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.

Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Sunday, August 9, 1925

Sunday, August 9, 1925

Gilbert got out his brushes etc. prepared to paint the bathroom and kitchen but they were in such bad shape he had to put them to soak and scraped the ceiling better. He got awfully dirty and after he cleaned up and rested he had to go to the terminal station to get some beans Bess left there for him.

(Bess was one of Gilbert's older sisters. The other sister was Nell. I think Bess must have brought the beans with her from Crawfordsville on the bus and left them at the bus station (terminal) or just shipped them on the bus for him to get. I don't think it was that uncommon for the buses to carry packages like that in 1925.)