On Friday, August 6, 1915 Bonnie Elmore wrote: Cool. Filed and Indexed. Mrs. Raines ate dinner with us today. She and Mary went up town. Mary brought Norman to the office and Met Capt. E.J. Rowan. We got ice cream and ate supper at Mrs. Raines. Went home at 8:30 p.m.
On Saturday, August 7, 1915 Bonnie Elmore wrote: Cool, pleasant day. Arose at 7:00 a.m. and shaved before breakfast. Took bath and went up street. Mary and I went to "American" theater at night. Gave Skin 15 cents to get collars out of laundry.
On Sunday, August 8, 1915 Bonnie Elmore wrote: Hot. Arose at 8:30. Went up street for two papers for Mrs. Raines. Ate lunch at Mrs. Raines. Rained in pm. I went home and ate supper. Loam was there. Came home on street car and talked to John and Maggie Smith.
On Monday, August 9, 1915 Bonnie Elmore wrote: Hot-Rain. Norman is 6 months of age today. Papa and Teeny ate supper at our house. Papa talked to Mrs. Booze and Mrs. Raines about painting kitchen and fence. Shaved.
On Tuesday, August 10, 1915 Bonnie Elmore wrote: Hot. Walked to work with Bernard Harrington. Mailed $10.00 to Harry Raines in New York. Talked to Dr. Abbott on street while on way to P.O. Mrs. Raines took lunch with us. Ate ice cream at Mrs. Brown's!
On Wednesday, August 11, 1915 Bonnie Elmore wrote: Cool Day. Electric lights were installed in Mrs. Raines' home. Big Rain. Stayed at home at night and shaved. Retired at 9:30 p.m. Raining.
On Thursday, August 12, 1915 Bonnie Elmore wrote: Hot. Mr. Schick went to Berivend, W.Va. on tour of inspection. Ate "Okre" at Mrs. Raines at noon today. Stopped in at MaGann's. Went to concert in Elmwood Park at night. Talked to Edgar Troxie at went to J&J for Barley.
I suppose the biggest thing this week is the installation of electric lights in Mrs. Raines' house. We take electricity for granted so much these days that I didn't even think about the homes in 1915 maybe using candles and oil lamps, etc. Wow. Of course, Bonnie does talk a lot in other years about building a fire to heat the home and for cooking. I also chuckled at how Bonnie spelled Okra, I think it was new to him. But he sure did enjoy the ice cream at Mrs. Brown's. I have no idea where that town in West Virginia is, we had a little trouble reading Bonnie's handwriting. Happy 6 months to Norman! Here in 2012, we had a great day today at Springwood Baptist. 9 people, all from one family joined the church today and 3 of those by baptism! 13 youth and about 5 or 6 adults from the church went to Kings Dominion yesterday. We will be going to visit Longwood University on Tuesday with Rachel and going to Washington DC this coming weekend on a train to sight see and watch soccer. Bonnie would get a kick out of knowing we were going there and on a train!
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Sunday, August 12, 2012
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Pie and Power Outages
On Friday, June 25, 1915 Bonnie Elmore wrote: Beautiful Day. Wrote to Jake, Skin and Aunt Anna Smith and Mamma. Talked to Howard in the office. Met Bill up street at night and went walking. Went to Elmwod Park and to Hotel Roanoke yard. Came home at 10:15 p.m.
On Saturday, June 26, 1915 Bonnie Elmore wrote: Fine Day. After dinner went up to Fisher's and stayed until 7 p.m. Shaved at 9 p.m. and Mary and I took the baby and went down to Mrs. Raines' and remained until 10 p.m. Emmett Epperly came down for suitcase for Loam's trip.
On Sunday, June 27, 1915 Bonnie Elmore wrote: Fine Day. Arose at 9 a.m. Stayed around house until 4:30 p.m. Took bath and rolled baby up to Fisher's. Met Uncle John and Vesta Fisher and Clyde Ruble and stayed for supper. Came home by moonlight Loaned my camera to Agnes Bergendahl.
