Jan 16 – Not very well now days may be some grippe[21] dont know. Evva Blake[22] came over in morning. I went over to burg got some cheese.
Jan 17 – No work to day no ver well. Some cool wind.
Jan 18 – Mercury 37 at 3 P.M. Got two bushels wheat ground wheat 73 cts pr bushel. Hannah went to Kalamazoo to see Nancy. Nice day no snow of any account. Filed buck saw for Charly Town.
Jan 19 – At home all day. Not very rough rained just at night. Hannah down to Nancys.
Jan 20 – Cold wind. Sorted corn in cornhouse. Rather cold work. Hannah came up on morning train. She worked to Lois.[23] Came home in Evening.
Jan 21 – Mercury 14 cold blustring day snowey. Hannah went to Neal Comings this morning. Worst day of the season. Very blustrous all day. No wash to day.
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[21] Influenza; a highly contagious viral infection of the respiratory passages
[22] Neighbor, Mary Evelyn “Eva” (Forbush) Blake
[23] His daughter, Lois (Keith) Clark Skinner
Letters & Diary Entries From the 1860s through the 1890s 