August 31-September 3, 1900 in Coles County Illinois

August 1900

31.  Friday 5.30  AM.  Ther  68.  94.  75.  =  79

Clear.  SE wind.  Sign contact selling Shirley BC to Geo Rosebraugh @82.50    See W E McCravy about Minton note due tomorrow.  Boy and self went over and count Briggs  fencing 43.1x6-14.  He wants 62 more pieces.  Considerable B C unloading at W & C warehouse, for which they get 80.00.  Pretty red clouds up and shower south with thunder.  Sprinkle here  Thought to go to Loxa tonight and started but came back home.  "Roads getting dusty.  Gobed 11 PM.

September 1900  (shorthand at top of page)

1. Saturday.  5.30 AM  Ther.  70.  93.  74  = 79

Partly clear S.E. wind.  Clyde Ashby and self drove out to Gaines after breakfast getting lot of tomatoes &c got home before noon.  Jo about done hauling out B.C. Seed.  Simon was in town but didn't bring any lumber because couldn't get a load of good.    Self feeling badly all day  Pay Owen 2.00 P.M which is about all I owe  him     Marie got home from visit to Terre Haute about noon.  Partly cloudy day with shower 5 P.M. much thunder   Nothing new in BC market today and  heard of no sales  Didn't go uptown after supper.  Gobed 9 P.M.

2.  Sunday.  5.30 AM.  Ther 72.  90.  70 = 77 1/3

Mostly cloudy, southerly wind.  Tue and I start for Berts  8 AM.   Head N. road by Loxa.  Rene not home but came in a few moments, Andy Leitch there.  I stay about an hour go home away south of old road  Buy water melon of Bill Brown.  Get home before dinner  Shower came up about 2 P.M. raining for nearly an hour  Bring home samples of water from Berts new well.   Gaines folks were going to Cumberland but we saw the team in pasture as we passed.  Clyde has lot of boys looking round its farm much of P.M.  Drive south of town alone a while at night.  Campbell not there Develop 2 plates BC hands  Go bed 9.30

(top of Page)  Sept 1900  3rd Saw Rosebrough before starting to country  He wont pay 82.50 for any more BC at present.

4th  Road north and E rough and many muddy places

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Milt paid rent to Aug 20 on Monday.  Some talk with Bill Wall about my paying for fix patch.

3.  Monday, 5.30 AM.  Ther  68.  86.  68?  = 73

Cloudy Northerly wind.  Labor Day with parade which I did not see.  Tue got home 12.00  I went to train for her Marguerite Trimble was with her.  Start to Loxa about 3 P.M.  Get sack corn and basket potatoes and home about 7 P.M.  D.P. Rose pays balance of lumber bill 2.13 and Mrs. Knock pays for small bill lumber 90 c.  Jo Gaines grubbing, but pols and shucked corn for me.  Gobed 9 PM

December 2-3, 1913 and 1888 in Coles County Illinois

1913

2.  Tuesday.  6.15  AM  Ther.  54.  60.  56.  =  56 2/3

Cloudy foggy. N.E. 1.  Tue got letter from Phebe.  She expects to be at home next week.  I did not order mare from Nickles.  I felt badly all day with wry neck and BM pills holding me down.   Get bill of E. light.  They have raised rates or have made a mistake in my bill.  I did not pay it.  Mort & Kate were over 7 to 9 P.M.  Alfred did chores first time for nearly a week.   Will come again Thursday eve.    Tue lost butter and went up for more.  Cloudy and  foggy, light northerly wind.  Gobed 10 P.M.

