Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1897 (Sunday) – Spent most of the day at Burton’s. After meeting Esther (Emily Esther Sperry), Lillie Black (Lillie May Black) and Ada Taylor (Ada Ann Taylor) came up for a little while. In the evening Oscar (Alfred Oscar Lunt) came up for the evening. I slept there

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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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Journal: Jeanette Sperry

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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Journal: Jeanette Sperry

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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