Frosty again last night but a cloudier day at least after the forenoon. Wind W.S.W. Snow disappearing very gradually. Saw some town cases walking + then drove to Riddell + Newhouse. Large meet at Riddell. Had lunch there. The General1 very keen about motors. Strongly recommends the Oldsmobile. Was not out after getting home at 4. Nancy2 went for a walk with Mrs Fraser.3
1 Assume Lieutenant-General John Sprot (1830-1907) of Riddell House, Lilliesleaf, Roxburghshire, Honorary Colonel of the Princess Louise’s Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
2 Agnes Amelia ‘Nancy’ Roberts née Muir (1878-1948), Dr Muir’s second daughter.
3 Mrs Fraser is so far unidentified.
[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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