July 1 - 5 1890 and 1901 in Coles County Illinois

July 1890

1.  Tuesday.  5 AM.  Ther  78.  90.  75.

H. G. changed on beer last week PT car load to come yesterday not come and will not probably.  Start for timber 4.30 P.M.  Met Comer at Kickapoo  got there before dark.  Simons cutting sprouts  No one else working  Gobed 9.30

2.  Wednesday 5 AM.  Ther  70  85  67.

Clear.  Simons goes with Spurgeon to look up logs on Decker ridge R & J cut sprouts AM.  Afternoon boys cut logs over near river bottom, fell large white oak across hallow and had good deal of trouble with it.  Mill not running say they are out of logs.  Start home about 6 P.M. getting there at 8,  Settle in full with Simons wages and board to July 1.

3.  Thursday. 7 AM.  Ther `

Clear.  Worry nearly all day with pile of city lumber Geo Kellogg and two other men pile whole lot over in afternoon  Maffett sick and could not come over and recive it   Drove over there at night.   Council met and ajourn without doing anything to meet Monday night.  Comer up town and pretty full full  thunder shower about 5 P.M. light rain here.  Been about sick all day took medicine and ate nothing  Tue not very well.  Gobed  10.30 P.M.

4.  Friday 6 AM  Ther  67.  78  55

Cloudy with N. Wind quite chilly, but sun comes out after a while and turns out to be a fine day  Crowd in town only moderate and trade only fair for 4th.  John Kings little girl got hurt with a sky rocket at night.  John Simons and Warren brought my wool and two large hogs.  Send out new C.C. sow by Simons.  Go bed 11 P.M.

5. Saturday. 7.30 AM.  Ther 50 78 60

Clear  Temp was 44. early this morning.  Frank Maffett counts up lumber and makes it substantially same as myself  the bill  unpaid at date amts. to 26599 ft $398.98  Give Hutton Tp bill to Geo Dallas $11.99  Not a very busy Saturday.  Bert was down to dinner.  I took buggy up to Pugh PM to repair but didnt finish it Crass pulled it down again.  Settle today with R. Eastons and H House for hauling lumber.  Pleasant cool day with easterly wind  Gobed 11 PM.

July 1901

1.  Monday,   6.30 AM.  Ther  80.  97.  80  =  85 2/3

Clear, southerly wind.  Was about sick all night.  Mrs. Smith came to wash about 7 AM. with her  mother.  We are out of both coal and wood.  engage Jubal Jones to cut the load of wood on hand 7/8 of cord.  Tue and girls sewing P.M.  Phebe went to picnic.  Gone all night.  Very sultry with southerly wind mostly clear some clouds.  Calhoun says 1.89 in rain fell last Thursday after midnight.  Gobed  9 P.M.

2.  Tuesday 5 AM.  Ther  75.  98.  75.  =  82 2/3

Mostly clear:  light southwest wind.  Jubal comes to saw wood at 7.  Helps hitch up and  I start to country 7.15 A.M.  Jo plowing on E side N. piece.  Stop at Courtneys says will look at my meadow today and report in morn if I  go out.      Owe Mrs. G. 30 cents for eggs.      Mrs. Gaines washing.  I get a lot of beans, beets and other vegetables, also eggs.  Getting home time for dinner.  McGintry ask for use of   bottom lot for balloon fourth of July celebration which didn't get.  Very sultry day s.w. wind mostly clear AM. but cloudy after 4 PM  Light shower  between 5 and 6P.M with signs of more.  I lost my knife today.  Maggie and Minnie drove roan while at night. Cooler at night  gobed 9 P.M.     

3.  Wednesday,  5 AM.  Ther.  70.  98.  74  =  80 2/3
Partly cloudy, N. wind.  Jubal sawing wood and helped hitch up.  I start out to Gaines about 9 AM.  Jo Courtney says cant cut meadow.  Jo plowing SW piece  Edith there.  I got home before dinner  Leave house and buggy  at Binkleys for cleaning up getting him toward night 75c  pd.  Storm comes up just after dinner  Much thunder and wind blowing many limbs off trees in yard also everywhere in town.  Lost cane today think where I hitch near Evan's.  Gobed.  9 P.M.  Cloudy P.M. and cooler.

4.  Thursday.  5.15 AM.  Ther  72.  96.  74.  =  80 2/3
Mostly cloudy, Southwind.  I went up to Wrights for ham before breakfast.  They have our block  each side of square blocked off today.  I drove up to Decker Spring AM.  Saw no fungi.  Pet Dickens rode to town with me.  Balloon ascended twice near Baptist Church.  Very sultry.  Said to have been good trade in town.  The heat hurt me worse than usual.  Mostly clear except early and late southerly wind  gobed 9 PM.

