Mousey1 quite lame with her sprained ankle. Jean2 still improving. Meikle3 called in afternoon + was satisfied with her condition. It was fair today + pleasant with a strongish S.W. wind. Had to go up to Newarkburn to see Mrs Elliot4 + called at the school. Just before 11 started + called at Haining, where Jack5 met me + went as far as the top of Birkwood Entries. I went on to Sinton Mill, Riddell (where I had lunch + met Dorothy + her husband6), + through Lilliesleaf to Bewlie. Went to evening service with Nancy.7 Ross8 preached from “An Altar to an Unknown God.9
1 Helen Frances ‘Mousey’ Muir (1880-1963), Dr Muir’s third daughter and sometime housekeeper.
2 Jane Henderson Logan ‘Jean’ Muir, later Pike (1877-1941), Dr Muir’s eldest daughter, suffering from pneumonia at this time.
3 Robert William Meikle (1870-1962), L.R.C.P. Edinburgh, living at Gowanbrae, Selkirk around 1904 [sources: Medical Register 1903 and Valuation Rolls, 1904] but moved to England between 1908 and early 1911.
4 John Elliot, forester, lived at Newarkburn, Selkirk, with his wife Jane Elliot née Dickson.
5 John ‘Jack’ Roberts junior (1876-1966), Dr Muir’s son-in-law.
6 Dorothy is presumably a member of the Sprot family but is so far unidentified.
7 Agnes Amelia ‘Nancy’ Roberts née Muir (1878-1948), Dr Muir’s second daughter.
8 The Reverend Andrew Ross (1871-1942), Church of Scotland clergyman, who had moved to Selkirk in 1903 and lived at Ettrick Terrace with his wife Elizabeth Elder Ross née Sinclair.
9 Acts 17:24.
[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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