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Collection: Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries

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Sandy Spring Museum
Sandy Spring MuseumThis might be due to the fact there is text outside of the table and causing it to glitch. If you could put "Cash Account March" in the first row in the "..." column, with the "Date" "Received" and "Paid" columns left blank, that might solve the i...Page 130Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1870Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries
Docplutobmd
DocplutobmdHave accurately entered table, but can't understand why it is at bottom of screen.Page 130Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1870Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries
Sandy Spring Museum
Sandy Spring MuseumWe have recently been trying out different formatting styles for these ledger pages and wanted to test out how different ones looked. After testing it out, we have decided that the table format works best for these pages. We have now reverted this...Page 96Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1895Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries
Theakir
TheakirI have done the transcription accurately and it shows as filled in, in the diary. Why have Sandy Spring changed it? If you care to look at the preview you will see this. Page 96Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1895Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries
ElizabethK
ElizabethKThe entry at the top right page dated Saturday, AUG 25th, 1889 is most likely Saturday, AUG 25th, 1894. Dr. Iddings almost always crossed through the date of an outdated (prior year) notebook and changed the date to the correct year but this year...Page 64Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1894Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries
JCA-Parris1
JCA-Parris1line 30: No. 3 Coal Seam - "Pocahontas" Coalfield - 900 square miles of coal seams located in Mercer, Wyoming and McDowell Counties in West Virginia. And Tazwell Virginia. Page 196Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1898Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries
JCA-Parris1
JCA-Parris1line 15: "Anti Saloon League" 1893 - 1933 a moral crusade against the manufacture, sale and consumption of alcohol in the Prohibition Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. (Westville Public Library)Page 147Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1898Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries
JCA-Parris1
JCA-Parris1Page is blank.Page 100Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1892Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries
JCA-Parris1
JCA-Parris1Page is blank.Page 99Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1892Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries
JCA-Parris1
JCA-Parris1Page is blank.Page 99Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1892Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries
JCA-Parris1
JCA-Parris1Page is blankPage 98Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1892Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries
JCA-Parris1
JCA-Parris1page is blank.Page 97Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1892Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries
JCA-Parris1
JCA-Parris1Help : How do I use Subscript to denote symbols in text ? ex. 30 degreesPage 88Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1892Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries
JCA-Parris1
JCA-Parris1Sandy Spring Museum : Please thank "Theakir" for editing help. I learned how to post underlines, etc in transcription.Page 87Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1892Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries
JCA-Parris1
JCA-Parris1line 56 : pyemia -blood poisoning caused by the spread in the blood stream of pus forming bacteria released from an abcess. (Oxford Languages)Page 83Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1892Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries
JCA-Parris1
JCA-Parris1line 64 : nut coal - egg sized pieces of very clean burning coal that burns to a soft white ash. A ton of this type of coal sold for $6.00 in Caleb Iddings 1892. That same tonnage is $75.00 present day. Coal was mainly used for heating. Coal size...Page 81Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1892Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries
JCA-Parris1
JCA-Parris1line 62 : pie and ice cream. Page 65Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1892Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries
JCA-Parris1
JCA-Parris1line 50 : Had a hard time with this word "phaeton" = A sporty open carriage used in the late 18th and 19th century, drawn by one or two horses, with open seating. It was fast and dangerous. Named after the mythical "Phaethon", son of Helios, who...Page 65Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1892Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries
ElizabethK
ElizabethKLine 57 - need clarification on Fanny's friend Miss [Hasuanis?] last name. Line 60 - called about [Mark?] broken out with "measles". Is the name Mark or is the word dark?Page 42Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1894Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries
ElizabethK
ElizabethKLine 64 - Hannah's last name, is it Areher, Avelier, Aveher? Please check.Page 41Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1894Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries
ElizabethK
ElizabethKLine 38 - need help with Miss Mary's last name (Coht?).Page 40Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1894Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries
ElizabethK
ElizabethKNeed help deciphering name in line 75 - "Friend [??] H".Page 39Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1894Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries
bloom
bloommarked areas where I was unsure of the wordsPage 72Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1885Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries
bloom
bloomShould I transcribe the dates on blank pages? Page 72Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1885Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries
bloom
bloomNot sure whether to mark as blank or not since the dates are still therePage 71Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1885Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries
finchy
finchyOn the last page the ink was smudged and could not decipher words.Page 52Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1880Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries
Sandy Spring Museum
