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.~ 

August 4-5, 1889 and 1900 in Charleston, IL

August 1889

4.  Sunday.  7.15 AM.  Ther.  70.  88.  70.  =  76.

Part  cloudy.  thunder S.W. 8 AM to 10 AM. and sp. rain here.  Smokey, Bud some peach trees, 3 with luck.  No. Send, 4 white ray No.2.  Bark does not peel well.  4 black rug No. 3.  Manie here all day.  Heavy rain about 4 P.M.  Rained here all night  Gobed 9 PM~

5.  Monday.  6.30 AM.  Ther.  62.  80.  60.  =  67 1/3

Mostly clear.  Pay Dunnery and Pabst.  Mrs. R. washes and irons  Drake brings up load of wood which he wells for 3.30  John Van Meter putting iron on Mrs.  Monroes Building  Took mare to Montgomery's  house  again.  think she is with foal.  The electric light people are putting up their poles.  Gobed 10.30  Cloudy NE

August 1900

4.  Saturday ,  4 AM.  Ther.  70.  99.  78.  =  82 1/3

Clear.  Alarm fire woke me up at 4 o'clock.  Kate Bucher's house near Clover leaf R.R.  Start out to Gaines at 4.30.  Jo working road.  Yellow cow's calf does not seem to be doing  first rate.   Think partly the heat.  B.C. will be cut in a week.  Get another sample  Mrs. Gaines picks a lot of cucumbers.  I get too hot and about sick all day.  Simons and Warren in with rye.  Brown has been threshing and no lumber sawed.  Learn that (?) intends  leaving ranch to work in BC harvest with engine.  Veach boy puts up hay P.M.  Les Neeses folks have just got back from the Nation this week and some of party are already in jail.  Gobed  9.30 PM.

5.  Sunday.  6.30 AM.  Ther.  82.  100.  78.  = 86 2/3

Clear.?hontess folks got up very early and went to country over slept my self and did not have breakfast till 8 AM.  I had  thought of going to Ranch but too hot.  Drive S. & SW of town till after 12 oc.  Few fungi this year.  Think has been too wet.  Fried several Russula vineseias some  boleli and two or three small agarics.    This about warmest day we have had.  Clear, or nearly so.  southwind.  thought to go out to Gaines and stay all night but fear (?).  Tue and I drive with Marie till 10 P.M.  Mostly  round town.  Maggie Devone went up to her uncles and did not get in till after Midnight.  Gobed 10.30

July 2, 1888 in Charleston, Illinois

2.  Monday 5.30 AM.  Ther.  70.  90.  73.
Clear.  McMurtrie puts up 8 ft. of shelving works from 7 AM till about 2 PM.  John McCormick paints two old counters and stair shelving P.M. has just been  painting Mrs. Monroe's front.  Pay him in full 50 c.  Drove down to Nickleson place after supper and post notice to quit on door.  Ed Eastin had a runaway yesterday and more serious one today about dark his rig lands in creek near culvert.  Miss. Kemayer wants to move tomorrow.  Hot day   Gobed 10 P.M.