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handle broke. It was made of a 1" board I hit punkin right in the face once but I shot it easy then I can shoot a marble out of sight straight up. It is below zero today.
I forgot to say that last night pop took my putty shooter away from me and he tookit away tonight too just cause dony & I was rasing the duce in the little Sitting room playing fighting the Amerians & Germans America Has declared war broken off relations with (honest) der Germany It would have been al right if president wilson had done it 2 or 3 years ago. It is below zero.
Sunday - gosh nothing much doing on sundays but I had some fun in church. Gosh! I dident know that pop was so prominent why he got a letter from Teddy Rosevelt Half of it was written by a typwriter & half in his own handwriting. He was president then I mean T.R. He has got a photograph of Vice President Cleavland & on the back it says, to my dear friend C.G. Clark I feel pretty big. he is going to save them. My
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father is the best man in the world. I cant have my putty shooter until spring unless I swipe it. I guss I will buy another one
It was good weather yesterday It is very cold today. It is Donald’s Birthday today he is 8 years old & he got an old maid game of cards & the Hollow tree & [Snows?] & nights & a new [suit?] & a fountain pen & we went to the show pretty soft for us
Cold - Nothing particular today
Very cold - Gosh! Talk about hard labor, I pretty near broak my back today shoveling walks the snow was about 4 ½' thick & I shoveled it way down to the ice on the walk which was thene when it rained. Yesterday when I did the front walk Hambone, Punkin, Snookems & myself did it but snookems went home early because he thought we were coming up to his house to box. We got the walk done just the same
Gee I forgot to wright about yesterday because dony & me went to the moving pictures & I took little [little le?] Georgy
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went & [evry?] day down to the show & we had mr. & Mrs. Chaple & Mr. & Mrs. Perkins came at noon & we had 4 chickens & I guss I ate 9 or 10 Drumsticks I was so hungry I ate 2 livers & 1 drumstick in school. I had them done up in my handkerchief. When we got home everbody was gone except Winnee. We dident know where to sleep so we played old maid for a while & then I put dony in the lounge & I laid on the floor in front of the fire & next thing I knew I got an awful whack on my [Boombashie?]. [Mary] & Harry they are married mary is my sister & she wooke me up but she had to shake me around some before she could make me know where I was. Lots of times I have never woke up when the firewhistle blows. Pretty tough on me. When I got up to Louise’s room which was where we was going to sleep I dident know whether I was dreaming or not. but after I got in bed & laied down it was the last I knew until Louise woke me up & said that it was quarter after eight & school the first bell rings at ½ past eight &
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I & Tommy mguire had to wash all the boards. but I did them this noon. tomy worked about 5 min. & said that he had to go home. I had to finish them. pretty tough on me. Louise was playing cards tonight & she was so interested that she dident know that I tore up a good - sized piece of cardboard into little pieces & put it on her hair. When I got through it looked like snow & she never knew that it was there. I put some salt in the sugar boull tonight but I guss I didnt put enough in. because nobody said anything. If I dont forget it I will dump the sugar out & fill it up with salt If they dont know the diff when they taste of their tea I will quit it. Getting Colder
Feb. 10, 1917. Very cold. & windy. Down to garrisons you can step from the snowbank into the trees & I went down there & old man garrison was shoveling walks & he hollered dont get on that walk young fellow, dont get freshe either Cause I put my hand up to my nose & wiggled my fingers like this [drawing] He was mad. So I went a round the other
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way & I hid on top of the snowbank & he came snoopin around to see if I was up to any mischif & I laid low & he starts shoveling & throws a shovelfull on my face which I dident expect & then I threw the hunk of snow at him that I was going to & I threw 2 others which hit him on the head & then I dusted down to Bud’s. Mr. Butler & I played checkers & I beat him 2 games out of about 7 or 8. He is a pretty good player too. I changed Put the salt in the sugar bowl but Winne, the colored girl who works here told mama, but She is gone & now for hard labor on my part. She went tonight but I am going to do it again monday. I guss I will never see that putty shooter again. I am going down to Olins Hardware where harry works & get some white lead to mix with the putty so as to get it soft & then I am going to put it in a tin can so it wont harden. You know I started this diary so as to get something funny in it But there is nothing funny that happens with me exapt once in