Sunday, June 28, 1936

Sunday plesant all day
Cool-
I baked a slice of ham in cream and got dinner
Harry & Clara went to Levanna to Dr. Folletts' Indian Village*
did not return until 1-30 for dinner-
Mother was very nervous and had a bad afternoon & evening
Iliff called this eve-
had Hyers root beer & sandwiched-
Clara gave me check for $15.00 pay to June 29

Article about Dr. Follett from Geneva Daily Times- June 24, 1939*

*Dr. Follett was an archeologist & anthropologist working at the Algonquin Indian site in Levanna, Cayuga County, NY. By 1939 he had written a book, & made a few presentations on the topic. Harry & Clara must have gone to see the archeological site & picnic. The article can be found HERE.

Sunday, June 21, 1936

Sunday, plesant but cool-
Harry hoed the potatoes and made cucumber hills and sowed the seed-
Has been busy nearly all day & evening-
I made some Hyer's Root Beer*-
Iliff called this evening-
Mother has been pretty good all day-
I combed her hair etc-

Hires' Rootbeer ad 1894^

*From Wikipedia: "Hires Root Beer kits, available in the United States and Canada from the early 1900s through the 1980s allowed consumers to mix an extract with water, sugar and yeast to brew their own root beer. However, most consumption was of pre-bottled root beer."

^Image from the 19th Century American Trade Cards collection at the Boston Public Library. View digitized copy here.