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MARCH 27 Monday Good day all day, but hot. up to 72°. Robert and I went to school. Mr Smith came for eggs. I went to Buddy Cooks at night. got home early saw Judy at school. Called Barbara V. up at night. MARCH 28 Tuesday Good day all day. Robert and I went to school. Jack [[Dugan?]] bought 30 tons of sack lime later in the afternoon and 6 1/2 tons of lose lime and spread with truck spreader. I went to Texas Md with Gus to get a trailer load of lose lime. got home 12 oclock. Called Judy up. March 27--1513 Ponce de Leon claimed Florida for Spain. 1703--Peter the Great founded St. Petersburg, Russia. 1889--Oklahoma opened to settlers for land claims. 1918--N.Y. legislature passed Daylight Saving law. March 28--1380--Gunpowder used in Europe by Venetians against Genoese. 1799--Abolition of slavery law passed by N.Y. legislature. 1854--England declared war on Russia (Crimean War). MARCH 29 Wednesday Fair day all day. Robert and I stayed back to spread lime. spread 6½ tons with truck spreader. The next load we got stuck, dropped next to the frame in [[?]] [[?]] had to get [[?]] to pull it out. called Judy up and also called Barbara V. up. carried 1½ tons of hay away in afternoon. flat tire. MARCH 30 Thursday Good day all day. Robert and I went to school. Judy gave me back my pin and ring. dyson brought 5 ton of sack lime here today. called Barbara up at night and also Judy. worked on window frames for [[?]]. March 29--1847--U.S. captured Vera Cruz in Mexican War. 1867--Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick united. 1918--Foch placed in command of all allied forces in France. March 30--1867--U.S. Bought Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000. 1870--15th Amendment proclaimed as part of U.S. Constitution. 1880--Metropolitan Museum of Art opened in New York. 1889--Eiffel Tower in Paris opened to the public.