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(Left side of journal)

Clear
Ther. 77^o THURS. SEPT. 1^st, 1898 Wind
Still another hot day, Sister
Lizzie & Richard I. brought Sister H
from "Riverside" & left her here on
their way to Rockville. I went
the mill for horse feed, & to the store
& P.O. Many persons passed here
on their way to the "Fair" at
Rockville. Walter Iddings went, riding
a bicycle. None of us cared to go
to the Fair this year, as it is
so hot and the roads so dusty
I went to the village several
times going after supper for
drinking water from the village
pump. our water not being as
yet as good as usual since we
were so unfortunate as to drop
a bucket into it containing some
meat & butter. although we had
a man go down and get everything
out of it, as we thought.

(Right side of journal)

Clear
Ther. 73^o FRI. SEPT. 2^d, 1898 Wind S
Not quite as hot as the
past two or three days, but still
too hot for comfort. Edwd drove to
"Fairfield" & brought Alice Peirce here
Will came soon after bringing Fanny
& the baby. afternoon, Cornelius
HArt (a colored boy from Spencerville)
was here for advice & medicine.
The Doctors Club met here and
there were present D^rs Magruder,
Brooke, Gree, Stabler, Cissel
Farquhar and Nichols. all
but D^r Geo. Cook. It was a
very pleasant meeting and all
seemed to enjoy themselves.
After supper Willie took Alice
Peirce back to "Fairfield".