Farm Diary: December 1923

December
1 Saturday Thresa went to PR I put machinery in shed sold two roosters done jobs at school house
2 Sunday Home chored made wheel barrow
3  Monday Took pump and stove to Osage to get fixed went in sled poor sleighing
4  Tuesday Packed puump faned beans fixed storm door caught______ skined it
5 Wednesday Sharpened I axes cut some ties
6 Thursday Recieved word little Leala was dead Thresa and Minnie went to Emmas I cut ties and chored
7  Friday Went early to Laport to funeral not cold Rubert and Emma came home with us Minnie and Alfred came also
8  Saturday Visited in AM Ruberts went home  I made ties in PM Thresa and Minnie went to Robinsons
9  Sunday  To Dads eat Turkey Ruberts went home in PM
10 Monday To PR with a load of ties
11 Tuesday Chored loaded lumber
12 Wednesday To PR with lumber had run away coming home
13 Thursday Got feed ground sold roosters loaded lumber
14 Friday To PR with lumber Ronie fresh
15 Saturday Home chored hauled in load of wood piled some lumber
16 Sunday Home in AM to SG Dows in PM
17 Monday Butchered three hogs Dads here and helped
18 Tuesday Cut up hog chored loaded wood burnt some brush
19 Wednesday To PR with wood hog
20 Thursday Chored worked on grind stone filed saw cut some ties
21 Friday Cut some ties to PR in PM on banking business
22 Saturday Cut ties and chored Thresa and kids went to PR
23 Sunday Took ride up to Geo Ryans place home rest of time
24 Monday Made ties snowed some
25 Tuesday Christmas Dads here Fred Zeller came in eve PD at Osage in eve big crowd
26 Wednesday Snowed a little chored flue burnt out snowed about 6 in in evening and night first snow that amounted to much in season
27 Thursday Loaded ties Lydia came after Frances
28 Friday To PR with ties poor sleighing
29 Saturday Chored took pig to Becks Anna and kids came stayed overnight cold
30 Sunday Home H Sartin came after Anna and kids cold
31 Monday Took another pig to Becks cold

Leila D Hawkins Second Child of Rubert and Emma Stuve Hawkins was born May 29 1923 and died December 6 1923 she was just over six months old.