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head aches, dizzie [dizzy], and black
specks before my eyes, and etc.
Well, about Kate buying
groceries, she is very close
barley [barely] enough to keep from
starving, and gets some every
time, "namely" loaf of rye bread,
qt [quart] of berries, 1/2 pound of cheese.
That is all. If it had not
been for ma sending that money
home, I don't know what I
should have done and I pay
insurance every two weeks
out of that, and I bought a 1/2
lb. [pound] of butter the other day and
1/2 peck of potatoes, the first that
has been in the house since
ma has left which is four or five