Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1905 (Sunday) – I have been home all day. This afternoon Sister Julia Paxman came up to see if I would play for her to sing Tuesday and wanted me to come down this evening to her place to practice with her. About nine o’clock I went down there. I stayed until after ten o’clock. […]

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1905 (Saturday) – I attended the funeral of Pearl McCune Whittemore (Margaret Pearl McCune). First going to the home to view the body. It was a sad funeral, she being a young wife and mother, only thirty years old, she leaves one child, a boy of four years (Max Montgomery Whitmore). The services were lovely, […]

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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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1905 (Monday) – I went down town shopping then over to Mother’s (Caroline Webb) I sent Pearl (Eva Pearl Sperry) over for my Baby (Eva Ruth Lunt), but before she could being her a terrible blizzard blew up and I had to wait until it had abated some before I could return home to the […]

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Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1905 (Sunday) – I went over to Ada’s (Ada Wood) and invited her to come over for dinner, then Pearl (Eva Pearl Sperry) came over and stayed with the children (Alfred Oscar, Jr., Lillian, Charles Gilbert and Eva Ruth Lunt) while I went over to Mother’s (Caroline Webb) to see some new furniture she had […]

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1905 (Wednesday) – We washed. It has been quite stormy today. This evening Clara (Clara Golden) has gone out to spend the evening, her cousin Myrtle Golden was here for supper. I am here alone, the children (Alfred Oscar, Jr., Lillian, Charles Gilbert and Eva Ruth Lunt) are all in bed. It does seem good […]

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