August 28 - September 2, 1913 in Charleston, Illinois

August

28.  Thursday.  5.30 AM.  Ther.  74.  98.  80.  =  84.

Part cloudy. S.2.  This develops into one of hottest days.  I hitch up AM and drove up town but didn't stay long.  Walter and Marie took mare to picnic at Olivers about 11 AM. getting home after dark.  Chas with them.  Too hot for anything.  My bowel trouble did not bother me today.  Tue gets letter from Phebe.  She has secured  place at Havanna, ILL and will  go there next  Sunday for a 13 week term at better salary than at Ann Arbor.  Part cloudy day strong westerly wind P.M. becoming N.W.  We have been married 36 years today.  Chas was asleep when they got home last night.  Lightning in night  Go bed9

29.  Friday.  5.30 AM.  ther.  60.  84.  68.  =  70 2/3

Clear N.W.1.  Get shave AM and pay 15c. which claimed I owed.  Drove up town A.M.  Talk with Miller.  Thinks he has taken contract which will occupy him two weeks.  S  Mrs. Gaines Retha and baby near court House.  Walter crates old Bureau and repairs Buddy's Trunk.  Buddy packs up and  they leave for MtC. on 3.14 P.M. train.  Tue and I drove to station to see them off and later drove N. on "plank" road to town line and E. to the Shoots road returning by Ashmore.  Corn some better than round Loxa.  Saw several threshing CS.  Met WM Briggs up town.  He seems in bad health.  Says his C.S. went less than bu. to a.  Drove up and got bu oats at I.B.'s.  They are 50c.  they sell corn .85.  Clear day with strong NW wind.  The roads are very dusty.  Tue feeling poorly as well as myself.  Tue wrote Phebe mailing letter at night.  Gobed 9.

E Meter reads 884-853 = 31 = 2.03 net

30.  Saturday  5.30 AM.  Ther.  56.  88.  70.  = 71 1/3

Clear N.W.2.  I drove up to Crims for potatoes.  The ice wagon team ran away at Mrs. Knocks corner.  Mostly clear day Northwesterly wind S.E. at night.  Later drive out to Songers getting four chickens get home about 6.30 P.M. after which drive Tue to Frank McCravrys.  Go bed 9 P.M.  Get some mutton at Dorsch's.

31.  Sunday.  6 AM.  Ther.  66.  92.  80.  =  79 1/3

Part cloudy. S.E.2. gas smell.  Tue attends church AM.  I drove E. on old Ashmore road crossing at ford.  /there is little water remaining at old ford:  about as much as common faucet.  I return Boathouse road arriving 1.30 P.M.  Jack went.  The  roads are very dusty.  Mostly clear day.  sultry P.M.  Mort and Kate over toward night.  Mrs. Nichols called P.M.  I quit chewing a while tonight.  gobed  9.30

The Weather for August. 1913.  Mean 79.87

Max. on 8th 100.  Min, on 30th 56.  Rain 2.37 inches on twelve days all light showers Heaviest on 20th .62.  Cloudiness 26%.  Winds during month were North 4 Northeast 2: East 3 2/3:  Southeast, 4;  South 7 2/3;  S.W. 3 2/3  West 1 1/3 and Northwest 4 2/3 days.  Everything is dry as ever.  the river is about  dry at old Ashmore ford.  The city has cut ditch from water works up to pools supposed to be fed by spring and we have plenty of water at present.  Oats sell at store @ 50 cts.  corn 80 or more.  Creamy butter 35  Eggs 20.  There is little garden stuff.  Potatoes say 1.00  Tomatoes 2 or 3 cts per pound.  Farmers are cutting their corn to feed cattle.  Pastures dery as dust and bare.

September

1.  Monday.  5.30 AM.  Ther.  68.  98.  80.  =  82.

Clear. S.2.  Phone JEM"same" this morn getting it about noon.  This is "Labor day" and generally observed.  There was mil delivery only AM. and no R.F.D.  Tue got letter from Phebe and she is probably at Havanna today.  Harman called at shed 5. P.M. - has "hay fever"  Tell him we don't want clover meadows pastured.  Wants to sow wheat.  Thinks BC will be 200.  This was one of our hottest days and night.  Clear day with moderate southerly wind.  Grace Sefton calls P.  I made batch of mush for my supper.  Go bed 9

2.   Tuesday 6 AM.   Ther.  72.  98.  82.  = 84

Clear. S.1.  Tue got letter from Buddy.  They got home all night.  Friday night.  I drove up town AM.  and then keep still toward night on account of the heat.  It proves to be among the hottest days.  I started out about 5 P.M. S.W.  Over took John Parker who rode home with me.  I drove out by hog farm, lost cigar and return.  Mostly clear S. to W. moderate winds.  Drive up town with Tue for ice cream after reace home She war at Brooks.  Gobed 9

