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Anna Phillips Autograph Book |
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Annie Phillips
East Smithfield
Pa.
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There is a gem thats brighter far than
Purest Gold or diamond star
Shining in darknes as in light
Unharmed by Storms & knows no blight
Religion is that precious gem
With it my friend thy self adorn
Mrs. Laura Cory
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Friendship is a golden chain
Tied in a true-lovers know.
Your friend.
Julia King
E. Smithfield, Pa. June 17 1880
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Birds of a feather will flock together
Dear Anna. Be careful what
company you keep. Remember
you will be judged by it.
Lovingly your friend
Amelia Dubert
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friendship[upper left corner]
"Long Long be thy life With swet(sic) memories filled
Like a vase in shich
Roses have once been distilled."
Your friend,
Minnie Riggs
Dec. 18, 1880
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Dear Anna
May God in mercy guide thee,
With His never ceasing love;
And lead thee from this sinful world
To the sweet, sweet home above.
M.P. Riggs
Granville Feb 12, 1880
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My Young Friend,[underlined]
May you, like
the Anna mentioned in the
Scriptures, "depart not from the
Temple but serve the Lord with
fastings and prayers day and
night and speak of Him to all
them that look for redemption
in Jesus alive."
[possibly] P.J. Bull
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May the man you take for
like be as Jolly as his wife
Your friend
Lenora Harkness or Haskness Springfield Oct 4th 1881
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In memory's wreath of blossons,
?(T)wine one little bud for me.
Ida Grover
E. Smithfield, June 10, 1880
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do you like slippers that are red[written across left edge]
Afton V. Kelley. Aug 10, 1880
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To find out whether a man has
got a good moral character or not,
ask him pleasantly
Your friend
Stanley Harkness
Springfield Oct 5th 1881
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Smithfield Oct 4 1880[written on left edge]
Remember Miss Anna,
That opportunities lost,
can never be regained.
From your friend and
teacher. E. ?(J) Wood
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Mack Brace
Springfield,
Pa
Mar 4 1882
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Dear girl, do not put off what you
know is right to do Carrie[written across left edge]
Dear Annie,
He who is a stranger to inductory may
possess, but he can not enjoy; for it is labor
which gives relish to pleasure.
Your loving friend,
Carrie Campbell,
Bradford Co., Penna.
Feb 17, 1881
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E. Smithfield Feb 8th, 1881
Behind the cloud the starlight lurks,
Through showers the sunbeams fall;
For God, who loveth all His works,
Has left his hope for all.
Whittier
Your friend-
Lou Carrithers
Evans, Illinois
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To Annie.
Teach her thy great love, O gracious Father;
Teach it's sweetness through a human love;
And her heart grows tender shall be lifted
By it's infuence to the fount above.
Mrs. P. M. Farrest
June ???
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Remeber me ever as one
of your true friends.
Libbie E. Wood
E. Smithfield
Oct 7. 1880.
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Dear Annie,
A place in thy memory only
Is all I ever can claim
So pause look back and ?????????
When thou heaest(sic) the sound
of my name. Your true friend
Nellie Newman
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For get me not
Your
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Remember me
Stephen Phillips
Aug 1 1880
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Remember me Tis all I ask.
This simple boon of thee.
And may it prove, an easy task
To sometimes think of me.
Your Aff(sic) friend
Jennie Galis
Springfield March 13th
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Only a few short years have passed
Since we as strangers met.
Yet friendship our hearts have cast
Her mystic net.
Your Cousin
Cora Riggs.
Feb 12 1880.
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The good are better made by ill.
As oders crushed are sweeter still.
Your friend.
Lizzie B. Moody.
E. Smithfield.
Feb 20. 1881.
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Dear Annie
Other skies may shine above you
Other scenes may meet your view
But remember one that loves you
Far away but ever true
Your Schoolmate.
Maggie A. Webb
[and written around the edge of the page] "Did you go to a party "ever" Remember the day you was teacher of the reading class up stairs Remember me
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Choose not your friends from outward show
The feather floats. but the pearl lies low.
Your friend Truly
Jud Voorhis
May 14. 1882.
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Let virtue be thy constant aim
And hapiness(sic) thy lot
May friends prove true Miss Anna to you
And then forget them not
G.S. Huntington
East Smithfield
Sept 30th 1880
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Anna:
Choose not your friends from outward show
The feather floats,-but the pearl lies low.
Sincerely your Friend
Gertie Gervuld
East Smithfield. Oct. 5, 1880
[on inside edge] Christmas Eve 1880 "Sister"
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Friend Annie:
May your happiness be deep as the
ocean,
And your heart as light as its foam.
Your friend
Lettie Tilden
East Smithfield
July 6 1880
[on left inside edge} Remember how I used to come to school
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Springfield, May 19 1880
Remember as a friend
G.B.B.
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Thanksgiving Eve
To Annie:
"Friendship wrote these lines,
Memory holds them dear,
And may They ever bring to mind
The friend who placed them here."
Very Truly your friend,
H. Fausta Jones
E. Smithfield, Pa.
12. 5. 1880.
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Anna:
Many kind wishes
for your present and future happiness
Your friend
Frankie Rowe.
Smithfield, Aug. 26. 1880.
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As the ripples follow the waves to the sea
So may Gods blessings follow thee.
Your friend
Mary Strong
(At school) 5-12-1882
[on inside right edge] Don't forget monday night at the
parlor door & who was there
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The friends of our youth are far dearer
than any friendship or acquaintance
found later in life.
Your friend.
Cassie S. Beach
Smithfield
Pa.
