Monday, July 9, 1934

Daddy and Melvin went fishing. Mother and I went up to see Gladys in p.m. and ate supper there. Stopped at Emmett's and Ruby was there.

Charles Marion Russell (March 19, 1864 – October 24, 1926)
AKA C. M. Russell, Charlie Russell, and "Kid" Russell

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Russell was an artist of the Old American West. Russell created more than 2,000 paintings of cowboys, Indians, and landscapes set in the Western United States and in Alberta, Canada, in addition to bronze sculptures. Known as 'the cowboy artist', Russell was also a storyteller and author. The C. M. Russell Museum Complex located in Great Falls, Montana houses more than 2,000 Russell artworks, personal objects, and artifacts.


Russell's mural titled Lewis and Clark Meeting the Flathead Indians hangs in the state capitol building in Helena, Montana. Russell's 1918 painting Piegans sold for $5.6 million dollars at a 2005 auction.

Sunday, July 9, 1933

Today sure was hot. I went out and played with Betty a little while. Pauline and Sugar and I bought some candy.

*Note: The Great Depression ushered in a golden age of candy bars. Back then, they were referred to as "nickel bars" and marketed as a cheap source of quick calories.

Consisting of a lump of cherry foundant covered by a chocolate-and-peanut hash
the Twin Bing has been manufactured by the Palmer Candy for five generations. 

Abba-Zaba are taffy candy bars with peanut butter centers have been around since 1922.
Originally manufactured by Colby & McDermott, today they're made by Annabelle Candy Company.