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Below is a web page of text from a journal that (Elizabeth) Marion Frost kept from 1883 to 1921. There is a link to the next page near the bottom of this page. There is also an index of all of the pages. |
Feb. 28, 1903
Should have attended Teachers' meeting at Neligh to-day, but we had a snow and wind storm yesterday and to-day the wind blows and the snow is deep and drifted. Mr. Maurer did not think we could get back from town if we went. I am teaching in district No. 38, and boarding at the house of Jos. Maurer. There are in the family Mr. and Mrs. Maurer; Florence and Odle Fryer; John Maurer; aged 18 or 20, I think 19 1/2; and Oliver Maurer, aged 9. I have been here eleven weeks. School will be out in one week and will begin again in three or four weeks.
Jan. 22, 1904
Jennie, Thea, and I attended Mr. and Mrs. Aubert's China wedding.
Jan. 23
Cora's husking was finished to-day. Karl stayed with me last night and the night before and will stay to-night. The cattle and colts were in the stalks for the first time to-day. Only my calves have been in for quite awhile. It is cold.
March 2, 1917
Cora went in Nels Petersen's auto to Plainview today to start for Thayer, Mo., to help Ether with her sick children, who are very delicate and sick with whooping cough. There is also danger that they may be exposed to measles. Ethel is nearly sick herself and Ralph always is or thinks he is. Cora had a bad headache when she started from weariness and lying awake worrying. She only had about two hours to get ready in.
March 3
Mr. Combs has to sell out. Carrie has gone up to do some trading and sign some notes for hogs she and Arles Bates have been buying, about $1200 worth.
May 19, 1918
Ralph, Ethel, Ruth, Ard, Jane, Elizabeth and David are here to stay all summer. They came a week ago yesterday.
They came because the doctor said Ralph and Ruth were in great danger of tuberculosis. They all seem well now, except David, who had a fever last night.
Yesterday I finished setting out my new apple trees. I set out 6 Delicious spaces in the orchard north of my house.
{*(one alive 1921)*}
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Three Delicious, the most westerly ones, came from Field. One, about the same size, from Stark nurseries. 2 small ones from Poultry Keeper. The Stark nursery trees came from Woman's World and Green's Fruit Grower. {*(Alive 1921)*}
The most eastern new little tree in the row of Hysslop crabs is a Wealthy from Stark. In the row of sweet cherries are two Jonathan from P.-K. In the little Yard by my house are two grapes, the eastern one Worden, the western Mooris Early. {*(Alive 1921)*} In my chicken yard one Elberta Peach. It and the grapes are from Stark. In the south row of the orchard two Yellow Transparent, in the next or the next two rows, two Wealthies. Probably in the third row from the south, two Winter Bananas, and farther east two Stayman Winesaps. I began at the west and south and put them in where there were spaces. These little trees and the 2 tiny Delicious and Jonathan north of my house were from P.K.
I paid for three Delicious trees from Field .90 " " " 1 Delic., 1 Wealthy, 2 Grapes, 1 Peach from W. W. V. C. F. Grower (Starks) .25 (These nearly as large as the ones from Field) I paid for 12 little apple trees from Poultry Keepers .25
May 2, 1919
I paid for 12 little apple trees from Poultry Kepers .25
The 12 little trees last year all died. The Elberta Peach died. 2 Delicious from Field alive. 1 Delicious from Stark {*(1 alive 1921)*} alive. 1 Wealthy from Stark alive. {*(1 alive)*}
Set out 2 Wealthy from P-K. in chicken yard. Heeled in 4 Y. T., 2 Jon., 2 Delicious, 2 W. B., {*(All dead except 1 Field Delicious, 1 Stark Wealthy, 1 Stark Worden.)*}
Letter from Hans from Brooklyn Naval Hospital says he has had another operation to remove another piece of dead bone from his left leg which was badly damaged at about 1 or 2 o'clock A. M. Nov. 11, 1918. Karl is still at Wolfenacker, Germany. They enlisted in the Marines a year ago about May 24th. Karl was wounded Sept. 1918 and just got back to his company in time to be in at the end. They went across in Aug. They both are in the 66th Co., 5th Marines, 2nd Div. A. E. F.
Aug. 20, 1921
Cousin Sam Jessup came to see us. He seems a good deal like his father. He is introducing a tire. He thinks Ellery Blackmer much resembles Uncle A. K. Also, somewhat, Hugh. Sam saw us all except Hans. He had seen him in Brooklyn.
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