Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1896 (Monday) – I went up town to school. In the afternoon, I went to Young Ladies Conference. After meeting, Della Kendall (Adella Kendall) wanted me to go in the drug store with her to get some medicine for Jennie (Lydia Jane Kendall). Stella (Stella Jane Taylor), Min (Minnie Ann Lunt/Minnie Lamont Abbott) and I went […]

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1896 (Sunday) – About five o’clock in the afternoon, Uncle Jim (James Robert Black) and Aunt Emily Black (Mary Emily Sperry) and children (Lillie May, Jesse Dell, Mary Ann, Charles Ray, Harrison Eugene, William LeRoy and Wilford Rex Black) came down to the farm. After they left, I went up to Salisbury’s. They were going […]

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Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1896 (Friday) – I went to school. At noon, Ada Salisbury (Ada Haydee Salisbury) and I went over to Aunt Emily Black’s (Mary Emily Sperry) and then down to Kendall’s. We came back to Aunt Emily’s and Esther (Emily Esther Sperry) walked out home with us. There wasn’t any school in the afternoon. In the […]

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1896 (Tuesday) – Ada (Ada Haydee Salisbury) and I walked up to school, at noon, I went up to see Mrs. Burton’s (Frances Haddy Betenson) for a few minutes. In the afternoon, May Grover came up to visit our school. We received a letter from Lon (Charles Alonzo Sperry).

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1896 (Monday) – I started to school. At noon, I went down to the post office and over to the coop. I went up to Aunt Augusta’s (Emma Augusta Taylor) for lunch. After school, Ada Salisbury (Ada Haydee Salisbury) and I walked out home. I wrote a letter to Art (Arthur David Sperry).

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1896 (Sunday) – In the afternoon, I went up town. Min (Minnie Lamont Abbott) and Maud (Ruth Maud Abbott) Abbott, Stella Taylor (Stella Jane Taylor) and I took a walk, visited our new house and then came down to Aunt Sarah Abbott’s (Sarah Elizabeth Sperry) and had supper. Afterwards, Maud Parkin’s came by Aunt Sarah’s and […]

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Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1896 (Saturday) – Esther (Emily Esther Sperry) cut Ruth’s (Ruth Sperry) hair. In the afternoon, I went up down and took my music lesson. I went over to Howarth’s for some vinegar and then over to Grandfather Webb’s (David Webb) home for some apples. Father (Charles Henry Sperry) and I came down home. In the […]

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