Arose 8:45 A.M. Some SNOW. Mild and nasty. To Church & S.S. Dinner. Mother not feeling well. Helped Ruth with dishes. Wrote letters to Hazel, Doris, Russell and Merlin. To E.L. Mr. Stone lead. Talked with M.S. and others. Home. Ate. Finished letters. To bed 12 Bells.
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Well--this is the very first time a letter to Hazel Closson, his sister, has been mentioned. I wonder why only now he has spoken of her in the diary? And is Doris the Doris Smith he used to date in 1921? One can only speculate.
In 1920, Hazel was a public school teacher in Manhattan, NY. She lived at 235 W 102nd St in Manhattan, close to the corner of Broadway and about five blocks from Central Park. A very large building now occupies the site (The Broadmoor, built in 1927, has 16 stories & 346 units), but in 1920 the structure at that address housed only 16 families. Hazel boarded with one of those families.
It's unknown why Hazel became estranged from her family, but there are hints in some documents left behind that she was not happy with her father and his stern rule. No one's around to ask about it now, so it will have to remain a mystery.
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Well--this is the very first time a letter to Hazel Closson, his sister, has been mentioned. I wonder why only now he has spoken of her in the diary? And is Doris the Doris Smith he used to date in 1921? One can only speculate.
In 1920, Hazel was a public school teacher in Manhattan, NY. She lived at 235 W 102nd St in Manhattan, close to the corner of Broadway and about five blocks from Central Park. A very large building now occupies the site (The Broadmoor, built in 1927, has 16 stories & 346 units), but in 1920 the structure at that address housed only 16 families. Hazel boarded with one of those families.
It's unknown why Hazel became estranged from her family, but there are hints in some documents left behind that she was not happy with her father and his stern rule. No one's around to ask about it now, so it will have to remain a mystery.
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