| Thurs. Jan. 1, 1903 | Mild. Dan & I cut logs on J. Wolf |
| Fri. Jan. 2, 1903 | Mild. Dan & I cut logs down to the J. Wolf woods. |
| Sat. Jan. 3, 1903 | Mild. Dan & I went to Warsaw. I contracted with E. conrad for a pair of bobs to pay $5.00 cash & 10 cords of wood at $2.00 per cord. Correll & I ordered a 16 foot log chain a piece of Conrad to be Sweed Iron. F. correll paid me $25.00 on the logs he bought of me. Paid Wimer 53 cts for groceries, F. Widmyer paid me $1.32 for beef. |
| Sun. Jan. 4, 1903 | Went to Sunday School. Dan hitched to Henry Bowers bobs. |
| Mon. Jan. 5, 1903 | Lib & I helped Correll butcher 4 hogs & a beef. We got 80 pounds. Paid him 80 cts for the difference between what he got of me and his. |
| Tues. Jan. 6, 1903 | Dan & I went down to the J. Wolf woods & cut logs. Brought a load of wood home with us from the Irvin farm. |
| Wed. Jan. 7, 1903 | Snowing. Dan & I took conrad one cord of wood & brought the bobs I ordered of him last Saturday. Paid him cash $5.00. Back yet 9 cords of wood. Paid Grabner 30 cts for gasoline & 40 cts for our dinners & horses in the stables. |
| Thurs. Jan. 8, 1903 | Windy & snowing. Dan cleaned out the stables. I made a log rack today. |
| Fri. Jan. 9, 1903 | Windy & cold. Dan & I opened up the road south of Henry Bowers. Worked about 2 hours. I went up to Clunette to see if W. Byrer had the irons made for my wood rack. Dident have them made. Dan & I went down to the J. Wolf woods & got a load of logs & made a bridge across the run. |
| Sat. Jan. 10, 1903 | 6 Below. Dan & I halled logs from Wolfs woods to the mill. Six logs. F. correll paid me $27.50, the ballance he owed me on the logs I sold him. |
| Sun. Jan. 11, 1903 | At home all day. Snowing & blowing & drifting. |
| Mon. Jan. 12, 1903 | 8 Below. I helped shovel snow till noon. Dan cleaned out the stables. We halled in 3 loads of oats straw in the afternoon. |
| Tues. Jan. 13, 1903 | I thawed the pump at the barn in the fore noon. Dan & I halled 3 logs to mill in the afternoon. |
| Wed. Jan. 14, 1903 | I stade at home till noon. Looked for Ezras out to butcher their hog. They dident come. Dan halled 2 logs to mill in the fore noon. Him & I halled 6 in the afternoon. |
| Thurs. Jan. 15, 1903 | Ezra & Em came out & we butchered their hog weighed 255 lb. at 6 cts. Came to $15.30. He is dr to me on acct of wood at $13.50. Total $28.80. I was Dr to him for $16.25, twine & log chain $1.50. Total 17.75. He paid me cash $6.05 and is Dr to me for $5.00. |
| Fri. Jan. 16, 1903 | Thawing. Dan & I halled 22 logs to Rosses mill today from the Wolf woods. Paid Wilson Byrrer 30 cts for making wood rack irons. Paid E. Whetstone 79 cts yesterday. |
| Sat. Jan. 17, 1903 | Thawing. Paid J. Harmon for shingles $.75. Dan & I took a load of wood 1 1/4 cords to Warsaw to W. Conrad. Took Ezras lard to him. Paid Conrad $3.00 for log chain & 10 cts for welding one. Paid J. Grabner $2.20 for window glass, 2 buckets, 2 lantern flews. Paid Hafer & Richardson for Paul shoes & overs $2.00. Paid D. Blosser $1.50. |
| Sun Jan. 18, 1903 | At home all day. Dan & the children went up to Sunday School. Henry & Brosha was up in the evening. |
| Mon. Jan. 19, 1903 | Dan & I went down to the wolf woods & cut logs. Brought 5 home with us. Dan & I went over to F. Corrells in the evening. Offered him $18 dollars for his steer. |
| Tues. Jan. 20, 1903 | Dan cleaned out the stables in the fore noon. Halled a load of block wood from the Irvin farm. I put glass in the barn sash & then Lib & I went up to Crabs. It was his birthday. |
| Wed. Jan. 21, 1903 | Mild. Dan & I cut logs at the Wolf woods. |
| Thurs. Jan. 22, 1903 | Mild. Dan & I cut logs down to the J. Wolf woods till noon. We halled 5 logs to Rosses mill in the after noon. Brought 3 & some posts home. |
| Fri. Jan. 23, 1903 | Nice. Dan & I halled 21 logs to mill from the Wolfe woods. Nellins & Bibee was up to see my cattle. I dident sell them. I went over to Corrells in the evening. |
| Sat. Jan. 24, 1903 | John & I went to Warsaw. Took milling over. Paid 70 cts for grinding. paid Mutual Insurance $8.50. Paid J. Grabner $3.00 for John a gun. Paid Wimer for groceries $1.32. Paid Watson & Mellons 75 cts for food. E. Wallace paid me five dollars. We are square. |
| Sun. Jan. 25, 1903 | Dan & the rest of the folks went to Sunday School & they came home & we went down to Koontz. |
| Mon. Jan. 26, 1903 | Dan halled corn in the barn. I went over to O. Sponsellers to see about turkeys. The wasent at home. Went from there to Sipe Rosses. Bought 2 turkeys. Came to $1.32. Pd. Went from there to Milt corrells. Bought a pole angus steer. Paid $16.00 for him. Got home at noon. Dan & I went down to the Wolf wodos to hall logs. I broke our sleds. |
| Tues. Jan. 27, 1903 | Rainy. I went over to O. Sponsellers & bought 4 turkeys. Weighed 52 1/2 lb at 11 cts per lb. $5.77. Paid him cash $2.77. dr to $3.00. Came back by F. Clingers & dident get to see him. He came over in the afternoon & I borrowed $150 dollars of him. I went over & paid Lide Funk $30 that I had borrowed of her. Paid Whetstone for oil $1.00. |
| Wed. Jan. 28, 1903 | I paid Dan blosser $20.00 that I had borrowed of him for a few days. Settled with J. Cummings for 67 cords of wood $40.20. He paid one month rent $2.00. I paid him cash $38.20. |
| Thurs. Jan. 29, 1903 | Dan took Conrad & Son 1 cord of wood $2.00. I was to Shans all day. |
| Fri. Jan. 30, 1903 | Colder. I went down to Atwood after Etta. Paid Mc. Makinley for groceries 88 cts. Paid Alice Dawson 67 cts for butter. 4 lb & 20 oz. |
| Sat. Jan. 31, 1903 | I went over to O. Sponsellers. Paid him $3.00 that I owed him for turkeys. Went from there to Sipe Rosses to see a heifer. Dident buy her. Went to Tom Rosses home. I was a foot. Lib & John went to Warsaw. |