Atwater, Minnesota: 1934-1935
About This Book
1 Corinna leaves for New York August 6, 1934 Dear Corinna, We have all been traveling with you today. We took the train at 8:15 and in an hour or so we were somewhere in Wisconsin. By now, I suppose you know all the ins and outs of eating in a diner. I know you are enjoying the new thrills. We got home a little after 12. My headache wasn’t bad. I gagged a little so as to scare everyone in the car but then I went to sleep and slept all the way home. Everyone slept but Myron. He drove all the way.
| Category | general |
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| Subject | Diaries, letters and journals, Minnesota, 1929 to c 1939 (period of the Great Depression) |
| Year | 2023 |
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| Chapters | 82 |
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| License | Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
Chapters
- 3 Ruth tells Corinna to save her letters
- 4 Gloria goes to Bluebirds camp
- 6 Baseball game in Minneapolis
- 7 Shopping at Dayton’s in Minneapolis
- 8 Marvin trades a truck tire for four cords of wood
- 14 Harriet’s bicycle arrives
- 16 Some motherly advice
- 18 Ruth explains proposed Constitutional Amendments at League of Women Voters me
- Have been reading all your letters. You must be having a good time with all the
- 23 Ruth bakes pies, cake, and bread for the church Food Sale
- 24 Ruth sews “like blazes” to make pajamas and a petticoat
- 25 Relief workmen move Olga’s house
- 26 Harriet sells forget-me-nots downtown
- 27 Wash day
- 28 An old tam gets a makeover and Ruth sews an old skirt into a dress for Gloria
- 29 Harriet and Gloria get bracelets and books from Corinna
- 33 Ruth goes to the Legion play and Marvin goes pheasant hunting
- 34 Ruth prepares pheasants for dinner
- 35 Gloria and Harriet get a P and G circus coloring book
- 36 Nearly everyone in Atwater attends Hovey/Slinden wedding at the Norwegian chu
- 39 Hallowe’en can-tipping
- 40 Gloria and Harriet visit Bobby who is recovering from pneumonia
- 41 Back taxes on the house count up to $198
- 42 Games after supper: “Button Button,” “Bird, Beast or Fish,” and “Hooky, Hooky
- 43 Harriet practices the piano and Myron practices for the Athletics play
- 44 Myron becomes an Eagle Scout
- 46 Marvin buys 40 lbs of pork at six cents a pound; Ruth stores it outside under
- 49 Ruth spends the afternoon sewing with Winnie
- 50 Marvin buys 3 tons of coal to keep the house warmer than burning wood
- 53 Myron plays the organ in church
- 55 Myron plays Willie Waldo in “The Antics of Andrew” and Harriet sings in “Sunb
- 56 Harriet and Gloria deliver papers by sled and then go coasting
- 57 Myron “scared witless” by a pencil seller
- 58 Winnie takes a job at the Wartburg in Minneapolis
- 59 Myron works on a grease job at the garage; sells 60 gallons of gas in one aft
- 60 Snow fight at the Atwater School
- 64 Christmas dinner and opening presents
- 67 Fire truck goes to the wrong house
- 68 Listening to Hauptman’s trial on the radio
- 69 W.C.T.U. meeting
- 70 Ruth plays the prelude at church
- 74 Harriet plays Bunco at Camp Fire Girls meeting
- 78 200 voices at Chorus meet in Willmar
- 80 Ruth sews a blue dress and covers two old quilts
- 81 Doc Anderson binds Myron’s ankle
- 82 Shopping trip to Willmar
- 83 Ruth hosts W.C.T.U. lunch
- 84 Ruth helps out at Boy Scouts’ pancake fundraiser
- 86 Myron wins first in Oratory Contest
- 88 Harriet, Gloria, and Ruth go skating on Elvira’s pond
- 92 Ruth ties a quilt
- 95 Atwater gets serum for diphtheria inoculations
- 97 Snow is wet enough for coasting on the school hill
- 100 Harriet starts a Skippy club
- 102 Marvin gives Ruth an electric corn popper for her 45th birthday
- 103 Harriet attends Camp Fire Girls’ ceremonial meeting
- 107 Harriet buys “Little Women” for $1 at the Drug Store
- 108 Harriet sees “Treasure Island” and comes home singing pirate songs
- 109 Pancakes for breakfast
- 112 Boys orchestra practices new music; not much harmony
- 113 Trip to Sears in Minneapolis to look for linoleum
- 115 Ruth lugs the radio down to the garage for Marvin to listen to the ball game
- 118 Myron breaks his other ankle at the Olivia game
- 120 Marvin brings home the radio to listen to the ball game
- 121 Harriet and Ruth make May baskets for Miss Branae’s shower
- 122 Sleet storm takes down telephone poles and lines
- 124 Myron plays the organ at church; Harriet practices her song for the Senior C
- 130 Myron and Harriet go to the ball game; Gloria makes mud cakes
- 131 Apple trees are blossoming
- 132 Harriet and Gloria sell poppies
- 133 Harriet works the fishing pond at C.F.G. fundraiser
- 136 Marvin goes fishing and catches one little sunfish
- 137 Marvin sells the Whippet car
- 139 Myron drives the Model A Coupe to Willmar
- 141 Ruth transplants flower seedlings
- 142 Ruth prepares for the trip to New York
- 143 Final letter written to Corinna in New York
- 144 Neighborhood children in their bathing suits out in the rain
- 145 Ruth votes in the school board election
- 146 Ruth makes sandwiches for lunch at the lake after the ball game
- 147 Marvin shocks corn at Nordstrom’s farm
- 148 Marvin wants Corinna to handle the books for the garage; Ruth wants to sell