1926 April 8th Thursday
Cloudy until towards eve a little brighter and cold all day. Fred came and he and Will went to O’Kreek to get our harness and home at noon. George and William to the barn and butchered a hog before dinner and in p.m. Will fixed harness and William and George drove Lazzes for first time with Molly to Ed’s and got a harness and Prince at Elshires. Louise rode home with them from school and had a headache in the eve. I just fussed with chicks and made a cake and was very tired.
1936 April 8th Wednesday
Cloudy, warm until in p.m. the sun shone. I stayed in bed until after breakfast and then stayed up until in afternoon but did not sleep, only laid down to rest for I cooked lard, helped Will clean boys’ room and cut Will’s night shirts and got supper, first meal since Sunday, for Will cooked them all and fixed boys’ lunch for they put 4 loads in stack on Hampl land and brought 1 to cattle here. Will went to the store at noon and again after supper for cream but none there. Thomas and Lemoyne went along in eve.
1946 April 8th Monday
Cloudy, cool forenoon but bright, warmer p.m. Will chored, looked at cows, ate breakfast, then Van Epps, Wm Abbott came horse-back. Mr. Lew McKee, Bus, Jesse Lewis came in their Pick Up and men dehorned our coming yearlings and 14 of Van Epps also, castrated 4 of Van Epps small boars. Being no fresh meat or vegetables for Elsie and Billie who came this morning, we fixed roasted cured ham, mashed potatoes, string beans, chicken dumplings, a meat loaf of canned beef but men did not eat it as would as if made out of fresh beef, also bread, butter, jell, pickles, coffee, cream, lemon pudding on plain cake. Lunch of Lemonade and sandwiches and cookies. They all went home and Will looked at cows, chored. I put chickens to bed in their boxes on east porch. I feel real bum with cold in head and throat so had to lie down at noon, again in afternoon, got nervous spell so eyes blurred late p.m. but cold water makes this pass away. Will, Billie and W. Daniel cubed the cattle before they went home in late p.m. Marjorie rides to school on Sheik and is home before 5 p.m. Men will go to McKee’s to dehorn tomorrow.
1956 April 8th Sunday
Partly cloudy and chilly but sun comes out. I am writing this in a.m. so may be a nice p.m. Fr. Lawrence Helmuller of St. Francis came at 7:45 a.m. with communion for me and he went back to St. Therese, Hidden Timber for 8:30 a.m. Mass and I hope a number of folks come to church to-day. I got breakfast of eggs, bacon, toast, Post Toasties, fruit for me. Ellen gave me a shot and cleaned Will’s eye and doped it. Ellen and Chester cleaned out the deep freeze and left it open to dry out and did not turn on yet. After electricity came on 7:40 p.m. last eve, Chester and Vere came and turned water on after priming the well by basement and it took some time to get water filled in supply and hot water. They then went to well N.E. of their house to get it to pump last eve, so today all is well and we have plenty of water. We have ice-cream in refrigerator and it is getting soft. Harry, Louise, Harley, Billie and Mary were here this p.m. Louise washed dishes and Pearl did in eve for Stanley, Pearl, Gary, Curly (Stanley Jr.), Eileen came this eve. Billie Abbott came in their car, brought a Mr. Sal Treat of Branson, Missouri, dealer in posts lumber and grain. We just lunched and had soup this eve (oyster), coffee, cookies, pie, ice-cream both for Furreys and Stanley Whiting. Ellen and Elaine and Darryl and Chester came up this p.m. and in eve Elaine, Darryl and Chester came up and stayed until bed-time which was 10 p.m. this night.