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[[2 pages]] [[page 1]] [[preprinted]] February 8 [[/preprinted]] Wednesday Good day all day. Joe Norise + Jim worked. Robert and I did not go to school but stayed home to bale hay. baled 6 ton of hay. called Judy up at night. did my homework then went to bed, Van Brooks at night to pay for timber he cut. [[preprinted]] February 9 [[/preprinted]] Thursday Good day all day. 2 men worked today stripping tobacco. Robert + I went to school rainey in morning, saw Judy at school, and also called Judy up at night, Van Brooks for Hay. [[preprinted]] February 8 - 1587--Mary Queen of Scots executed in England. 1904--Russo-Japanese War Began with first hostilities. 1910--Boy Scouts of America incorporated. February 9 - 1870--U. S. Weather Bureau established by Congress 1939--Pope Pius XI died in Vatican City. 1946--Stalin announced new five-year plan for U.S.S.R. [[/preprinted]] [[/page 1]] [[preprinted]] February 10 [[/preprinted]] Friday * fair day, raining some of the time. Norise and Joe striped tobacco all day. got new canvas from Sears 14 x 16: took Judy to the dance at school at night. got home 1 o clock [[preprinted]] February 11 [[/preprinted]] Saturday Good sunny day all day, men striped tobacco. Daddy and I graded road. daddy and I went to Waldorf to Md. Rob and got grass seed 200 lbs Kolb $28.00. called Judy up at night, got car greased and oil changed. [[preprinted]] February 10 - 1763--Treaty of Paris ended French and Indian War; Canada ceded by France to England. 1814--Daniel Boone awarded 10,000 acres of land by Congress. 1835--Gas first used for illumination in Philadelphia February 11 - 1847--Thomas A. Edison born in Milan, Ohio. 1889--Bill approved to create U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. 1892--U. S. millers gave 4,500,000 lbs. of flour to Russian peasants. [[/preprinted]] [[/page 2]]