Thursday, July 27, 1922

Overcast, cool. Some rain. Arose 7 A.M. Breakfast. Ruth & I to city with Ford. Took Kissel battery etc. Shopped. Home to dinner. Planted turnips, spaded around trees etc. Supper. Talked. To bed 10:15 P.M.

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Ah, so it was the battery!

Wednesday, July 26, 1922

Overcast, breezy. No rain. Arose 6:30 A.M. Breakfast. Father & I to city. Business. Candled eggs etc. Home to dinner. Nap. Hoed out garden etc. Supper. Started for ride. Kissel balked. Talked. Played anagrams etc. To bed 10:30 P.M.

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Wonder what was ailing the Kissel?

Tuesday, July 25, 1922

Beautiful, bright, mild day. Arose 9 A.M. Breakfast. Nellie's birthday. Froze ice cream. Chicken dinner. Gus Heckler cut hay. Supper. Out for ride in evening to Charlton etc. Home. Talked. To bed 10 P.M.

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Gus Heckler was Gustavus Heckler, who lived in Glenville. He was 60 years old in 1922, but was a farmer who owned his own farm and probably got paid well for cutting the Closson's hay, perhaps even in kind. He was married, with two children living at home in 1920. His wife was Analide, his children Roy and Hilda. Gus's parents were both born in Germany. He died in 1928.

Analide lived until 1952. She was the daughter of Judge Alexander Vedder of Schenectady. Below is a picture of his house as it looks now.

Taken from the Schenectady Daily Gazette

Monday, July 24, 1922

Overcast with some rain. Arose 6 A.M. Breakfast. Mr & Mrs. Zerby, father & I to city. Business. Dinner at Canton. Candled eggs. Home. Supper. Cleaned up. H.H & I with Ford to Rexford. To city on trolley. Worked at house. To country. To bed 11:30 P.M.

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Sunday, July 23, 1922

Overcast, cool & rainy. Arose 9 A.M. Twalay [toilet]etc. To Charlton to Church. Mr. & Mrs. Zerby over Sunday with us. Dinner. Nap. Supper. Read etc. Talked. Wrote letter to Les Jones. Wrote in diary. To bed 11:30 P.M.

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Read about the Zerbys in this earlier post: May 24, 1922. Read about Leslie Jones in this post: May 6, 1919. He was one of Stanford's classmates. Below is his picture, taken from the 1921 Union yearbook, The Garnet. It makes sense that he would become a professor, given his scholarly achievements.


Jones was also a translator and author who published several books in his lifetime, including one on Celtic literature. Here is Amazon.com's list of his books: Leslie Webber Jones.

Saturday, July 22, 1922

Marvelous, bright & warm. Arose 8 A.M. Breakfast. Cleaned up Kissel etc. Dinner. Ruth & I to city to meet Nellie who returned from California. Haircut. Shower etc. Home. Played croquet. To ice cream social at hall. T.B. 11 P.M.

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Croquet is pretty much the same as it was back in the 1920s, I think, although the tools may be different materials now. Below is a photo of a woman playing croquet in the 1920s in California.

Taken from Ebay

Friday, July 21, 1922

Wonderful, bright & hot. Arose 6:30 A.M. Breakfast. To city. Out on business. Candled eggs. Dinner at Canton. 35 cents. Home. H.H. to Rexford. M.M.B's 21st birthday. Down road after milk & kerosene. Talked. To bed 11 P.M.

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Was the kerosene used to light lamps at the farm, do you suppose? Below is a picture of an antique lamp that may be similar to those used by the Clossons.

Taken from Pinterest