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Hancock family diary, 1900

1900-05-20 -- 1900-05-26

Sun. 20. Fair [illegible] [illegible] warmer. Very fine
[illegible], [illegible] [illegible] [illegible][N.E?][P.W]
Mon. 21. Fair, Warmer.
[illegible] Spaded garden. Offers as usual.
But rather ill from effort
blue[illegible] -home [illegible]
tues. 22. Fair, Warm; and signs of rain.
Planted Carrots, beets, pees, beans, and melons.
[illegible][illegible][illegible][illegible]. Hoed [illegible] [illegible] feeling
pretty weak.
Wed. 23. A light rain, warm. cloudy all day.
planted "king of the [earlis?] and "white start potatoes" 
Hoed, [illegible]- right eye sight blurred 
[considerably], in 3 days.
Thurs. 24. Fine day. C ar office 1.5 hours.
P.M, while i went to cemetery to trim trees. 
[illegible] [illegible] jordan of [illegible], here.
Hoed morn, mowed[wg?]
charlotte coughs hard worry all night
Fri. 25. Very fine day and warm.
hoed and mowed, [moth and eng?] not very busy.
down [illegible] a wile dry.
sat. 26. Fine day and warm.
mowed, morn. [illegible name] [till M?] charlotte's face swollen wow.
cotton flying very abundantly.

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Sun. 20. Fair [illegible] [illegible] warmer. Very fine [illegible], [illegible] [illegible] [illegible][N.E?][P.W] Mon. 21. Fair, Warmer. [illegible] Spaded garden. Offers as usual. But rather ill from effort blue[illegible] -home [illegible] tues. 22. Fair, Warm; and signs of rain. Planted Carrots, beets, pees, beans, and melons. [illegible][illegible][illegible][illegible]. Hoed [illegible] [illegible] feeling pretty weak. Wed. 23. A light rain, warm. cloudy all day. planted "king of the [earlis?] and "white start potatoes" Hoed, [illegible]- right eye sight blurred [considerably], in 3 days. Thurs. 24. Fine day. C ar office 1.5 hours. P.M, while i went to cemetery to trim trees. [illegible] [illegible] jordan of [illegible], here. Hoed morn, mowed[wg?] charlotte coughs hard worry all night Fri. 25. Very fine day and warm. hoed and mowed, [moth and eng?] not very busy. down [illegible] a wile dry. sat. 26. Fine day and warm. mowed, morn. [illegible name] [till M?] charlotte's face swollen wow. cotton flying very abundantly.