Viewing page 93 of 113
This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.
[[two pages]] [[page 1]] [[preprinted]]December 20 [[/preprinted]] Wednesday good day all day. Robert & I to school. Voted for tobacco allotment & then I went to Washington & gave blood to the Red Cross & got back in time to go home on [[buses?]]. Went up to see Adnia Mae at night + got home 10:30 had good time as usual. [[preprinted]]December 21 [[/preprinted]] Thursday good day all day. hermise[[guess?]] finished shucking daddys corn. Carried 11 ton of hay & Hyde. Via came & got 2 bales of hay, I went to basketball match at school & got home 9:30, took [[?]] [[?]]. Jim + Mary out for a short while called Adnia Mae up at night. [[preprinted]]December 20 [[/preprinted]]-1835--Texas declared her independence of Mexico. 1881--War between the British and the Boers. 1912--Funeral services for Whitlaw Reid, U.S. ambassador, held in Westminster Abbey, London. December 21- First day of WINTER, the time of the winter solstice. 1620--The Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, Mass. 1719--First issue of the Boston "Gazette" published. [[/preprinted]] [[/page 1]] [[page 2]] [[preprinted]]December 22 [[/preprinted]] Friday rain day all day. Robert & I to school 1/2 a day.snowing in afternoon & night. Saw Adnia Mae at school and went up to see her at night. Roads icy. got home 10: oclock. Mary & Jim out at night. [[preprinted]]December 23 [[/preprinted]] Saturday good day all day. Daddy & Robert gone all day. got oysters & went to Waldorf. I got my color pictures & send [[?]] Adnia Mae[[?guess]] I ground corn with hammer-mill 1/2 a day & cleaned tank and [[?]] lights. I ground corn with hammermill 1/2 a day and cleaned tank out for lights. Bernie [[Letegrass??]] and helen to movies in Washington (saw(Rico[[?]] Grand) [[preprinted]]December 22 -1803--U.S. took possession of Louisiana. 1825--Lafayette rewarded by U.S Congress. 1864--Sherman occupied Savannah, Ga. December 23- 1834--Hansom cabs patented by J.A. Hansom. 1875--Royal palace at Barcelona, Spain, burned. 1920-Soviet Union abolished private ownership of books. [[/preprinted]] [[/page 2]] [[/two pages]]
