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Mary Henrietta Peters diary, 1891
1891-07-08 -- 1891-07-10
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bread Mother & father went to Wadena I got my lasties to day Mrs Lib Longfield & Mrs Cal Wood was here this afternoon wed July 8 has been a nice day rather cool I scrubed picked & canned 4 qts of curents & picked the raspberries we had our first green beens for dinner Frank Midberry was here this Eve to get us to sell our milk I hemed a table cloth Th July 9 A nice day I painted our front poarch one coat to day Allie J & I went over to the Runer place & gathered gooseberries we had a peddler call to day John Mattocks helped us stack hay we had our first New potatoes to day Fri July 10 has been cool & quite windy to day I canned 1 qt raspberries & 4 qt gooseberries mother finished Mrs Freys carpet & I am glad cloudy this afternoon & windy
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bread Mother & father went to Wadena I got my lasties to day Mrs Lib Longfield & Mrs Cal Wood was here this afternoon wed July 8 has been a nice day rather cool I scrubed picked & canned 4 qts of curents & picked the raspberries we had our first green beens for dinner Frank Midberry was here this Eve to get us to sell our milk I hemed a table cloth Th July 9 A nice day I painted our front poarch one coat to day Allie J & I went over to the Runer place & gathered gooseberries we had a peddler call to day John Mattocks helped us stack hay we had our first New potatoes to day Fri July 10 has been cool & quite windy to day I canned 1 qt raspberries & 4 qt gooseberries mother finished Mrs Freys carpet & I am glad cloudy this afternoon & windy
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