Rankin MacMillan’s Notes on Each Journal
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Journal Date
1913
Transcription
notes made on the 1913 Diary by Rankin MacMillan Aug. 1968
January 1 - Martha writes a long quote from her pastor son's (Jason's) church bulletin.
Jan. 11 - Clayton and Edith went to Columbus to visit Clara - and to a Billy Sunday meeting - and to Gov. Cox inaugural.
Jan. 13 - Churches are closed due to a diptheria scare.
Feb. 3 - Farmer's Institute - Clayton is president
Feb 26 - Little Rankin keeps "watching door" to get outside.
March 5 - 5000 women's suffragists in Wash. D.C.
March 26, 27, 28, 29 - heavy rains - Dayton flooded (The Big Flood of 1913)
April 27 - Do not encourage Sabbath calling or visiting!
May 1 and 2 - Harlan and Homer in for short visit.
May 3 - Clara home for week-end.
May 30 - Decoration Day - decorating graves of family members Page 102
June 6 - Raymond Williamson graduated from Cedarville College.
June 6 - Homer elected to Cedarville College Board of Trustees.
June 13 - Edith's mother (Mrs. John Rankin) and sister Mabel & 2 daughters arrive
June 14 - Miss Benline (cook and beloved housekeeper) kicked by a horse.
June 18 - car trouble
June 19 - Nellie (Jason's wife) and baby Theresa arrive
June 25 - Edith's father (John Rankin) arrives from Tarkio
July 1 - The Rankins leave for home (Tarkio)
July 4 - Fred and Charles Baskin arrive (Baskin became a skin specialist doctor)
July 9 - Martha's ailments more pronounced - so she with Miss Benline go to Kenton, O. to see a specialist there.
July 10 - Aug. 5 - Martha receives 22 treatments by this doctor.
August 5 - Martha makes her last entry (still at Kenton)
August 12 - Martha dies on Tuesday morning, Aug.12, 1913. (The last 4 pages written by another describes the final illness and funeral. Dr. McChesney presided.
Digitization Date
June 24, 2015
Source
University Archives
Archives Collection
Martha McMillan Journal Collection
Archives Accession Number
01-129
Archives Container Number
SF-101B
Archives Identification Number
RG 16/46
Keywords
Martha McMillan, Cedarville, diaries, journals
Disciplines
Agriculture | Animal Sciences | Christianity | Civic and Community Engagement | Education | Family, Life Course, and Society
Recommended Citation
MacMillan, Rankin, "Notes on the 1913 Journal" (1913). Rankin MacMillan’s Notes on Each Journal. 3.
https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/mcmillan_notes/3
Included in
Agriculture Commons, Animal Sciences Commons, Christianity Commons, Civic and Community Engagement Commons, Education Commons, Family, Life Course, and Society Commons
About this Collection
The McMillan Journal Collection is an archive of the journals of Martha McMillan of Cedarville, Ohio, who maintained a daily journal from 1867 until her death in 1913.
