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Clara Steen Skott diary, 1936-1939
July 15
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July 15 19 Up at 4, left at 5:20 for Madison, Wis, where we spent rest of forenoon in Dept. of Ag in Capitol. Dinner on shores of Lake Mendota. Call on Emma Hodley. I drove 50 mi on way to Lancaster; supper at Walker's. 19 Hans slept till 8 while I wrote and talked to people from Washington DC & Tenn. in camp. I drove much of way from Winona to St. Cloud; lunch beside road. Supper at Helen's in their apartment cooked by a student. Thru a granite works in eve. 19 Picked usual 4 qt. berries, canned 3. Elec. stove dem. at Pheasant Branch in p.m. Cleaned my room and dining room. Hilda drove to Platteville at noon after school for week-end at E.L. Institute. Finished reading "Under Green Apple Boughs" by Lucile Grebenc. Letters from Luella Ruff. 19 Cool except in sun. Baked rolls, bread, cake & berry pie, made raspberry-currant jelly, berry preserves & canned 3 qt. Used 3 tubs of water in daily flower watering. Wrote Hilda. My pink lace "Fashion Frock" came, ordered a month ago. 19
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July 15 19 Up at 4, left at 5:20 for Madison, Wis, where we spent rest of forenoon in Dept. of Ag in Capitol. Dinner on shores of Lake Mendota. Call on Emma Hodley. I drove 50 mi on way to Lancaster; supper at Walker's. 19 Hans slept till 8 while I wrote and talked to people from Washington DC & Tenn. in camp. I drove much of way from Winona to St. Cloud; lunch beside road. Supper at Helen's in their apartment cooked by a student. Thru a granite works in eve. 19 Picked usual 4 qt. berries, canned 3. Elec. stove dem. at Pheasant Branch in p.m. Cleaned my room and dining room. Hilda drove to Platteville at noon after school for week-end at E.L. Institute. Finished reading "Under Green Apple Boughs" by Lucile Grebenc. Letters from Luella Ruff. 19 Cool except in sun. Baked rolls, bread, cake & berry pie, made raspberry-currant jelly, berry preserves & canned 3 qt. Used 3 tubs of water in daily flower watering. Wrote Hilda. My pink lace "Fashion Frock" came, ordered a month ago. 19
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