Wednesday, January 23, 2013

January 22-23, 1913 and 1888 in Charleston, Illinois

1913

22.  Wednesday.  6 AM.  ther.  26.  42.  38. = 35 1/2
Clear.  S.2.  White frost.  Tue complaining in night.  Rhoda came 7 AM. to  wash.  She stays to dinner.  Tue gets letter from Muggs.  Went up to Brown's for shave and hair cut for first time since the grip.  Paid .40  Tue and Phebe fix up box for each Muggs and Buddy.  Mailing  Muggs  at night.  It clouded up before noon continuing all day   It began to rain light showers 6 P.M. and kept it up much of the night.  Gobed 9 P.M.

23.  Thursday.  6.45 AM.  Ther.  46.  48.  42. = 45 1/3
Cloudy.  Mist.  S.3.  Light rains much of night and sprinkles this morn (.83)  Tue not feeling well but irons much AM.  She has tiff with roomer.They read light meter for month P.M. 684000.  The Dec. no of Geographic came today.  Tue over to Groves at night till late.  Phebe ate supper at Frances Stodderts.  They sent Buddy's box by express.  Cloudy day with moderate northerly winds.  The papers have been talking about a cold wave for two or three weeks but it has not come.  The mud roads are reported very bad.  Am out of cobs as well as corn.  Have coal enough to last till March with this  kind weather.  Gobed 9 P.M.

1888

22.  Sunday.  7 AM.  Ther.  15.  25.  25.
Cloudy wind S.E. light snow flying.  Maggie and self went up after newspaper.  Left word for Dr. Patton to come down and see baby, she (?) so much better after dinner.  Tue sent word that he needn't come.  Cloudy all day and thawing on south side.  Had duck for dinner.  Hung up meat in smoke house toward night.  Tue  went over to Wentz.  Girls up to  Davis before night.  Go bed 10~~

23.  Monday.  6.30 AM.  Ther.  25.  34.  21
Cloudy, wind light S.W.  A.H. Prevo  paid  (?) AM is going away tomorrow P.M.  Bue Dawsom pays up in afternoon.  Mrs. Rogers washes twoweeks(sic) wash.    Comer and two men at work stacking ties  was down to see them in afternoon.  Engage John Savely and Lem McKee help tomorrow.  Tue feeling badly today.  Left her things out all night.  Maggie went to school.  Clear off PM. wind NW  Gobed 10 PM. 

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