April 5-8, 1890 and 1901 in Coles Coles County Illinois

April 1890

5.  Saturday.  7. AM.  Ther.

Mostly  clear.  Wright works at raspberries and cleans up front yard.  Simons and gang in pay in pay them off.  He took down chaff and seed out of barn.  Uncle John in, says he has to have his team right away.  Anti license people have  meeting at night but make no nominations  Tue still suffering from neuralgia.  Pay Ed Wright  for two days @ 100.  Part cloudy day with easterly wind sprinkle rain about 10 PM.   gobed 1oc

6.  Sunday.   7.30 AM.  Ther.  45.  64.  60

Part cloudy wind southerly  Tue went to church came home sick went for Dr. P at night.  Warm and partly clear day.  Went up to drug store for meddy for Tue P.M.  Gobed 10 PM.

7.  Monday.  7 AM.  Ther  53.  79.  68  =  66 2/3

Mostly clear.  Tue did not sleep much last night and seems worn today  Got medicine of Patton for her again.  Ed Wright cleans out stable and buggy  Straightens up Eastin's fence. &c  Intended to go down to Ranch but could not leave on account of Tue.  Hat was down toward night.  Sprinkle rain 4 PM and in night  Gobed 10.30 PM

8.  Tuesday, 5.30 AM.  Ther  63.  81.  68 =  70 2/3

Mostly clear..  Thunder shower about day light with a little rain,  Wright works all day spades up for  peas beans radish and cabbage which plant.  Stram drummer in town.  Mrs. Rogers washed and ironed.  Hat here most of day.  Tue feeling badly and had  Dr again PM.  I start for ranch 4 P.M.  but turned back deciding to go tomorrow  Maggie sick  caught cold yesterday.  Warm day with S.S.W. wind.  lightning east at night.  Gobed 10.30 PM

April 1901

5.  Friday 5 AM.  Ther.  49  60  49  =  52 2/3

Cloudy S.E. wind   Ate breakfast at  Starr and Start for farm 7 oclock.  Jo sowing oats.  It began to rain about 9 AM shower occasionally all day  Jo finished sowing oats about 4 P.M.  I stated home 5 P.M.  Took old harness to town for repairs.  Roads very slippy  Rain today prevented my looking round much.  Forgot to take rubbers.  Miss Ford got home from her visit  Tue went over to Groves at night.  Rain pretty heavy 3 to 4 P.M.  Wind got NW  Gobed 9PM

6.  Saturday.  5.30 AM  Ther  48. 45. 45. = 46

Cloudy NW wind.  Talk with Hodgen.  He thinks can furnish loan of 9000.00  On farm @ 5% and I  took up one of abstracts P.M.  Pay Pete Drake P.M. .65.  Paid  Charleston Tp tax PM. to H.T. Miles   Col. 204.37 - $2.04 = 1% off  Dark disagreeable day N wind mist at times.  Gobed  9 P.M.

7.  Sunday,  6.30 AM.  Ther  42  54  42  =  46.

Mostly cloudy N.E. wind.  Tue and  girls attended church  Look over a few things in old house AM.  Mare stood in shed all day.  Thought to hitch up P.M. but too cool.  Mostly clear bright day northerly wind.  Helen and Ferd  here at night.  Tue was going to church but didn't.  Clara attended Christian ch.  Read or do nothing most of day.  Still chewing.  Gobed  9 P.M.__

8.  Monday.  5.30 A.M.  Ther.  33.  53.  37.  =  41

Clear chilly Northerly wind.   Went up to Hodgens and talk with him a while.  Give him abstract to part of Loxa (42) land to examine   Garrison not got bond as yet.  Pay  Lafayette Tp taxes 78.54 and Hutton Tp.  14.57 to Ganaway Treas  Pay 1.72  on piece  24a included mine and Jane Handly's.  William Garrison went to Casey to see sick  father.  Self feeling badly all day.  Mostly clear day N or NE wind.  Tue and children went to lecture at Episcopol (sic) church.  Clara Washed A.M.  Gobed  10 P.M.

