Concord - Boston - Concord.
Ther. [Thermometer] Wed. [Wednesday] Oct. 25, 1911 [October] 25, 1911 Wea. [Weather] 
26 [degrees] E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] develops bronchial pneumonia Fine
Clear with light southerly wind.
Country white with hoar frost & 
shallow pools skimmed over at sunrise.
Warm through middle of day.  
Henry & I went to Boston & Gilbert
to Cambridge by 8.13 train. James
drove us to Ball's Hill where we
crossed river. Henry & I came back
that way by 6.21 train from
North Station, walking to Farm after
dusk. On reaching Boston I went
first to office of Genl Superintendent [General Superintendent]
to complain of a new gate opposite Balls H [Ball's Hill].
Next to our office where I spent
forenoon. Next with Henry to
Mayflower Club where we lunched
with C. [Caroline Brewster]. Finally with C. & Henry
to Shubert's Theatre where we saw
the "Bluebird" [The Blue Bird] a charming play
by Maeterlinck. C. heard by tel. [telephone] on 
her return to Mayflower this evening that
[margin]E.R.S. has bronchial pneumonia.[/margin]

Concord 
Ther. [Thermometer] Thurs. [Thursday] Oct. 26, 1911 [October 26, 1911] Wea. [Weather] 
Fine
Early morn densely foggy. Most
of day sunny, calm & very warm.
  Soon after breakfast I went 
with Zeph & 2 carpenters to Prescotts
pines lot and cut a number of
poplars for rafters for new wood
shed we are building now below
the Barrett barn at edge of orchard.
  At 10.15 N.T. Kidder & his 
foreman Mr. Farrar arrived to
study gypsy moth conditions. I
took them through Birch Field,
Birch Island woods & over Davis
& Pine Hills. After dinner at
farm house we went to Ball's
Hill via Holden's Hill & across
river to W. Bedford [West Bedford] where they
took train to Boston. They
seemed pleased with their day.
[margin]C. [Caroline Brewster] telephoned me at 8 A.M. that E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] has bronchial pneumonia
& that she was about to go to Mrs. Waymouth in Cbridge [Cambridge] to stay.[/margin]