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a pair. Went to park for dinner. Watched them swim. Had lots of
fun. Grace, Catherine, and I got candy and soda pop. Went with
Daddy in evening.

July 20. Went uptown in morning. Got letter from Sister
Ernestine. Played with Charles in afternoon. Went to Catherine’s.
She, Charles, and I got an ice cream cone. Made candy at Grace’s
in evening. Went uptown, got popcorn. Came home to her house.
Made lemonade.
July 21. Played with Charles in morning. Went to Mayfield’s
in afternoon and sold 3 pair of hose. Went uptown and got some
candy kisses. Went to Catherine’s in evening. Went uptown to get
some popcorn, and Pete Biggs and Billie Cannon wanted Grace
and I to go riding.
July 22. Grace [who gave her the diary ten days before] is mov-
ing to Chicago. We went to Grace’s house in the morning because
they were moving. Went over there in afternoon and they left on
3:07 train. I got their dog Fluffy to keep till Monday. Came home.
Went with Daddy in evening and got some candy.
July 23. Eustacia and Betty came up and Eustacia gave me a
bracelet and a pair of anklets for my birthday. We ate dinner, played
piano, played ball. Took a walk, and we all went on a picnic at the
park. Came home, sat in car to sing.

July 24. Helped wash the car. Went to Catherine’s house in
afternoon for awhile. Erma Gotch, her husband and three children
came from St. Louis. We took a ride, ate supper, went down to State
Hospital and watched them skate. [Interaction at the Hospital was
part of the social life in Jacksonville as people often went there to
play miniature golf with the patients.]

July 25. Played with Charles in morning. Miss McGinnis came