Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1896 (Tuesday) – I walked down home before sunup. In the evening, I went up town. I was going over to McCune’s to practice my song, but I met Lon Lunt (Shedrick Alonzo Lunt) and he wanted me to walk back with him. I did as far as the meeting house and went into Meeting. […]

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1896 (Sunday) – I walked out home and then went down to Nortonville to Sunday School. Lenore Kienke took me to their place to dinner (lunch?). Went back up to the school house for meeting afterwards. Ada Salisbury and I walked up to our place then we went to her place for dinner.

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1896 (Thursday) – I went up town in the evening. I went up to Sister McCune’s (must have been Henry Frederick McCune’s) (Elizabeth Temperance Grace). It was to a meeting where they are planning some sort of an entertainment, they wanted me to take the part of an angel. I slept to Grandma Sperry’s (Emily […]

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1896 (Friday) – Esther (Emily Esther Sperry), Father (Charles Henry Sperry) and I rode up town. I had dinner at Aunt Gusta’s (Emma Augusta Taylor), took my music lesson that went down to McCune’s to practice a song. Esther and I rode back home with Father. It was very stormy with thunder and lightning.

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Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1896 (Tuesday) – Late afternoon, I walked up town to Mutual afterwards Ada Taylor, Della Kendall (Adella Kendall), Lil Black (Lillie May Black), Theodosia Kienke and I went for a long walk. I slept with Ada. Next morning I walked home.

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