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Franklin McMillan Diary, 1927
Franklin McMillan 1927 Diary 2.pdf
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Left Page: Season 1927
Right Page:
{most likely april, though it seems the author might've written something before, and wrote april over that word} 3rd. Arrived home from San Diego at 8 o'clock this morning.
{alaw?} sick with the measels all the way home. Weather cold + cloudy.
April 4th. still cloudy. Got truck fixed up and got {orw?} trunks. still cloudy April 5th. Raining today {war?} still very peek. went to Hamilton got moln Licenses truck $36 {eav?} $9 Speed Limit on Highways increased today from 25 miles before {now?} 35 miles per hour. April 6th. Have Vietn Rossell 25 Devorpnt st {illegible} transplanting {poppies?} and finished tomatoes. weather {turning?} colder.
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