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July 25
Tuesday good day all day baled up hay in front of house + out by [[Billingsly?]] [[?]] house Claud [[ Fayznon?]] came for hay, 1 ton 130.00. met up to Adina Mae at night she said she missed me because I did not come up Monday night, played Canasta. got home 10:30 p.m.

July 26
Wednesday. Fair day all day. cut hay over on other place 1/2 a day then it started to rain. hacked tobacco the other 1/2 a day. Mr [[?]] to see about [[?]]. Went up to Adina Mae at night [[??]] went to movies with Bob. got home 12 oclock.

July 25-1972- First partition of Poland took place in Europe.
        1783- Simon Bolivar, South American liberator, born.
        1805- Lewis and Clarke reached the forks of the Missouri.
        1943- Mussolini's resignation announced by the King of Italy.

July 26-1775- First post office in North America established.
        1788- New York ratified the U.S. Constitution.
        1863- Sam Houston, Texas patriot, died.

July 27

Thursday Good day all day. I went to U. of Maryland, and got home 5:30 P.M. stayed up to Adina Mae for a while in the afternoon Received Maryland Farmers Degree
cut hay from 6 oclock to 11 oclock at night over at other place, [[?]] + Aunt Maggie at [[night?]].

JULY 28
Friday good day all day. I went to Waldorf to get pice for side [[?]] [[?]] raked hay up [[?]] at other place before dinner [[?]] up 327 bales in the afternoon and got [[?]]. [[Randolf?]] [[?]] up to see the [[?]]. [[?]] [[Dugen?]]. [[?]] [[?]] Adina Mae up at night. she ask me to [[?]] [[tomorrow?]] night

July 27-1866- Lottery ticket excluded from U.S. mails.
        1915- Wireless communication established between U.S. and Japan.
        1920- Villa surrendered to the Mexican Government.

July 28-1794- Robespierre, French revolutionary leader, executed.
        1824- Alexandre Dumas, the Younger, born.
        1914- Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, starting the World War.

Transcription Notes:
Tried to make sure the words were not some that had bled from other pages. I left some of the names as Question marks because I couldn't make out the spelling.