Cloudy. Up 9 A.M. Cleared up. Candled eggs etc in A.M. To Country place in P.M. Hoed until 9 P.M. Garden looks fine. Took bath. Miss Bacon left for Syracuse. To bed 11:30 P.M.
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A little more about Nettie Almira Bacon: she was born July 8, 1877 and died May 4, 1956. She never married. She graduated from Syracuse University with a B.S. degree in 1907 and taught high school Biology and Algebra in Schenectady until she became a missionary. After retiring from her missionary work she lived with her sister Nellie in Minnesota until her death. She's buried in Center Creek Cemetery in Fairmont, MN. Her sister is buried there too.
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