July 11- 16, 1890 and 1901 in Charleston, IL

July 1890

11.  Friday  7 AM  Ther  63.  92.
Clear with S. wind.  Start for Ranch 8 A.M.  Meet Tom Springcorn with load  of lumber for Comer    T Sampson hauls out dry walnut and  strips.  Find that Noble had struck water and had well about as deep as could go  they finished  at 3 P.M. and left.  Simons and self took walk round west pasture.  and I rode over to hungarian patch  It is getting very dry down here, corn and grass suffering at home 6 P.M.

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12.  Saturday 6.30 AM.  Ther.  71.  96.  71.
Mostly clear.  Get Bob  Manifold to clean up Perkins building and scrub it out.  Carrell hauls down  55 Beer Kegs and 33 cases empty bottles to R.R. also takes off load of dirt.  Heavy rain about 4 P.M.  Trade only fair.  This has been about the hottest day this summer  Gobed  10.30 PM

13.  Sunday.  7 AM.  Ther.  75.  94.  76.
cloudy shower at 7 AM. with thunder  Intended going to ranch after dinner but too hot.  Tue has been  worried a good deal lately about Phebe's spine.  Tue and Maggie went to  church Phebe and Buddie stay at home.  Go bed,  930 PM -

14.  Monday 6 AM.  Ther    96.  70.
Clear with southerly wind.  Comer in town we decide to saw out some R.R. also ship car load of oak to Chicago   Bob Manifold helps about old building  Dig ditch on W. side and haul away trash  Heat most oppressive today although good breeze  Violent storm of wind followed by rain from 8 to 10 P.M.  wind fr N.E. and (?) have done damage.  More of it in night  Gobed  10.30 P.M.

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15.  Tuesday.  6.30 AM.  Ther 74.  89.  74.  
Part cloudy wind east.  Heavy wind and rain last night probably after midnight.  They are building new sidewalk in front of our house  or rather  lay the old one over new.  Manifold piles walnut in P.M.  Mrs. Rogers irons.  Tue and Mrs Davis went somewhere after supper  air very close wind varible  Gobed midnight.

16.  Wednesday 6 AM.  Ther  72.  90.  73
Mostly cloudy light rain early AM.  Start at 9 AM for ranch, getting there in time for dinner after dinner put tar on sheep's noses.  John and I look through Fritz hollow for Walnut other boys cut sprouts.  Thunder S. W and W 5 PM looking like rain for a while.  go bed 930 P.M.

June 15- 20, 1890 and 1901 in Coles County, IL

June 1890

15.  Sunday, 7.30 P.M.  Cleaning  Get ice at store this morning  sort and clean out tool drawer at store.  I notified Wright last Friday June 13th the we (GB) [Gramesly Brothers] would want the Perkins building as soon as he could vacate the same.  Had old roofing hauled down yesterday and piled  back of barn.   Start to ranch about 2 P.M.  H. Mullen road down from 5 Mile house with me.  Simons folks not at home.  Saddle mare and ride over to hungarian (sic.) patch.  Found we are about out of corn pleasant day and much nicer than yesterday   Gobed 9.30  PM

16.  Monday. 5 AM. at Ranch.  Cloudy misty  Morning walk round in west pasture and go down where boys were mending washed road in hollow  Reynolds and Sampson took up load of city- stuff each.  Light rain AM.  Thunder slower  2 P.M. with little rain.  Slept a while in barn after dinner and rode over to Martin's and Milts afterward.  Boys work all day on road  Gobed 9.30 PM..

17.  Tuesday.  5 AM at Ranch  Boys went over  to cutting logs.  I went down to Mill an hour or two.  Drove down to Handly ford but too  high and had to return  Comer went with me.  Came home by Blakemans getting there about noon.  Heavy rain P.M. with much thunder and rain good deal in night  shower at Ranch AM.  Durnwey  beer man here.  Mrs. Davis helping Tue sew  Gobed 10.30

18.  Wednesday  6.30 AM.  Ther  70  85  72
Warm weather went with Moffett and inspected pile of city lumber making 7419 ft.  Mrs. D. still helping Tue.  Tue sick all night she thinks from eating  lettuce for supper  There are showers around but more here gobed 10.30

19. Thursday.  6.30 AM.  Ther  74.  97.  73.
Part cloudy, variable wind sultry day, signs of rain but didn't.  Uncle John in town yesterday P.M. has been sick.  Clown acting on N.  Buy two loads corn of A. Heddin 45 bu @30.   Start for ranch at nearly 7 P.M. getting there after 9.    Took down sack corn just about out Simmons folks gone to bed.  Enddie occupied bed with me.  Gobed 10 PM.  Geo Kellogg past up awning  Jim Warren mowed yard.

