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Iowa Byington Reed diary, January 1, 1893-May 31, 1894

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Saturday March 17th 1894
Will took the team and went over home to
get a plow and scour it at the river and did
not come back to dinner. I had dinner early 
and Josie and I went to town with Pet and the
buggy. She stopped to see Mrs Westenhauer about
working for her. I went over home to see Hattie
a little while. I then came back to town to do
some errands. I went up in Otts office to write to
Dewitt Miller at Dwight. I got home before 
Will did. It was summer heat today. I read a
little in the evening. I was very tired. went to bed. I had a letter from Lizzie Duncan, Flora is very sick.
Sunday March 18th 1894
There was a hard rain this morning. I was busy
about the house most of the forenoon. I read
some in the afternoon. Will put up some curtains
for me. Leonard went to town but came back
before supper. I wrote most of the evening.
Monday March 19th 1894
I was busy most of the day with the housework.
I did baking and made yeast. In the afternoon
I put up curtains in the dining room and
stairway. It was a cloudy warm day. Will
was busy about the place and Leonard was
plowing. I read in the evening.

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Saturday March 17th 1894 Will took the team and went over home to get a plow and scour it at the river and did not come back to dinner. I had dinner early and Josie and I went to town with Pet and the buggy. She stopped to see Mrs Westenhauer about working for her. I went over home to see Hattie a little while. I then came back to town to do some errands. I went up in Otts office to write to Dewitt Miller at Dwight. I got home before Will did. It was summer heat today. I read a little in the evening. I was very tired. went to bed. I had a letter from Lizzie Duncan, Flora is very sick. Sunday March 18th 1894 There was a hard rain this morning. I was busy about the house most of the forenoon. I read some in the afternoon. Will put up some curtains for me. Leonard went to town but came back before supper. I wrote most of the evening. Monday March 19th 1894 I was busy most of the day with the housework. I did baking and made yeast. In the afternoon I put up curtains in the dining room and stairway. It was a cloudy warm day. Will was busy about the place and Leonard was plowing. I read in the evening.