Tuesday, April 22, 1919

Very beautiful day. To country place in morning and cleaned up. To Troy in P.M. Father bought 2 cars of eggs. Florence Lavery rode along. To Guy Thorpes home in evening to class meeting. To bed 11:30 P.M.

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Florence Lavery is mentioned in detail in the August 9th post.  

Monday, April 21, 1919

Very bright mild. day. Up 8 A.M. Home in A.M. Down town in P.M. Bowled at Star. Sorted eggs. Chored and read in evening. Hanford and Ruth to Proctors. Grace went home in A. M. Thankful for prohibition.

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Grace Cornell must certainly be a relative, a cousin, perhaps as a descendant of Richard Cornell, Susan's father. Susan was Catherine Cramer's mother and therefore Stillman's grandmother.

Sunday, April 20, 1919

Bright in morning. Cloudy rest of day. To Easter service at 7:30 A.M. To Church & Sunday School. Easter exercises at noon. Out riding P.M. Grace Cornell here. To Epworth League and Church Service. To bed 10:30 P.M.

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Saturday, April 19, 1919

Bright. Mild. Helped around house in A.M. Down town in P.M. Grace Cornell here for Easter. Father, Ruth , H.H. & I to Y to bowl. Father's first game 141. Very mild. To bed 11:30 PM. Wagner left 3:25 for Butler.

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Wow! Stillman could bowl too!

Friday, April 18, 1919

To Armory for drill. Overcast. Some rain in P.M. Around house in A.M. To Uncle John's in P.M. Cleared up at night. H.H., Ruth & I down to Y to bowl. Nellie watched. John Myers here in P.M. To bed 11 P.M. Thankful.

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I guess he's back to his old routine now. Thank goodness!

Thursday, April 17, 1919

Overcast. Some rain in P.M. To college 8:30 to 12 M. Ruth came home 11:59 P.M. Home in P.M. Birthday party for Ruth at Supper. To Merris to farewell supper for C. Wagner. To bed 11:30.

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Wednesday, April 16, 1919

Cloudy. Overcast. Some rain at noon. To college 10 to 2:30. Feel quite well. Took nap in P.M. Studied. To bed 9:30. Thankful for centenary, etc.

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Ah, back to classes!

Tuesday, April 15, 1919

Bright. Mild. Sunny. Up and dressed in A.M. Took walk before dinner. To Public Library. Took walk in P.M. and evening also. Studied. To bed 9:30 P.M. Thankful for health, education, parents etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.

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I guess "etc" is Stanford's equivalent of "yadda-yadda" (to borrow from Seinfeld). Sounds like Stanford is feeling better.

Monday, April 14, 1919

Bright but cool. Sun shone all day. Some windy. Around house in A.M. Dressed at noon. Took walk in afternoon and also evening. Took nap in P.M. At home in evening. To bed 10 P.M.

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I guess he's alone in the house, convalescing.

Sunday, April 13, 1919

Cloudy. Mild. A little rain. Father, Mother, Hanford and Scott Allen family to Saratoga to conference. Dressed in P.M. Walked on Back Porch. Thankful for friends.

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Saturday, April 12, 1919

Cloudy. Cool. Sat up in A.M. Up all day until 10 P.M. Cloudy. A little stronger. Mother went to Saratoga to conference on 1 P.M. car. Wilber Hayes called and stayed a while in Evening. Thankful for education.

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I wonder what conference Mother went to?

Friday, April 11, 1919

Mild. Wet. Snow all gone. Cloudy. Sat up most all of morning. Feel stronger. Took nap in P.M. Up until 9:30 P.M. Hayes called in evening. Rained hard all evening.

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Well, Stanford's recovering at last. I hope he's been doing his homework so he won't get too far behind!

Thursday, April 10, 1919

Cloudy. Mild. Rain in A.M. Genuine April showers. Sat up and ate dinner. Feel better. To bed 2 P.M. Hayes called on me. Wagner here in evening. He is going to Butler Penn. Rained hard.

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So, I guess that's what happened to Charles W. Wagner and where he was coming from when later on Stanford says he came home: Butler, Pennsylvania. I wonder what took him there? He ended up in Schenectady where he lived most of his life as a firefighter with a wife and a daughter.

Wednesday, April 9, 1919

Bright and mild. In evening a little shower. In bed most all day. Sat up for few minutes in morning, afternoon and evening.  Wilber Hayes called on me in evening. Thankful for centenary.

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Wilber was a good friend. I wonder if Stanford kept up with him after he left Schenectady? In 1930, Wilbur was married with a daughter; he and his family were living with his parents, according to the census, and he was a tester for the phone company. After that, it's hard to locate him. But I'd like to think Stanford and Wilbur wrote after they went their separate ways.