On Monday, June 28, 1915 Bonnie Elmore wrote: Pretty Day. Wrote up descriptions and agreements in office. Shaved at 7 p.m.. Bought 3 ice cream cones. Mary and I went to see "The Moth and the Flame" at the American. Came by Mrs. Raines' and ate piece blackberry pie.
On Tuesday, June 29, 1915 Bonnie Elmore wrote: Rain a.m. Tracy came to Roanoke. Finished binding up agreements for Capt. Rowan. Retired at 10 p.m. Johnny Foy worked at office.
On Wednesday, June 30, 1915 Bonnie Elmore wrote: Cloudy day.
On Thursday, July 1, 1915 Bonnie Elmore wrote: Pretty Day. Got a letter from Loam at Washington. Ate dinner and supper at Mrs. Raines. Mrs. Raines and Aunt Emma Leslie visiting Mrs. Edwards. Got letter from Skin. Chas. Marmaduke, electrician at Gen.'l. office died today. Mr. Schick left.
I guess the thing that really caught my attention in Bonnie's diary this week was the 3 ice cream cones and blackberry pie, maybe I should eat some dessert! Here in 2012, we have had some really odd weather. On Friday, after a really hot day there were some bad wind storms called "derecho". Very little rain but winds in excess of 80 mph. It has knocked out power to millions, who now have no air conditioning and temps continue to be above 100. There are also some water outages. We had no church services today because of this. Businesses that have a/c are really busy. Power company says it may be a week before power is fully restored. We still have power and water and for that we are extremely grateful!
On Saturday, June 26, 1915 Bonnie Elmore wrote: Fine Day. After dinner went up to Fisher's and stayed until 7 p.m. Shaved at 9 p.m. and Mary and I took the baby and went down to Mrs. Raines' and remained until 10 p.m. Emmett Epperly came down for suitcase for Loam's trip.
On Sunday, June 27, 1915 Bonnie Elmore wrote: Fine Day. Arose at 9 a.m. Stayed around house until 4:30 p.m. Took bath and rolled baby up to Fisher's. Met Uncle John and Vesta Fisher and Clyde Ruble and stayed for supper. Came home by moonlight Loaned my camera to Agnes Bergendahl.
On Monday, June 28, 1915 Bonnie Elmore wrote: Pretty Day. Wrote up descriptions and agreements in office. Shaved at 7 p.m.. Bought 3 ice cream cones. Mary and I went to see "The Moth and the Flame" at the American. Came by Mrs. Raines' and ate piece blackberry pie.
On Tuesday, June 29, 1915 Bonnie Elmore wrote: Rain a.m. Tracy came to Roanoke. Finished binding up agreements for Capt. Rowan. Retired at 10 p.m. Johnny Foy worked at office.
On Wednesday, June 30, 1915 Bonnie Elmore wrote: Cloudy day.
On Thursday, July 1, 1915 Bonnie Elmore wrote: Pretty Day. Got a letter from Loam at Washington. Ate dinner and supper at Mrs. Raines. Mrs. Raines and Aunt Emma Leslie visiting Mrs. Edwards. Got letter from Skin. Chas. Marmaduke, electrician at Gen.'l. office died today. Mr. Schick left.
I guess the thing that really caught my attention in Bonnie's diary this week was the 3 ice cream cones and blackberry pie, maybe I should eat some dessert! Here in 2012, we have had some really odd weather. On Friday, after a really hot day there were some bad wind storms called "derecho". Very little rain but winds in excess of 80 mph. It has knocked out power to millions, who now have no air conditioning and temps continue to be above 100. There are also some water outages. We had no church services today because of this. Businesses that have a/c are really busy. Power company says it may be a week before power is fully restored. We still have power and water and for that we are extremely grateful!
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