February is a fairly calm month, full of Mayme’s normal day-to-day activities. She makes the usual notes on the weather, George Curl, the mail, and school highlights … More Mayme Wilbur’s Diary Series | February 1902
It’s January 1902. Mayme returns to school, studies Algebra and Bookkeeping. The Ohio governor declares January 29th as a special observance for the late President McKinley, asking Ohio schoolchildren to help with penny collection effort that eventually results in the McKinley Monument in Canton, Ohio. … More Mayme Wilbur’s Diary Series | January 1902
It’s December 1901. President Roosevelt delivers the First Annual Message to Congress and MHS delivers their annual school play. Zane Township suffers through the Ohio Mega Cold Front of 1901 and at school, the stove struggles to keep up, having fits of smoke and not enough heat. All that, plus ice skating and Christmas celebrations in Middleburg. … More Mayme Wilbur’s Diary Series | December 1901
It’s November 1901. President Teddy Roosevelt declares Thanksgiving Day as a national holiday and Warren G. Harding comes to town. On the social front, Mayme enjoys fall activities, practicing for the school play, walking home with George Curl, and the catty tidbit that Dr. Davis got a divorce. She’s a social butterfly, Mayme is. … More Mayme Wilbur’s Diary Series | November 1901