Top of page:  Learn that John (Butch) Klein and Mrs. Albright are dead this week.

5.  Friday, 6 AM.  Ther  72.  90.  75.  =  79.
      Cloudy and raining since 3 AM. said to have been quite heavy.  Get check books at both State and 2d Banks.  They redeem stamps t State.  Checks vc do not require stamp after 1st inst.  Get blank of Charley Lee and have John Marshall fix amt   Wall bankrupt a/c which mail to E.S. Robinson Referrce (sic) Springfield.  Jubal came after dinner and picked up litter left by storm in front yard also saws splits wood a while.  Drove SW looking for fungi.  Several species Rusula , Telephera  Scherwinity  Small hycoperdone. are all I saw.  Maggie and Minnie  had some entertainment P.M. - girls.  Mostly clear day with strong S.W, wind much of time.  Gobed 9 P.M.      

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June 3-4, 1890 and 1901 in Coles County Illinois

June 1890

3. Tuesday.  5 AM.  Clear and pleasant day but very warm.  Cut logs on ridge till noon finishing it.  P.M. worked along river having bad luck with two large trees.  All force hands cut logs today making about 3500 feet.  I start home about 5.30 P.M. getting there before 8  Find the girls both gone on visit to Berts.  Nick sick and H.G. grumbling  Clear day with southerly wind Tue has been cleaning house Mrs. Rogers helping  Gobed 10.30 P.M.

4.  Wednesday, 7 AM.  Stay at store most of day.  Nick did not come up and understand he is  sick abed.  Tue still cleaning house, thinks it will take all the week  Buddie very cross.  Welch takes lumber brought up for him except 4 sticks  Clear day signs of rain at night and light sprinkle at 10 P.M.  strong south wind all night  10.30 PM

June 1901

3. Monday.  5.30 A.M.  Ther.  58. 82. 63.  =  67.2/3

Cloudy with light rain, eastwind  Jubal Jones did not come today AM. as promised probably a/c of rain.  See him forenoon and he worked all of P.M. Beginning 12.25 They began grading Street back of us P.M (5th St,) but didn't get much done on it.   They may not change my crossing to street much if any.  I started to Gaines 2.15 P.M.  Jo working on southeast piece.  did not go down to where he was.  Mrs. Gobol and daughter there there  Mrs. G. papered E room last Sat. doing very good job.  I get home 6 P.M.  Jubal Jones worked till after . cleaning up yard and will come tomorrow morn.  Miss Ford has function in dining for supper.  Mostly clear day easterly wind  Gobed 9 P.M.

4.  Tuesday. - 5.45 AM.  ther.  63. 87.  73.  = 74 1/3
Fair SE wind.  Jubal came 6.20 AM. and worked till 4 P.M.  Cleaned up yard pretty well.  Cleaned out stable   I sold heifer calf today to Pinnell 4 1/2 c. weight 320.  Jube led him to W. & T. Scales.  Marie graduated today Grammer grade.  Ora called P.M. and attended exercises with Tue.  Probably warmest day we have had this year.  Mrs. Owens sick and did not wash as usual.  Fair day with fresh S.E. wind.  Lightning SE at night  Gobed 9.30 PM.

June 1, 1890 and 1901 in Coles County, Illinois

June 1890

1. Sunday  6.30 AM.  Ther.  65

Mostly clear.  Painted screen doors up at store.  Crass helped oil buggy and I started for Ranch at 11 A.M. by way of Handly Ford getting there about 1.30 P.M.  Rile Decker over toward night settle up with him.  Clear day NW wind  9.30

June 1901

(top of page)  Geo Gray has recently had "new" front put in Shoe Store.  Mrs. Monroe building  they are painting it today May 31.

1.  Saturday.  5.30 AM.  Ther.  53.  74.  54.  =  60 1/3

Cloudy Sprinkle rain.  Roan untied himself last night and was grazing back of house when got up.  Jubal Jones came 7  AM and worked till nearly 6 P.M.  clean up grass, cut wood &c. will come again Monday.  John Simons  brought up hayrack.  Settle with him as  possible.  Giving him check for balance 5.50.  Renew note at St. with Earl Decker 10.00 for 90 d. promise not to do it again.  Will Decker says taxes paid on piece to be decided to Bachman June 13.  Pay Mrs. Dorsch a/c K.G. ch. 6.70 ice full to date from last Dec. 22.  Oscar Decker is working for  Walter Briggs.  Miss Ford's friend Miss Wheeler came P.M. to stay a while with her.  Phillip Davis building a new house which shows up strong in S.W.  They are just getting the roof on.  Self bellyache after supper.  Tue got a letter from Mrs. Eastin at Denver yesterday inquiring about her tax &c.  Fair day with northerly wind  Clear at night.  The rain early A.M.  Gobed.  9.30 AM.~ 

