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Edith "Gertrude" Brown Hood Diary, 1929

Gertrude Brown Hood Diary, 1929_167.pdf

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Monday, October 28

Weather - fair & cool Men picked apples to-day. Douglas feeling not extra good today Jim Allen brought furnace coal in the forenoon. Les up in after noon drawing apples to cellar. I picked up some sweet apples for apples butter & did up blue grapes.

Tuesday, October 29

Weather - cold East wind all day. Men picked apples. I spent most of day sewing. Stocks were away down to-day. Everybody stayed home to-night and listened to Sinclair & {Cam Cody?} & speaches. {Liquid splotches near the end}

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