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Olive Philp Diary, 1920

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September 1920

TUESDAY 21

Cleaning off barn road and cutting round corn. Brock to Seth for corn binder after dinner but didnt get it. Then eugent back and cuph the late grain on other place and Da shacked it. Beautiful warm day.

WEDNESDAY 22

Da and Brock started to cut corn then Geo hung brought corn binder about ten and Brock cutting corn. Finished about four o'clock and look binder back to Seth and our own binder down to law driving house. Lue to town at night. Beautiful day and very hot.

THURSDAY 23

Da and Brock at Wilmatt threshing in forenoon and Brock at Hod threshing in afternoon. Da shakcing corn. Mr. Grimbel here and bot ram lawn $20. Mr. Jack Walker here in evening. Fine and warm a little breeze.

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