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petticoat every day and wont take
it off. Must write to Nellie, Muriel,
and Maud. All in bathing, Isabelle,
Margaret, Robert, Miriam, Emma,
Edith, Sylvia, Reginald, Ed,
Joe Woodman. Maggie Joslin here for
Berries 2 boxes. Howard here for berries
4 boxes. A Joslin rung for berries.

Sunday 12 July 1914
A cool morning. Wind North, clear
sky. No butter, potatoes nearly all
gone. V killed a hen. We are to have
a pot pie for dinner. Noon river
still and weather as hot as ever. John &
Reggie & Robert went trolling. Grace
and Emma got dinner, picked
berries. The day passed on gone forever
gone with all the other Sundays and days
since creation. John and Reginald &
Robert, caught 65 fish of various kinds
perch, rock bass, black bass etc. Sylvia
came for a little while just at sundown. Every
kid goes to consession to roll, tumble and
flounder about in the water. Then Grace,
Emma, Reginald, Robert & Buster go
over to R carrying her some fish.
At last every one gone to rest and the
house is quiet once more.

Monday 13 July 1914
Another day just like the preceeding
ones. Emma washing at the river.
Grace deting dinner. The men, J &
V are haying. Edith gave me a foot bath
River like a mirror. I worte three letters
1 to Muriel 1 to Nellie Brooks 1 to Maude.
Kids all went to Sylvias