley in the evening. Paid
20, 1898 rem. Of my dues to the Pastor
$6.00. Paid for 1/4 Set of dishes for
Father & Mother. $2.18.
Wednesday, I chored around. Cleaned the pens & $0.00 $0.25
December changed the pigs from one pen to the
21, 1898 other. Made rack for feeding lambs.
Went up to the hall in the evening.
Gave to Chas. Ostrom as present to
Elder Butler .25.
Thursday, It rained all day. I did not do much. $0.00 $0.00
December Went to the hall in the evening.
22, 1898
Friday, I went to Hadley. Got Robert J's $0.00 $0.00
December shoes sharpened for which I owe J.
23, 1898 Schisler 50 cents. For coffee 1#
.15. Went up to Eddie's & got his
coarse wool Ram to put with my
sheep. Went up to the hall in the
evening.

December 1898 Saturday, Took a load of corn & oats to Winn's $0.00 $0.00
December Mill. 40 crates of corn & 5 bags of
24, 1898 oats. Mother was here in the
afternoon a while. I did not work.
Sunday, Signed one dollar more on Munro's $0.00 $0.54
December salary. We went to church. For
25, 1898 collection .04. Ate dinner at Father
Stewart's. Went to church at Hadley
in evening to Elder Munro's Farewell
sermon. Gave as a present to
Munro 50 cents.
Monday, Eddy came over to help me draw 1/2 $0.00 $0.00
December of the stack into the barn & put a load
26, 1898 of hay onto the wagon. Went to
Hadley in the evening to a social at
the church.
Tuesday, Took a load of hay to Lapeer. Sold to $5.70 $4.35
December White Bro's @ $4.00 per ton. 1920#
27, 1898 $3.00. Weigh bill .20. Paid Mr.
Singer in full to date for nursery stock
as per order $4.00. For
memorandum book .35. Got a pr. Of
rubbers of S. A. Lockwood for which I
owe him $1.75. Got a pr. Of rubbers
& socks for Omar for which I owe
him $1.60. They will have to be
returned (Too large). D. Sullivan
came up & got 3 hen turkeys of us
weighing 30# @ 9 cents per #. $2.70.
Wednesday, Kate went over to Elba to be $1.50 $0.50
December examined for membership in the
28, 1898 Gleaner Organization. I split wood
A.M. & fixed the buggy curtains &
chored around. Gave Kate as
examination fees $.50. Went to
Hadley to pay my insurance $5.00.
Went to Hadley again in the evening
to the reception for Elder Munro.
(Farewell). Elder Munro paid me for
a pr. Of buggy shafts. $1.50.
Thursday, I went over to Elba to be examined for $0.00 $4.70
December membership in the ancient Order of
29, 1898 Gleaners. Paid the cost of joining .50
& one advance assessment for
Kate $4.20. Went up to Wm.
Beckett's for a little visit. Went up to
meeting at the town hall in the
evening.
Friday, Chored around. Kate went home. $0.00 $0.00
December Fixed the fence by the stacks.
30, 1898
Saturday, Went to Hadley & got Ed. Hodson to $0.00 $0.00
December fix my pump. Took him back.
31, 1898
January 1899 Sunday, We went to church at Hadley M. E. $0.00 $0.00
January 01, Church. For coll. .03. Ate dinner at
1899 Father's.

January 1899 Monday, Cut a little wood. Got my wagon $0.00 $0.00
January 02, ready to take some chickens to
1899 Lapeer.
Tuesday, Took 30 chickens & hens to Lapeer. $7.50 $27.45
January 03, Sold to Green @ 5 cents per # 150#
1899 $7.50. Took 2 bu. Wheat to mill for
flour. For middlings 15# .10. For
sugar 5# .30. For Omar's Phelts
.25. For hair cut .15. Paid my
taxes. Went over to J. Halpin's
$26.65.
Wednesday, Took 6 pigs to Lapeer. Sold to $20.10 $19.90
January 04, Harrison @ 3 cents per # (670#)
1899 $20.10. For Flour 50# for Peter
$1.00. Paid S. A. Lockwood in full to
date $3.35. Paid Roy Hodge in full
for threshing at nels Sorenson's in
Aug. .30. Paid Tim Hodge in full to
date for threshing at Nelson
Sorenson's in Aug. .25. Paid the O.
Wattles note given Oct. 10, 1898
$15.00.

