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Weather much the same I did a little work Carried water and filled the barrells In the afternoon I went to the drafting room stay about 3 hr while Steve and Cullerne were working in the car. Stene went to the big Caldy [?] in the morning Not much “construction” going on today…maybe too cold?…
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It’s Friday, February 8, 2013 and we’re getting up to 3 feet of snow. What did the weather bring 100 years ago on Saturday, February 8, 1913? As usual, Clem always gives us a brief weather report: We got up at 6:30 weather very nice a little cold till the sun came up and then…
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From “Lest We Forget”, Clem Dickson’s diary entry for February 7, 1913: Weather a little milder with sun shine all day. Steve and I took the Local from Otley to Leaman and walked from Leaman to Otley 15 miles. We got in about 4:30. We sat around the fire till supper. After supper I went…
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There’s a word or two in this post I can’t figure out for a couple of reasons: 1) Clem’s handwriting skill was atrocious and 2) Clem’s spelling skill was atrocious! So, here’s the best transcription I can offer based on the entry for Wednesday, February 5, 1913 The weather is much warmer but a high…
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From “Lest We Forget”, here’s my grandfather’s entry in his diary from Tuesday, January 4, 1913: The weather is about the same 20 [degrees] below. We did not go out to work today because we had run out of coal and Steve and I had to look around for wood. Cullerne went to Carval and…
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Today I start transcribing again. The past few weeks had already been transcribed so posting was as simple as a copy/paste with a few comments. Here are the comments from the January 3rd entry, one hundred years ago! Monday, February 3, 1913 We got up at 6 30 and the weather was much colder than…
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Here’s the last page that I’ve transcribed ahead of time. Starting tomorrow, I’ll be transcribing directly from Clem Dickson’s diary, “Lest We Forget”. It’s getting pretty fragile so I hope I can work with it without causing any additional wear and tear. Sunday, February 2, 1913 We did not get up till 830 this morning.…
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I’m running out of transcriptions! I started this a long time ago, but never did anything with it. So, I’ve had a Word document on my computer from which I’ve been just doing a copy/paste….pretty simple. But starting February 5th, I have to go to the original diary to continue posting the entries. I just…
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Monday, January 27, 1913: We three all worked on line all day. We had dinner over town at the Pembina Hotel. We had a very good dinner Weather was very soft all day with a little rain fall but not enough to do any harm. Two thoughts here: 1) I Googled “Pembina Hotel” just to…
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First, the furnace, then the trip to New York, then the water heater leaked all over the floor, so, new water heater, then, it wasn’t the water heater, it was a condensation drain that led outside that should have gone to the laundry drain but went through the sill plate (who knew???) and froze which…
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