Category: 1896

Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1896 (Friday) – About sundown, I walked up town. I went up to Burton’s. Mr. Burton (Enoch E. Burton) took Esther (Emily Esther Sperry), Mrs. Burton (Frances Haddy Betenson), Della Kendall (Adella Kendall), Lil Black (Lillie May Black) and myself up to a dance in the Little Grand. While there I was introduced to Julius Pratt, […]

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Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1896 (Thursday) – I went up town with Melvin (Henry Melvin Sperry). He brought back a book the Esther (Emily Esther Sperry) had borrowed at the library, ‘At the Mercy of Timarius’. In the afternoon Mrs. Burton (Frances Haddy Betenson) and I went down town. First to the post office and then to Hyde’s Store. She […]

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Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1896 (Tuesday) – I went down to Grover’s to see May (May Grover). It was her birthday. She was 17 years old. May and I came up to the post office. Oscar Lunt (Alfred Oscar Lunt) came in and talked to us for a few minutes. May and I took a walk while waiting for the […]

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Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1896 (Monday) – In the evening Melvin (Henry Melvin Sperry) took me up town. We went over to Hyde’s Store then over to the Excelsior and then up to Grandma Sperry’s (Emily Louisa Miller). I left Melvin there and went up to Burton’s. Esther (Emily Esther Sperry) and I went down town. We met Mr. (Enoch […]

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Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1896 (Saturday) – Mother (Caroline Webb), Baby (Ruth Sperry) and I went up town. We stopped at Grandmother Sperry’s (Emily Louisa Miller) then went over to the School House and talked to Esther (Emily Esther Sperry) for a while, then we went down to the Excelsor. Mother had some shopping to do. Mother had some shopping […]

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