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Iowa Byington Reed diary, April 1, 1905-December 31, 1906

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Friday August 24th 1906
I did some baking in forenoon and Will churned
for me. I ate my dinner early. Went down town
on 11.30 and met the girls at the drug store from
there we went to Mr Slemmons funeral in a
carriage that was to go out. Were early so we had
a chance to talk with Ida some. There was some
rain but the hardest passed around to the north.
We got back in time that I came home at 5.05.
Saturday August 25th 1906
I got in the corn and dried a nice lot today.
I did some other house work. Will went to town
in afternoon. We had early supper and I went in
at 5.30. I called at Mrs Warren Pratts and went
up to Moores awhile. Came home at 8.05 [8.55?]. I
had a letter from Laura and wrote her today.
Sunday August 26th 1906
It turned much cooler last night. We were
late getting up so the forenoon was very short. I
got Wills things ready to pack for the start to
Delavan tomorrow. I wrote and rested in
afternoon. I went down to church in the
evening but there was none so spent the evening
with Frankie Pointains. I talked up my party with her.

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Friday August 24th 1906 I did some baking in forenoon and Will churned for me. I ate my dinner early. Went down town on 11.30 and met the girls at the drug store from there we went to Mr Slemmons funeral in a carriage that was to go out. Were early so we had a chance to talk with Ida some. There was some rain but the hardest passed around to the north. We got back in time that I came home at 5.05. Saturday August 25th 1906 I got in the corn and dried a nice lot today. I did some other house work. Will went to town in afternoon. We had early supper and I went in at 5.30. I called at Mrs Warren Pratts and went up to Moores awhile. Came home at 8.05 [8.55?]. I had a letter from Laura and wrote her today. Sunday August 26th 1906 It turned much cooler last night. We were late getting up so the forenoon was very short. I got Wills things ready to pack for the start to Delavan tomorrow. I wrote and rested in afternoon. I went down to church in the evening but there was none so spent the evening with Frankie Pointains. I talked up my party with her.