April 4, 1890 and 1901

April 1890

4.  Friday.  6.30 AM.  Ther  45.
Cloudy and damp, W wind  Ed Wright begins work @ 1.00 per day.  Working all day - trim trees cut wood trim raspberries  Damp misty day.  Council busy night decided  not to have a vote on license question.  Hat here P.M  Mrs. Latta at night  Tue has neuralgia  Learn that R Cadel has bought old Bank corner for a saloon  Gobed 10.30 P.M.

April 1901

4.  Thursday.  5.30 AM.  Ther  27.  63.  50.  =  46 2/3

Clear. Southwind.  Jo Gaines came in with team P.M. and got 15 bu oats for seed at I.B. Mitchells  Pete Drake raked off yard P.M. and helps repair fence in bottom.  Mostly clear day with SE wind.  Looking like rain  red sunset.  gobed 9 P.M.  Pay Gaines another 18.00 place of one last 3/30.

December 14-20, 1900 in Charleston, IL

December 1900

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Mrs. G was letting cow which has young calf out of barn when she turned on her and towseled her around for two or three rods till Mrs.  got chance to get through a fence.  She tour(sic) of her clothes off and brushed her all over Jo telephoned for me but didn't get me.

14.  Friday.  6.30 AM.  Ther  20.  26.  25.  =  23 2/3
Cloudy N.E. wind.  Hitched up right after breakfast and went to Local for girl.  Got her.  Maggie not any better in morning and send for Dr. Starr.  Meet Bacon AM.  Is down with load of potatoes for Breeden.  Says will be here again next week   Tue attends R.C. PM.  Cloudy day N.E. wind NO rain or snow.  Several ladies including Charlotte Sproule call to see Maggie who lies in bed all day.  Tue up town a while at night,  Gobed 9.30 PM  Marie on cat our room.

15.  Saturday.  6 AM.  Ther  25.  34.  30.  =  29 2/3
Cloudy.  East wind.  Maggie seems better this morning.  Started for Gaine's 9.15  Find Jo at home and Mrs. Gaines very badly injuried by line back Jersey cow.  I had to help get dinner after which Jo went to work patching roof  Mrs. G hardly able to do anything and I stop at Dishons for  one of their girls to go over.  I did not get home till nearly dark.  Cloudy dark day.  East wind.  Simons was up but I didn't see him  Gobed 8.30  PM.

16.  Sunday.  6.30 AM.  Ther.  30  40.  37.  =  35 2/3
Mostly cloudy, Southerly wind  Start out to Gaines 9.30  Mrs. G. not so bad as expected.  Up and around &c.  Maggie Dishon there helping.  Jo tied cow with dress but backed out.  Chilly day.  I get home before dark and found nobody home but Maggie.  She is better today and as up until bed time  Mostly cloudy SE wind.  Gobed 8.30 PM -

Have been recently annoyed good deal by noises in house at night supped to come from water pipes.  They have moved C.L. Depot to south of tracks and are laying foundation for new on site of old one.

17.    Monday.  6.30 AM.  Ther  37.  54.  45  =  45 1/3
Mostly clear, SW wind.  Jack works AM. putting wood in cellar. &c 60 c paid.  Get lot of grub at I.B. Mitchells all paid.  Maggie up all day and went to town PM.  Family moving into Goodmans new house back of our barn.  AM Alex Briggs has sold his room 608 6th St. and will build large building opposite Mrs. Knocks in spring.  I took Marie and Tue down to Mrs. Dr Jefferies at night.  Throat somewhat sore at night  Gobed 9 PM

18.  Tuesday.  5,30 AM.  Ther  39.  54.  40.  =  44 1/3
Clear.  SW wind.  Heavy dew.  Clara cleaning out pantry today.  JW Gaines brings in good load of sheaf oats which I help unload and get toowarm.  He took Roan out to farm for awhile.  Shirley and wife called P.M. also Charlotte Sproule .  Made me bottle of cough syrup P.M.   Bluebell and hoarhound(sic).  Pay Winter a/c to date 75.00  Maggie able to be uptown P.M.  Print dague or two photos Mostly of family.  Martha sends word that she will come but Tue does not her as long as Clara stays.  Get letter from Phebe AM.  Take Tue down to Shatzbergers after supper.   Mrs. Jefferies here at night  Gobed 8 P.M.  Have about decided that brown cow will have calf month or  two before expected.  Clear day southerly wind.  Cow was taken to Wileys bull Apl 13 and June 5th

19.  Wednesday 5.30 AM.  Ther 28.  40.  34.  =  34.
Clear fog or smoke.  Milk before breakfast  Lloyd girls wash A.M.  Went out to Gaines' P.M.  Mrs. Gaines getting well but her hand very bad yet.  She has another girl named Edith.  Jo is grubbing and will continue long as good weather lasts.  John Gaines there trapping.  Pay Jo 3.00 on wages, and settle for eggs up to date.  bring  home 2 1/12 doz not (?).Isaac Vail quit day before yesterday.  Tue attends Liquid Air lecture at Christian Church.  Cloudy day with northerly wind  Gobed 8 AM.

