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Franklin McMillan Diary, 1925
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Diary
Year
1925
Frank McMillan
Burlington Ont{ario}
Jan 1st. New Years Day. two below zero. some snow on the ground and more coming Had Grandpa & G.M. Boniface also John & Granpa Mac up for dinner. had a good goose dinner of course when you have Co'y could not get any thing on Radio at 9 oclock heard John McCormick and other singers of the Metropolitan Theatre at New York sat up till nearly three oclock Heard Winnipeg good and clear about 1130. also Oaklands Cal. for about an hour at St Francis Hotel San Francisco.
Jan 2nd snowed all night and up till noon. about 8 or 10 inches now but milder again. Radio pretty good again tonight
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