19-year-old Helena Muffly wrote exactly 100 years ago today:
Thursday, July 23, 1914: Can still feel the results of yesterday.
Her middle-aged granddaughter’s comments 100 years later:
Grandma—
Are you going to be okay? Your accident yesterday didn’t sound good—and I still think you should have gone to the doctor and the dentist. I hope that your father at least gave you the day off—and that you are lounging around the house.
—
Grandma hurt herself while loading hay or straw. She wrote:
I’m feeling awful sore in my lower region. Have a sore nose and two sore front teeth. Was loading hay this afternoon. While at work on the last load the train rounded the bend. I glanced in that direction. This next moment I was lying on the ground with the breath knocked out of me.
July 22, 1914
As I described yesterday, I think that hundreds of pounds of hay fell from a hay hook as it was being lifted into the barn.
I hope Helena got the day off too!🙂
Diana xo
I think she may be sore for a while!
She needs some liniment! When a nineteen-year-old complains of aches and pains you know it’s bad–they are usually so resilient!
I wonder, did your grandma ever talk about the accident when she was telling stories about her life to you or her other grandchildren?
I hope your Grandma healed from this accident and didn’t suffer any lifelong problems from it.
Farm accidents are so scary. I’m sure Grandma was sore – there’s not much cushioning in your nose!