1897 (Saturday) – As I was standing in the door, Mr. Moore (Fred Moore) passed and called me out to the fence he gave me an invitation for Oscar (Alfred Oscar Lunt) and I to come and spend the evening tomorrow night at his home. About sundown, I went down to the post office to […]
Read More Journal: Jeanette Sperry1897 (Friday) – I went down to the court house and practiced. Returning home I called at the post office for the Burton’s mail and took it up to them. I had dinner there. In the afternoon Mrs. Burton (Frances Haddy Betenson) and I went down town while in the Excelsior one of the clerks […]
Read More Journal: Jeanette Sperry1897 (Thursday) – Before breakfast I went over to Miller’s to see Will (Will Miller). After breakfast I went down to the court house and practiced on the typewriter for a while. I came back at noon and then went down again in the afternoon. After coming back to Grandmother’s (Emily Louisa Miller), I wrote […]
Read More Journal: Jeanette Sperry1897 (Wednesday) – In the afternoon I went down to Foote’s and then out to McPherson’s. I met Ada Salisbury and we went back up town. I called at the court house but Mr. Foote wasn’t there. I met Stella Taylor (Stella Jane Taylor) and we called at Grandmother’s (Emily Louisa Miller) then up to Burton’s […]
Read More Journal: Jeanette Sperry1897 (Tuesday) – Father (Charles Henry Sperry), Mother (Caroline Webb) and I went up town. Mother went to Aunt Emma Hague’s (Emma Elizabeth Webb), Father and I went up to see Grandfather Webb (David Webb). I remained in town all night sleeping at Grandmother Sperry’s (Emily Louisa Miller).
Read More Journal: Jeanette Sperry1897 (Monday) – I left Burton’s and as I was passing the Bowles’ home Mrs. Bowles called to me and told me that Grandpa Webb (David Webb) was dead. Had been found dead in bed. I went down to the schoolhouse then up to Grandpa’s. I called over to Aunt Emma Hague’s (Emma Elizabeth Webb), […]
Read More Journal: Jeanette Sperry1897 (Sunday) – Mr. Burton (Enoch Burton) and Oscar (Alfred Oscar Lunt) called at the farm to get Lon’s (Charles Alonzo Sperry) mail they were going up to the mine to see him. Ada Salisbury and Annie Perkins came down to our house they stayed a short time and then left. I walked up town […]
Read More Journal: Jeanette Sperry1897 (Saturday) – I walked home and wrote a letter to Will Tolley.
Read More Journal: Jeanette Sperry1897 (Friday) – In the forenoon I went down to the court house to practice typewriting. In the afternoon I went down town again. In the evening Mrs. Burton (Frances Haddy Betenson) and I went down to the drug store. On our way home we called on Mrs. Moore where we stayed until about nine […]
Read More Journal: Jeanette Sperry1897 (Thursday) – Father (Charles Henry Sperry) and I walked up town. I called at Grandmother Sperry’s (Emily Louisa Miller) and Lil Black (Lillie May Black) and I went down town afterwards I went up to Burton’s. In the evening I went down to Foote’s for a lesson. When I returned to Burton’s, Mrs. Burton […]
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Loony Lunts and Company 