Journal related to the Goodnow family of Jamaica Plain.; The diary was an advertising handout for M.J. Breitenback Co., which manufactured Gude's Pepto-Mangan. Each page is printed with an endorsement of the product by doctors and hospitals. The preliminary pages of the memo book are gone, and they may have identified the diarist who made penciled entries on several of the dated pages throughout the year. The scattered notes record some daily weather conditions, notes about household chores needing attention, notes about planned visits to Burroughs Street, references to someone named "Bert," and mention of a JP minstrel show. There are trips to Quissett Harbor in Falmouth via Sippewissett Road. The writer's current ailments are described and the hiring and firing of maids and docking one girl a week's pay of $10 for failing to give adequate notice of her departure. There are also references to Tuesday Club cooking lectures, "driving" to unnamed places without mentioning whether the driving motive-force was horse or automobile. The sleeper train to Boston is mentioned but the departure point is not. There are many references to "Anna," and a few to "Mrs. G." The handwriting deteriorates near the last entries and then there are a few pages with the childish writing of "Anna," who declares herself to be a "good girl."

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