Sunday, December 31, 1922

Fair & Mild. Rain at NITE. Arose 10:30 A.M. Breakfast etc. To Sunday School. Dinner. Listened to radio concert. Took nap. To E.L. H.H. led. Good. To Watch Night Service 9 to 12 P.M. Very good. Dean Beebe spoke. Took R.E.P. to Scotia. To bed 1:30 P.M. [A.M.]

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Well, 1922 has come to a close and so we must leave this blog. Stanford had a good year, I think, and he should be pleased with how things went for him and his family in 1922. He settled on a career, got started on his master's degree, learned some things from his father about the egg business, saw his sister Ruth get married, and met his future wife. No doubt he feels blessed. His father and mother will now be alone in their house and they will probably feel somewhat sad about that.

Stanford has a big year ahead, especially with his budding friendship with Mary Leah. Another major event this year will be the cross-country trip he'll take in the summer with his family to visit Ruth and her husband in Southern California.

All this will be chronicled in Stanford's diary and transcribed in the next blog, Datebook 1923. See you there!

Saturday, December 30, 1922

Beautiful, bright, clear & cool. Arose 8 A.M. Breakfast. Out with Father. Dinner. Odd jobs. Down street. Shower at Y. Home. Dressed. To White's Studio for pictures. To Church. Wedding at 8 P.M. Very pretty. Reception at house following. To bed 2:15 A.M.

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So at last they are wed! The first of the siblings to marry is on her way to a great and prosperous life with her husband, Mark Sawyer. Below are the wedding photo that Stanford posed for and the write-up in the Schenectady newspaper. The colors of the bridesmaids' dresses, as reported in the newspaper announcement, make me think that the wedding was indeed "very pretty."

The people in this photo are the following:
Back row, left to right: Hanford Closson, Stanford Closson, Mark Sawyer, Edmund Groat, Jesse Cramer and C. Riford.
Middle row, left to right: Marion Benedict, Clara Lavery, Wendell Nelson Jr., Julia Ruth Closson. The other two are Eldyth Proper and Marion Lavery, although I don't know which is which. Mrs. Howard Maguire may be missing or she may be one of the two, but in that case, one of the other two is missing.
Front row is the flower girl, Lois Nelson.

Friday, December 29, 1922

Cold, windy & clear. Arose 7 A.M. Shovelled [sic] snow, breakfast etc. Tightened bands on Ford. Helped mother. Odd jobs. Dinner. Down street. Rehearsal of wedding party at 6:30. Theatre party at State. Lunch at 110. To bed 1 A.M.

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The excitement is building! It looks like the wedding group went to the State Theater together and then for a snack afterward. Sounds like a fun evening! Below is the newspaper ad for what the State Theater was showing that evening and some info about the star of the feature film.

Taken from Wikipedia

Thursday, December 28, 1922

Cold, windy with snow. Arose 9 A.M. Breakfast. About house. Took Xmas tree down, put chain[s] on Kissel etc. Dinner. Down street. To Church at 5:15 for rehearsal of wedding procession. Home in evening. Read, talked etc. To bed 11 P.M. Thankful for health etc.

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Ah, the wedding day approaches!

I was curious about tire chains in 1922, so did some research and saw the below 1922 ad (in two parts) that is being sold on the website eCrater, a marketplace site. As you can see, they are very similar to chains still being used today.

Wednesday, December 27, 1922

Overcast, mild, wet. Cooler at night. Arose 7 A.M. Breakfast. Father & I to Amsterdam on business 8 A.M. to 3:30 P.M. Good trip. 20 1/2 cases of eggs. Down street. Got dress suit. Shower at Y. Supper. To dance at G.E. Woman's Club with Eldyth Proper, given by Clara Lavery for Ruth. Excellent! To bed 1 A.M.

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The General Electric Woman's Club was one of the many social organizations sponsored by G.E. during its heyday in Schenectady. Of course, the dance is given for Ruth as a kind of bachelorette party. Left is a photo and below is a description of the club. Information was taken from page 520+ in the General Electric Review, Vol. 21, published in July 1918.

