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Ther: 62 Clear - July 5th Sunday Wind N.W.
Cool & pleasant again. Bros Charles & Rechd both called Bro R taking sister H to Riverside after meeting to spend to night. Willie & Luther Muncaster came before dinner & afternoon Fanny & Alice Pierce came & took Dora to church at Olney. C & Ida also going they (C & Ida) went to meeting this morning. Charley Hill was here for advice & medicine. Edward went to the "Band of Hope" with Miss Mary Fowler this afternoon. Alice & Fanny went home after supper.
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Left page Ther: 65o Clear- Wind N.W. July 6th Monday
Hackett boy with broken leg was here before breakfast & Charley re-adjusted the bandages etc Charley & Willie laid the floor in the new south room. Afternoon Sisters Mary & Lizzie brought Sister Harriet over from Riverside. Mr: Chas Griffith called to see Charley and dined with us. Mrs C Stabler & daughter Marianna called to see Sister Harriet. Mrs. Geo:Matt Beall called & paid me $2.00 on account to their bill. After supper Rachael & Mary Gilpin called.
Right page Ther: Cloudy Wind July 7th Tuesday
I was taken ill this morning with an attack of indigestion & difficult of breathing brought on from taking cold during last night & from eating cherry pie yesterday. I suffered greatly until about eight o'clk and remained in bed until nearly dark when I came down stairs. Mrs. Patty Farquhar called to see Ida and the other ladies of the family.
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Ther. 65o Rain.Rain Wind N.E. July 8th Wednesday
Real rainy day it commenced raining about 2. o'clk this a.m. & continued all day. I am feeling better, but still am quite miserable. Afternoon I went up to the shops & helped "Billy" Oldfield finish repairing my "arm rocking chair" ready for painting. [...]Hackett was here to see Charley. Oliver Watts was here this morning to see C. This has been an unusually "raw" cold rainy day: We had a fire in the dining room which was very comfortable.
Right page Ther: 58o Clear- Wind N.W. July 9th Thursday
Quite cold this morning after the rain. It cleared off after sun set last night. Willie went to Laurel this morning in "Len" Stabler's dayton driving "Belle" & brought home the plastering lathe for the new room. Robert Blair was here & cut C's & my hair besides shaving me. I walked over to Jos: Stabler's to see him about getting some ham, but could not find him: walked up to the store & shops twice today. Mrs: Chas: Warfield & Mrs Walter Lea called this afternoon. After supper Charley Ida & sister Harriet walked over to call upon Lucy & Ellen Stabler.
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Ther: 68o Clear Wind N.W. July 10th Friday
Charley took out the window at the head of the stairs thus opening the passage through into the south room. Jas: Grady came after dinner and commenced lathing the room. I walked up to the store after dinner. Willie is not feeling well today. Fanny Peirce came at supper time & after tea Willie & Dora went with her to the "Lodge" at Olney. Cousin Hannah Chandlee & Letitia Rummer called. "Rev":[...] Brooks (colored) was here to see Charley after supper. Also Charlotte Budd for whom I prescribed.
Right page Ther 68o Clear Wind Variable July 11th Saturday
Foggy early this morning, but cleared off before 9. o'clk and was clear & beautiful weather the rest of the day. James Grady worked at lathing the South room all day. We took the South window out of our room & closed it up. Afternoon Sisters Mary & Lizzie called. After supper Gideon Gilpin was here to consult me. I walked up to the store with him. This has been another of the perfectly ideal summer days of which we have had so many this summer.