David Bower - Journal

Memorandum and Day Book of David Bower

August 1920, Flora, Indiana

Day	Date	Activity	Weather	Rec'ed	Paid
Sun	1	SS & C & Roams Rileys & Jno Minters here & we went
Mon	2	Wash day
Tue	3	To David Myers
Wed	4	To Perry s & we to pond fishing, to Romas
Thur	5	Cow had calf in night, gas 1.50, apples .25, rec $30.00 from Earl		$30.00	$1.75
Fri	6	Eggs to town 3 1/2 doz 1.80, coffee .48, chickens $10.79		$12.59	$0.48
Sat	7	At weeds
Sun	8	SS & C & took Rachel to Delphi & Mildred to McCains or Julians
Mon	9	Pick berries & mowed lawn, claen sides at side walk, to Nancy Fisher funeral
Tue	10	Mowed weeds around corn took bread & butter to C for aid
Wed	11	Took a chicken to C for aid & worked at fence. Eggs 4 dz 47c		$1.88
Thur	12	Trim berries & tied, pull weeds., worked at fence, oil .22, peper .10			$0.32
Fri	13	To town for beans for aid SS (helped Perry bale straw 1/2 day)
Sat	14	Fix fence & path to pasture & loosened sweet tatoes tines
Sun	15	SS & C & & to Daniel Stinebaughs
Mon	16	Wash day & fix fence.
Tue	17	Mowed & dug tatoes to town, repair iron, cream ck 4.25, my share 2.82		$2.82	$0.25
Wed	18	Mowed weeds & at truck
Thur	19	Mowed weeds in pasture & Perry paid 3.00 for my work		$3.00
Fri	20	Took cream to town & to Lew Harters, Perry & Rileys
Sat	21	Mowed, to town gas 1.50, meat .40			$1.50
Sun	22	SS & C & to Flora reunion Jacob Flora family .25			$0.25
Mon	23	Took caseing & inner tube to have repaired
Tue	24	Dug tatoes & got 2 sacks oats Chas Jordan $2.50			$2.50
Wed	25	Dug tatoes & wheeled in wood
Thur	26	Rileys here to town for repairs to car 8.00			$8.00
Fri	27	To town got Circle Letter & wrote it
Sat	28	Wheeled in wood to town meat			$0.35
Sun	29	SS & C & Dave Myers here & Matt Flora, Gladys and Freds Babe died
Mon	30	Wheeled in wood & took Chas Hirt & wife to Delphi Gladys Babe died
Tue	31	To Delphi Gladys babe funeral, got foder.