Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1896 (Sunday)– Went to Sunday School, afterwards, May (May Grover) and I went over to the post office and then down to Grover’s. I had dinner there, about half past two, May and I went out and played ginney, later Monte Whitmore and Rob Ord came by and we four sat out on the porch […]

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1896 (Saturday) – I rode up town on a load of hay with Uncle Charles Abbott (Charles Enoch Abbott). I went up to Burton’s for a library book, “Maurine”, took it to the library and exchanged for “Little Lord Fauntleroy” which I read that evening at Burton’s where I spent the night.

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Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1896 (Friday) – Spent most of my time at home on the farm. Mother (Caroline Webb), Ruth (Ruth Sperry) and I went up town, I took my music lesson. We had dinner at Aunt Retta Evans (Anretta Webb). While Aunt Retta was preparing it, we went up to Burton’s for a few minutes. Later we […]

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Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1896 (Friday) – In the afternoon, I went up town, up to the Burton’s for my music books and over to Aunt Emma Hague’s (Emma Elizabeth Webb) for a lesson. I went down to Grover’s to talk to May (May Grover) for a few minutes and then back up to the Burton’s, Melvin (Henry Melvin […]

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