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[[two pages]] [[page 1]] [[preprinted 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 [[preprinted 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. [[preprinted]] 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. [[/preprinted]] [[/page 1]] [[page 2]] [[preprinted 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 [[preprinted 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. [[preprinted]] 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. [[/preprinted]] [[/page 2]] [[/two pages]]