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Theobald "Toby" Barrett Diary, 1921
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[Inside front cover]
DIARY 1921
T.B. Barrett Port Dover Ontario
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From April 16th 1921 to December 31st 1921
{A newspaper clipping is blocking the left side of the right hand page}
April 16th, 1921
...this morning to help Pickford build...it started rain soon after he left and lllall day so they couldn't work at the cellar...stayed over till afternoon visiting. We...thing over here but chores but sat...most of the time. To-night I went...meeting and then down to the train...The train was in at 9.30 and Marj & I...to stay all night as the walking was...turning colder to-night.
{April} 17th
...before Sunday school this morning...I went straight there and to church...Bishop's secretary was preaching in Mr. ...as Marj knew him having made his...last summer at Lake Couchiching, we...him over to Jack Martin's shere he...Jack's mother is sick again so...Frank stayed down at Aunty's to...I spent most of the afternoon doing
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