Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1896 (Thursday) – I drove up town, it was the first time I had ever driven Old Jen. In the evening, I called for Min (Minnie Lamont Abbott) and Maud (Ruth Maud Abbott) to go to choir practice out north. I slept at Grandma Sperry’s (Emily Louisa Miller).

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1896 (Monday) – Esther (Emily Esther Sperry) started to work for Mary Morgan, milliner(?). I wrote to Rex Sperry and Leah Reid. I had the toothache all day. The Miller’s continued their journey north of here. Towards evening, I went up town to get Esther.

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1896 (Friday) – I took Louie (John Louie Burton) to kindergarten. I stayed until it was out, Mrs. Burton (Frances Haddy Betenson) came down and walked home with us. About one o’clock I went down to Grandma Sperry’s (Emily Louisa Miller). My brother Art (Arthur David Sperry) was there, he was writing a letter to Asa […]

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1896 (Wednesday) – Grandpa and Grandma Sperry (Charles Sperry and Emily Louisa Miller) and Aunt Emily Black (Mary Emily Sperry), with her daughter Mamie (Mary Ann Black) and baby Rex (Wilford Rex Black) came to spend a few hours. Aunt Emily brought some cabbage plants for us.

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1896 (Sunday) – Miss Larson (Ella Larsen) and I went for a walk and called at Mendenhall’s. Later Mrs. Drigg’s came down to see Ella and Mr. D. K. Brown. (I remember that visit Esther (Emily Esther Sperry) and I were entrances over the music of the language they used in their conversion and often […]

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1896 (Saturday) – Nothing much happened since last Sunday. Father (Charles Henry Sperry) and Mother (Caroline Webb) went up town to some meeting and when they got back, Esther (Emily Esther Sperry) and I went over to Mona. We slept at Kay’s with Ella Larson.

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