Wea. [Weather] Tues. [Tuesday] Nov. 3, 1903 [November 3, 1903] Ther. [Thermometer.]
  Cloudless, warm, no wind. A typical
Indian summer day.
  News came yesterday that our school
building at Wolfeboro burned to ground
early this morning. I left Concord
by 8.13 train this morn. [morning], walking to
Ball's Hill. Stopped at Cambridge to
vote. Got to office at 10 A.M. & found
E.H. Lord there. Talked until noon.
Called on C. [Caroline] at St. Margarets 3 P.M.
Took 4.47 train back to W. Bed. [West Bedford].
Strange Owl shrieking in orchard 7.30 P.M.
  Wea. [Weather] Wednesday 4 [November 4, 1903] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Cloudless, calm, very warm - the
most perfect of Indian summer days.
  Spent entire day working on
wood road to Ritchie place with
Long & 3 men, Bensen, Hansen
& Howard. The country alive with
birds yesterday but only a few
about to-day. Heard the strange
Owl at sunset. It shrilled 5 or 6
times & then wailed like the common
Screech Owl that it proved to be.
Forbush & I walked through Prescotts
pines 8-9 P.M. Bright moon. No Owls.
  Wea. [Weather] Thur. [Thursday] Nov.  5, 1903 [November 5, 1903] Ther. [Thermometer].
  A.M. cloudy with rather heavy rain
W.S.W. [west southwest]. Clearing in P.M. with N.W. [northwest]
wind & falling temperature.
  Spent day in wood shed working
on bird boxes. Forbush made a bench
for iron work. Hansen & Howard
sawing wood. Long & 3 men &
Bensen worked up to about 10 A.M.
  Wea. [Weather] Friday 6 [November 6, 1903] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Cloudy & snowing heavily all day
the flakes melting as they fell but
the ground white after nightfall. Strong
intensely chilly N.W. [northwest] wind.
  Spent day in woods, in rear of
Ritchie place working with men on
grading wood road. This we finished
at last & the roads are closed by bars
for this year. Bensen did not work
to-day. I have had a cold for
several days. It got rapidly worse
to day & I had a bad night.