Floyd Morehouse October 1920

Floyd and Clarice Morehouse

Wedding Picture

October 24, 1920

In the year of his 21st birthday, Floyd Morehouse (my grandfather) kept a written log of his daily activities. My intent is to post them here through the year.

For previous posts, see:

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September

Interesting events from October 1920 include:

3rd - NFL (then American Pro Football Association) plays 1st games

That's it. I really couldn't find anything too exciting that happened in October of 1920.

Except, October 24, 1920, was Floyd, and Clarice's, wedding day. So, today would have been their 89th wedding anniversary.

Dayly doings
October 1920

1 Hung one barn door, made another
went to woodhull with Leon Quick
I charged him $2.00 for trip
2 Hung barn door, put on roffing on sides
of shed went to town, drew load sand
drew load apples.
3 went to woodhull. I went down to see
Clarice. Willies folks were over
Floyds folks were up.
4 put in drop finished cement floor
stirred out buckwheat, drew 3 load, pulled beans.
5 Dug 10 bu potatoes drew 5 loads
buckwheat.
6 Dug 39 bu. potatoes sewed light in backcurtain
of car, went down town and over to willies at
Evening. Leon Quick helped us dig potatoes 2 1/2 hrs.
7 Threashed 398 1/2 bu oats and 108 bu. buckwheat
8 pressed hay
9 Finished pressing hay
10 went down brought Clarice up here
we went chestnutting.
11 Drew 7 loads corn, helped Floyd Marlatte
threash.
12 Drew 5 load corn, plowed some
helped Clem press hay 4 hr's 40 min.
13 Finished helping Clem press hay
put binder and mowing machine in got
load of apples. Drew 4 load corn.
14 Changed stanchions over in cow shed.
15 Drew 13 load corn all of one piece.
16 Finished putting in stanchions in
forenoon went to knoxville in afternoon
got back found uncle Lorans folks here.
17 we all went to B. W. Holleys

That's it. That's all he wrote. His journal ended there. One week before he was married.

Sure leaves you wanting to know more!

I have come to the assumption that the new cow shed he was talking about building was the addition on the back of the dairy barn. Since he and Grandma lived on the farm with my grandfather's parents, I'm sure there was a need to increase the size of the dairy to support the additional family living on the farm.

There were just a couple of other notes in his journal.

We fixed telephone line about 3 hours work June 18, commenced getting service

on line Oct. 1, 1921.

Sept. 7, 1921 Put new cord michelin tires on car spedometer registered 3410 miles.

Floyd Morehouse September 1920

In the year of his 21st birthday, Floyd Morehouse (my grandfather) kept a written log of his daily activities. My intent is to post them here through the year.

For previous posts, see:

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August

Interesting events from September 1920 include:


16th - Bomb explosion in Wall Street, kills 30

22nd - Chicago grand jury convenes to investigate charges that 8 White Sox players conspired to fix the 1919 World Series


Dayly doings
September 1920


1 went to the Hornell fair
2 went to Knoxville after roffing
helped Floyd Marlat threash. 4 hrs.
3 Leon Quick came over put in carbonator
adjustment on 10 days trial. Put on roffing
4 went to Knoxville got 4 rolls roofing.
helped will resue threash, 6 hr. apiece
5 Quicks people were over, went down to Clems
6 went to woodhull got piston rings for car
Quick went with us.
went over to Joe Champlins got 10 lb butter
unloaded oats worked at shed roof
7 helped will resue threash 2 hrs apiece
worked at car
8 put on and finished roffing shed.
Finished fixing car.
9 went to the westfield Fair.
10 went to knoxville, painted, cut weeds
picked up boards around barn.
11 Painted, drew load wheat, Finished shed
over head.
12 went down got Clarice we went over to
will resues in evening.
13 Drew 10 load stone, went over to Quicks
got Joes drop reaper
14 Cut buckwheat
15 cut buckwheat went to knoxville
16 Raked buckwheat
17 Raked buckwheat. Finished.
18 Drew 7 load stone one load wood
pounded up shell rocks
Swapped Ford for overland
19 went to woodhull in forenoon
quick came over in afternoon
we all went down to george Lattimours
in evening
20 worked at shed, borded up and put in
stancion posts
21 Drew 4 load stone. Load gravel
worked at shed.
22 cut one piece of corn, went to woodhull.
23 Drew 1 load gravel from Troups Creek
cut corn. Worked for Harrison Grist
four hours apiece.
24 worked for Harrison Grist 8 hr's apiece
cut some corn at home.
25 Finished cutting corn dug 9 bu
potatoes, Drew from knoxville 20 bags
cement, from Troups Creek 1 load gravel
26 Clarice and I went out riding over
to Aldons and up to uncle John's
27 put in some cement drew 3 load gravel.
28 Drew 3 load gravel
29 put in cement floor, Leon Quick
helped us 7 hrs. Delivered notices to Dict. No 13
30 Rainy day finished cement floor
boarded up south end fixed grainery.

Trail Camera Pics of the Summer

Senior Golf Tour

Corning Country Club

The look is always important!

