1926 April 23rd Friday
Real windy N.W. and sand-storm and getting colder. Louise to school and in worked on her dress. I had such a cold and head-ache, just made bread & cake and in bed rest of day. William & George disced in barley. Will finished strawberries, took horse to William and helped me. Mrs. Elshire stopped on way to store, broke single-tree.
1936 April 23rd Thursday
Southwest wind changed to Northeast and was colder and began to cloud in N.E. and was real storming looking in eve, cloudy and smoky. I got meals, slept in p.m., had a headache so only looked at catalogues, made lemon-pies in p.m. Will was sick with a cold so stayed in bed until in p.m., got up, took eggs to the store, got groceries and was too all in but got a heifer and took her calf then he put them in the barn and laid down rest of eve, except to read at supper time. LeMoyne fed cattle, went around cattle on State Land. Thomas disced until noon, then he and LeMoyne put up a stack of hay at Schmidt in terrible dust and wind and brought a load to cattle.
1946 April 23rd Tuesday
Bright, nice day after cool night. I got meals, played solitaire, read some, listened to radio. Will and I went to Tom Whiting Jr.’s, no Nibbles there so we took Doris and I went to Whiting Store, saw Bud painting store, no sheep (?) Nibbles there either so home for Will to feed calf as best he could and it is hard to get this calf for he won’t suck its mother. Will disced on Wagners this p.m. and helped Van Epps load their hog-house on hayrack with tractor pull. Elsie and Billie came in car. They were there yesterday also and got a trailer load of things. Art Bachman, Ainsworth, Nebr., came in his car to get the trailer that Mr. Bachman left here several years ago and went to Wm Abbotts to get a hog-house and will load it on trailer and take it to Witten, S.D. I got meals, fried steak and hamburger and put it in grease to keep.
1956 April 23rd Monday
Bright day. Vere gave cattle hay and Doug took harrow to Scisson Land. Lillian got him and brought a fixed Dinner for Doug & Vere, cold potatoes, meat at home and she made a stew out of this, also brought a cake and topping of brown sugar & butter sauce. Will and I went to Doug and he finished harrowing on this level off of East Scisson Land so left harrow at Fence line and brought Ferguson home to fix wheel. Vere fed cattle and Johnson came home as no heater so went away to stay last night and fixed their things this day and late p.m. Leslie helped Vere load hay butts, haul out to cattle, used the Cat to put on sled. Will and I got mail, went to Stanley’s to return spark plug wrench. I got meals, played solitaire and read some to Will as he can’t see yet.