Tuesday, December 26, 1922

Beautiful, bright, mild and wet. Arose 8 A.M. Breakfast. Down town. Out on business with father. Dinner. Odd jobs. Greased Kissel. Down street. Bowled one game with H.H. --104. Supper. Listened to radio concert, talked etc. To bed 12:45 A.M. Thankful for health & association with family.

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Looks like Stanford's bowling game is deteriorating!

Monday, December 25, 1922

"CHRIST"MAS DAY
Overcast, mild and nasty. Arose 8:30 A.M. Breakfast etc. Xmas tree & gifts. Wrote in diary. Dinner. Around house. Mark arrived in P.M. All happy. Supper. Talked. Russell & I to see "When Knighthood Was in Flower." Talked. To bed 11:30 P.M. Thankful for privilege of education.

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Mark is there for the wedding, of course, which is to take place on the 30th. Stanford doesn't mention what he got for Christmas . . .

Marion Davies

When Knighthood Was in Flower is a photoplay (what they called a film made from a play) starring Marion Davies. Here is a description and plot summary from Wikipedia:

When Knighthood Was in Flower is a 1922 silent historical film based on the novel When Knighthood Was in Flower by Charles Major and play by Paul Kester. The film was produced by William Randolph Hearst (or his Cosmopolitan Productions) for his 'live-in companion' Marion Davies and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The director was veteran Robert G. Vignola who helmed several of Davies costume romances. This was William Powell's second film. The story was re-filmed in the sound era in 1953 as The Sword and the Rose by Ken Annakin.[1][2]

Mary Tudor (Marion Davies), the younger sister of King Henry VIII (Lyn Harding), falls in love with commoner Charles Brandon (Forrest Stanley). There are other plans for Mary, however; she is supposed to make a politically strategic marriage to the elderly King Louis XII of France (William Norris). Brandon is framed for murder, but Mary, disguised as a boy, helps him to escape. Henry tracks down his sister and her lover at a Bristol Inn, and Mary agrees to wed the French king if Brandon's life is spared. After Brandon is exiled, Mary goes ahead with the wedding, but King Louis, in his attempt to prove he is lively enough for such a pretty young bride, drops dead. His nephew and heir to the throne, Francis (William Powell), wants to wed Mary, but Brandon comes to the rescue. When Henry discovers that his sister and Brandon have married, he remarks, "I should have consented in the first place, and saved us all this trouble."

The movie was showing at the Strand. Here is the ad that appeared in the Schenectady Gazette for Christmas Day. It's so hyperbolic it makes you suspect that Hearst had a hand in writing it.

Marion Davies was a comedic actress, according to this excerpt of a Wikipedia article about her:

Davies was already building a solid reputation as a film comedian when newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst, with whom she had begun a romantic relationship, took over management of her career. Hearst financed Davies' pictures, promoted her heavily through his newspapers and Hearst Newsreels, and pressured studios to cast her in historical dramas for which she was ill-suited. For this reason, Davies is better remembered today as Hearst's mistress and the hostess of many lavish events for the Hollywood elite. In particular, her name is linked with the 1924 scandal aboard Hearst's yacht when one of his guests, film producer Thomas Ince, died.

In the film Citizen Kane (1941), the title character's second wife—an untalented singer whom he tries to promote—was widely assumed to be based on Davies. But many commentators, including Citizen Kane writer/director Orson Welles himself, have defended Davies' record as a gifted actress, to whom Hearst's patronage did more harm than good. She retired from the screen in 1937, choosing to devote herself to Hearst and charitable work.

Sunday, December 24, 1922

Overcast, cool and damp. Arose 9 A.M. Washed. Breakfast. To Church & S.S. Good class. Dinner. Took nap. To Epworth League. M.M.B. led. Good service. To Church with Gertrude Anthony, R.E.N. & ?? To 11 Spruce Street. To bed 12:45 P.M. Thankful for food, clothing, & education.

