Datebook 1920: Wednesday, February 18, 1920

Beautiful bright mild day. Arose 7 A.M. To college 8-9; 11-12. Home in A.M. Helped father, studied etc. Chored around in P.M. To college. Opened gutter etc. Bowled 1 game at [drawing of star]. Walked around. Home. Studied etc. To bed 9:30 P.M. Thankful.

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I wonder what "opened gutter" means? Perhaps it meant to pull all the debris out?

About this blog . . .

I've created this blog to make a record of the hand-written journals of Stanford Stillman Closson (1900-1982), who was in his life a Methodist Minister, grandfather, father, brother, husband, son and friend. This is the second installment of Date Book, covering 1920 (the first covers 1919). For as long as seems practical, I will record subsequent years (they continue into the 1970s). I'm matching the days--January 1, 1920 to January 1, 2014, for instance--with one entry per day. So it will take a year to transcribe this second diary.

The daily entries are pretty short, though, so in addition to recording the diaries, I'm also annotating them, giving additional information about the people, places and events mentioned by Stanford. By doing this, I hope to convey a sense of 1920 Schenectady, New York and the people Stanford interacted with. Of course, I'm also hoping to give Stanford's descendants a fuller picture of who he was as a young man.

Datebook 1920

Wednesday, February 18, 1920

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