March 1-31, 1902 in Charleston,IL. Highlights

March 1902

1.  Saturday 6 AM.  Ther.  32  33.  27.  =  30 2/3
Shirley called a while forenoon.  He signed lease on Tues land yesterday at Charley Jones.  Samuel fellows call to see about rent H.G. house I hitch up and drive down there P.M. found house all open except front door.  

2.  Sunday
This is the last snow according to Wes. Decker sign  There were to be twenty six.  Ferd called at night

3.  Monday.
Bert called while we were eating breakfast.  He is delegate to  Rep. Co, Convention which meets today in Mattoon gets all candidates but one Zimmerman of Ashmore for Trea.  Tily sheriff.  Cream, judge.

4.  Tuesday.

5.  Wednesday.
Examine records at Court House find that Armstrong did not contract to keep up fences between us and that the Stock judgement expired Jan 7 last.  Tarleton Miles died suddenly today.  Phebe attended ball at Owl Club

6.  Thursday,
Jo came with team and Will came with him and I hire him at 15.00 per month to begin when I want him and work as long I need him.  I am to board him.

7.  Friday 6 AM.
Mushroom bed 80 degrees inside.  I spent two hours at H.G. place P.M.  Found woodhouse door open.  Tarlt Miles was buried today.

8.  Saturday
Mushroom bed 95 inside.   Pick up old spawn at barn yesterafternoon [sic] have about enough for this bed.  Berry Stoddert is tending bar for Dick Cadle in hotel  Miss Ford had a function in her room at night.

9. Sunday
Mushroom bed about same as yesterday say 95 or more 6 in. down.  It seemed to be over 100 at night.

10.  Monday.
Mushroom bed about 100.  John Marshall says can fix up Strode Matter any count.  Get catalog of bookcases.  Lattas sale today but I could not go.

Top of page:  Temp mushroom be falling, but little above 90 today.  Spawn M bed today  11th see below.  Temp 90.

11. Tuesday
Spawn mushroom bed P.M. south 2/3 of old spawn saved in 94.  N 1/3 some started in shed last fall.  Fear bed may be too warm.  The smell from this bed penetrates into living rooms  Marie has gang of girls here at night.

12.  Wednesday
I got a a letter from Cynthia Ansley today

13.  Thursday
Phebe began working at Jenkins with t? ? . . . .

14.  Friday

15.  Saturday
Write Aunt Cornelia asking Uncle mark to send me 25 Kieffer  Pears,  and 100 raspberry plants.  Marie and Helen went to Sniders P.M. Laura Clark with them.

16.  Sunday
Fix up up box of material in barn going to try to make some spawn.  Mix with chaff and bank up with manure spawn as made.  Helen , Louise and Marie walk in from Snider's toward night.  Florence  Moore   here most of P.M.  All go to church at night.

17. Monday
Louise Snider stayed all night with us.  I felt very bad all day and  ate no breakfast nor dinner. Charley Marshall thinks they want to build Opera House on bottom lot.  Tu pays Dr. Patton bill P.M. some 27.00 settled in full for 25.00

18.  Tuesday
Tom Miles calls AM. is running for collector against C.H. Louise was here  They went to show with Ferd.

19.  Wednesday
Got a letter from Mary P. Sayre PM.  John McGruty has gone to Chicago to buy new bar furniture.

20.  Thursday

21.  Friday
Emmett Fritz gets dirt for mushroom bed and we earth it over P.M>

22.  Saturday
Tue and I  about decide not to sell McClasky H.G. place.  John Marshall advises not to without some money down.  Tue and I drive down to H.G. place toward night.

23.  Sunday
I decide to try my hand at making brick spawn therefore get the bricks ready nine in number in hay now got tired fooling with it all day.  There seems to be much live spawn in mushroom bed in garden and I save a a basket or two of it

24.  Monday
Call at Shoots d  Col PM   He is again working for pension.

25.  Tuesday
Wrote letter to Aunt Maria.

26.  Wednesday
Tue planted sweet peas in garden.

27.  Thursday
Maggie comes home P.M.

28.  Friday
Drove down at  got Mrs. Smith to do some washing for Maggie. Frank Ashmore put in door bell.  Marie to Clarks to stay all night.  Louise stays with us all night.

Top of page:  Send 1.00 fo Country Gentleman, Money order for sub. for self.

29.  Saturday

Tue and all hands busy ironing &c.  Didn't hitch up till noon but went up town and paid taxes for Charleston Township 197.80 Realty 6.60 personal 2 checks.  Louise stayed here all night and AM.  They were all at work to fix up Maggie.  She left on 2.45 train  I took her baggage down.  Marie went with me.

