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.

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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.