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11 Spruce Street is Gertrude Anthony's address. She lived there in 1920 with her parents, Charles and Cora, two brothers and a sister, all older than her and all single. In 1922 she is 20 years old. In 1930 she is still living with her parents, working as a store clerk. She isn't married by 1940, when she is living with a family as their housekeeper. I lose track of her after that.

Saturday, December 23, 1922

Bright, mild and wet. Arose 8 A.M. Breakfast. H.H. to Albany with Kissel. Out with Father on business. Tried on suit. Dinner. Put up and trimmed Xmas tree etc. Down street with H.H. Talked. Got trunk etc. Shower at Y. Unpacked. To bed 12 P.M.

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Stanford's suit is for the wedding coming up after Christmas: Mark & Ruth's.

Below is a picture from a Christmas card of 1922 showing a tree. Notice they still had candles to light the tree with.

from Pinterest

Friday, December 22, 1922

Overcast, mild. Arose 6 A.M. Studied. Breakfast. Packed up etc. Classes 9:30 to 11:30 A.M. To station, dinner etc. 1 P.M. train for Albany. Conley, Benedict, Eberley, Grubo & J. Howarth Young also. Father met us. Talked. Lunch etc. To bed 11:45 A.M. [P.M.] Thankful for health, friends, parents and home!

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I guess the college semester lasted a bit longer in those days!

According to the 1922-23 Harvard University Catalogue of Names, J. Howarth Young was a student at Harvard Architectural College, having graduated from Union College in 1922. His home town was Schenectady. I'm guessing Stanford met him at Union before seeing him in Boston. Below is his picture and write-up in the 1922 Union College Yearbook.

In 1920, Mr. Young lived at 35 Glenwood Blvd, Schenectady, with his parents, John & Louise, and his brother William, born in 1915. The houses have since been renumbered, so I can't tell which is his, but the neighborhood is rather upscale, even now. His father worked for GE as a clerk at the time. Howard's paternal grandparents were from England. He does look rather English, I think. Unfortunately, he didn't live very long. He died in 1930, reportedly, but did marry and father a child, William Howarth Young, who lived to be 66.

Thursday, December 21, 1922

Overcast, dark and mild. Shortest day in year. Arose 7:30 A.M. Breakfast. Studied. Haircut. Dr. Beary of Japan spoke in Chapel at 9:30. Class in effective speaking. Dinner. Worked 12 to 2. Classes & chapel 2:15 to 4:45 P.M. Down town. Supper. Packed up. Studied. To bed 1:15 A.M.

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Wednesday, December 20, 1922

Cool, breezy, and damp. Arose 7:30 A.M. Shaved etc. Breakfast. Swept room. Classes 9:30 to 11:30 A.M. Dinner. Worked 12 M to 2 P.M. Classes and chapel 2:15 to 4:45 P.M. Studied. Cocoa with Count etc. To bed 12 P.M. Thankful.

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Tuesday, December 19, 1922

Cool, bright and breezy. Arose 6 A.M. Studied. Breakfast. Class 9:30 to 10:30 A.M. Ordination service by Bishop Hughs. Dinner. Worked 12 M to 2 P.M. Classes and chapel 2:15 to 4:45 P.M. To supper with M.L.Y. Volley Ball. Prayer Meeting. Studied. Got Xmas Cards ready. To bed 1 A.M.

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So, another date with Mary Leah! 

Monday, December 18, 1922

Beautiful, bright & clear. Arose 8:15 A.M. Shaved etc. Breakfast. Studied. Dinner. Worked 12 M to 2 P.M. Classes and Chapel 2:15 to 4:45 P.M. Down street. Supper. To "72." Played "Preachers 500." Studied. To be 11:30 P.M. Thankful for health, strength, parents.

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Couldn't find out what "Preacher's 500" was.

Sunday, December 17, 1922

Snow in nite. Rain in A.M. Slushy and wet. Arose 9 A.M. Breakfast, washed etc. To Old South Church. Dinner To Y.M.C.A. Letter home. To Symphony Hall to hear Handel's "Messiah," chorus 400 voices, orchestra. Wonderful. To Supper with Ed. Horning. To "72." Talked. To bed 12 P.M.

