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Philip "Henry" Shook Diary, 1889-1891
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Dec the 18 1888, got 50 lbs of flour
| 18 | mark Shook paid pork 24 lbs |
| 19 | cam & cloudy & warm |
| 19 | L.W. Hiscock & Henry went |
| 19 | down to the out lot to look |
| 19 | about stone. Melborn |
| 19 | & sidney came over to |
| 19 | clean up the millet about |
| 20 | cam & cloudy until about |
| 20 | 3.O. clock wind north |
| 20 | & rain. James Brown |
| 20 | was ploughing to day (heavy rain at night) |
| 21 | nice all day some clouds |
| 21 | west wind turn to north |
| 21 | comeced to hail in the |
| 21 | night & sleet in the night or heavy thunder in or near the morning in the east |
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