Monday, July 15, 1935 196th Day St. Swithen 169 Days to come Have not been quite so buisy today. Had a rest this afternoon My stomach is not behaving very well. Am quite uncomfortable most of the time. Am going on a strictly milk diet. It was a Boer war that gave the Kaiser the idea he might someday challenge British supremacy on land and sea. It added to the friction which eventually brought on the World war. Complications may grow out of Ethiopian affair to spread the war spirit throughout Europe. This country of ours is so large that when all its calamities are recorded, the sum total is appalling. Tornadoes, floods, fires, murders, auto accidents, wrecks of the air, train wrecks, tragedies of every kind hold attention until it seems as though disaster is about to overwhelm us. It is our bigness that causes the distorted apprehension. Tuesday, July 16, 1935 197th Day 168 Days to come Very hot have spent all morning hunting up pioneer cloths and house hold articles to have a picture taken with others for the Sunday paper. It was a picture of camp life on the plains some Job. This evening went to City Hall for a Committee meeting to arrange for serving refreshments to the Pioneers on the 24th of which I was made chairman. Junior here for meals. Crime and murded is very common now one doesnt enjoy reading the papers. A nice letter from Drs sister Mary ann, she is 84 yr old