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.

Saturday, January 12, 2008

Wednesday, January 12, 1927

Wednesday, January 12, 1927
Fair

P.T.A. met but I did not go. Marjorie acted this AM as if she had headache, so I have kept up the medicine all day and by eve she seemed better. Ned better. I’m pretty good again. Gilbert put stuff in the drain pipe to clean it that nearly gassed him and he had a chill after he went to bed and took cold.

(Seems like the start of one of those spells when they all got sick one after the other.)

1 comment:

Sherry at the Zoo9:47 AM, January 12, 2008
Gilbert seems to have had a lot of health issues. I bet he had allergies to alot of thems, including chemicals.
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