October 2, 1889 and 1900 in Charleston, IL

October 1889

2.  Wednesday 7 AM   Ther  45.  68.  50.  =  54.1/3

Clear. Reunion of 8 Ill ?  Mrs. Rogers irons.  Millers Sawmill moves out west of town.  Warren brings load of wood to Cooper the first of 8  cord.  Milt  brings load to Hibbard.  Sold J. Dice 99 posts @6 1/4. cash.  Uncle John down to dinner.  Bert in town but didn't come down  gobed 10.30~~

October 1900

2.  Tuesday.  5 AM.  Ther  52  84.  60.  =  65 1/3

Clear.  Easterly wind.  I got up and ate breakfast before rest of them got up.    Miss John Simons on road.  I  didnt start till 7 PM.  and got home at 7.  Didn't eat diner except bunch candy &c.  Tue gets long letter from Phebe.  She has decided to stay there if she can take music.  Mort and Kate over at night till 10 PM.  Mrs. Owens washed  Phebe wrote to each of us but seems to be having good time.  (shorthand)  Get sample Kaffee corn.  Mort and Kate go home at 10 P.M. and gobed 11 PM.

February 16-19, 1889 in Charleston, Illinois

February 1889

16.  Saturday.  6 AM.  Ther.  54.  60.  36

Cloudy, foggy, wind South.  Cooper paid me  2.00 on wood.  Bought second hand seeder of Mack Mitchell.  Went down to limited P.M. Train saw Strickland who said he didn't want to sell his lots.  Learn Shut Rueb Davis  is going to sawing on the Blakemore timber.  Occasional sunshine with showers P.M.  Wind getting in W and turning cooler.  Got hair cut at May's Barber Shop.  Quite warm in afternoon then must have been up to 65 or higher.  Geo. Linder speaks to me about boards.  Maggie has (?) very bad cold since Wednesday night with sore throat.  What little rain fell has spoiled the roads again for awhile.  Gobed 10 P.M.

17.  Sunday.  7.30 AM.  Ther.  28.  32.  28.
Cloudy wind N.W.  Then went up to 34 in morn but began to fall before noon.  Begun to snow in P.M. continued to snow by  spells till in night.  Remain at home all day and nobody here.  Girls did not go to S.S.  Maggie has still very bad cold.  Wind varible  S.E. P.M.  Go bed at 9:30 PM

Transcribe note:  This was the baby's second birthday.

18.  Monday, 6 AM.  Ther. 20.  18.  15
Mostly cloudy but clearing then was 22 at 6 AM. but fell to 18 at 8 AM about 4 inches light snow fell yesterday and in night and is drifting with strong W wind.  Maggie coughed almost constantly in night and not feeling very well this morning.  Neither of the girls went to school today.  Clear cold day.  Gobed 10 PM.

19.  Tuesday. 6 AM.  Ther.  1.  20.  10.
Clear.  This is the coldest point reached this winter.  Light N.W. wind  Phebe went to school.  Maggie not yet very well she went over to Mrs. Perrills a little while toward night.  Rurb Davis  was over in P.M. talking some of sawing up Blakemans  big timber.  recieve a gallon Bonet  of whiskey from SMWoo(?) & Co Cincinnati ordered lat  Thursday.  Dov's (?) children over in evening.  I.P. (?) took washing to Mrs. Rogers.  clear day with light westerly wind.  Gobed 9.30 PM.

October 12-16, 1888 in Charleston, IL

October 1888

12.  Friday.  6 AM.  47.  62..  50.  

Cloudy rain in night  not enough to wet the make mud.  Got some things up at room and over store.  John Parker says will repair buggy seat for 75c.   Father has been sawing wood lately.  Riley Eastin called to settle paid him 6.00 which is  nearly all I owe him.  He has made nearly ten thousand boarsd for me.  Snider brought us a can of sweet cider.  Help Tue at night with her tomatoes.  Rec prices of seeds from AD Co.  Cloudy most of day cooler PM  Go bed 10 PM.

