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, June 15, 2006

Monday, June 15, 1925

Monday, June 15, 1925

Got up early to wash and got shocks every time I touched any thing about the washing – clothes, water, etc. It unnereved me so I simply went to pieces, Gilbert did all he could and the boys wrung out the rest. Got done early but was too done up to iron. Had a little soreness in my neck, too. Boys picked cherries.

(Not such a good day it seems. Sounds like Grandma had just about had it with everything.)