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00:00:03 - 1 3/4 mile walk to school - seldom got a ride.

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00:01:02 - Took a bucket of lunch.

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00:01:47 - All 8 grades were in one room, about 50 children.

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00:02:01 - Procedure for teaching the subjects.

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00:02:54 - Layout of the school house (stove heating of room).

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00:05:00 - Recess (played own version of baseball).

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00:06:59 - He feels that schools today are inferior.

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00:07:33 - Punishment for speaking Walloon.

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00:08:01 - Advantages cousin had in Northern Africa because he could speak Walloon.

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00:12:18 - Medical care on the farms among the Belgians.

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00:12:48 - Father's sister died of appendicitis because of limited medical care.

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00:14:58 - His mother's own home cures.

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00:17:13 - Chickenpox.

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00:17:45 - Doctor seldom visited (only when near death or for childbirth).

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00:18:51 - Veterinary care (birth of calves).

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00:21:06 - Peddlers (Watkins, Raleigh, McNess).

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00:22:20 - Purchased vanilla and liniment from them.

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00:22:36 - Identification of peddlers and description of their occupation.

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00:24:18 - Fire service in the Belgian area.

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00:25:09 - How fires were handled before there was fire service.

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00:25:46 - Rebuilding after the fire. Neighbors helped.

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00:27:35 - Description of a fire near his farm. Superstitious man burnt down his own home.

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