| Sun. Aug. 1, 1909 | Went to church & Sunday School. C. Klingers came up in the afternoon. |
| Mon. Aug. 2, 1909 | Lib & I went down to B. Gokenhours & salted my cattle. Dale & I brought my sheap from C. Klingers pasture. The boys helped W. Hoffine thrash. We all helped Walter Tennant thrash. |
| Tues. Aug. 3, 1909 | Helped Walter Tennant thrash. till noon then we helped C. Powell thrash in the afternoon. They thrashed 907 bu. Ezra paid me $4.75 for helping. |
| Wed. Aug. 4, 1909 | (no entry) |
| Thurs. Aug. 5, 1909 | The machine pulled down to B. Gokenhours & thrashed 169 bu of wheat, 85 bu mine. Took 68 bu & 10 lb at $1.00 bu to Atwood. F. Harmon pad me $1.00 for 1 calf. |
| Fri. Aug.6, 1909 | We thrashed 845 bu of oats, 430 mine & 415 Johns. Got done about 3 oclock. We cleaned out the grange hall the rest of the day. |
| Sat. Aug. 7, 1909 | I went to Warsaw. Pd Bradway 90 cts. Pd union (newspaper) office 15 cts. Pd. Gerard 15 cts. Pd. Wm Conrad & son $3.60 for setting tires on buggy & shoeing Johns mare all round. Atwood Elivator Co. for $68.15. 68 bu & 10 lb of wheat. |
| Sun. Aug. 8, 1909 | At home. Went over to W. Tennants in the evening. |
| Mon. Aug. 9, 1909 | I fixed tables in the Grange hall for the reunion. |
| Tues. Aug. 10, 1909 | Went to warsaw after the folks. Paid M. M. Syphers $4.00 for ice cream for the Reunion. |
| Wed. Aug. 11, 1909 | I took Frank Hoffman & family to Warsaw. Paid Netters Son $1.00 for buggy rench. |
| Thurs. Aug. 12, 1909 | I sent Paul over to warsaw with a load of corn 54 bu & 53 lbs at 75 cts per bu. $40.95. I paid G. Poke $3.50 for livery. I went over with C. Ross to the Park to hear W. Brion (Wm. Jennings Bryan) lecture. Pd 35 cts to Park. Pd Gerard 20 cts. |
| Fri. Aug. 13, 1909 | John took 58 bu & 21 lb of corn to warsaw to F. Correll at 76cts $44.30. I went down to the marsh and salted my cattle. Gave Paul $1.00 |
| Sat. Aug. 14, 1909 | Rain. Chored. Rained all the forenoon. |
| Sun. Aug. 15, 1909 | J. Hughs brought George Bailor & wife over this morning. Them and us went down to Gokenhours. |
| Mon. Aug. 16, 1909 | I helped George Bailor fix his automobile. We pumped up one of the tires & it bersted. They started away after dinner. |
| Tues. Aug. 17, 1909 | I mowed the road south from the house in the forenoon. Gave Etta $10.00 to get Mary dresses & so forth. Loaned Affa $7.50 |
| Wed. Aug. 18, 1909 | I sold J. D. Harmon a yearling bull for $35.00 |
| Thurs. Aug. 19, 1909 | Dale & I went down to the marsh & mowed the thistles. Went from there to Banks to see him about ditching. Did not see him. |
| Fri. Aug. 20, 1909 | Mowed fence corners in the fore noon. Walter Tennant paid me for 22 bu. 54 lb of corn he got of me $17.10. |
| Sat. Aug. 21, 1909 | Hope, Etta & I went to Warsaw. I bught a wagon & a corn planter of M. Eddler. Paid him $50.00 down. Owe him $4.00 on them yet. He is to bring the wagon up the middle of next week. Paid Grabner $1.80. Paid Hessle $12.00 |
| Sun. Aug. 22, 1909 | At home all day. |
| Mon. Aug. 23, 1909 | I went up to see C. Renchbergs shoats. Dident buy them. |
| Tues. Aug. 24, 1909 | I went to Atwood & got an axle for the plow & 1 box of shells & some open rings. $2.40 to H. Smith. |
| Wed. Aug. 25, 1909 | I went over to see Walter Hoffines shoats. John & I mowed with the mower the roads. Paid G. W. Bittikoffer $4.50 |
| Thurs. Aug. 26, 1909 | Dale & I took Rose over to F. Corrells. He paid me for 100 bu corn at 77 cts $77.00. Bill Banks & wife came out. Was here all day. Kring & Ezra took their cattle out of my pasture today. |
| Fri. Aug. 27, 1909 | Rain. Dale & I took Cristal to F. Corrells then I went up to the Plland place & got the corn planter. I bought of Marion Edler. I went over to W. Hoffines to help him bring the shoats over. Dident get them. |
| Sat. Aug. 28, 1909 | Marion Eddler brought the wagon up this morning. Paid him $4.00 th ballance on the wagon & planter. Paid W. Hoffine $61.91 for hogs 9 head. I went with C. Powell south west of Etna to see some sheap. |
| Sun. Aug. 29, 1909 | Went to S. School & church. |
| Mon. Aug. 30, 1909 | I went out to Will Anglins. He was not at home. Came around by G. Hoffines to see a cow. Dident buy her. |
| Tues. Aug. 31, 1909 | I took Etta to Atwood. She started to N. Dacota today. I took Affa to Warsaw. She starts to N. Dacota tomorrow. Gave Etta $39.50. Gave Affa $40.00. I bought 3 shoats of D. C. Poling. Pd him $1.00. $24 back yet. |