1936 HANDWRITTEN DIARY/HERBERT WELLS/HARTFORD CONN/WIFE IS DYING/VERY SAD/FULL!

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I am so pleased to offer you today the 1936 diary of Herbert C. Wells,from Hartford Conn.Herbert lived with his wife,Jennie on the farm they owned,and had two daughters,Eleanor,and Louisa that lived fairly close,with their families.This is another one of those diaries that touches your heart and makes you feel like you knew the person who wrote it.When Herbert began writing this diary,he and Jennie were staying in a hotel in town,and moved back to the farm when the weather started to warm up.Jennie was quite sick,and I suppose it was warmer for her there.Herbert made trips to the farm often and brought eggs and other things to sell in town,and give to his daughters,and others.When they do go back to their farm,he gets an ambulance to take Jennie.Herbert was very devoted to her,and took care of her by himself,with help from his daughters,until he finally has to get a nurse to stay and help him.Jennie must have had some form of dementia,because she was forgetting more,and more each day,and could do less everyday,but somedays were better than others.She was very often depressed and Herbert wrote about that.She also had other health problems,because they were giving her pheno barbitol,and morphene.Herbert was a very successful man,and had a hired man,and others that helped with the farm work,and had quite an interest in stocks and bonds and at the back of the diary has written several pages of accounting,as well as his bond interests.The first part of the diary is mostly about Jennie,and her illness,and its progression,which is heart wrenching.The later part he talks more about his work,his daughters,and their families,friends,going to church,and playing the organ,and practicing to play at a couple of weddings.He talks about the latest news,a boy setting fire to one of his haystacks and having to have the fire dept.out,about sitting on numerous court cases,about the dengable Von Hindenburg passing over Hartford,& seeing President Roosevelt as he came to speak at Bushnell Park.He is also very interested in politics.I dont want to say too much,because I want the winning bidder to find out for themselves about Jennie,and everything else.I will give you a few examples of his entries,so you can see for yourself what a fine diary this is...Cool & very clear & pleasant.Jennie slept well but had a hard time getting to sleep.She has felt much better today.We walked around the block this forenoon and up Suers to Pearl & down maine & to hotel in the evening.I went to bank & stores in forenoon & to movies & saw Will Rogers in All Kentucky in afternoon.Dr.Clason telephoned at 5:30 that Dr. Weidman wanted Jennie to go to the hospital for 3 days for observation.This was a shock to us and upset Jennie badly.We decided that she will not go to hospital unless it is absolutely neccessary.Cold & very clear & pleasant.Jennie slept well last night & head didnt ache quite as badly this morning.Louisa called while we were eating breakfast.We opened windows & Jennie walked a little but felt very badly and had to stop.I gave her a tripple bromide.After lunch she felt very badly & lay down & I gave her a tripple bromide.She slept considerable & felt better towards night & in evening.I read in evening.I went to Sux Bond & ? and got wedding presentation approval.Jennies head has been distressed & she has been very confused. Cool & cloudy all day.Thaws some.Jennie slept well but had a bad headache this morning.She is very much confused & I fed her some.Eleanor & Louisa called in afternoon.I went to bank and stores in afternoon. Cold & very snowy all forenoon.Snow & hail a good deal of afternoon.It stopped for a while about night but began again in evening.We slept well last night but Jennie had a bad headache in morning.She felt fairly well today but was considerable depressed at times.Stayed in hotel all day. Warm & cloudy all day.Very little rain during day.Hard rain in evening.Jennie slept well last night.She was very confused and it was hard to wake her & make her eat anything.She hasnt understood much of anything today or said... read more

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