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June entries from May L. Crawshaw’s 1901 diary (Mary Louisa “Maye” Crawshaw) are transcribed below the images. Under each entry is a section labeled, People mentioned, which lists people in the diary entry and, if applicable, their probable/possible identities.
June 1-2
1 June 1901, Saturday
Cloudy
Ethel & Leonie came up this afternoon & Ethel & Bert went downstreet & Leonie & I stayed here & read. The boys came home.
2 June 1901, Sunday
Fair
Did odds and end all day. Miss Clara Reed came over this afternoon.
June 3-4
3 June 1901, Monday
Fair
Went over to Ethel’s tonight. Leonie Dore asked Clarence R. if I could take Tony the Hero & he did. it is fine.
4 June 1901, Tuesday
Fair
Came right home from school, finished Tony the Hero.
June 5-6
5 June 1901, Wednesday
Fair
Stayed after school with the rest of my class till 5.15 for geography.
Our geography never gives out Long lessons are making me stout Thin I guess
6 June 1901, Thursday
Fair
The weather has been beautiful for nearly a week Tomorrow is Friday & I am Thankful.
June 7-8
7 June 1901, Friday
Fair
Friday night Thank Goodness. Stayed after school a little while
8 June 1901, Saturday
Fair
Went with Papa this morning & up to see the new bridge. He talked with Mr. McDonald & I went & found a lot of flowers.
June 9-10
9 June 1901, Sunday
Fair
Read & did odds & ends all day.
10 June 1901, Monday
Fair
Came home from school. Bert & Ma went down street
June 11-12
11 June 1901, Tuesday
Fair
Went down to Fannie’s tonight. Brought home a High School Journal. Isabelle & her pa came up after supper.
12 June 1901, Wednesday
Fair
Went over to Ethels tonight. Had a bang up time.
June 13-14
13 June 1901, Thursday
Fair We went down to High School after school Miss Howe let us out at 3.45. Miss Howe gave us Latin Books & we some. We gave the present tense of love.
Amō
Amās
Amat
Amāmus
Amātis
Amant
One boy went to the board & wrote cānto through the present tense when he got through Miss Howe said to him, “Very good,” what is your name & he chirped up nice & loud
14 June 1901, Friday
Hot & Cloudy
Emma & Elsie King & the baby came this morning. Bertie went down to Fanny Webster’s this afternoon.
June 15-16
15 June 1901, Saturday
Fair
Helped Mama. The boys came home tonight, but went downtown first.
16 June 1901, Sunday
Fair
The boys drowned my cat to-day. Poor little Tom alias Angers Me Nabs. Bennie fell down coming back or rather Dexter knocked him down. They went back tonight. Stanley’s birthday today he is 23 years old.
June 17-18
17 June 1901, Monday and 18 June 1901, Tuesday
[Blank]
June 19-20
19 June 1901, Friday
Fair
Came home from school & read
20 June 1901, Saturday
Fair
Nothing very important occurred.
June 21-22
21 June 1901, Friday
Miss H. told us today who were going to get out of their examinations they were, Alice Perkins, Katy Morrissey & I, the same three as last year. All the other girls got out of 1 or 2 but we three got out of them all.
22 June 1901, Saturday
Fair
Helped Ma. Isabelle came up to-night. Bennie is better & Stanley came home That is about all that happened.
June 23-24
23 June 1901, Sunday
Fair & Stormy Awful hot all morning. The boys went over to Emma & Johns but they were not at home. There was a hard storm (Thursday) from 5 till 6 so the boy did not go back. Bert went down to Isabell’s tonight & is going to stay.
24 June 1901, Monday
Fair
Went over to Lewis’s before school this morning & saw Hattie’s dress it is a beauty. Bert & Isabelle went to the graduation. This afternoon I went to Brasselles, but Bert & Bell went down street & so I went over to Websters, Fan was not at home so I took Irene up in the grove & later when school was out I met Leonie & went over in the grove opposite Oak St. & then over to her house about 5 minutes.
June 25-26
25 June 1901, Tuesday
Fair
This morning we reviewed the Arithmetic examination This afternoon I stayed quietly at home.
26 June 1901, Wednesday
Fair
Went to school this morning and over to Leonie Dores this afternoon. We reviewed Geography exams this morning.
June 27-28
27 June 1901, Thursday
Tomorrow the last day of school and the class of 1901 will be no more. I went to school to day as we all had to take our Miscellaneous Examination.
28 June 1901, Friday
Fair
!!Hot!! not even a sweet little breeze. May L. graduated from the Winthrop Grammar School today. Miss Howe gave us all a lecture & then when she delivered the diplomas, each had an extra lecture. Susie, Sally, Katy, shed a few drop of the briny mixture. The first class girls stayed after school to help her & were up to our tricks to the last. Bert, Leonie Dore & I went to the park. Met A. Perkins & R. Harmon & went with them.
June 29-30
29 June 1901, Saturday
95 ° Fair
The heat has not simile. Jean Rideout came down to night on his wheel. Bennie & Stanley came home also.
30 June 1901, Sunday
98 HOT Fair
Hot, Hot, Hot. no name for it. Stanley, Bennie & Jean went swimming this morning Isabelle & Emma came up late this afternoon. Emma & John came over this morning. A friend of papa’s named Mr. Burtwell came up also.
Citing this page: Kimberli Faulkner Hull, transcriber and compiler, “May L. Crawshaw 1901 Diary, June 1901 with Transcription” Chasing Light Media, Cool Adventures (https://cooladventures.com/genealogy/may-l-crawshaw-diary-june-1901/ : published 2021); May L. Crawshaw, Diary for 1901, June 1901 entries (Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, 1901); privately held by the Faulkner–Hull Collection.