1896 (Friday) – I went up town with Father (Charles Henry Sperry) when he went to work, stayed at Grandma Sperry’s (Emily Louisa Miller), did some shopping, while at Grandma’s Rose Bailey and Miss Gray came there to see me, they wanted me to sing in a medal contest next month. I rode out home with Father. Later, I went up to Salisbury’s to see if Ada (Ada Salisbury) would recite in the contest, but she was not at home.