20.  Friday  5 AM.  at ranch  ther  74  90  77
Mostly clear Thunder shower 9 AM.  Start home 10 AM.  Was over in woods where boys are cutting logs Near N E corner of S forty.  Got some fungus of several kinds  Thunder showers round PM but none here.  Engage Warren to haul up shoats tomorrow and take load of corn back, owe him one load of 16 bushels  Will sell my shoats although they are very low.  Go bed 10.30 P.M.

June 1901

15.  Saturday. 5.30 AM  Ther  70.  88.  75.  77 2/3

Mostly cloudy S.E .  Buy case of strawberries of J.B. Hill  1.25.Pay  Jim Pugh for repairs for  repairs on buggy in spring.  Simmons and Warren did not come with wood as expected.    The crossing to back street not fixed yet.  Tue has R.C. women  here P.M.  Self feeling very poorly all day.  Buy gasoline can W & G  Partly clear day.  Distant thunder showers NW P.M.  no rain here wind variable easterly.  Gobed.  9 P.M.

16.  Sunday. 5.45 AM.  Ther  70.  93.  74.  -  79
Clear Easterly wind  Branch children and Mrs. Nell here before folks were up.  Drove SW of town looking for fungi:  an Col yboidaicata  and one Rusule.  get home 11 AM.  Feeling badly all day, very warm  Thunder showers about 3 PM.  No rain here I remain at home.  Plant few hills sweat corn P.M.  Gobed 10 P.M.  Tue Helen and Marie hull strawberries   night,

17.  Monday.  5.30 AM.  Ther  62  82.  63 = 69
Clear Northwind.  Change cooler in night  City begins grading back street again.  Said were going to finish but did not get any tile for crossing in.  I had to go out (?) in front way today.  Saw Mrs. Owens AM. says she cant wash.  Start to Loxa 2 P.M. taking scythe.  They are scraping the road near  town line.  Jo plowing piece by barn third time.  Corn looks well.  Mrs. G papered kitchen last Sat.  I got a big lot of peas, lettuce beets onions &c and start home before five P.M.  Clear cooler day with strong northerly wind.  All hauls except Phebe and self went to Normal Show at night.  Tue walked down and back getting pretty tired  Gobed  10 P.M.

18.  Tuesday.  5.30  AM.  Ther.  58.  85.  65.  =  69 1/3
Clear.  Light North wind.  They level down with scraper on back (5th) St. but get no farther.  They have cut down at street line average about 3 1/2 ft.  Take Tue and Marie out to Loxa to Home.  Ora has been sick but better now.  I went on up to Gaines' through the place eating "dinner" there.  Edith and Lizzie there.  Alex Sobol and Flora help help me measure piece E. of barn to B.C. shed.  2 1/2 Ac  Clear AM. but clouds over afternoon and light rain for an hour or two.  I return to Hen's [Henry Hildreth] about 4 P.M. and we start home in rain.  Saw Shirley at Hens.  Corn is looking pretty well but small for season.  Had to drive out and in front way today driving over sidewalk and curb.    Helen went to her Grandmothers to stay tonight.  Leave buggy in yard when unhitch tonight.  Gobed 9.30 P.M.  some lightning at night.

19.  Wednesday.  5.45 AM.  Ther.  64.  82.  65.  =  70 1/3
Partly cloudy NW wind.  Several heavy showers in the the night.  Tue gets up to shut windows.  Mrs. Smith who ironed for Tue last week comes to wash before 7 AM..  Learn that  Will Campbell has sold  Restaurant to Friend Sargent.  Mrs. Smith finished 4 P.M.  Get new hat at Winters to keep.  Was at Co Clerks Office P.M.  figuring on whose land has sold for taxes,  Think John  Simons w.20 and 4 acres are in it.  Drive east of town toward night.  See no clover cut.  My crossing back still out.  They monkeyed a little on 5th St P.M. but did not reach  mine.  Partly cloudy day with variable wind  Threatening to rain much of P.M.  Light showers between 5 & 6 P.M. and more and heavier in the night.    Helen was helping her Grandma all day.  Marie went to picnic  Maggie has quarrel with Will Jenkins  she says  Gobed 8 P.M.

20.  Thursday.  5.30 AM.  Ther  68.  92.  75.  = 78 1/3
Mostly Cloudy Northerly wind.  There were showers in last night.  about 1/2 inch water.  Shave at B's AM pd.  Intended  going to Gaines P.M. but didn't eat dinner enough.    Take Bill Campbell home toward night.  He has sold out and is looking for a house.  I drove up by Decker Spring toward night,  Jack Colby brought small mess Pleurotus  ostreatus  which (?) folks did not cook.  I find Skidmore ST. Supt P.M.  He says will fix crossing as soon as he can.  Someone told him I was going out front way is reason he has not fixed it.  Threatening weather all day, but no rain till night.  Very  clear   Gobed 8 P.M.   Phebe out until 1 AM.  Leave buggy in yard.

