ThomasMartinDiaries_1897_022

Very heavy rain during night and
before dawn. Work at 11am.

Saturday, January 1, 1897

Awakened before day by
very heavy rain from
the south which made
it leak over the windows
went to my bed. To
office 9am and
read papers and then
began working on
my reports and collect
ing rents. To dinner
1:45 to 2:00 pm and back
to my office for a
bank [now?] bought
drafts for [wages?]. Bob
Evans came in PM
made out [partly] my
reports to [Marks?] and
then to [arrange?] office for
home suit files. When
finished [dissent?] to V. and
to depot and [reached?] it
back to office 6:45 and
home to supper. arguments