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Olive Esther Delmage Diary, 1902
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In afternoon father went to Mr. Milsaps. In evening was reading A cloudy day & rained some.
March 17th Monday.
I was up early & tended to the milk for the first of the season washed out the cubboard & pans father & Edith boiling sap at the woods. I got dinner and all the work as Helen was sick & I did not feel well either. I did a baking of bread. In evening I pasted in my fancy book. George busy sawing wood.
March 18th Tuesday.
I did not get up very early as I did not feel very well. I knit on my stocking, worked fancy work, skimmed milk for calves. In eveninb Mother & father went to Mr. {?}
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