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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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