A little drizzle in forenoon but otherwise + since dry, though not warm. Jas. Hislop1, Mill Street, had his left arm badly hacked with a revolving belt + was taken to Viewfield where under Chlor[oform] Dav.2 did the best for it. I got a message to Miss Taylor3, Mt Benger School, + motored there. I fear she is going mad. She was very excited + almost incoherent. Cyril Baxter4 went to Elmpark on his own + begged from Mrs Mack5 telling her she had given Enid6 money. She gave him a shilling most of which he spent on cherries! He + Pouky7 made their way to the caravan + the latter became chummy with the owner8.
1 James Hislop, spinner, was Tenant of a house at Mill Street, Selkirk but is otherwise unidentified though it may be possible to identify him when the 1921 Census is published later this year [1922 Valuation Roll, VR007900012-/328, Selkirk Burgh, page 328 of 644]
2 David Charteris ‘Dav.’ Graham (1889-1963), M.B., medical practitioner and Dr Muir’s business partner
3 Miss Jessie Taylor, teacher, Mountbenger School and tenant at the schoolhouse, Mountbenger [1921 Valuation Roll, VR011700009-/340, Selkirk County, page 340 of 611]
4 Cyril Ross Baxter (1915-1997), son of Lily Birgitta Baxter formerly Lindback and Harold Ross Baxter, manager, of 47 Södra Vägen 50, 412 54 Göteborg, Sweden
5 Mrs Mack was Agnes Mackintosh née Watson, formerly Harper (1859-1946), Dr Muir’s close friend, lived at Elm Park, Selkirk
6 Enid Gordon Baxter, later Thorn (1917-2013) had stayed at Selkirk in May 1922; born 1 Nov 1917 at Gothenburg, daughter of Lily Birgitta Baxter formerly Lindback and Harold Ross Baxter, manager and informant of the birth, of 47 Södra Vägen 50, 412 54 Göteborg, Sweden
7 Pouky [if that is the correct reading] Baxter is almost certainly Erik Sandeman Baxter (1919–1999), younger of Lily Birgitta Baxter formerly Lindback and Harold Ross Baxter, manager, of 47 Södra Vägen 50, 412 54 Göteborg, Sweden
8 The caravan and its owner are unidentified
[Source: Scottish Borders Archives & Local History Service SBA/657/25, Dr J S Muir of Selkirk, medical practitioner, journal for 1922]
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