Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1905 (Sunday) – I was home all day with the children (Alfred Oscar, Jr., Lillian, Charles Gilbert and Eva Ruth Lunt). In the evening Retta (Retta Sperry) and Della (Emma Della Sperry) came up to dress the Christmas tree. My husband (Alfred Oscar Lunt) came home.

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Journal: Jeanette Sperry

Written December 31, 1905 from memory (posted today as it refers to dates prior to December 31, 1905: 1905 (Sunday) – 12/31: It’s two weeks since I wrote last in my journal.  1905 (Wednesday) – 12/20: I took Alfred (Alfred Oscar Lunt, Jr.) and Baby (Eva Ruth Lunt) and went over to Mother’s (Caroline Webb) […]

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Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1905 (Sunday) – I have been home all day. Clara (Clara Golden) took the two children (Alfred Oscar, Jr. and Lillian Lunt) to Sunday School. Clara’s little sister, Allie (Allie Golden), came home with them and visited for a while. While they were out playing, Lillian ran several slivers in her fingers and Alfred fell […]

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Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1905 (Saturday) – I went downtown. In the afternoon Clara (Clara Golden) took Alfred (Alfred Oscar Lunt, Jr.) and Lillian (Lillian Lunt) to a children’s dance. They enjoyed themselves very much, but poor little Alfred had the toothache when he got home.

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Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1905 (Tuesday) – My husband (Alfred Oscar Lunt) went to Sanpete. I attended the funeral services of Sister Wheeler (Harriet Wheeler), she was a lovely Sister and the Relief Society will lose a faithful helper. Lillian (Lillian Lunt) went to primary with Clara (Clara Golden), but Alfred (Alfred Oscar Lunt, Jr.) did not want to […]

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Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1905 (Monday) – My sister, Esther Farnsworth (Emily Esther Sperry) left on the early morning train for Idaho, where they are going to live. We shall miss her very much. My husband (Alfred Oscar Lunt) left on the half past ten a.m. train for Provo, returning in the evening to stay with us overnight. My […]

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Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1905 (Sunday) – Alfred (Alfred Oscar Lunt, Jr.) and Lillian (Lillian Lunt) went to Sunday School. Lillian went over to Mother’s (Caroline Webb) for dinner, in the afternoon, I took the other children (Charles Gilbert and Eva Ruth Lunt) over to spend the rest of the day. We had supper there. After the children were […]

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Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1905 (Tuesday) – In the forenoon, Ada Wood brought her two children over to our home for us to tend while she went down town. I was preparing some picnic to take to the program in the afternoon, and Alfred (Alfred Oscar Lunt, Jr.)  was crying most all morning with the tooth-ache. By the time […]

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Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1905 (Thursday) – Thanksgiving Day. Mother (Caroline Webb), Esther (Emily Esther Sperry), Pearl (Eva Pearl Sperry) and Ruth (Ruth Sperry) were here for dinner, Pearl and Ruth kept the babies (Alfred Oscar, Jr., Lillian, Charles Gilbert and Eva Ruth Lunt) while I went to Relief Meeting. We had a lovely meeting, although there were but […]

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