Oliver Wallace Diary
February 1903

Sun. Feb. 1, 1903  Rain. Drizling. At home all day. 
Mon. Feb. 2, 1903 Chored in the forenoon. Took Etta to Atwood in the afternoon. Gave her $17.00. Paid H. Vaughn 23 cts for caster oil & lozings. Bought a hog of Eliza J. Funk at 6 cts per lb.
Tues. Feb. 3, 1903 Dan & I went over to Funks & got the hog I bought of Lide. Weighed 210 1/2 lb. at 6 cts $12.63. Paid her Interest 52 cts total $13.13. I went to Warsaw after medicine for Dale. Paid Doctor Mcdonald $.50. Paid Weiner for groceries $1.20. Paid Enterprise for Lard can $.35. Paid Grabner for cartridges $.20.
Wed. Feb. 4, 1903  Stormy & windy. Dan & I chored. Frank Correll was over. We talked of settling . Dident settle today. Paid Fred Ringgenberg 50 cts Elder money.
Thurs. Feb. 5, 1903 Dan cleaned out the stables in the forenoon. He went down & got some of the butchering tools. I went over & had the Doctor to come out & see Dale. (Maqcdonald). Paid Will Hall $3.00 preacher money.
Fri. Feb. 6, 1903 We butchered 6 hogs today. F. Correll, Phil Banks helped. Mrs. Correll helped. J. Miner got 1 sack of corn.
Sat. Feb. 7, 1903 Dan cleaned out the stables in the forenoon. I chored. We went down to the Irvin Farm in the afternoon. Settled with J. Cummings for 20 cords of wood at 60 cts per cord. $12.00 Paid him the above cash. Cut the above on J. Wolf. Paid R. Irvin $1.36 for 1 turkey. Dr to him 20 cts. Pd.
Sun. Feb. 8, 1903 At home all day. Dan and the children went to Sunday School.
Mon. Feb. 9, 1903 Dan took Conrad 1 1/4 cords of wood. I went down to the Irvin place & helped him load it. I helped Lib dress 5 turkeys for Mrs. Widaman. 50 lbs at 18 cts per lb.
Tues. Feb. 10, 1903 Dan & I halled 4 logs to Bosses Mill from the Wolf woods. Lib & Affa took Widamans turkeys over today.
Wed. Feb. 11, 1903 Snowing. Dan cleaned out the stables & cut fodder. I went down to Bankses to see whether Phil was going to butcher. I came home & sliced meat & sugar cured the meat. Went over to see Hoffine horse.
Thurs. Feb. 12, 1903 I helped Phil Banks butcher. Dan chored. J. Miner got 1 sack of corn.
Fri. Feb. 13, 1903 I took 50 bu & 15 lb of wheat to Warsaw. Sold it to Foke & Co for 70 cts $35.17. Sold F. Correll 2 cords of fine wood from the Irvin farm for $2.25.
Sat. Feb. 14, 1903 Dan took 1 3/4 cords of wood to W. Conrad. I went down and helped load it & then went down & settled with J. Cummings for 39 cords of wood. Paid him cash $21.90. 13 3/4 lb of Lard at 11 cts. $1.50. Total $23.40. Lib & John went to Warsaw.
Sun. Feb. 15, 1903 Snowy. Dan & the rest of them went to Sunday School 
Mon. Feb. 16, 1903 Dan took a load of wood to Warsaw. Sold it to Ike Blosser for $2.00. I ground a knife on Bankses Fodder Cutter. J. Miner got 2 sacks of corn for the chickens. Sent Etta $10.00.
Tues. Feb. 17, 1903 Cold. Dan took 1 cord of wood to Buck Osborn $2.00 He got home at 1:30. We went down & loaded up 1 cord for Wednesday. I bought a feed cutter of Bankses. Paid $5.00 cash for it. Brought my sheap up from the old barn. Put them in the new.
Wed. Feb. 18, 1903 Cold & windy. 14 below zero. Daqn & I cut fodder & chored.
Thurs. Feb. 19, 1903 I shoveled snow 3 hours today. Dan cleaned out the stables in the forenoon. He took 1 cord of wood to Warsaw in the afternoon to Wirick $2.00
Fri. Feb. 20, 1903 Dan helped Bankses hall ice all day. I went to Clunette and got Irons for my wood rack four clevisas. Paid W. Byrer 35 cts. Sold the store man 3 cords of wood at $1.75 to deliver it the first of next week.
Sat. Feb. 21, 1903 Dan helped Bankses hall ice till 10 o'clock. Dan took Conrad 2 cords of wood today $4.00. I took E. Whetstone 1 cord of wood $1.75 to trade it out. One Ewe had twin lambs the first.
Sun. Feb. 22, 1903 Went over to Millards in the Bobs (bobsled) Charles Yeakle was there in the afternoon.
Mon. Feb. 23, 1903 Dan took 2 cords of fine wood to Conrad. This makes 1/4 cord more than I owed him. J. Miner got 2 bu of corn for the chickens. I took 1 cord up to E. Whetstone at $1.75. One cord the 21st. Paid him for groseries & oil. 1.04. Due me to date $2.46.
Tues. Feb. 24, 1903 Dan cleaned out the stables. I took 1 cord of wood to Warsaaw. Sold it to C. Holloway the Trustee. Cash $2.00. Received of Ezra Wallace $5.00. Total he owed me.
Wed. Feb. 25, 1903 F. Correll & I went south east of Warsaw to a sale. I bought a set of single harness. Paid cash for them $4.25. Dan took 1 cord of wood to Warsaw. Sold it to I. Blosser for $2.00, him to pay for it next Saturday.
Thurs. Feb. 26, 1903 Lib & I went out to Nelson Powell's sale. Dan halled corn over to the Barn & halled up a load of wood.
Fri. Feb. 27, 1903 Rainy. Dan & I cut fodder. Bankses borrowed my log rack.
Sat. Feb. 28, 1903 Dan cleaned out the stables. Paul & Lib went to Warsaw. Ike Blosser paid Lib $1.00 on the load of wood Dan sold him. I went down to J. Cummings. Paid him $12.00 cash he had 38 cords cut.