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Pollin 1898
Diary/Notebook/Calendar
it's mostly in Shorthand and I am not even going to try and decipher it
but hey, if you want to, fill yer boots :o)
one photo and one negative tucked inside the diary
North British Mercantile Insurance Company Diary 1898
J. M. Pollin, 35 Limestone Road, 18 Moyola Street, Belfast 1/1/98
Carfax Case Cards
Miss Pollin
"Westhock" Taunton Avenue, Belfast
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2) I don't remember ? doing so/ met Rev. Scott
3) for rubber cloth/ life policy which has not yet arrived from ? office but
will probably come tomorrow/ rent £1-1-8 leaving at end of month/ sleep
tonight visibly better this morning/ Mary's/ Harriet/ Billy/ under shirts,
double back and front/ called in Dr. Mackintosh & got bottle for Bob &
powders for self/ for whiskey/ for blankets/ chicken & coll?
4) evidently not very well today/ odd/ Clonard sale/ a cheque for it which
he very kindly did/ & I thanked him/ train/ out ? Bob to Opera & saw 'La
Pompeii?'/ blue today & cuffs/ bottle for Bob
5) 18 Moyola Street/ phoned us also two months/ packing & ? ? pictures/
flitting tonight 18 Moyola Street/ po painters for ? back bedroom & 5/-/
snow/ latch/ grate/ 2 collars/ letter plate & latch on ??? made a botch of
job & had to buy a woodplate
6) 18 Moyola Street/ Bob Scotts ? up gave him pair of trousers not much
wear/ chicken ? cause I vomited after making ? tea this not first time ? ?
?/ Harry new suit
7) Bob first tooth/ Jane down today & went with to D? saw her away also got
pictures sent her/ will try & ? as talking more then was ? in the day so got
not very long sleep last night
8) Rain/ B? 21 years dead today
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1) for Bob's photo/ Rain
2) Katie McCartney
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4) '98 Celebrations Rows between Police & mobs, Police injuries/ rows
tonight again/ down at Larne/ I had a very good evg./ Bob's first birthday/
Bob photos/ Carrick CC Sports/ having good day photo had about 6 beers
5) Rain/ on attic
6) Glorious weather/ Holiday/ 14 years with R. K. & son today
7) Bob able to walk across kitchen
8) boil/ he hadn't
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1) got ticket for trip to Dublin, going to Opera Ho with ?/ ? ? both arms/
nice trip to Dublin saw Phoenix Park up ? pillar, saw Irish ?/ holidays
2) Rain/ Betty died (31st) Bro Hale's Hillsboro?/ Burying Betty
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4) Heavy Rain/ Lifeboat ?/ Good weather, spring like all this week
5) good weather/ rain (15th)
6) plan stuff Halloween
7) get home - I nearly died
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2) Bob's horse 6/-/ see over
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4) this page looks like name and dates, the ages beside some suggest dates
of deaths?
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