Journal1907
Date Entry Note Dr

1/1/1907 All of Kate's folks were here for a New Year's gathering. Kate Arthur and Kate are about 40 years of age at this point.
& I went to A. M. Bullock's to practice singing. $0.00
1/2/1907 Kate & I went to Mr. Wm. Beckman's funeral and to Lapeer
cemetery. Got home about 4 o'clock. $0.00
1/3/1907 Kate & I went over to mable Thiemkey's to her birthday party.
For a present $.15. I went to Gleaner meeting in eve.
$0.00
1/4/1907 Omar & Lottie paid their Jan. tuition to Hadley School. $2.40. At this point Omar is 17 years old and Lottie is 15, and both
I went up & got Jack Beckett's colt to break. Put the bitting rig are attending school at the Hadley School, from which both
on in forenoon & chored around. Drove the colt P.M. Hitched Arthur and Kate graduated about 1885. Harry is 13, Lulu is
it onto the cart just at night & drove down to Peterson's tile 11, Jason is 6 and (Robert) Duane is 4.
yard. Drove the smallest heifer to Mr. Peterson's the 2nd
time $0.00
1/5/1907 I drove John Beckett's colt awhile. I was feeling so bad that I This would be the Hadley mill pond.
could not do much A.M. In afternoon I filed the saw. Shut the
big sow up with the pig for our own use. Omar & I cut some
wood P.M. Omar fixed some fence along the lane. I drove
the Beckett colt a while towards night. Omar took horse &
buggy & went to Hadley in eve to skate on the pond.
$0.00
1/6/1907 Kate & Omar went to church. Lovely weather but pretty
muddy. $0.00
1/7/1907 It rained quite a good deal. I tagged the ewes, cleaned the Male lambs.
stables & bedded anew. Made a little gate & hung it on the
little shed east of horse stable. Put the ewe lambs in the
shed. Shut the 2 weather lambs by themselves. $0.00
1/8/1907 Chored around the buildings. $0.00
1/9/1907 Drove the colts a while & chored around. $0.00
1/10/1907 Paid my taxes $26.58. Drove mag on the buggy. Fixed the
wagon bolster, greased the wagon & got the grist ready.
Drove Jack's colt a while. $0.00
1/11/1907 Took 14 crates of corn & 4 bags of oats & barley over to Fin
Stimson's to be ground. Fixed a tub for the sheep to drink out
of. We went to Grange Meeting in eve. $0.00
1/12/1907 Omar & I sawed wood. $0.00
1/13/1907 We stayed at home. $0.00
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1/14/1907 Took the old gobbler to Lapeer. Sold @ 11 cts. $2.14. Took
2 bags of wheat to mill for flour. 126# of flour, 44# bran, 17#
screen-. Bo't 2 sacks oatmeal $4.80. 1 sack oyster shells
.75. 1 pail mica axle grease .19. For 6 oz. Carbolic acid
.25. Drove Mag for the first time with another horse. Drove
Jack's colt a while. $2.14
1/15/1907 Gave Lottie for tuition $1.20. Drove Jack's colt over to Elba. Lulu is about 11 years of age.
Took my old rubber boots & omar's shoes & one of Lulu's
shoes over to Thaunhausers to be fixed. Went to Hadley
P.M. For meat 5 1/3# pork $.53 $0.00
1/16/1907 Got the barn things ready for the clover threshers & drew up
some wood A.M. Clover threshers came P.M. Had 12 bu.
22# seed. Milo Miller & Will Peterson helped me P.M.
$0.00
1/17/1907 Omar, Kate & I went to South Attica to meeting of Pomona
Grange. For our dinners .60. For Omar's dues to pomona
.20. Kate & I went to Gleaners Meeting in eve (35 present).
$0.00
1/18/1907 Drove Jack's colt over to Elba on the buggy. For fixing Henry Beckett's wife is Roby Pierson, sister of Emily Pierson
footwear .60. Stopped at Uncle Henry Beckett's a few (Arthur's mother)
minutes. Gave Omar for books $1.70. Drove Mag to Hadley
P.M. Called on Father & Mother a while. Father failing fast.
$0.00
1/19/1907 Husked corn A.M. It rained some. Kate & I went to Lapeer
P.M. It was very muddy. For insurance 1906 $6.00. For
postage stamps $1.00. For subscription to the Clarion up to
Jan. 1907 $1.00. $0.00
1/20/1907 We stayed at home. It stormed very hard. $0.00
1/21/1907 I went up & got Jack's colt. Put up a grist of corn & oats &
barley (14 crates -2 bags - 2 bags). Took it over to Fin
Stimson's. Took Ed Murphy's breaking cart home. Got my
grist. For grinding $.58. Drew a load of tammerack wood
from the barnyard to the house. $0.00
1/22/1907 Drew some wood with Jack's colt & Prince & moved some
planks & fixed the bridge in the woods. Drove over to John
Simon's & to Hadley to see Father. $0.00
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1/23/1907 Took the big sow to Lapeer A.M. Sold to Harrison & Gleason
@ 6 cts. (400#) $24.00. I went & helped Mr. Beckett draw
some wood with the colt. Drove the big heifer 3rd time.
$24.00
1/24/1907 It was stormy & I went down to Mr. Peterson's & over to see
how Fred Selby's folks & Nels were getting along. Took
some boards & tile up to the hall P.M. & some spikes to hang
coats & hats on & helped get the hall ready for installation.
$0.00
1/25/1907 Took the team & went after some wood & up to the hall with
some seats & 2 cans of water. Went to Lapeer in P.M. to
County Convention to nominate County Commissioner of
Schools. C. H. Nayler was nominated on 1st ballot. For
sticking plaster .10. Went up to Installation of Gleaners &
Grange officers in eve & paid Ed's (.95) & Bertha's (.75) &
Kate's & my Gleaner Assessment for Jan & arbor dues for
each. $1.50. $0.00
1/26/1907 Went up to the hall & got the boards & cans & tile. Omar & I
cut wood P.M. $0.00
1/27/1907 I drove down to see how Father was & drove over to see
Uncle Judson's folks a few mins. Was nearly sick with cold.
$0.00
1/28/1907 I was sick all day. $0.00
1/29/1907 Went down to see Father A.M. A council of doctors was held
for him. Drs. Wheelock & Suiter. He was worse in P.M.
$0.00
1/30/1907 I was quite quite sick all day. Did not get out doors at all. $0.00
1/31/1907 I was some better so I got out & helped about the chores.
Took a half bu. Beans over to Milo's folks. Mabel Thiemkey
came up a while. Jack Beckett called a little while. Sent
$1.00 by Omar to pay for Lottie's History. Sent by Omar to
pay my woodman dues .75. Fixed some old harness tugs &
husked 2 bu. Corn. $0.00
2/1/1907 I was not well. Husked a little corn. Got the horses ready to
go to mill & to Hadley to see Father but was so near done up
that I could not go. $0.00
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2/2/1907 Took 2 bags of barley & 2 bags of oats & 14 crates of corn to
F'm Stimson's to be ground. Drove on to Hadley to see
Father. For grinding feed $.59 $0.00
2/3/1907 Kate & I went over to Father Stewart's to dinner. Drove down
to see Father. $0.00
2/4/1907 Made a whiff. For the old buggy in A.M. & chored around. Henry Potter was dying of stomach cancer.
Went down to stay with Father & Mother all night. Father
rested quite easy. $0.00
2/5/1907 Was home a while in P.M. Had Clover Dolly shod all around.
$1.00. For setting a tire $.35. Omar & Lottie paid their tuition
$2.40. Went down & stayed with Father & Mother all night.
Eddie stayed all night. $0.00
2/6/1907 I took the veal calk to Lapeer. Sold to Poultry Plant 170# @
6 1/2 $11.05. Cut up the pig butchered last night. Went
down & stayed with Father & Mother. Father was pretty bad.
$11.05
2/7/1907 Was home a little while in A.M. Paid for Dewey horse Service
for 1905. $24.00. Paid Frank Miller for fixing buggy wheel
$1.25. For comp. Book, tablets & envelopes $.20.
$0.00
2/8/1907 Got home at noon a little while. Gave Omar for cough drops
.25. $0.00
2/9/1907 Got home at noon a little while. Father suffering very much.
For whiffletree for the buggy. $.25. $0.00
2/10/1907 Got home at noon a little while. Father got out onto the couch
with our help for the last time. $0.00
2/11/1907 Got home a little while at noon. $0.00
2/12/1907 Got home a little while at noon. For welding a tie iron for
buggy thills. $.10. $0.00
2/13/1907 Got home a little while at noon. Took 12 crates corn & 2 bags
of barley & 2 bags of oats to the mill. For grinding $.56. Had
Omar examined by the doctor $.50. $0.00
2/14/1907 Father died at noon. [thick black lines above and below] He
went without food 3 wks. And suffered terribly a good deal of
the time. Had Prince shod 2 new shoes .75. I stayed home
at night the first time in 11 days. $0.00
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2/15/1907 I went down to Hadley. Dr. Suiter, Stewart, & Wheelock held
a Post Mortem on Father in A.M. I came home at night. I
drove up to Royal Green's & to Father Stewart's & Uncle John
McDougall's to see about bearers. $0.00
2/16/1907 Went to Hadley P.M. $0.00
2/17/1907 Father was buried. Ate dinner at Mother's. $0.00
2/18/1907 We went to Mrs. Hodge's funeral. I ordered some wire fence
of Wm. Johnson (a 40 & 20 rod roll) $0.00
2/19/1907 Chored around. Was unable to do much but chores. $0.00
2/20/1907 Kate, Jason & Duane went over to Father Stewart's. I took
the two lambs to Davison. Sold to Trumble @ 6 1/2 cts.
(150#) $9.75. Stopped to see Uncle Henry Beckett's folks a
few minutes. It stormed very hard most of the day.
$0.00
2/21/1907 I went down to see Mother a while A.M. I went up to see Mr. Mr. Roger's farm adjoined the Potter farm on the South and
Rogers about the county drain known as the "Powelson- was drained by the drain, as was the Potter farm.
Treadway Drain". Paid Mother towards the flowers for Fater's
burial service $1.25. Went up to Henry Krausa's to see
about a scalding tub. For 2 lantern chimneys. $.20.
$0.00
2/22/1907 I made a brace for the sleigh tongue & fixed the sleighs.
Omar drew 3 loads of manure from the horse stable to the
field & went over to Henry Krausa's & got a scalding barrel. I
ground butcher knives & ax & got water & things ready to
butcher. Milo came over at about 4 o'clock & helped me
butcher the pig. He dressed 216#. $0.00
2/23/1907 I cut the pig up. Omar & I cut some wood. I filed the saw. I
went to Lapeer P.M. with Milo to see County drain
Commissioner R. B. Walker about Treadway-Powelson drain.
For candy .10. Omar drew 4 loads of manure P. M.
$0.00
2/24/1907 It stormed some. We stayed at home. $0.00
2/25/1907 Drew some wood. I split some wood in A.M. Took Henry
Krausa's scalding bbl. Home. Took a piece of meat to them.
$0.00
2/26/1907 Drew wood. Ordered 10 rods of poultry fence of Wm. Jagow
@ 60 cts. Per rod. $0.00
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2/27/1907 Sent 25 cents to Wilmer Atkinson Co. Philadelphia, Pa. For 2 This medical book supplied some of my first biological
yrs. Subscription to Farm Journal. Sent 31 cents to Book reading when I was a pre-teen. It had some of the most
department, World's Dispensary Medical Association Buffalo, interesting ads for patent medicines, medical equipment,
N. Y. For Common Sense Medical Advisor. Drew some such as trusses, scary articles about all of the terrible
wood. diseases you could get if you weren't careful. $0.00
2/28/1907 I went over to John Ryan's a little while P.M. Riley Plummer
came up with one of his horses to hitch up with "Clover Dolly"
. We drew a load of wood. I got the 3 pigs ready & 2 turkeys
& took over to John's to be sold at auction. I went to the sale
P.M. The 3 pigs sold to Chas. Minnick @ $3.75 apiece.
Turkeys sold for $3.75 to chas Ostrom. I bo't 2 bu. Peas @
$1.10. Henry Krausa's folks came over a while in eve. Henry
got the 2nd bu. Of potatoes of us.
$15.00
3/1/1907 Chas Ostrom paid for 3 turkeys $3.75. Rec'd for 3 pigs
________ For 40 rods of AM. Fence @ 28cents $16.80. I
saw C. H. Beckman about the Powelson-Treadway drain. It
rained hard P.M. $0.00
3/2/1907 I went over to John Ryan's to get crates for poultry & pigs.
Was storm. We worked in the cellar cleaning out some
pumpkins & squash. $0.00
3/3/1907 Omar, Kate & I went over to Father Stewart's to dinner. $0.00
3/4/1907 Drove the old red cow the 1st time. Chored around A.M. Cut
some brush & fixed some fence by the woods. Drove down
to John Ryan's & back home & then to Geo. Lambertson's on
Ralph Baldwin's place to see him about the Tredway-
Powelson Drain. $0.00
3/5/1907 We went to Lapeer. Had Mag & Daisy shod new all around.
$2.40. Kate took 24# butter @20 cents. Ae ate dinner at
Wm. Beckett's. It stormed hard. $0.00
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3/6/1907 We went down to Uncle Spenser Gleason's for a visit. I took Spenser Gleason was in his 70's at the time. He is Emma
14 crates of corn & 2 bags each of barley & oats to mill. For Potter's brother and therefore Arthur's Uncle. Henry Potter
grinding $.64. Uncle Spenser told me how Father's property had been the executor of Eliza gleason, Spenser's mother in
was left. (the first that I ever knew how it was left) for 25# pail 1882. Here we see the beginnings of the use of commercial
of Hess' Stock food $1.60. Prince ran away with the girls. feed supplements for use with home grown grains. The girls
are Lottie and Lulu, 15 and 11 years old. Probably driving the
sleigh (cutter) to or from school.
$0.00
3/7/1907 Riley Plummer came over and bo't Clover Dolly. I did not One of Arthur's main cash crops for the next few years will be
work. It stormed a good deal (snow). We went up to Gleaner horses. He both raised and trained horses for sale.
Meeting. $0.00
3/8/1907 Chored around the buildings A.M. Went over to Carl
Bullock's Auction sale P.M. $0.00
3/9/1907 Omar and I cut some wood & drew some wood off the ice. The wood was probably trees in the swale area straight back
from the farm buildings or from the flats south of the farm
buildings. $0.00
3/10/1907 We went down to Hadley M. E. Church to S.S. Institute. For
collection .05. We went up to Father Stewart's to dinner.
$0.00
3/11/1907 I went over to Mrs. Wm. Keenan's auction sale. For 2
wrenches & a cowbell. .10. I paid Thomas Harmon for rem.
Of 1907 subscription to the Michigan Farmer. .55. Gave
Omar to have Prince shod .50. $0.00
3/12/1907 We went down to Earl Hemingway's for a visit. I called on Earl Hemingway is Lillie Potter's Husband. (Arthur's brother-
Mother a little while. For a new bit for Prince .30. in-law). The new bit may have been related to his runaway
with Lottie & Lulu. It may be a more severe bit to give more
control. $0.00
3/13/1907 I went up to the school house in the morning with John Ryan The wood piled at the school was probably supplied by one of
to see the teacher about school matters & we piled up some the parents as part of his school tax.
wood. I took some plank down to the woods & fixed the
bridge. Gave Omar to get a Physiology for Lulu .80. Drew
up a load of limbs. Cleaned granary floor.
$0.00
3/14/1907 Kate & Duane & I went up to Chas. Johnson's to Farmer's Duane (Robert( at age 4 was probably too young to leave at
club meeting. home. The rest would have been in school. $0.00
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3/15/1907 I chored around. Split & piled some wood. Went up to The National Grange is the nation’s oldest national
Grange meeting in Eve. agricultural organization. It was formed in the years following
the American Civil War to unite private citizens in improving
the economic and social position of the nation’s farm
population.
The Grange is also a fraternal order known as the Order of
Patrons of Husbandry. Founding members determined that a
fraternal organization would be best able to combine loyalty
and democratic ideals to provide service to others. The
National Grange was one of the first formal groups to admit
women to membership on the basis of equality with men. It
remains so today. $0.00
3/16/1907 Omar & I cut some wood. $0.00
3/17/1907 We all stayed at home. $0.00
3/18/1907 I split & piled some wood. $0.00
3/19/1907 I split & piled some wood. Henry Krausa got 1/2 bu. Clover
seed & 3 bu. Potatoes. Kate & I went over to Fred Selby's for
a visit P.M. $4.75
3/20/1907 Split & piled a little wood & went over to Milo's a little while.
He helped me saw some wood. P.M. $0.00
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3/21/1907 I chored A.M. Milo helped me in P. M. To saw wood. We Gleaners were a fraternal and mutual insurance organization.
went over to the Gleaner Meeting in the eve. For nos. on the "The Ancient Order of United Workmen, The Independent
silverware drawing .30. Paid my assessment No. 68 & Ed's Order of Oddfellows, The Knights of Pythias. For most people
(.80) & Bertha's & Kate's. $1.20 under forty, these names trigger images of rotund middle-
aged conventioneers with funny hats exchanging secret
handshakes. Very few young people take these organizations
seriously, and even fewer would consider joining one. But in
fact, fraternal organizations like these were once the center of
a vast private mutual aid network, providing social insurance
for Americans of every race, ethnicity, and income group.
The fraternal insurance movement in America began in 1868.
At this time, the insurance industry in America was young,
and life insurance was a luxury reserved for the rich. This
began to change, however, when a group of railroad
mechanics from Readville, Pennsylvania formed a fraternal
organization which had among its functions the provision of
life insurance for its members." Humane Studies Review,
Volume 7, Number 2 Spring 1992, The Rise and Fall of
Fraternal Insurance Organizations, by Leslie Siddeley
$0.00
3/22/1907 Milo helped me saw wood A.M. We went up to Caucus in
P.M. We all went up to Henry Krausa's in eve. For a visit.
$0.00
3/23/1907 Omar helped me cut some wood. $0.00
3/24/1907 We all stayed at home. I had a great time trying to shave. Ringworm is actually a fungal infection that produces ring
Had over 25 ringworms on my neck. shaped lesions on the skin. May have been contracted from
animal contact. $0.00
3/25/1907 My neck was very bad with ringworm. Earl Hemingway & Earl was Lillie's husband and Eddie is Arthur's brother. This
Eddie came up to talk over property matters. Eddie said that represents Henry Potter's heirs. [Not clear how Lillei and Earl
Mother would agree to deed the house & lot in Hadley to me if were to be compensated for their share]
we could agree. Eddie offered to execute a note with good
security for the sum of $2,500 to me for my interest in the
farm, and he also agreed to pay $400 down when the writings
were drawn. Went up to the hall in eve. To practice singing.
$0.00
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3/26/1907 Kate & I went to Lapeer & Eddie & Mother were there too. I Ray Stewart is Kate's brother, born in 1883 (24 years old at
took 400# of feed to be ground .32. Took 2 bags of wheat for this point)
flour (125#). For horses in shed .10. For haircut .15. For
Kate's matress .58. We had W. E. Brown draw up the
papers for us. Ray Stewart came over & got 2 bu. Clover
seed. $16.00. I went up to the hall in eve. To practice
singing. $16.00
3/27/1907 We went to Hadley. It rained hard roads were almost Earl Stewart, Kate's brother (22 years old)
impassable. We went to Elder Mack's for a visit. Earl
Hemingway drew papers for us. Mother deeded the house &
lot to me. Eddie executed a mortgage to me as security for a
note of $2500 as my interest in the farm. Omar stayed with
Elder Mack's folks. Lottie stayed with Uncle Earl's folks &
went to the play. $0.00
3/28/1907 Milo Miller helped me saw wood P.M. I chored around A.M.
John Ryan got a bu. Clover seed $8.00. $8.00
3/29/1907 It rained A.M. Was up to the hall in P.M. to practice. Went to
the school play in eve. $0.00
3/30/1907 We fixed fence along the lane & west of the woods & cleaned
up some clover seed. $0.00
3/31/1907 We all stayed at home. Was about sick with ringworm. $0.00
4/1/1907 I helped the boys tear down some fence next to Rogers Modern woodsman (Insurance)
woods. Henry Beckett's folks came over a little while. Will
Thiemkey's folks came over. Jason went home with them.
John McCarthy came over & got some clover seed 1 bu. @
8.00. $8.00. I owe John McCarthy for change $2.00. Went
up & voted. Was elected as Highway Commissioner of Elba.
Paid my Modern Woodmen Ass. For March.
$8.00
4/2/1907 Kate & I went to lapeer. Took 400# feed to grind .32. For
ointment for ringworm .50. Paid Dr. Randall for lancing my
face & some ointment .50. For 25# #11 fence wire. .75. For
framing Grange charter $1.25. For timothy seed 1 1/4
$3.16. For lantern & chimneys .14. For brass shoe nails
.08. Had Dasy's teeth fixed a little . Eddie paid me $400 on
mortgage. Paid joe Stock my clover threshing bill $12.00.
$400.00
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4/3/1907 I went to Oxford to pay interest on mortgage $177.15. For

