DIARIES OF ALBERT FONZO COPE 1894-1913 FROM HIS FARM NEAR WALKER, VERNON COUNTY MISSOURI NOTE FROM TRANSLATER: This is typed as near as possible as it was written. I did not correct spelling although I did add periods at end of sentences and commas or dashes which were not in the original diaries. Words that I could not figure out what they were, were spelled as they were written or put in dashes or question marks. Many sentences were not completed. Loretta May 1911 January 1. Sunday, cloudy wind SE in fore noon, then Sw then NW, cloudy and cold at 4, warm a nuf til after noon. Jo Ross an famley here. our dog Jipe dide at 8 pm 2. Cloudy, wind NW an vary cold a fine spit of snow soon in fore noon, sun shine at times later in the day. 3. Cleair wind NW nerly still an cold, but a litle more plesant. Jasper gon to Harwood to get a coffe pot. the colds morning 8 below. 4. Cloudy, but then gets thicker, wind SW an a litle damp an cule. 5. Cloudy wind SW, a litle high, damp an cold. Lillie an Albert gon to Bills to wash, Jasper gon to help Bill shuck corn, the wether is threatning. 6. Cloudy an vary still, what wind is SE an plesant. we butcherd 2 hogs, Bill halp. 7. Mostly cleair, the sun shines a litle dim but warm, wind was a litle SE then SW, a litle chile. the boys burnt off the draw west. 8. Sunday, cloudy soon in the fore noon, cleair later in the day, wind NW, a litle cold but nise. 9. Som litle thin clouds soon but clered up, wind SE and a litle cule. Jasper went to Bill Thompsons. Albert went to Jim Cureln for a lode of wood, 2 rinks there yet. 10. Som fue thin clouds all left by a 11, wind SE then SW, litle west and vary hight, auful dusty, the windyest day so fare this year. Lillie gon to Bills to get help to make a dress. Albert scraped a while in pond then went to the creek for som gravel. 11. Cloudy wind Sw an high moerated som by 10 am, changed to NW, got a litle culer, was so warm let the fire go out. 12. Cloudy cule, but plesant an still. Sun shined vary litle. Albert halled one rink of wood, one thare yet. 13. Som rane an sleat last night, cloud damp an fogy all day. Lillie an Albert went to Walker. Emey came hom with them. Wind NE then SE damp an cule. 14. Cloudy dark an fogy, som mist an fog coming down, wind NW but vary still an damp, chiley. Emey here, Jasper cam in from Bill Thompsons. 15. Sunday cloudy, fog or mist frezin a litle. wind NW, damp an cule. 16. Cloudy camenst a mist of sleat a bout 9 cept it up thrue the day. Albert taken Em home. 17. Cloudy a litle fog or mist at times, made sleat, wind NW and NE not high. 18. Cloudy som fog wind SW, but still thouing a litle, jest a nuf to drip. 19. Cloudy, dark a litle mist of fog wind SW not vary high, damp an chiley. Albert helping Denis to hall hay. 20. Cloudy wind S, not hig but damp, grond not frozen an dry, a lilte moist on tape. 21. Cloudy wind NE vary damp an cold. 22. Sunday, cloudy, broke a way long in the day, sun shined a litle, wind NE damp an cule. 23. Cleair in fore noon, hi thin clouds after noon, wind SW but still an plesant, a big frost that morning. 24. Cloudy wind SW not high, plesant, a drop of rane a bout noon. 25. Cloudy an a mist erly cleard up long in the day, got warm, wind SW, litle west. Bill cam help take pump up, put the old iron one in. 26. Nerly cleair, pretty, soon som flying cloud cam up wind SW litle E then SW an high and warm for January. 27. Raned a shour las night or this morning about 5, cloudy warm wind SE then SW then NW then N then NW, got culer an thiatning. 28. Cloudy an culer wind E not high. 29. Sunday, a lite shour last night cloudy to day, sun shined a litle thrue the clouds, warm for January, no ice nor frost, wind SW a litle hight a vary nise day. Lillie gon with Elce to church at Harwood. 30. Som thin cloud sun shined, a litle wind NE then SE not high, not cold but damp. The boys scarped in the pond. 31. Cloudy sun shines a litle but dim, wind SE not high, warm for January. Albert distin down the riges when Hutson had comm, no ice. February 1911 1. Nise and warm, wind SW not high. i an Sary both sick, me in bed. Dr. Walker came, charged $2.50. 2, Nise and clear wind NE an culer. i an Sarah a litle beter. 