Floyd Morehouse August 1920

In the year of his 21st birthday, Floyd Morehouse (my grandfather) kept a written log of his daily activities. My intent is to post them here through the year.

For previous posts, see:

January
February
March
April
May
June
July




Interesting events from August 1920 include:

20th - 1st US commercial radio station, 8MK (WWJ), Detroit began daily broadcasting
26th - 19th amendment passes-women's suffrage granted

Dayly doings
August 1920

1 we all went over to willies
uncle Lorans folks went home.
2 raked and mowed, drew 2 load hay
3 raked and mowed, drew 3 load hay
4 raked and mowed, drew 4 load hay
5 Finished haying mowed raked hay
drew 5 load hay.
6 cut and raked wheat brought binder
up home worked at fixing it.
7 Finished fixing binder.
8 went down, brought Clarice and Deforest up.
Floyd Marlats people were up
My folks Clarice and I went to Troupsburg
in the evening to george resues.
9 went to knoxville in morning
cut oats in garden and on hill.
10 Finished cutting oats on hill
worked on cow shed
11 Cradled around oats, worked on
shed drew load lumber from other place
went over to willies got Rachel Resue.
12 went to cowanesque after lumber
cut oats Father cradled oats, cut wood
went huckleberrying.
13 cut oats 2 pieces commenced orchard
14 cradled oats tinkered binder, went
to knoxville. george and aunt minnie came.
15 I went down to see Clarice, my folks went
over to resues.
16 partly fixed binder, put in window
cradled some oats drew 5 load manure
17 put in window, went to town.
18 worked on cow shed
19 Finished cutting orchard piece of oats.
20 reapt oats broke binder
21 mowed oats went to town drew load oats.
22 went down to see Clarice. She was
gone to geneva, my folks and I went
to Troupsburg to george resues.
23 cut oats opened oats
raked and bunched oats, I went over to
Joe's after butter.
24 Drew 5 loads of oats, willies folks
were over, got letter from Clarice.
25 Built scaffold painted, drew 5 loads of oats.
26 Painted drew 4 loads of oats.
27 Finished drawing oats, drew 2 loads.
Finished painting end of house.
28 went to addison to take rachel home.
Smith's and Barkley's people came
29 mith's and Barkleys people went
home, we went apiece with them, went
on to Tompkins after we got tire at
Elkland. Took Clarice home at night.
30 painted, worked at shed.
31 helped Joe Champlin thrash 4 hr.
worked at car. Went down to clems at night.

Fall Foliage 2009 #2

These pictures were taken October 4. Can only imagine how much prettier it might have been if it hadn't been dark and cloudy. It just gets better and better. Unless we get a heavy rain and wind, it should be perfect for this weekend's visit with the Newell's.

Floyd Morehouse July 1920

In the year of his 21st birthday, Floyd Morehouse (my grandfather) kept a written log of his daily activities. My intent is to post them here through the year.

For previous posts, see:

January
February
March
April
May
June

Interesting events from July 1920 include:

12th - Panama Canal opens

16th - Gen Amos Fries appointed 1st US army chemical warfare chief

16th - Ruth sets season home run record with 30 en route to 54




Dayly doings
July, 1920.
1 Commenced haying
2 Raked hay, drew one load went strawberring
3 helped Mother, father went over to willies
after mail and rake teeth.
4 we all went to Elmira
5 went to Canesteo to the 4th.
6 cut and raked hay, drew 1 load
Fixed bridge brought rope up.
7 raked and bunched hay worked at shed
wait and lena came over got 7 1/2 bu oats.
8 picked cherries, mowed, raked hay.
Margret came over.
9 picked cherries pitted cherries. Mowed
went over to willies with margret at night.
10 raked and bunched hay, drew 3 load
went to knoxville.
11 John Scots people were over george and
aunt minnie were up.
12 mowed one piece, set out turnip plants
drew 7 load hay.
13 drew 8 load hay, mowed
14 drew 3 " " , " , finished haying here.
picked pail cherries, hilled potatoes.
Commenced haying on other place, spliced rope.
15 went to town got colts shod
picked cherries, mowed and raked
bunched hay.
16 Drew 4 load hay mowed, raked and
bunched hay.
17 patched roof, put up rope, drew 6 load hay
went to knoxville.
18 I went down to see Clarice we went
riding. My folks picked cherries.
19 Mowed, papa picked cherrys odd jobs
20 mowed raked and bunched hay
willie got 2 bu oats.
21 Drew 11 load hay.
22 Mowed, raked scatterings, went to town.
23 went to addison after Rachel Resue,
raked and bunched hay, wait and
Lena were over after oats did not get any.
24 went over to Joes after butter over to
quicks after gun. Unload hay fixed rake.
25 Byrons folks were up, willies folks
were over, Joe brought mutton up
I went down to see Clarice at night
26 Stirred out hay, mowed drew 3 load
27 went to austinburg, mowed drew 7 load hay.
28 mowed, raked and bunched, drew
3 load hay.
29 mowed raked and bunched 2 batches
hay drew 4 load hay.
30 Drew 4 load, finished haying on side hill
mowed some on Alphus lot
uncle Lorans folks came at night.
31 went to town with uncle Loran and kay
visited.