Beautiful day, cool, but no rain, had an awful storm at New York last nite radio reports. Washed, ironed, patched, washed bottles, canned 1 qt. & pt. tomatoes. Pap went out to Henry’s . Stoeckel finished everything this morn., paid him for everything worked 86 hrs. @ 25¢ hr. $21.50; he painted, fixed roofs & chimneys & window frame filled in spaces that was needed etc; here & Henrys together. Public sale by Harrisonville this afternoon. Mehrmann got 10 doz. eggs. 17¢.
Thursday, Aug. 12, 1937
Filed Under: 1937, August, Tillie's News Diaries from the 1930s Tagged With: Anton, Brand, canning, chores, dust_storm, eggs, Harrisonville, Henry, house_painter, Mehrmann, New_York_City, Stoeckel, Stoeckel_painter
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