Ruth Campbell Smith 1925-27 Diaries

My grandmother, Ruth Campbell Smith (1892 - 1972) kept a diary for many years. I am posting her entries from 1925 - 1927 in this blog. Her family included sons Dale (1916 - 2004), Dick (1918 - 1971), Albert (1920 - 1979), and Ned (1923 - 1976), and later daughters Marjorie (1925 - 2010) and Eleanor (1929 - 2011). Her husband was Gilbert (1889 - 1937) and they lived in Indianapolis. I hope you enjoy this glimpse of what it was like to be a housewife and mother in the 1920's.

Thursday, March 30, 2006

Monday, March 30, 1925

Monday, March 30, 1925
Cloudy

Ned and I had awful colds when we got up this AM. It was cold and cloudy so put my washing off. Dale had the toothache so I took him and had that tooth pulled. This week is their spring vacation. It isn’t starting out very enjoyable. However it cleared up this PM so hope it will be better tomorrow. Poor Dale’s face hurts him so.

(From a previous diary entry, we know that Grandma did send her children to the dentist by themselves, but this time she went along. Novocain, by the way, was introduced in 1905, so it is quite likely that Dale was given an injection of Novocain before the tooth was pulled.)