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September 11[[/preprinted]]
monday,
Rainy day all day. Robert & I started back to school. we had school 1/2 a day, in the afternoon Bob Nia & I went to tran our theatre to see Destination moon. got back home & then Admia Mae said I had to stay to dinner, so I did. men tied up ground leaves 

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September 12[[/preprinted]] Tuesday
Rainy day all day. tobacco is starting to soft in barn because of wet weather. Robert & I & school again today. men tied up groundleaves. Benous Bus brought us new manure up [[?]]. I went up & helped admia Mae with her homework. Then Robert, Bob & I went to movies at Waldorf. saw alls quiet on the western front war picture.

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September 11-1777--Washigton defeated at the Battle of Brandywine.
1814--Americans defeated British on Lake Champlain.
1912--Eucharistic Congress opened in Vienna.

September 12-1847--First day of the Battle of Chapultepec in the Mexican War.
1909--The return of Halley's Comet announced.
1919--Police strike ended in Boston, Mass.
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September 13[[/preprinted]] Wednesday
rainy day all day. Robert & I to school. Joe & [[?]] tied up ground leaves all day. Mr. Davis to see daddy about electricity. Mary to work as normal. called admia Mae up in afternoon, & she  asked me to come   up there at night. (I did) got home 10:0oclock 

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September 14[[/preprinted]]Thursday 
good day all day. Robert & I t school. Tied up groundleaves, have about 1200 lbs of them. Fred Practor got 50 bus of wheat $2.00 per bus. mr swan came & paid me for the stand ge got. I called admia Mae up in afternoon. Kent & Robert to movies in town. Bob over here to do typing homework. 

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September13-1759--Quebec fell; battle on the Plains of Abraham.
1814--During bombardment of Fort McHenry, Francis Scott Key wrote the Star-Spangled Banner.
1918--U.S. troops took St. Michael from the Germans.

September 14-1752--New Style Calendar begun (on Thursday).
1807--Fulton's steamboat Clermont mad her first trip from N.Y. to Albany.
1814--Moscow set afire by Russians after Napoleon's entry into the city, forcing his retreat.
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