March 7-9, 1913 in Charleston, Illinois

1913

7   Friday,  6.30  A.M.  Ther. 22.  36.  34. =30 2/3

Part cloudy S. 2.  Face no better.  Tue ironing.   Order another load 2300 Whalen Coal, which they deliver 10 AM.  Neglect to wet sacui(?).  Mr.  Law is reported as getting much better.  Tue attends R.C.  P.M.  at Mrs. Frank Pophams.  My Jan. Geographic Mag. came.  The Feb. no., still due.  I didn't have much comfort today with my sore face.  ~~It continued to grow worse till late in night, when it brok and allowed me to rest till morning.  Tue is not pleased with her roomers for diverse reasons and intends to let them go soon as Mr. Laws  gets well.  Mostly cloudy light snowflurries much of day Strong southwesterly wind.  gobed. 8.30

8.Saturday.  6 A.M.  Ther.  36.  62.  46.  = 48

Mostly clear S.W.2.  Feeling much better than yesterday.  Think am in for another boil in face.  The new tank now being built on Monroe near Interurban Station does not finish up very rapidly. City has done lots of work  at Water Works.  A new filtering plant.  Don't believe it is in operation yet.  Tue irons  AM.  Pays Alfred for Rhoda. 65.  turns out to be fine day.  The warmest this winter except  66 on Feb. 19.  After dinner I got out doors first time for a week or so and oil up old buggy.  There is a little frost in the ground from this week's freezing.  Later Shave self.  Tue attends party for Florence Moon 2 P.M. at Walter Moore's  Pay Ray Bennett for his week and extras .85.  Tue went to Mrs. Brook's after supper.  Mostly clear day.  SW light winds Gobed 9.30 P.M.

9.  Sunday.  6 AM.  44.  60.  42.  = 48 2/3

Mostly clear S.W. 3.  Give old buggy  good oiling and hitch up before noon.  Helen Ferrish phones AM that George R. Chambers is dead.  I write  short letter to Phebe AM.  Tue wrote to Phebe P.M.  Tue attends church AM and PM.  Mr. Chambers died at 4 this morning.  He had been with the Elks and was taken sick in night.  I drive 3 P.M. and later out far as Watson's.  The dirt roads nearly impassable.  I under took to cross over to South road but gave it up.  Part cloudy day looking like rain P.M.  The wind got N.W.  Gravel  roads mostly dry but rough.  9.30

March 2-3, 1913 and 1888 in Charleston, Illlinois

1913

2.  Sunday.  6 AM.  Ther.   4.  28.  24. + 18 2/3

Clear. W.3.  Furnace fire went entirely out and coldest morn in house this winter.  W.C. didn't freeze although forgot to "fix" it.  Dr. Dudley calls on measles patient.  Tue did not attend church, but went up for Sunday R.H.  Nobody called mostly clear day with brisk westerly wind becoming S.W. at night. Read Tom Jones till bedtime.  Am nearly through with it.  Tue read it after I retired 9.30

3. Mondy.  6.30 AM.  Ther.  28.  54.  42. = 41 1/3

About clear SW3. Hazy.  Am cutting my rations short and think sleep better.  The coal of last Tuesday bout gone.  Grace Sefton called AM.  Her father is very low.  They don't expect him to  get any better.  Harman phones that will be in tomorrow to see about some clover seed he knows of.  Florence Moon called P.M.  She is married and lives at Fort Collins, Col.  She has come E to get her mother Nettie Highland Moon from Janesville to Charleston.  She is paralysed(sic), and they recently got here.  Tue reports that Mort and K will be over, but they didn't come so I nearly finished Tom Jones.  Mostly clear till night SW winds and cloudy with light rain at night.  Gobed 9  R.05

1888

2.  Friday.  5.50 AM.  Ther.  54.  38.  29.

Cloudy.  Wind S. but noon changed to west or NW and grows colder. all day;  work at store  two or three hours AM.  Cleaning up counter and desk.  Baby better and seems pretty lively.  Tue irons a part of the washing which she has done herself.  Brought lap robe down home.  Mostly cloudy day, wind NW.  Gobed 10 PM.

3.  Saturday.  Monday 6.15 AM.  Ther.  24.  34.  27.

Cloudy wind, North.  Pay Mitchell for Maggie's shoes 1.50 and buy  pair for baby 50c.  Settle with Alan Fisher wood sold him (?) statement wood a/c to C. Mason.  He owes 11.00  2.00 of it being for delivering.  Find my ladder lost over a year ago on roof of City Hall.  All Crass gets it down for me.  Draw off balance of whiskey B,&L. left in Bbl. about 6 gallons in all.  Caylor pays me for 1/3 cd wood by Bob Gileman.  Sold Dr. Hall 1/4 cd.  Mrs. Feagan over at night.  Go bed 10 P.M.  Cloudy NE wind.