100 Years Ago
Monday, 5.30 AM Ther 68. 86. 72. = 75 1/3
Mostly clear. S.1. Figure up weather before breakfast. Buddy and Charles getting ready to leave this P.M. Heavy shower with thunder 11 A.M. (32) More P.M. Heavy shower and at night. (42). Tue went to 3.14 train with Buddy. Several light showers P.M. About 6 PM I drove out to fairground where they are building trolly(sic) line. Get some rivets at Frommells. Gobed, 9 P.M.
125 Years Ago
Friday, July1, 1887 6.15 AM Ther 76. 86. 74.
Mostly cloudy, Learning to use the gasoline stove. Tue cooks exclusively on it today ~ bakes batch of bread. Mrs. Davis helping her sew in afternoon. Maggie and Phebe went this morning to take first lessons in drawing. Got my harness at Skidmore. Buy black and red raspberries one gal. each. at Mitchells. Strong south wind all day sprinkle rain several times. Light showers in different quarters not enough to lay dust here. Go bed 10 P.M. Steam cocoons not soon enough.
Mitchell's would be IB MItchell grocery store on the NE square. Issac Bennett Mitchell is a distant cousin of mine.
ReplyDeleteI think you are related to many mentioned in the journal. I am glad you are along for the read! Just where was that store?
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501 7th street, on the NE corner where the Cricket Cage was..and he lived on Monroe 2 houses east of the Methodist Church. The house is still there on the corner, white and blue Victorian. Someone is working on the house now. I look forward to reading this everyday, along with my Great Aunt Annie journals. Tomorrow they pick Woodrow Wilson at the convention!
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