Cloudy in the morning, Raining Pitch forks after noon & evenings. We didn’t go to church. Martha stayed at home all day. I left the house at 7 o’clock and went to the shop. Had the best day in paper selling so fare. Got home at 1/2 past 1 o’clock and ate Ham and “Klose”. Spent the afternoon with reading. Got to bed early. A few days ago, after the relief expedition left for the insurgents in Cuba, I predicted in this book, that such an exped. could not be caried out as planed. My predict. was true to the letter. Americans got…and had to go back, without having a chance to land a single box of the cargo. It was a foolish idea, but smells strong like Washington. If a war gets directed by politicians it will be more or less a failure and unnecessary loss of life and propertie.
The writings of two historical figures who never knew the internet