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Saturday, December 16, 1922

Beautiful, bright, mild & clear. Arose 8:15 A.M> Breakfast etc. Washed & dressed. To library to study. Dinner. Worked 12 M to 2 P.M. Down street for a while. Took nap. Wrote letters to M.M.B. & M.L.S. Supper, P.O. Read, studied. Cocoa with Count, H.H. & Chadwick. To bed 1 A.M. Thank God.

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Friday, December 15, 1922

Fair, cool, breezy & slushy: -- Arose 7:30 A.M. Breakfast. Studied. Classes 9:30 to 11:30 A.M. Dinner. Worked 12 M to 2 P.M. Talked. Took nap. Letter home. Supper. Played volley ball. Shower. To "Capt. Applejack" with Ken Leary & Benedict. To bed 12 P.M.

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Charles Hawtrey, who played Cpt. Applejack
 on the London state

Captain Applejack is a play that first appeared in London in 1921, and then Broadway in  1922. It's considered a farce and was later made into a movie. A story about the play is in Wikipedia at this address.

Thursday, December 14, 1922

Overcast, cool. Couple inches SNOW. Arose 7:30 A.M. Breakfast. Studied. Classes 9:30-10:30 A.M. To Methodist Book Concern. Dinner. Worked 12 M to 2 P.M. Classes & chapel 2:15 to 4:45 P.M. Down street. Supper. Studied. Stag social. Good enjoyable time. To bed 11:30 P.M. Thankful: --

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The Methodist Book Concern is the publishing arm of the Methodist Church. It was founded in 1789.

Wednesday, December 13, 1922

Beautiful, bright and cool. Arose 7:30 A.M. Breakfast, studied. Swept out room. Classes 9:30 to 11:30. Dinner. Worked 12 M to 2 P.M. Classes & chapel 2:15 to 4:45 P.M. Downstreet. Supper. Wrote letter to R.E.P. Studied. To bed 12:15 P.M. Thankful for health and friends.

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So, I guess he's still friends with Ruth Pettit, maybe looking forward to seeing her during the holidays.

Tuesday, December 12, 1922

Bright, cool, breezy and damp. Arose 7:15 A.M. Washed etc. Breakfast. Studied. Classes 9:30-11:30 A.M. Dinner. Worked 2 M to 2 P.M. Classes and chapel 2:15 to 4:45 P.M. Down street with H.H. Supper. To Prayer Meeting. S[t]udied. To bed 12:30 P.M. Thankful.

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Monday, December 11, 1922

Beautiful, bright, cool & clear. Arose 7:30 A.M. Breakfast etc. Wrote letters, studied etc. To Dinner. Worked 12 M to 2 P.M. Classes & chapel 2:15 to 4:45 P.M. Bishop Nielsen spoke on European and Russian situation. Supper. Volley ball. Shower. Mr. Arthur moved in. Studied. To bed 12 P.M.

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It seems that Stanford now has a roommate. Perhaps he will say more later about that.

I couldn't find any information on Bishop Nielsen, unfortunately.

Sunday, December 10, 1922

Bright, cold and breezy. Arose 9 A.M. Shaved, washed etc. Breakfast. To Harvard Chapel to Church. Dean Fenn spoke. Dinner. H.H. & I walked back from Cambridge. Took nap. Letter to Nellie. To Park Street Congregational in evening. Inspiring service. Talked. To bed 12:15 P.M.

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Dean Fenn

In 1922, William Wallace Fenn was the Dean of the Harvard School of Divinity, from whence he received his STD (Doctor of Sacred Theology) in 1908. 1922 was his last year as Dean, so Stanford may have seen one of Dean Fenn's last speeches, but Dr. Fenn continued on as a Harvard professor until his death at age 70 in 1932.