3. Som clouds sun shined some all day. i am a litle beter, got a botle of medson, Dr. Roileston cost $1. Wind SE then NW not high, nise day. 4. Cloudy sun shined a litle vary dim, wind SE then SW, damp an chiley. i am not so well to day, Sarah filing wors, Lillie nerly down. 5. Sunday, a litle sprinkle of rane, cloudy an damp an chiley. Albert went to J. B. Youlls, Omphy came. i an Sarah an Lillie not so well. Jim Yull came an stade the day. Lenea an Bill a while. i am a litle beter. Raned a hard shour at 4. 6. Cloudy a litle cule, sun came out later, nise and brite, wind NW not high. i an Sarah not qite so well, Motti came. 7. a big frost cloudy up wind NE grost got out by 9. Jasper ploud a litle, Albert dist out riges, wind went NW. i an Sarah not well. 8. a big frost, clouded up, broke a way, sun came out wind NE a litle cule. i an Sarah no so well, i had a head ach fore noon. 9. Frosty, ground frose, sun came out, froound thoud out wind NE. Sus an Dewey cam, Albert went to Youls sale, Youl sent me a check. 10. Som clouds, ground frose som. i am not so well. l Albert went to Walker, got a litle beefe, i am (not) so well. 11. Mostly cloudy sun shined som, warm for Febry, wind SE an SW, not high. i yet sufering with grip, Suse here. 12. Sunday,cloudy wind S warm, i an up tho not well. Suse gon to Bills to go home. 13. Cloudy war, for Febuay wind S, sun shined a litle a bout 5 raned an som fine hale, raned hard a fue minets. som fine hale, raned hard a fue mints. Elsea came in the after noon. 14. Cleair wind NW, a litle culer. 15. Mostly cleair an warm, wind S. Ridel came a while, Plumer came. 16. Raned a good rane, cout a birel of water, raned a bout 4 am, wind SW, litle W, a litle culer. 17. Cloudy warm in fore noon, wind S, a litle wist, wind changed to NW and cule in after noon, dark cloudy. 18. Raning, raned nerly night an all day so far, a cold rane, ground cuvered first saker in 6 mon. 19. Sunday, the grund cuvered with snow, snowed all day, snow a but 2 in, wind NE, snow melting, some wind NE. 20. Cloudy an snoing a litle early, sun shined out a bout 10, cleaired off, wind NE a litle cule, snow melting a litle. 21. Most cleair a fue flying clouds wind NE an cold, soon snow melting a long in the day, nise an brite. 22. Cleair an nise a litle cule in fore noon, wind NE, snow meling, grund geting bogy in plases, vary mudy. 23. Cleair a litle cule but nise, snow nerly all gone, wind NW not high. 24. Cleair an nise, snow a bout all gone, some patches an drifts, wind SW a litle chiley but plesant. We sent for garden seed an the Globe and Kansas Jurnel. 25. Cloudy, wind S an vary chiley, it camenst raning a bot 1, a slow cold rane. 26. Sunday, some high clouds sun shines most of the time, wind NW, a litle cule. some litle patches of snow yet, nerley all gon. 27. Som clouds wind NE. i am sick, Dr. Ralston came to see me pade him $2.50. 28. Snowing, saw geting Dr. Ralston $2.50, came agane to day. i am but vary litle beter, throat turble, head ach, can’t eat, snow geting deap. March 1911 1. Cleair cold and brite an still, snow a bout 1 foot deep, a vary litle drifte, melting some, vary nise for March. i am a litel beter. 2. Cleair brite an nise, snow melting a litle, some white high cloud begining to shoe, still for March. i am still a litle beter. 3. Cleair an nise til after 4 began to cloud up, snow melting fast, ground geting necad in plases, wind SE thoe qite still. 4. Mostly cleair in fore noon some high thin cloud in after noon, wind NE a litle chiley, snow going fast, grond nerly necket. Albert an Lillie went to Walker an to mill. 5. Sunday, cloudy wind SE then S. Snow melting all night, vary litle pachs left. 6. Cloudy raned a sprinkle through the day, wind NE then SE, but still an warm. 7. Cloudy wind NW not high, a litle cule, thunder som rane last night, some wind. 8. Cloudy wind SE not high. sun shined at noon but dim, warm nuf for March. 9. Sun shines thru thin hie clouds, a litle fog, warm like a May morning, wind SE. 10. Sun shined dim through thin clouds all day, warm a nuf for March, wind SE, mud setling. 11. Sun shines dim all day, a gan thrugh thin clouds, wind S a litle high, warm a nuf for March. 12. Sunday, raned a shour last night cloudy to day wind N an cul tho not frezing. 13. Cleair a big frost ice nerly 1/4 inch wind NE a nise day but cule. 14. Cleair a big frost wind SW not hight a nise day. i set out a baskt of turnips in the goosbery roe. 15. Cleair wind N a litle W an cold, but not frezing, the boys camenst sowing oats, the gond is dry a nuf to work. 16. Cleair in fore noon, some thin clouds in after noon, some frost, ice a bout 1/2 in, wind SE an cold for wind to be South. Albert culd not sidk oat til noon, ground to hard, frozen. 