Norman Jones' 1909 Penmanship Practice Notebook old saltillo and unsigned as far as

and unsigned as far as I can tell

with the most amazing color for the flames and smoke surrounding our rescuee

based on her face and black hair

social-climbing (and rolling-pin wielding) wife Maggie

Norman Jones' 1909 Penmanship Practice Notebook old saltillo and unsigned as far asI've become pretty fascinated by these penmanship practice notebooks, not just because I love seeing the handwriting, but also for the choice of phrases, which speaks lot to the times they were done, and served as a way of imparting moral values and instilling good behavior. Here, I especially love the phrase "exercise with caution," which I'd think would say "exercise caution" but instead seems to be warning against injuring ones self (!), and also