19-year-old Helena Muffly wrote exactly 100 years ago today:
Sunday, May 24 – Thursday, May 28, 1914: Nothing much doing.
Her middle-aged granddaughter’s comments 100 years later:
Since Grandma didn’t write anything specific for this date, I thought that you might enjoy seeing this 1914 advertisement for horses in Grandma’s local newspaper, the Milton Evening Standard.
It’s hard to imagine how far agriculture has come in a hundred years—and that living horses were the primary providers of “horse power” in 1914.
The spring planting season would have been a busy time on the Muffly farm. I wonder how many horses Grandma’s father owned to help with the work.
A Hundred Years Ago 
This is a lot of good young stuff… sounds too informal and colloquial for 1914!
Diana xo
Both then and now, advertisers had a glib way with words. 🙂
I’m always amazed to find old printed material and see ads for places dealing with horses or buggy repairs, etc. Such a different time!
I’m always amazed by how some things were so different a hundred years ago . . . and other things haven’t changed much.
Nothing much doing…I’m always worried about her when she says this. She’s so full of life when she’s out and about. I think farm life was restrictive to her.
She definitely had some rough days.
This reminded me of Dad’s horses from way before my time.
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Thanks for sharing the wonderful picture. It’s fun to see your dad with the horses. My father also talked about farming with horses when he was young.
I am still against “horseless carriages.” 🙂 LOL!
There’s a few things I like about horseless carriages. . . heat in the winter. . . air conditioning in the summer. . .
I know this is a freaky, way off the mark comment, but I couldn’t help remembering seeing the history of similar ads selling people.
It’s a sad commentary humans were once sold in the US.