Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1902 (Monday) – Emma Wood took the babies (Alfred Oscar, Jr. and Lillian Lunt) over to their Grandma Lunt’s (Priscilla Pitt) while I washed. We had dinner there. In the evening Pearl (Eva Pearl Sperry) and Ruth (Ruth Sperry) came down for a little while. I received a letter from Esther (Emily Esther Sperry).

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1902 (Sunday) – I had Grandpa (Alfred Lunt) and Grandma Lunt (Priscilla Pitt), Mother (Caroline Webb), Retta (Retta Sperry), Ruth (Ruth Sperry), Mrs. Ada Wood, and Emma Wood here for dinner. Mother, Retta and Mrs. Wood spent the day with me. I wrote a long letter to my brother Lon (Charles Alonzo Sperry).

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1902 (Wednesday) – It has been snowing today. I left Lillian (Lillian Lunt) with Grandmother Lunt (Priscilla Pitt) and took Alfred (Alfred Oscar Lunt, Jr.) with me over to Sister Adams’. He was very much interested in a cat she had, also a music box which interested him very much and he is very fond […]

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Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1902 (Monday) – Grandma Lunt (Priscilla Pitt) came and took the babies (Alfred Oscar, Jr. and Lillian Lunt) over to her place about ten o’clock and kept them until 2:30 while I did my washing, I felt very grateful to her as I could work so much faster without them . in the evening Minnie […]

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1902 (Sunday) – It is Fast Day, I went without breakfast but had dinner over to Grandma Lunt’s (Priscilla Pitt), at noon. I have been reading some of the life of Joseph Smith the Prophet in the Improvement Era, what a noble man he was and how Satan did stir up the hearts of man […]

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1902 (Wednesday) – In the afternoon Mrs. Orme and her two little girls came down for a few minutes. Alfred (Alfred Oscar Lunt, Jr.) was very pleased to see them. Later Mother (Caroline Webb) and Della (Emma Della Sperry) came down. Mrs. Orme soon left but our folks stayed and had supper. Esther (Emily Esther […]

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Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1902 (Tuesday) – I have been working around all day. This morning Vic Candland and Brother Paxton (William Paxman) called in a buggie [sic] and took me up to register. Esther (Emily Esther Sperry) tended the babies (Alfred Oscar, Jr. and Lillian Lunt) while I was gone. While we were eating dinner Mrs. Whitmore and […]

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1902 (Monday) – When Grandpa Lunt (Alfred Lunt) passed away by going to do his chores, at five o’clock in the morning, he called me and I got up. It was very dark then, I did my washing, was through by noon. Grandma Lunt (Priscilla Pitt) came in and asked me over to dinner. After […]

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Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1902 (Sunday) – I got dinner at Grandmother Lunt’s (Priscilla Pitt) while she went to Meeting. Pearl (Eva Pearl Sperry) took Alfred (Alfred Oscar Lunt, Jr.) up to Mother’s (Caroline Webb). In the afternoon I took the baby (Lillian Lunt) up to Mother’s. Alfred was playing on the lawn, he ran to meet us and said: […]

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