Entries document Carpenter's daily activities with a fair amount of detail. Each opens with the weather and ends with Carpenter's bed time. The 1893 volume is devoted to visits with friends, trips to Boston with his father, his purchases of stamps, sleigh rides, chores done around the house--including mending a slate roof, building wood platforms, and gardening--, and school related activities. He also noted some of his father's activities and treks to Boston. Special events he mentioned include celebrating Decoration Day (Memorial Day), going to see stereopticon views, and watching a parade of Barnum and Bailey's Great Circus. During his summer vacation, he picked strawberries, cherries, etc. and recorded his earnings. Volumes for 1899 and 1900 continue to document Carpenter's social activities, particularly attending dances, school reunions, and weddings of friends. He seems to have held a particular fondness for a woman named Mame and notes things they did together and corresponding with her. He continued to help out around his parents' house, mentioning assisting with the wash by wringing clothes and putting up wire for a clothesline. Carpenter also wrote about reading meters, wiring houses and commercial buildings in Foxboro, and working on telegraph lines. From Dec. 16, 1899 to April 20, 1900 he was in Pinehurst, N.C. at the Hotel "Carolina," performing electrical work. Carpenter also relays his efforts to join the Masons and visits to various Masonic lodges. Finally, he commented on McKinley's election to the presidency. The back of each of the volumes features a listing of Carpenter's percash accounts, featuring miscellaneous purchases. His travel expenses are also recorded.
