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Iowa Byington Reed diary, January 1, 1875-December 20, 1877

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134 Wednesday December 8th 1875. We washed today. It was the middle of the afternoon before we got all through and things cleaned up. I practiced in the evening. Thursday December 9th 1875. I brought the clothes in this morning and rolled them up ready to iron. I did considerable sweeping this morning and practiced some. Mother and Lee went to town in the buggy in the afternoon and did a lot of trading. Winnie was over a little while in the afternoon. I did part of the ironing, and sewed in the evening. Wrote to Charlie this afternoon. Wrote to Hatt at night. Friday December 10th 1875. Mother went to town again this morning and I finished up the ironing and got the dinner to going while she was gone. As soon as we washed the dinner dishes I went to town. I saw Grand-pa and gave him Hatts letter. I took a music lesson from three to four, took "Kiss Waltz" I then went to Mrs Grays and got my waist and overskirt I took supper with Winnie and Mr Fry came there and took both of us to Irving society. The exercises were very good indeed.

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134 Wednesday December 8th 1875. We washed today. It was the middle of the afternoon before we got all through and things cleaned up. I practiced in the evening. Thursday December 9th 1875. I brought the clothes in this morning and rolled them up ready to iron. I did considerable sweeping this morning and practiced some. Mother and Lee went to town in the buggy in the afternoon and did a lot of trading. Winnie was over a little while in the afternoon. I did part of the ironing, and sewed in the evening. Wrote to Charlie this afternoon. Wrote to Hatt at night. Friday December 10th 1875. Mother went to town again this morning and I finished up the ironing and got the dinner to going while she was gone. As soon as we washed the dinner dishes I went to town. I saw Grand-pa and gave him Hatts letter. I took a music lesson from three to four, took "Kiss Waltz" I then went to Mrs Grays and got my waist and overskirt I took supper with Winnie and Mr Fry came there and took both of us to Irving society. The exercises were very good indeed.