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Christina McLennan Diary, 1906-1915

Christina McLennan 1906-1915 Diary 8.pdf

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<td style="height: 13px;" width="208">&nbsp;Lovely day. Pa had little boys 5 dollars for two months rent</td>
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<td style="height: 13px;" width="208">&nbsp;Lovely day. Pa had little boys {long illegible} {Alick M Donald? }paid 5 dollars for two months rent, yesterday {illegible} Murdy boiled Uncle {Pandy's?} {illegible} and there is over a gallon short. 1 1/2 gall short</td>
 
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<td style="height: 13px;" width="208">&nbsp;Murdy left for Cornwall, I went to see Mary  
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<td style="height: 13px;" width="208">&nbsp;Murdy left for Cornwall, I went to see Mary The papers today give an account of an earthquake in California yesterday, the city of San Francisco will lilkely be utterly destroyed
The papers today give an account of an earthquake in California yesterday, the city of San Francisco will lilkely be utterly destroyed
 
 
The water mains were broken and fire broke out in the fallen building, and there was no water, so they burned.  
 
The water mains were broken and fire broke out in the fallen building, and there was no water, so they burned.  
 
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<td style="height: 13px;" width="208">&nbsp;The account of the earthquake today is {illegible} There are {now?} 200.000 {illegible}, homeless and hungry, every kind of {posession?} has been burned</td>
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<td style="height: 13px;" width="208">&nbsp;The account of the earthquake today is that there are now 200.000 people homeless and hungry, every kind of {provision?} hello has been burned</td>
 
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 10 {Page Number}  April 1906  
 15  Sunday, Easter, our church was nicely decorated with flowers, at least the pulpit and organ, Not many in church

The roads are very bad

 
 16  Fine day I washed a few things  
 17  Very fine day, To 2 1/2 yds cotton 25, I took a pair of spectacles from {Willies} to try them  25
 18  Lovely day. Pa had little boys {long illegible} {Alick M Donald? }paid 5 dollars for two months rent, yesterday {illegible} Murdy boiled Uncle {Pandy's?} {illegible} and there is over a gallon short. 1 1/2 gall short  
 19  Murdy left for Cornwall, I went to see Mary The papers today give an account of an earthquake in California yesterday, the city of San Francisco will lilkely be utterly destroyed

The water mains were broken and fire broke out in the fallen building, and there was no water, so they burned.

 
 20  The account of the earthquake today is that there are now 200.000 people homeless and hungry, every kind of {provision?} hello has been burned  
 21  Fine day, a pretty  
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