Monday, February 3, 1936

TONS OF COAL DELIVERED FROM CALEDONIA

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Stormy - Snowing - A regular

old time blizzard to-night.

Henry took Cor with him on

his drive to-day.

Alvin Bergy took the musicians

to G.R. to-night.

I cleaned big part of chicken

coop to-night.

Gave Hank $1.00 for his guitar

lesson.

[can't make out number] tons of coal delivered

from Caledonia to-day.

79 eggs

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The archives of the Lowell Ledger are fantastic and FREE! If you are from the Lowell area, you should take a stroll through their archives: https://www.kdl.org/research/lowell-ledger

I often look back at the Lowell Ledger to find supporting documentation for what Edna writes in her journal. I absolutely love the sections that report the "happenings" from the surrounding towns, including Bowne Center. In the February 6, 1936 the "Bowne Bugle" section of the Ledger reports several things that confirm Edna's posts over the last few days including the fact that on this day in 1936, Henry and Corwin Porritt went to Grand Rapids.

The blog posts that I am making for 1936 were done a little out of order. I started with October so they would coincide with the same day I was experiencing in 2020. At the same time, I have been making posts starting in January so I could "catch up." As such, I am learning a few things that would have influenced and informed some of my October - December posts.

Here's an example: On this day in 1936, Edna talks about having "tons" of coal delivered. In October of 1936 she wrote about lighting a fire in the furnace for the first time in the fall. At that time, I speculated that they may have had an oil-burning furnace. Obviously, I was wrong. Tons of coal being delivered must mean a coal-burning furnace. That and the fact that my father, who is 90, corrected my oil furnace speculation. His grandparents had a coal-burning octopus style furnace.