Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1909 (Sunday) – Again I’ve neglected writing for a long time.  It has been over a year since I last wrote. My husband (Alfred Oscar Lunt) is still working for The Salt Lake Hardware Co., he is away most of the time. I will try and remember what I can of last year’s events.  On […]

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1916 (Monday) – It is almost three years since I wrote in my journal. The boy (George Arthur Lunt) which I wrote about last is quite a sturdy lad now, almost as large as Earl (Earl Sperry Lunt) and they have become such good companions. Alfred (Alfred Oscar Lunt, Jr.) is quite a young man […]

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1913 (Wednesday) – I went out on the porch with my baby for a few minutes. In the evening after going to bed I became very ill, sick at the stomach, vomiting and intense pain in my bowels which lasted for about 1 ½ to 2 hours, then I became easy but I didn’t go […]

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1913 (Tuesday) – Vivian (Vivian Broadhead) is staying with us for a few days to let Arvilla (Arvilla Broadhead) stay home and rest, but she is keeping Earl (Earl Sperry Lunt) with her. Florence Lunt (Sarah Florence McCune) came to see me for awhile bringing her baby girl (Florence Lunt) with her, they are quite […]

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1913 (Monday) – My husband (Alfred Oscar Lunt) for Sanpete. Arvilla’s (Arvilla Broadhead) sister Vivian (Vivian Broadhead) came and helped her with the washing, afterwards Arvilla took Della (Della Lunt) and Earl (Earl Sperry Lunt) home with her. Evening, Della came home, but Earl slept over to Broadhead’s.

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1908 (Sunday) – On December 18th my sister Della (Emma Della Sperry) was married to Fred McLaughlin. They left on the afternoon train for Salt Lake. Grandpa Sperry (Charles Sperry) performed the ceremony. Karl (Karl Farnsworth) and Esther (Emily Esther Sperry) returned from Beaver about the 12th and stayed with Mother (Caroline Webb) until after […]

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1913 (Friday)  – I was called to the telephone and found it was my sister Retta (Retta Sperry) from Bingham. She came down and spent a few hours with us. Mrs. Edith Ingram came to see me. My husband (Alfred Oscar Lunt) came home on the evening train.

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1913 (Thursday) – Arvilla (Arvilla Broadhead) took Della (Della Lunt) and Earl (Earl Sperry Lunt) off for an hour or two. My neighbor, Mrs. Roberts, came in for awhile, I took care of her little girl, Dorothy (Dorothy Roberts), while she went to town. Our Relief Society Stake President, Sister Chappell, lost her youngest son, […]

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1913 (Wednesday) – Arvilla (Arvilla Broadhead) was ironing all day. Grandma Lunt (Priscilla Pitt) came over three times during the day. We don’t call her company as she comes so often, but we certainly appreciate her company. 

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