Datebook 1919: Thursday, January 16, 1919

Exceedingly mild. Beautiful. Bright. Thawed fast. To College 8:30 to 12:00. Studied. Bowled at Star [drawing of star]. Supper. To library. Nation goes dry 36th state ratifies. Prohibition goes into effect 1-16-20. Thankful.

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So, the nation wasn't dry quite yet. It's interesting that Stanford fails to mention the law going into effect the following year.

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 and son. I'm starting with the first one, written in 1919, but I plan to record subsequent years (they continue into the 1970s). I'm matching the days--May 5, 1919 to May 5, 2013, for instance--with one entry per day. So it will take a year to get through the first 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 1919 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 1919

Thursday, January 16, 1919

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