The Park Street Congregational Church is another historical church in Boston. This one was built in 1809 and has been the site of some notable historic events. Here is an excerpt from the Wikipedia article about the church that tells about some of those events:

In 1826 Edward Beecher, the brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe and son of Lyman Beecher, a notable abolitionist, became pastor of the church. On July 4, 1829, William Lloyd Garrison delivered his Address to the Colonization Society at Park Street, making his first major public statement against slavery. From 1829–1831 Lowell Mason, a notable Christian composer, served as choirmaster and organist. The church hosted the debut of My Country, 'Tis of Thee, also known as America, by Samuel Francis Smith on July 4, 1831.[7] Park Street also played a role in founding the First "Homeland" or American Mission to the then Sandwich Islands (now Hawaii), where that church still stands; the Handel and Haydn Society started there. Benjamin E. Bates, an industrialist who founded Bates College in Maine in 1855, was a Sunday school teacher and active attendant of Park Street in the mid-19th century. In 1857–58 evangelist, Charles Finney led a revival at Park Street which led the pastor, Andrew Leete Stone, to experience a spiritual awakening.

Below are two pictures of the church, early (19th C.) and late (2006). You can see how the church was almost alone on the street in the early days, whereas now it is surrounded by buildings that dwarf its distinctive steeple. Both images are from the Wikipedia article.

Saturday, December 9, 1922

Bright and mild. Wet & slushy. Arose 7:30 A.M. Breakfast etc. Studied in library. To dinner. Worked 12 M to 2 P.M. Down street with H.H. To "72." Played volley [ball]. Shower. To supper with E.F.S. To market. Read & studied. Talked. To bed 11:45 P.M. Thankful.

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Friday, December 8, 1922

Overcast, cool & slushy. 2 or 3 inches of snow in night. Arose 7:30 A.M. Breakfast. Shaved, washed etc. Studied. Classes 9:30-11:30 A.M. Dinner. Worked at Ginter Co. Band Box Luncheonette, 32 Tremont street 12 M. to 2 P.M. Down street with H.H. Xmas shopping. Supper. Studied. To see Jackie Coogan in "Oliver Twist," with Ernest F. Steinkraus. To bed 11:45 P.M.

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I'm not sure whether the Band Box Luncheonette was a place different from Ginter's restaurant, but here is what 32 Tremont looks like these days (now the home of CitiDental):

As for the movie, Oliver Twist, starring Jackie Coogan and Lon Chaney. The movie is based on the book of the same name by Charles Dickens. The version Stanford and Ernest watched was the latest of a number of productions prior to 1922. Here is some information about the film from Turner Classic Movies:

The busiest year for Oliver Twist movies was 1922, when versions from both Germany and Hollywood reached the screen. The star of the American edition was Jackie Coogan, eight years old and already a seasoned performer with eight pictures under his belt (including The Kid [1921], the Charles Chaplin dramedy that made him a star) plus his own company, Jackie Coogan Productions, to produce some of his films. Oliver Twist was the company's third venture - released by First National Pictures, directed by the hugely prolific Frank Lloyd, and featuring Lon Chaney, the master of makeup and menace, as Fagin, one of Dickens's most memorable villains. At a brisk 74 minutes, it leaves out countless details of Dickens's novel; but it makes up in colorful acting and creative cinematic touches what it lacks in Dickensian length.

Now that I have a full name for Mr. Steinkraus, I can see that he is probably a student at BUST with Stanford, and is probably the Ernest Frank Steinkraus who was born in Germany in 1887. He was a naturalized citizen by the time he registered for the draft in 1919, and was living in Cleveland as a student. By 1920 he was still in Cleveland, living with his father and presumably still going to school. By 1930 he was living in Buffalo with his wife, Florence, his daughter, Dorothy, and his widowed father, Herman. His occupation was clergyman for the Methodist Church. He continues to work in that profession, moving by 1934 to Bridgeport, Connecticut where he was pastor of the German Methodist Episcopal Church, founded in 1881. In 1952 it was merged with the Summerfield United Methodist Church, one of the two Methodist Churches left in Bridgeport. By 1940, Rev. Steinkraus had two more children; he died in Woodbury, CT at age 77 in 1965.

