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Clara Steen Skott diary, 1942-1946

September 12

September 12
1942. Picked lima beans + spinach before breakfast, sent them to locker when K + Z went in. Did some cleaning, canned 4 qt. grape juice + made a lot of grape jam.
1943. Rainy. K + I took Zillie to church. 48 at S.S. Hans + K finished figuring out duplex house plans. He + I figured out income tax. Wrote card to Sig, Elsie, letter to Emily H.
1944. Showers. Tired then thru ironing- guess this humidity doesn't agree with me. Did some cleaning. Cooked a chicken.
1945. Hung cleaned drapes, cleand up in general, put away the 44 pt. fruit I brought back from Ames. Had Mrs. Norbert in for fried chicken + apple crisp supper. Then we went to her apt. + Hans bought Lloyd's low brown shoes.
80.8° 1946 Hans began his Agr. office work in PeiPing. I took bus to Morrison St. Circle, ordered pics, changed money, had crystal reset in watch. The car Mr. Coulson asked for was a jeep, so we women didn't go; Hans + C.C. got threshing pics, also camels. Wrote 3 letters to accompany "Glimpses of Rural China".

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September 12 1942. Picked lima beans + spinach before breakfast, sent them to locker when K + Z went in. Did some cleaning, canned 4 qt. grape juice + made a lot of grape jam. 1943. Rainy. K + I took Zillie to church. 48 at S.S. Hans + K finished figuring out duplex house plans. He + I figured out income tax. Wrote card to Sig, Elsie, letter to Emily H. 1944. Showers. Tired then thru ironing- guess this humidity doesn't agree with me. Did some cleaning. Cooked a chicken. 1945. Hung cleaned drapes, cleand up in general, put away the 44 pt. fruit I brought back from Ames. Had Mrs. Norbert in for fried chicken + apple crisp supper. Then we went to her apt. + Hans bought Lloyd's low brown shoes. 80.8° 1946 Hans began his Agr. office work in PeiPing. I took bus to Morrison St. Circle, ordered pics, changed money, had crystal reset in watch. The car Mr. Coulson asked for was a jeep, so we women didn't go; Hans + C.C. got threshing pics, also camels. Wrote 3 letters to accompany "Glimpses of Rural China".