17-year-old Helena Muffly wrote exactly 100 years ago today: 

Thursday, July 11, 1912:  Ruth and I went to a party over at Stout’s this evening. It rained so hard this afternoon, and I thought perhaps we wouldn’t go after all.

Her middle-aged granddaughter’s comments 100 years later:

Did Grandma and her sister Ruth get wet feet when they walked to their neighbors’ for the party?

Here’s hundred-year-old advice for drying wet shoes.

To dry out shoes, stuff your shoes full of dry grass or old paper to keep them from shrinking.

When they are dry, soften them with tallow or oil.

Outdoor Sports (1911) by Claude H. Miller

17-year-old Helena Muffly wrote exactly 100 years ago today:   

Wednesday, July 10, 1912:  Did some ironing this forenoon and puttered around this afternoon.

Her middle-aged granddaughter’s comments 100 years later:

Each day of the week used to have its own tasks. An old booklet called Approved Methods for Home Laundering published by Proctor & Gamble said that most of the ironing should be done on Wednesday.

Plan for the Week’s Work

MONDAY

1.            Put the house in order.

2.            Plan and cook for Tuesday.

3.            Sort clothes.

4.            Mend clothes (rents grow in washing).

5.            Take out stains.

6.            Soak soiled clothes.

7.            Lay fire for morning.

8.            Fill boiler.

9.            Get tubs and other things ready.

TUESDAY

1.            Light fire and heat water.

2.            Make soap solution.

3.            Do washing.

4.            Sprinkle and roll clothes.

WEDNESDAY

1.            Iron and bake.

2.            Do thick starching.

THURSDAY

1.            Finish ironing.

FRIDAY

1.            Put house in order.

SATURDAY

1.            Bake and plan for Sunday.

There was some variation from one list to the next in which things should be done on which days. (This list doesn’t quite match the recommended tasks for the various days of the week in the old Round and Round the Mulberry Bush ditty.)

17-year-old Helena Muffly wrote exactly 100 years ago today: 

Monday, July 8, 1912:  Nothing much to record. My head feels sort of heavy like.

Her middle-aged granddaughter’s comments 100 years later:

My head feels heavy like, too. I think it’s the hot weather. On days like this, I wish that my house had an old-fashioned porch that I could sit on.

Here are some drawings of furniture for summer porches from an article called “The Little House Summer Porch: Making the Living Porch Attractive” in the July, 1912 issue of Ladies Home Journal.