Prof. Hamilton's Diary: April 6, 1935

Mary Elizabeth comes home; Anti-war rally rocks Reading

Professor Hamilton put a star and the words “Mary Eliz. home from Hospital” at the top of the diary page today, and explained about a friend who drove the family over in his new Hudson car to pick up the baby at the hospital. “She was glad to come home & we loaded up our things, paid nurse Mrs. Scott and hospital bill.” Hospital bills weren’t nearly as onerous as they are today!

At home, they laid her down in her playpen in the front bedroom and she slept for three hours, had some supper, and was back in bed by 9 p.m.

“I went downtown on errands and in search of a ‘meat press,’ which I did not find.” he wrote.

A meat press was used to flatten out bacon, hamburgers and the like while they are cooking in a skillet. This vintage press is being offered by a seller on eBay.

Apparently Professor Hamilton did not encounter the big peace/anti-war rally that was being held today. Albright College students had held their own anti-war rally earlier in the week. Paid subscribers can read on about this rally, one of many that defined much of politics in the late 1930s.