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1917

May

23: cloudy Blustry hail: fine: home got up at 10. mind Roy for Mary: washing: for mail to office: Children at School. Mrs Wm Lyons in chat. to bed at 9. had cold.

24: cloudy sleet cool: home: sick with cold. Olive came home from Toronto at 9. G.T. and went Back to Toronto at 5. C.P.: had Rooster for Dinner: got letter frm J.H.C. from Hospital at Middlesex England getting Better

25: fine cool: home: help Mary in garden clean out Berry Bushes: sick with cold {diairst writes inbetween in own writing} Willie Sloan Died in Toronto this am at 4 oclock {diairst resumes writing on lines}

26: cloudy cool: home: hoe some in garden after noon: Miss Hutchinson & her sister Tina {diarist writes above text in smaller writing} 13 years old {diarist resumes writing on line} here (1)

27:X: fine warm: home: had cold: up afternoon chore Children to Church at 7. McCauley. Preach the Dominion Alliance man:

28: cloudy cool: home chore: Put Fred Horse in Floy Hendersons Pasture first ay: Bring him in at night: to Elevator help Wm Hamilton clean out wheat Bin last of wheat.

29: fine warm: home: Put Horse out in Pasture: chore leave horse out all night: to Bed a 930

30: fine warm: home chore: weigh Stock. Jas Gilmore ship 1. car: make about 180 today. 2. Hogs Died heat{?} home at 6. to Bed at 9. (1). warm night.

31: fine warm rain at night: home chore. got letter from J.H.C. from Hillington Hospital Uxbridge. Middlesex England. I answer it this is his 21.rst Birthday 21 years old today got letter from Olive from Toronto. write a letter to R.L. McFadden 596. Brock ave city got cow in rain from Wm Bibles. to Bed at 830

June 1: fine warm: home chore: hoe in garden at home S.S. Connection at Methodist Church today.

2: fine mild: hme chore: got wash change Shirts got Shave at Floyds 10. Pd: Miss Hutchinson & Bolton here: to Elevator chat to Wm Hamilton Mrs Dr Reynar in chat for 1. Day Egss 40 cts Pd.

3:X: fine: home chore: read Sleep no Church at night: Churchill had anniversary today: for walk

4: fine warm: home chore: sell coal: Earl WIlliams got Killed 20th of may got word today: water hore: Mary wash: I got Canvass shoes $225 to Elevator at night Jas Lavery Put Stove ride in J.B. car home. to Bed at 10