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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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