May 23-25, 1890 and 1901 in Coles County, Illinois

May 1890

23.  Friday 6 AM.  70.  84.  63.

Kellogg and Salleus  finish at noon and pay them off.  K.   . 6.50  S. 3.15.  Get ton of ice of Will Myers @ 8.00  Have decided to take  beer if Pabst B Co. in Co with Latta and Daugherty  , Getting car load at once.  The ice box works very well but is not large enough.  H.G. went away in morn and again in PM.  Is figuring on buying a house.  Quite a heavy shower about sun set and still more in night  Mrs. Feagan here P.M.  Kate Myers Grove has moved into her house over the way this week  Gobed 10.30 PM~

24.  Saturday.  7 AM.  65.75.65.
Mostly cloudy.   Heavy rain last night, wind S.  This week has had the first growing weather we have had this spring.  H.G. bought himself a house yesterday.  Rain occasionally and heavy at times in the night  Not many in town from the the N. where they say it has not rained much.  Settle in full with Steve Decker.  Gobed 12.30

25.  Sunday 7 AM.  Ther 58.  72.  58
Clear with west wind.  Start to ranch  10 AM. go by Handlys ford.  River up into buggy and very muddy.  Find Simons at home and walk round   pastures with him in P.M.   Roads pretty muddy  grass is growing.  That sown about Mar 1 seems to be doing best.  Sheep are doing better have been running outside.   gobed 9.30 PM  clear day with NW wind.

May 1901

23.  Thursday.  5 AM.  Ther 60.  86. 73.  =  73

Clear Southwind.  Lincoln Wood and Ike Reese move lumber and posts 75c paid.  Buy churn and trimmings at Bartons 52 cts.  Perrill pays for calf 9.00.  Settle a/c with him 40 c.  Will Goodman shows me over his new house which he says  costs 1700.00~ Met Shirley near fair ground P.M. says Jo is done planting.  Mrs. S. had been to dentist  Hen and Ora called a little while towards night.  Mostly clear day and warmest for several weeks  Brisk southerly wind.  I drove out to Decker Spring P.M. and out by our old place southwest of Cemetery.  Untraveled roads are very rough.  Self not feeling well  Think have chill and fever every day lately  Gobed  9 P.M.

24.  Friday.  5.15 AM.  Ther  64.  83.  51 = 66

clear NW wind.  there was some thunder and lightning about 10 last night with very light shower.  Mrs. Owens comes early to iron, finishing before noon.  Get shave and haircut at Browns. pd  Pay Jo Parker & Co a/c in full 45.85  K ch.  Pay Morgan and Grove a/c 25c.  Start to Loxa 2 P.M.  Jim Warren says will mow my yard Monday.  Jo harrowing on last piece of planted  John had been to Mattoon.  They will move tomorrow.  Pay Jo 18.00 on months wages.  He has been  working old Queen this week.  Got home 6 P.M.  Helen here to sup. Kate Grove over at night.  Partly cloudy  day wind getting strong N. and much cooler P.M.  Gobed 8.30 PM

25.  Saturday 5.20  AM  Ther  46.  57.   49. = 50 2/3
cloudy high N wind all night Drive down to Richters for Hillibono coal.  couldn't find it and are almost out.  Bessie Elder a friend of Maggie from Campaign  comes P.M. remains over Sunday.  Self feeling badly all day  Tue and  Marie went up for grub at night.  First time Tue has been up town for two or three weeks.  Saw  Earl Decker who says that Simons nearly done breaking and planting. Cloudy day N wind light rain or mist toward night.  Gobed 8.30 P.M. (shorthand)

March 1-2, 1914 and 1889 in Charleston, IL

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Self portrait of Charles Gramesly

March 1914

(at the top pf the page)  We had quite a scare AM when found paper burning in den around fire place where there has  been  no fire for years.  The furnace chimney burned out this morning and suppose fire got down from top into flu, but it may come from below from furnace ash pit and  flues.  It did no damage but it was just luck that it didn't.

1. Sunday. 7. AM.  Ther.  10.  20.  18.  =16

Clear.  N.N.W.6.  High NW wind all night with snow flurries at times.  Tue got paper at 10 AM but did not attend church.  It proves to be a had day  on our heating  plant and we are almost out of fuel of any kind.  We were at home all day-nobody called.  Mort is about sick with cold.  I did not eat any supper.  Have been eating too much.  Gobed. 9.30 P.M.

2.  Monday.  6.15 am.  Ther.  12.30.  26.  -  22 2/3

Clear N.2. Tue fixes up package clothes for Phebe.  We did not hear from her this morning.  Get SR & Co Gro list.  Tue packs and sends off by Parcel P two boxes of clothes which Phebe left.  I order another load of came coal BPa& Co which they deliver 4 P.M.  Alfred chored 4 P.M.  Tue was over to Mrs. Brooks a while P.M.  Mostly clear day with light N.N.W winds.  It did not  thaw much today - only in sun.  A great storm has just swept Atlantic coast.  Harman phones night night hunting about clover seed.  I have felt poorly all day gobed 9.30

March 1889

1.  Friday  6.30  AM.  Ther.   39.  45.  38.  =  40 2/3

cloudy, wind S. light rain, probably most of the night.  Maggie did not go to school having caught more cold.  Mrs. Davis over in morning.  Learn that Geo. Sefton's baby died  last night.  Hat here P.M. helping Tue sew on  Phebe's dress.  Mrs. Easton calls P.M.  Dark damp day; wind shifts to west.  Have about decided to buy some hens and put in old smoke  house till we get a better place for them.   Tue churned toward night.  Has made 26 lb since Jan 9.  Mrs. Neal begins taking a pint of milk a day.  There ought to be a crop of peaches this year as the buds are all sound as yet and not swollen.  Gobed 9.30 PM.

2.  Saturday. 6 AM.  Ther.  32.  48.  37. = 39

Cloudy, foggy.  Hunt for man to clean out stable didn't find one.  sent  50 c. to  Able Agriculturist for  Poultry book.  Get letter from W.H. White with 18.00 for ties recd.  Went down to R.R. to see ties  2 piles one of 24 I know Kinks and other of 21 doubtful.  this makes 63 ties I have recd pay for which may not be mine.  Think will furnish the 10 set of switch ties but don't  know hour yet.  Spoke to Goodman about  gas well lot.  Mrs. Perrill called  toward  night.  Tue not very well.   Mostly cloudy day, wind N.  Gobed 9.30 P.M.