13.  Saturday.  6 AM.  Ther.   43.  65  50.
Partly cloudy N.W. wind.  Post up books in morning.  Pay up Jim Decker in full.   Grand Democratic rally today.  Big crowd in town not all democrats   (?) Uncle John and Bert were down to dinner.  Cooper paid 4.00 on his wood instead of 8.00 as promised.  Buy steak at Bill Meyers on Cr 20.   Laura and her family were here at night.  Phebe and baby both sore throat.  Gobed 10 PM.

14.  Sunday.  7 AM.  Ther.  45.  60.  54.
Clear.  The girls did not go to Sunday School.  Had dinner at 2.30 P.M.  Went out to Uncle John toward night getting home before dark all the children have bad colds.  Go bed 9 P.M.

15.  Monday. 6 AM.  Ther.  51.  62.  50.
Cloudy.  Light rain good part of night .  Write to Wheatly about timothy seed, but before night buy all I want of Geo Wyth @1.85  Got M Miller to put extension on back chimmny at store to stop smoking.   Went to look at  F Knocks Stable in P.M.  Phebe had cold stays home from school.  Light rain fore noon clear off PM.  Gobed 9 PM

16.  Tuesday.  5.45 AM.  Ther.  50.  63.  48.
Clear.  Road somewhat muddy.  J.R. Haddocks rides with me part of the way.  Lost my whip, but got it at night.    Boys work at poling and staking fence.  Bob not at home.  Storm comes up about 3 P.M.  Much wind down there and very little rain.  Heavy rain and hail uptown.  Came home by Handley's ford road dry  down then muddy.  Near town two or three day.  Phebe went to school got caught in rain.  Gobed 9.30

October 3-6, 1888 in Coles County, Illinois

1888

3.  Wednesday  5.30 AM.  Ther.  27.  55.  44.

Clear.   S.W. wind Very heavy frost.  The finest hard one in town.  Wrote Dorsey for bbl quinces wrote letter to Aunts Fair Mate and Helen about Ma started down there about 8 AM. staying till marly night.  (?) home by Uncle John's  but didn't see him round Ma very low but likely to live several days perhaps.  Bim came there before we left.  We left the baby home with Maggie and  Grandpa.  Gobed 9 P.M.

4.  Thursday.  5.30 AM.  Ther. 45.  65.  55.

Partly cloudy and looks like rain but cleared off strong S. wind statted for woods at 8 AM.  Five men at work and Warren Decker hauling rails.  Light rain about 3 P.M. and some thunder the boys have got the land about clear of logs and brush.  Have decided not to put in wheat it has got to late.  Gather lot of butternuts and persimmons on way home.  Buy saddle at Skidmore's this morning on cr. $9.25 with briddle.  Mostly cloudy afternoon.  Gobed 9.30 P.M.  Tue ironed today.

5.  Friday. 6 AM.  Ther.  58.  58.  57.

Cloudy and much like rain. dics K pays rent for Sept.  Winters tells me Cooper not very good pay.  He owes me for 8 cords of wood.  Uncle John was in at 10 AM.  Ma died at 7 this morning.  Took Tue out there after dinner.  Bim was in to dinner.  Hat came down Uncle John went down to Sniders and I didn't see  him any more.  It began to rain about 11 AM and continued nearly all day.  I got home at  about 7 P.M.  The roads are very heavy Gobed 9 PM with baby.

6.  Saturday.  5.30 AM.  Ther. 53.  64.  55.

Cloudy, no rain in night.  Baby slept better than usual  Met Uncle John up town.  He says any deal (?) dies this morning at 7 oc.  It began to rain before noon.  After dinner I took Tue down to Bert's going by Harman's and (?) by stage road.  Rained slowly most of PM.  I got home at 7 PM.  Tue stayed down at Bert's.  Baby slept well with me.  Dark foggy night  Gobed 8.30 PM.    Got started to Bert's about 8.30   Roads very heavy got there at 10.30.  Mr. Swain preached funeral sermon.  Snider overtakes me on road we got to Cemetery at about 12.30.  They bury her at lot with Fan.  Rene and Hat  (?)  Hen went home with us and ate dinner.  Clears off toward night .  Gobed 9 P.M.