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Olive Esther Delmage Diary, 1902

2012.67.3_DELMAGE_77.pdf

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of clothes & baked 6 loaves of bread. a rainy day. George busy in forenoon. cutting hay with mower father making a party table for children I worked on sofa pillow & pasted in my book. Mother serving for babies

July 1st Tuesday

I fed chickens washed bread can made my beds and then I painted 2 old fashioned stands & kitchen chairs. In evening Geo & I hoed in our garden. He was busy cutting hay & hoeing in garden. A nice day but windy

July 2nd Wednesday.

I hurried with work in morning. Uncle Frank came for a call. I painted part of veranda in afternoon & picked strawberries. In evening I watered plants. Harry racked hay for the first. The men bunching hay the rest were ironing. A nice day

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