== August 1918 == Thurs 1 Fri 2 Sat 3 Milk 50, bread 42 Sun 4 Missions 20, General fund 25 Mon 5 Coal oil 25, bread 21 Tues 6 Cleared last night. Anne gave 83¢ for one month’s rent Wed 7 2 loaves rain 21 Thurs 8 Mrs. Gifford and Mrs John Sourn called Fri 9 2 loaves 21 Sat 10 Milk 50, bread 21, coal oil 25 Sun 11 General fund 25, Miss Hutchinson and [ineligible] Mon 12 Anne 85¢, Blue Vitriol 45, 3 wicks for oil stove 30¢ = 90 Tues 13 Rain today I had a bilious turn at 9.30 A.M. I am feeling better 4 P.M. Wed 14 2 loaves 21, 1 gal coal oil 25. Dull weather. I filled the pickle crocks, roses Thurs 15 Very fine cool day. Tranquar & Allan came in evening. They remained a couple of hours Fri 16 Another fine day looks like autumn. Paid Ginnie $2.00 for the ground rent we used to pay Mrs. Hennan. I think I will now have to pay it to St. Robertson who has bought the Hennan property Sat 17 Milk 50, coal oil 25, bread 21 Sun 18 Gen fund 25. Miss Hale & McLennan, Alex Brook called after preaching the word well Mon 19 We are having fine weather lately, murky. Went to Cornwall in forenoon. Ginnie went in afternoon == August 1918 == Tues 20 Very fine day. Anne is here cleaning the oilcloth. I am going to varnish the floors of hall and dining rooms. Anne 50¢, bread 21 Wed 21 I went over the oilcloth in hall had to renew it with thick wax and sand Thurs 22 Ginnie went to a social at Lancaster Township. Anne stayed. Mr Freeman the si came here to go to Cornwall with Ginnie and I Fri 23 10 A.M. left back from Cornwall. Anne went to Annis at 9 A.M. we left at 10 A.M. Went to front road. Annie went to Flannigans, we went to Tranquair, he came home by Lancaster, left Annie at her home Sat 24 Milk 50, bread 21 Sun 25 Memorial service for Livingston Dunlop, who was drowned when the Hospital ship was torpedoed two days from Halifax. There were 12 nurses on the ship. William Robertson, Jim Read and Roderick McLennan, Alex Roy’s sons, called, remained to tea Mon 26 Anne 50¢. Very fine harvest weather coal oil 1.05 Tues 27 Another fine day Wed 28 1 gal coal oil 25 Thurs 29 Was working bright for our model shell showers, bread 21. Ginnie to Cornwall got me a flesh brush 15 Fri 30 Sent to Ottawa for Oleomargarine 85 Sat 31 Milk 50, bread 21. Rain, some heavy showers. Not many in church