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Wednesday 5 Feb 1908
The coldest morning yet,
28 deg below zero. After breakfast sent
Ray for mail which didn't amount to
much. "American Woman" and an
answer to the 25 cts I sent a week ago
which proved to be a fake, whithout I should
prove to be as dishonest as the advertiser.
But, 25 cts is not much to throw
away, and as tis about as I expected
it would turn out to be, I am not
disapointed [sic]. The day continues cold and
dreary but we live through it all right.
V filed Niles crosscut saw then after
dinner, V & C Woodman strated to break
a road up the shore on the ice that they
might draw school wood from the villiage
when the weather moderates, didn't get
any farther than Niles point on account
of coldness. Ray went over to Rachels &
carried potatoes, milk and apples and brought
coal into the house for her. The roads are
so bad the mail did not get down last
night till 10 pm. Snowing hard again to
night. V & Ray playing checkers this evening.
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I knit a mitten for Sr. Maud baked bread and
reads the American Woman.