The Diary of Winnie Beam - 1900

Diary page 116

Lee's
Phoebe
Bessie
Cowie
Overholt's
Mr Pay
Mrs Pay

August 7
Very, very warm. 96° in the
shade. Did not do much
of anything. Started
another washrag. Have
had my waist turned
in at the neck it was
so warm. Went over to
Lee's about 5 after
lemons. Mamma got a
letter from Mame [?] & Phoebe
some papers.


August 8
About 10 o'clock who marched
in but Bessie, and she
wanted me to drive home
with her. She had taken her
cousin to the trolley & she had her
grandmother Cowie's horse I went
with her. We staid [sic] at Cowie's
for a while & I had refreshments.
Then we started our walk in
the awful hot sun got to Overholts
about 12 o'clock. Saw some scorpions
centipedes, tarantulas, lizards
& a snake Frank brought from Africa
also some snapshots. He entertained
us with the graphophone. Mamma
came after me when we came
home Mr & Mrs Pay were there.