Sandy Spring MuseumYes, Dr. Iddings has several quirks in his writing, I especially like how he puts quotation marks around many (seemingly random to me) words. I think it's safe to go with the ampersand though. Page 24Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1892Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries
WritingBug
WritingBugThe "&" signs are sideways a bit so it was hard to tell if it was an "&" or not, but from the sentences the context clues point to the mysterious symbol to be "&" but I'm not completely sure. Page 24Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1892Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries
PrenthgiLW
PrenthgiLWNotice that there's no image for the August accounts. There appears to be "bleed through" from the August pages on the July (2nd page) and September (1st page) accounts. Were the August pages missed during scanning or missed during uploading? I've...Page 190Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1897Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries
SusanE
SusanEErigeron canadensis is commonly known as horseweedPage 72Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1877Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries
PrenthgiLW
PrenthgiLW1900 US Census for Brookeville: William F Green, age 48, born Jul 1851 in Virginia, Physician and wife Edith D, age 30, born Sep 1869 in Maryland (Ancestry.com)Page 177Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1897Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries
mearp1
mearp1This page that requires transcription cannot be completed in the way that the website is showing its setup. Can anyone straighten this up so that I can complete these journal pages? Please send me an email. mary.earp26@gmail.comPage 96Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1895Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries
Sandy Spring Museum
Sandy Spring MuseumFor degree, you can just write "degree" in. As for underlining, the only way to currently underline text is to use HTML. You can do this by typing <u> underlined word </u>. Hope this helps!Page 30Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1880Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries
Rachel
RachelHow to make a degree sign? How to underline?Page 30Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1880Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries
PrenthgiLW
PrenthgiLWC "Herlebans" is likely Christian Hullebush, born Germany 1871, in Olney on 1900 US Census.Page 134Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1897Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries
mearp1
mearp1Dr. Iddings journal skips from Sat. Aug. 10, 1895 to Thursday, Aug.15th, 1895. Four days are missing. Page 59Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1895Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries
PrenthgiLW
PrenthgiLWFrom 1897 Baltimore City Directory: "Tiffany Louis McL, physician, 831 Park av"Page 68Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1897Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries
PrenthgiLW
PrenthgiLWI have done some editing today and cleared some needed reviews, but have stopped formatting the written and printed headings for the daily entries until an "owner" of this diary settles on a format. I'll gladly follow the choice.Page 2Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1877Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries
PrenthgiLW
PrenthgiLWI guess Iddings hadn't learned how to spell "Leisear" yet - regularly spelling the name "Leisure".Page 6Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1877Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries
PrenthgiLW
PrenthgiLWPrecursor to Montgomery General Hospital: The first nonsectarian hospital in Montgomery County opened its doors in 1916 in Brinklow, ... Dr. Jacob W. Bird rented a home, called Wrenwood, and established Wrenwood Hospital, with five beds. Wrenwoo...Page 39Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1897Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries
mearp1
mearp1Words spelled as they appeared in the text for Sherwood. Page 29Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1895Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries
PrenthgiLW
PrenthgiLWClinton Rowles Hardey, b. 4 Nov 1861, d. 7 Mar 1897 (aged 35), buried Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore City, Maryland., son of John T. Hardey and Caroline E. Rowles Hardey.Page 35Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1897Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries
PrenthgiLW
PrenthgiLWIndeed. I started to do that earlier, but then second guessed myself ... will redo.Page 7Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1897Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries
mearp1
mearp1Suggestion for the top of each entry: Dr. Iddings writes the information about the printed words, but adding in the information should follow the prompt that is on the page. Example below: Ther. 28 degrees Clear Wind S.W. Ther. 20...Page 7Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1897Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries
PrenthgiLW
PrenthgiLW"Murray's Magazine" was a monthly magazine published by the John Murray publishing house. Sixty issues were published, from January 1887 through to December 1891. [ref. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray%27s_Magazine]Page 22Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1897Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries
PrenthgiLW
PrenthgiLW"Benj. H. Miller" was Benjamin Hallowell Miller and "Mrs. Thom" was his daughter Elizabeth P Miller, wife of William T Thom.Page 16Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1897Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries
PrenthgiLW
PrenthgiLW"Robison" appears as "Robinson" in the 1900 US Census - can't tell which is the actual name, but could also be "Robeson". 1900 Census for Olney includes a widowed Sophy Robinson, 52, with daughter Elizabeth, 25, and sons Philip W, 23, Jas Hillis,...Page 15Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1897Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries
GrammyG
GrammyGDo I keep going on this diary or end nowPage 6Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1897Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries
mearp1
mearp1The cash account pages from January to March 1891 will be completed while the second half of the journal beginning with April is transcribed. Page 50Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1891-1 (January to June)Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries
mearp1
mearp1All words have been transcribed as written. Page 31Diary: Caleb E. Iddings, 1891-1 (January to June)Dr. Caleb Edward Iddings Diaries
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