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Iowa Byington Reed diary, January 1, 1893-May 31, 1894

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ate our dinners. I went over to Aunt Ellens
and had the [horse?] put up. I spent part of
the afternoon there. When I came home I took
the rest of the eggs out of the incubator as it
was done hatching and set a couple more hens.
I got some eggs down at Aunt Ellens.
The boys did not get the fence quite done.
This is Rob Whetstones birthday. he is eleven today.
Wednesday May 30th 1894
I was busy all forenoon. I set the incubator again
and did some extra work about the house.
I went to town in the afternoon alone and spent
most of the time over the river. Fanny feels
very much better than she did Sunday evening.
I got home in time to see to my evening work.
It was decoration day.
Thursday May 31st 1894
I was busy about my work all forenoon as I had
baking to do. In the afternoon I made a coop
for my chickens, raked the yard some,
and went over the strawberry bed to see
how many plants were alive. I was very
tired tonight. Will is replanting some corn
on the east side of the road.

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ate our dinners. I went over to Aunt Ellens and had the [horse?] put up. I spent part of the afternoon there. When I came home I took the rest of the eggs out of the incubator as it was done hatching and set a couple more hens. I got some eggs down at Aunt Ellens. The boys did not get the fence quite done. This is Rob Whetstones birthday. he is eleven today. Wednesday May 30th 1894 I was busy all forenoon. I set the incubator again and did some extra work about the house. I went to town in the afternoon alone and spent most of the time over the river. Fanny feels very much better than she did Sunday evening. I got home in time to see to my evening work. It was decoration day. Thursday May 31st 1894 I was busy about my work all forenoon as I had baking to do. In the afternoon I made a coop for my chickens, raked the yard some, and went over the strawberry bed to see how many plants were alive. I was very tired tonight. Will is replanting some corn on the east side of the road.