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INTRODUCTION
year of your life, in written form, will be your reward for keeping this book faithfully and accurately. You will record your daily habits, your thoughts, and events of importance. As you round out this chronicle of your doings, you will be able to check back a year from the time you are writing, and see at a glance your activities of a year ago. As you go along, you will be able to turn aside the veil of forgetfulness, and see the events of two, three, and even four years ago.
You will find amusing recollections that will bring chuckles - possibly business affairs whose record will prove valuable, and certainly little precious memories that you will want to keep in the permanent form which this book provides. 

JANUARY 1 New Years
Dear Diary, 
Today Mother washed, and had trouble with the washing machine. I got up about 8:40 today. Norse [[?]] chopped wood in the morning. Rabbit Taman [[?]] was here in the evening. Franklin, Robert and myself did the dishes. Joe S. [[?]]] didn't come today. It rained in the evening.

January 2
Dear Diary,
Today was a upside-down day. It was muddy outside. Franklin and Robert Dee [[?]] went with Daddy to Mrs. Smoots [[?]] and other places. The old man on the other side of the fence Mr. B. let his hog get over here Mother and myself tryed to get him up. I washed, dryed and put away all the dishes today. Joe S. wasn't here again today. Norse [[?]] shucked corn today.