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Ellery Moses Hancock diary, 1919
1919-06-15 -- 1919-06-21
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June, 1919 Sun. 15 Early morn. shower, and more about 1; & thunder shower later, very copious. 88° All 4 at church morn. & ch. & c. evg. Mon. 16 Most 3 boxes berries, morn. Crowding 90°. Copious shower again 5 p.m. Chautauqua began; attended evg. with H. - War pictures..Peck. Tues. 17 3 boxes - sprayed Potatoes, still hot early & late Lead arsenate & Bordeaux; and currants with hellebore. - Kelly mowed. Lieut. Nielson chaut. flyer from [Deyarch?] sharp Thunder shower 3 & for an hour p.m. Wed. 18 3 boxes - another box evg. Fair morn. Watching the flier [a?] half hour or more Showed the Lathrop [home?] to [Blochamp?] 90+ max Threatening, but only a sprinkle after supper, and rainbow. Thurs. 10 Fair & hot again. 91° shower 6 p.m. C.W. Walker died at M.G. - suddenly. Garden morn.; evg. at Chautau. band concert with H. 1 box berries: c. picked. Fri. 20 Fair part of time, S.E. not quite so hot. 87° Garden morn. & evg. 2 boxes berries Sat. 21 Fairish Easterly 82° Garden morn. & till 2:30 p.m. Picked the cherries (2 or 4 boxes) & weeded onion bed. 1 box berries. only a sprinkle.
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June, 1919 Sun. 15 Early morn. shower, and more about 1; & thunder shower later, very copious. 88° All 4 at church morn. & ch. & c. evg. Mon. 16 Most 3 boxes berries, morn. Crowding 90°. Copious shower again 5 p.m. Chautauqua began; attended evg. with H. - War pictures..Peck. Tues. 17 3 boxes - sprayed Potatoes, still hot early & late Lead arsenate & Bordeaux; and currants with hellebore. - Kelly mowed. Lieut. Nielson chaut. flyer from [Deyarch?] sharp Thunder shower 3 & for an hour p.m. Wed. 18 3 boxes - another box evg. Fair morn. Watching the flier [a?] half hour or more Showed the Lathrop [home?] to [Blochamp?] 90+ max Threatening, but only a sprinkle after supper, and rainbow. Thurs. 10 Fair & hot again. 91° shower 6 p.m. C.W. Walker died at M.G. - suddenly. Garden morn.; evg. at Chautau. band concert with H. 1 box berries: c. picked. Fri. 20 Fair part of time, S.E. not quite so hot. 87° Garden morn. & evg. 2 boxes berries Sat. 21 Fairish Easterly 82° Garden morn. & till 2:30 p.m. Picked the cherries (2 or 4 boxes) & weeded onion bed. 1 box berries. only a sprinkle.
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