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MAY 22
Monday Good day all day but hot, went picked tobacco beds all day Robert and I to school. Bob Via came up here at night. got Bee suit from A.L. Root Co. Tobacco beds has blue hole in them, called Judy up at night.

MAY 23
Tuesday Good day all day. Then picked tobacco beds all day. Robert and I to school. Daddy to Md-Job-[[?]] in the morning To see about [[?]] for plow. Thunder storm in afternoon. Went to Bob Via's at night. Called Judy up in afternoon.

May 22--1802--Martha Washington died.
        1813--Richard Wagner born in Gerany.
        1819--Steamer "Savannah" began first transatlantic crossing under steam power.

May 23--1498--Savonarola burned at the stake in Italy.
        1788--South Carolina ratified the U.S. Constitution.
        1918--Carnegie gave a million dollars to the Red Cross.

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MAY 24
Wednesday good day all day, Everybody to field day at Marblor, but I stayed at school and worked on bale loader, men striped tobacco, raining at night, did not see Judy at school but called her up at night, saw Billy Myers. and Bob Via at night down to Bus Terminal.

MAY 25
Thursday Good day all day, Robert and I went to school, saw Judy. men picked tobacco beds all day. Robert [[?]] to see daddy, Bob Via, Budy [[Cuture?]], Wallace R., and I went to movies at Waldorf. Called Judy up from there. got home 10:30 PM.

May 24--1775--Congress chose John Hancock as its president.
        1864--Battle of Wilson's Landing fought in U.S. Civil War.
        1883--Brooklyn Bridge opened for regular use.

May 25--1803--Ralph Waldo Emerson born in Boston, Mass.
        1864--Chicago women began dress reform agitation.
        1914--Irish Home Rule enacted by British Parliament.