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A Day in the Life: November 3rd



(Aged 14)
Wea.                                         TUE. NOV. 3, 1896               Ther.

Pa took off the apples we got a barrel full.  Charley husked 8 bu of corn + I 10 bu.  Today is election for president.  The candidates are Bryan + Savell for Democrat.  Mckinley + Hobert for Republican.



(Aged 16)
Wea.                                          THU. NOV. 3, 1898               Ther.

Went to school drove. Broke my crutch first thing playing football + had to come home + get another got back to school about 10.45 A.M.  In eve Pa + Ma went up to Charly Town’s to marry Mabel Town to Bert Cash.  They are to have a wedding.


(Aged 17)
Wea.                                           FRI. NOV. 3, 1899               Ther.

Worked all day drawing grapes to depot and working in the packing house.


(Aged 18)
Wea.                                           SAT. NOV. 3, 1900                 Ther.

Worked on the road for grandma.  Mrs. Hunt + daughter Vera were here.  In eve met Alice at the train + took her home. 


(Aged 19)
Wea.                                            SUN. NOV. 3, 1901                Ther.

Slept all day.


(Aged 20)
Wea.                                            MON.  NOV. 3, 1902             Ther.

Went to Falconer to see Arnie Shaw bot his colts of him if his father has no claim on them.  In P.M. Pa + I went up to see the oil well shott.  Shaw said colts were his.


(Aged 21)
Wea.                                              TUE.  NOV. 3, 1903                  Ther.

NO ENTRY MADE




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Editor's Note:  Shall we take bets on the winner of the presidential election?  Allen must have used a crutch more than I thought that he had one while playing football and a spare back home.  But I have to ask, if he could make it all the way back home to get the replacement, did he really need it that badly?  I feel like he could have made it through the rest of the day at school.

Bert Cash and Mabel Town were indeed married that night.  They, or at least Mabel, already had one child named Arthur born in 1883.  Sadly, Arthur died at age 21 in 1914.  The Cash family is buried in Ivory Cemetery.

Don't you think Arnie Shaw could have found out if his father owns the horses before he sold them?  Funny, well he got there in the end.

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