17. Cloudy, dark smky, som thund a bout 11, camenst raning a bout 12 a slow rane til a bout 4. Albert lacker a litle, geting don haring the oats. 18. Cleair wind SE not high, a litle cul but warm, a nuf in the day. Albert an Lillie4 gon to Walker. 19. Sunday, cleair som frost, wind NW not high, a nise day, plesant. 20. Cleair still an warm an nise, what wind is SE. we planted som potatos an peas. 21. Som clouds a fue drops of rane a but 4. we finished planting potatos in fore noon, ground work nise, wind SW. 22. Som clouds sky mudy looking all day, raned last night wind NE a litle cule. 23. Cleair some frost a litle ice, wind NE a litle cule but nise. 24. Cleair the sky looks aful mudy, wind SE, damp an chiley. 25. Cloudy wind SE damp, cule late in after noon, look like rane. 26. Sunday, raning a fine slow rane til a bout 7 not a great ..... wind SW chile, wind went to the west a but 4, got dark a fue drops of rane an hale, wind vary high, clouds dust on .......... 27. Cleair some ice wind NW cule. 28. Cloudy wind SE then SW then NW. culer, it raned a litle a bout 3, camenst a fine show a but 5. 29. a litle scift of snow, some high clouds wind NW an cule, snow all by 9. 30. Cleair wind NW an cule, a nise day. 31. Cloudy an partly S wind NE cule, but no frost, sun shines a part of the day, wind not high, a litle plesant, so March goes out. April 1911 1. Partly cloud wind NE and cule a litle frost cleard up in the after noon wind went to SE. 2. Sunday, cleair wind SE then SW an a litle high a litle chiley sky looks mudy. Mr. an Mrs. came (who?) Bill came, raned nerly all night. 3. Raning raned nerly all night an all day. 4. Dark cloudy an fogy misty all dark, thundered an the bigest rane of the seson so fare, a litle cule. 5. Cloudy wind W a litle cule. 6. Partly cloudy wind SW then NW got cule an vary changbele. Albert Porter here but went home. 7. Cloudy sun shined vary litle wind SE an cule. 8. Som clouds in fore noon mustly clere in after noon wind NW a litle cule. 9. Sunday, mostly cleair a fue white clouds, som frost wind SW not hight, nise day. 10. Mostly cleair som fue clouds thrue the day wind SW not high a litle damp. i taken Em home. 11. Som rane til a bout 8 some cloud thrue the day wind SW not high. i an Jasper plated the 1 pound of corn down at the pond. 12. Som clouds sun shined good part of the day wind S and high, warm enuf. i planted a litle sweat corn east of the peas. Albert camenst planting corn SW pease. 13. Cloudy wind N an cule. Jasper camenst planting corn N side turned the calf in the orcherd. 14. Cloudy sun shines a litle wind SE an cule. Bill camenst braken in the well pece. 15. Cleair nise an still wind SW plesant. Jasper plated the corn in SW over, i an Albert went to Walker. 16. Sunday, Easter, Cleair a litle frost wind SW not high a nise day. Harvba cam down. 17. Som clouds sun shined som dim wind SW a litle chily a fue drops of rane a bout 3. we made swet potato beds. 18. a mist of rane in fore part of day, sun cam out some clouds wind SW not high. i worked at the orched fench, turned the calf in orcherd. 19. Cleair wind NW a litle cule. i planted 2 rose of sweat corn, hode the peas, made som garden. Bill is planting the well pease. 20. Cleair wind NW not high, plesant. we bedid, out swepotatos. Bill got don planting the well pease. Albert camenst plating next to peats, Lillie planted onion sede. 21. Cleair still an nise plesant. Jasper a platining for Albert, the last of the shock corn wint in the granery. 22. Cloudy camenst a drizley rane at 6 wind SE vary still. 23. Sunday cleair wind NE soon in the morning then SE an cule. 24. Cleair went NE a litle cule. Jasper got done planting Alberts corn. 25. Cloudy wind NE a litle cule. Jasper camenst panting corn South an west of the granery. 26. Cloudy the sun shine som wind SE plesant, i stuck peas. 27. Raning a slow rane shurey all day wind NE not high a litle cule. 28. Patly cloudy raned a lite shour at 10 some drops after than. the boys got dun braken for corn. 29. Partly cloudy sun shinde wind SW a litle high warm. Jasper got dun planting corn, him an Albert planted a patch of water melens, i plated a patch water melens. 