November 10-27, 1890 in Charleston,IL

November 1890

10.  Monday, Court convenes and grand jury organizes  Trade dull for Monday .

11.  Tuesday.  Tue went to meeting of aid society leaving father with baby.

12.  Wednesday 

13.  Thursday, Grand Jury in full blast has done nothing so known to parties here.  Briggs got home today from Chicago  Tue thinks we ought to buy his lot in bottom  children all have colds.

14.  Friday  Brownfield washes bottles AM.  bottled some Grechese liquor AM.  Lynch Bros case in court  jury left out at night.  Baby not well and threatened with croup at night

15.  Saturday - 

16.  Sunday - Was up  at 4.30 with belly ache.

17.  Monday- 

18.  Tuesday - 

19.  Wednesday- 

20.  Thursday - Cut big pin oak near river for boards find it very brittle and hardly fit for boards.

21.  Friday 5 AM- Went out after breakfast and shot a squirrell [sic]  worked all day doing better than we expected to do  Warren went fox hunting at night

22.Saturday    I start home at 10.30 getting there before John did.  Uncle John in but not down to dinner.  Says he has bought the Phillips farm N. of Stockton this week 260 a @ 35.00 

23.  Sunday - Baby about sick Tue giving her oil  Thinking she might have the Whooping Cough.  Maggie and Phebe went walking with other girls after dinner.  Kate Davis was over before night.  Clear day SW wind

24.  Monday  Drake Groves has come home to get married.  

25.  Tuesday.

26. Wednesday,   Boys go to work on big pin oak making boards.  Warren went at night on fox chase returning at 3 in morning

27.  Thursday, Think boys will finish big tree today. It has made about 5.500  I stayed with boys till about 10  AM and started home.  I rode in bluffs next the river a while this morning looking for board timber  Got home about noon.  Find that Nick has been sick since yesterday evening and not able to be at store.  Today is Thanksgiving clear and pleasant with northerly wind.  Maggie went to Mrs Jenkins house warming at night and Tue went up to Bolten with other girls.  RR ball at hall  Gobed 11 PM ~~ White paid

November 24-30, 1889 in Coles County, Illinois

November 1889

24.  Sunday.  7.30  AM.  Ther 51  49.  37  =  43 2/3

Mostly cloudy, NW wind and growing colder raining at 10 AM.  Clearing in P.M. after dinner start to ranch getting there about dark  Dark and cloudy day sprinkle rains of the time.  Go bed at Milts at 9 P.M.  River road not so bad as expected went round by Jo Handlys

25.  Monday. 6 AM  Ther.  33.  43.  33.  =  36 1/3

Mostly clear day wind N or NW.  Milt and self ring old pigs.  Make gate for barn door and work on stairs.  Broke brace and could not hang gate.  Frank took scraper home but too late start.  Gobed 9 pm by load corn of Jim Decker

26.  Tuesday 5.45 AM.  Ther  33  35  35  = 34 1/3

Cloudy with E. wind.  Pick out 6  old sheep and put in pen  Make trough for them.  Began to sleet about9 AM.  Start for home before 10 AM. snow and rain all way on road.  Raining fast when got home about noon.  H.G. arrived yesterday PM from hunting trip having been gone since Nov 5 with very poor success at hunting.  Rain all PM and in night-  Pay R. J. Stuckey note and int $287.59   Conclude to quit chewing tobacco which have been using since Aug.  Gobed 10.30 PM~

27.  Wednesday 7 AM.  Ther  35  35  34  =  34 2/3

Cloudy and snowing about an inch fell which soon went  off.  Milt Drake was up horseback and started home 10 PM.  The river is said to be up swimming deep.  The Stanberry trial did not come up  Court adjourned at noon till after Thanksgiving  Trade pretty good.  Quit  chewing tobacco and began again.  Dark cloudy day with NW wind and snow flying most of time  Gobed 11.30 PM.

28.  Thursday.  7.15   Ther  14.  25.  20  =  23.

Thanksgiving.  Cloudy and snowing strong.  W. wind about 1 in. of snow on ground.  Start Tom and Jim at store  We have roast chicken for dinner no company.  Maggie ate dinner at Lattas  Most of stores closed in afternoon.  Banks and PO closed nearly all day.  Pay John McKee 1.55 on Lem McKee for sawing and split a cord of wood  Mostly Cloudy day with NW wind and light snow.  Brown and Stack drummers here.  Bought  some venison at Bill Myers at night.  Trade rather quiet  

Gobed 12.15

29.  Friday, 7 AM. Ther  10.  22.  20  =  17 1/3

Clear.  Father got up at 4.20  Maggie went to school house with Miss Vaughn.  Brown still here.  Had Venison for dinner  Clear day and coldest so far.  Trade fair.  Had to get stove delivered        up at store.  Not many country people in town  Self not feeling very well - tobacco.  go bed

30.  Saturday  7 AM.  Ther  10.  35.  28  +  24 1/3

Mostly clear day variable wind.  Milt Drake did not make his appearance.  Think must be about offered.  Paid Jim Decker for 16 1/2 bu. corn Also bought load same size of Warren to be delivered next week.  Julia Wood trial on,  jury retire about 9 P.M. but did not return verdict  self to bed time?  Pay Kelly order on FM Crony for 3.00   Trade not very good  Roads reported very rough and river unforetable (sic) settle in full with M Corner.  S wind at night  Gobed 11 PM~ Hat down to supper. 

 Average Ther for Nov 39  highest 1.65 low 29.10 extreme range 55

November 28,1912 & 1887 in Charleston, Illinois

1912

28.  Thursday.  6 A.M.  Ther. 22.  46.  36. = 34 2/3

Clear.  S.W> 2.  ice 1/2  Thanksgiving.  Order load cobs Whalen Bros. & G.  Paid Handiages .75 for same.  Killed chicken for Tue.  We have no chickens~~  No letter from Muggs this morn.  today.  Tue gets one from Buddy.  I did not go up town.  Tue finds pears mostly frosted.  I did not hitch up.  H. G. was here hour or two p.m.  Is working for Comer near Dorsch's.  Sign renewal of 15.00 note with him.  Thinks good prospect from Uncle Sam Oil Co.  Tue working with her new  machine.  She went to Hats at night till after 9.  Clear day strong S.W. winds lighter at night.  Go bed 9

1887

28.  Monday, 6.30 AM.  Ther.  5.  24.  18.

Clear.  Mrs. Dickenson sent word that she could not wash today.  Tue engages Mrs. Rogers for tomorrow.  Fan has been very bad, ever since last Monday.  Comer was up in afternoon.  Apples are selling faster today.  Clear cold day day, wind N.W.  Maggie and Phebe went to school.  They both coughed almost constantly at night.  Nothing seemed to relieve it.  Tue went up town toward night buying some calico &c for her mother.  Gobed  10.320 Pm ~