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<b>15  March</b>     Eld. Anna  had letter from War Dept. asking use of West farm buildings    "for sick and
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                        dying soldiers, a hospital by rights."  They offer good  pay.
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                        Mattie phoned at 4:30   that she would be at power house at 5:00  and wanted   Hugo to
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                        meet her.   Two ladies came to ask Eld. Anna   to take a brother and sister but she felt
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                        she couldn't take  the boy and ladies didn't want the children  separated, so Eld   Anna
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                        advised her to take them to Fairview   Home.
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<b>16  March</b>     "Mattiie cleaned the hall, talks to no one, but after  supper lastnight was in  Eld. Anna's
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                        room quite  a while.  No one knows what the outcome of her talk was and I don't     know
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                        as we  care justso she gets away from here. "
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<b>18   March</b>    Eld. Anna making me two winter dresses, one for    meeting, one everyday,    and 3 waits.
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<b>19   March</b>     "Mattie stillhangs on here."
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<b>21  March</b>     "Mattie complains of her strength being gone and her nerves being     In a collapse.  No
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                        wonder. "
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<b>23  March</b>     Ministry from Mt.  Lebanon comes to visit.    "We now find out where Mattie went     about
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                        a week ago when she stayed overnight    in Albany, as we thought.    She went to   Mt.
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                        Lebanon to see the ministry but they did  not think any more of her for that.   This after-
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                        noon,  the Ministry,  Eld. Anna and Mattie held a meeting in the    Eldress's room for over
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                        an hour.   Just what transpired and the outcome remains to be seen.    Suffice it to say,
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                        Mottle's head Is considerably lowered. "
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<b>24 March</b>       George  Dahm fixes lock  on Mattie's trunk  this p.m.
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<b>25  March</b>     "Mattie taking  bath and washing her hair.   Poor  Eld. Anna looks like she was thoroughly
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                        tired out and disgusted with her and would be glad when it   is over with, and I know   all
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                        of the sisters including myself w i l l
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                                                            shed no tears when she is gone. "
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                        "The egg bursted this afternoon.   Mattie took  her departure, bag and baggage.     Hugo
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                        took her to the power house,  then come back and took    her 2 large trunks by truck to
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                        the station in Albany.   She has gone to Dayton,   Ohio, we suppose to a cousin of hers.
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                        The ministry never thought  for a moment to taking her to Mt.   Lebanon.   So we all feel
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                        greatly at rest and thisis the end of it, thank the Lord."
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<b>25 April</b>      Eld. Anna takes Gladys and Beatrice    Kllburn to Troy and puts on train,  in care of con-
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                        ductor, to go to their mother in So. Londonderry,   Vt.  Mother   "keeps meddling  about
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                        the girls and interfering, besides the girls are physicallyunfit to keep, their limbs and
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                        feet all crippled and crooked, born  so."
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                        Eld. Anna  bought a $150 Liberty   Bond; Hugo one for  self and one for Victoria; Eld.
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                        Caroline  one, and Elder Josiah two or  three.
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<b>29 April</b>      Hugo brought   100 Ibs. liberty flourand  100 Ibs. partrolled oats and part barley  flour.
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                        "I use some of each and some graham flour.     No  more entirely white bread--going to
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                        soldiers.  Everybody says my bread   is A No.  1, they eat it justas well as the white,"
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<b>9  May</b>        "Jennie Wells (North Family) here to see me and find out how     I make my bread as they
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                        have been having very (pad luck   gor quite a while.  Couldn't  eat the bread at all.  So I
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                        told her and showed her all  I knew that might  help her out and gave her   1/2 loaf to
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                        take home. "
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