Paid Miles Nov. 26th 1913
$55 for coal, tile and
lumber in full to date.
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Paid Vasey Bros. in
fuel Nov. 15- '18
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Feb. 25 - 1919 Paid $302.50
interest and $500 on prin.
Feb. 28 - 1920 paid $275
interest and $500 on principal
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May 13 loaned Farmers Savings
Bank $50 for 6 mos.
paid
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Mch 1- 1921 paid $247.50
interest and $500 on prin.
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Feb. 25, 1922 paid $220.00
Interest.
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Mch 2, 1923 paid interest $220.00
$1000 on principle
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1924 paid Int.
According to their mortgage paperwork, Harve and Pearl purchased their farm 14 Feb 1912. And most of the entries above are mortgage payments on the farm.
The first two entries are early notations on items bought and how they were paid for. The purchase for tile and lumber in 1913 is not surprising since they had just purchased their farm in 1912.
It's important to note that this is the second to last page before a more organized record-keeping system for the farm books is begun by Pearl. I don't know much about farms [other than you shouldn't name the farm animals], but one of my older sisters married a farmer, and she learned to do the farm books from his paternal grandmother. Perhaps Pearl learned a better system from a family member or friend, or perhaps out of necessity she devised a better system. Either way, the more interesting revelations can be found after just one more page of mortgage payments and loans.
~Caroline