September 17-29, 1889 in Charleston, IL

September 1889

17.  Tuesday. 6 AM.  Ther.  58.  66.  57.  =  72 1/3

Mostly clear.  Owens tuned piano $2.50.  W.S.G. picks hops.  Milt brings up load of wood on yard.  I went down to  Milts at night getting there at about  7 P.M.  Mostly clear day with NW wind  gobed at Milts  9.30 P.M.

18.    Wednesday  5.30 AM.  Ther.  44.  60.  48.  =  55.

Clear.  Said to have been light frost in places.  J Riley came to work at 6 A.M.  R. Decker  @ 11 A.M.  Put up posts for N and E line and began on west after changing two or three times.  I walked over to Fritz hollow P.M. and start home at 5.30  Chilly day got hme 7.15  Maggie was sick all day.   Gobed 9 P.M.  wind NW fresh

19.  Thursday, 6.30 AM.  Ther.  41.  66.  51.  =  52 2/3

Clear.  Maggie seems pretty smart.  Greer drummer in town.  Get harnessed repaired at Adaires.  Drove out to cemetery P.M. taking Maggie  baby and Tue.  Chilly day NW wind  Gobed 10.10

20.  Friday. 6.30  AM.  Ther.  50.  72.  53.+  58 1/3

Clear  fresh W Wind.  Maggie feeling badly this morning.  Mr. Green leaves at noon.  Did not leave anything of him.  Mrs. Rogers irons.  Milt Drake was with R. Decker, brought wood.   Drove out to Loxa P.M. to see about a fence machine.  Didn't find it.Clear or nearly so all day strong W. wind  Go bed 10.15 P.M.

21.  Saturday  7 AM.  Ther.  50.  68.  57.  =  59 1/3
Clear.  Most of gang up from timber and pay off   Milt  brings up load of slabs for me, and deliver some posts and poles to Mrs. Coon.  Pay Milt Drake 3.00.  Biz very dull AM. but very good at night.  Tue complains of headache and toothache.  Maggie feeling pretty well she is worse every other day.  Gobed 11PM

22.  Sunday  6 AM. Ther   56.71.  58. = 61 2/3
Pretty clear  Start for timber 8 AM.  Drive round  clearing with Milt and down in S. hollow went round to river bottom got about half bushel paw paws same of grapes got home 7 P.M.  Maggie not so well today.  Pleasant day and growing warmer.  Go bed 9 PM.  Wind SE

23.   Monday.  6 AM.  Ther 60.  81.  65.  =  68 2/3
Part clouds  Mrs. Rogers washed.  Uni drummer here didn't  buy anything.   Sent  box of pawpaws and wrote letter to Aunt Maria  Milt got up with load of wood took to Ben Anderson the first of five cords sold him   The wagon about gave out today.  Milt didn't start home until after  8 P.M.  Maggie better today she has not been able to go to school any yet.  11 P.M.

24.  Tuesday  6 AM.  Ther  66.  86.  70.  =  74
Mostly clear Maggie feeling badly this AM got Dr. who left some medicine says she must have a Truss.  Mrs. Rogers came to Iron  Maggie better P.M.  Milt brought second load of wood to Anderson  Hibbard wants two or three cords dry.  Some cloudy  Unpleasantly hot signs of rain, lightning at night  Tue having neuralgia  Trade rather dull.  H Meyun drummer here.  Gobed 10:15

25.  Wednesday.  6.30 AM.  Ther.  55.65.  44  = 53 2/3
Cloudy.  Heavy shower about 3 AM.  Maggie feels better and up to breakfast.  cleared off before noon.  Start for ranch 9 Am.  Roads some muddy  Try with Milt to settle on location for shed.  He hauled up two loads of strips today.  None of other boys have worked this week.   Rode over pasture toward night.  Find grass looking very well but pastured too close.  Cool day  wind N.W. and strong at night.  go bed 9:30 P.M.