30. Mostly cloudy shoury in for noon. wind SW a litle damp sun shone vary litle vary lite rane, wind went to the NW got cold a bot 6 pm. May 1911 1. Cloudy the wind NW cold. 2. Cleair soon a big frost everything white, wind NE, cloudy in after noon. 3. Cloudy camenst a slow rane at 10., Jasper stated to Bills Thompson, Albert went to Walker to mill. Lilie an Mrs. Denis went to Nevada. 4. Cloudy a sprinkle of rane in fore noon, wind SE a litle cule clerd up an nise in after noon. Lillie cam home from Nevada. Som indins went by here a foot begen (begging). 5. Cleair still an warmer a nise day. 6. Cleair an warm a nuf to be plesant. i an Lillie went to Harwood. 7. Sunday; cloudy wind SE a litle cule in fore noon warm in after noon. Bill’s folks an Mr. Catron came. 8. Cleair warm an nise wind SW. 9. Cleair an nise wind SW. i went to Nevada, Allis came home with me. i got a pare of pants of Pine Hart at Nevada. 10. Cleair an warm wind SW high, som high clouds in after noon. Allis i an Albert went to Walker. 11. Allis went home. i Albert got a cultivater at Dals, pad $14. 12. Cleair only a fue high clouds geting vary dry. Albert camenst cultiving. 13. Mostly cleair an warm wind SW. 14. Sunday, partly cloudy warm a nuf, wind SW, geting vary dry. 15. Som clouds all day sun shined som vary hot an dry wind SW. i an Lillie went to Walker. 16. Mostly cloudy sun shined som warm an dry wind SW. Jack and Dwe helf Bill replat corn in the well peace. 17. Som clouds sun shined part of time warm an dry wind SW. 18. Som clouds sun shined most all day warm wind SW an high. Due an Jack helped Jas replant corn. 19. Sun shined som partly cloudy warm wind SW an high. 20. Raned a litle shour last night cloudy to day wind NW an culer. set out 1 roe swepotatos. Dewey an Jack help Jas replant corn til noon, then went fishing, lite shour. 21. Sunday, som clouds sun shined som litle cule wind W then South west. 22. Cloudy an cule raned a fu drops an a litle sprinkle a bout 5. Lillie gon to Bills, he is sick. 23. Cleair still an plesant. i planted cabbig seed, 2 rose, then plated funk?? 24. Cleair dry an hot wind SW hot. Bill sick getting a litle beter, Dewe sick at Bills. 25. Cleair hot an dry wind SW and hot. i an Lillie went to Walker. Jack here sick, Dewey at Bills sick. 26. Cleair hot an dry wind SW an hot. Abbie an the children came, Jack here sick, Dewe at Bills sick, Jas got over his corn 1 time. 27. Cleair hot an dry in fore noon, some clouds an a fue drops of rane in after noon. Jack a litle beter, Abbie an the children here, Bill an Dewe a litle beter. 28. Sunday, mostly cleair in fore noon some clouds in after noon a sprinkle of rane an a fue drops. i an Lillie an Abbie went to Harwood to memoral. May preched memoral. 29. Som thin clouds a fue drops of rane in fore noon an a sprinkle in after noon, a sprinkle of rane about 4. 30. Cleair hot an dry. I an Lillie an Albert an Abbie an her children went to Harwood to the decrratin, Bill broke out with small pox an is tolerbel sick. 31. Cleair hot an dry in fore noon, som thin clouds in after noon. i got wier put up in fron to powels to ceep gees an goslens out, cost $3.45. June 1911 1. Mostly clear in fore noon some clouds in after noon a lite shour 1/2 past 3, wind NE not high, a litle plsnt. 2. Cleair hot an dry wind SW an hot the hotst wind that bin every, looks like it dry w.... 3. Cleair wind SW an hot every thing withing, the small pox folks som beter, no newe cases. 4. Sunday cleair only a litle thine west a while hot wind from SW, everey thing witherin up but corn is doing beter than eney thing elce. 5. Some fue thin clouds nerly all gone by 10, hot wind SW everything dry. 6. a fue drop of rane wind all around got culer. 7. Cloudy all fore noon litle sprinkle of rane cleair after noon. i planted 4 rose of corn in potatotens pach. 8. Cleair hot an dry themomiter 105. Jack an Dwey gon home, the boys cut some slue gas, broke the sickle, i gave Jack an Dewey $2. 9. Cleair hot an dry wind SW. 10. Cleair hot winds Sw cloudy in after noon, a litle sprinkle of rane. Warkler came an cut 5 rouns of wheat. 11. Sunday, cleair sun shines hot wind NW a litle plesant thoe dry an hot. Bill’s folks here the 1st time after small pox. 12. Cleair wind NW plesant and sun shined warm affil dry. Walker cuting wheat. i got 2 balls more twine at Dunns. 13. Cleair an warm wind NW a litle plesant. Walker finished cuting the wheat, pade him $10.00 14. Cleair hot an dry wind NE then SE. i went to Blotty’s and to Bill Browns to se a bout thrashing. Lilie sick head ack. 15. Som hie thin clouds a droop or 2 of rane, hot an aful dry wind SW. Dr. came to see Lillie pade him $2.50. 