March 20-21, 1913 in Charleston, Illinois

20.  Thursday.  6 AM.  Ther.  54.  58.  46 = 52 2/3
Mostly clear.  S.S.W.4  Helen Hildreth called AM she had the mumps.  Stays to dinner going home on P.M. car.  Helen Ferish here P.M. helping Tue about  a dress.  All went up town P.M.  Learn of George M. Seftons death at 8 this AM will be buried Sat. 10 AM.  I hitch up in part but didn't drive.  Tue over to Grove's at night.  Much cloudy and very windy day.  Wind shifts to westerly with sp. rain late afternoon, more at night and quite heavy showers at times in night growing colder all day:  furious wind all night, near hurricane toward morn.  Rain to 7 AM (21) .60  Gobed 10.15

2121.  Friday  5. AM.  Ther.  36.  34.  26.  = 32.
Cloudy W.7.  The wind drove me out early.  It was a reglur (sic) cyclone.  Dessy Wright who used to work here called AM.  Tue gets first letter from Phebe for two or three weeks.  Harman phones that window at farm blown in and broken.  He was sowing oats yesterday but failed to sow clover seed.  Tue gets ready and starts for Mt. Carmel at 3.14 P.M. train.  Wentz takes her to depot.  Phone H.G. to please bring up my booze which he did about dark staying an hour or two.  Cold windy day about freezing much of time.  Part cloudy clear at night.  I sleep upstairs.  Gobed 9