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Alma Erickson Swanson diary, 1919
1919-06-05 -- 1919-06-11
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June 5th. Tore out posts in forenoon. Hauled 'em away. Put up screen in P.M. Tore down piece of fence. Set 2 posts at hog yard. June 6th. Cleaned barn and chickenhouse. Hauled a little straw. Gathered up posts in pile. To Blosser's funeral in afternoon. June 7th. Put in machinery in forenoon. Hauled load of junk in afternoon and nailed on some lath on shed roof June 8th. To church in morn. Communion. To Lorens' in P.M. Silver wedding do. June 9th. Started to cultivate. 49 rows. Long ones. June 10th. Went out in morning to plow. Was chased home by rain. Went to town. June 11th. Helped Arvid home with boar pig. Shut up red sow. Spaded in garden. Cut lawn at church. Cleaned barn.
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June 5th. Tore out posts in forenoon. Hauled 'em away. Put up screen in P.M. Tore down piece of fence. Set 2 posts at hog yard. June 6th. Cleaned barn and chickenhouse. Hauled a little straw. Gathered up posts in pile. To Blosser's funeral in afternoon. June 7th. Put in machinery in forenoon. Hauled load of junk in afternoon and nailed on some lath on shed roof June 8th. To church in morn. Communion. To Lorens' in P.M. Silver wedding do. June 9th. Started to cultivate. 49 rows. Long ones. June 10th. Went out in morning to plow. Was chased home by rain. Went to town. June 11th. Helped Arvid home with boar pig. Shut up red sow. Spaded in garden. Cut lawn at church. Cleaned barn.
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