Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1897 (Thursday) – Thanksgiving Day. When we woke up this morning we found the ground all covered with snow. I prepared dinner, the first Thanksgiving dinner I ever prepared and it was praised a lot. In the afternoon went up town to take Grandmother (Emily Louisa Miller) home.

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1897 (Sunday) – I attended Sunday School. In the afternoon I went over to Uncle Will Sperry’s (William Josiah Sperry) to see Stella Taylor (Stella Jane Taylor). Afterwards Esther (Emily Esther Sperry) and I went up to the house. Then Mother (Caroline Webb) and I came out home. Apparently I have quit school for the cold […]

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1897 (Saturday) – Mr. Smith came down and told me Father (Charles Henry Sperry) wanted me to bring the buggy up to him as he wanted to come home. When I reached town I found that Melvin (Henry Melvin Sperry), while returning home with a load of wood, while walking beside it had tripped and […]

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1897 (Thursday) – I went to town I just got up to the top of the land as Mr. Paxman was passing by in a buggy. I rode to town with him. In the evening I intended going over to Booth’s for a practice but Brother Morris came up to Burton’s to tell me there […]

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1897 (Tuesday) – Brother Morris came down and had me practice over my part for the opera with him. He had dinner with us. Again Oscar (Alfred Oscar Lunt) called at the farm for a few minutes. On the 17th Arthur (Arthur David Sperry) left Salt Lake for Vancouver Island.

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