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William John "Willy" Little Diary, 1914-1925
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1920
| Apr 22nd | Sold R. Robertson setting keys @1.50 each | $4.50 | |
| 26th | Bread 449 Co 359 Church sub $5.00 Miss $1.00 | 6.79 | |
| Sols C. Coloniel 38 lbs of chop $3.50 1/2 bus onions $2.50 | 5.00 | ||
| 27 - | 9 1/2 dry eggs @4.39 | 4.08 | |
| - | 12 lbs sweet clover seed $5.40 Horse showing 504 | 5.90 | |
| - | Groceries $5.26 1 ps dry 459 {illegible} $1.50 {illegible} | 8.02 | |
| - | Bread 5.29 {loaf?} {illegible} Blacksmithing for plows $2.00 | 3.02 | |
| 30 - | Sold to Mr Moore 2 bus Wheat @ $2.00 | 4.00 | |
| - | A. Woolman s bus {illegible} Oats $1.30 | 10.40 | |
| - | Mrs Wade {illegible} to house{oban?} Bread 624 | 1.62 | |
| May 1st | Hartley $2.00 Bread 469 Ms Frasguhareme Peanut $1.25 | 3.71 | |
| 3rd | Bread 364 Co 359 Groceries $3.47 | 4.18 | |
| - | Sold to W. E.Cooks 5 1/4 loafs of Seed Oats @1.25 | $6.35 | |
| 4- | Drugs 2.60 {Mmk?} 25.9 E. tract $1.00 G. {Beetha?} | 4.55 | |
| 5 | Paid Ms Reynolds $5.40 | Bread 5.24 | 5.92 |
| 7- | Groceries 659 4 gals coal oil 299 $1.16 Laundry 129 | 1.93 | |
| - | Paid H.H.Hush {illegible} to date $120.00 Hartley {illegible} wages $30.00 | 150.00 | |
| - | 1 cut of {illegible}cake $4.30 Mrs Reynolds $1.25 Bread 284 | 6.41 | |
| - | 1 can of carriage carnish 55.9 rep for speeder 509 | 1.05 | |
| 14 | 1 bag of seed potatoes $5.00 5 1/2 doz eggs @454 2.45 | 7.85 | |
| - | 1 raincoat for Edith $21.50 Mother $5.00 Dr Heas $1.00 | ||
| - | G. Record $1.00 {illegible} 304 2 pks whale {illegible} $1.50 | 2.70 | |
| - | Fish 754 Oranges 75.9 {illegible} 55 {Sugarives?} 45.4 Bread 1.50 | 2.70 | |
| - | 1 box of cakes 2 lbs @349 {illegivle} $1.00 stalk {norm?} 159 |
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