October 24-29, 1913 in Coles County Illinois

October 1913

24.  Friday.  4.45 AM.  Ther.  46.  62.  44.  =  50 2/3

Cloudy,  fog.  NE.2.  Phebe starts for Havana 6.15 car via Mattoon and Lincoln expects to get there 4 P.M.   Tue works hard on her R.C. work much of A.M.  Hatton works at wood P.M. and gets most of large timbers worked up into posts.  Tue attended RC PM at Ollys.  I drove south of town.  Thought might meet some fungi coming on the trees.  The roads except gravel quite heavy.  Mostly clear P.M. light N.E.  Tue over at library night go bed 9 PM

25.  Saturday.  6 AM.  Ther.  36.  62.  44. = 47 1/3

Clear. NE 1.  Light white frost reported.  Bill came early at wood helping hitch up.  Tue  prepares for "function" at  church.  I take her up there 11 AM.  Some ladies aid by.  She came home to dinner.  I drove over to Miller's he had gone to one of  his appointments.    Saw Warren and Simons AM with stove wood.  W. has begun plowing his piece.  Bill worked the day and I pay him in full 2 1/2 days. and  he will come again.  Monday.  Clear day  N.E. to E. light winds.  No fungi starting except few campestris in bed in garden  too cold.  Go bed 11.

26.  Sunday 6 AM.  Ther.  44.  68.  44.  =  52.

Clear.S.2.  Shave self before breakfast which we had 8 AM.  I hitched up early and got paper.  Tue  decided not to attend church.  Later I drove up to Dicewoods and to town line returning by Watson road which they have been grading recently.  We have dinner at 2 P.M.  Rene with Dora and son call 4 P.M.  Tue over at Groves a while at night.  She wrote Buddy mailing letter 9 P.M,.  Mostly clear day winds shifting from S to NW and cloudy at night.  Go bed 10

27.  Monday 6 AM.  Ther.  42.  50.  44.  = 45 1/3

Cloudy and light rain since early morn.  N.E.3.  Have stiff neck.  The sun came out over AM, otherwise cloudy day with northerly winds and light showers till in night in all .55 in to 6 AM (28th.)  I didn't hitch up.  Tue  spent PM at Mrs. Brooks'  Spend day with victrola (sic) and catalogue.  Miller did not appear not Bill.  Think too cold for painting.  Gobed 10 PM

28.  Tuesday.  6 AM  Ther.  38.  56.  44.  =  46.

Part cloudy W3  Hatton came working all day at wood and odds and ends pay him full to daye one day  1.50  Miller called and paint on house tomorrow if weaather permits.  Jo Hatton will help.  We got a letter from Phebe.  She reached Havana  OK much earlier than she expected to.  She has deposited her alimony at Charleston trust and savings through H.A. Neal.  Bill and I put storm windows south of furnace room.  We over haul old pile fencing and recover same bout 25% of it has rotted.

29.  Wednesday.  6 AM.  Ther.  32.  34.  38.  = 34 2/3

Cloudy. N.W.4.  Snowflurries (sic) much of forenoon beginning after 6AM about one inch fell yielding .10 in partly rain.  The ground and trees cover ground and trees(sic).  Tue got long letter from Buddy and one from Muggs who is attending a wedding at Columbus O.  She intends to call a day or two on her way back to Jeff Cy.  Order  bu oats 1 bu corn, bale each of straw and hay of IBM & son.  Tue went up town toward night returning all (8) but four Victor records and getting another lot one twelve inch. and a dozen 10 in.  Tue and self put in evening playing them.  I made pot of mush at night.  Go bed 10 P.

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