David Bower - Journal

Memorandum and Day Book of David Bower

March 1921, Flora, Indiana

Day	Date	Activity	Weather	Rec'ed	Paid
Tue	1	Got 5 gal gas 1.35 Rileys & went to D. Myers & took rock chair to shop & got groceries 1.03	Fine		$2.38
Wed	2	Wrote Wm & sent release deed .15 , groceries coffee 1.60	Warm		$1.75
Thur	3	Cleaned stable & up to see Wm Bline & Herman Paterson	Cold
Fri	4	Up to Roams	Cold
Sat	5	Clean stable , trim a few Gran Ma trees & eggs to town 7 doz 28=1.87	Rain	$1.87
Sun	6	SS & C & to Shanafelts	Warm
Mon	7	Choring work & done writing
Tue	8	To Jno Myers birthday Eggs 6 doz 1.67	Rain	$1.67
Wed	9	Trim trees at sidewalk & to church dinner 40c	Cool		$0.40
Thur	10	To Perrys & cut wood
Fri	11	(Wrote Circle Letter) rec cream ck 5.34		$5.34
Sat	12	Took cream & eggs to town 5 1/2 doz .28, 1.53 coffee .13		$1.53	$0.13
Sun	13	SS & C & Perrys here, C in eve
Mon	14	Wash day & trim trees	Rain
Tue	15	Up town eggs 6 doz .29, 1.74 discount .9, 1.65, chick fence .30		$1.65	$0.30
Wed	16	Help Perry ditch	Warm
Thur	17	Help Perry ditch
Fri	18	Help Perry ditch, (set hen) plant a few patotes, bread .25	Rain 75/0		$0.25
Sat	19	Clean stable & hen house , cream & eggs to town 5 doz 23c		$2.76
Sun	20	SS & C & Roams here, C in eve
Mon	21	Clean stable & transplant gooseberries C in eve
Tue	22	Work in straw berries Pd Gran Ma 6.00 rent on lot			$6.00
Wed	23	To Deer Creek funeral, Mrs Dave Landis
Thur	24	A W Eikenberrys dinner Gran Ma serving, pd light			$1.00
Fri	25	Clean stable & trim berries, Roam took us to Logan. pd PO box rent .25	Rain		$0.25
Sat	26	To Moss cemetery Chas Hirts sis funeral, bread .25	Rain		$0.25
Sun	27	SS & C & to Lydia Riests, lighting struck close hard bolt
Mon	28	To town & rec from Perry 4.60, pd him .60 for seed potatoes	Colder		$0.60
Tue	29	Clean stove & pipe, choring clean stable, eggs 1.53	Freeze	$1.53
Wed	30	To Delphi got a 25 lb sugar 2.50			$2.50
Thur	31	To church council & choring, trim grapes & writing