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, August 30, 2007

Monday, August 30, 1926

Monday, August 30, 1926
Warm

Gilbert had the asthma last night and felt so ill in the morning he didn’t go to work. I had a time getting my washing done as the machine went back on me, but I finally worked and coaxed it to go and finished my washing with it. The basement is so damp this rainy weather, I wonder if that is what the trouble is.

(As usual, washing clothes on Monday...)

1 comment:

Anonymous12:44 PM, August 30, 2007
Enevitable monday washday. Wtih no air conditioning I know on a humid day the basement is not a fun place to be & that's where the washer was. No wonder she was 'bummed out' so often
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