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, April 13, 2006

Monday, April 13, 1925

Monday, April 13, 1925
Fair

I was tired as per usual but washed after a late start. Couldn’t hurry so didn’t get done till affer lunch. Then one of the kittens fell down the hole in the middle of the cement blocks in the cellar wall (I had moved them under the house). I didn’t want it to die there so spent half the PM getting it out. Then Mrs. Collins came and I didn’t get my work done at all till after supper.

(I don't quite understand how the kitten fell down into a hole like that, or what it took to get it out. But, I'm glad Grandma pulled it out. What a day! (FYI, Mrs. Collins is the neighbor across the street.))