20.   Thursday.  5.30 AM.  Ther.  24.  45.  35.  =  34 2/3
Clear NE heavy white frost.  Clara ironed.  Pay John VanMeter a/c in full 11.15  D(?) Wall for months rent but he does not respond.    Maggie working at Jenkins P.M. first time since she was sick  Learn that Helen Snider has left her fathers and is staying at H.Gs.  Take pay for wash down to Mrs. Lloyd.   Tue attended discussion at Christian Church.    Miss Ford getting to go to Chicago tomorrow.   Maxwell putting roof on new house.  Roads mostly dry  Gobed 9 PM
(shorthand)
Brown cow's calf supposed to be due either about Jan 18 or Mar 12
(shorthand)

December 9-10, 1889 and 1900 in Coles County Illinois

December 1889

9. Monday.  7 AM  Ther 33.  56.  47 = 45 1/3  
Clean and fine.  Order  bottled Beer White frost Deposit for firm $154.55 get Jo Marston to haul  load of hay from Van Meter barn.  Bill Kelly clean out stable and help Marston with hay in P.M.  My cut foot  which I hurt last Tuesday morning has been troubling me ever since, worse today.  Saw Dr. Montgomery at night gave lineament and tells me to keep still.  Marie gets tube green paint to day, daubing herself well with it.  Bright clear day till toward night  Began to rain after dark and continues all night.  Gobed 12.30

10.  Tuesday.  7.30 AM.  ther.  52.  72.  53  =  59
Raining moderately wind SE. shifts to S. and S.W.  Foot about same, slept well.  Thunder about noon  heavy rain and hail storm from SW about 1 P.M.  Hail strong larger than hickory nuts with a stem like ice icicle an inch or two long  Mostly clear afternoon Strong W wind at night.  Town branch pretty well up, gave Kelly  order on Wright for 175    They hauled about a ton of hay yesterday.  Foat about  sawed all day.  Kept in house  Go bed, 11.30 PM

December 1900

9.  Sunday.  7 AM.  Ther  27.  27.  22.  =  25 1/3

Clear N.W. wind.  Roan horse was out in yard last night till midnight.  Got up and put him back.  Ferd called AM to say that Helen disappeared yesterday along with a friend.  Ferd and self drove out to Stiles' after dinner.  Find that they spent night with Dolly Finsbie   We drove onto road N from Nobles getting home about sunset.  Clear day northwind Freezing all (?)  Gobed 8.30

10. Monday.  6 AM.  Ther.  16.  30.  22.=  22 2/3

Clear.  Northerly wind.  Shortess cow  had calf last night.  It seemed about dead this morning.  They took it in house and it revived.  Heavy white frost.  Pay up I.B. Mitchell old a/c bal. this morning Ch 36.39   Hens been having fun for several months  Pay H.G. Loan & int. up toJan 1, 1901. 2. MO. 17.10.  Buy lot of groceries &c Mitchell and W.E. Hill - Gaizen pays for lot of  fencing 10.60 cash.  Tue Gets letter from Phebe pays we expect her home next week.  Put Ad for hired girl in Courier Paid 25c.  Clear day,  N.W. wind.  Read a while up stairs before going to bed  Tues eye is getting bad again  Gobed 9 PM.

March 31- April 1, 1913 in Charleston, IL.

31.  Monday,  5 AM.  Ther. 46.  56.  48.  = 50.
Clear W. 5.  Phone Record to send Ray.  He did chores, cleans off mare, and helps hitch up.  We went to P.O.  Nothing.  Will discontinue box April 1.  I get letter 28th by carrier from Tue.  She spoke of starting home this morn but i don't believe she can get here.  Station agent says no travel south of Lawrenceville.  Pay Ray for work to date include 65 c.  Will come tomorrow morn.  I got breakfast and dinner together about 11 AM.  2  P.M. went up to bank to see about a loan.  Felix Shy says come tomorrow noon.  Harman called 3.30 staying over an hour.  Pays me check for clover seed 3.80.  Must have C.S. sent out soon say tomorrow.  His reports from farm not encouraging.  Accident in street front hurt a horse which later they tried to shoot.  Mr. Law paid me 1.25 on room rent, says  owed 4.90.  Drive up to Crims at night for grub.  eggs, soup &c.  Go bed.9

The Weather %c. at Charleston, Ill. for March 1913

Average daily temperature 41.  42.  Max 70 on 30th Min. 4 on the 2nd Precipitation 7.33 Most of it during last week of month.  Immense rains with much thunder and wind 23d  24  25 and 26.  Great floods everywhere but worse in Ind and Ohio.  Tornados W.  Omaha and west generally.  Little damage done here  River at highest point.  Traffic demoralized also mails.  Six inches snow on 26.  Tue  left for Mt. Carmel on 21 inst. and is still there detained by high water in Wabash and elsewhere.

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Pay Interest on note 750.00

J.P. Morgan died today at Rome..

April 1,  Tuesday,  5.15 AM.  Ther.42.  66.  52.  =53 1/3

Part Cloudy.  W. 2.  Ray came working an hour .  He helped hitch up.  Voted mixed ticket.  Went up ti 2nd to felix about loan.  They make out demand note for 700.00 which is about what need and I sign Tue's name along with my own.  Get draft for $750.00 which mail T&M.  Discontinue Box 24.   Go to I.B. Mitchell's and order 6 bu. C.S. sent Loxa INT car P.M.  14.00 per bu.  Mare scares bad at big piece stone in road near Mrs. Leroy's.  Mrs Brooks has written to Tue.  I drove E. a mile or two late P.M.  The gravel road is good other roads rough.  Little mud.  Got home about 6 oc.  No mail today except paper.  collect Mrs. Wests Express Order 1.00  Morty called at night.  they were here Sunday while I was gone. 9 P.M.

In Margin:  quit 24 P.O. Box Have had for many years.