30.  Sunday

31.  Monday

March 1902 Mo.Mean 39.6  Clouds 59%   Chart of daily temps.

November 1-3, 1890 and 1901

November 1890

1.  Saturday 7 AM.  Ther  33  60  50

Clear SW wind.  Warren and John here before I got up.  Went right to work at hog house and got sided and roof on by 3 PM.  Uncle John here to dinner. Gang up from timber and settle with most of them   Good many in town   and politics main talk on streets.  Dem com - strikes for money at night but got none   Tue not very well.  Clear or mostly so with SW or W wind light sprinkle rain about 10 Pm  Buy load of corn of Harvey Brown 16 10/70 bu.  $6.75  Good many fellows loaded tonight  Go bed  11.30 P.M.

2.  Sunday  8 AM.   Ther 49.

Clear W wind fresh.  Children went to SS Turie to church start to Ranch after dinner getting there before supper, cool raw day  with NW wind.  gobs  8 PM.

3.  Monday.  6 AM.  Ther.

Cloudy morning with NW wind spitting hominy snow.  John and I try to to lookout N and W lair near NW corner.  Rile and Johnny  beginning clearing on west line NW of west field have decided to fence the Fritz hollow.  Warren finishes  hauling out lumber from old mill sites  Start home about 2 P.M.  Try to get some squirrels and quail on road home but fail  Gobed 1030 ~~ 

November 1901

1.  Friday I took a walk North east to South getting very tired AM.  I got a rig at livery stable in afternoon and Mary and I drove  over  to "North west" on west shore, returning before night.  Close cloudy muggy day but not very warm. Self felt badly all day.

2.  Saturday.  Maria called before noon and took self and Aunt Maria around town a while.  Maria and Fahys left for New York P.M.  Raw NW windy day   We drove to Whitney's and up near Stand Pipe

3.  Sunday.  Bright pleasant cool day.  Got a rig till noon driving east of SH and over on neck for last time as intend to leave for Geneva tomorrow morning.  Charley drove with me PM going to ocean at Bridgehampton and afterward to Fahy's house on the neck.  Charley with dog call at night.  C & I return Bricklyn road. 

March 1-8, 1890 in Charleston, IL

March 1890

1.  Saturday 6 AM.

at ranch

John went after hay to Sims got a small load of the of the best we have had.  Rile worked till noon, and settle with him for work done to date.  He still owes me for two months rent.  Several lambs died today and three well five new ones this morning.  Pretty clear pleasant day but cold NW wind.  Gobed 10.30 PM.  John and wife went out to barn in night

2.  Sunday 6 AM. At Ranch.  Ther

Clear day.  John and Warren went for corn.  I walked over across hollow AM.  Johnny Decker dined with us.  Rile Decker worked all day at odd jobs.  Had to nail stripes on south side of shed when wind changed to SW in PM.  There have been six lambs today two died in house.  Gobed  11.30 PM

3.  Monday. 5 AM.  Ther.                34  =
Partly cloudy.  John started for another load of hay at about 8 AM.  I work with sheep and lambs till 10.30 AM and start home getting there at about 3 PM after the roughest ride I ever had.  I counted lambs pretty carefully this AM and make 49 alive most of them pretty good, as nearly as I can tell then have ten of them died, and 43 of the ewes have had lambs 16 ewes have had twins according to this.  Two or three of the remaining 27 ewes are probably not with lamb.  My trip home nearly used me up and I did not go up town. Abbot brought me some cull posts and cut up for wood toward night.  Our worst trouble at ranch is want of milk for young lambs, John will buy a cow as soon as he can.  Gobed.  10.30 PM -- 

4.  Tuesday 7 AM  Ther  27.   27.  19.  =  24 1/3
cloudy and snow flying from NW.  Mostly clear day with N.W. wind.  Remain at home all day all the neighbors have called today.  Hat was here toward night.  Feeling badly self and took some oil sat up till 1.30 AM waiting for it.   Abbott cut lot of cull posts and some poles into stove wood  Grows colder.  The street lights not lighted tonight  nor last night  Tue spent evening up at Lattas  Gobed  1.30 AM

5.  Wednesday.  7.30 AM.  Ther.  Ther 13.  25.  16.  =  18
Cloudy and snowing lightly from N.E.  Snows about 1 inch AM.    Went up about 10.30.  Remit Dunnaway.  Pabst. F. Strauu & Co in full send WHR  JM A(?) & Co. Louieville KY to free (?) B ? Whiskey.  Bert down to dinner.  Came in with team and wagon.  Bim was married last Saturdat to Ora Easton.  Bill Kelly works at store washing bottles P.M. says has good cow to sell.  Spent evening at store first time in a week .  Street lamps not going tonight.  Go bed 11.30 PM

