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Iowa Byington Reed diary, January 1, 1910-December 31, 1911

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Thursday September 7 1911  Will and I went to town got him some clothes and a lot of other things.  He sold the hogs tonight.  I put up plums.  Friday September 8 1911   Will sold 5 hogs for $107.50 and in the afternoon digged the potatoes.  Ida out for dinner.  Hattie came in afternoon and they went back together.  31 years today John & Hattie were married   Saturday September 9 1911  Will and I to town in the buggy in the morning.  I got a hat  I did not like so took it back in afternoon and went over and borrowed Hatties.  I had a lot of work to do in the evening.  Sunday September 10 1911  Was busy with the work all forenoon.  Will and I went down on the 1.15 and out to [Lucas?] in one of the carriages to attend Phoebe Lucas funeral.  Will was one of the pall-bearers  I went to the cemetery in a carriage was at Mothers grave for a little while.  Came home with head-ache  did evening work.   Monday September 11 1911  We had churning and a big washing to do today  I did the ironing in afternoon.  Will busy getting things ready to go tomorrow

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Thursday September 7 1911 Will and I went to town got him some clothes and a lot of other things. He sold the hogs tonight. I put up plums. Friday September 8 1911 Will sold 5 hogs for $107.50 and in the afternoon digged the potatoes. Ida out for dinner. Hattie came in afternoon and they went back together. 31 years today John & Hattie were married Saturday September 9 1911 Will and I to town in the buggy in the morning. I got a hat I did not like so took it back in afternoon and went over and borrowed Hatties. I had a lot of work to do in the evening. Sunday September 10 1911 Was busy with the work all forenoon. Will and I went down on the 1.15 and out to [Lucas?] in one of the carriages to attend Phoebe Lucas funeral. Will was one of the pall-bearers I went to the cemetery in a carriage was at Mothers grave for a little while. Came home with head-ache did evening work. Monday September 11 1911 We had churning and a big washing to do today I did the ironing in afternoon. Will busy getting things ready to go tomorrow