Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1896 (Tuesday) – In the evening, I took Ruth (Ruth Sperry) and Retta (Retta Sperry) up town with me in the buggy. We went up to get Father (Charles Henry Sperry). Esther (Emily Esther Sperry) had purchased me a pair of slippers.

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1896 (Monday) – I walked out home. Mother (Caroline Webb) went down to Sister Tolley’s to a sewing bee, and left me home to do the work. In the afternoon, I walked down there and took Ruth (Ruth Sperry) to Mother. Went home, did my evening chores then went up to Salisbury’s, Ada (Ada Haydee Salisbury) and […]

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1896 (Sunday) – I ironed some and in the afternoon went to Painters Store to have the buttons fastened on my shoes. I stayed there for about one hour and then went to Physical Culture with Sarah Painter, Minnie Lunt (Minnie Ann Lunt) and Lulu Ostler. I Slept to Aunt Sarah Abbott’s (Sarah Elizabeth Sperry).

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1896 (Tuesday) – I went over to Aunt Emma Hague’s (Emma Elizabeth Webb) and Tet Tet (Niletta Teltie Hague) gave me a music lesson, then I walked out home, finished my ironing and then went to Salisbury’s to take some yeast, also a book, about nine o’clock, Esther (Emily Esther Sperry) and I went to […]

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1896 (Sunday) – Esther (Emily Esther Sperry) and I washed all day. We certainly have big washings as we are a big family. And we used to run the clothes through the only Western Washer, twice. 15 minutes the first time and 10 minutes the second time and I was the one that has to […]

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1896 (Saturday)– Dwight Sparks’ (Charles Dwight Sparks) and I went down to Kienke’s on horseback for some butter. I rode back to Sunday School, afterwards I went down to Kienke’s and had dinner, Dwight took the horse’s home, along with the butter. In the afternoon, George Soby came down there and later Richard Bale and […]

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