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Friday 10 February 1905
Snow and storm. Charley Woodman
floundered his way through for
the mail. Tom Dignam drove
as far as consession said he
could get no further, wants to buy
potatoes.

Saturday 11 February 1905
A very bad day, snow six feet
between here and the barn, 5 feet
between here and the river, awful
time to get water and to cook with
and shovel roads to the river for the
cattle and horses to go to drink and
to clean out the water hole.
just before dark looked out and
said John and Flora and Gladys
out to help them bring their valises to
the hosue when behold it was
Spaff and Frances Joy and the kid.