Tuesday, April 8, 1919

Beautiful. Mild. Springlike. Sun shone all day. In bed most all day. Sat up a few minutes. H.H. to Albany ten P.M. on Geologic trip. Thankful.

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I guess Stanford is recuperating. I wonder what the "Geologic" trip consisted of?

Monday, April 7, 1919

Mild. Bright. Clouded and had pour down at noon. Dr. Kathan here in A.M. Temperature 99 1/2. In bed all day. Thankful for friends.

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I wonder what Dr. Kathan did when he visited? Perhaps he just checked on Stanford's progress.

Sunday, April 6, 1919

Mild. Cloudy. Sun shone little. In bed all day. Sick of staying in bed. Eat very little. Hayes called in evening. Dr. Kathan here in A.M. Feel about the same. Snow all off of ground. Thankful.

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Saturday, April 5, 1919

Cloudy. Mild. Wet. In bed all day. Did not eat anything. Feel rather dull. Dr. Kathan here in morning. Temperature 102. Snow about all melted.

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Poor Stanford! I wonder what was wrong with him?

Friday, April 4, 1919

Cloudy. Mild. Snow melting fast. Did not feel well. Stayed home from college. Dr. Kathan here in evening. Temperature 104. Went to bed and took sweat.

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Uh-oh. Another illness. Wasn't it nice when doctors visited you at home? Imagine all the money that was saved on health care in those days! No trips to the emergency room or disposable surgery kits ratcheting up the expenses.

Dr. Kathan was probably Dayton L. Kathan, who lived on Union Street in Schenectady in 1920. He was a graduate of Albany Medical College and in 1919 was 63. Dayton had a brother Sherman who was also a physician, born in 1864 and therefore 55 at the time Stanford was treated. But Sherman lived in Conklinsville, 42 miles from Schenectady, so was probably not the doctor who attended Stanford.

Sherman Kathan was kind of interesting. He apparently lived for a while in the Minnesota territory. He's listed in the census as living in Aitkin, MN (29 miles East of Brainerd) in 1895 with his wife, Carrie, who was seven years younger than him. They'd only been married a year then. He was already a doctor, having graduated from Albany Medical College in 1891. They must not have liked it there because by 1900 they were living in New York City.

He died in 1929 in an automobile accident. His wife, however, died in 1921 at only 49 years old. They had no children.

Thursday, April 3, 1919

Bright mild day. Thawed. Some wet. To College 8:30 to 12. Studied. Helped mother clean our room. Down town. Bowled at Morse. Changed tire on ford. To KSII meeting at church. Walked around. Retired 10 P.M. Thank God for all worldly things.

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Wednesday, April 2, 1919

Cloudy in A.M. Cleared up in P.M. To college 8:30 to 12. Vacation in P.M. Return of soldiers. Big parade. Lots of people out. Bowled at Morse 239-137. Studied and read. To bed 10:15. Thankful for parents.

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Tuesday, April 1, 1919

Windy. Cold. To college 8:30 to 3:30. Let lower flat 108 Park Place. To Library. Supper. To April fool social at church. Miss Proper's eighteenth birthday. Fine time. To bed 12 P.M. Thankful for health.

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Not sure who Miss Proper is, but she must have been a friend. If I learn her first name, I can perhaps find out.

Monday, March 31, 1919

A little snow. Cool. To college 9 to 2:30 P.M. To Silliman Hall to do some work for Goewey [?]. Bowled at Star alleys. Studied. Played Piano. Quite a little snow on ground. To bed 10:15. Thankful for Education and Comforts.

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It was a little hard to make out the name of the person Stanford said he was doing "some work for," but I tried Goewey and found a Union student by the name of Hobart F. Goewey, who in 1920 was a senior at Union College from Chazy, NY. He later became Reverend Hobart F. Goewey. He may be the Goewey Stanford refers to. I wonder what kind of "work" Stanford was doing?

Sunday, March 30, 1919

SET CLOCKS AHEAD. Cold. Windy. Wet. To Church and S.S. Took Centenary pledges. Dinner. Uncle Charlie hear [sic]. To County House to meeting. E.L had charge. 5 couples to Lillian Weber's home. To Epworth League and Church Service. To bed 9:15.

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Ah, the good old days when Daylight Savings Time came at the end of March instead of at the beginning!

Lillian Weber was probably Miss Lillian Pearl Weber, a girl about Stanford's age who lived in Schenectady with her mother and a boarder at 936 Albany Street. Lillian was a dictaphone operator for GE. She later married and died in Florida in 1986.

Her mother, Lotta, shows as married in 1920, but a family tree shows him as dying in 1918, so I don't know what the real story is on that.

I wonder who Lillian was dating at the time? Stanford mentions 5 couples, so probably Lillian was half of one of those couples.

Here is a picture of Lillian when she was a bit older:

 I got this from a family tree on ancestry.com. I think she had a nice face.