railroad fare .82. For bananas .15. For horse in shed .25.
For daily paper .03. The boys split & piled some wood.
Rec'd notice of drain letting "Treadway-Powelson Drain".
$0.00
4/4/1907 Was unable to do much. I fixed the stable floor & Kate went Emily Pierson Stewart's 60th birthday. (10 surviving children)
over to her Mother's Birthday Party & bro't Jason home.
$0.00
4/5/1907 I was sick nearly all day. I went over to Milo's a few minutes
to stake out for corner post. I went over to Elba just at night
to take oath of office for Highway Commissioner of Elba. For
Oath of Office $.25. Bert Bullock paid me for 1 bu. Clover
seed $8.00. Bell had a male colt. Call "Stub"
$8.00
4/6/1907 Was sick all day. Sent by Will Peterson to get some more
ointment for ringworm. $0.00
4/7/1907 We stayed at home. Henry & dora Krausa came over awhile
in eve. $0.00
4/8/1907 Was sick nearly all day. Omar & Lottie went to school at
Hadley again. $0.00
4/9/1907 I husked a little corn & mixed some clover seed with timothy.
Gave Omar 18 cents and lottie 36 cents to pay their class
treas. Greased the wagon. $0.00
4/10/1907 I took 1610# beans to Davison & sold @ 90 cts. Per bu. Arthur had a fanning mill that was used to separate seed from
$24.15. W. Peterson bro't up some oats & barley to clean for weed seeds & chaff.
seed. $24.15
4/11/1907 Took 13 bags of beans over to Elba Sold @ 90 cts. Per bu. Corner posts were set in a four foot square hole about 3 feet
$25.72. Helped Milo set the corner post for fence & drew deep filled with large stones. The second posts were used
some stones to fill the holes. Drove over to Joe Stock's to get for bracing the corner post and were also filled with stone.
what belonged to the Township Highway Commissioner's This was necessary because of the tension on the stretched
office. fence wire. $25.72
4/12/1907 Took rem. Of beans (11 bags) over to Elba. Sold @ 90 cts.
$21.67. Sold 2 bu 42# clover seed @ $8.00 per bu. $21.60.
Bo't 320# feed $3.84. Bo't 200# bran $2.40. It stormed P.M.
$43.27
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4/13/1907 We got the pens ready for the shoats. Put rings in the noses
of 13 shoats. Drove the old red cow the 2nd time. [multiple
underlines] $0.00
4/14/1907 Henry Krausa, John Ryan, Jerome Peterson & Carrie & Mrs.
Peterson were all here a little while to call on us. The
youngest sow had 9 pigs (2 were killed). $0.00
4/15/1907 Sowed 8 acres of grass seed north of barn. Went over to In other words, he would be assessed6.25% of the cost of the
Chas Ostrom's to the drain letting. My percentage is 6.25%. drain work.
I helped J. Beckett awhile. P.M. To drive his colt & draw
some rails. .50. Gave Omar for Julius Caesar. .10.
$0.50
4/16/1907 I opened Prince's foot & chored around in A.M. Took 7 crates
of corn & 2 bags of oats to Hadley to mill. For grinding .38.
Paid "Ellery Ivory" note given in 1894 together with int.
$88.00. Got the poultry fences ordered of Wm. Jagow.
$6.00. For roll of barbed wire $2.25. For 10# of staples .30.
For 5# each of 8D and 10D nails .30. Paid April assess. In
Woodmen. $.75. Paid Eddie for making out papers $1.00.
Paid Lulu Stewart as Int. on note $7.50. Large sow had 9
pigs alright. $0.00
4/17/1907 Milo helped me all day to split & pile wood. I pealed some
fence posts & drew them along the road. Omar & Lottie
stayed all night with Grandpa Stewart's folks. $0.00
4/18/1907 Milo finished splitting wood & dug some ditch in south bean Mr. Peterson ran a tile and brickyard started by his father, Ole
stubble. I sowed the grass seed on the piece east of orchard. Peterson on Hadley, about 1/2 mile south of the farm.
Laid the sleepers for the bridge at the end of lane. I fixed the
gate between the barnyards, took some boards & closed the
lane so cattle could not go onto the flats. Went into the
woods & got the plank & made the bridge at end of the lane.
Went down to Mr. Peterson's & got 8 rods of 4 inch tile & took
over onto south field. Drew 8 rods of 3 in. tile to the south
field. Helped Milo awhile in the ditch.
$0.00
4/19/1907 Milo helped me in the ditch south field. We cut some oak The south field is the field next to Hadley road south of the
trees by the roadside. I paid Mr. Peterson for 8 rods of 4 in. house and orchard. It needed to be drained by a deep tile to
tile $2.40. the flats SE of the buildings. $0.00
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4/20/1907 Milo helped me on the cellar drain. I got 2 rods of 3 in. tile of
Mr. Peterson $.40. We got the drain cleaned out & the water
drawn from the cellar. I put in about 10 rods of tile on the
south end of drain. Paid Milo in full to date $4.75 & 1 pk. Cl.
Seed. $2.00. We cut some pole wood by the house. Omar &
Kate went to Lapeer. Omar had Dasy's teeth fixed & got
some medicine for the little colt. For fixing Omar's shoes.
$.15. $0.00
4/21/1907 Lottie & Kate & Duane went over to Ed. Stewart's to see the
little girls. Mrs. Krausa came over a little while. $0.00
4/22/1907 I went over to Elba P. M. & got my fruit trees 5 apples (2
Golden Sweet) & (2 Talman Sweet) & (1 Maiden blush). 5
Prolific Peach $2.50. I started the plow south of the orchard.
$0.00
4/23/1907 I plowed south of the orchard. $0.00
4/24/1907 Plowed south of the orchard. Harry stayed out P. M. & rolled
& dragged. Gave Omar for tuition $2.50. $0.00
4/25/1907 Finished fitting the piece south of orchard. It snowed P.M. I
started the plow in south corn stubble. Drilled 3 1/2 acre of
barley. $0.00
4/26/1907 Went over to see F. G. selby about b'd meeting. Took a grist
over to Elba. For grinding .32. For 2 bags of corn @ 54 cts.
$2.38. For 2 new shoes on Daisy. Saw the 2 members of T'p
Board (Clerk & Justice). Omar stayed out A.M. to plow.
Went to Grange meeting in eve. $0.00
4/27/1907 Met with T'p Board to see about road scrapers. A.M. Omar & door lights are glass panes for the door.
Lottie went to Hadley to practice for the play. I plowed P.M.
Harry rolled the piece of barley & the plowing up south.
Harlan Phelps came & got his clover seed $8.00. Paid
Clarence Hall for boar service $2.00. 2 door lights 11 X 22
$.30. $8.00
4/28/1907 Fred & G. Ostrom were here for a call & stayed to dinner. I
took Lottie over to Mable Thiemkey's. $0.00
4/29/1907 It stormed in A.M. I fixed the lane fence & fixed the kitchen
south door. Plowed some in P.M. $0.00
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4/30/1907 I husked 4 bu. Of corn & put up a load of wheat. Took the
wheat over to Elba P.M. Sold @ 74 cts. Per bu. $22.00 (29
bu. # 49#) Bo't 1271# corn $12.71. Bo't Bbl. Salt (Coarse)
.90. Attended meeting of Elba T'p Board to complete
purchase of road scrapers. Gave order for 3 cast iron
culverts to H. A. Brownell at Flint. $22.05
5/1/1907 I went over to Elba. For setting Prince's shoes also 2 new
shoes $.90. Saw R.B. Arms about the culvert or sluice.
Went up to Chas. Croff's & to Augerot's to see about the road.
First lamb was born. $0.00
5/2/1907 Milo Miller helped me pick stones. I went up to gleaner
meeting in eve. For Kate's & my dues $2.50. Paid Ed's
($1.45) & Bertha's ($1.25) dues. Gave Omar for fixing his
watch .70. $0.00
5/3/1907 I went over to joe Stock's & got the goose neck for the
scraper & went up to the hall & got the road grader & bro't it
home. Gave Omar for wool twine .90. I fixed the barn ready
for the sheep & put them in. It snowed in the night.
$0.00
5/4/1907 Mr. Myus came over & sheered the sheep. I paid him $2.00.
I cleaned the barn floor & cleaned the barley bin for the wool.
Went over to Milo's a few mins. Shaved & put up a grist of
corn & 3 bags of oats & barley. I went to hadley P.M. For
grinding feed .50. For fixing buggy wheels (Hind) to the
spindle box buggy) 2 - new 1/2 rims & 8 spokes $2.00. For
setting the tires .70. Had 137# of wool.
$0.00
5/5/1907 Kate & Duane & I went over to Father stewart's a little while
P.M. $0.00
5/6/1907 Kate & Lottie & I went to Lapeer A.M. For haircut .15. Paid
Int. on Wattles note $4.80. Paid acct. with Dr. Wooley in full
to date $1.50. For postage stamps .20. For postal cards
.05. For bridle 1.75. Sold the young sow and 6 pigs to Wm.
Lyle for $23.00. He paid me $10.00 & agreed to pay the
remainder at the last of the month.
$10.00
5/7/1907 I plowed some in the south field. $0.00
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5/8/1907 Plowed some & fitted & sowed about 2 acres of oats
Broadcast. Omar stayed out to use the team. Harry drove
one team. I ordered 2 - 12" (18 ft) culverts from Sandusky.
$0.00
5/9/1907 Plowed corn stubble. $0.00
5/10/1907 Harry & I worked on the ground A.M. I borrowed Mr.
Peterson's pulverizer. It snowed 3 or 4 hours. Kate & I went
to Hadley P.M. & got Lottie & Omar. I went down again in the
eve & bred Daisy to Dewey the 1st time. For candy .10.
$0.00
5/11/1907 Paid Milo in full to date for labor May 2nd. $1.00. Cleaned up
some seed oats. Fixed a box for the colts. Harry & I fitted oat
ground. I drilled about 1 1/2 acres of oats.
$0.00
5/12/1907 Kate & I called on Henry Krausa's folks a little while. Milo
Farrar was here to see Omar. $0.00
5/13/1907 I harrowed & fitted ground for oats. Harry stayed out &
helped fitting ground. $0.00
5/14/1907 Finished fitting & sowing my oats. Harry rolled & harrowed.
Kate & I went over to John Ryan's in eve. $0.00
5/15/1907 I got Mr. Peterson's box & took my old sow & 13 shoats to
Davison. Sold to A.M. Trumbull @ 6 cts. $110.40. I dug a
little trench to let water out of the patch north of the hog yard.
$110.40
5/16/1907 I took my wool over to Elba. Sold to Smith & McGregor @ 28
cts. For coarse & 24 cts' for fine wool (98# & 44# $38.00.
For 335# corn $3.59. For grind 3 bags of corn & 3 bags of
barley .50. Finished letting water from pea patch north of
hog yard. $38.00
5/17/1907 I rained quite hard A.M. Kate & I went over to Will Thiemkey's
for a visit. I went to Hadley just at night try old Dolly.
$0.00
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5/18/1907 Milo had Prince to plow with. We took down the fence by
Rogers' woods & laid the bottom & sorted 20 bu. Potatoes. 9
were Omar's. 5 1/2 were Harry's. 5 were mine. I attended
the auction sale of Mrs. Reeser's. I got the 2 corrug. Culverts
from the Gr. Tr. Depot. Sold potatoes @ 50 cts. Omar &
Harry fin. Laying up the fence. Henry Krausa borrowed my
single harness. $9.79
5/19/1907 Gave Omar his potato money $5.00. We stayed at home.
John Ryan's folks came over a while. Henry Krausa called &
got my harness home. $0.00
5/20/1907 Kate & I went to Oxford. I paid Mrs. Ada Wallrath as principal
on mortgage $400. For lunch & candy on our road home
$.25. Milo had old Dolly to work corn ground.
$0.00
5/21/1907 Cleared the garden patch & fixed the grape arbor. Milo came
& got my drill to drill in some corn. I went down to Mr.
Peterson's just before noon to see about some oats & give
him an order on Township Treasurer. Milo Miller & I went to
Lapeer P.M. & got a new roller. We gave our note for $22.00.
For register's fee for quit claim deed $.75. Deposited the
deed of our farm, Modern Woodmen certificate, Kate's & my
Gleaner policies, deed to the house & lot in Hadley, mortgage
on the old homestead, quit claim deed to Mother, Cyclone
Ins. Policy, Mutual Fire Ins, policy in the Lapeer Savings bank
for safe keeping. Lewis & Anna Stewart came up for a visit in
eve.
$0.00
5/22/1907 Milo came over & we set up the new roller. I plowed the
garden & dragged & rolled. Milo helped me P.M. We set
posts around the garden & I drew some posts. We got
started on the wire fence. For setting buggy tire & one of
Prince's shoes .50. For fixing Omar's shoes & one of my
boots. .25 $0.00
5/23/1907 Worked at the fence around the garden & piled some wood.
Made out an order to Sears, Roebuck & Co. for goods to the
amount $6.34. $0.00
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5/24/1907 I piled wood around the garden & drew 3 loads from the wood
lot. Milo Miller took Belle over to Fred Fowler's. I took old
Dolly & Mag to Hadley to see Dewey. Paid Frank Miller for
whiff. For single buggy. .35. Left the wagon bolster to be
fixed. I plowed a little north of hog pen. Drove to hadley in
eve. & bred Dolly first time. Gave Lottie for tuition in full
$1.80. Paid Harry his potato money $2.75. Omar & Kate
went up to Grange meeting in eve.
$0.00
5/25/1907 Omar drew rails to top out fence by Mr. Rogers woods. A.M. I
fin. Plowing north of the hog pen & the piece east of barnyard.
It rained P.M. We husked what corn was on the barn floor &
started the plow in field N of Rogers woods. I fixed the hog
box. $0.00
5/26/1907 Kate, Duane & Omar went to Memorial Services at Hadley. It
rained hard & Kate went as far as Mabel's with me & I went
down to James Sweeney's & bred Mag to Dewey 1st time.
$0.00
5/27/1907 It snowed & rained quite a bit. I took the old sow over to
Morris Gibson's A.M. Shelled my seed corn P.M. Gave
Omar for jack knife for myself .50. Last lamb was born. $0.00
5/28/1907 I drew rails & posts & fixed line fence by Rogers' woods &
along south side of 5 a. lot. I set the posts & fixed the fence.
Sow was bred. $0.00
5/29/1907 Milo Miller plowed for me. I had to go up to the hall & make
out road-warrents. I got the sow home from Morris Gibson's.
$0.00
5/30/1907 Made out road warrants. Milo helped me. Omar & Milo
plowed & harrowed. Had Milo's plow & one horse. $0.00
5/31/1907 Milo & I plowed A.M. Milo had Prince P.M. Omar rolled & The road warrants were probably notifications of the
harrowed P.M. I took Bell over to Fred Fowler's P.M. I obligation to either work on roads for a given time or pay cash
delivered 4 road warrants & got the bookcase for the school in lieu of work.
Dist. For Fr't .45. Took Daisy to Hadley & got Lottie. We
went over to Ira Howland's to Gleaner social in eve. For ice
cream .40. For ticket on clock raf. .10. Delivered 3 road
warrants. $0.00
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6/1/1907 I delivered road warrants (7) A.M. Milo had Prince A.M.
Omar finished plowing piece North of Rogers' woods A.M. &
harrowed rem. Of day until it rained toward night. Kate & I
went to Lapeer P.M. I got Mag shod all around .60. For new
bridle 1.70. For new neck yoke straps .50. I paid Milo in full
to date 3.75. He paid me for 4 bu. Potatoes $2.00.
$2.00
6/2/1907 Lottie, Omar, Lulu, Jason & I went up to S. S. at town house
.04. Henry Krausa's folks came over a while. Kate, Harry,
Lottie & Omar went to Hadley in eve. To Baccalaureate
Sermon. $0.00
6/3/1907 Harrowed corn ground. Harry dragged & rolled. Father
Stewart came over & got 1 bu. Of seed corn. Gave Omar for
Woodman dues & for the month of May. .75. $0.00
6/4/1907 Finished fitting corn ground & drilled about 3 1/2 acres. It
rained so I had to quit. We sorted some potatoes. $0.00
6/5/1907 I delivered road warrants all day. It rained all of the forenoon.
I ate dinner at Will Thiemkey's. $0.00
6/6/1907 Finished delivering road warrants A.M. Finished drilling in the
corn north of Rogers' woods. Harry dragged & rolled. We
went to commencement exercises at Hadley in eve. For
admission .20. $0.00
6/7/1907 Cultivated garden & fixed potato marker & marked two potato
patches A.M. Drove over to Fred Fowler's with Bell & to Elba
& to fred Selby's to see about road graders. Went over to
Milo's & got some hay & paid him in full for same $2.00. He
came & got 3 bu. Good potatoes & 1 bu. Poor ones.
$0.00
6/8/1907 A. M. Bullock got some grass seed: Clover 2.40 16#, Tim.
S. .50 10# $2.90. Worked all day repairing the old road
grader. Drove over to Fred Selby's & to his place in eve.
Chas. Townsend came to see me about gravel. $2.90
6/9/1907 I went up to the town house awhile to practice singing. Call to
see how Will Peterson was getting along. $0.00
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6/10/1907 I fitted the patch N. of hog pen for peas & sowed them. Took
7 head of young cattle over to Mrs. Rogers pasture land by
the R.R. 2- 2 yr. Old heifers, 1- yrlng steer, 1 yrlng heifer, 2
calves (heifers). Plowed some at end of lane. Milo had the
drill to sow some corn. $0.00
6/11/1907 I finished plowing by the end of the lane & rolled it down A.M. Long Lake is a small, very deep, very clear lake S.W. of Lake
It rained P.M. Milo, the boys & I went over to Long Lake Nepessing about 2 miles East of the farm.
fishing. $0.00
6/12/1907 Harrowed & fitted & sowed corn at end of lane. Chored
around buildings. Went over to see John Ryan about School
Board Meeting & over to Joe Stock's to see about road
graders. Went up to the hall to practice singing for children's
day exercises. $0.00
6/13/1907 Rained all A.M. We pulled cockle & rye from wheat field P.M.
Went down to Mrs. Peterson's to school board meeting in
eve. Rec'd Fr't. on book case. For ereaers & chalk .60 from
Sch. Dist.. $0.00
6/14/1907 Pulled cockle & rye A.M. & split some wood & put into wood The wood house was immediately behind the house (kitchen
house. Went over to Fred Fowler's & bred Bell to the "West" end) and was used when weather was rainy or otherwise
horse 1st time. Went to Hadley with grist of corn & oats. For weather made it difficult to bring wood from the wood pile
grinding .57. For fixing bolster 1.25. For shoes & laces near the barn.
3.05. Went to Grange meeting in eve.
$0.00
6/15/1907 Unloaded the wagon. Omar dug some post holes & cut some
posts. I fixed a bridge in the woods. Went to & got the South
bridge. Drew some rails & poles. Fixed the lane fence. Took
load of rails & poles to back field. Helped Omar cut & trim
some posts. I went over to Carl Bullock's & got the road
machine just at night. $0.00
6/16/1907 Lottie & Omar wentto Hadley Church to Children's day
exercises. Kate & I drove to R. R. to salt young cattle. Drove
over to father Stewart's to dinner. $0.00
6/17/1907 Omar & I worked on road machine all day with team. $0.00
6/18/1907 I went on the road until 10-30 o'clock. Omar worked on the
East fence. I worked in the cellar. $0.00
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6/19/1907 Finished fixing the cellar drain. Filled some of the holes.
Lottie went to Oxford. I gave her $1.00. Kate went over to
her folks. I went to help Hiram Lee raise his barn on
"Henderson Farm". $0.00
6/20/1907 I cultivated corn. Fixed harness. Omar finished drawing
stone from meadow. I went over & shut up the road on acc't
of taking up the culvert west of Chas. Ostrom's. Kate & I
drove to lapeer just at night. For candy .10. For bolts (4 - 5
in. X 5/8 & washers. .15. For fish hooks .03. $0.00
6/21/1907 Cultivated corn. Omar cultivated A.M. Lottie came home
from Oxford. $0.00
6/22/1907 Omar finished cultivating corn 1st time & used the weeder on
the piece at the end of the lane. I got the truck from the end
of lane & made some bunks & frame for hauling logs to mill.
Omar dug some post holes. He & Harry went to the ball
game at Hadley P.M. I trucked some logs over to the mill (4)
& got two more on the trucks.
$0.00
6/23/1907 Kate & Omar went to church at Hadley. Kate & I drove
around through Elba station just at night. $0.00
6/24/1907 I set some posts along the road A.M. I went over to S. W.
corner of T'p. to see about the pieces of road by the old
"Goodrich" place & the bridge by John Stewart's. Sent Omar
over to North town line to find road machinery for Mr. Ed
Groves. I drove over to elba in eve. To see about road
machines. For ground mustard1/4# .10. For postal card
.01. $0.00
6/25/1907 I went over to Farmer's Creek to get some bridge plank. A.
M. Henry Krausa & Milo Miller went with their teams & Jos.
Stock drove over to show me where the planks were. I
trucked 2 loads of logs over to saw mill at John Lamoreau's
P.M. Making total of 12 logst to mill. Omar finished setting
posts by the road A.M. & cult. Corn P.M. $0.00
6/26/1907 Took load of logs over to saw mill at John Lamoreaux. Omar
cultivated some corn. We went to the "Homecoming" at
Hadley .25. Paid Woodmen dues. For June .75. Had a
grand good time. $0.00
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6/27/1907 Finished drawing logs to mill. Cut some hard maple logs & 1
red elm log. Omar cultivated corn. $0.00
6/28/1907 Cultivated corn. $0.00
6/29/1907 Went to Eddie's barn raising A.M. Went to Lapeer P.M. For
horse in sheds .10. Omar finished cult. Corn & piece at end
of lane. $0.00
6/30/1907 Lottie, Omar & I went up to the town house to S.S. & to
practice singing. Will & Mable Thiemkey came up to see us.
$0.00
7/1/1907 I took Omar & team over to Elba to set up the new road
graders. Milo Miller went with us to help. For Fr't on
machines ($10.30). I drove over to see Con. Sullivan & over
to see Fred Selby & over to see Mr. Myus & to see Fred
Fowler about using the new road graders. For 1 1/2 doz.
Bananas. $0.00
7/2/1907 Went to the saw mill after my lumber A.M. Piled & sorted
lumber P.M. Kate & I drove to Hadley in eve. For fireworks
$1.20. For Saw bill $8.51. $0.00
7/3/1907 Went over to Elba to Board Meeting to settle with agent for
road machines. He paid me $5.00 towards the fr't that I
advanced on Monday. Took the road machine over there &
bro't it back. $0.00
7/4/1907 Cultivated east piece of potatoes & cult. Corn. We went over
to John Ryan's in eve. To fireworks. $0.00
7/5/1907 Cultivated corn. Grace Stimson came over & signed her
contract for our school. I took Bell over to Fred Fowler's P.M.
& examined new road right of way. Mother called on us a
little while. $0.00
7/6/1907 Went over to Farmer's Creek after bridge plank A.M. Went
over to davison P.M. To see Davison Hwy. Com. About new
road. For 50# flour $1.30. For ice cream .10. John Ryan's
folks came over in eve. We looked over school account.
$0.00
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7/8/1907 I went to Elba to see Arthur Moore about Highway money & to
secure the help to work the new road by Burdick place A.M. I
went over to Chris Lassen's to get wheel scraper & to see
Pierce about using his Engine on road machine & engaged
Nelson sorenson to blast some stumps P.M. Went up to
school meeting in Eve. Got the young cattle home from
pasture. Paid Mrs. Rogers $5.00.
$0.00
7/9/1907 I drove over to fred Fowler's & down in OregonT'p to see
Harley Lamoreaux about using his engine on road machine
A.M. For rice 1# .08. For candy .05. We commenced the
new road by Burdick's place. Mr. Fowler furnished a team &
Omar worked on road. I went over to see Lewis Baldwin & up
to Riley Plummer's to get help for road.
$0.00
7/10/1907 My team & Mr. Fowler's & Riley Plummer's worked on the
road. Mr. Fowler's team & man 1/2 day & Plummer & team &
Omar & team 1 whole day. Louis Treadway blasted stumps
for me. $0.00
7/11/1907 It rained most of the day. I cut Omar's & Harry's hair & made
a set of quilting frames for Kate A.M. I drove to Elba & down
to see Harlow Lamoreaux & to see the bridge on North Town
Line & over to Mr. Fowler's & to get my shovels & tools that I
used on road. For crackers & cheese .10. For postal cards
.10. For postage stamps .25.
$0.00
7/12/1907 I took 2 bags of oats & 5 bags of barley to Hadley to mill. For
grinding .52. Took 2 bags of wheat for flour. Got the surrey
wheel fixed .37. Got Prince's shoes set & one new shoe
.63. For repairs for binder .35. For turpentine .10. For 1#
Paris Green .45. Borrowed $33.00 of H. L. Pelton for 6 mos.
Drove over to Elba P.M. to see Mr. DeVall. He unloaded 30
pieces of cement culvert for me. Went up to Grange meeting
in eve. Paid Mrs. Rogers the rem. Of pasture money. $2.00.
$0.00
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7/13/1907 Picked up around the barnyard & dooryard A.M. Ground

