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Christina McLennan Diary, 1906-1915
Christina McLennan 1906-1915 Diary 19.pdf
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| − | <td>Began to rain | + | <td>Began to rain last evening. J.C. Browns's Hellen was taken with a cold yesterday. Ellen 1/2 day |
Marion went to Brown's yesterday. Rained all forenoon snowed all afternoon. Murdy went to Cornwall</td> | Marion went to Brown's yesterday. Rained all forenoon snowed all afternoon. Murdy went to Cornwall</td> | ||
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November 1906
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| 26 | Began to rain last evening. J.C. Browns's Hellen was taken with a cold yesterday. Ellen 1/2 day Marion went to Brown's yesterday. Rained all forenoon snowed all afternoon. Murdy went to Cornwall | 25 |
| 27 | Mild day. Snow and mist. To 4 3/4 cheese 70 salt Coarse 10 fine 10. 3 lbs {pulverized?} sugar 25 peppermints 5. | 70 45 05 |
| 28 | Dull with a little snow. Mrs H Pigeon By $3. for rent /47/
The Collector of taxes called our tax 32-- Mrs Witheral & Mrs McCrimmon made a short call |
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| 29 | It was today, the Ladies called. I am putting down from Memory. Six cakes Lifebuoy soap 25 | 25 |
| 30 | St Andrews day. Nothing going on in our village.
To 1 gall coal oil 20 Gran sugar 25. 2 lbs lump sugar 15. 2 lbs tea dust 25, 1/2 Salada 20 Cashed the checque from J.C. Brown of 11.50 47 Interest on the Doest money. borrowed |
45 60 / 23.34 |
| 1 | Saturday. Soft in morning, with light snow. turned cold with high wind in evening To 3 lb 5 on butter 85 -, 25 lbs flour 53 4 loaves 20, steak at Sandy's charged | 1.68 |
| 2. | Dull with cold wind. Very few in church roads rough. Paid 4th quarter stipend 1.50, And 50 cts for expenses or Sunday offering | 1.50 50 {both circled} |
| 3 | Began to clean house. To 1 lb starch 10 1 bottle painKiller 25 | 10 25 |
| 4 | Fine day. at the cleaning at diningroom | |
| 5 | I made a cake. To molasses 15. butter 68 5 loaves 25. The thrashing mill came to Jimie's barn. | 83 25 |
| 6 | Stormy day. snow and sleat. And high wind. The thrashers left about 10 A.M. for down the river. The W.F.M.S. {Womens Foreign Mission Society} are to meet here today. Alick McDonald got a receipt for one months rent that will be October. he put 8 brick on the chimney of his house furnished lime & sand we gave the brick, he charged $2.00. he work for Jimie part of two days at the thrashing. charge 1.00 | |
| 7 | Cold day not stormy. The meeting yesterday was very smal in numbers. Mrs McCrimmon Mrs Callanach Came at two, Mrs Govin 1/2 3 Mrs About 5 all worked well Quilted a large quilt, had it off the frame about 7. P.M. Murdy got home about 4. P.M. | |
| 8 | Cold Mercury. said to be down to 25 below Zero last night. To butter 55 Jimie paid it Got word that the good from Servzzees are at Lancaster | 55 |
| 9 | Kind of fine day, not many in church I had no offering. Jimie McDonald called in the afternoon. |
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