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1st. Wednesday. Beautiful. Hot.
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Seoul home. Remitted500.00 U.S. gold to Candler=￥1,230.76.
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2nd. Thursday. Bright. Hot.
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3rd. Friday. Bright. Hot.
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4th. Saturday. Beautiful. Pleasant.
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Seoul home. Dr. Parmerlee, an American psychologist representing a News-Association, gave a lecture at the Central Y. on the attracting theme "The Prevention of Poverty." Inspite of the uninviting hour of 5 p.m. the room was packed because of the theme and the drumming of the 朝鮮日報. I had to interpret for him. His cure for poor was the introduction of "Industrial Democracy". Of course he had no time to explain how that was to be done
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To Song Do by the 7:75 p.m. Express.
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5th. Sunday. Lovely. Pleasant.
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Song Do home. Worshipped at the Central Church. I spoke on the "Mount of Beatitudes" which none has climbed in spite of the innumerable attempts for the last 20 centuries.
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Dr. Parmerlee dropped in and I had to entertain him until the train hour viz: 8 p.m. He seemed to be hard-headed scientist who explains away everything which we common mortals think mysterious―dreams, spiritualism etc.
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6th. Monday. Cloudy. Sultry.
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Song Do Office until 1 p.m. Train to Seoul 2:25 p.m. Welcome rain from about 9 p.m.
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7th. Tuesday. Rain. Cool.
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Seoul home. Good rain all last night and this morning. I do hope this rain has been general especially in the South.
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8th. Wednesday. Bright. Hot.
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9th. Thursday. Cloudy. Cool.
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Seoul home. East wind―rain from about 5 p.m. all through the night.
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Supper at 明月館 given by the Club of the Returned Student of Europe and America 歐美留學生俱樂部, in honor of Messrs. 朴勝哲, 金淵俊, 趙炳玉.
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10th. Friday. Rain. Cool.
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Seoul home. Regular rainy season has begun in earnest. Rain night and day.
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Supper at the official residence of Viscount Saito. The Christian pastors of the Japanese churches present. Two Americans also present. No butter on the table! A queer sort of economy on the part of such expert entertainers.
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11th. Saturday. Rain. Cool.
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Seoul home. Torrential rain all day and night.
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Allen returned from Japan, having learned there that Helen had stoped off Honolulu. His telegram from the Yokohama station sent in the early p.m. of the 9th inst., came to hand only this afternoon.
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12th. Sunday. Cloudy. Cool.
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Seoul home. Torrential rain all last night. Signs of clearing up about 9 a.m. Flooding of houses and fields all over of the middle and Southern Korea. The Han River is reported to have risen 36 ft. and 8 inches at 纛島, the highest rise since last 乙丑年 or 1865, when the river rose 37 ft.
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13th. Monday. Lovely. Pleasant.
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Seoul home. A beautiful day after 60 hours of torrential rain. The papers are full of heartrending stories of thousands of houses flooded along the river.
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14th. Tuesday. Lovely. Pleasant.
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Left Seoul for Song Do 12:10 p.m. train.
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Found 鳳求 and 貞姬 seriously ill.
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15th. Wednesday. Cloudy. Rain from noon. Cool.
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Song Do Office until 1:30 p.m. To Seoul 2:25 p.m. train.
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16th. Thursday. Rain. Cool.
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Seoul home. Tremendous rain with strong South-West wind.
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17th. Friday. Rain. Sultry.
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Seoul home. Tremendous rain all day and night. 8 p.m. the Han river reported to have risen to 38 ft. and 2 inch at 纛島. Light went out about midnight. Street cars stuck when the power stopped.
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18th. Saturday. Rain. Steamy.
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Seoul home. The Seoul water works―reported to be in ruin. Stories of heartrending tragedies in thousands of little homes in the Extra published by the news offices. 漢江 40 ft. 6 inches at 纛島 4:30 this morning. Whole villages wiped out literally along the river. All railroad communications stopped. Telephones not working. Worst of all no sign of clearing up. The biggest flood since 1865, they say.
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19th. Sunday. Rain on and off. Steamy.
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Seoul home. The city of Seoul in a state of great alarm―no light, no water, no railroad, no postal or telegraphic communications from or with the outside world.
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20th. Monday. Sunshine. Hot.
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Seoul home. Electric lights restored.
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21st. Tuesday. Rain 12~3 p.m. Steamy.
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Seoul home. Receiving a wire from Allen informing me of the death of 鳳求. Too bad! Hurried to Song Do per 5:05 p.m. train. Arriving there about 8:30―found the little fellow's mortal remains already buried while his mother is in the Hospital with 貞姬. I can't get the image of that precious little fellow from my vision.
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Received wireless message from Helen saying that she would hand on Yokohama on the 23d inst. I wish she didn't come home this time of the year.
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22nd. Wednesday. Bright most of the day. Hot.
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Song Do Office until 1:30 p.m. Left Song Do 2:25 p.m. train for Seoul. Occasional showers.
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白副尉 told me that Allen's wife is growing worse and worse in her temper and badness. She invites 白泰星 and 李始昌 to her room go to 泰星's room and bore him to death with same kind of questions about 마음사랑(heart's love) and 몸사랑(bodily love.) .
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23rd. Thursday. Sunshine. Very hot 90° in shade 4 p.m.
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Seoul home, 李武淳 from Song Do came and reported that Allen's wife did something so bad that Allen sent him to fetch his father-in-law, 閔唯植.
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Had to send Laura and 尹鶴淳 to find out what had happened at Allen's home.
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25th. Saturday. Bright. Very hot.
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Seoul home. Candler's wife brought her little 貞姬 to Severance Hospital. Dr. Koo thinks the baby is doing all right.
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26th. Sunday. Bright. Very hot.
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27th. Monday. Bright. Very hot.
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Seoul home. Allen left for Shimonoseki to meet Helen.
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28th. Tuesday. Bright. Very hot.
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Seoul home. While flood devastated so many places in Southern Korea the Northern extremes of the Peninsula are suffering from a terrible drought.
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29th. Wednesday. Sunshine. Very hot.
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Seoul home. Our precious Helen arrived home per last night's Express train due to South Gate Station 7:45 this morning. Fourteen years ago, she left us a delicate child of Seven; now she has returned home a young lady a highly educated "American" girl, with the Phi Betta Ka Rey. God be thanked for it all!
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Helen can't speak a world of Korean. Until she has learned the Korean language her education will be of no avail to the Korean people.
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貞姬 had to be removed to Dr. 朴啓陽's hospital. The indifference and carelessness of the Severance people are simply awful. Yet they charge ￥7.00 per day.
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30th. Thursday. Bright. Very hot.
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Seoul home. Helen left for Song Do per 12:10 p.m. train with Laura and Mary.
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31st. Friday. Bright. Very hot.
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