17-year-old Helena Muffly wrote exactly 100 years ago today:
Saturday, May 4, 1912: They put me at cleaning the pantry. I’m not fond of house cleaning, and therefore did not like my work. Sewed some this afternoon. I intend to do a lot more often after school is out.
Source: National Food Magazine (May, 1912)
In
House Cleaning Time
When
Old
Dutch
Comes in
Dirt Goes
Out—
Try it on
Something
Hard to
Clean.
Many uses and full
directions on
large sifter can 10¢
Her middle-aged granddaughter’s comments 100 years later:
The pantry probably needed to be cleaned in anticipation of the upcoming canning season. The shelves likely were dusty and filled with disorganized mixture of empty canning jars, pots, and pans.
I bought a music cd from the Homestead National Monument in Beatrice, Nebraska a couple years ago entitled, “Canned Goods” by Ann Zimmerman. Priceless. Don’t know if you can get her cds on line, but I believe you would like to hear Canned Goods.
I found The Plumber is the Man and a couple of other songs she did at the Grand Brown Theatre in Concordia KS on YouTube. They’re a lot of fun! Thanks for the recommendation.
A Hundred Years Ago 
Some things never change – even though it is supposed to be easier in our times, not many of us are not fond of house cleaning, either!
I agree!
I bought a music cd from the Homestead National Monument in Beatrice, Nebraska a couple years ago entitled, “Canned Goods” by Ann Zimmerman. Priceless. Don’t know if you can get her cds on line, but I believe you would like to hear Canned Goods.
I found The Plumber is the Man and a couple of other songs she did at the Grand Brown Theatre in Concordia KS on YouTube. They’re a lot of fun! Thanks for the recommendation.