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 22, 2007

Sunday, August 22, 1926

Sunday, August 22, 1926
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Went to the folks and had fried chicken dinner. Winifred was there. Guys came in when we were about to leave. Guy had had a bad sick spell and is still as yellow as a pumpkin. Gilbert felt fairly well, his hay fever bothering him some but I was miserable with pain in my bowels - they didn’t let up all day.

(What illness would cause Grandma's brother, Guy, to turn all yellow?)

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Anonymous7:15 AM, August 22, 2007
Hepatitis or some other disease of the liver.
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Anonymous1:51 PM, August 22, 2007
How can Ruth, with 'pain in her bowels' get on a bus & go across town for dinner? I sure wouldn't want to try it. I wonder if her Papa (the doctor) gave her anything for it. Did he treat Guy for his problem?
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