Thursday, December 7, 1922

Overcast and cool. Snow at nite. Arose 7 A.M. Breakfast. Studied. Class 9:30 to 10:30. Day of Prayer. Dr. Goodell spoke in A.M. and P.M. Very good. Worked 12 M to 2 P.M. Read. Supper. Talked with Dean Beebe. Supper. To [bed] 11:30 P.M. Thankful for Christian training.

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What would Stanford think if he knew about the Reverend's philandering past? Would he reject him?

I wasn't able to find any reference to a Day of Prayer on December 7th, but it will become a national day of mourning in less than 20 years.

Wednesday, December 6, 1922

Fair, bright, cold and breezy. Arose 5:45 A.M. Studied. Breakfast. Swept room. Studied. Dr. Goodell talked at 9:30. Class 10:30 to 11:30. Dinner. Worked 12 M to 2 P.M. Classes & chapel with Xmas exercises 2:15 to 4:45 P.M. Down street with H.H. Looked around stores. Supper. Studied. To bed 11:30 P.M.

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Dr. Goodell is a very interesting character. He was Charles L. Goodell, born in July 1854 in Dudley, Massachusetts. Below is a biography of him that came out in the 1916 edition of Who's Who in American Methodism. 
In 1922 he held the post of secretary of the Commission on Evangelism and Life Service of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Information about that Council can be obtained at this website.

An interesting aspect of the above biography is that it doesn't mention his first wife, Louella Harris, who was married to him when he was a pastor in Providence, RI in the 1880s. But that's not surprising, considering the scandal at the time surrounding his affair with a church member. Below is the story as told by Diane Boumenot, one of the relatives of the church member in question, Mary Murdock Foster, in her genealogical website, One Rhode Island Family; the story includes excerpts from three newspaper reports.

Mary, Theodore and their family of five children enjoyed growing wealth and prominence. And then something very strange happened. The family moved to Providence, and attended the Methodist Church on Chestnut Street. The couple was very friendly with the handsome minister, Rev. Charles L. Goodell, and his wife, Louella. Theodore was director of the Sunday School. When Mr. Goodell was assigned to his next church, the Trinity Methodist Church on Broad Street, the Fosters obtained a pew and switched their membership there. In 1886, newspapers in the eastern U.S. were reporting that Mary was being sued for divorce by Theodore, on the grounds of her affair with the minister. In fact both couples filed for divorce and the cases were heard in the Rhode Island Supreme Court during the same week in 1887; Theodore Foster obtained his divorce, but Louella Goodell, wife of the minister, faced counter-claims of infidelity and her divorce was denied at that time. The Methodist church exonerated Rev. Goodell and he did not lose his job.

In that parish was Mrs. Mary T Foster, a prepossessing lady, whose husband, Theodore W. Foster, is of the manufacturing jewelry firm of Foster & Bailey. Mrs. Foster lived in elegant style at the corner of High and Brigham Street, her house being richly furnished throughout with every comfort at command. She had a most interesting family of children, lovable and attractive, and many an envious eye was turned toward their carriage as it rolled along toward the Chestnut Street church Sunday mornings. The Goodells and Fosters became very intimate, as Mr Foster was superintendent of the Sunday School and Mrs. Foster was prominent in church work, and between the two families a bond of friendship appeared to have been formed … — Boston Herald, September 2, 1886, p.5.

