Thurs Aug 1st A fine pleasant day partly cldy I got our laundry from Carrie A & pd her 1,25 I hired E C Goodwin to take Nellie & kid & W & Harriet to Washington this morning & they will go to Olathe, Kansas Harriets home this eve I got Crackers Oranges for some lunch & gave Nellie $65,00 & Harriet $25,00 Nellie looks bad & is weak we are uneasy about her I got 2 suits underwear & cuff at K Bakers chk 3,00 I dug & put in the cellar 2 bu potatos Mother & I are alone again the first since last spring Mrs. Ruby called this eve our army in France & the Huns are about at a standstill after 2 weeks fighting many reported Killed but nothing decisive we fumigated & disinfected the N [north] room up stairs where Nellie has slept the last 6 wks with formaldehyde starch for 7 hours Dr Wells advised this as did Leslie for fear of Tuberculosis germs
August 1, 1918
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