26.  Thursday.  6 AM.  Ther  40.  60.  44..  = 48
Clear.  White frost light.  Wait to work at fences N. end of yard in morning.  Commissioners came about 9 AM to survey road which they finish before noon  It measures about 226 rods.  After dinner worked on fence till I left at 4.45 P.M.  Maggie missed her chill today for first time in two weeks and feels better.  Cool day and some cloudy W wind.  Got home about dark.  Bought canned oysters at Lees.  gobed 10.15 P.M

27.  Friday  7 AM.  Ther  40.  66.  46  =  50 2/3
clear.  Light whit frost.  Rene was here  to dinner.  Maggie  still feeling better.  Pay up Tom Hutton $6.00 AM.  Paid  John Parker & Co $5. for repair wagon in July. Pd. John Adams for repairing Harness in full.  10c.  Walk down to depot P.M. to look at light plant.  Y Bro give $5.00 for 8th reg reunion Oct 2-3  Milt did not come up today.  Trade pretty good  Mrs. Davis and Ruth over at night  gobed  midnight.
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28.  Saturday.  7 AM.  Ther  50.  78.  60  =  62 2/3
Mostly clear.  Milt came up with wood which takes to Hibbard, sells half cord to Sanders.  Buy Harmons butter at Bakers.   Engage 8 cord wood to Sam Cooper  Winters giving his security.  Pay up the gang.  HG and Nick prepare to go fishing tomorrow.   Trade pretty good.  gobed at 10.30 PM.

29.  Sunday.  6.30 AM.  Ther  56.  65.  58  =  57 2/3
Cloudy sprinkle of rain in night and early AM.  Tue and self start for timber 9 AM.  Find that one of the red pigs got killed in post hole.  Johnny  McKee there sent out sheep into two lgts and turn rams with them.  Sprinkle times during the day, and rain all the way home  Got home 7 P.M.  Heavy rain after dark  Gobed 10.15 PM

August 7 - 11, 1888 in Charleston, Illinois

1888

7.  Tuesday, 5.30  AM.  Ther.  70.  88.  72.

Cloudy.  Thunder storm with rain toward day.  Went out to Uncle Johns AM  looking for cow and calf  found them P.M. at John Huffmans.  Kelly went with me to drive him in.  He worked P.M. in garden got half bu potatoes of Myers 9 PM.

8.  Wednesday.  6.20 AM.  72.  81.  63.

Clear or nearly so.  Went down to woods to get some fellows to clearing.  Bob Brown not at home but came when I was there.  Decker boys say they will begin work in morning.  Kelly work in garden forenoon.  I got home baout 7 P.M.  Growing cooler all day.  Gobed 9.15 P.M.  -- Baby better.

9.  Thursday 5.40 AM.  53.  79.  60.

Partly cloudy.  Start for woods at 8 oc.  Find the farm Deckers all at work.  I left them at 4.30 P.M.  Seem to be doing pretty good job clearing.  Bill Kelly came in morning and worked in garden and cleaning out cellar.  Warren Wicker began hauling wood to Mrs. Coon. He hauled altogether (?) 9 1/6 cord and has had 5.00 in money on same.  Tue sent for Dr. for baby P.M. but sent him word not to come.  Gobed 8.45

10.  Friday,   5.45  AM.  Ther.  58.  82.  60.

Clear.  I start for timber at 8.45 got there at 10.30.  Found nobody at work but they had been then walked round a while and came home.  Bob Brown rode as far as Butte with me.  There was a democrat  pole raising there today.  Their Cannon burst the morning.  I went down via Walkers.  Rec. gal whisk today from B. B.&U..  Mostly clear day, Got home at about 4 P.M.  Gobed 9 PM.

11.  Saturday  6 AM  Ther.  60.  85.  65.

Cloudy AM.  Went up to Masons after tenderloin and beef.  Pay up Bill Kelly in full 75c bal.  Baby has been pretty bad for several days with bowel complaint.  Today is Phebe's eighth birthday.  Snider was here an hour or two at night.  Went up town after coffee.  Go bed 10 P.M.

June 20-22, 1913 in Charleston, Illinois

20.  Friday.  6 AM  Ther.  70.  98.  82.  = 83 1/3
Part Cloudy.  W2.  Hitch up 11 A.M.  Buddy gets ready to start home and I take her to 3.14 train.  Phebe went to depot with Charles.  No word from Phelps and think will let him go to thunder.  A shortage in ice developes (sic) in and Tue buys of other Co.  The city seems  to be putting in an extra  water  tank for horses in wagon yard.  Ben Maxwell is building new reinday(?) on Harrison across from Mrs. Coons rear building.  Jack dog has about succumbed to the hot weather.  Phebe went to Picnic at Urban Park late. P.M. getting home 10 oc.  Tue and I drive SW as far as Gee's leaving home at 6 and getting in 8 P.M.  Part cloudy day westerly wind.  Some signs of rain in clouds.  Gobed 9.30

