DIY History | Transcribe | Iowa Women’s Lives: Letters and Diaries | Iowa Byington Reed diary, January 1, 1935-January 31, 1936 | Page 76 Written by Mahaska ""Hattie"" Byington Whetstone from I.B. Reed notebook entry

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Iowa Byington Reed diary, January 1, 1935-January 31, 1936

Page 76 Written by Mahaska ""Hattie"" Byington Whetstone from I.B. Reed notebook entry

A [illeg] thru the years of
events that may be of interest to
the family. Beginning
January 1972 [a "typo;" should be 1872] 
this was a year of [illeg] life in
the care of a family and the many
many people, relatives and friends
who cause to visit to spend the
day in the night [illeg] of cooking
washing ironing cleaning and
sewing. Iowa taught i country
school from Jan to April. Made
a months visit in the summer to
Delavan, Ill. and taught again
beginning in Nov.
No [travl?] in the immediate family
Uncle Gilman Folsom died in the
summer and his mother who seemed
very old, a few months later.
For the year 1973 [a "typo," should be 1873] 
Iowa taught a country school
the first few months. the [part?]
of the year was all account of
people going and coming
Grandma Lucas died in the summer.

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A [illeg] thru the years of events that may be of interest to the family. Beginning January 1972 [a "typo;" should be 1872] this was a year of [illeg] life in the care of a family and the many many people, relatives and friends who cause to visit to spend the day in the night [illeg] of cooking washing ironing cleaning and sewing. Iowa taught i country school from Jan to April. Made a months visit in the summer to Delavan, Ill. and taught again beginning in Nov. No [travl?] in the immediate family Uncle Gilman Folsom died in the summer and his mother who seemed very old, a few months later. For the year 1973 [a "typo," should be 1873] Iowa taught a country school the first few months. the [part?] of the year was all account of people going and coming Grandma Lucas died in the summer.