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Ellery Moses Hancock diary, 1920

1920-04-25 -- 1920-05-01

April-May, 1920
Sun. 25 Fair morn, 40 S.E. 60° max. P.M. Cloudy Temp. unchanged. All three at church, morn. 

Mon. 26 Rain morn. & in night. Rainy day, N.E. 46° max. Abs. all I could, & Ins. evg. 10 [-c?]

Tues. 27 Cloudy, N., 35to 48° Sprinkles. Abs. all day, at office, & Evg. 9:30

Wed. 28 Fair, N.W. 34 to 52° Abstracting; & a while Evg. then [aks?] to 10 o'c. Grunderson and son at work p.m.

Thurs. 29 Fair, var. wind but mainly S.E. - 38 to 60°. Gunderson grading; N. planting; I burned rubbish, & abstracting. Letter to clara evg. Plumber set sink in dining room.

Fri. 30 4o to 60, Rainy morn. Fair p.m. & evg Gunderson spading p.m. Day broken up. ant. evg.

Sat. 1 May about 36 to 65° Fair a.m. cloudy P.M. - N.W. - Helping Harriet in garden morn & planted 50 hills Irish Cobbler potatoes after dinner. ant. evg.

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April-May, 1920 Sun. 25 Fair morn, 40 S.E. 60° max. P.M. Cloudy Temp. unchanged. All three at church, morn. Mon. 26 Rain morn. & in night. Rainy day, N.E. 46° max. Abs. all I could, & Ins. evg. 10 [-c?] Tues. 27 Cloudy, N., 35to 48° Sprinkles. Abs. all day, at office, & Evg. 9:30 Wed. 28 Fair, N.W. 34 to 52° Abstracting; & a while Evg. then [aks?] to 10 o'c. Grunderson and son at work p.m. Thurs. 29 Fair, var. wind but mainly S.E. - 38 to 60°. Gunderson grading; N. planting; I burned rubbish, & abstracting. Letter to clara evg. Plumber set sink in dining room. Fri. 30 4o to 60, Rainy morn. Fair p.m. & evg Gunderson spading p.m. Day broken up. ant. evg. Sat. 1 May about 36 to 65° Fair a.m. cloudy P.M. - N.W. - Helping Harriet in garden morn & planted 50 hills Irish Cobbler potatoes after dinner. ant. evg.