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William John "Willy" Little Diary, 1914-1925

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Wednesday, November 11 1921

Apr 28 {Jobphone?} $4.85 meat $1.10 lettuce 25 {illegible} 25c 6.43 {illegible} 1 {illegible} {workshoes?} $5.00 {Ediths?} {sloppee?} 5.00 8.00 7 doz. eggs @ 30c $2.10 groceries $1.60 1.60. 2.10 5ft of {illegible} pipe {illegible} {illegible} 40c {staticmary?} {illegible} {poetcarsh?} {illegible} 2.30

26th Paid Hastley Johnson for 5 1/4 dys work @ $1.{15?} 9.25

28- 1 cow to {illegible} Birkett $28.00 4 1/2 doz eggs @ 30c 1.35 28.00. Groceries $1.21 ice cream 35c Seeds 40c {Hinges?} etc 75c 1.33

30- {Dom?} $2.50 {Fodge?} {Dues?} $5.54

May 3rd Bought 3 {bus?} of seed corn. Learning W. {lap.?} {illegible} ho? $6.15

5th 1 {bag?} of {bis cuito?} $1.21 {illegible} 35c {illegible} etc 45c meat 90c 3.40 {Leone?} Hat $3.50 5 gals of {illegible} 2.00 {illegible} 20c Louis H. $5.00 10.70

8- Church cub. $2.00 miss 50c {illegible} {found?} $20.00 {illegible} 10c 22.60

10- 10 {illegible} of corn $10.00 chopping 40c {mango?} seed etc {8?} lbs $3.45 13.85 Sub. to Farmers Sun. Toronto. 2{illegible} to July 1922. {illegible} 3.07 2 work shirts $3.00 1 straw hat 30c {illegible} 10c Dry Good {illegible} 6.24 Groceries $2.44 Drugs 55c 1 qt of varnish 2.25c 5.24 5 doz of eggs @ 25c $1.25. meat 60c .60 $1.25

14- Cyrid $1.00 Groceries 2.45 2 {illegible} cotton {illegible} 50c 2.95 1.00 Dry Goods 55c Gasoline + Oil 3.15 {illegible} 25c 3.95 Cream Checque for Apr. 361 lbs {illegible} 21 @ 59c 44.72 13 lbs of butter 58c $7.54 {Rep?} to {illegible} $1.90 co 20c 9.64

24th Reunion 25c Bread $3.00 Bread {43c?} 3.73

28th- 4 gals of {illegible} $1.04 Gas + oil $3.40 Groceries $2.15 6.59 {Laundry?} 12c meat $2.55 {illegible} 25c {stomps?} 30c cyrid $2.00 5.32

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