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Clyde and Jennie Edna (Morris) Higgins Clyde HigginsClyde HigginsClyde HigginsClyde HigginsClyde HigginsClyde Higgins in his roomJennie
(Morris) HigginsJennie
(Morris) HigginsJennie
(Morris) Higgins with IrvingJennie
(Morris) HigginsJennie
(Morris) HigginsJennie
(Morris) Higgins on leftJennie
(Morris) HigginsJennie
(Morris) Higgins with a catch in FloridaJennie
(Morris) Higgins with daughter ClydiceJennie
(Morris) Higgins with daughter Clydice - 4 generationsChildren of
Clyde and Jennie: Clydice and LeeSherm
Robinson with Molly, 19322nd husband
of Jennie after Clyde passed awaySherm
Robinson and Jennie (Morris) Higgins with Jerry & Betty JeanSherm
Robinson and Jennie (Morris) Higgins
Excerpts from Clyde's JournalJan 1910
Fri-21- I got up at-4-am- 32° above zero
done chores + took load potatoes to Fillmore continued snowing just as
we left and turned to rain kept all day. Pa went as for as Hume stayed
at J B Pratts – sold one bu to J Robins the rest 34 bu 5 lbs L S Gelsen
40c bu. Got Prince shod at Hume to day.
Thur-27- Cut wood to day went to bed early
Sat-29-Cut wood went to movy picture show at
Fillmore E C S went with me. Saw the comet again
Sun-30-Went to church in daytime spent the
wc at Fred Schmidts
February 1910
Tue-1-Mercury stood at 20° this morning I
ground ax shoveled out skidway drawed pole wood and over to the house +
logs for wood on the skidway Gluisa came up on the hill to look for the
comet could see only the tail of it it is so low in the horizon.
Mildred gone to Eold Woffins to prayer meeting with Arlie Bearlslee
Wed-2-…got hunting license
Thu-17- Mother Birthday 58 to day got 22
post cards. I cut wood
Tue-22-set around house add day hitched up
team tookWillis, Libbie Alie and Mildred to prayer meeting at H
Williams, stormed quite hard warming house
Thr-24- 16° below zero here this morning
milk train 344 stalled where the freight was yesterday was there till
about 1 PM
Fri-25-…Weighed Pig today weighed 75 lbs
March 2010
Wed-2-.got new calf this morning…
Sun-6-Shaved went to church in daytime
Jennie came over with Mildred stayed till eve I took her back to her
work it thundered & lightninged all the way over + back wind blew hard
most all the way house. Johnie stayed with us to day.
Wed-16- Sorted potatoes + sacked them
Wed-23-Gathered sap and boiled it down Pa
went to Centerville got 2 shoes set on Bill I crated up 30 bu of
potatoes for Cyrus.
Sat 26- Drew out manure gathered sap
buckets. Went after Jennie over to Chulles
Sun 27-…Took Jennie Back to work after
Church
April 1910
Fri April-1- Pa and I went to Hume +
Fillmore got 1 ½ for Clover 4 bu 4 lb timothy ½ ton phosphate 2-8-10 for
oats got money from W Hall for potatoes $6.75 came house mixed seed
went to Wolfers got his drill.
Mon-4- Made order to S R + Co for Base balls
glove hankerchiefs + shar strings….Went to Centerville got pair overalls
50c new crystal put in my watch 20c Mildred went along
Thu-14- Pittsburgh at St Louis to day for
their opening Ball game in the National League, I dragged on flat for
oats.
Sun-17 Went to SS + Church was there at 10
oclock dinner at Richard Morrises with Ward + Ellis took Jennie over to
Millses to get her clothes as she as to work at home for a few weeks
went to church in eve not many there stormy…