16. Cleair a fue hie thin clouds soon a drope of rane hot wind SW. every thing wilting. Lillie down with somthing lilke small pocks, seams to be the hotst day. 17. Mostly cleair som thin hie cloud raned a fue drops last night wind N a litle plesant not so hot. i an Abbie went to Harwood to get medson for Lillie. the boys cleaned out the well over in the feald, drilled out the drill home, got plenty of water. 18. Sunday, sum high clouds wind NW dry not qite so hot. Jasper coplaning, Lillie a litle beter. 19. Cleair hot an dry wind NE an warm. every thing wilting bade. Albert moing the oats, i went to Hartsel to Dicks a bout thrashing seperater would not work. Jasper seten out poto slips, Lillie broke out, Bert brok out with small pox. 20. Cleair an hot an dry wind NE. i went to Ozenbargers to se a but thrashing, stoped to H. Mount, the boys geting the oats in. 21. Cleair hot an dry wind SE an warm. 22. Som clouds a litle ran a but 2. i went to Nevada the rane lade the dust. 23. Cloudy raned a good shur at a 11 litle sprinkles later, still. 24. Mostly cleair an hot wind SW the shur yesterday did but litle good, everything wilting bad. i an Albert went to Mottys an got a calf pade $15 for it. Fox got a lode of corn. 25. Sunday, som thin clouds sun shines hot wind SE a litle high ever thing drying. Bills folks here, Lillie an Abert beter. 26. Some clouds a drop or 2 of rane. i an Albert went to Walker i got a birel an Sarah a pare of shuse. Harvey Culvets?? got a litle conne, Fox pade for what he got 26 1/2 pade $15.90 27. Hot an dry cleair. 28. Cleair hot an dry 29. Cleair hot an dry, Ozenbargers cam an thrashing the wheat. 30. Cleair hot an dry wind SW. finished thrashing Albert’s wheat, made 186 busels. Bill hade 166, Radic got 144 bushels, 93 bushils of mine, 52 of Bills. i pade for Bills thrashing $64.40 an sent Bill $10 by Fonzo. July 1911 1. Cleair hot an dry some fue high clouds in after noon, a drop of rane. John Rodick pade for the wheat 144 B $108. 2. Sunday, Cleair afful hot an dry. 3. Mostly cleair a fue cateren cloud, aful hot and dry, every thing of vegeatble burning up. 4. Clear hot an dry. i was sick with small pox braking out some 5. Cleair hot an dry. i am still baken out with smal pox. 6. A litle culer. 7. Cleair hot an dry. i have a hedach not well but some beter with lots of bumps. Sarah has bin down 3 day no beter. all vegtation a bout gon. 8. Cleair in for noon som clouds in after noon, dry. Jasper is a complaning. i had the Dr to com, i feel som beter but the bumps is so thick all over. 20. i set up in a chere a while. Sarah is very poorly. it raned a litle this morning. 21. i taken a pane in my side it set me back 2 days. som clods, Sarah not geting a long at nite. Dr. Walker came left medeson for both of us this is the 22. 25. i am improving but afful slow. i set up 3 hors to day, scabs scaling of fast, feet so sore hardly can stand. Sarah improving vary slow. 26. vary litle change in S P (or 5P). i went to the tabel for the first time, walke out on the porch, set up 2 hours. 27. i’m improving slow, set up 6 hours, Sarah vary febel, a litle beter. 28. i am a bout the same to day, have a slite head ach. Sarah improving vary litle. Raned som this morning, cloudy all day. Abbie started home, bin here 2 weeks. i give her an children $21.00. Bill’s folks here to day. 29. Som clouds cul a nuf. Jasper and Albert went to Walker for som beef. i am improving, walk out in the garden. 30. Sunday, cloudy a litle cule but plesant. i am improving slow, can set up a good part of the day, the lumps on my feet hurst so i can’t walk much. Sarah is still vary feebel, not abel to set up only to eate and have her bed sturd(?) up. 31. Raned a good rane in fore noon sun shined som in after noon. i dont feele qite so well thoe. i went out to the barn the first time in a month. my fete hurts so much with them bumps. Sarah a litle beter, went to the tabel today, but don’t set up much. the ground is jest a litle moist on top. my hands has severl bump on them yet. i have picked lots off, makes them look afful ruged, they are tender. So out will go the month. August 1911 1. Some clouds. i am a bout the same. Sarah is a litle beter. Jasper went to Nevada to stay for the ........(sentence ended) 2. Some clouds mostly cleair wind SE not high, not much hot but plesant. i am im proving, Sarah a litle beter. 