Cold, sunshiny day clear crisp air. Went to school at 8. Gave flag talk after chapel. Left school at 4 to work in P.L. from 4 to 6 cataloging books. After dinner read "A Honey Moon Experiment" by Margaret & Stuart Chase. Then fixed Pictures Roll and gave the 7th Grade: To bed at 10 -- studied Lesson for next Teachers' Meeting.Tuesday March 20, 1917
Nice day; saw first robin. After school dusted upstairs Library. In evening attended 1st Home & School Improvement Association Meeting. Mrs. McKinnon read a paper & Mrs. Lines sang. Tea & cakes were served. Home at 12:15.
Notes: P.L. refers to the Public Library. Calla frequently worked there.
I cannot properly transcribe the area following the phrase "7th Grade" in the first entry. Can anyone figure out what follows the colon?
Calla is listed in the 1920 Census (the closest to this date) as living in Otsego Co., if we assume that the others mentioned in the diary are also in that area then the Mrs. Lines that she refers to here is likely Harriet Lines, wife of Howard Lines, the only Lines family in Ostego at the time.
UPDATE: The Mrs. McKinnon listed is likely Mary McKinnon of Sidney, NY. A later entry in the diary includes the obituary of Frank H. McKinnon. That obituary will be included when I get to his date of death 5 April, 1918.
Consensus seems to be that the sentence is "To bed at 10" so I've changed it.
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Looks like the word to, just with a really drawn out T for some reason, as in "To bed at..." but I don't know
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I considered that but... there is a colon following 7th Grade, which to me would imply something else. I don't think the sentence makes much sense if that's the end of it. She also has a tendency to write without pronouns when she is referring to herself "gave talk," "attended meeting" etc. so "bed at 10" would fit with that.
I read the original page before realizing you had transcribed it and also read it as "To bed at 10".
It says: To-
bed at 10.
This is the coolest idea. Can't wait to read more.
This is such a great thing you are doing and it looks so good. I love seeing the scanned copy of the diary page along with the transcription. My only suggestion would be for you to put the later pages at the bottom rather than the top. It's much easier to continue scrolling down than to go to the bottom, read that entry, and then scroll back up to read the next one.
I actually can't do that. The blog platform that I'm using doesn't allow for that. However, on the left side of this page I've included an archive of the posts that are displayed in proper chronological order. You can navigate by clicking the earliest post's title, and then at the bottom of that page will be a button for "new posts" and "older posts" sort of back and forward button. See if it is more to your liking to navigate that way. Thanks!!
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