Mr. Foster took the stand and told of his wife’s confession in a broken voice, and with tears running down his cheeks. His wife’s confession was that one day in the vestry of the church Goodell took her by the hand, retained his gaze, and almost seemed to magnetize her. A few days later he came to the house, kissed her hand, and then placing his arm around her waist, asked her to be his sister, as he never had had a sister. The next advance and the first direct overture, was when he came to her house, told her that she did not love her husband and that he did not love his wife. Therefore they were in the eyes of Heaven married. The remainder of the testimony was too indecent for publication. — Cleveland Leader, December 16, 1886, p.2

One day Mr. Foster told his story to the newspapers. “My wife,” said he, “began to act queerly. She seemed disturbed, and said that she had a confession to make. With amazement I heard her story. She told me that she had been unfaithful to her marriage vows, giving the name of Dr. Goodell, my pastor and my bosom friend, as her paramour. I was thunderstruck. I took her face in my two hands and begged her to say no more then. Mary, said I, let me think … let me think over it. From that hour she ceased to be my trusted wife and companion. She besought me piteously to condone her sin, but I told her that henceforth she might occupy our residence, but we must be as strangers.” — New York Herald, December 19, 1886, p. 8.

I'm pretty sure Stanford knew nothing of the Reverend Goodell's colorful past. It's interesting that the story of a sexual scandal involving a Rhode Island Methodist pastor would make it to three newspapers! I wonder, though, about the Methodist's church later involvement in the cover up of the scandal (through the official biography) which included the virtual erasure of the former Mrs. Goodell . . .

Tuesday, December 5, 1922

Cool and wet. Some snow & rain. Arose 6 A.M. Studied. Breakfast. Finished paper. Classes 9:30 to 11:30. Dinner. Worked at Ginters 12 M to 2 P.M. Classes & chapel 2:15 to 4:45 P.M. To supper. Played volley ball. Shower. Studied. To bed 10 P.M.

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Another routine day at college for Stanford. I wonder what the paper was about?

Monday, December 4, 1922

Beautiful, bright, clear and cool. Arose 8:30 A.M. Studied. Dinner. Worked 12 M to 2 P.M. at Ginters. Classes & chapel 2:15 to 4:45 P.M. Down street. Supper. Studied. Read etc. To bed 11 P.M. Thankful for health, friends, education, opportunities, good parents, & boundless love of God.

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Sunday, December 3, 1922

Overcast cook and damp. Arose 9 A.M. Breakfast. To Church & S.S. Good time with friends. Dinner. Talked. H.H. & I on 4 P.M. trolley to Albany and 5:15 P.M. train to Boston arrived 12 P.M. To bed 12:30 P.M. Thankful for God's protection.

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I guess Stanford was missing his friends from Schenectady! But back to school now for both brothers.

Saturday, December 2, 1922

Beautiful, bright and cool. Arose 8 A.M. Breakfast etc. Helped with Nellie's trunk. Over to see Miss Gallup. Down to look at suits with H.H. & S.T. Selected from English Woolen Mills. Dinner. Down street. Fitted for suit. Took shower. To Church to see Dr. Frick. To party at Mrs. Stewart's. To bed 12:45 A.M.

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So, it looks as if Ruth's wedding is imminent, as the boys are getting fitted for suits. I see that Stanford is still associating with Dot Gallup. I wonder if Mrs. Stewart is Alex Stewart's mother or grandmother? I thought his parents lived in the Boston area, so this might be a different relative.

Friday, December 1, 1922

Mild, wet, rainy day. Arose 8 A.M. Breakfast etc. Out with father on business. Dinner. Out again. Cleaned up. Talked with Fred Long. Supper. Father, Mother, Ruth & I to call on Cornell's. Radio and eats. Talked. To bed 11:30 P.M.

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Apparently radio was a pretty new phenomenon back in 1922. Below is a picture of a family listening to the radio in 1922. I wonder if Stanford's family had to do it this way?

from Smithsonian Magazine

Thursday, November 30, 1922

Overcast and mild. Arose 8:30 A.M. Breakfast. H.H. & I with Ford to High Mills after load of wood. Good Turkey dinner. Ed & Leila Closson, Uncle Charlie Cramer, Sam & Grace Cornell here. Father, Mother, Ruth, H.H. & I. Helped with dishes. Bowled with H.H. To B's for call etc. Home. Visited. To bed 11 P.M.

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Here is the Saturday Evening Post cover for Thanksgiving week 1922. There's something slightly strange about this . . .