December 1906 - Jennings Daily Times Recordby Susan Hubbard Martin There were three girls, all merry, light-hearted and thoughtless, but this evening a new seriousness was upon them. For one thing, mother had gone to bed with a sharp neuralgic attack that somehow was becoming, of late, a too frequent occurrence. Another was that father had just given them their Christmas allowance, for it was the 18th of November, and they had already begun to plan for a great day.