1896 (Wednesday) – Our Home Journal came and I read all afternoon.

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1896 (Tuesday) – I went over to Aunt Emma Hague’s (Emma Elizabeth Webb) and Tet Tet (Niletta Teltie Hague) gave me a music lesson, then I walked out home, finished my ironing and then went to Salisbury’s to take some yeast, also a book, about nine o’clock, Esther (Emily Esther Sperry) and I went to […]

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1896 (Monday) – Ironed nearly all day. In the early evening, I went up town to Mutual. Slept at Aunt Sarah Abbott’s (Sarah Elizabeth Sperry).

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1896 (Sunday) – Esther (Emily Esther Sperry) and I washed all day. We certainly have big washings as we are a big family. And we used to run the clothes through the only Western Washer, twice. 15 minutes the first time and 10 minutes the second time and I was the one that has to […]

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1896 (Saturday)– Dwight Sparks’ (Charles Dwight Sparks) and I went down to Kienke’s on horseback for some butter. I rode back to Sunday School, afterwards I went down to Kienke’s and had dinner, Dwight took the horse’s home, along with the butter. In the afternoon, George Soby came down there and later Richard Bale and […]

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1896 (Sunday) – I came down home and then went over to Mona in Esther’s (Emily Esther Sperry) place. In the afternoon I returned home and later I went up town, Esther, Ada Taylor (Ada Ann Taylor) and I went down to the depot, it commenced to rain so we didn’t wait for the train. Esther […]

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1896 (Saturday) – I stayed home all day, we made ice cream. Evening – I went up town with Art (Arthur David Sperry) to a dance. After the ball, Art took Ada Taylor (Ada Ann Taylor), Esther (Emily Esther Sperry) and I over to Spark’s Ice Cream Parlor and treated up to ice cream and lemonade. Afterwards, we walked […]

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1896 (Friday) – I took my music lesson, went to the store, made a few visits, and then went over to Grandpa Webb’s (David Webb) and he helped me pick a mess of peas to take home. I picked strawberries at Burton’s and Aunt Ret Evans (Anretta Webb) gave me a mess of turnips to […]

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1896 (Thursday) – I walked up town and slept at Mrs. Burton’s.

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1896 (Wednesday) – I walked out home. In the afternoon, Melvin (Henry Melvin Sperry) and I went up to town and to Burton’s where I ordered some strawberries. We then returned home.

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