18-year-old Helena Muffly wrote exactly 100 years ago today:
Tuesday, June 3, 1913: Had the luck to prick two of my fingers. They hurt some for awhile.
Her middle-aged granddaughter’s comments 100 years later:
Hmm—any ideas how Grandma might have pricked two fingers? She could have easily pricked one while doing embroidery, mending dress or her father’s torn bib overalls, or doing other hand sewing—but two?