October 25-27, 1889 and 1900 in Charleston, IL

October 1889

25.  Friday.  6 AM.   Ther  53.  57.  54.  =  44 2/3

Cloudy and  Damp, wind N.E got a lot of things for Milt and Jo Handly  Start at 9 getting  then before noon.  Milt hauling logs Warren helps in PM.  Henry and Frank saw lot of logs for  long posts.  Begins to rain fine before 10 AM. and kept it up  all day.  Mort began sawing logs.  Tom Spurgen started hauling in P.M.  Wind fresh from NE  Gobed 10 P.M.

26.  Saturday 6 AM.  Ther at C.  47.  45.  43 = 45

Cloudy N. wind Old Mare lost her colt last night and Milt buried it.  She has not been well for sometime and what little we have worked has seemed to hurt her.  Started for home about 8  AM.  went to Wilbers on Fox Ridge, but no hay   Feed of all kinds is scarce on east side in the thin sod diet.  Warren and Milt want to 'work' on logs.  Got home about 11 AM.  Cold damp day.  Trade duller than usual  Mrs. Clark and Hat here at night.  Gobed 11 PM.

27.  Sunday.  6.30 AM.  Ther   44.47.  44.  =  44 1/3

Cloudy NW wind.  Tue and self went to ranch got there about noon  Ate dinner by burning  brush heap.  Warren and Geo Martin there  went by  Walkers and back by Pophams  Popham will sell me a stack of hay  Can get straw of  Jim Cassady.  Cloudy  all day and chilly  Got can oysters at night at Shenens.  Roads nearly dry some muddy places one near Mt Zion  Gobed 10 PM

October 1900

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25.  Thursday.  5.30 AM.  Ther.  53.  78.  62  =  66.

About clear wind S.E  Had fine lot of oatmeals for breakfast from Jack Colby.  Bill Hatton still working at wood.  Drive down to H.G.'s and to Rictus Elevator  Corn 30c today, here.  Richter will sell me Hillsborough nut coal @ 2.00.  Theodore Arnold unloading car.  T.A. speaks of buying out Ira Brown.  Simone and Warren went through with loads (2) of lumber for Popham.  Pay C. Wiley Calves check $10.00  He claims mistake in my favor of $5.00 and returned $5.00.  Pay S.H. Record check for tile 18.20  Pay Binkly bill at stable for clipping horse last spring, 1.75.  Walk down 5th St. where they are putting in heating pipes.   Fifth St has been blocked for a week or so with this  business.  Girl Lillie Beck Calls AM to hire.  Order 10 to 12 tons coal of Richter, Hillsborough nut.  Democratic rally at gospel tent tonight,  was up town till 10 P.M.  (A smudge?) 30 c at Loxa.  Al Newby tells me  Jo is at work shucking  Clear day southerly wind  Gobed 10.30  

26.  Friday  6 AM.  Ther  60.   84.  62  =  68 2/3

Mostly clear.  fast load coal comes before done breakfast.  I had to shut them off on the slack.  They then claimed to screen it.   7 loads running about 1 1/2 ton to load.  Bill sawed wood all day getting done with sawing.  Took Tue  over to Reading Circle at G.B, Griffins P.M.  Maggie gets ready  and starts for Chicago on excursion starting 2.40 AM (27)  She stayed at Mrs. Blairs till train time  Many went.  Fare only two dollars.  Tue feeling badly all day.  Clear day SW wind.  Repub rally at night.  I was up town till nine O's Mort and Kate over.  Tue drives down to Martha's but couldn't get her to work for her.  Monday.  Gobed 9.30 P.M.  

27.  Saturday.  5.30 AM.  Ther 60.  84.  64.  = 69 1/3.  

Heavy fog.  Calm.  Alarm of fire in night, Starrs Restaurant.  Bill worked at wood getting Kindling into cellar settle with him P.M. 6.85  He will put in the wood Monday  Simons has been shucking corn this week.  He and I went to Briggs to count up fences  Met Ira Brown and we have a sort of settlement only partially and no money paid.  Pay Simon One Dollar on hauling from pocket.  I drove out SW of town looking for mushrooms.  Found nothing but Armillaria Melleus  or something resembling it.  Pay coal oil bill $1.55  John and Warren brought up lumber part going on yard.  Gave Ira Brown book for his accounts.  Clear day light southerly wind.  Gobed 9.30 PM~~  Take Tue to  Hats after supper and went after her 8 PM