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Henry McMahon Diary, 1917-1919
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December 1917
6: clear & cold: home. up for Dinner: read Russell in bed all day sleep. snow.
7: clear cold: home for Dinner: read Paper Big Explosion at Halifax many killed. clear cold got letter J.H.C. from ENgland.
8: cloudy snow East Station. snow all day home. up at 11. for dinner: L. Bible in Mary got letter from Olive from Toronto with Birthday card for me: Mary fix at Coat for Mabel. Bake Bread chore
9:X: stormy very cold: home. up at 2. oclock. Olive call on Telephone from Toronto My 58th Birthday today. had 2 chickens for Dinner at 4. oclock. Leonard Bible here all day. to Bed at 10. (1). cold night
10: clear cold: hme: up for Breakfast at 9,u>30: Mary to Bank. Deposit $5235 J.H. Lavery Cheque Pay Taxes $24u>80 and $1210 Telephone to Dec 1. write letter to W. G. Steans & to coal men.
12: clear cold: up at 930 for Breakfast. read the Paper. Mary Bale. Edna Rowley in Telephone Issac Watson in chat. Mrs Wm Lyonsin Mary fill out report coal all sold at Dec 1rst. Mary & Mabel & Pearl went to Sam Charles meeting in Hall at 8. I stay home with John & Roy. to 12. oclock to Bed at 1. cold night
13: cloudy snow all day: home up at 12. read Paper: read Rebecca of Sunnybrook farm
14: clear cold: home: up at Dinner. Mary & I write letter to J.H.C. to England. Russell start to Stony Point at 1. oclock with car of Potatoes for G.W. Dowson: I finish read Rebecca . Mabel & Pearl to Ben Patch meeting in Hall. cold
15: clear cold: home: up at 1. oclock. no Dinner: they were house cleaing today: Dinner at 4. colock to Bed at 12. oclock at night very cold night.
16:X: clear cold: home up at noon: Rev Lunan Preach at 230 to s.s. schoalrs: at at 7. oclock to old People: mabel & Pearl go. to Both services Edna Rowley & Macel Bible in. telephone cold clear. to Bed at 10. ocock.