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A Night at the Academy
Week of October 31, 1909 October Sunday 31, 1909 Esther Rosamond, Bernice & I had our pictures taken last night and we had to sit still 10 min!!! B. and I got to sleep at 4:30 o’clock. Went to...
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Week of November 7, 1909 Sunday 7 In the morning we went to church and S.S. and James and I tried to take care of Ardith while Edna was in the choir and she yelled at Bernice and Edna and talked and...
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Week of November 14, 1909 November Sunday 14, 1909 In the morning I read some more of D.C. [David Copperfield]and went to S.S. In the afternoon I read and ate apples and then Bernice came down and...
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Thanksgiving Week
Week of November 21, 1909 Sunday 21 Went to church and S.S. Bernice came up in the afternoon and we made candy and talked. Ardith is so cute she was over to see me this afternoon. After Bernice went...
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Week of November 28, 1909 November Sunday 28, 1909 went to Church and S.S. Bernice was awfully surprised to see me at church. She did not know I was coming at all. Monday 29 OO after school I went...
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FIRE!
Week of December 5, 1909 Sunday Went to church and S.S. In the afternoon I read “Graustarke” I finished it and I think it is just grand. I can hardly wait to read “Beverly of Graustark”* The...
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Getting ready for Christmas
Week of December 12, 1909 Sunday 12 In the morning we got up real late and it was sleeting so we did not go to Church. We practiced some more and we do have such fun playing together. Then we made...
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Merry Xmas! Diary
Week of December 19, 1909 Sunday 19 Did not got to Church but went to Sunday School. In the afternoon I read “Beverly of Graustark” but did not finish it I think its one of the nicest books I ever...
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The whistle is blowing the new year in…
Week of December 26, 1909 December Sunday 26 1909 Did not get up until 10:45 but I went to Sunday School In the afternoon I wrote and then Cornelia came up she gave me a fine handkerchief we went...
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It was a very good year…
We have now walked through a year in the life of a Kalamazoo girl – 15-year-old Claire Wight – and it’s been a very good year. Her past year of diary entries — from 1909 — has introduced us to who we...
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