mowing machine knives & mowed some grass in field by end
of lane. Omar cultivated potatoes & corn. Drew the old
lumber & piled on top of new. $0.00
7/14/1907 We got ready & started for Ed. Stewart's but met them &
turned around & come back. Kate & I drove around
Nepessing Lake just at night. $0.00
7/23/1907 Worked on old binder A.M. Omar mowed some in dooryard. The hay tedder was a machine that was used to stir up hay to
Harry teddered some grass A.M. We raked & bunched some help in the drying process after it had been rained on.
hay. I mowed some of west side of field west of woods.
$0.00
7/15/1907 Harry raked the hay at end of lane. We got the barn ready &
put rack on trucks. It looked very much like rain at noon. Milo
came over & helped us bunch the hay. It rained quite a
shower. We went fishing. Nelson Davis' folks stopped a few
mins. $0.00
7/16/1907 We stirred some of the hay & drew 3 loads. I mowed some of
the clover on ridge field. $0.00
7/17/1907 We stirred some hay & drew 3 loads. Mowed rem. Of ridge Jean, Lulu and Bertha (Stewart), Kate's sisters.
field. Omar hoed some potatoes & Harry Teddered some
grass. Jean, Lulu & Bertha came for a visit.
$0.00
7/18/1907 Teddered the ridge piece of grass. I mowed the dooryard &
along the road in front of house. Ground mach. Knives &
fixed the rake wheels. We raked & bunched. I went up to
Gleaner meeting in eve. Paid Kate's , Bertha's, Ed's & my
assessment in Gleaners for July $2.60. Paid for 50# binder
twine $4.66. $0.00
7/19/1907 We raked rem. Of ridge piece & drew 5 loads of hay. It rained The horse fork was used to unload the wagon into the hay
some. We put up the hay rope for horse fork. I fixed the old mow. It was attached to a pilly on a rolling truck on a rail the
spade by putting in a new handle & fixed a tie rope. ran the length of the barn roof peak. The fork was driven into
the hay on the wagon and pulled up and rolled over the hay
mow. A trip rope caused the fork to release the bundle of hay
and drop it into the mow, where it was redistributed by a man
using a pitchfork. $0.00
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7/20/1907 Kate & I went to Lapeer A.M. For 5# 8D nails .15. For 2
lantern chimneys .15. For bottle Gombault's Caustic $1.50.
For box Bickmore's Gall Cure .25. For collar pad .30. For
fixing collar .50. For lawn mower $1.00. Kate got 3 new
dining chairs ($3.00) Omar & Harry hoed potatoes. We drew
remainder of ridge field clover (5 loads). I mowed the new
ground piece of grass. $0.00
7/21/1907 Father & Mother Stewart came over to see us. $0.00
7/22/1907 It rained all A.M. I fixed stable floor & some chairs for Kate.
Harry teddered grass in wood lot. I worked on the old binder
some. Ground machine knives & mowed some grass on
south end of field west of the woods. $0.00
7/24/1907 Omar cultivated potatoes in cornfield. We bunched the hay in
the wood lot. I patched the binder canvas & straightened
around some in granary. We drew 2 loads of hay & tried to
start the binder, but failed. We raked & bunched the west
part of field. $0.00
7/25/1907 We cut the wheat east of orchard A.M. We drew 7 loads of
hay P.M. Milo helped most of P.M. Lottie, Harry, Kate & I
went over to Morris Gibson's in eve. To the L. A. Social. For
ice cream .40. Gave to duane .05. $0.00
7/26/1907 Mowed rem. Of the grass in both fields of grass. Raked the
south piece & I bunched some. Omar & I went up to the hall
in eve. To Grange meeting. I ground mach. Knives & started
binder in north piece of wheat. Cut some weeds north of
barn. $0.00
7/27/1907 We set up some wheat. Drew 4 loads of hay from south
piece & raked & bunched north piece. $0.00
7/28/1907 Kate & I went over to Willie Ivory's a while. $0.00
7/29/1907 We drew 9 loads of hay. I put 21 loads in North mow & 16 in
S. mow. $0.00
7/30/1907 Unloaded a load of hay & drew the last load of hay from the
field & drew 4 loads of wheat. I mowed some weeds east of
barley. $0.00
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7/31/1907 I puttered with the binder most of the forenoon. We drew

