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Christina McLennan Diary, 1906-1915
Christina McLennan 1906-1915 Diary 18.pdf
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| − | <td> | + | <td>Thursday. Very fine bright day. The boys played many a prank last night. The vacant lot of J. a's by the bridge, was covered by all the old broken vehicle they could gather |
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| + | The W.F.M.S. {Womens Foreign Mission Society} met at John A's I was there. I was not at a meeting since January. My offering was. $2.50 25 cts.. pr month. And 5 cts.. for my tea And 5 for Marion's tea. Paying for the tea is a new wrinkle.</td> | ||
| + | <td>2.55 5</td> | ||
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| − | <td> | + | <td>2</td> |
| − | <td> | + | <td>Fine bright day. To 2 lb 3/4 butter 70. Paid Murdy. Bought a table from a man who was hawking them about 75. Dannie Campbell cleaning henhouse 10</td> |
| − | <td> | + | <td>85</td> |
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| − | <td> | + | <td>3</td> |
| − | <td> | + | <td>Bright day. To 25 lb flour 63 cts.. lard 27 cts 1 gall coal oil 20 cts. sugar 25 Cr tartar 10 cinnamon 5. Standard 5. 3 loaves 15 Sandy some steak</td> |
| − | <td> | + | <td>90 55 25</td> |
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| − | <td> | + | <td>4</td> |
| − | <td> | + | <td>Very bright day. not many in church my sunday offering 15</td> |
| − | <td> | + | <td>15</td> |
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| − | <td> | + | <td>5</td> |
| − | <td> | + | <td>Monday. Ellen 1/2 day 25. Bella Hughie & Farquhar called for a short time, they sold their farm to a McQuaig. |
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| + | to butter 53, bread 10. Far came in evening | ||
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| + | Mrs Ellis By 2.50 /46/</td> | ||
| + | <td>63</td> | ||
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| − | <td> | + | <td>6</td> |
| − | <td> | + | <td>Another fine day. The concert last night was a grand success, The artists Mifs Donaldson, Mrs Neal amd Mr Howard a humorist To4 loaves 20</td> |
| − | <td> | + | <td>20</td> |
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| − | <td> | + | <td>7</td> |
| − | <td> | + | <td>Fine and bright. Mrs St Thomas 2 for rent /46/</td> |
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| − | <td> | + | <td>8</td> |
| − | <td> | + | <td>Very fine day. Paid Murdy 70 for butter. he bought on the 2d. To 1 corn broom 30 To 4 loaves 20 cts..</td> |
| − | <td> | + | <td>70 30</td> |
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| − | <td> | + | <td>9</td> |
| − | <td> | + | <td>Mild in afternoon. Now 9. P.M. snowing |
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| + | To butter 50 rolled oats 25 rolled wheat 25 1 doz herring 25. 1 cake sapolia 10</td> | ||
| + | <td>1. 35</td> | ||
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| − | <td> | + | <td>10</td> |
| − | <td> | + | <td>Some snow this morning. very mild all day. To 9 lb 13 oz of pork from John Fraur 90 cts To a little negro begger 10. Mrs Will Salway paid 1.50 rent /46/</td> |
| − | <td> | + | <td>90 10</td> |
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| + | <br> {right side margin} Ford 9.93</br> | ||
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November 1906 | November 1906 | ||
| + | <br>{top right margin} 9.93</br> | ||
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| − | <td> | + | <td>11</td> |
| − | <td> | + | <td>Dull but fine. Offering for Church schemes 25</td> |
| − | <td> | + | <td>25</td> |
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| − | <td> | + | <td>12</td> |
| − | <td> | + | <td>Stormed and rained yesterday evening and all night the ground is covered with snow. Ellen 1/2 day. 25 To 4 loaves 20. We had to stable the horses</td> |
| − | <td> | + | <td>25 20</td> |
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| − | <td> | + | <td>13</td> |
| − | <td> | + | <td>Quite a good deal of snow 1 1/4 lb butter 1 lb soda</td> |
| − | <td> | + | <td>35</td> |
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| − | <td> | + | <td>14</td> |
| − | <td> | + | <td>The weather looks as if winter has set in</td> |
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| − | <td> | + | <td>15</td> |
| − | <td> | + | <td>To butter 90 cts.. bread 20 a dollar to Montreal Star, Jimie sent it last week</td> |
| − | <td> | + | <td>2.10</td> |
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| − | <td> | + | <td>16</td> |
| − | <td> | + | <td>Dull. To sugar 25 cts</td> |
| − | <td> | + | <td>25</td> |
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| − | <td> | + | <td>17</td> |
| − | <td> | + | <td>Very fine day. bright sunshine. Jimie drew two loads of dry wood from the bush. I baked 4 loaves of bread</td> |
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| − | <td> | + | <td>18</td> |
| − | <td> | + | <td>Soft day. some rain I sent 25 cts.. to Church for general fund</td> |
| − | <td> | + | <td>25</td> |
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| − | <td> | + | <td>19</td> |
| − | <td> | + | <td>I washed some blankets</td> |
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| − | <td> | + | <td>20</td> |
| − | <td> | + | <td>Put out the blankets. Put on the big outside windows Marion washed them, the others were put on two weeks ago Murdy went north |