May 26- 31, 1890 in Coles County, IL

May 1890

26.  Monday.  5 AM.  at Ranch  54.  65.  

Clear . Wind N.  Simon and self make tank for dipping lambs in morning.  Got Warren team and sow patch of hungarian back of barn.  In P.M.   worked on clearing with harrow.  Johnny and Riley cut logs on S. ridge. P.M.  Mill not running,  Mill boys cutting place for rolling logs down hill east of mill.  Clear and fine day cool with northerly wind  gobed 9.30

27.  Tuesday.  5.20 AM.  54  74  57

Clear with N.E. wind went over to clearing where Simon and Steve are putting in hungarian  The harrow seems to do good work and we anticipate a good crop of grass.  Intended to start home before noon but went over where R. and Johnny were cutting logs and didn't get off till about 4 PM had no dinner and was glad to eat what had left Sunday.  Went home by Kings getting there after 7 PM  Clear all day with N.E. wind  gobed 10.30 PM

28.  Wednesday, 6 AM.  ther.  58.  76.  65

Clear SE wind.  Buddie [Marie] went to school with girls.  Tomorrow is the last day of school.  Pay Bebchines Bros (?) 479.64 for bills bought last winter.  Geo Kellogg tightens up door of Beer cooler in (?)  Sunday  school convention in town brings lots of people but no trade.  Plums are mostly on trees yet and curculis has not damaged them much  but they are beginning to rot some.  Strawberries are plenty in stores at 10 cts for qt.  Paint W. end of beer box.  Mr. Al Prevo and family have come back and are living in town.  Tue went to convention at night.  Trade dull   gobed 10.30 PM ~~  Clear till toward night S. wind.

29.  Thursday, 7 AM  Ther  68  83  69

Mostly clear with Southerly wind.  Drove out to Uncle Johns with Tue to get some flowers.  Commencement exercises tonight  Tue and Maggie and Phebe went leaving baby [with] father.  Warm day with southerly wind clear.  11.30 PM.

30.  Friday   7 AM.  Ther  72.  86  73.
Mostly clear Chas Salene came at 8 AM and cleans out stable  hoes garden and berry patch.  worked while at store toward night.  Had Crass an hour or two moving lot of Bbls into Perkins building.  Decoration day said to have been big turn out  Stores all closed in afternoon clear and pleasant  southerly wind. 12 oc.

31.  Saturday 7AM.  Ther 73  87  66
Mostly clear.  Salnes and Kellogg work at store  Kellogg on screen door  Warren Decker brought load of wood which put off for Mrs. Norfolk.  He took down six quinces and my drill box.  Rep. primary convention for Co officers.  Delegates intended for Mitchell and Tremble.  Comer was up and I  got pay for lumber furnished township  Warm day cooler toward night  Gobed 12

January 13 - 14, 1890 and 1901 in Charleston, Illinois

January 1890

13.  Monday.  7 AM.   Ther  19.  27.  20.  =  22

Cloudy S.W. wind  Snow flakes  flying.  Very hard wind all night.  Ther at 1 AM was 35.  A letter from Freiburg.  He sold Boh for 2.55  Old Mr. Weiss died rather suddenly yesterday.  The awning in front of our Perkins building blew down last night.  Phebe  didn't go to school .  Clear day W or NW wind.    Trade very dull  Mrs. R decided not to wash.  Gobed 11 PM

14.  Tuesday 7 AM.  Ther  20.  35.  35.  = 30

Clear with E wind.  Heavy white frost.  Clouds over early and mostly cloudy day.  Took Phebe's shoes to cobbler.  Tue expected Mrs. R to wash today but she didn't come.  G Weiss buried PM.  Tue over to Harley's at night.  Mr. Eastin here PM.  Light rain after 8 P.M. wind S,  Gobed 11PM

January 1901

13.  Sunday.  6 AM.  Ther.  24.  39.  28.  =  30 1/3

Partly cloudy, wind N.W.  Ferd and Helen here to dinner.  Mend up harness broken last night.  Drove out to  Gaines taken goods $1.80 to Mrs. G. and bringing home 3 dozen eggs owe her for 5 dozen birds.  Road rough except gravel giving me side ache.   Jo has been grubbing out  cottonwood pond on west eighty says about half done with it.  Has finished clearing up along Loxa branch all hands gone when I got me.    Gobed 9.30 P.M.

14.  Monday  5.30 AM.  Ther  38.  56.  40.  =  44 2/3

Partly Cloudy.  Intended to get up earlier.  Clara washing  first time finishing before noon.  Deposit Defenbaugh check 75.oo at 2nd Natl.  Clear day west wind.  Pay water rates to July 1, 1901.    Buy some things at Johnsons gro.  Have small a/c there.  Mort and Kate over at night playing Krokonole with Tue and Marie.  Clock bought other day no good will return it tomorrow.  Gobed 10.30 PM.