some wheat. Kate & I went to Hadley just at night. For
ground feed $4.20. For 2 qts. Huckleberries .20. For fixing
buggy wheel (tires & 2 spokes) .60. For link in neck yoke
.10. For 2 sections for binder .10. For guard for binder .25.
$0.00
8/1/1907 Drew 1 load of wheat. Cut around barley south of orchard. It
rained some. Kate & I went up to Gleaner meeting in eve.
$0.00
8/2/1907 Went to Hadley in morning. Started the binder in barley. It
rained me off again. Unloaded a load of wheat. Went over to
Milo's a little while. $0.00
8/3/1907 Went to Lapeer A.M. For leather net strings .80. For pocket
rule (1 ft) .06. For casting for binder .25. For hair cut and
shave .25. For middlings $1.00. Paid Stickney & Reed for
horse service for 1906 to Ferdinand $10.00. Mowed some
barley. Went over to Elba to Rep. Caucus in eve.
$0.00
8/4/1907 We went over to Father Stewart's to dinner. Lottie & Duane
stayed at Grandpa's for a visit & Lulu & Jason went home
with Mabel & Will for a visit. $0.00
8/5/1907 I made out School reports A.M. Drove over to Dan Cronin's
and to see Earl Stewart & to Hadley to get two jack screws to
hoist the bridge by John Stewart's. Omar cut weeds. I paid
Frank Withey July & Aug. Woodmen dues.
$0.00
8/6/1907 Fixed the scythe. Omar mowed fence row by the road north.
I burned brush & set up wheat A.M. We raked the barley &
drew 1 load & bunched some of it. I returned the jackscrews
to Ed Farrar in eve. I had Milo Miller take 6 plank over to the
bridge by John Stewart's & he & Angus McDonald fixed the
bridge 3/4 day. I fixed my hay rack.
$0.00
8/7/1907 We set the end post for corner of dooryard & one in hollow
north & drew 2 loads of wheat & 2 loads of barley. $0.00
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8/8/1907 We unrolled & strung the wire fence along the road & tacked Piper's Landing was at Nepessing lake.
it to the posts. We then drew the last two loads of wheat from
North field. We went to Gleaner Picnic P.M. at Piper's
Landing. I gave Omar & Harry each 25 cents. I gave Kate
.05. For collect. For ballgame .05. $0.00
8/9/1907 We got up the last two loads of barley & were all taken sick Possibly food poisoning from Gleaner Picnic?
P.M. $0.00
8/10/1907 We were all sick (Omar, Harry, Kate & I). $0.00
8/11/1907 We ate dinner with Milo Miller's folks. Harry, Omar & Kate
were not much better. $0.00
8/12/1907 I helped Mr. Peterson thresh barley wheat & rye until middle
P.M. Milo got my trucks. I worked at fence by the road a
little. $0.00
8/13/1907 I worked on fence by the road. $0.00
8/14/1907 We got the wire fence stretched & put the pieces on the trees
to fasten fence to. Went to Lapeer. For bag of meal $1.49.
For shingles & Lumber $7.48. For 9# staples .28. Went up
to Gleaner meeting in eve. Paid Ed's, Bertha's, Kate's & my
Gleaner assessments for Aug. $2.60.
$0.00
8/15/1907 We stretched the barbed wire & fastened it & we all went over
to Farmers Picnic. Gave Lottie .25. For candy .10. $0.00
8/16/1907 We got the binder ready. Started to cut oats. It skipped so I
went over to see Henry Krausa about cutting my oats.
$0.00
8/17/1907 I went to Hadley in morning & got my truck reach $.50. For
wagon for irons (8 pieces) .60. For 5# shingle nails .15. For
5# 8D nails .15. For 6# spikes .18. For mainspring in my
watch .75. $0.00
8/18/1907 We drove over to Will Thiemkey's a little while just at night.
Mr. Thiemkey died the day before. I helped Will do his
chores, he being almost sick. $0.00
8/19/1907 I finished cutting oats. Helped Henry Krausa draw his oats &
what he had [of] Jack Beckett's . Omar, Harry & I & team in
P.M. Harry & I and team about 1/2 A.M. $0.00
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8/20/1907 Gave kate for cloth $.27. We went to Mr. Thiemkey's funeral.
Omar & Harry drew manure onto oat stubble 8 loads. I
started to fix the wagon box. $0.00
8/21/1907 We drew manure A.M. We went over to A. M. Bullock's to
help thresh. Omar & I & the team & rack 1 1/2 hrs. We drew
some manure after we got home. $0.00
8/22/1907 We drew manure. $0.00
8/23/1907 Drew manure A.M. Drew 4 loads of oats P.M. Went up to
Grange meeting. $0.00
8/24/1907 Henry Krausa helped me finish drawing oats. Had 11 loads
of oats altogether. Got through at about 2-30 o'clock. We
drew 6 loads of manure. Omar took Mag & the buggy & went
to stay overnight with Milo Farrar. For butter $1.00.
$0.00
8/25/1907 I went over to father Stewart's to dinner. Kate & the boys
came home with me. $0.00
8/26/1907 We drew 10 loads of manure. 50 loads altogether. $0.00
8/27/1907 Drew 9 loads of manure. Scraped the back barnyard &
mowed weeds by corn crib & pig pen. $0.00
8/28/1907 We drew 5 loads of manure & set some fence posts & put up
some fence & made a bridge for cow stable. $0.00
8/29/1907 Took 39 hens to Lapeer. Sold at pountry plant @ 9 cents per
# (150#) . For 160# ground feed $2.29. For fixing cultivator
han- .30. For 2 zinc collar pads $1.00. For 4 plow pts. .72.
For 3 plow shares .81. Omar & Harry cut a little corn at end
of lane A.M. Omar helped Geo. Lambertson thresh P. M. 1/2
day. I fixed fence by corn field. Drew up a little corn.
$0.00
8/30/1907 I helped Geo. Lambertson thresh 1/4 day. Omar & Harry went
over to Harsen's to get our plow. Got Prince out of the ditch.
Bertha, Lulu & Jean and Mother Stewart were over for a visit.
We started the plow just at night on oat stubble. I mowed
some weeds. $0.00
8/31/1907 Omar plowed. I made a pen for straw stack. Kate & Omar
went to Hadley in eve. For books $1.00. I split some rails.
$0.00
9/1/1907 It rained a little. Were all at home. $0.00
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9/2/1907 Omar & Lottie commenced to go to school at Hadley. I The crossway is a marshy stretch just south of Shaft School
plowed A.M. Got some corn up from field. Henry Krausa & I on Hadley road. It was always a problem, as the road kept
graded the crossway P.M. I drove aroundto see my thresh sinking into the muck, no matter how much fill was dumped
help in eve. on the road. $0.00
9/3/1907 Got the barn ready & got up a load of wood & helped Milo get
a load of peas onto the trucks. The machine came at about
10-30 o'clock. We threshed 66 bu. Of oats A.M. Finished
threshing P.M. Had 285 bu. Oats. Had 195 bu. Wheat. Had
94 bu. Of barley. Milo Miller, Henry Krausa, chas. Ostrom,
Geo. Lambertson, Geo. Plummer, Carl Sutherland & Mr.
Peterson's man helped me. I hired Henry Truax $1.00.
$0.00
9/4/1907 Helped Milo Miller a little over 1 hr. to thresh. Helped Henry
Krausa until 3-30 o'clock. Cleaned up some straw back of
barn. $0.00
9/5/1907 It rained quite a little nearly all day. Went up to Gleaner
meeting in eve. $0.00
9/6/1907 Omar took 127# wheat to mill. 72# fl., 26# scr. Bran. I
plowed in A.M. & rolled some P.M. We went up to Grange
social in eve. For watermelon & cake .20. Young cow came
in - male calf. $0.00
9/7/1907 I plowed A.M. Omar plowed P.M. I put the pigs in the pea
patch & fixed the cow stable some. $0.00
9/8/1907 Kate & I drove over to will Thiemkey's & over to Ed Stewart's.
Ate dinner at Ed's. $0.00
9/9/1907 Plowed oat stubble. Sold 225# old iron. $.68. $0.68
9/10/1907 It rained nearly all day. We drove over to will Thiemkey's for
a visit. $0.00
9/11/1907 Finished plowing A.M. & rolled a little. Went down & got Mr.
Peterson's disc harrow & harrowed some. It rained me off at
about 5 o'clock. $0.00
9/12/1907 Harrowed & rolled. Riley Plummer came & borrowed my
chain. $0.00
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9/13/1907 Harry rolled some in A.M. I finished pulverizing & took