May 26-31, 1901 in Coles County, IL

May 1901 

26.  Sunday.  5.30 AM.  Ther  44.62.  48 = 511/3

Cloudy, northwind.  had to make everything covers today for fuel as am out of coal.  Chilly but wind not so strong as yesterday.  I start to country about noon south with some idea of going to  ranch.  Went west from Kickapoo bridge and brought up Loxa at 4 P.M. stayed about an hour and home by 6 P.M.  Maggie and Hannah Marshall  going with her to Mattoon getting home at midnight  Gobed 9.30

27.  Monday, 5.15 AM.  Ther  48,  65.  53.  =  55 1/3

Partly clear northwind.  Jim Warren mowing yard. Jo Gaines in before 7 AM. after some things which he fails to take out  Took cistron pump down to Resons shop.  Forget lumber for platform W & T. give me piece for buggy reach which proves to be wrong one Jo reports Sorrel horse sick and I start out about 10 AM get jag coal at Richter.     Hen borrows planter and washes our horse.  John and Edith move.  Jo burns brush P.M.  in orchard.  Get home about 6 P.M. and leave buggy at Hartelter shop to be repaired by 9  oclock tomorrow morning.  Tue learns that  Clara Thurman is going home to Indiana.  He has been  working at Huttons since leaving us. [shorthand]

28.  Tuesday. 5.15 AM.  Then 48. 64. 47.  =  53

Cloudy and raining northwind.  There was light rain most of night.  Went up to Hartelters and got buggy before noon.  Jim Warren called owe him $1.50 mowing yard  Went out to Gaines P.M. taking time for whitewash &c.  Mrs. G has pulled off most of paper in house.  Jo Harrowed M. and is cultivating earliest piece corn this afternoon.  The horse seems about the same, no worse.  I got home 6 P.M.   Mostly cloudy sps rain oc. AM. occasional sunshine P.M.  Roads quite muddy in places.  Tue and Marie went to Groves late Thomas and Hannah Marshall here while evening.  Gobed 9 P.M.

29.  Wednesday.  5.10 AM.  Ther 40.  70.  53.  =  54 1/3
Clear northerly wind.  Said to have been light white frost in places this morn.  Mrs. Owen washes.  Jo Crail scatters grass on yard.  Bunket sent word yesterday for me to come up this AM.  Saw him caul trade.  Talk with W.E. Hill about bottom lot.  Saw Clara on St. she did not seem to know me.  Get shave.  Pay Centers &c in full both (?), both firms . check $8.64.  Started ti GAines right after dinner.  Pay Jim Warren for mowing $1.50 on road to Gaines.  Mrs. G still "house cleaning" she whitewashed west room all over this morning and was getting the east one ready P.M.  Joe plowing front piece corn, which is about 2 1/2 in high has a fine stand.  Sorrel horse does not seem any better.  I got home  before night.  Mrs. Owens  worked all day  Cleaned out cellar P.M.  Mort and  Kate over at night.  Mag and Ph both away partly cloudy day northerly wind gobed 10 P.M.

30.  Thursday. 6 AM.  Ther.  46.  70.  51.  =  55 2/3
Cloudy.  N.E. wind. There was light showers several time in night.  Tue had two or three bad spells coughing in night.  My fatted calf off with his feed this morning.  Mrs. Owens ironed.  Have talk with Jack Colby A.M.  Crail did not come to work as promised.  Much interest shown  shown in Decoration ceremonies but Tue nor I went out  Thought of going to Loxa but postpone trip till tomorrow.  Drove down to Kickapoo PM looking for fungi.  Didn't find anything worth while.  Fair day clear at night N.E. wind  Tue and others away at night.  Gobed 8 P.M

31.  Friday 5 A.M.  ther.  40.  75.  60.  =  58 1/3
Clear  N.E. wind.  City  cleaning out ditch on back 5th street.  Say they will do grading next  Monday.  Start to Gaines 8.30 find Mrs. G still anxious for wall paper.  the small horse is in stable and apparently better.  Bill working Queen.  think can use him Monday.  Shirley planting B.C. west of Loxa.  Our corn a fine stand: (?) about 3 in high  I got home before noon.   After dinner get wall paper for Gaines at Parks and send over on local freight.  Bill Campbell rode to RR with me.  On way home drive north mile or two.  Most people have finished breaking and planting.  Or last not up yet.  CD Mitchell talks to me P.M.  Roads are good west.  Engage Jubal Jones to work tomorrow morning  Jo Crail has got another job.  Fair day partly cloudy and much warmer than lately  Gobed 9 P.M.