Category: 1896

Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1896 – I arose about 6 a.m., a few minutes after seven; I left the house equipped for the canyon. I had on an old black sateen dress and a calico apron, my hair was done in two braids and I had a can and basket thrown over my shoulder. Thus I left home and […]

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Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1896 (Sunday) – I went to church in the morning, Esther (Emily Esther Sperry) and I went up to Burton’s for dinner, in the afternoon we went to a meeting, Apostle Teasdale (George Teasdale) was the speaker and he spoke fine. Afterwards, Stella Taylor (Stella Jane Taylor) and I went up to Aunt Augusta’s (Emma […]

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Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1896 (Saturday) – I went over to Aunt Emma Hague’s (Emma Elizabeth Webb) and took a piano lesson Tet (Niletta Teltie Hague). Then I went up to look at our new house. I saw Lizzie Schappee and spoke to her. Went down to Enoch Burton’s and had dinner with them, stayed there all afternoon. Later […]

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Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1896 (Thursday) – in the evening, went with Father (Charles Henry Sperry) to a dance at the ‘Little Grand’, there I met Art’s (Arthur David Sperry) girl (Blanche Christensen) of Moroni. I also met the new photographers, Mr. Rance and Mr. Keith, and that old wretch of a Keith asked to take me home. Oh! […]

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Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1896 (Thursday) – Ada Salisbury (Ada Haydee Salisbury) and I took the cows up Gardner’s Canyon, we went a long ways up the canyon to gather service berries, returning home late in the afternoon bringing some berries with us.

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