6.  Thursday 7 AM.  Ther  4.  27.  21  = 17 1/3
Clear with N.E.  wind.  Get letter from Aunt Maria.  The first in a long time.  Uncle John down to dinner.  Bim and wife are going to live with him this sumer (sic).  Get samples grass seed from WS Hill and pay him for all I have bought.  Council meet at night and vote to have special election on license question on  Apl 23.  Tue feeling badly today and also at night.  Marie sick in night - Tue  thinks from swallowing a piece of chewing wax.  Tue and baby got up and spent night on the lounge down stairs  Mostly clear day with N.E. wind:  hazy night.  Circle around moon.  Sat up till after 2 A.M.

7.  Friday 7.30 AM.  Ther  21  32  22  =  25
Cloudy and snowing from S.E  Tue not feeling much better.  Self about sick all day and night had high fever at night did not go bed till 2.30 AM.  Snows lightly most of day from N.E. about 2 1/2 in  Mrs. Eastins sick sent Ed for Ed for whiskey  Trade light, did not go up town at night  Bill Kelly gives me order for his cow if I want her at $25.00  He recommends her highly.

December 21-31, 1889 in Coles County Illinois

December 1889

21.  Saturday. 7.30 A.M.  Ther.  38.  46.  53.  =  45 2/3

Cloudy wind S.E.  Kelly starts for  hay  8 AM intending to take small load down to woods taking over  half  a ton got back at 4 P.M. lead my mare down rode back leaving team.  Have talk with John Simons who proposes to work for me for 20.00 per month.  Milt up town says a black ram lamb was born yesterday  Milt gets full and gets in Calaboar at night.   Late rain forenoon heavy after dark with some thunder  Clear night with strong W  wind Uncle John down to dinner, self nearly sick all day  Gobed 12.30  Got Marie's photos 1 1/2 doz. 5.00

22.  Sunday, 7 AM.  Ther.  32.  46. 31.  =  36 1/3 

Clear, wind N.W. girls went to S.S. sent Phebe to Gee Lee's after oysters  Maunie Lang here nearly all day, of course.  Tue and  baby went up to Davis after dinner  baby has caught bad cold cough at night.  Tue has 47 hens they are beginning to lay  gobed  10 PM~

23.  Monday  6.30.  AM  Ther.  32.  54.  48.  =  44 2/3

Clear with S. sind Milt was up after load of hay.  Pay him up except my board,  Think over pay him Tue received plush muff by mail.  Settle with Kelly paying him 6.00 still owe him half cord wood.  Flash (Flack) arrive from Pittsburgh .  Clear day westerly wind.  Elight went out too soon tonight at store.  gobed 11.20 PM

24.  Tuesday 7 AM.  Ther  52.  68  62  =  60 2/3

Mostly clear AM.   TV(?) pays  old a/c 3.25  Trade pretty good but don't collect much.  Old man snow saws wood all day t 100 per day   Kelly works all at store cleaning up windows and washing bottles  Flasks come from A. Glass Co.  15 (?) Cloudy day being warm  gobed 12.30

25.  Wednesday. 7AM.  Ther  45.  63  61  =56 1/3

Cloudy N.E. wind AM SE and 5 P.M. W.  at night trade not as good as yesterday.  H.G. and Hat down to dinner.  Shaw saws wood AM.  Fellow tries to work the change racket on me at night.  Write letter to Aunt Maria.  Letter from SN Weil & Co refusing to let us have 50 without attaching WHRs to acceptance.  Cloudy all day clear at night gobed 10.30 PM  Buy 15 Bush corn of Prices @  .23.

26.  Thursday.  7 AM.  ther 45  63  61  =  56 1/3

Clear w. wind, grows cooler wind N.W.  Fischer stove at store smokes so we didn't have any fire and think I caught some cold.  Trade quiet.  Ferd came up in P.M.  Warren up on his way to Simons.  Mary Davis to dinner  Maunie Lang stays all night.  gobed 12 oc ~

27.  Friday.  8 AM.  Ther  27.  51.  39.  =  39

Heavy white frost Mostly clear wind S.W.  Millers man changes stove pipe running it through sky light.  Warren says he will haul load of hay for me tomorrow if Milt will  Uncle John in PM went down to house but no one home.  Trade light.  Nicks wife sick at night.  Partly clear day SW wind go bed midnight  Sent Marie's photos to Aunt Maria.

