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Ellery Moses Hancock diary, 1918
1918-08-04 -- 1918-08-10
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August, 1918 Sun. 4 Thunder showers early morn & severa 9 am 87° Girls & I at church morn. 110° Des M Mon. 5 Fair & hot: 93° (98° C. City) 102° Chicago. Spading morn. (for strawberry bed) & hoeing evg. Henry Straate died. morn. Tues. 6 Fair & hot: 95° Spading morn, mowing E&N evg. Wed. Fair morn; 90° max. Sharp shower 4:30 with hail. Trim Maples morn. Garden evg. Thurs. 8 Cloudy & drizzly, N.E. 75° Puttering around but not well. Dug a few potatoes - last of old ones used to-day. Hugh Kidder wounded July 19 - Fri. 9 Fog-soused morn. Fair day. S.E. 80° Sawed maple boughs morn. Mowed evg. W. & N.W. office as usual & a while evg. Sat. 10 Fair. S.W. 90° Puttering around. morn. Office as usual. Girls & I at movie evg. Billie Burke.
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August, 1918 Sun. 4 Thunder showers early morn & severa 9 am 87° Girls & I at church morn. 110° Des M Mon. 5 Fair & hot: 93° (98° C. City) 102° Chicago. Spading morn. (for strawberry bed) & hoeing evg. Henry Straate died. morn. Tues. 6 Fair & hot: 95° Spading morn, mowing E&N evg. Wed. Fair morn; 90° max. Sharp shower 4:30 with hail. Trim Maples morn. Garden evg. Thurs. 8 Cloudy & drizzly, N.E. 75° Puttering around but not well. Dug a few potatoes - last of old ones used to-day. Hugh Kidder wounded July 19 - Fri. 9 Fog-soused morn. Fair day. S.E. 80° Sawed maple boughs morn. Mowed evg. W. & N.W. office as usual & a while evg. Sat. 10 Fair. S.W. 90° Puttering around. morn. Office as usual. Girls & I at movie evg. Billie Burke.
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