Log in to Scripto | Recent changes | View item | View file
William John "Willy" Little Diary, 1914-1925
WillyLittle1914-1925_35.pdf
« previous page | next page » |
Current Page Transcription [edit] [history]
Thursday January 29
Feb. 19th. and sent out the {refrost?} blanks for the S.S. Assocation. Mr, Walter came from Langford for Bessie's piano and Willie Galbraith went on for a Langford with him. Coming back by the Electric railway, we went to Simons for the evening.
" 21st Willie G. and I went to Franklins for the evening.
" 22nd Willie went to the Glen for a event.
" 23rd A very wet day, raining quite steady all day.
"24 " Willie and I took dinner at Uncle Tom Sharps and I went to a S.S. executive meeting in the evening. {?} gave a fine report.
"26 " Willy G went home to St. Marys
"27 " Went to County Executive Meeting at Brantford to arrange dates for our township Conventions and general business. Came home by Uncle Andrews and stayed for tea.
March 1st. A beautiful clear day, went to St. George to get a load of feed corn, and helped Frank Reid to kill a pig in the afternoon.
"2nd Cleaned up seed-oats in the morning
"3rd Helped R. McDonald to draw in ice
"4th Took load of furniture to Brantford for Cornwalle
" 6 " Quite a fall from our last night, making the sleighing much better. Went to Mr. John McDonalds funeral, it being the first time that I had ever been at a R.C. funeral. Called at {illegible} on the road home.
"9" Bessie & Angus sent their last load of furniture away.
"10" Went to Galt with a load of apples getting {15?} cents per load for the Spys and 60 cents for the Greenings.
Transcription Tips
- Follow the example of transcribing provided in the first few PDF files of this diary.
- Click Edit when you’re ready to start transcribing.
- Click Detach to move the transcription box to a convenient location.
- Copy the text as it is, including misspellings and abbreviations.
- Start each new day with a new line. Otherwise ignore spacing and alignments.
- Use toolbar heading options for any headings in the text, i.e. diary titles.
- Use toolbar table generator for any tables in the text, i.e. finance records.
- Use toolbar comment option to add your own comments, i.e. illegible text or uncertain names or description of drawings.
- Use toolbar stroke through text option to transcribe crossed-out text.
- When done press "Save Transcription" to save your work.
- View more transcription tips.