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.

Friday, May 26, 2006

Tuesday, May 26, 1925

Tuesday, May 26, 1925
Cold
More frost last night. Too bad things are high enough as it is. Albert’s glands getting red. It is going to gather I expect. Baby as peppy and sweet as ever and the two big boys fine. So interesting at this age. Always so enthusiastic about everything they do, which is all “real boy” stuff.

(I'm not sure what it means for a gland to gather, but it doesn't sound good. At least the other three boys were all healthy.)

1 comment:

patsy9:34 AM, May 26, 2006
I think she means the gland will have information come to head like a boil. may have been a boil come to think of it.
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