3. Raned a rit good rane in fore noon, wind SE then NW cleard up in after noon. i an Sarah are some beter. 4. Raned a nis rane thoe the grund is not near wet. a heap of litning an thunder last night, wind SW an a litle high. this morning a lutle cule, mostly cleard up by noon. i an Sarah ar improving slow. Albert sold his bary hors yesterday to Borman for $75. Abbie Porter came. 5. Cloudy still an cule. Albert gon to Nevada. i an Sarah not so well. 6. Sunday, som fue cloud mostly cleair. i an Sarah mendin slowly. 7. Cleair wind SW. Albert went to helpe Still an Higle to bale had. Jasper went to Walker, i worked on a fly trap, Lillie an Abbie Porter washing. 8. Cleair an hot wind SE. i an Sarah a bout the same. i made a fly trap. 9. Cleair hot an dry wind SW not high. i an Sarah still improving slow. i sode the cabbge patch to turnips. 10. cleair an hot an dry, wind SW an hot. Lillie disinfected the rumes. Denis came a while, the first one after small pox. i sode som turnip by the calf shed next to the rode. i an Sarah a bout the same. 11. Cleair all fore noon some clouds. Severl went by going to Farhaven to the picnic. 12. Cleair hot an dry wind SW not high. Albert came home from helping to baleing. him an Dane went to Farehaven. i to the water milen patch the 1st in a long time. 13. Sunday, som clouds but mostly banished of, hot an dry, wind SE not high. Mary, Lillie an Boyed here. Lillie an Abbie Porter has the head ach. i an Sarah ar some beter. 14. Som fue cloud a drop of rane but all disaperd, no rane. 15. Cleair hot an dry fixen to paper the south rume. 16. Clear warm and dry. Mary here helpen sow the carpet. Albert gon to reunion. 17. Some clouds but hot an dry. fixin to put down carpet in south rume. 18. Cleair warm an dry wind E not high. Lillie an Abbie Porter a washing. 19. Cleair hot an dry. 20. Sunday, mostly cleair an warm. Bills folks here, had a bige water milen. 21. Raned a good rane camenst at 3, cloudy all day. Dueye (Dewey Porter) an Jack Porter) came. i went a round the east part of farm. 22. Cloudy thundered lots last night raned sum, cloudy all day. Lillie an Albert taken Chickens to Walker, got a longe bed stid. Mrs. Swargin here a while. 23. Cloudy an cule all day, wind NE. Jon an Jas gon to Nevada to the State Trups incampment. 24. Cloudy an cule. 25. Cleair some fog still an plesant. Jack an Dewey gon to Bills. 26. Mostly cleair geting warmer. Jasper cam from Nevada. 27. Sunday, som clouds all day, warm to be cloudy, wind SW not high. 28. Cleair a litle cule. Albert halled a lode of corn to Cheny at Walker 32 B 29. Cleair an cule. Albert haled B corn to Higley 2 lods made 86 10. 30. Cleair an dry. Albert 1 lode of corn. 31. Cleair. Albert haled one lode corn to Walker the last of the corn. a litle to Finley 13 bushesl. i an Albert went to Harwood got a p??? September 1911 1. Cleair an warm an dry. i went to Harwood to get some more pipe for the well, pump 4 feet more and plat form ??? to paster. Put the pumper in at the bar. i am giving the children $5 a pease. 2. Cleair hot an dry. i went to Harwood. Becky an Harvy’s folks came at 1/2 past 8. 3. Sunday, cleair warm an dry. Harvey’s folks went home. Bills folks an Mr. Buckhanans and Mr. Scoot here. Becky stade here a fue days. 4. Cloudy an plesant vary still, raned a slow rane a bout 1/4 in. Becky gon up to Bills, Sarah fell off of the proch and (hurt) her her foot an sholder. 5. Cleair an hot an still. Becky an Abbie Porter came from Bills. 6. Partly cloudy. i went to Harwood, got bugy wheeals, cost $6, got 1/2 bushel of corn by Bills got 3/4 bushed of peches. Albert went to Nevada to a show. Mrs. Brown came. 7. Raned a good shour be fore day an a gane in the day. Becky went home, Albert taken her to Walker. 8. Mostly cleair warm. 9. Cloudy an fogy. Abbie Porter went to Bills to go home tomorow. 10. Sunday, some clouds a drop of two of rane. 11. Nerly cleair raned a litle shoud last night warm for September. Heard from John to day all got there $5 all right. 12. Cleair an hot an still. i went up to see Denis start his mill. Sarah sick, Faney Ross came a while. 13. Cleair hot an dry. i sode a fue turnip in the SW corner of garden. 14. Cleair warm an dry wind SW high. Mr. and Mrs. Cobbs came a while. 15. Some cloud in fore noon cloudy after noon, a big rane at 1/2 past 5 raned all night, a big rane, som wind. 16. Som fue clouds ponds all full of water, grond soked. i lent Mrs. Brown $100. 