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Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, Oct. 23, 1917 [October 23, 1917] Wea [Weather]
Fair
Forenoon sunny, calm and mild after
frosty morning; afternoon cloudy with
strong chill N.E. [northeast] wind.
  Elm foliage still intact uniformly
golden, very pleasing to behold.
  Not many birds. 2 or 3 Robins, 4 Cedar
Birds, 2 Chippies [Chipping Sparrow], 4 or 5 Juncos,
about as many White-throats [White-throated Sparrow] visited
our dooryard to bathe in its pool.
In woodland I noted only a Creeper &
2 Hermit Thrushes together with a
few scattered Yellow rumps [Yellow-rumped Warbler].
There were Jays & Crows also, especially
about outskirts of Ritchie place where 4
men were harvesting yellow corn.
Here also were assembled a dozen or
more Crow Blackbirds evidently kept
from a tempting feast only by the men's
presence. All these birds very noisy.
  Spent most of day in cornfield
assisting to limits of my strength in
harvesting the abundant golden ears.
Also picked the quinces - a meagre crop
Continued trouble from neuralgia.
Brown and men pruning orchard all day.

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Ther [Thermometer] Wednesday, Oct. 24, 1917 [October 24, 1917] Wea [Weather]
Stormy
Heavy rainfall all day accompanied by
strong northeast wind which, towards
nightful [nightfall] & after it, attained, at times,
the force of a full gale stripping the
trees of nearly all remaining exposed
foliage & lashing even the stiffest of
them to & fro like slender reeds. Altogether
it was the most violent storm of the
entire autumn thus far. Despite it
Timmy & I went to Green Field soon
after breakfast, he returning drenched
& forlorn. I was out again towards
evening to pick up a bushel of 
Northern Spy apples shaken down by the
gale. It seems wonderful that the most
of them still cling to the trees.
Saw only one bird all day - a Chickadee.
  Writing letters in forenoon when
"Nelse" called to talk about wood.
The afternoon taken up by two callers, 
Garfield who strongly desires the
Ritchie place, & Sewall who took
my subscription for 2 $100 Liberty Bonds.
I told Garfield i might possibly let
him have the Ritchie house & part of land
on a three year lease. We are both to
"think over" such an arrangement.