pulverizer home & took the new book case up to the
schoolhouse. Went over to chas. Ostrom's at about 10
o'clock to help him thresh. Helped thresh until about 3
o'clock. Mark Stimson was here & I visited with him awhile.
Cleaned up a little seed wheat. Went up to Grange meeting
in eve. $0.00
9/14/1907 Harry harrowed the wheat ground. I went over to elba got
835# of fertilizer at Elevator @ $24.00 per T. Omar finished
cleaning seed wheat. I sowed the fertilizer P.M. & Omar
rolled the ground. I took out the two stump bottoms & drew
some stone off the field. Harry cut a little corn & I put it on the
trucks & took it up to the barn. $0.00
9/15/1907 We stayed at home. Was very warm all day. $0.00
9/16/1907 Drew 4 loads of manure & top dressed a little of the wheat
ground. Scraped around the horse stable. $0.00
9/17/1907 Cultivated the most of the wheat ground. Went up to the hall
& voted for delegates to Con. Con. Geo Lambertson came
over & cleaned some seed wheat. $0.00
9/18/1907 Fin. Cultivating wheat ground & dragged & rolled & drilled the
6 1/2 acres of wheat. Kate & Omar & Lottie went to Hadley in
eve. To Lecture by C. D. Smith of M. A. C.
$0.00
9/19/1907 Went over most of the wheat ground with weeder to level it.
Fixed fence P.M. Old hog had 8 pigs. $0.00
9/20/1907 Went to Hadley with grist of feed & 2 bags of wheat for flour
(129# flour, 44# bran, 20# scr.) For Doan's Kid. Pills .50.
For shoeing Prince .75. For grinding .56. For chain for
Bell's halter .25. For rope 30 ft. .28. For candy .10.
Stretched some barb wire in wood lot along the ditch. Caught
some chickens. $0.00
9/21/1907 Took 28 chickens to Lapeer. Sold to poultry plant @ 10 1/2
cents $18.82. Took 2 bu. Wheat to mill for flour 70#, bran
20#. Sold 5 bu. Wheat $4.63. I took 8 bu. Along. Screened
out 1 bu. For money order to sears, Roebuck & Co. $10.69.
Money order .10. For postage stamps .50.
$23.45
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9/22/1907 We took a ride through the Hadley Hills. The Hadley Hills were a sparsely settled, very heavily
wooded, steep hillly area south of Hadley and north of
Ortonville. Kate taught school in a one room school in the
Hadley Hills after graduation from high school. $0.00
9/23/1907 Omar went over to Elba & got 1/2 bu. Of onions of Mr.
Thaunhauser $.60. Went over to Elba to see about putting
tile across Mr. Thaunhauser's to take care of water from
highway & to adjust a sidewalk dispute. Cut a little corn just
at night. For 3 gals. Of oil .30. For 2 large stamped
envelopes .05. Fred Truax got 8 bu. Seed wheat $7.40.
$7.40
9/24/1907 Cut a little corn. Elder Mack's folks came up for a visit.
Helped Milo pull his mare out of the ditch. $0.00
9/25/1907 Omar & Harry stayed & helped me cut corn. We cut the piece
at the end of the lane and about 1 1/2 acres in large piece.
$0.00
9/26/1907 Omar & Harry stayed & helped cut corn A.M. Ed Stewart's Agnes (Stewart) Black is Robert Stewart's sister. (Kate's
folks came & we went to Aunt Agnes Black's & stayed aunt) she lived in North Branch area.
overnight. For lunch .22. For headache tablets .05.
$0.00
9/27/1907 Gray cow had a male calf. We went to North Branch Fair.
For admission .50. For taffy .20. For dinner .50. It rained
all P.M. We stayed overnight with Aunt Agnes Black.
$0.00
9/28/1907 It rained A.M. We came home P.M. For candy .10. Got up
a little corn for cows. $0.00
9/30/1907 Cut corn. Gave Omar for tuition $2.40. Gave Omar for books
$3.75. Gave Omar for incidentals .85. Gave Lottie for
Groceries $1.00. Sold 9 lambs, 7 yearling ewes & old Dick
to Will Brokaw $70.00. Sold him the large red heifer & the
yearling steer for $55.00 to go Wednesday to Davison. Drew
2 loads of wood for hay pressing & got the barn ready for hay
pressers. $0.00
10/1/1907 I cut corn. Will Brokaw came & got old "Dick" sheep. $5.00.
Gave Omar to send to Grange Sec. $3.75. Drove down &
got Mr. Peterson's wagon & stock rack. $5.00
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10/2/1907 Took the large red heifer & red steer & 9 lambs & 7 yearlings Drill shoes refer to metal shoes for the grain drill that enter
ewes to Davison. $55 for cattle. $65 for sheep. For 11 drill the soil and allow seed to be placed 1-3 inches below the
shoes $1.48. Cut a little corn. Omar & Harry stayed at home surface. They wear out because of constant friction with the
& helped me A.M. Hay pressers moved in here at about 10- soil.
30 o'clock P.M. $120.00
10/3/1907 It rained hard part of the day. Pressed nearly 20 tons of hay.
I cut a little corn (Just a few shocks). Pressers stayed over
night, it was such a bad night. $0.00
10/4/1907 Cleaned the barn floor. The hay pressers moved away. I
went down to Mr. Peterson's to get some tile, but he did not
have the size that I wanted. I drove over to Elba P.M. Got
the box of goods from S. R. & Co. .37. Got the wagon rack
ready to draw baled hay. Went over to Milo's a little while.
$0.00
10/5/1907 Drew 3 loads of hay to Elba. 3290# - 3190# - 3140#. For
1/2 bu. Onions .50. Omar dug & drew up 19 bu. Early
potatoes. (6 1/2 bu. Red & 13 1/2 bu. White) We went to the
field & got a little corn for cows. The heifer had a male calf.
$0.00
10/6/1907 We stayed home. Earl Hemingway & wife & little Ella came
up for awhile to see us. I went over to see Henry Krausa. He
came over a few minutes. I went over & got Tim Hodge to
see the sick heifer. $0.00
10/7/1907 Drew 1 load (3360#) of hay to Elba A.M. Rained nearly all
P.M. Cut Jason's, Duane's & Harry's hair. Cut the sweet
corn in garden. $0.00
10/8/1907 Cut & split some wood by woodshed & picked the grapes "Trucks" refer to the lower section of the wagon that can have
A.M. Drew 2 loads of hay to Elba 3270# & 3200#. For various racks attached, depending on what was to be hauled.
oatmeal .25. For fixing my rubber boot & Kate's slipper. Bert If logs are being hauled they are put directly on the trucks. If
Bullock sent over & got my trucks to use filling his silo. hay is hauled a hay rack was put on. If livestock was to be
hauled a stock rack was used. $0.00
10/9/1907 Took a calf to Davison Wt. 135# @ 7 cents $9.45. Drew 2 The wagon with hay was weighed on a large platform scale
loads of hay to Elba 3200# - 3230#. and then reweighed after unloading. $9.45
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10/10/190 Got Mr. Peterson's trucks & rack & took 2 loads of hay to Elba Price for hay has nearly doubled since 1898 diary. ($4 mixed
7 A.M. Omar stayed at home to help me. 3050# & 3090# A.M. & $6 clover per ton)
2980# & 2970# P. M. making 37970# of hay. 18 ton 1970#
@ $11 per ton $208.83. For 240# corn $3.21. For 200#
Bran $2.60. Paid for fertilizer bo't Sept. 14th, '07. $10.02.
We got up a load of corn for cows. $208.83
10/11/190 Henry Krausa & I each took a load of bridge plank and Frank Burch is the husband of Emma Elliot (1st cousin of
7 replanked the "Hasler Creek" bridge on north town line. 3/4 Arthur - daughter of Susan Gleason)
of a day. I got ready & Kate & Jason & Duane & I went out to
Metamora to Frank Burch's for a visit. Omar stayed out of
school & went to Mr. Peterson's to help thresh. A.M. He went
after Lottie P.M. $0.00
10/12/190 I went to Oxford with Frank Burch with a load of poultry. For
7 3 pr. Canvas gloves .25. For 1 pr. Knit gloves .50. Gave
jason & Duane .05. We drove out to Almont to see Elder
Munro's folks. Omar & Harry gathered some apples.
$0.00
10/13/190 We attended church at Almont morning & evening. For
7 collection .18 $0.00
10/14/190 Gave Kate for Lottie's silk waste [sic] $1.50. We came back
7 to Frank Burch's for dinner. Came home P.M. Went over to
Bert Bullock's to practice singing for Mrs. Chaney's funeral.
$0.00
10/15/190 Chored around. Gathered the beets & carrots east of
7 orchard. We went to Mrs. Chaney's funeral & to Greens
Cemetery P.M. $0.00
10/16/190 Cut the rem. Of poles by woodshed & picked the northern spy Aunt Mary is Mary Tharrett.
7 apples A.M. Put up 5 bags of wheat for Elder Mack. Put the
tools in shed. Uncle Judson & Aunt Mary Potter stayed
overnight with us. $0.00
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10/17/190 Took 5 bags of wheat to Elder Mack to be applied on Pasor's Arthur had his own shoe repair tools (last, etc.) and could
7 Salary. Took 240# of wheat for flour 33# screenings, 42# resole shoes and do simple patching work. He also did much
bran, 116# flour. Took 4 bags of barley for feed. For grinding of his own harness repair work.
.28. For 86# bran 1.07. For 242# Middlings 3.63. For sole
leather .65. For pr. Rubbers for my shoes .90. Paid Herbert
Pelton note with interest $35.00 & .55. Got my hay check
cashed. *Bred "Daisy". Ate dinner at Earl Hemingway's. I
put the rack on the trucks & got rem. Of corn next to the
woods. Went up to Gleaner meeting in eve. Paid Ed's,
Edith's, Kate's & my assessments & to Arbor for dues $3.20.
Paid Dr. Stewart in full to date. .50. Paid Ed Farrar for use of
jack screws .50.
$10.00
10/18/190 Gave Omar for repairs .50. Fixed my shoes. Uncle Spenser Aunt Mary is Mary Green Gleason. Her father was Nathan
7 & Aunt Mary Gleason came up to see us. I paid Mr. Peterson Green from Rhode Island. Her brother was N. N. Green,
for 442# of oats $6.90. For 4 calves 2.00. I paid Jack father of Clarence Green who wrote book "Life at Green's
Beckett the note given Oct 20, '06 $84.80. Corners" in which many of the people in this juornal are
mentioned. $0.00
10/19/190 We husked 52 bu. Of corn at end of lane & drew it to the
7 granary & bound & drew 11 shocks to the barn. $0.00
10/20/190 We stayed at home.
7 $0.00
10/21/190 I husked & drew 40 bu. Corn. Omar got the strainer fixed
7 (10 cents) & had 2 of the buggy wheels tires set $.75.
Unloaded the corn in stalks & drew 67 crates to the field. $0.00
10/22/190 Dug & drew 15 bu. Potatoes. Gave Omar for repairs $.45.
7 Sold the gray cow's calf to W. Brokaw @ 7 cts. Per # to go
to the 30th. Unloaded a load of corn. Put 32 bu. Good corn
in crib. $0.00
10/23/190 Henry Krausa & I went to Farmer's Creek & got 8 bridge Harry & Janie Gleason may be Harrison Potter 8th cousin)
7 plank & fixed the bridge by C. Davenport's. Took a 12 inch and his wife Mary Jane Gleason(1st cousin) from Davison.
plank for a sluice by C. Davenport's & 6 plank for 2 sluices in
W. Galloway's Dist. Paid Joe Stock my thresh. Bill for 1907
$13.98. Got back at about 2 o'cllock. Harry & Janie Gleason
came for a visit. Omar & I took some posts & rails to ridge
field & fixed the fence by swail. $0.00
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10/24/190 Husked 2 bu. corn. Omar dug potatoes. I helped him fin.
7 Digging & drawing his potatoes 20 1/3 bu. I paid Omar for his
potatoes @ 50 cts. $10.17. Paid Lottie .30. Paid Harry in
full to date $5.31. Paid Henry Krausa for 31 bu. 8# oats @ 51
cents $15.94. We drew corn up. Put 16 bu. More in crib.
Turned cattle & horses on to ridge field. $0.00
10/25/190 Omar & I husked 28 crates of corn A.M. We went over to
7 help raise Chas. Ostrom's barn P.M. I paid Morris Gibson for
boar service $1.00. Paid T. Hodge for removing afterbirth
from heifer $1.00. Gathered 5 crates of apples.
$0.00
10/26/190 We husked corn A.M. I had to go to Elba to meet with the
7 town-board in regard to the drainage of highway P.M. Saw
Mr. Grove about a sluice in his district. The boys husked corn
P.M. We drew up what was husked 76 bu. Put 61 bu. Corn
in crib. Making 109 bu in crib. $0.00
10/27/190 We went over to Henry Krausa's to dinner. It rained most of
7 day. $0.00
10/28/190 Went to school house corners & got some old bridge plank &
7 bro't them home & drew 2 loads of pumpkins tho the house &
got a load of 3 in. tile before dinner. Joe Stock came & got a
few of the poorest planks & John Lamoreaux came & got 4
new oak bridge plank & 3 old ones. I went over to Fred
Selby's & got some 10 in. sewer crock (5 pieces) & drove up
to Chas. Townsend's & got 4 pieces of 10 in. sewer crocks.
Got another load of 3 in tile, making 49 rods of 3 in tile. Got
12 1/2 rods of 4 in tile for the Town of Elba. Spoke for 2 bu.
Cloverseed of Chas. Townsend. Kate & I went down to Mr.
Peterson's in eve. To see Anna & Lewis Stewart.
$0.00
10/29/190 I took the 4 in tile to Fritz Thanhauser's in morning. Got 23
7 rods of 5 in. tile & 6 rods of 3 in. Paid Mr. Peterson in full for
55 rds. 3 in. $11.00. For 23 rds. 5 in. tile 9.20. Went over to
F. Selby's & picked 7 crates of Northern Spies. Paid or gave
Mr. Peterson his order for tile furnished the township of Elba.
$0.00
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10/30/190 Took a veal calf to Davison (180# @ 7 cts.) $12.60. Took a

