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January 1899.
[left margin: Tues. 10. Cloudy, rain.]
Father, Mary and I walked over to Mr.
Will Jones- he lost a valuable horse
with spinal meningitis ("b___titis").
Ed and Newman took load of wheat to
Washn. Grove. Sat round read and
talked and sewed in the afternoon -
Mary told me many things! [^Va] (I gap-
ed 15 000 times, and Mary 14 000)
Baby has a cold.
[left margin: Wedn. 11. Clear and cold.]
Another cold snap. Father called at Mr.
Will Jones to get some hay. Newman drove
Mary Strain and me to Olney - she stay-
ed - glad to have had a visit from her -
Right after dinner Father and Aunt Eliza
went to Miss [illegible] funeral at Olney Church.
Mother and I had quiet afternoon. Ed
went to Bkve in the morn. Belle [Bowie]
brought the [deleted: colds] clean clothes home. Excitment
in the eve. over a wagon going up the road
very fast, and then later Felix had an awful
fight with a strange good - poor fellow so bloody. | histmss-074996-0008January 1899.
Tues. 10. Cloudy, rain.
Father, Mary and I walked over to J___
Will J____ - he lost a valuable horse
with spinal meningitis ("b___titis").
Ed and [illegible] took [head] of wheat to
Washn. Grove. Sat round read and
talked and s__ed in the afternoon -
Mary told me many things! [illegible] (I gap-
ed 15 000 [illegible], and Mary 14 000)
Baby has a cold.
Wedn. 11. Clear and cold.
Another cold snap. Father called at Mr.
Will Jou__ to get some hay. Newman drove
Mary [Strain] and me to Olney - she stay-
ed - glad to have had a visit from her -
Right after dinner Father and Aunt Eliza
went to Miss [illegible] funeral at Olney Church.
Mother and I had quiet afternoon. Ed
went to B___ in the morn. Belle [Bowie]
brought the [deleted: cold] clean clothes home. Excitment
in the [illegible]. [illegible] a wagon going up the [road]
very fast, and then later Felix had an awful
fight with a strange __y - poor fellow so bloody. |