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.

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Saturday, July 17, 1926

Saturday, July 17, 1926
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Worked all AM making jelly. Then cleaned my windows and the house. Sprinkled the lawn, cut some grass in the back, etc. The boys cut the front grass but the back is too long for them and Gilbert absolutely won’t try to cut it. Unless I do it, I’ll be ashamed of it all summer. Besides there are lots of weeds that are going to seed.

(I sure don't clean my windows as often as Grandma did, but I think even in the summer, there was a lot of soot in the air that caused them to get dirty more often in the 1920's.

It sounds like the backyard was almost a field if they had weeds going to seed.)

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Annabel11:04 PM, July 16, 2007
That sounds like my backyard!
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Anonymous11:08 AM, July 17, 2007
We don't have too much grass cutting to do due to lack of rain. Hopefully we'll get some tonight. She can get a lot of work done in a day, but then she doesn't have a TV to distract her
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