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Philip "Henry" Shook Diary, 1896-1902
Philip Henry Shook 1896-1902 (1).pdf
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oct Oct the 3 1986
3...finished geting in Buckwheat on Haskin place
9...Sowed 8 quarts of fall wheat on Haskins place got the wheat from {Name?}. Beaton that's the eureklen wheat
12...finished diging & geting getin in potatoes on Haskin place.
17 a flurry of Snow at night
23 W. West & P.H. Shook on a Squirrell hunt killed 13 Black Squirrell
28 P.H. Shook. & John. Shook {illegible}. W. Benway. & W. West. & Joe. Thearbold. on a Squirrel hunt killed 38 Black Squirrel in one day
28 heavy thunder Storm at night
31 fine weather to day
31 killed a Streaked Snake
31 Saw lots of frogs to day
31 W. G. Shook & P.H. Shook on a hunt killed two patrige
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