~ Boyd County, Nebraska
September 2, 1922: Another bright hot day, south wind. Will and Floyd finished road then we went to Spencer, had supper at folks, came home after Will’s hair cut. A beautiful evening, wish we had a car and nice clothes so I could walk the streets in the evening.
September 2: 1923: A bright, hot day. Chas. and Alex Ward, Will and I left for Todd County, South Dakota at 8:30 a.m. via mouth of Keya Reha River, had dinner here, went through S. W. Boyd to Keya Paha line to camp for the night. A beautiful evening across Boyd County line.
~ Hidden Timber, South Dakota
September 2, 1926, Thursday: Rena, Leo and Edward fell in the creek, so got wet, and Tom took them home.
September 2, 1927, Friday: Another bright, hot day and I got dinner early and Ben, Will, Kenneth and Lawrence did not come in, but when they did, Will went to Boosters Meeting at Rosebud, and I rode to the store and ordered groceries and walked back and did up work and got supper and was sleeping nicely when Will came in at 11 o’clock and then oh my!
September 2, 1929, Monday: Bright nice Labor Day until p.m., cloudy. Will and Roy chored. Dave came in at 1:20 a.m. from O’Kreek, but got up to be best-man for Harry and Louise as they were married at 9:30 a.m. at Little Hidden Timber Church. St. Therese’s. Dave, Louise, Jeanette, Nellie, Mary, Harry and Harriet went in our car. Roy took Wm Whitings, and Will and I went in Harry’s Car, and after Mass we came every way as Ed and family came down, also Mrs. Wheeler, Perry, Norman and Lycenia as they were at church, also Mr. and Mrs. Bart Wagner and Madeline and Tom, Thomas, Stanley and Harold.
Louise dressed in blue and Nellie in Tan as she was bridesmaid. Harry and Louise went home in evening. Dave left for O’Neill with Nellie, Mary and Harriet and Jeanette, and they took Mrs. Wheeler and Lycenia home. Mr. Wheeler came and took trunks to Winner and Perry went with him and Norman rode home with Ed and family.
Father Goll left for St. Francis in a hurry this a.m. Roy went around stock and Will and I went out to the field in Oscar Jackson’s Car and got green corn. Jay Tate and 2 men, a truck load of Wheeler crowd came to Chiverie Louise and Harry but they were home, so they went over there. It was cloudy then, late evening.
September 2, 1933, Saturday: Will and Curt brought Curt’s truck back in the evening from the hay-field, and it got burnt at the foot-board from a short in the wires, and a miracle there was no prairie fire, for it also burnt a coat.
September 2, 1939, Saturday: Bright, very hot, in fact I just perspired at times sitting in the front room, had to close one window on account of an east wind that blew papers around, makes it more hot, but it was a nice evening. I got meals, lay down in p.m. and played solitaire, listened to radio, for Poland and Germany are fighting, and England and France are about to enter.
September 2, 1940, Monday: Bright, hot day, south wind quite dusty at times, was warm last night and again this evening.
I got only breakfast for Seth chored and got his family, and we went to Labor Day celebration at Winner. Got there for the Parade, and had a nice place north of Weeks Filling Station facing north to road from Fair Grounds. The Parade consisted of American Legion, Civil War, Spanish War Veterans, Indian Scouts with Carl Nelson in the lead and a lot of Indians, Butte, Nebr., White River and Winner Bands, Floats, a lot of them. God Bless America was nice by Women’s Clubs. The Mountaineers was real nice.
Saw Foster May, W.O.W. Radio, New Commentator, and he has light hair and is not so tall, for reached George Bailey, Winner, just above the shoulders. A good looking man, always smiling. The Jimmie Lynch Death-Dodgers were at Fair Grounds. Home at sunset.
September 2, 1946, Monday: Labor Day, but not celebrations in this country on account of Polio, so many children and older ones sick and dying, also heard over radio that no school at Winner for two weeks, and that Marian Mathews of W.N.A.X. Radio, Piano Player, had died at Yankton to-day.
Will took lunch and went to mow on sub-marginal land, and a fire burnt some bunched hay or in windrows and half a mile of grass north west corner of our pasture. It started at the fence where Clarence Paulson was mowing and west Southwest, so Will stayed out there with McKees until after dark. This fire started at about 5 p.m. and so many folks fought it that it wasn’t long until it was out, for they stopped it at McKees’ fire guard.
Was I worried after it got dark, sure that he might have had an accident and I cannot walk very far, would just sit here and worry. I maybe could signal with a lighted lamp and looking glass, but I suppose couldn’t draw any attention. We ate supper at 9:30 p.m., then rested awhile and returned. I was thankful the fire was no worse and that Will got home.
September 2, 1951, Sunday: Bright day so Will and I had lunch and went to Furreys in our V8 Coupe for Louise and Harry’s Wedding Anniversary, the 22nd one, they were married Sept. 2, 1929 at Hidden Timber, St. Therese Chapel, at 9:30 a.m.. Today Louise, Harry, Harley, Billie and Mary were at home, and Dorothy is with O’Brien girls of Norris, S.D., Mellette, County.
They had a delicious dinner of fried chicken, potatoes, gravy, roasting ears, buffalo berry jell, berries gathered from Carl Nelson’s orchard, butter, homemade bread, coffee, cream, brownies and roasting ears.
