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[[pre-printed]]SEPTEMBER 15[[//pre-printed]]

Friday Good day all day. Robert & I to school as usual. Parofax gas came and left one tank of gas.  paper man to collect for paper. I called Adina Mae up when I went after Mary but she was not home. did not go anywhere at night.

[[pre-printed]]SEPTEMBER 16[[//pre-printed]]

Saturday  Good day all day.  We all cut tobacco all day.  Robert & Mary went to Dr Baden to get teeth checked over.  Brent Early to get butter.  Mr Aggia carried me to store last night.  called Adina Mae up, went up to see her at night & got home 10 o'clock

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September 15--1776--New York captured by the British under Howe.
              1789--James Fenimore Cooper born ar Burlington, N.J.
              1857--William Howard Taft born at Cincinnati, Ohio.
September 16--1776--British driven back in the Battle of Harlem.
              1824--King Louis XVIII of France died.
              1848--France abolished slavery.
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[[pre-printed]]SEPTEMBER 17[[//pre-printed]]

Sunday  Good day all day.  Daddy, Mary, Robert & I went to church.  Bob Via down here for a while.  I went up to see Adina Mae & stayed all day.  she & had a good time & we went & got some icecream.  got home in time for supper.  Mary, Robert & I went to Naylor to movie saw "Peggy" (good) got home 11:30

[[pre-printed]]SEPTEMBER 18[[//pre-printed]]

Monday  good day all day.  Robert & I to school as usual.  saw Adina Mae at school & called her up in afternoon.  finished cutting tobacco today.  cut 11323 sticks of tobacco this year, got gas from Smith.  did not go anywhere at night.  got to bed 9 o'clock

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September 17--1796--Washington, declining a 3rd term, gave his Farewell Adress.
              1862--Battle at Antietam fought in the U.S. Civil War
              1908--First aviation fatality in the U.S.; Selfridge killed and Orville Wright injured at Fort Meyer.
September 18--1709--Samuel Johnson, compiler of the first English dictionary, born in England. 
              1873--Financial panic swept the U.S.
              1918--Record altitude flight of 28,900 ft. made.
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