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Henry McMahon Diary, 1911-1917

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Nov 1913

13: fine mild: home chore: sell coal: got in 100 Bags into Bank Cellar at 75 cts Per Bag: Jas Lavery all day: got L.Shulman cheque $302^40 today ship 8.Bags Potatoes & 2.Bags Turnips to {title of person- illegible} Eino. 202 Withrow ave and 6.Bags Potatoes to {title of person- illegible} McFarlane 12. Albaemarle ave Toronto at 85 cts Per Bag for the Potatoes & 30 cts a Bag for Turnips: chore. gave {title of person- illegible} Hamilton $10^00 for Levi Metcalfe on Church account. Ladies aid

14: fine mild: home chore: Jas Lavery help me: fill Potatoes in Bank Cellar and got in over 100 Bags into cellar at 75.cts: Mrs H.McFadden come here tonight we had (Olive got her New coat today) bowl Supper 2 chickens: John McMahon '4' years old today

15: cloudy mild: home chore: Jas Lavery help me cut up our Big Pig. then we took Rev {illegible name} 1150 {illegible text} coal: then fill Potatoes in Bank Cellar got in 140 Bags at 75 cts into Bank Cellar: W.F Faulkner Bring Turnips to our cellar: got 2.Barrels apples from Willie Sloan 2^50 Pd: Pay Joe up tonight. $8^00

16:X: fine mild: home chore: Put cows out: dress Dinner at 2.oclock had dressed ribs: W F. Faulkner & Mrs H.McFadden here & L.Haines. for Dinner. Church at 7: Mr Auglin Preach. all to Church except Russell John & I. chore

17: fine mild: home chore. weigh Hogs: Joe got mad: got in 2 loads Potatoes at 75 cts: cloudy mild:{title of person- illegible} Hamilton weigh stock.

18: cloudy mild: home chore: haul seam thing & stuff for car lining start to line car 5221 G.J. at noon Joe help me: got in 159 Bags Potatoes at 75. Put 4 load in Elevator & 2 load in car 5221 G.J.

19: rain all day mild: home chore: finish lining car 5221 G.J. set up stove in car: got Cheque 301^75 from Canada Grain Co for car 10.5859 GJ

20: fine mild. home chore: loading at car 11.5221. G.J. lined {'1' inside circle} had in 235 Bags at 75 cts tonight. Mrs H.McFadden go home on train tonight to Toronto to 397 Brock ave. fine. mild

21: cloudy misty mild: home chore: finish load car 11. 5221. G.J. lined {'1' in circle} Put in 422 Bags at 75 cts: ship car to C.M. McBollium & Go Brampton at 90 cts F.O.B. Brampton: Put in stove & wood in car: Myra Duggy got $30^00 from {title of person- illegible} Hall.

22: fine warm: home chore: got Canada Gran Co Cheque cashed $301^75 got in 3 loads Potatoes into Bank Cellar at 75 cts. got Shave at Floyds: Mary & Russell at J. Faulkners all day: home at 8. Pay Jas Lavery up to Date $6^00 fine mild night.

23:X: misley cloudy mild: home chore: read sleep: Children to Church at 7. Rally

24: cloudy snow squall: windy mild: home chore: weigh stock: got into Bank Cellar 100 Bags Potatoes at 75 cts: Write McFerran Burks Falls about hay Price.

25: fine cool: home chore: sell coal: got in Potatoes at 75. Put some in home cellar: Joe Lavery (2^00 cash) cut his wood Norman Gassline.

26: fine cool: home chore: haul furnace to school for A. Foucar: Joe help me afternoon

27: cloudy cool: home chore: Put in 70 Bags at 70 cts: sell coal. Joe here 1/2 day Potato car came back from Brampton today:

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