April 22, 1913 and 1888 in Charleston, Illinois

1913

22.  Tuesday.  4.45 P.M.  Ther.  54.  82.  66.  = 67 1/3

Clear.  S.2.  Start Loxa 6 AM and get home 9.15 AM.  Hugh working for A. Moore.  Helps me measure lot 218 ft.  Buy 2 ties Geo. Anderson.  Stop at Jones: pay him a/c to date 90 cts cash.  Start to go up to place but decide to go home at once.  Don't seem to find fence I want: look at Mercantile stock AM.  Give saw to file to Moody.  Emmett came early:  plants in garden, rake off yard began on S.R. ash pit sent lawn mower to  Chas Wells for treatment.  He  returned it PM. pd. .50c.  After finish ashes Emmett with me looks over pasture fence and spend hour or two hunting post digger which couldn't find.  I drove over to Anderson for saw and came near a runaway.  Raymond got saw for me Tue over at Mrs. Bro(?) P.M. getting home 6.30.  Emmett worked all day and will work tomorrow.  Most clear hazy day.  S.W.4.  Get booze P.M.  Interurban owe me dime.  Tue over at Brooks P.M. and at Grove's at night at night.  I slept on couch till 9 when go to bed.  E. Meter 784.000 $1.57 CG

1888

22.  Sunday, 7 AM.  Ther.  50.  65.  50.

Cloudy SE wind.  A little rain about 9 AM and indications of (?) cloudy most of day and fresh easterly wind.  Tue set out her roses &c. north of the house.  Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Robinson were here toward night Mamie Lang has the measles.  Plum and peach trees are in full bloom or nearly is.  Gobed.  9.30 PM.

November 1 -2, 1912 in Charleston, IL

1, Friday.  6 A.M.  38.  48.  40.  =42
Cloudy N.3. Maggie finished painting the  radiators today.  I did not hitch up nor go to town.  I let mare in pasture P.M.  Tue attends R.C. at A. Alexander.  She is talking of giving up the R.C.  Grace was here to supper and Muggs went home with her.  Cottingham has not appeared to do work on W.C.s and furnace.  Much cloudy day strong northerly wind.  Gobed 9

2.  Saturday.  6 AM,  Ther.  30.  42.  30.  =34.
Clear.  N.W.2.  White Frost.  Thin ice - Tub.  Alfred worked hour or two AM fix celery and carrots.  Harman with Paul bring 6 bales hay 2.88 2 bu oats 50 and 1 bu corn  my half .20  Was about out.  I drove E. + S. of town say 4 P.M.  The roads good, little mud.  Maggie gets letter from Mo Library accepting her offer of 85 per if she will come at once or by middle of month.  She has not yet decided to go.  Tue spent evening at Dr. Brook's, Maggie out till 9 mostly clear clouding at times sp rain 4 P.M.  strong northerly wind, clear night and freezing by 8 P.M. gob 9

May 30, 1912 and 1887 in Charleston, Illinois

100 Years Ago

Thursday, May 30, 1912    5.30 AM.  Ther. 56. 74. 58. = 62

Cloudy, N.2.  Tue and I drove out to cemetery 10 AM taking a few flowers which we distributed among the graves.  Flowers are not plentiful this year.  Big crowd at cemetery.  We drove out to  Helens getting home before noon getting some butter and eggs of Helen.  We did not go out in P.M.  Late I drove out by Latta's returning by Helen's.  They have put in a temporary bridge over Cassell Creek near Big 4 RR preliminary to building new cement bridge.  Tue over to Brooks at night.  Part clear day.  Moderate N to variable winds.  Go bed 10.

125 Years Ago

Monday, May 30, 1887    6.30 AM.  Ther  58. 73.?  58

Cloudy and light rain.  Thunder shown in the night.  Start for timber about 9 AM.  Roads very muddy part of the way.  Got to Milt's after 11oc. after he got his dinner we drove up to Hanleys.  He gave his consent for us to drive with lumber through his place.  Left Milt at Handley ford and got home about ?PM. quite a shower fell while coming home.  Kate Davis here to supper.  Find that ants have been destroying a good many of my worms.  A little coal oil put near their track seems to stop them.  Went up to P. McGurtys place after supper to consult with other fellows about license on a vote on license which will (?) at council meeting Thursday night.  Go bed 10 PM.  Got osage from Handley's hedge.