3.  Wednesday. 6.30 AM.  Ther.  54.  60.  54.  =56.

Cloudy foggy N.E.1.  My neck better.  Tue gets letters from Buddy and Phebe.  Phebe sent 20.00 to deposit.  Rhoda came early to wash.  Jo Bails has bought Dr. Brooks' grocery.  Rhoda worked and will come tomorrow.  Mail check 30.00 to S.H. Record a/c to date.  Order mare at noon and later drive up on Cossell which I cross six times.  The roads seem to be getting dry even with this foggy weather.  There is however much mud.  Mr. Bell's brother from Penn is here with his wife.  Tue  up town P.M.  I got home about 5.  Had hoped to  meet some fungi.  Saw supposed Hydnuim exenaceum on stumps doc Patton's pumpkin patch..  Cloudy day with light variable northerly winds.  Gobed 9

1888

2.  Sunday.  7 AM  Ther.  32.  40.  29.

Cloudy wind S.     Start for timber  about 11 AM.  and got home at 6 P.M.  Cloudy all day with S. wind clearing at night.  Roads good and a little damp, are spongy but no mud.  Fixed more "signs"  at lumber.  Bob is still sick but thinks he is better.  Bill  Brown and family there.   Warren  says he will haul  me load of dry wood tomorrow.  Gobed 9 

pm.

3.  Monday.  6 AM.  Ther.  24.  48.  34.

Clear all day.  Warren Decker brought me 5/8 cd dry wood,  Mr. Laggart pd me 6.75 for  2 1/4 taken him last week.  Tue went up town P.M. and down to Hat's and sick with sore throat at night.  Chowning works all day on corn crib  and nearly finishes it.  Tried buggy in stable PM. and find plenty of room.  Zeke brought load which was left along road  and  and delivered to gunery.  Splended  weather.  wind NW. clear chilly.  Go bed 9 PM.

March 26 - 28, 1888 in Charleston, Illinois

26.  Monday, 6.15 AM.  Ther.  48.  51.  41.
Cloudy and foggy and raining. Some thunder in night.  Winds get in S.W. and finally NW and cooler.  The ther was up to 57 about 10 AM but soon fell.  Tue washes today getting about sick.  Rep. Co. concriction(sic)  for opportunity delegates to state convention held this P.M.
Sell Mrs. Norfolk a cord of wood.  The wood is about gone, have about a half a cord left.  Self and Tue both have sore throat.  Sowed flower seeds and GC tomato in hot bed today.
Gobed 9 PM

27.  Tuesday,  6 AM.  Ther.  34.  42.  36.
Cloudy, with light N. wind.  Rec. 27 cts. for Joseph Harris over charge freight  for fertilizers.  Rutherford called this AM.  They are in a hurry to get down to the timber and to work.  Still sore throat.  Republicans nominate Tp. officer T. Stoddert Jr.,  Sup., Geo. Rosebraugh Asst.,   C. Gramesly Col.,   Riley Rennells assessor, L. Coventon commish.  The Dems. have Ay Foyor sup.,  M. Cormer Col.  B. E. Brooks Ass., Bill  Brown Commissioner.  Comer in town.  Buy the walnut lumber on yard of him @ 1.00  per 100 for his interest.  Finish up the wood.  A crowd went out to cemetery and disinterred Bill Morris's body.  Some "medium" having said he was alive.  My throat felt very bad and got Dr. Patton to look at it.  Didn't  seem to think much the matter.  Gobed 9.30 P.M.

28.  Wednesday.  6 AM.  Ther.  31.  42.  37.
Cloudy, n. wind.  Abt. half an inch light snow on ground fell sometime duriing night.  Agree  to get some posts out to Linder place but suple gives it up after hauling about half a load.  He brought  me a couple loads manure, working from 1 P.M. till about 4.30 with team.  Rutherford called and say they will go down to the timber tomorrow and go to work.  The roads are worse than they have been this year.  Comer was up town and was working hard for the collectership(sic).  Friends think my  chances are pretty good.  Tue ironed.  Cloudy day, damp with  N. wind.  Good many call for wood now I am out of it.  People can barely get to town with empty wagon.  Go bed  9.30 PM

October 18, 1887 in Charleston, IL

18, Tuesday,   6 AM  Ther.  49.  60. (?)  43.
Mostly cloudy.  Mrs. Dickenson ironed T. G. Chambers died this morning.  Start for timber 8.30 with Tom Knock, look over old lumber sold load to P. Snider.  Tom shot two squirrels and a rabbit.  Bill Brown visiting Bob.  We got home just before dark.  Found Comer here, been to Mattoon, didn't get any bills.  Wants me to  carry job of switch ties till January.  Easton begins hauling my wood to house.  C. not well at night;  Gobed 9 P.M.