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Friday 29 Dec 1916
A clear bright cold morning.
It makes every one step high, light and
wide step up and step around. Emma
much better. Fact is she is all right.
heavy frost on window this morning.
The mail came to day for first
in a week.

Saturday Dec 30 1916
A very nice day, the river froze over
this morning but the wind blew from
the east and broke it open from here
to Lindas Isl. Wall came home he
was Ice bound, he went over last
night to get medicine for his mother.
Will N went to Mcfaddens to Rachels
hen feed she bought from Rube. Emma
mop the floors clear though. W & V
work on his sheep pen got it nearly
done but one end. Well this is Emma's
writing. So it saves me the trouble of writing the events
of this day more than to say I patched a petticoat
for Edith and knit a few points on the lace
V and Wells and E and E played cards then V
popped corn. I guess the cider is getting tremendously good.

Sunday 31st Dec 1916
The last day of the month, the last day of the year.
The first day of the week so it is called. sun
bright day. snowed little in morning no church
service to day. I employed my time writing to
Charlotte Gibson a 11 page letter. no visitors
no callers no one went from here.