1902 (Sunday) – Tonight I am sitting here alone, my babies (Alfred Oscar Lunt, Jr. and Lillian Lunt) are in bed and asleep. While sitting here I thought I would begin a journal of my own life for my babies lives are so interwoven with mine that I can write of them while for myself. […]
Read More Journal: Jeanette Sperry1897 (Wednesday) – We moved up town. In the evening Oscar (Alfred Oscar Lunt) took me to an Odd Fellow’s Ball at the Opera House. There was a large crowd present and all seemed to have a good time. About midnight we went over to the Read and Bryan building for supper. We left before the […]
Read More Journal: Jeanette Sperry1897 (Sunday) – Esther (Emily Esther Sperry) and I walked out to the farm and in the afternoon we walked up town again. In the evening we went to meeting Brother Penrose lectured to us. Next day Esther and I cleaned all day at the new home.
Read More Journal: Jeanette Sperry1897 (Sunday) – I went Sunday School, present was a New Zealand chief, he spoke to us and Brother Goddard interpreted it. In the afternoon I went to meeting. After meeting I went to Burton’s, Oscar (Alfred Oscar Lunt) called there and took me to meeting. It was so crowded that Oscar could not find […]
Read More Journal: Jeanette Sperry1897 (Saturday) – It was Oscar’s (Alfred Oscar Lunt) birthday. He said he was 23 years old. Esther (Emily Esther Sperry) came home with me. It is now 28 December 1897, I have been so busy that I have neglected to write in my journal. I will try and remember some of the things that […]
Read More Journal: Jeanette Sperry1897 (Sunday) – Spent most of the day at Burton’s. After meeting Esther (Emily Esther Sperry), Lillie Black (Lillie May Black) and Ada Taylor (Ada Ann Taylor) came up for a little while. In the evening Oscar (Alfred Oscar Lunt) came up for the evening. I slept there
Read More Journal: Jeanette Sperry1897 (Sunday) – I attended Sunday School. In the afternoon I went over to Uncle Will Sperry’s (William Josiah Sperry) to see Stella Taylor (Stella Jane Taylor). Afterwards Esther (Emily Esther Sperry) and I went up to the house. Then Mother (Caroline Webb) and I came out home. Apparently I have quit school for the cold […]
Read More Journal: Jeanette Sperry1897 (Saturday) – Mr. Smith came down and told me Father (Charles Henry Sperry) wanted me to bring the buggy up to him as he wanted to come home. When I reached town I found that Melvin (Henry Melvin Sperry), while returning home with a load of wood, while walking beside it had tripped and […]
Read More Journal: Jeanette Sperry1897 (Saturday) – Esther (Emily Esther Sperry) and I walked up town, while we were going up we saw Brother Goldsbrough and he let us rise with him. Esther and I went to the lot and then down to the primary fair. In the evening we went to a practice in the Academy. Oscar (Alfred […]
Read More Journal: Jeanette Sperry1897 (Sunday) – Lon (Charles Alonzo Sperry) came down home he had come from Mammoth the night before. About noon Arthur (Arthur David Sperry), Mother (Caroline Webb) and I went up town. I wrote a letter to Bessie Sperry and sent her a picture of Esther (Emily Esther Sperry) and me. Oscar (Alfred Oscar Lunt) […]
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Loony Lunts and Company 