Datebook 1923: Saturday, April 28, 1923

Cool & overcast with some rain. Arose 6 A.M. Studied. Breakfast & devotions. Studied. Dinner. Worked. Took nap. Studied. Supper. For walk with H.H. Studied. To bed 11:45 P.M. Eastern Standard Time. Thankful for comforts of life.

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I think Stanford pointed out that it was still Eastern Standard Time because the time was due to change as of 2:00 the next morning. But in 1923, this was still not a nationwide policy. Some states were ignoring it and some even made it illegal. It certainly made trouble for railroad trains, as this April 28, 1923 article in the Chicago Tribune shows--->

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, cousin, nephew and friend. This is the fifth installment of Date Book, covering 1923 (the first four cover 1919-1922). For as long as seems practical, I will record subsequent years (they continue into the 1970s). I'm matching the days--January 1, 1923 to January 1, 2017, for instance--with one entry per day.

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.

And this year, because Stanford is living in Boston, attending Boston University School of Theology, I will be adding information about early 1920s Boston as well as Schenectady.

Through these annotations, I hope to convey a sense of Stanford's life and times. And of course, I'm also hoping to give his descendants a fuller picture of who he was as a young man.

Datebook 1923

Saturday, April 28, 1923

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