21.  Saturday.  5.30 AM.  Ther.  80.  96.  72. = 82 2/3
Cloudy. W.2.  there was light sprinkle rain only  trace say between 2 and 3 AM.  Tue gets letter from Muggs at Moberly Mo.  Thursday.  Said nothing about coming home.  Mrs. Harman hitches in the shed going home 3 P.M.  We got another letter from Muggs from Mexico, Mo.  I did not drive today.  Tue orders a bush corn at I.B.M.  It clouds up 4 P.M. and very windy from North very dusty:  Light rain later with thunder.   Think very heavy rain 3 or 4 miles S.W. and S. much thunder S. drizzles at night.  Go bed 9

22.  Sunday.  6 AM  Ther.  68.  80.  74. =74
Cloudy. N.1.  Gus brought us some butter.  Tue got 1/2 chicken of Mrs. Grove which have for dinner.  Tue attended church A.M. getting paper.  I start to hitch up but don't on a/c of light showers.  About 5 P.M. drove out as far as Huffmans and find roads quite muddy.  I came near have trouble with mare south of garden.  I met a clothesline and had to back out.  Tue over at Mrs. curds at night.  Julia Kenayer has taken rooms there.  Cloudy day, light northerly  winds, light rain at times .  Same quite heavy showers at night and thunder.  The rain today and night .58 (to 6 AM 23rd)  We are "raising" another lot of chickens like we did last season. - on shars.  they will soon be edible.  Gobed 10.30 P.M.

March 4, 1913 and 1888 in Charleston, Illinois.

1913

 4. Tuesday, 6,15 AM.  Ther.  40, 36, 28.  = 34 2/3

Cloudy.  N.2.foggy and growing colder.  Mr. Law seems worse this morn and has Dr., again.  Tue uptown AM.  Pays  J.H. Pinnell a/c in full.  ch. 13.27.  Get card from Phebe at Ann Arbor.  Mrs. Coon called a while P.M.  I phoned McG. AM for sauce and had to ask  H.G. by  phone to bring it up to me.  He is still at Comers working.  He stayed and hour or so .  Court has case tomorrow (?) for bootlegging.  Mostly cloudy day with moderate northerly winds.  Clear at night.  Den Dowling and family have returned from Springfield and are at Hat's.  Mort and Kate and Webster came over  7.30 staying the evening.  Harmen didn't show up  as phoned yest.  My face and mouth worse than ever today and tonight and I slept but little.  Gob 10.30  H.G. reports that has pd note at Bk 15.00.

1988

4.  Sunday  7. Am. Ther.  24. 34.  28.

Cloudy wind E.  Strong snow flakes flying.  Tue bakes mess of beans.  Maggie and Phebe went to Sunday School and Church and  were up to Davis toward night.  Tue went down to Dowlings toward night staying till nearly dark cloudy day wind E. or N.E.  Thawing a little at noon.  Gobed at 9.15 P.M.

July 2, 1912 and 1887 in Charleston, IL

100 Years Ago

Tuesday, July 2, 1912,  5.30 A.M.  Ther.  70.  80.  72. = 70 2/3

Cloudy S. 2.  Tue canning some cherries she got of Mrs. Coon yesterday.  Charley McCravey died yesterday also  Cort Hayes.  Tue and Phebe work A.M. work  canning raspberries and cherries.  Rhoda's boy works a while with lawn mower.  He quit at noon promising to return in the morning. Showers A.M. until afternoon (.35)  I drove up to Dicewoods A.M. getting good  wetting instead of mushrooms.  There are positively no fungi appearing.  I have visited the woods two or three times a week since early  spring and have not seen a dozen altogether.  Mostly cloudy day with light southerly winds.  Gobed 10 P.M.

125 Years Ago

Saturday, July 2, 1887,6 A.M.  Ther. 74.  91.  75.

 Cloudy.  Hat was down in the morning.  Tue puts up a lot of raspberries red and black. Likes her stove better.  Rained a shower about noon.The first since June 31,  Comer was up in P.M. compare his count of lumber with H.G.'s then appears to be a shortage of about a thousandful.  Bert in at night.  Bought a gallon of raspberries at Mitchell's.  Buy fireworks for the girls.  Fix lot of silk butter at night.  Gobed 11 P.M.