Showing posts with label Chatauqua. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chatauqua. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

August 3-6, 1913 and 1888 in Charleston, Illinois

1913

3.  Sunday,    5.30 AM.  Ther.  64.  96.  80.  =80.
Clear. N.1.  Pasture mare on library lot and hitch up early.  Had thoughts of trip to Loxa but too blamed hot.  I drove up AM for Sunday pape.  Tue intended to go to Chatauqua (sic) with Mrs. Brooks but did not feel able .  Ida and Josephine Mullen are visiting in Charleston they live in Oklahoma.  Today ends Chatauqua (sic) which began on 19th.  The Holiness meeting back of Mort Grove's has finished.  Tue remained at home all day.  Toward night I drive south to Finch S.H. and return by Hog Farm.  Clear day moderate Northerly winds .  Roads very dusty.  Gobed 9.30 P.M.

4.  Monday. 5.30 AM.  Ther.  70.  90.  74.  =  78.
Most clear N.E.2.  Seibert did not fix up buggy as promised and I put in day waiting for him  He sends word at night that will do it early in morning.  Get 1/2 bu potatoes at Charley Grims for which owe him 65 cents. PAID  Calls them the "round white."  They are home grown.  Tue  grunting all day and think oat times of getting the Dr.  We did not hear from the girls.  Tue looks for them home tomorrow.  I drove over to  Rhodes tell her to Wash Wednesday instead of Tuesday as intended.  Mort and Kate were over a while at night.  Clear day, moderate northeasterly wind.  No signs of rain.  Go bed 9.

5.  Tuesday.  5.30 AM.  Ther.  60.  94.  80.  =  78.
Clear.  N.E.1.  Seibert came and put in axels to buggy, not fine job.  I hitch to old buggy.  Drive down to light plant and pay for July 1.64 ck.  Call to Tucker Bros. paying last coal bill 5.00 ch.  Drive up to see Abbott about working.  Nobody at home.  Tue goes to Mrs. Hibbard trial with Mrs. Brooks.  It turns out to be one of warm days.  Harman calls and settles for crib  of corn sold.  There was much less than supposed.  Says is going to N.Y. in morn with excursion.  Will visit Geneva.  Corn weighed out 273 bu @ 65 cts.  Tue looked for the girls at noon but they didn't come till after dark.  Buddy and Charles came with them.  Clear mostly with moderate northeast to S.E. winds.  Gobed 10 P.

6. Wednesday.  5.30  AM.  ther.  72.  96.  84.  = 84.
Mostly cloudy E.2.  there was sp. after midnight and again with thunder 6 AM.  Rhoda washed and then ironed till 4 P.M.  Tue not feeling any better.  The girls clean up new buggy and I hitch to it before noon.    Muggs is going back to Jeff City tomorrow and Phebe will leave in a few days.  the three girls with Charles went out to Helens on 5.30 P.M. train returning 9 P.  I drove to Kickapoo at Geis to wash PM. wheels.  Mostly clear clouding toward night.  Return via Wrights.  Gobed 9

1888


3.  Friday.  4.50   AM.  Ther.  80.  96.  81.
About clear.  Picked peck of plums from one of lombard trees find about half of them stung by insect.  Mrs. Dickenson came to iron.  Myers calls and pays 2.00 on rent.  He now owes 1.28 on July.   Aug. will (?) tomorrow 6.00 got letter from Indianapolis man asking about (?) furniture.  Saml. E. Moran.  Made out lot of bills but didn't collect any.  Drove with Tue out nearly to Salem Church at night.  Looks like rain after sun set.  Thunder shower S. about 9 P.M.  Gobed about 10 PM.  very warm night.  Ther. stood at 80 at midnight

4.  Saturday.  5.10 AM.  Ther.  76.  80.  65.
Mostly cloudy day and grows cooler early AM.  Bud lot of peach trees with apricot also some almond ints wild plum.  Miss. Kemayer  pays rent for July.  R.S. Hordgren pays old a/c 6.00  Kelly says will go out to  Uncle Johns early to get cow.  Bim will help him drive her i(?).  Drove round town while at night with Tue.  Prohibition Camp Meeting in progress.  Sr. John of Kansas speaks today.  Coolest day for two or three weeks.  10 PM

5.  Sunday. 6.15 AM.  Ther.  65.  87.  74.
Foggy early.  Clears off.  Bim brings in cow about 8.30.  Kelly did not go out  Baby not feeling very well.  Father and I fixed fence in bottom P.M.  Drove toward night up  N. & N.W. of town with tue and baby.  The prohibition Camp Meeting draws  quite a crowd.  M & P went to church at night.   Self not well went to bed at 8.30 P.M.