7 calf for Mrs. Truax. For 10# spikes & 10# nails .60. Ate
dinner at Harry Potter's & went to G.W. Welch's auction sale.
For 2 bbls. .50. $12.60
10/31/190 Worked on the hogpen. Jennie Johnson was here for a visit.
7 Put the helve in my new ax & sharpened the ax. Gave for
groceries .25. $0.00
11/1/1907 Finished fixing hogpen in A.M. Kate & I went to Lapeer in
P.M. For 100# oyster shells .75. For 50# Poultry Food 1.00.
For 90# sack oatmeal. $3.60. For pipe & elbow for feed
cooker .60. For pr. Rubbers for Omar .80. For frock 2.50.
Gave kate $3.00 Got 3 lengths of 12 in sewer pipe at King's
Lumberyard. Got my hair cut .15. $0.00
11/2/1907 We husked 54 1/2 bu. Of corn. It rained a while in morning & Corn for seed was left in husk and strung up to dry.
just at night. I strung up some seed corn. $0.00
11/3/1907 Kate & Omar went to church. For collection .06. $0.00
11/4/1907 Drove over to Fred Mayer's & to Geo. Leatomo's & Angus
McDonald's to see about road work & sluices. A.M. Husked
corn a part of P.M. (10 bu.) Henry Krausa came over in the
eve. To see about hogs. Gave Omar for woodmen dues for
Sept & Nov. $1.50 $0.00
11/5/1907 Took the 12 in. crock over to Mr. Grove's Dist. For sluice.
Drew 2 loads of stone for Chas. Ostrom A.M. Spent all P.M.
getting rig ready to take hogs away. Drove over to Geo.
Lambertson's & to Morris Gibson's. $0.00
11/6/1907 Took 8 pigs to Davison. Took 3 pigs to Davison for Henry
Krausa. Sold my pigs to W. Brokaw @ 5 1/2 cts. (1160#)
$63.80. For 5# 8D nails .15. For jacknife for Harry 25 cts. It
rained P.M. Took the rack apart & chored around. Gave
Lottie for her class pin .75. For her tuition November $1.20.
Omar paid my woofmen dues for Sept. & Nov.
$63.80
11/7/1907 Drove down to see Stephen Morey & to James Sweeney's &
to Mark Stimson's. For fixing my harness (a new ring in the
back band) .25. Went up to the hall in eve. To Gleaner
meeting. I partly tore the old sheepshed down.
$0.00
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11/8/1907 Finished tearing the old sheep shed down. Got ready & went The pipe was to carry water from the well behind the house to
to Lapeer to get some water pipe. Ate dinner at M. Hope's. a large (about 6' X 12') concrete stock tank next to the horse
Had him order my pipe (about 208 ft. of 1 in. galv. Wrought and cow stable. The tank had a A-frame cover and a cast iron
pipe) I bo't 10 ft. 7 in of in. pipe home including 1 elbow. For water heater that burned coal or wood in the center. This
250# corn $3.58. For shoe nails 3 1/2 - 8 & 1 1/2 - 8 .16. tank was still in use during my childhood and youth (1941-
For granary lock .23. For hoof oint. .50. For candy .15. 1959) and we often kept fish in it that we caught in the ditch
Started the plow up south. Drew up 54 bu. Corn. 150 bu in on the farm.
crib of good corn. $0.00
11/9/1907 Omar plowed. Harry & I drew one load of straw for horse
stable & 2 loads of cornstalks. I went over to Mr. Myus'
raising P.M. It rained some. Aunt Sara Pierson came &
stayed overnight with us. Kay bro't her over & was here to
supper. $0.00
11/10/190 It snowed quite a little. Kate & I took Aunt Sarah Pierson to Melvin Skinner was married to Lizzie Pierson, Kate's aunt.
7 Lapeer to Melvin Skinner's P.M. $0.00
11/11/190 I gave kate $10.00. She went to Lapeer. Henry Krausa
7 helped me dig trench from wind mill. $0.00
11/12/190 Henry Krausa helped me dig trench. I went after dinner to
7 take down barbed wire along the ditch in woodlot. $0.00
11/13/190 Drew 6 loads of manure & 2 loads of stone & 2 loads of dirt
7 from east of the horse stable. $0.00
11/14/190 Nearly finished trench for water pipe. Omar plowed oat
7 stubble. Gave Omar .25. Con Sullivan bro't his road warrant
to me & I drew the order for gravel & hauling same to John &
R. Simons. $0.00
11/15/190 Finished the trench & threw out some dirt where I wanted my
7 water tank A.M. Helped Henry Krausa draw stalks & corn
P.M. Omar stayed home & finished plowing oat stubble &
started the piece of muck east of barley stubble.
$0.00
11/16/190 I gathered road warrants (south half of town). Omar finished
7 plowing the muck A.M. Omar & Harry went down to Mark
Stimson's after form for cement tank. Lulu, Jean & Mother
Stewart came over for a visit. I fixed the feed box & manger
in the horse stable. $0.00
11/17/190 Kate, Lottie, Omar, Lulu, Jason & Duane went to church at
7 Hadley. For collect. .09. Harry stayed at home. $0.00
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11/18/190 Went to Lapeer A.M. Got some in. pipe to put in the trench &
7 got (4 1/2 bbls. 18 sacks) of cement @ $1.50 per bbl. $8.10.
For corduroy cap .48. For 3 pr. Canvas gloves .26. For
fresh pork .63. Henry Krausa drew 4 loads of gravel for me
for my tank. I filled a little of the trench & got the form nearly
ready for the tank. $0.00
11/19/190 Milo Miller & Robert Phillips helped me make a cement tank.
7 Used 15 1/2 sacks of cement, 3 loads of stone & nearly 5
loads of gravel. Paid Mr. Phillips in full $2.00. $0.00
11/20/190 Threw some dirt into the trench that had caved in. Made a
7 hole through the stone wall of the well for pipe. Gathered
road warrants in P.M. $0.00
11/21/190 We caught the turkeys. I took 26 turkeys & 1 veal calf to
7 Lapeer Poultry Plant. Sold turkeys @ 14 1/2 cts. Per #
(335#) $48.57. Calf weighed 144# @ 6 cts. $8.64. For
lunch .10. For horses in sheds .10. For Galv. Tank for
horses $2.50. Gathered some road warrants. Paid Kate's,
Bertha's, Ed's & my Gleaner dues & assessments $6.20.
Got my pipe for trench. $57.21
11/22/190 Mart. Hope came up & layed my water pipe & fixed my cistern
7 pump A.M. Nelson Wooley helped me all day. He filled the
trench & drew some clay away from tank & horse stable &
took the form from the tank. I finished gathering road
warrants & went up to Grange in eve. Paid M. G. Hope in full
for 210 ft. in. water pipe $21.00. For Labor $2.25. For Galv.
Elbo .15. For 2 Bl. Elbos .20.
$0.00
11/23/190 Went over to Fred Selby's to report the money returned.
7 Made a form for cistern top & made cemented the top of arch
and gave the large tank another coat of cement. I went to
Hadley in eve. To Woodman meeting. $0.00
7 $0.00
11/25/190 Went over to Crugerot's & to see Arthur Moore about sluices.
7 Went to see R. B. Arms about ram lamb A.M. Patched the
big water tank & fixed cistern tank. $0.00
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11/26/190 Went over to James Stacey gravel pit to put around my big
7 tank. I fixed the cow stable ( mangers, gates & gable). Went
to the social for the Senior Class of H. H. S. For supper .55.
For shoeing horse $1.20. $0.00
11/27/190 Let the water all out of the big tank & gave it another coat on
7 inside. Kate & I went to Lapeer P.M. I got 252 ft. of 6 in.
matched hemlock lumber 14 ft. long. $6.80. Bo't one glass
30 X 40 & one glass 16 X 40 $2.00. Got Prince shoes set
.60. For candy .10. $0.00
11/28/190 I went out hunting a little while with Harry & Omar A.M. Will &
7 Mable Thiemkey came over to dinner. $0.00
11/29/190 Omar & I fixed the bridge in the woods & greased the trucks &
7 put rack on & drew 1 load of corn stalks A.M. We started the
plow in back lot P.M. Omar plowed & I tied corn & drew one
load of corn to the barn. $0.00
11/30/190 We drew 4 loads of corn & one load of stalks. We had to tie 3 The rings would be to keep the sow from using her nose to
7 loads of corn. We husked 12 bu. Corn & commenced stabling break back into where the pigs were kept. Large hogs are
young cattle. I fixed some tie ropes. We put some rings in incredibly strong.
old sow's nose & took her away from the pigs.
$0.00
12/2/1907 Drove over to R. B. Arms to get a sheep. He had sold it! The east shed was a timber structure across from the cow
Omar took 90# of wheat to mill. 43# of flour, 30# of stable used to shelter young cattle and other animals and
screenings & bran. Had Mr. Peterson's pick sharpened $.10. was usually used as a base for the straw stack. The straw
I fixed the pump rod & split some wood A.M. Fixed the east acted as a weatherproof roof.
shed P.M. $0.00
12/3/1907 Drew gravel from James Stacey's pit onto the crossway north
of here. (4 loads or about 5 yds to offset some gravel that
Henry Krausa drew for my tank. $0.00
12/4/1907 I drew 1 load of gravel onto the crossway north. Took Henry A cutter was a one horse, two passenger horse sleigh.
Krausa's stoneboat home & got the new road grader form
John Beurger's place A.M. Went over to John Beurger's
auction P.M. For cutter $3.50. For large horse blanket .55.
For 2 yr. Old thorobred ram $10.25. For 2 clevices .10.
$0.00
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12/5/1907 Tagged the ewes & put the ram with them. Frew 3 loads of
gravel. Went to Gleaner meting in eve. For Lottie's tuition for
last month of year $1.20. $0.00
12/6/1907 Made out some Hy. Orders & drove over to Clarence Hall
about hauling gravel. I stopped him. Had Arthur Moore sign
the orders. Returned some bags (2) that belonged at the
elevator. Went to Mr. Grove's & settled with him for labor on
Hy. & hauling gravel. Took one of the new road machines to
Fred Selby's for shelter A.M. Tied corn P.M.
$0.00
12/7/1907 We drew the rem. Of our corn & drew up the plow, harrow &
drag. Cleaned the ice from the big tank & cleaned the hen
coop. $0.00
12/8/1907 Kate, Jason & I went over to father Stewart's to dinner. $0.00
12/9/1907 Went over to Milo's a few minutes & took the spades & shovel There was a large cut through a hill SW of the buildings that
down to the ditch in morning. Henry Krausa & John Beckett provided drainage of the flats to the south and the Peterson &
came to clean up some buckwheat. Geo. Lyle came to settle Rogers farms by way of the Powelson-Treadway drain.
for hauling gravel. Milo & Nelson helped me in the ditch P.M. Instead of having a ditch flow through the cut, the water was
I cleaned out the north end of the big crock. carried through by a large (12-13 inch) buried tile crock,
which occasionally became clogged with mud and trash. To
clean out the ditch, the workers had to be in the water, which
was constantly replenished by a spring at the south end of
the crock. $0.00
12/10/190 Omar took 90# of wheat to mill for flour. 45# of flour. I The previously mentioned cut was called "The Gully" even
7 worked in the ditch all day in the Gully at end of lane. Was a though it was really a man-made cut.
stormy snowey day. $0.00
12/11/190 Milo Miller went with me & got a load of 12 in. Jackson Tiles These tiles were glazed, rather than being the usual red terra
7 31 pieces - 62 ft. $11.16. For Milo's help putting up the water cotta.
tank $1.50. For 1/2 day in the ditch .75. & today's help .75.
Paid Nelson wooley in full .75. Drew order on the Tp.
Treasurer to R. King Lumber Co. in full to date for sluice
crock from Tp. Of Elba. $6.90. I put the crock in the ditch
P.M. $0.00
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12/12/190 Worked in the ditch all day. Finished putting in the crock & a The box at the south end of the gully was probably over the
7 box at south end & dug a little south of them. spring and served to provide drinking water for livestock,
while keeping them out of the ditch. It may also served as a
settling tank to keep mud out of the buried crock.
$0.00
12/13/190 Took one of the new road graders over to Fred Selby's to The scrapers were large metal scoops with two handles, like
7 store for winter. Helped him place the tools around & put a wheelbarrow, pulled by one horse. They were often used to
graders in barn. Nelson Wooley helped me in the ditch. We move dirt, and in this case were used to fill in the trench
used team & scraper P.M. Sold Omar & Harry's rat furs to above the buried crock in the gully.
Herbert Bullock. Omar's 19 for $3.40. Harry's 7 for 1.00.
Omar, harry & Kate went to Hadley in eve. Boys went skating
on Pond. $0.00
12/14/190 It snowed all day. I fixed Kate's & Lottie's & Lulu's shoes A.M.
7 We husked some corn. Fixed horse stable floor & went down
to Mr. Peterson's with an order on Township for School
money & returned his pick. $0.00
12/15/190 Kate & I drove over to Ed Stewart's to dinner.
7 $0.00
12/16/190 Payed H. Krausa in full to date. I took the rem. Of the turkeys
7 to Davison. Sold to Forsythe & Co. @ 13 cents - 144# (14)
$18.72. Chicks. @ 8 cts. 107# (23) $8.56. For 4 gals of Ker.
Oil A.M. .40 Split some wood & cleaned large kettle & filled it
with water & got wood into wood house.
$1.50
12/17/190 Kate, Lottie, Jason, Duane & Omar & I went to Lapeer to
7 have some teeth filled. For a window frame $1.50. For a
window sash .80. For putty .10. For knife .25. For stove
back .75. For candy .15. Paid Mr. Kudner for new order
book ($1.25). Gave Morris Gibson his H'y order. Paid the Dr.
for Omar's examination .50. Paid to Ira Howland for Omar's
fees to join Gleaners. Kate & I went over to Geo.
Lambertson's in eve. For a visit. $0.00
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12/18/190 Milo Miller & Nelson Wooley each brought a hog over here &
7 we butchered 3 hogs in A.M. I ground knives & got water hot
& things ready to butcher. Went up to town hall & presented
my bill as Com. Of Elba to the T'p Board. ($65.05). I paid
Nelson wooley for 1/2 day in ditch (13th) .75.
$0.00
12/19/190 Put up 2 bu. Wheat for Graham. Took 125# wheat for
7 graham. Took 59# corn for meal to R. Winn's & went on to
Chas. Johnson's to club meeting. Went up to Gleaner
meeting in eve. Omar was initiated. Rec'd 116# graham flour.
Rec'd 52# corn meal for house use. $0.00
12/20/190 Was sick A.M. Did nothing but chores. Went up to Christmas The schoolhouse was Shaft School, attended by Arthur's
7 exercises at our schoolhouse P.M. I cut up the pork. children, by Robert and Harry's children later and by the
Potter grandchildren before it closed in the 1960's. It is
now(2003) a private residence. $0.00
12/21/190 Drew 8 loads of wood to the house. Fixed sleigh runner & The sleigh used to haul wood was a large one with two sets
7 made two tie ropes. of runners (called bobs) connected and attached to a frame
or rack for carrying freight. $0.00
7 $0.00
12/23/190 It snowed hard all day. I cut Omar's, Harry's, Jason's &
7 Duane's hair. We husked 20 bu. Corn in the barn. I went to
Hadley with Lottie & Lulu to practuce for Chris. Had single
harness tub fixed. $0.00
12/24/190 We cleaned off top of straw stack & got rack ready & drew 3 Both the cow and horse stables had upstairs lofts where
7 loads of straw into the barn. straw was kept and could be thrown down as needed for
bedding. $0.00
12/25/190 We all went over to Father Stewart's to spend the day. It
7 snowed some. $0.00
12/26/190 Drew 4 loads of manure to the field. (3 loads around house). Each winter, the foundations of the house were banked up
7 I renewed my subscription to Farm Journal for 5 years (to with horse manure covered with boards. The heat from the
Dec. 1913) & stopped Michigan Farmer & Farm & Home. decomposing manure provided some loss of heat around the
Sent as present to Will Thiemkey 5 years subscr. To Farm & sill plates and some of the manure acted as fertilizer and
Home. The boys banked the house with horse manure. Got protection to the flower plantings around the house.
the large window frame & sash ready & puttied the glass in.
Gave Lottie for P. Stamps. .10
$0.00
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12/27/190 The boys drew 10 loads of manure to the field west of the
7 woods. Pulled the tongue out of the sleighs. I worked on the
cover for big tank. Snow nearly all thawed off. No Grange
meeting. $0.00
12/28/190 Repaired the sleighs & worked some on the cover for large
7 tank. Went to Hadley in Eve. With Will Peterson to Woodman
meeting. For assessment #230 .75. For camp & per capita
dues $1.00. For sack buckwheat fl. .35. For white lead
(2#) .20. For 5# Venetian Red .40. For 1 gal. Linseed oil
.40. Omar & Harry did the chores & unloaded the sleigh &
drew 2 loads of dirt to fill trench south of horse stable.
$0.00
12/29/190 We all stayed at home. Flora Barber called on the girls in
7 eve. $0.00
12/30/190 Omar & Harry chored around. It snowed most of the day. I
7 worked on the tankhouse. $0.00
12/31/190 Omar & Harry drew out 8 loads of manure. I worked a little
7 on the tankhouse & went with Milo a little while to try to start a
fox. Drove over to Elba P.M. Got 10 - 6 in. matched boards
for tank cover. $1.50. Renewed my subscription to
"Moderator Topics" for one year (to Jan. 09) $1.00. For
postage stamps .25. For gran. Sugar .25. For fixing my
rubbers .25. $0.00
1/1/1908 Finished covering large tank & set 3 posts & put up fence
from tank to corner of barn. Fixed Lulu's skates & cleaned
out hogpen. Paid my Grange dues for 1907 together with
Kate's & Omar's $3.60. Omar & Harry drew 6 loads of
manure to field. Harry went skating a while in A.M. Omar,
Harry, Lottie & Lulu all went skating in eve. Omar went over
to settle with Grange treasurer in eve. $0.00
1/2/1908 Finished the fence by the large tank. Lulu, Lottie, Omar &
Harry went skating A.M. The boys painted the tank house &
drew out 2 loads of manure. Henry Krausa & Dora came
over in eve. & went up to the hall to the Installation of Gleaner
Officers. $0.00
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Date Entry Note Dr Cr

