Nora Bauer: Tuesday, May 26, 1914
Nora Spitznogle: Wednesday, May 26, 2021
It took Grandma Nora almost over five months before she missed a day recording something in her journal. She is was much more faithful about writing than I would have been.
Since I've been following the pattern of describing my day in the same amount of words that Grandma Nora described hers, I won't say anything about mine, but this is a good time to look at the journal itself.
It is a little smaller than my cellphone.
It has a handy little flap.
Grandma Nora kept track of her monthly expenses. Her salary was $11 and she paid $2.50 board to her parents weekly. Most months, her next largest weekly expense was for ice cream.
She also kept record of the letters she received, although she's mentioned some that are not listed in the back of book.
The daily entries are in pencil. The only time she used ink is her name and address in the front of the book. Her address here is listed as 125 Helm Street, although it's listed as 525 Helm Street just a few years later. Did they move exactly four blocks? Did she miswrite her address? Or did the street numbering system change? Yet another mystery to explore.
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