Sept 15th 1880
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"Take not to short a time
To make a world-wide bargain in"
Yours truly
Ruth Ackley,
Wyalusing
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Jan 15th 1881
Compliments of
Arthur Tilden
E. Smithfield.
Penna.
[on inside edge] Anna have you rendered a decision yet.
Anna remember the night of Jan 12 1881
and something that was ask you then
Arthur Tilden Jr.
[small writing on bottom left edge] [?] Elmira B. Colledge
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Frank Phillips
E. Smithfield
Pa.
Aug 4th 1880
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When you are old and cannot see
Put on your specs and think of me
Your true friend
Jesse Bird
Smithfield Pa
Nov 27 1880
[on inside edge] Remember my big cousin
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Nettie Tracy
Smithfield
Bradford Co.
Penna.
Aug 24 1880
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Don't forget sunday night Sept 17th 1880.
Together down life's rugged tide
Oh safely may our vessels glide
And may we anchor side by side
In heaven.
Is the wish of your friend
Effie Blakeslee. Sept 22nd 1880
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My Dear Friend.
Be pleasant, graceful, genrrous(sic),
and dutiful.
For they all adorn the lovlines(sic)
of woman.
Is the Wish of Your friend
May Andrus Oct. 4th 1880
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To Annie
To weave to spin knit and sew
Was once a girls enjoyment
but now to dress and catch
a bean is all she calls
enjoyment. May 13th 1882
T. N. Yorkes
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Never Flirt[upper left corner]
When on this page your
eye shall fall. Think of
a chap some five feet tall
One in whoes(sic)heart theire'll(sic)
allways(sic) be a kind and
friendly thought for thee.
F. E. Encell
Oct 5th 1880
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"May the light of heaven
O'er thy pathway shining
Give to every cloud a silver lining"
Nettie G. Bliss
Feb 13. 1880
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[written on left edge] Please stay won't you
[written on top edge] Do you like dried beef
[written on right edge] Liberty
New faces please
But old frinds are true
Eva Gates
May 30th 1882
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Your true and sincere friend
Ida Phillips
August 3d 1880
East Smithfield
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[written on top edge upside down] "Primary Room"
[written on right edge] "C Grade"
Other skies may shine above you
Other scenes may meet your view
But remember one that loves[underlined] you
Far away but ever true[underlined].
Hattie Joralemon
East Smithfield Pa.
Sept 21, 1880
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You have the best wishes of
Your Friend,
Ella Benaselt.
Smithfield Sep 2 1880
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[top margin upside down] "History Lesson"
[left margin] Remember the day you thought I was sick
To Anna
"Some friends may wish thee happiness,
Some others wish thee wealth;
My wish for thee is better far,
Contentment, blest with health."
Your friend Geo. R. Woods. Smithfield Nov 6 1880
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May one link in the golden chain of memory
gear the naoe of your Cousin
Mattie J. Riggs.
Feb 18.1880
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[left margin]"I.O. of P.F. entertainment"
When in a ladys albun(sic) I am asked to write
I feel quite inclined to refuse.
For what should I dare to write
that would a young lady amuse
not wit have I. nor romance for my fancy is tame.
And compliments sound so flat
So I am forced to write merely my name
Your Friend
Wellie And-- (possibbly Andrews)
1880-12-4
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Friendship is a silken tie
Which binds two hearts together
If we never break that tie
We shall be friends forever
July 18 1880 E. M Howell
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J. H. Phillips
E. Smithfield
Pa.
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[left margin] Sister Anna|Burlington
Anna
May you always[underlined] be happy[underlined]
Is the wish of
Your friend [underlined]
Fred L. Joraleman
Jan. 17th 1881 East Smithfield Pa
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East Smithfield
May 9th 1880
I only chose this
little spot
Where I can write
forget me not
Yours
H L. Dup[name goes off the page]
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Dear Anna When we hear the music ringing
In the bright celestial dome,
And the sweet and cheerful voices
Gladly bid us welcome home.
Go the land of light and glory
Where the spirits know no care,
In the land of bliss and glory
[the following is underlined]Shall we know each other there.[end underline]
Sincerely your friend
Ida A. Campbell
East Smithfield
Penn
Feb 17 1881
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[left margin] East Smithfield
ThT
Dec.2.1880
[upper right corner] Don't Skate
Time's wing but sumr(sic)in
Stealing o'er to leave you
Lovelier(sic) than before
Your true Friend
Olin B. Joraleman
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[top margin & upside down] Remember the sociable(sic) at Springfield.
"A line if sufficient for memory."
Ever your true friend
Nellie Tomkinson
Oct 5th 1880
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[left margin] "Anna; when are you going to "Join"
A wish for a friend
Is ofton[sic] given,
My wish for you is
a home in Heaven.
Your friend.
Ruth Pierce.
E. Smithfield, Feb 20, 1881
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Your Friend
G. N. Bird
Poverty Hill
Pa.
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Respectfully
Geo. Bleikeslee
Bummertown Pa
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Dear Annie In hours of the future, when time will have shattered
Lifes beautiful basket of pleasure and bliss,
How pleasent(sic) the sentiments love will have scattered
As diamonds of thought in a volume like this.
Lovingly your friend
Nora A. Story
Leone
Pa. Feb 8th 188?
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back inside cover An-- P-------s
[erased entry]
Oct. 28. 880.
[erased entry] [the name was erased as well]
I submitted Anna Phillips diary to you a while back. It is currently
located on the Smithfield Township site. If you would put my email of Becky
Maier
<attitoodz@yahoo.com> on the site I would appreciate it. That
way if any one has any questions, I can hopefully answer them.
I really appreciate your efforts in maintaining this site.
Thanks,
Becky Maier
