Rather a nice forenoon + less wind : mild : + very clear but after 3 mist gradually came down and it drizzled occasionally. Saw town cases walking. Cycled to Hospital + then to Whitmuir (Jackson1 a doubtful case of Scarlet), Midlem and Lilliesleaf. Met James Simpson + his 2 girls at Whitmuirhall.2 Had an unsuccessful hunt for Coralorgza [?]. Messages to Beechwood + Tom Mitchell, Ettrickbridgend.3 Motored there [and] examined William Lillico4 for the [illegible] Insurance Co. Got share certificate of Esparto Paper Mills5 [illegible].
1 William Jackson, shepherd, was Inhabitant Occupier not rated of a house at Whitmiur, Selkirk [1923 Valuation Roll, VR011700009-/437, Selkirk County, page 437 of 605].
2 The Simpsons are as yet unidentified.
3 Thomas Mitchell (1867-1937), master joiner was proprietor of the tenants improvenemts gas engine, ‘tenants erections’ and a hayshed at Ettrickbridgend, Kirkhope [1923 Valuation Rolls].
4 William Lillico (1870-1949), powerloom tuner foreman for George Lees & Co., tweed manufacturer, was recorded at 42 Livingstone Place, Galashiels, in the 1921 Census.
5 Dr Muir had earlier in the year bought some shares in the Esparto Paper Mills Company, a shortlived iteration of the Carron Grove Paper Co. at Carronshore, Falkirk, see diary entry for 3 April 1923.
[Source: Scottish Borders Archives & Local History Service SBA/657/26, Dr J S Muir of Selkirk, medical practitioner, journal for 1923]
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