== 14 == oct 1917 19: cloudy rain: cool: home chore: cow sick 20: cloudy cool: home chore: Deliver coal Jas Lavery all day. {diarist writes above text in smaller writing} 300 {diarist resumes writing on the lines} Pd: got Shave at Floyds to Dr Reynars at night telephone for Dr Bowes {diarist writes above text in smaller writing} cow sick {diarist resumes writing on the lines} 21:X: cloudy cold: home chore: cow sick. Bowes {diarist writes above text in smaller writing} here {diarist resumes writing on the lines} 22: cloudy cool: home chore: Deliver coal around village Joe Lavery: Dowson loading Bag car: 23: cloudy rain: home chore. our cow sick Dr Bowes here 24: cloudy misley cool rain snow: cow very sick had Mason to cow: very sick I up to 3 oclock cold: to Bed cold. 25: cloudy. clearing milder: home chore cow very sick. cow Died about 4. oclock today: Down at scale: lots of {diarist writes above text in smaller writing} Potatoes {diarist resumes writing on the lines} 26: cloudy cold: home sick with cold rested {?} to Bed 27: cool: home in Bed sick with cold. 28:X: cold: home in bed sick with cold. 29: cold: home in bed sick with cold 30: cold: home in bed sick with cold. 31: cold: home in bed sick with cold Nov 1: cold: home in bed Sick with cold 2: cold: home in bed Sick with cold 3: cold: home in bed sick with cold 4:X: cold: home in bed Sick with cold 5: clear cold: home in bed Sick with cold 6: clear cold: home: got up this forenoon {?} for & 7: Dinner: Geo. W. Dowson Pay me $50000 Cash 7: for coal Shed & Big scale: Mrs Jas Burns & Mrs F Dolan in chat: to Bed at 9. oclock 8: clear fine: home: sick: up at 1. oclock downstairs custard for Dinner: tea to bed at 8 oclock 9: clear fine: home sick: up at 12 for soap: chat tea: to Bed at 8. oclock fine night Dance in {diarist writes above text in smaller writing} Hall {diarist resumes writing on the lines} 10: fine warm: home up at 12 for Dinner: Mrs Pearl McMahon in chat: I out for walk: fine day Olive came home from Toronto tonight G.T 11:X: fine warm: home sick: up at 12. Mother here for Dinner & tea: She went to Church at 7. Rev Bainborough Preach. W.J. Faulkner in chat: to bed at 9. foggy. 12: fine warm: home sick: up at 12. Dinner Mother here for tea: Mrs Wm McKinnon buried at Bolton Cemetry today: Olive went with W.J. Faulkner. 13: fine warm: home sick: up ta 12 for Dinner. to Jas Scotts for walk: Dr Reynars in see about coal for kidds: to Bed at 10. fine night.

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