17. Sunday, cleair an plesant. 18. Cloudy camenst raning a bout 9 it all day a litle cule. 19. Some clouds. i went to Walker. 20. Cloudy raned a litle thrue the day. i taken the colt up to Finley, give me a hard fall hurt me all over, hert my nee. 21. Mostly cleair. i went to Walker got sand an gravel and one sack of sement, a litle cule. 22. Cleair an warm. i went to Walker got some more sement two sacks 10 bushels sand an gravel. 23. Cleair still an warm. we finished the cement round house. 24. Sunday, mostly cleair warm an still. 25. Vary cloudy erly some fog, clear by noon. 26. Some clouds in fore noon cloud after noon. i went to Hineses to the sesen. 27. the boys puting up the slue gass. 28. Fare an warm. i went to Walker got 1 bushels of aples, cost $2.50. 29. Cloudy a shour of rane. October 1911 1. Sunday a good big shur of rane a but 7 am . Emea here. 2. it raned last night 2 an 1/4 in, a lite rane this morning, sun shined som in after noon. 3. Some clouds all day a fue drops of rane. Jasper gon to help put down conceat walk for Jonathan. Albert sold his sorel horse an gon to Nevada to get a job. 4. Cloudy good part of the day. Mary and Lillie came a while. 5. Some clouds raned a litle shour last night. i an Albert went to Preacherds sale, Jas helping on side. 6. Clouds all day a fue drops of rane, wind a litle high SW then NW a litle cule. 7. Cloudy a litle cule. i went to Harwood. 8. Sunday, cloudy all day a litle miste erly cule all day. Bills folks here. 9. Som clouds. i taken Albert to Walker to go to Kansis City. Jasper camenst plowing in the wheat stuble down at the draw. 10. Mostly cleair i went to se about Cole, went on to Harwood. 11. Partly cleair. i went to Prises Sale. 12. Fogy fogging up cleair. 13. Cloudy raned a good big rane last nite an a hard shur about 3 pm. 14. Fogy, fog went off, som clouds. Jasper went to Harts Cole (coal) Bank, got 25 bushels cole. 15. Sunday, cloudy a good part of the day. a black cloud late after noon wind SW an high. Albert came from Kansis City last evening. 16. Cloudy a litle cule raned a shur last night. i got 3 hogs of Young wade 535. 17. Cleair an plesant. i went to Harwood. 18,. Cleair an plesant. Albert gon to work for Sharp. Jasper ploing east of orcher. 19. Cloudy wind NE a litle cule. i went with Denis to Harwood, got 6 bushels of appls at 74cts an 1 birel cost $2.80. Jasper diging sweapotatos. 20. Cloudy a litle cule. 21. Cloudy all day wind NE cule. i went to Walker taken a side of meat got 11c. 22. Sunday, a big white frost the 1st one of the seson. cleir an cule. 23. Cleair some frost cule in the morning, nise after part. Albert gethered 4 rose of corn next to Pets then went to Hamelton. 24. Some clouds sun shines some wind SW. 25. Mostly cleair an nise. 26. i went to Harwood, the Dr. fixed some salve for my leg. 27. dark fogy an some clouds, a litle sprinkle of rane, a fue spits of snow. 28. Cloudy not qite so cule as yesterday. 29. Sunday, cloudy raning a slow rane. 30. Cloudy an fogy a drop of rane all day. 31. Cleair wind N a litle cule nerly still, bin a still month, so out gose October. November 1911 1. Cloudy wind NE an cule. Lillie went to Harwood taken a bushel of turnips. i puled som turnips. 2. Some fue clouds a big freeze ice 1 in thick. 3. Cloudy an cule. Jasper got dun baken ground. 4. Cloudy not qite so cule. Jasper haled up turnips. 5. Sunday, cloudy raned all day. 6. Some clouds erly, cleard up. Jasper camenst shucking corn at the calf shed. we worked on the calf. 7. Partly cloudy - hog choked. 8. Cloudy all day. 9. Som clouds. 10. Sun shined some clouds. 11. Cloudy sun shine som wind SW high, warm. my leg hurts worse, it raned a bout 4 hard hale as large as quail eggs. Snowed nerly cuvered the ground. 12. Sunday, cleair wind NE an cold, every thing frose hard last night. 13. Cloudy ground froze later, snow nerly all gone, wind SE, damp an cule. 14. Mostly cleair wind SE a nise day. 15. Mostly cleair, i to Walker. 16. Cleair in fore noon cloudy later wind SE a litle high. 17. Some litle rane last night, cloudy this fore noon, cleair later. 18. Nerly cleair wind NE not high plesant. Jasper gon done shucken the calf shed peas. 19. Sunday, cloudy. Emea and Lorie Lucus came. Otho (Otto) Alesson kiled his wife an his self. 20. Mostly cleair a litle warm. Jasper camenst shucking in N pease. 