14th, Jno, Frank, & I plowed for wheat on 70 this morning & Frank & I plowed in the evening while Jno mowed grass on section 5.
Monday, August 13, 1900
13th, Uncle Bob Nick’s family started for home this evening. Frank, Charley, & I cut sprouts on 70. Uncle Bob and Aunt Sari and their kids have been visiting and helping out around the farm since July 29th.
Sunday, August 12, 1900
12th, went to S.S. & then Ma DeLapp came home with me. Howard, Frank, Jen & Mandy were here. Tom, Sopha, & Randall were too. So was Louis Osbern. I went to BYPU at 3:00 & Arthur Wilson & Robert Wadley came home with me & then we went back to Utica in evening to prayer meeting. Howard is Frank…
Saturday, August 11, 1900
11th, Frank & I just finished the ground west of R.R. Ready for wheat. Run into 10 bumble bee nests today. Pa, Uncle Bob, Aunt Sari, Scot, Porter, Delia, Cora, Geo., John, Frank, Charley, & I all went to Chilli in the evening to a band concert.
Friday, August 10, 1900
10th, Frank & I plowed west of R.R. Fought bumble bees to a frazzle. Then went to Utica to prayer meeting.
Thursday, August 9, 1900
9th, Frank, Edd Jones, & I plowed west of R.R. Got into 2 nests of bumble bees. Jno & Geo. worked on Geo’s house on Scruby Bro.’s place. There are a few Ed Jones in the 1900 federal census. The one closest to the Bench farm is widower Edward William Jones, 38, living with his step-father Washington Lee, and his mother…
Wednesday, August 8, 1900
7th & 8th, Frank & I plowed west of R.R. & then went to prayer meeting.
Monday, August 6, 1900
6th, Frank & I cut a load of corn in the morning. Hauled straw & filled racks, then went & cut another load of corn in the evening. Racks are giant baskets for feeding livestock.
Sunday, August 5, 1900
5th, went to S.S. at the Baptist Church & to preaching at the Methodist Church. Sermon preached by Rev. Foster. Ate dinner at Soph’s, then went to BYPU in the evening. Reverend Silas Carey Foster was a resident of Blue Mound Township, Livingston County, Missouri, during the 1900 federal census. He married Carrie Stelplugh in 1899 and had two daughters,…
Saturday, August 4, 1900
4th, Frank & I plowed west of R.R. & then went to Chilli to band concert. Seen Mary & had a big old talk. Did Jesse see Mary at the band concert, or did he drop in and visit afterwards? What kind of “big old talk” did he have? Did he ask if they could go courting? Did he propose…