Susquehanna, Bloomsburg, and Berwick Railroad
15-year-old Helena Muffly wrote exactly 100 years ago today: Monday, February 27, 1911: The roads were so muddy that I went up the railroad to school and came home that way. Besse was out this...
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16-year-old Helena Muffly wrote exactly 100 years ago today: Thursday, August 24, 1911: Although the weather looked exceedingly threatening this morning and continued to drizzle now and then all day,...
View ArticleMissed the Visitors
16-year-old Helena Muffly wrote exactly 100 years ago today: Wednesday, October 18, 1911: Grandma and Aunt Alice were here today, but I didn’t get to see them because they had gone when I got home...
View ArticleRural “Mass Transit” a Hundred Years Ago
16-year-old Helena Muffly wrote exactly 100 years ago today: Saturday, January 20, 1912: Ruth and I went to Milton this afternoon. We both had our pictures taken. I hope mine won’t be any bigger than...
View ArticleLonesome with Sister Gone
17-year-old Helena Muffly wrote exactly 100 years ago today: Saturday, August 10, 1912: It didn’t rain this afternoon; it poured. Our front porch was a sight, sod covered it tonight. Ruth went up to...
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