21. Cleair an nise. Albert shucked a litle of his corn, taken to Finley. Jasper an Lillie gon to the frnel of Otho Alleson wife at Oak Grove. Otho was bered at Flat Rock today. Jasper taken Emie an Lore to Walker. 22. Raning camenst a bout 7 raned the rest of the day. Bill came to help butcher. 23. Partly cleair wind NW an cold. Bill came helping to bucher, first hog wade 234. 24. Cleair still an cule nise after morning. Jasper an Albert rendred the larde. 25. Cleair an nise, still. 26. Sunday, cleair still an nise, a litle cule. 27. Cloudy, camenst raning a long in after noon, turned to snow, got cold, grund got cuvered. 28. Cloudy an cold, som flures of snow. 29. Cleair still an nise cold early. a litle beter iln the after noon. Albert went to Walker got the exema mecson, a camenst with it a noon. 30. Cleair an cold erly in the morning, nise an plesant in after part. wind SW, not vary high. Jasper an Albert shucking corn in north pece. December 1911 1. Cleair still an nise a litle cule in the morning grond frozen some. i went to Duff an pade by tax. Buchanan went with me. Jasper an Albert shucking corn, Jasper got done his. 2. Cleair still an nise, a fue thin high clouds. Albert an Jasper shucking in his corn., 3. Sunday, cleair still an nise a litle cule. Harvay came, Bills folks here, Lillia wnet home with Harva, Omphy here a while. 4. Cleair still an nise. i went to Walker for Lillie. 5. Cleair still an nise. the boys shucken. 6. Cloudy still an plesant. 7. Cloudy still warm for December. Marthy came, i an him went to Alesen sale, i bot (bought) a cook stove cost $3. Albert got the East out. 8. Cloudy still a litle culer. Albert an Jasper camenst in SW pease. 9. Dark cloudy fogy or misty then a lite rane til in the after noon. 10. Sunday, partly cloudy sun shined some plesant. Graham bred at 2. 11. Some clouds the boys got dun shucken Albert corn. 12. Cleair still an nise. Albert taken the last of his corn to Finley 161 bushels. 13. Cleair still an nise a big frost. 14. Cleair still an nise, a big frost warm a nuff. Jasper an Albert went to Culereses for a lod of pols. 15. Cloudy. Albert went south of Hanlys for a lode of wood, i went to Walker for some medison, got a sack of flour $1 coffee. 16. Fogy still snde last night a bot 3 inches. don’t no if cloudy or not could se the sun, snow not melting, snow layd on timber bed. 17. Sunday, cleair still a nise day, snow going fast after the morning, ground full of water. 18. Cleair snow nerly gone. 19. Cloudy snow a bout gon qite mudey. Bill came butchered the beef wade 68-65-70-70 hide 54. 20. Cloudy some litle rane, sprinkled. Jasper went to Harwood taken beef hide an 65 lbs of beef and 23 lbs of bacon for Suse, Herelston got the hide pade $5.50, got biril salt, birel appels, sack potatos. Cloud up an sprinkl then sun shined. 21. Som clouds in fore noon sun shined later. Fonzo an Hart came, Hart got 8 lbs of beef. 22. Cleair still an nise a litle rane an a sprinkl of snow last night. Albert went to Harwood for Suse an Jack. 23. Cleair still cule an nise ground frosen but thawing later. Albert taken Lillie to Walker to go to Bill Thompsons, the wind is SW. 24. Sunday, cleair an nise wind S a litle W, not cold, ground mudy thoe a nise day. Suse an Jack here, Apha an Mavis came. 25. Cleair then cloud up a good big frost an grond frozen wind NE not vary high but cold a litle at night. no body hardly a passing, rods mudy. 26. Raning an snow a litle wind NE cule, mudy. 27. A big frost cloudy some sone in fore noon clear in after noon wind NW an cold. 28. Nerly cleair som fue clouds wind SE grond partly thoud, the boys haled hay, put in barn. 29. Cloudy damp slick an mudy. i went to Walker for Lillie. She dident come. i got a sack of flour $1.00 coffee. 30. Cloudy an fogy an misty freezing some. Oney pade for the beef, she got $5.12. a mist an a sprinkl of snow at dark, got qite cold. 31. Sunday. Cleair an qite cold gound nerly cuverd with snow wind NW then west. Lillie at Beck’s yet, wind went to NW then NE then SE an it seem to go all round. snow melted a litle late in after noon, ther was only a sprinkle of snow grund nerly cuvered with sleat an snow. Suse an Jack here the day, month an yere went out nise and still. DIARIES OF ALBERT FONZO COPE FROM HIS FARM NEAR WALKER - 1911 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives Loretta May (© 1997 Loretta May) USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. 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