Journal: Jeanette Sperry

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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1913 (Monday) – My how time does fly and I have been so busy and I suppose careless that I have failed to write in my book for nearly four years.  Since then we have been blessed with the arrival of two more boys. Earl Sperry, born 10 March 1910 and George Arthur, born 5 […]

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1907 (Sunday) – We got through with diphtheria alright and none of the others took it for which I feel thankful. For the last three weeks, we have had to stay home as the children (Alfred Oscar, Jr., Lillian, Charles Gilbert and Eva Ruth Lunt) have had the chickenpox, they have all had it but […]

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