Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1895 (Saturday) – I walked home. Mother (Caroline Webb) went down to Sister Tolley’s to a sewing bee, and left me home to do the work. In the late afternoon, I walked down to Tolley’s and took Ruth (Ruth Sperry) to Mother. Went home and did my evening chores then went up to Salisbury’s. Ada […]

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1895 (Friday) – I ironed some and in the afternoon I went up town. In the evening, I went down to Painter’s store to have the buttons fastened on my shoes. I stayed there about an hour and went to Physical Culture with Sarah Painter and Minnie Lunt (Minnie Ann Lunt) and Lulu Ostler. I […]

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Journal: Jeanette Sperry

1895 (Sunday) – I went for my music class over to Emma Hague’s (Emma Elizabeth Webb). Then I walked out home, finished my ironing then went up to Salisbury’s to take some yeast and a book. About nine o’clock Esther (Emily Esther Sperry) and I went to a party at the home of Nell Taylor.

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1895 (Friday) – We washed all day, we certainly had a large washing as we are a big family and we used to run the clothes through the old western washer twice, 15 minutes first time and 10 minutes the second time, and I was the one that had to run the washer. Besides that […]

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1895 (Thursday) – Dwight Sparks’ (Charles Dwight Sparks) and I went down to Kienke’s on horseback for some butter, I rode back to Sunday School and Dwight took the horse’s home. I remained there and at noon went down to Kienke’s for dinner, in the afternoon George Soby came down and later Richard Bale and […]

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