28.  Saturday 7.30 AM  Ther  39.  61.  58  =  51 2/3

Mostly light cloudy day  Uncle John down to dinner.  Warren and Mils did not come up.    Uncle John down to dinner  Tue's cloak comes from New York and does not suit she thinks of returning it.  P. Garwee pays me $6.00 for posts  Kelly  says will go to ranch with me.  Tomorrow after clearing up.  Went down to light house toward night to ask for little longer times at night with lamps.  They have been shutting off before we closed.  Clear off at night, furious south wind all night and warm  go bed 12.30

29.  Sunday 8AM.  Ther  62.  37.  26  41 2/3
Partly clear SW wind very high growing colder all day.  Mostly cloudy clear at night and freezing some.  Maunie Lang here in morning but soon went home.    Maggie went to S.S.  Phebe has sore throat and tooth ache at night.  Tue not very well  Violent SW  W wind all day.  Gobed 11 P.M.  Ther 24

30.  Monday.  7.30  AM.  Ther.  24  40?  23  =  29
Mostly clear day.   Kelly and self start for ranch bout 10 AM taking Carvlo whom we lost before we got to Mt Zion.  They have a new baby born last night.  Old sheep look very badly.   Rutherford there.  Kelly and Frank went after rabbits.  Tell Milt that can't keep him got home at 6 P.M.  Carlo not there  Trade has been dull since Christmas  gobed 1. oc

31.  Tuesday.  7.30 Ther.  22.  39.  42.  =  34 1/3
Mostly clear S.E.  wind.  Alarm of fire about 1 AM  N.E. corner of square.  Tue and Mrs. Davis went to Kate Groves to spend day taking Marie.  Milt and Jim Decker up after hay mostly clear day with SE and S wind    Began to rain about 11 P.M.  Draw $200.00 from firm  H.G. draws 337.59  makes us even on checks  Marie has touch of croup in night  Gobed  1230~
Bought can of oysters at Scherers
Carried to New Book January 1 1890

September 17-29, 1889 in Charleston, IL

September 1889

17.  Tuesday. 6 AM.  Ther.  58.  66.  57.  =  72 1/3

Mostly clear.  Owens tuned piano $2.50.  W.S.G. picks hops.  Milt brings up load of wood on yard.  I went down to  Milts at night getting there at about  7 P.M.  Mostly clear day with NW wind  gobed at Milts  9.30 P.M.

18.    Wednesday  5.30 AM.  Ther.  44.  60.  48.  =  55.

Clear.  Said to have been light frost in places.  J Riley came to work at 6 A.M.  R. Decker  @ 11 A.M.  Put up posts for N and E line and began on west after changing two or three times.  I walked over to Fritz hollow P.M. and start home at 5.30  Chilly day got hme 7.15  Maggie was sick all day.   Gobed 9 P.M.  wind NW fresh

19.  Thursday, 6.30 AM.  Ther.  41.  66.  51.  =  52 2/3

Clear.  Maggie seems pretty smart.  Greer drummer in town.  Get harnessed repaired at Adaires.  Drove out to cemetery P.M. taking Maggie  baby and Tue.  Chilly day NW wind  Gobed 10.10

20.  Friday. 6.30  AM.  Ther.  50.  72.  53.+  58 1/3

Clear  fresh W Wind.  Maggie feeling badly this morning.  Mr. Green leaves at noon.  Did not leave anything of him.  Mrs. Rogers irons.  Milt Drake was with R. Decker, brought wood.   Drove out to Loxa P.M. to see about a fence machine.  Didn't find it.Clear or nearly so all day strong W. wind  Go bed 10.15 P.M.

21.  Saturday  7 AM.  Ther.  50.  68.  57.  =  59 1/3
Clear.  Most of gang up from timber and pay off   Milt  brings up load of slabs for me, and deliver some posts and poles to Mrs. Coon.  Pay Milt Drake 3.00.  Biz very dull AM. but very good at night.  Tue complains of headache and toothache.  Maggie feeling pretty well she is worse every other day.  Gobed 11PM

22.  Sunday  6 AM. Ther   56.71.  58. = 61 2/3
Pretty clear  Start for timber 8 AM.  Drive round  clearing with Milt and down in S. hollow went round to river bottom got about half bushel paw paws same of grapes got home 7 P.M.  Maggie not so well today.  Pleasant day and growing warmer.  Go bed 9 PM.  Wind SE

23.   Monday.  6 AM.  Ther 60.  81.  65.  =  68 2/3
Part clouds  Mrs. Rogers washed.  Uni drummer here didn't  buy anything.   Sent  box of pawpaws and wrote letter to Aunt Maria  Milt got up with load of wood took to Ben Anderson the first of five cords sold him   The wagon about gave out today.  Milt didn't start home until after  8 P.M.  Maggie better today she has not been able to go to school any yet.  11 P.M.

