ENWednesday, November 21, 1923
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A good day. We got up early
this morning. Ben had gone to
Gretna . I was surprised as I
had not heard any thing about
his starting up so early. Jim and
John stripped tobacco all day. Ben
come home by eleven oclock.
Heard today that Bruce
Reynols wife has a son.
The Emerson children has
a lot of school children
with them tonight. Two
of the Worsham children
one Milam one Brumfield.
Henry and Jo Edmons
has gone down there to
night. Jim sent off
an ax helve today.
I sent some goods
to make Edna[she stopped in midsentence]
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Assuming that I read the term properly, "helve" refers to an ax handle. I can't recall hearing the term used and I don't understand why Jim would have sent one. I would expect most farmers to have a pattern which they would have used to make their own.