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Philip "Henry" Shook Diary, 1889-1891

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December the 24, 1889

24 Henry Shook went on
24 a hunt
25 25 Bair ground

fine & warm some cloudy

25 high wind all day
26 26 Bair ground

heavy showers in the

26 morning with thunder &
26 lighting wind in the
26 south west. wind
26 west in the afternoon
26 with squalls of
26 snow, wind very heavy

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