D., H. + Harriet B. went calling1 to town.
Mrs. Harris here this afternoon.
Nellie + Jim here to dinner. Pork chops, French Fried Potatoes, Cooked Tomatoes, Baking P. Biscuits2, Butter + jelly. Peach pickles, Custard Pie, Milk + Coffee.
Played cards later. Bert + Nellie won 1 round.
Jim + I the next and Bert + Nellie were 1178 when we went out on last round, some game! Bert took them
2 toil. paper $.25
Times + B.J. $.04
6 cups3 $.60
P. Masher4 $.20
Perc. Tops5 $.05
1 Pk. Potatoes
1 can tomatoes
2 ct. milk
6 Ivory
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1. Visiting
2. Baking Powder Biscuits - see recipe below Sunday Jan. 18 entry
3. 6 cups - coffee cups?
4. Potato Masher
5. Looks like she wrote Perc. Tops - but I have not seen a 1920s era coffee percolator which requires a filter or something that needs to be replaced.
Not sure if she just gave up on adding $ amounts or ran out of time, but there is no total or $ amounts listed for the last few items.
Times + B.J. $.04
6 cups3 $.60
P. Masher4 $.20
Perc. Tops5 $.05
1 Pk. Potatoes
1 can tomatoes
2 ct. milk
6 Ivory
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1. Visiting2. Baking Powder Biscuits - see recipe below Sunday Jan. 18 entry
3. 6 cups - coffee cups?
4. Potato Masher
5. Looks like she wrote Perc. Tops - but I have not seen a 1920s era coffee percolator which requires a filter or something that needs to be replaced.
Not sure if she just gave up on adding $ amounts or ran out of time, but there is no total or $ amounts listed for the last few items.
I'm enjoying these journals so much. I started at the beginning and can't stop reading. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI have a hand written journal of a young lady who took an ocean liner to Europe - I really enjoy reading personal journals.