Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1902 (Tuesday) – Evening, Emma Huggins and Lida Crawley came into invite me to Mrs. Orme’s for Thanksgiving. I was sorry I couldn’t accept the invitation but I had promised Mother (Caroline Webb) I would come up there. I wrote a letter to Esther (Emily Esther Sperry).

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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 (Saturday) – Pearl (Eva Pearl Sperry) came down to stay with me. In the evening Emma Wood came in to sew on my machine. Later Esther (Emily Esther Sperry) came and with her Maud Abbott (Ruth Maud Abbott), they only remained a few minutes. Emma (Emma Della Sperry) stayed and talked until half past […]

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Journal: Jeanette Sperry

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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1902 (Thursday) – Esther (Emily Esther Sperry) kept Alfred (Alfred Oscar Lunt, Jr.) for me and I took Lillian (Lillian Lunt) and went to Relief Society. We had a lovely meeting, the officers were sustained. Besides Sisters Cazier, Wheeler and Pettigrew, there is a Secretary, Sister Daniel Brown, Assistant Secretary Sister Parley Christensen; Treasurer, Sister […]

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Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1902 (Tuesday) – My cousin Zoa Garret (Zoa Christensen), with her two babies (Brigham Floyd and James Lawrence Garrett) was here and spent the day, her husband, Brigham (Brigham Garret), came and had supper with us. They went home about eight o’clock in the evening. She has a little boy about Alfred’s (Alfred Oscar Lunt, […]

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