6.  Monday  5.15 AM.  ther.  68.  87.  70.
Cloudy and raining very heavy, thunder storm from 2 PM till morning, much wind at times.  Milk white cow self this morning.  Went out after breakfast to turn her out and she was gone with the calf.  Put in the day looking  for her.  Kelly helping good part of the time.  Didn't find nor hear of her.  Mrs. Dickenson washed.  Baby sick all day.  Had trying afternoon Saddle of harness broke will have to get a new one.  Pleasent day with strong west wind.  Gobed 9.PM.

Saturday, July 28, 2012

July 27 and 28, 1912 and 1887 in Charleston, Illinois

100 Years Ago . . .

Saturday, July 27, 1912,  5.30 AM.  Ther.  58.  84.  70.  = 70 2/3
Clear, N.N.E. 2.  Mare has last both hind shoes.  Oil buggy and hitch up  9 AM.  Harvey still "sick" and cant do anything with furnace till better.   Think mare has distemper for past several days. Helen with John and Louise with Virginia were here an hour or two P.M.  Bill Scott calls to collect for fence which has not yet come.  He didn't collect.  Met Jo Moffett up town A.M.  He is 84.  The Chatauqua (sic) is in full swing.  Trolley takes passengers to N. gate.  Few people in town for Sat.  Clear day light northerly to easterly winds.  Tue got letter from Muggs AM.  She will be home in a few days on vacation, says about  Tuesday.  Try to phone Harman but he was at Chatauqua (sic) .  Tue spent eve at Mrs. K's.  Phebe out town with the girls Ora &c,  Go bed 9.30 P.M.

Sunday, July 28, 1912,  5.30 AM    5.30 AM.  Ther 62.  84.  70. =72
Clear S.S.W. 2.  Harman phones early that just through cutting oats.  Think will have to thresh most of present  week.  Tue attends church P.M.  Churches no services PM a/c the Chatauqua (sic).  Start for timber east 10 AM.  Thunder shower came up and I return in time to escape a wetting.. Try same trip again P.M. with same result. R.54  A.M. and .14 at 5 P.M. till after dark.  Part cloudy day with much thunder.  The storms more  from Westerly.  Moderate S to westerly winds.  Gobed 9.30

125 Years Ago . . .

Wednesday, July 27, 1887,  6 AM  Ther.  72.  97.  83.
Some clouds.  Mrs. Chanceller comes wash at about 7 AM.   finishing about 3 PM  Father and I went down to gas well AM.  They had drilled 360 ft.~  Buy 14 qts. of B.Berries paying 1.75 at Mitchells.  Bob Brown called P.M. to see about talking a lease on some of my timber land.  I decline to give  him a lease.  Comer passed at night says they are nearly through the on N. end.  This has been one of the hot days very few clouds and no signs of rain.  Tue canned 5 qt. cans of blackberries.  Go bed 9 PM

Thursday, July 28, 1887, 6.30 AM.  Ther. 80.  101.  84
Clear or smokey.  Very calm night.  The ther. stood at 74 at 3 AM.  Notify E.D.Davis through Abbots that am ready  for him to  receive lumber.  Sell  Jeff and Dorsch each cord of wood to deliver this week.  Probably the most   (?) hot day we have had.  Some clouds P.M.  predict rain within 48 hours.Uncle John in town toward  (?).  Baby complaining good deal at night.  Cool breeze springs up from N.E. at 8 PM.  Mary Davis was over to visit girls.  May Johnson comes to visit Davis folks.  Gobed 9 PM.

Thursday, July 26, 2012

It is July 26, 1912 and 1887 in Charleston, Illinois

100 Years Ago . . .

Friday, July 26, 1912   6 AM.  Ther.  60.  82.  70.  =70 2/3
Clear, N.3.  Tue and Phebe iron A.M.  TWP.  I saw Harvey. says has been sick for a day or two and will put up furnace in day or two.  No word from Harman today.  He has not handed out the poles.  Think he is attending Chatauqua (sic).  I drove up to town line.  Some threshing wheat  north of town.  Alfred worked worked AM on yard.  I drove S to John King's.  His peach orchard was much killed last winter.  The river is well up for  time of year.  I got home 6.30 P.M.  Mrs. Curd, Mrs.Le Roy and others were here in evening.  Clear day.  N.N.E. wind3.  The roads are good no fungi to be seen from buggy.  Phone C.H. Jones Loxa to renew my subscription to Daily Record Herald from 27th inst.  Go bed 9 P.M.

125 Years Ago . . .

Tuesday, July 26,1887    5.30 AM Ther.  66.  95.  72.  
clear.  Tue bakes bread after which gits(sic) an early dinner  we drove out to to Uncle John's taking him a little "grub."  Bert and family moved away several days ago.  Found Uncle J. up and better than he had been.  Stayed  there until toward night got home before 6.  Met Corman going to Mattoon.  Very warm some clouds.  Cu-light N. or NE wind.  Took baby with us out there.  She is not very well.  Go bed 10.30