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, May 24, 2007

Monday, May 24, 1926

Monday, May 24, 1926
Hot

Washed and got done fairly early. I feel lots better than I did last week. The men came this afternoon to put on the new roof.

(Coincidently, I'll be getting a new roof one week from today, meaning 81years and 1 week after Grandma got a new roof, I'm getting a new roof. I plan to be home when they do it, at least in the beginning to make sure they use the right shingles. But after awhile, I think the pounding on the roof will be annoying, so I'll leave.

"Papa's Tonic" must have done the trick to make Grandma feel better!)

2 comments:

Annie in Austin9:52 AM, May 24, 2007
Perhaps Ruth was a little anemic - not uncommon in young mothers - and her father's tonic contained iron?

Annie
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Anonymous10:45 AM, May 24, 2007
Whatever the tonic was, it must have worked. I'd love to have some
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