1926 April 3rd Saturday
Bright forepart of day but clouded middle p.m. and got cold and late eve spitted some snow or mist. Glen McEachran went home with horses. Will & William fixed fence west of the barn. Louise finished her dress and I dressed 6 chickens to take to St. Francis then finished on my dress. Will waited patiently for Menz’s to come, they came at 3 p.m. and Louise, Will and I left for St. Francis via Tom’s and car balked so Mr. Clarence Wheeler who was helping dig a well west of Clausen land helped fix but the trouble caused us to stop at Mr. John Neiss’s and we got warm and Mose Marshall pulled us up the Rock Creek hill and car trouble punctured tires, got to St. Francis at midnight and slept on floor at Dave’s. John Kirwin, Paul Meyers and Joe Gordon family there. William at home.
1936 April 3rd Friday
Sun shone but clouded at 4 p.m., was cold and N.E. wind. Will got breakfast, for these days I can scarcely move for pains in right side of my back. I got dinner and supper and not much else but laid down in p.m. Will went to Whiting Store and Tom went along to Mission where they met the highway board and bid to maintain roads and Will was home before supper. LeMoyne and Thomas chored and hauled 2 loads hay from North of Strids.
1946 April 3rd Wednesday
Snowing and rain. Will chored and Van Epps came, they fed cattle and calves, then Van Epps went home and Will came in to eat. I got meals, laid down in p.m. as I am on unsalted diet and not much to eat at that so I cannot work much, also iodine capsules. I fed chickens on east porch.
1956 April 3rd Tuesday
Snowed last night and terrific N.W. wind but snow got worse today. Men gave cattle east of trees at Janis’s stack of hay. Some calves come day and night, we now have 26 of them. No go to school and Will did not go to Valentine, Nebr. with Thomas’s on account of snow but not too cold. I got eats, laid down in p.m. Will slept also. I played solitaire. Electricity went off 1 to 5 a.m. so no juice.