24.  Tuesday  6 AM.  Ther  66.  86.  70.  =  74
Mostly clear Maggie feeling badly this AM got Dr. who left some medicine says she must have a Truss.  Mrs. Rogers came to Iron  Maggie better P.M.  Milt brought second load of wood to Anderson  Hibbard wants two or three cords dry.  Some cloudy  Unpleasantly hot signs of rain, lightning at night  Tue having neuralgia  Trade rather dull.  H Meyun drummer here.  Gobed 10:15

25.  Wednesday.  6.30 AM.  Ther.  55.65.  44  = 53 2/3
Cloudy.  Heavy shower about 3 AM.  Maggie feels better and up to breakfast.  cleared off before noon.  Start for ranch 9 Am.  Roads some muddy  Try with Milt to settle on location for shed.  He hauled up two loads of strips today.  None of other boys have worked this week.   Rode over pasture toward night.  Find grass looking very well but pastured too close.  Cool day  wind N.W. and strong at night.  go bed 9:30 P.M.

26.  Thursday.  6 AM.  Ther  40.  60.  44..  = 48
Clear.  White frost light.  Wait to work at fences N. end of yard in morning.  Commissioners came about 9 AM to survey road which they finish before noon  It measures about 226 rods.  After dinner worked on fence till I left at 4.45 P.M.  Maggie missed her chill today for first time in two weeks and feels better.  Cool day and some cloudy W wind.  Got home about dark.  Bought canned oysters at Lees.  gobed 10.15 P.M

27.  Friday  7 AM.  Ther  40.  66.  46  =  50 2/3
clear.  Light whit frost.  Rene was here  to dinner.  Maggie  still feeling better.  Pay up Tom Hutton $6.00 AM.  Paid  John Parker & Co $5. for repair wagon in July. Pd. John Adams for repairing Harness in full.  10c.  Walk down to depot P.M. to look at light plant.  Y Bro give $5.00 for 8th reg reunion Oct 2-3  Milt did not come up today.  Trade pretty good  Mrs. Davis and Ruth over at night  gobed  midnight.
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28.  Saturday.  7 AM.  Ther  50.  78.  60  =  62 2/3
Mostly clear.  Milt came up with wood which takes to Hibbard, sells half cord to Sanders.  Buy Harmons butter at Bakers.   Engage 8 cord wood to Sam Cooper  Winters giving his security.  Pay up the gang.  HG and Nick prepare to go fishing tomorrow.   Trade pretty good.  gobed at 10.30 PM.

29.  Sunday.  6.30 AM.  Ther  56.  65.  58  =  57 2/3
Cloudy sprinkle of rain in night and early AM.  Tue and self start for timber 9 AM.  Find that one of the red pigs got killed in post hole.  Johnny  McKee there sent out sheep into two lgts and turn rams with them.  Sprinkle times during the day, and rain all the way home  Got home 7 P.M.  Heavy rain after dark  Gobed 10.15 PM

September 5-6, 1887 in Charleston, Illinois

5,  Monday,  6 AM  Wher.  71.  96.  75.
Mostly clear H.G call before breakfast to see about Comer.  Write letter to Geo Curriens.  Buy pk tomatoes Bartons.  Box peaches, Wrights.  Mrs. Dickenson washes.  Clock not right yet.  They take it up town to fix it.  Warren Decker calls for money to buy wagon.  Har. hauled about 38 cords of wood.  Get a paper from Aunt Maria with extract from Addie's letter.  Mostly clear day very warm night.  Lightening N.E. at night.  Wind W.  Garner's son up after ice at night.  Milt Drake and Jerel up P.M.  Gobed 10.30 P.M.

6,  Tuesday,  6.30 AM  Ther.  75.  96.  85.
Clear, brisk west wind.  Conclude to go on Niagara Falls excursion which starts at 2 PM today.  After getting ready gave it up.  Cleve Marglin and Geo. Mastin went as well as many others.  Claud Comer up to  mark lumber.  Get letter form Currens saying will be down to look at land some time this week.  Give Warren Decker order on Geo Rosebrough for 50.00 which over pays a little on wood hauling.  Buy codfish and pears.  Clouds up some toward  night strong W wind all day.  Gobed 9 PM