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| + | To coal oil 20. nut meg 5 matches 10</td> | ||
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| + | 35</td> | ||
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| − | <td> | + | <td>21</td> |
| − | <td> | + | <td>Got the factory report. 4.35. Marion's box came from Etons yesterday, she sent the coat back as it is too big, wants a smaller one, the other things were satisfactory. She bot a parlor lamp with the prize money. I got 8 bunches batting 1<u>00</u> double boiler 72. Orange & Lemon peel 25. 1 cake of Chocolate 25 Large wooden spoon 6 3 1/2 lbs currants 25. 1 lb cocoanut 20. 1 bot vanill. 20 3 lbs prunes 25. 2 lbs raisins 25. 2 1/2 yds oil cloth 55.</td> |
| − | <td> | + | <td>1.72 56 65 50 55</td> |
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| − | <td> | + | <td>22</td> |
| − | <td> | + | <td>Dull day. To molasses 23 cts..</td> |
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| − | <td> | + | <td>23</td> |
| − | <td> | + | <td>To Bible Society 1<u>00</u>. To 3 lb butter 25 pr lb 75</td> |
| − | <td> | + | <td>1.75</td> |
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| − | <td> | + | <td>24</td> |
| − | <td> | + | <td>To 2 lbs lard 30. 2 loaves 10. About 3 1/2 steak from Sandy (charged) Standard 5</td> |
| − | <td> | + | <td>40 5</td> |
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| − | <td> | + | <td>25</td> |
| − | <td> | + | <td>Kind of mild for Nov.. Not many in church. our Sunday offering 25 cts.. |
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| + | Jimie put a halter on the summer coalt for the first on the 23d, it pulled furiously.</td> | ||
| + | <td>25</td> | ||
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| + | <br>{right side margin}<s>9.83 Ford 20.59</br></s> | ||
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November 1906
| 1 | Thursday. Very fine bright day. The boys played many a prank last night. The vacant lot of J. a's by the bridge, was covered by all the old broken vehicle they could gather The W.F.M.S. {Womens Foreign Mission Society} met at John A's I was there. I was not at a meeting since January. My offering was. $2.50 25 cts.. pr month. And 5 cts.. for my tea And 5 for Marion's tea. Paying for the tea is a new wrinkle. | 2.55 5 |
| 2 | Fine bright day. To 2 lb 3/4 butter 70. Paid Murdy. Bought a table from a man who was hawking them about 75. Dannie Campbell cleaning henhouse 10 | 85 |
| 3 | Bright day. To 25 lb flour 63 cts.. lard 27 cts 1 gall coal oil 20 cts. sugar 25 Cr tartar 10 cinnamon 5. Standard 5. 3 loaves 15 Sandy some steak | 90 55 25 |
| 4 | Very bright day. not many in church my sunday offering 15 | 15 |
| 5 | Monday. Ellen 1/2 day 25. Bella Hughie & Farquhar called for a short time, they sold their farm to a McQuaig.
to butter 53, bread 10. Far came in evening Mrs Ellis By 2.50 /46/ |
63 |
| 6 | Another fine day. The concert last night was a grand success, The artists Mifs Donaldson, Mrs Neal amd Mr Howard a humorist To4 loaves 20 | 20 |
| 7 | Fine and bright. Mrs St Thomas 2 for rent /46/ | |
| 8 | Very fine day. Paid Murdy 70 for butter. he bought on the 2d. To 1 corn broom 30 To 4 loaves 20 cts.. | 70 30 |
| 9 | Mild in afternoon. Now 9. P.M. snowing To butter 50 rolled oats 25 rolled wheat 25 1 doz herring 25. 1 cake sapolia 10 | 1. 35 |
| 10 | Some snow this morning. very mild all day. To 9 lb 13 oz of pork from John Fraur 90 cts To a little negro begger 10. Mrs Will Salway paid 1.50 rent /46/ | 90 10 |
{right side margin} Ford 9.93
November 1906
{top right margin} 9.93
| 11 | Dull but fine. Offering for Church schemes 25 | 25 |
| 12 | Stormed and rained yesterday evening and all night the ground is covered with snow. Ellen 1/2 day. 25 To 4 loaves 20. We had to stable the horses | 25 20 |
| 13 | Quite a good deal of snow 1 1/4 lb butter 1 lb soda | 35 |
| 14 | The weather looks as if winter has set in | |
| 15 | To butter 90 cts.. bread 20 a dollar to Montreal Star, Jimie sent it last week | 2.10 |
| 16 | Dull. To sugar 25 cts | 25 |
| 17 | Very fine day. bright sunshine. Jimie drew two loads of dry wood from the bush. I baked 4 loaves of bread | |
| 18 | Soft day. some rain I sent 25 cts.. to Church for general fund | 25 |
| 19 | I washed some blankets | |
| 20 | Put out the blankets. Put on the big outside windows Marion washed them, the others were put on two weeks ago Murdy went north To coal oil 20. nut meg 5 matches 10 | 35 |
| 21 | Got the factory report. 4.35. Marion's box came from Etons yesterday, she sent the coat back as it is too big, wants a smaller one, the other things were satisfactory. She bot a parlor lamp with the prize money. I got 8 bunches batting 100 double boiler 72. Orange & Lemon peel 25. 1 cake of Chocolate 25 Large wooden spoon 6 3 1/2 lbs currants 25. 1 lb cocoanut 20. 1 bot vanill. 20 3 lbs prunes 25. 2 lbs raisins 25. 2 1/2 yds oil cloth 55. | 1.72 56 65 50 55 |
| 22 | Dull day. To molasses 23 cts.. | |
| 23 | To Bible Society 100. To 3 lb butter 25 pr lb 75 | 1.75 |
| 24 | To 2 lbs lard 30. 2 loaves 10. About 3 1/2 steak from Sandy (charged) Standard 5 | 40 5 |
| 25 | Kind of mild for Nov.. Not many in church. our Sunday offering 25 cts.. Jimie put a halter on the summer coalt for the first on the 23d, it pulled furiously. | 25 |
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