1894 Handwritten Diary Works On River Barge Backanan Fairview Park Oh Or Indiana For Sale

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I have no problem at all with anyone purchasing my item and reselling it, however my description that I’ve worked hours on is not allowed to be copied by anyone for the above purposes. The main reason I write this is because I was contacted about a listing where someone had copied my exact sale and tried to sell a diary that they didn’t even have. It ended up being a fraudulent sale and I’m thankful they caught it in time. Thank you so much for your understanding.

1894

“February 2nd, Frank Huffman and Dick Dawson built a fence to waters edge. Art tried to make a landing at 1 P.M. and D. Dawson cussed him and threatened him with a club.” (The drawing above in the scans is on January 30th)

JUNE

“6th, Mother improved and I returned to duty at 3:30 P.M. Got a bad cold and that in addition to being up all last night made me feel “rocky.”….7th, Blanche and Effie failed to arrive. A tailor made girl with gold eyed glasses was out a gain today but had a fellow with her. Went home in evening and staid all night. Found mother up and around but still very weak….11th, Pretty day. Went swimming and found the water wet. Ate at the Pavilion all day on account of being too lazy to cook. Flossie Wert and some other girl out today but it didn’t do me any good….16th, Deaf and dumb picnic. Mother was out and ate dinner with me at Davenport’s. Miss Sanders and Miss Cousins out in P.M. Heavy rain at 3:30 lasting all evening. Lightening crippled the Street Car service and Harry and I had a h--- of a time getting back from town….29th, John fixed things with Myrtle last night. Mr. McBride’s canoe on storage, 1 month paid $1.00. Girl with red belt out in P.M. and was very kind…”

JULY

“1st, Dull day. Eva sent me some tube roses again today. Farewell fond heart. If thou must go out into the cold world. But I know that thou can’t go where God is not. And that sustains me. So farewell….8th, Launched the Marguerite. Dull business. Run all water out of canal in evening. Got stuck in Mrs. Ferris’s at the farmhouse…11th, Went to Biv. R. with Eva, Ella, Daisy, Mrs. A Jess, Earl Fichmore and came down the river in boats. Had a very nice time. The “old man” was mad as the duce because I went…..25th, Worked hard all day on patchwork. Jennie Tutewiler fainted at the B. H. in evening and it took 3 buckets of water to bring her to……”

AUGUST

“4th, Cold and rain all day. Put the shaft in the launch and lined up the shafting and motor. Sat down to quick today and ripped my self up the back and had to wear a Farrell around the place until Johnny sewed me up….13th, Worked on launch all day. Met Miss Jennings of Nora Indiana in eve. She’s stopping at the Farm House….23rd, Visitors today. Florence and Edith Wert, Jessie Reynolds, Bertha Martin, Cora Fahnley, Clara Mance, two little girls in blue, Maude Barrett, Eva Byers, Ella Jones and others….27th, Would have been a very dull day if Mrs. Marott and Bertha Jennings hadn’t come down and got me into a family quarrel….28th, Went up to Haverstick’s and spent the day on the river. Met many nice people at William’s Camp. Miss Jackson and I took a long canoe ride in P.M. and had a delightful time. Back to work at 8 P.M…..”

SEPTEMBER

“2nd, Rain at 3 P.M. spoiled what little business we did have. Hugh Bryan out in evening. Camp Patterson swelled up and busted….15th, Went to A___s after a tow in A.M. Ed and I had a flirtation with some Catholic girls in P.M. Galloway was out for awhile…..16th, Mrs. Norriel and I handled the biz today. Everyone else at Broad Ripple. Excursion in from Shirley and Wilkinson. If it hadn’t been we would have been in the soup….23rd, Went to B. R. at 11:30 in disguise and played detective until 2:30 when I had to skip as several persons recognized me. On duty at Fairview with Bert from 4:00 P.M. on…..25th, Went to B.R. at 8 A.M. and relieved Bozell. Passed an uneventful day on the barge. Cooked coffee for some ladies and got a lot of cake in return. Back to Fairview at 7 P.M…..26th, Fine day but very few out. On duty by my lonlies all day. Galloway was out in P.M. In eve we all got a mule or horse and with Simons band leading us we took in the woods…..”

CONDITION OF ITEMS:

Handwritten items such as diaries and letters are never usually in mint condition. I try and describe my items the best way I can and post as many photos as I can. If a diary is tough to read for me I always say so in the description. If it is in bad condition I also say so and I usually describe the condition at the end of my descriptions. I have never, or I should say rarely, had a handwritten piece be in mint condition and there is a very good reason for that; they are made of paper, they’ve been carried around sometimes for 100’s of years and have been opened and shut hundreds if not thousands of times. So, please keep all of this in mind when purchasing diaries and letters from me..

MY BLOG: I’ve decided, finally, to start a blog site using the diaries in my personal collection. Over the years I’ve got so many amazing people emailing me asking me to share from my own personal collection of antique diaries. I’ve been trying to develop a web site but that is taking time so I thought I’d do this first and also facebook. There is also a page on the blog where I’ve written about why I collect. You can search for the blog by putting into one of the search engines (such as Google) the name; sallysdiaries (no apostrophe and all one word).

This item has been shown times. 1894 Handwritten Diary Works On River Barge Backanan Fairview Park Oh Or Indiana: $46