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Philip "Henry" Shook Diary, 1889-1891

Philip Henry Shook (58).pdf

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July the 10. 1891 Norton had

10 Hiram. George horse 1/2 day
10 working on summer foller
13 Norton had Hiram, George
13 1/2 day working on summer
13 foller
21 Hiram. takes his teem
21 away home to rig for
21 thrashing
24 got a pig from T. Merill
30 Dan Meeathorn died
Augst the 8 raised the rafters
on the shead on the
uper place
13 Dan Sliter was Buried
14 lent Norton Shook
14 = Six Bunches of Shingles
23 Muneon Struthers
23 was Buried
{vertically in right margin} July. Bull pouts takes hook good

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