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, September 21, 2006

Monday, September 21, 1925

Monday, September 21, 1925
Cooler

Well I felt better this AM and decided the false alarm yesterday PM was due to being on my feet too much last week. So I decided to sit and sew today. But I had no more than started when the vegetable man came bringing the bushel of tomatoes I wanted last week and he couldn’t get. So I took them and canned them, doing everything possible sitting down. Feel no worse for it this eve.

(Grandma is still working, this time sewing, then canning. No just sitting and reading, or sitting and relaxing, or sitting and watching TV. Always something to do!)