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.

Sunday, June 25, 2006

Thursday, June 25, 1925

Thursday, June 25, 1925

Gilbert and I washed and then between showers he picked more cherries. Dick not very sick but fever in the PM and his glands behind the ears both swelled. Mama came over and helped seed cherries. Albert some better. No fever but the gland still swollen. He is awfully cross these days.

(Their focus at this time seemed to be on the cherries. When fruit is ripe, it's ripe and no waiting or restomg until you've harvested, I guess, even if you've been sick. Grandma had written a while back that they had intended to go "to the country" when Gilbert was on vacation, so how would they have gotten to the cherries if they had gone on their trip? Seems like Gilbert spent his whole vacation picking cherries!)