Tuesday, April 15, 2014

April 14-15, 1914 and 1889 in Charleston IL

April 1914

14.  Tuesday.  6 AM.  Ther.  44.  66.  54.  =  54. 2/3
Part cloudy. E.2.  Hatton didn't come as agreed.  Self feeling poorly; am much worried about garden.  Hitch up AM.  Take Tue down to McCravys PM. later she went to Hat's.  I drove S.E. of town a while.  The  roads dry  Many of streets quite rough.  I felt so bad all day didn't care to do anything.  We get letter from Phebe.  She sent two records in box but there was but one when received.  Tue is  fretting about her washing.  Can find no one to do it.  Most cloudy with light N.E. winds.  Go bed 9

15.  Wednesday 6 AM.  Ther.  50.  70.  54.  =  54
Mostly cloudy. N.1.  Bill did not appear.  Tue gets Warman girl to help clean out tanks.  I drove to "Andersonville" to look for Steve Decker.  Zett said he had moved to country  quite  lately.  I get two pounds "lawn" grass seed at I.B.M's. 50 c Cr.  got  half bu corn there yesterday.  they are charging full price for things this season.  Tue and self plant some lettuce and radish P.M: trim vines.  Helen was in AM bring some buttermilk.  Tue  got a letter from Buddy.  she and Charley had been exposed to diphtheria but thought danger was past.  Drive over to see Hatton at Joe's.  Bill is working for Latta.  Jo will work for me tomorrow.  I kept on west crossing at Latta and Green bridges and down nearly to Mat Brown's.  I got  home 6 P.M.  Most clear NW2.  All roads are dry.  Streams getting low for season.  Tue went to church night - BMP (?)  Go bed 10 P

April 1889

14.   Sunday.  7 AM.  Ther.  39.  58.  48.  =  48 1/3
Cloudy.  Easterly wind.  chilly day.  Clean up some seed in stable to take to woods  Tue chickens from Ds all went back this morning.  Cloudy day and very dry strong  east wind.  Peaches are mostly in full bloom  garden stuff not growing much.  Have very little planted.  Prohibition meetings are being held at churches.  Go bed 10 PM

15.  Monday.  6 AM.  Ther.  38.  65.  48.   =  50 1/3
Clear east wind NOt feeling very well.  Up town most of forenoon.  There is considerable interest in the election tomorrow both on the license question and politically.  General impression seems to be that it will close all round.  The liquor men are not trying to do anything.  After dinner drove with Tue out to Uncle John's: found him burning brush.  Tue and I drove up to N. end of farm.  Uncle J. gave us some potatoes and 20 or thirty pounds of  pork.  Roads dry and dusty, got home sunset.  Milt Drake was up, his family went down Saturday.  John Rice's boy got dangerously scalded this PM at slaughter house.  Went up to Cancin(?) at night.   Gobed 10 PM

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