Mild [word deleted] day with some sun in forenoon + very pleasant. Glass very low. In afternoon it blew a gale from S.S.W. + rained very heavily after 4. Met H [?] M Hendry1 at Pollok’s office2 with Sim3 + tried to arrange matters. He was very intractable at first but latterly was more reasonable.4 Saw town cases walking before lunch + got wires to Faldonside (Betty Clarkson5) + Broadmeadows (John Rutherford6) after lunch cycled to Faldonside, Broadmeadows. Had tea at house + saw Mrs Law. Got very wet coming down + was interrupted for Mrs Clapperton, Forest Road, who had a d.6 at 7.20 after which I attended Mrs Smith, The Firs, who had a s.7 at 8.45. Got home at 11.
1 The Editor cannot find anyone called Hendry in Selkirkshire at the time.
2 John Pollok (1858-1938), Town Clerk and Procurator Fiscal.
3 Robert Sim (1858-1936), tweed manufacturer, born at Stewarton, Ayrshire, living at Tweed Knowe House, Selkirk, 1901 Census and Valuation Rolls.
4 Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Clarkson (about 1828-1905), of private means, born Selkirk, living at The Cottages, Faldonside, Lindean, Galashiels, 1901 Census. Daughter of Robert Clarkson, gardener, and Helen Clarkson née Frater.
5 The Editor is not confident of the transcription of this name but in any case cannot find any possible matches in the 1901 Census or 1904-5 Valuation Roll.
6 Isabella Fairgrieve Clapperton, born 13 January 1904 at 23 Forest Road, Selkirk, the daughter of Robert Allan Clapperton, plasterer, and Sarah Welsh Clapperton née Linton. Her parents had married 18 January 1901 at Selkirk.
7 David Anderson Smith (1904-1976), born 13 January 1904 at The Firs, Selkirk, the son of Patrick ‘Pat’ Smith (1858-1930), advocate and sheriff-substitute, and Alice Smith née Paterson (1863-1943). His parents had married 20 March 1890 at Restalrig Park, Leith.
[Source: Scottish Borders Archives & Local History Service SBA/657/7, Dr J S Muir of Selkirk, medical practitioner, journal for 1904]
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