Journal Entry – Friday August 21st 1914

Father’s Birthday . Day of intercession for Peace, Partial Eclispe of the Sun. Service at 8 AM. Great excitement here in the morning over a suspicious looking man. He was seen by Eli Guscott yest. eve. at Yalford & when spoken to did not reply. He was noted also by others including young Tom Yole who is staying at Kelly Mill, who saw him at 8 this morning. Reginald went down to Lifton & fetched up a policeman who interviewed Eli but could not get in a word, owing to the flow of words. The man was last seen in...