18th, I hauled wood to town & worked the road on Chilli side.
Wednesday, October 17, 1900
17th, ditched on “70”. Went to Prayer meeting in evening.
Tuesday, October 16, 1900
16th, finished the apples & rye on the “70”. Harrowed this evening.
Monday, October 15, 1900
15th, picked apples. Apples thin this year. Jesse does not explain why the apples were thin in 1900. There was a problem with bitter rot throughout Missouri and it caused steep losses as noted by the August, 1902 edition of Fruit Trade Journal and Produce Record, but that might not be the cause. Aside from this, as one reads the…
Sunday, October 14, 1900
14th, Pa, Ma, John, Charley & I ate dinner at Sophia’s. Geo. & Hazel went up to Mrs. DeLapps Sat. evening and stayed till Sun. evening. I went to S.S. & Church. Bro. Robinson’s last day here at Utica. Went to Chilli with Mary & Leona Frazier to First Baptist Church at night. Mary staying at her Uncle’s, Edd McCormick.…
Saturday, October 13, 1900
13th, Frank & Charley helped up pick apples.
Friday, October 12, 1900
12th, got my BIBLE! Picked apples & went to Prayer Meeting at Sister Stones.
Thursday, October 11, 1900
11th, picked apples here at home.
Wednesday, October 10, 1900
10th, finished picking apples at Fraziers.
Tuesday, October 9, 1900
9th, Ernie & Vern Hunley & I picked up apples in the morning. Picked up apples at the Williams Place in the afternoon. The boys are working on “70” plowing for rye. Al Johnson & Abe Frazier have been plowing on “70” also. Abraham Smith Frazier is Mary Frazier’s uncle, younger brother to her father Joshua Newton Frazier. He was…