March 27-31, 1914 in Charleston, IL and Weather

March 1914

27.  Friday.  6.15 AM.   Ther.  58.  64.  48.  =  56 2/3
Cloudy S.E.1. Light R. began in night.  Bowles not any worse.  I build a fire in furnace 10.30 AM. to dru off the damp mess.  The atmosphere is loaded with moisture.  A light drizzle all AM does not better things.  It continued to drizzle till say  2 PM.  Meas at 3 P 53 Tue got some "Cod" fish last evening which is too different.  Tue attends RC PM at Dillards with her article on Margaret Fuller.  She  got home 4.30 and later went up town Learn that Ruth Talbot died yesterday  Uncle John died nineteen years ago today.  Cloudy day think sun out once.  SE wind till toward noon when shifted to light northerly.  The Groves were over to 10. P.M.


28.  Saturday.  6.15  AM.  Ther.  48.  66.  58.  =  57 1/3
Cloudy, heavy fog E.2. Supposed would be much colder, but not so.  The cold wave passed a thousand miles NW and North of us.  Get letter from Chickerings and sons regarding old piano. No. 1049.  It was  sold from him factory to Mr. William Savage of Boston Mass.  Apl. 24, 1832.  That was ten years before I was born. Frank Wilson died today.  Harman brought me sack of oats  first time in long time.  I owe him for same.  He drove in to Ruth Talbotts funeral at 2.30 P.M.  Tue attended same.  I hitch up late P.M.  driving up town.  Later got shoe at Evan's pd 50.  Mrs. Curd was over after supper.  She went with Tue to Grove's and elsewhere till after I retire.  Mostly cloudy day light E. to S. wind.  Gobed 9


29.  Sunday. 6.30 AM.  ther.  56.  70.  62.  = 62 2/3
Cloudy thick fog. S.E.1.  There was light rain about 4 AM. Sham Self did fine job- no blood.  It took rest of AM to oil buggy repair harness and harness mare.  Tue  attends church AM.  We had dinner about 1oc.  By time I got ready  to take drive it began to drizzle.  In driving out of shed about 4 PM. came near wrecking shed and other things.  I drove round by Sanitarium and got home time to miss showers, all rain today .15 in.  Streets very sloppy.  Grass and weeds are growing.  Gobed 9.30


30.  Monday.  6.30 AM.  Ther.  52.  54.  48.  = 51 1/3
Cloudy:  fog. N.2.  Tue was expecting woman to wash.  She phoned she couldn't come.  Miller called AM for ladder.  Says will finish painting soon as weather predicts.  Catharine and Betty Shaffer call to  play an hour or two play an hour or two A.M.  Steve Decker was here wanting work.  He lives at N. E. of 11th St.  Gus got  old shelfing with drawers.  Frank M. Wilson buried today.  Tue has trouble finding was woman.  She mops kitchen P.M.  I walk up town P.M. Pay Charleston taxes at Court House 118.98 which makes our total tax 319.54.  The highest on record I think for us.  Tue spent evening at Groves.  Cloudy light northerly winds 9 PM.


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31.  Tuesday.  6.30 AM.  Ther.  50.  64.  58.  =  57 1/3
Cloudy. light. trace of rain in night.  Phone J. E. Mc early for "same" and try to see him when passing uptown but didn't.  I hitch up mare A  Mostly cloudy day with easterly light wind becoming southerly.  Gobed 8.30M.   She acts very bad.  Curry her off  She is very dirty.   I went up to Interurban Sta for same.  Saw Latta who has bought house near Sta.  Get same about noon.  I drove south to Phipps and return.  the gravel and other roads pretty bad.  I got back 6.  Mostly cloudy day with easterly light wind becoming southerly.  Go 8.30.

March 1914 Weather

The Weather &c at Charleston, Ill for March 1914.  Mean temperature 41.  Max 70 on 15.25 and 29th Min 10 on 1st.  Clouds 49 1/2 % Precipitation 1.16 inches on fourteen days.  Snow about 3 inches in light falls on nine days  Winds ~ North 4 2/3;  N.E. 3;  E. 2 1/3;  S.E. 1 2/3;  S. 6; S.W. 3 2/3;  W. 4 2/3 and N.W. 5 days.  The precipitation has been light with much damp foggy weather.  The roads are  pretty bad (Mar. 31) gravel roads mushy in many places.  Roads have been worse early in month and were better about middle.  No farming done yet.  Rains have kept people out of their ground.  Grass growing fine in yard and will soon need mower.  Eggs    .  Butter country 30.  Oats Corn  Hogs  .  the wagon yard has been  closed to country people several weeks.  The city can't afford to pay rent on same.