6/1/1915 Harry repaired fence around the North wood lot andAt this point Arthur had aquired the farm formerly $0.00 $0.00
on the flats A.M. Luke split & piled wood A.M. & belonging to Mr. Pierson South and across the
helped Harry draw 2 loads of hay down to the barn road. He and Kate moved into the brick house
P.M. And moved the bobs & put them away & put there and Omar, the oldest son will be moving into
the hay loader away. Took the platform off the the north farm house with his wife Jerriene Van
trucks for repairs. I repaired some harness and Kirk. There is a small house north of the brick
moved some things from the little house. Omar house on the south farm, and Harry and his wife,
Beatrice Burt will move into it as soon as it has
was here to dinner. He bro't a load of things here &
put into the other house. John Carl was here with been renovated. Lottie is now married and living
"Sultan" to try with "Bell". with her husband, Clarence Stier. Lulu will be
teaching school in the fall. Jason and Duane are
now teen-agers.
6/2/1915 Neils Sorenson came & got 76# of seed corn @ At this point Arthur has all four of his sons working $1.35 $0.00
$1.00 per bu. It rained all day. We sprouted on the two farms (Harry & Omar for wages). Luke
potatoes and cut seed potatoes A.M. I repaired my appears to be a hired hand. The farm operation
second shoes P.M. & tended to the lambs and has greatly increased in scope and intensity, with
sheep. Harry worked on his chicken coops. P.M. sheep, cattle, swine, grain, potatoes, and other
Luke cut some seed potatoes & finished the wood sources of income.
pile & scraped the yard.
6/3/1915 I took my wool to Davison 274# @ 30 cents per #. $116.15 $0.98

$112.20. For candy .10. For 1 doz. Bananas .15.
For sharpening lawn mower .60. For mortise latch
.13. Luke & I sprouted potatoes and cleaned cellar
A.M. Luke drew 4 loads of manure & 1 1/2 loads of
chip dirt P.M. Harry worked on his chicken coops
A.M. & took 14 crates of potatoes to Lapeer P.M.
@ $.30 per bu. $3.95. I went up to Town Hall in
eve but no Gleaner Meeting.
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6/4/1915 Harry & I went over to the Matt. Caley place & $0.00 $0.00
helped Omar move his house hold goods over
here. Borrowed Nels. Sorenson's platform &
wagon & took 2 teams. Paid Harry to pay Mrs.
Lambertson as nurse. Luke hauled 8 loads of
manure onto pasture north of barn. Mrs.
Lambertson went home after being here 7 weeks
as nurse for Harry's wife.
6/5/1915 Harry & Luke planted the late potatoes. I moved $0.00 $1.00
some things from the little house & went to Rhea
Gleason's wedding. Paid Harry $1.00.
6/6/1915 We were at home. Jason, Lulu & Duane went over $0.00 $0.00
to Clarence & Lottie's. Omar & Jerriene were here.
6/7/1915 Rained most of the day. Harry & Luke peeled The receipt for the building supplies from the Elba $0.00 $0.00
some fence posts A.M. & cut some burdocks. I Elevator Co. Is in the book for the above date.
went over to elba & got 12 rolls of roofing (30.00), a
new spade (1.25), a long handled shovel (!.25) and
2 planks for platform (1.87).
6/8/1915 Luke & Harry helped Omar move his chicken coop $1.85 $0.00
down here in the morning then Luke & I piled some
wood. John Carl came & tried "Bell" & Bred "Kit"
2nd time to "Sultan". Luke cut burdocks rem. Of
A.M. He cut up the boards & sorted rubbish pile
north of corn crib. Omar & Harry sprayed the
orchard & helped draw away rubbish. I took some
old wheels apart. Jason set out 8 young cherry
trees. Omar paid me Apr., May and March arbor
dues in Gleaners.
6/9/1915 Luke drew 7 loads of manure onto the pasture. The big hill is probably the one between the $0.00 $0.00
Harry took 22 sacks of corn & 12 sacks of oats to "Peterson Place" and the home farm.
Winn's Mill A.M. For grinding $1.25 & $.35 for
former grist. I patched fence around barn yard &
cut Jason's hair. Harry & I used the dump scraper
on the big hill north of here.
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6/10/1915 Omar & I patched fence around the barnyard & $0.00 $2.22
cleaned pig pen & troughs & drew rails & posts
A.M. Omar set some posts when it rained him off.
I went to Lapeer P.M. For 20# of nails 8's and 10's
.60. For 2 doz. Banannas .25. For salted peanuts
.10. For Clarion to Dec. 1915 $1.00. For Free
Press .02. For bottle gall cure .25. Harry & Luke
used the dump scraper on the hill north.
6/11/1915 I chored & repaired bridle & helped Omar get a $0.00 $2.00
yard ready & dipped the ewes A.M. Omar finished
the pig yard fence & helped me with the sheep A.M.
We dipped the lambs (22) and (23 pigs) & put away
some of the crates, cleaned the cellar bottom at the
little house & placed the oil barrel & measured the
roof of the house for roofing. Omar & Jerriene went
to Lapeer just at night to get some nails & tin caps
for the roofing. Jason went to Almont to the county
field meet. Gave him $2.00. Luke cut burdock &
took team & wagon & took Harry's things up to his
place.
6/12/1915 Omar & I worked at putting on the new roofing on $0.00 $21.67
the little house A.M. Harry & Luke worked on the
road A.M. Ditching & cutting brush. Harry & Omar
finished putting on the new roof .80. I took Luke to
the depot .65. Paid him in full $15.00. Paid Harry
$5.00. For bologna .12. For shave. .10.
6/13/1915 We stayed at home. Omar & Jerriene were down $0.00 $0.00
here awhile.
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6/14/1915 Omar went to Hadley in forenoon and cultivated $0.00 $3.00

corn in N.W. Cor. Lot. I went up & got the cultivator
& took the fertilizer & sowed 8 sacks on N. part of
long field A.M. I dragged the potato patches and
picked a load of stone & started the disc harrow.
Harry disced S. Half of the long field. Thomas
Farmer came & castrated the yearling colt ("Jack").
Paid him in full $3.00
6/15/1915 Omar & I drove the large red cow to Henry Krausa's John McDougal was the husband of Marian $0.00 $0.00
then we put the lightning rods on the little house Stewart, sister of Robert Stewart (Father Stewart)
A.M. Omar renailed some of the siding on the little
house & covered the chicken coops with roofing.
Harry cut brush. Kate & I went to the Funeral of
Uncle John McDougal. We ate supper at father
Stewart's.
6/16/1915 Harry & Omar plowed & scraped & repaired the The hogback road gave acess to the back parts of $0.00 $63.71
road over the hogback in north woodlot A.M. I the woodlot that were swampy by way of a bridge
made out an order for house paint & some other over the ditch.
articles to Sears, Roebuck & Co. & helped them a
while on the road. 25 gal. White paint @ $1.38. 5
gal. Green paint $5.50. 10 gal. Linseed oil $7.50.
For money order .25. To Sears Roebuck & Co.
$63.46. It rained hard afternoon & evening.
6/17/1915 For Omar in sears, Roebuck & Co. order $3.25. $0.00 $10.45
For Harry $.90. John Carl came with "Sultan" &
tried "Bell". I paid him for "Cloes" colt. $7.00. Sold
the roan Walker cow & 2 rams, 2 old fine wool
ewes, 4 yearling weathers to Wm. Brokaw for $100.
Harry, Omar & I fixed the wire fence along the lane
of flats A.M. I chored & worked on platform. We
put new anchor posts on the old windmill derrick.
Went up to the town hall in eve. Paid Gleaner
dues: Bertha's .75, Omar's .75, Lottie's .45,
Kate's .55, & mine .95.
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6/18/1915 We finished anchoring the windmill & put guy wires White oak was used because of its strength, and $262.60 $41.30
on & set posts along the wood fence. Cut a new especially its resistance to weathering and rot.
white oak overlay for the scaffold, put up a load of
beans. Harry took 52 bu. & Omar 49 bu. To Elba
@ $2.80 per bu. 2 1/2 # pickers. $262.60. Paid
Elba Elevator Co. for roofing ($31.25) & spade
(1.25) , shovel (1.25) & 2 planks ($1.87). $40.60.
For 2 hind shoes on Prince .70. I put up 36 bags
of oats.
6/19/1915 Omar & I each took a load of oats to Lapeer A.M. The point, ball & stand refers to a lightning rod for $54.12 $2.07
376 bu. @ 46 cts. Per bu. $54.12. For bananas 2 the little house on the Peterson Place. Bernice
doz. .25. For salted peanuts .10. For shave .10. refers to Harry's wife Bernice Burt.
For 4 fork handles .60. For copper point & stand
& ball complete .50. For papers .07. For
groceries for Harry .55. For groceries for Kate
.40. Omar grounded the lightning rods at the little
house & put up the new point & changed the other
points P.M. I put the rack on the wagon. Harry
took "Cloe" over to Eugene Burt's & bred her to
"Prince", G. Jarvis' horse. Bernice came home.
Harry trimmed some apple trees. Kate, Lulu,
Jason, Duane & I went to Lapeer in eve. Gave
Jason & Duane each $.50. Mr. & Mrs. Van Kirk
came & stayed at Omar's all night.
6/20/1915 Kate, Lulu, Jason, duane & I drove over to see Bertha is Kate's sister who married Joe Leeder. $0.00 $0.00
Bertha & Joe over to Father Stewart's.
6/21/1915 Duane & I took the roan Walker cow & 8 sheep to $100.00 $0.35
Davison A.M. For ice cream .10. For candy .25.
Harry & Omar drew out 6 loads of manure onto N.
pasture lot A.M. Harry & I disced until 4-30 o'clock.
It rained. Omar cultivated corn in N.W. Cor. Lot
until 4-30 o'clock.
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6/22/1915 Harry & I finished discing the long field & put up a For unloading the hay wagons into the barn $0.00 $3.30
grist of 15 sacks of oats & 15 sacks of corn A.M. I haymows, forks were no longer used, but were
took the grist to Winn's Mill P.M. & went to Hadley. replaced with wood & rope slings that were layed
For grinding $1.35. For setting "Bell's" & "Cloe's" out on the wagon bed and covered with hay by hay
front shoes .60. Ordered 2 wheels (no. 132) for loader or by pitching hay onto wagon. When
sling carrier barn. (30 Cts. Each) .60. Harry enough had been loaded, another set of slings
trimmed apple trees P.M. Omar cultivated corn in were laid down and more hay added. Usually a full
field west of N. wood lot. For Sal Vet 20# $1.25. wagon load required 3 sling loads. The slings were
For Sal Hepatica .50. attached to pullies inside the barn and lifted higher
than the hay in the mow and then rolled over the
mow by means of a steel track running under the
ridge pole. The slings could then be tripped by
pulling on a trip rope to drop the hay where needed.
6/23/1915 I pot in about 5 rods of 3 inch tile in S.E. corner of $0.00 $0.20
long field. Harry & Janie called a few minutes.
Harry harrowed the long field. Omar drilled beans
in long field. P.M. & cultivated corn West of N. wood
lot A.M. Omar, Jerriene, Vinson, Lulu, Kate & I
went to Lapeer in eve. To commencement
exercises. For admission .20.
6/24/1915 I chored & went to Elba A.M. After fr't from Sears, $0.00 $16.35
Roebuck & Co. For Fr't. $1.35. For 5 bus. Seed
Beans $15.00. Got 2 long & 2 short shoes for
harrow charged. Harry harrowed some in long field
& disced some in field N. of N. Barn. Omar finished
drilling beans in long field A.M. G. Jarvis came &
tried "Bessie" Received paint & oil , snaps, center
singline irons, mower knife heads, sheep dip, fly
spray. Wrote to Sears, Roebuck & Co. about the
linseed oil overcharge of 60 cents.
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6/25/1915 I sent another order to Sears, Roebuck & Co. For $0.00 $81.26
new top buggy $48.90. For some goods for Kate:
Furniture & sparklers, balloons $32.36. Kate
furnished $24.00. Put a center iron on a singletree,
put 4 new fork handles on to tines. Omar & Harry
finished discing north field by barn. Omar disced
some along the road A.M. & drilled beans P.M. By
N. barn. Harry harrowed N. field. Duane rolled the
N. field & finished the long field. Jason worked
around the house & garden. Commenced to feed
Sal Vet to the pigs.
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Expenses Month Income

June 28, 1892 Mowing Machine 47.83

Jan. '93 $121.85

Balance Due Me $7.17

Dec. 9th By work 1/2 day $0.38

page 73 Eugene Burt

page 77 Rufus Ivory

Jan. 1st Note Due 3/12/92 $100.00

[calculations follow - appear to be calculations of future interest and balances]

$343.47 [Balance owed]

Jan. 1st Note due 10/1/92 $45.00

June 28th Pd. Herbert Pelton Deering

June 21st Bo't of W. H. Johnson a binder

Oct. 1st P'd him $20.00

page 81 W. Perry [Previous owner of farm at 1419 Hadley Road]

Jan. 1st On the Farm $3,700.00

April 1st '93 Int. Due $203.00

[new balance 4/1/93] $2,900.00

Date Entry Note Dr Cr

1/31/1892 We went to the funeral of Mrs. Pierson $0.00 $0.00

2/24/1892 I drew 68 bales of hay to Elba $0.00 $0.00

3/22/1892 It rained all day. I picked over potatoes. $0.00 $0.00

3/25/1892 Rec'd of M. Hemingway on ls Dent's note $20.00 $0.00

4/2/1892 I split and drew some wood. $0.00 $0.00

4/28/1892 I made a hen park. $0.00 $0.00

5/21/1892 Cut and burned brush. $0.00 $0.00

5/26/1892 I planted corn. Jerome Peterson helped me 6 hours. $0.00 $0.00

7/24/1892 Went to church. For coll. $0.00 $0.07

8/20/1892 I plowed wheat stubble. $0.00 $0.00

9/18/1892 Stayed at home. $0.00 $0.00

10/9/1892 We went to Mr. Wm. Beckett's funeral. $0.00 $0.00

10/24/1892 Dug and drew 19 bu. potatoes. $0.00 $0.00

11/7/1892 Husked corn until 4 o'clock. It rained $0.00 $0.00

11/18/1892 It stormed some. Gathered a few beets. $0.00 $0.00

12/4/1892 Went to church. For collection - .12 $0.00 $0.12

12/6/1892 Chored around. It rained most of the time. $0.00 $0.00

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