BENEATH THE ALPS: It took Hannibal fifteen days to struggle across the Alps. Today hundreds of travelers dash through the Alps in a few minutes by train, actually unseen by mountaineers. Modern engineering has created three remarkable tunnels, of which the Simplon, 12 ¼ miles through, is the longest.
Well, at last! A half day in which to rest. Isabel Davis announced her engagement last light. The boys in the bank office have whistled the wedding march all morning. Her ring is lovely. Spent the afternoon and evening at home. Alice is sick with a “pain in the neck.” I’m not the only one after all. Letter from Baily (?). Wishes to be remembered to “J. Arnold.”
BENEATH THE ALPS: It took Hannibal fifteen days to struggle across the Alps. Today hundreds of travelers dash through the Alps in a few minutes by train, actually unseen by mountaineers. Modern engineering has created three remarkable tunnels, of which the Simplon, 12 ¼ miles through, is the longest.
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ContextThis is the journal of Virginia Lee Scott, my grandmother, written when she was seventeen and first dating my grandfather, John Arnold Wilson. It's a dairy published by Media Drug Stores and includes space for two entries per day, with facts about the era printed at the bottom, which I have included in italics. Following, 1928, is the journal of John Arnold Wilson, my grandfather, at age nineteen and in love with my grandmother, followed by my grandmother's journal in 1931. Archives
April 2018
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