August 18-19, 1991 and 1902 in Coles County, IL

August 1891

18.  Tuesday  6 AM.  Ther  72.  86.  77.  =  78

Part cloudy wind N.W.  Stay at store  Nick still sick very sultry and oppressive   Got some mushrooms of cross Half bushel  They are more plentiful than I ever saw everywhere.  Go bed 10 30

19  Wednesday 6 AM  72.  86.  77.  =  78

Cloudy W or  SW wind stay at the store most of the day, and gobed 10 30 PM~  Frank  McCraveys baby died yesterday

August 1902

18. Monday  7 AM.  Ther 62.  72.  62 = 65 5/3

Cloudy and raining.  Very heavy  rains before day beginning say 1 AM or 2 AM. with thunder very heavy at times.  I did not get up as usual this morning.  Tue feeling much better and made the fires.  Think tobacco and whisky are holding me down  Wrote to Aunt Maria in afternoon.  Tom Walters mends my spectacles.  Drive out to Dice's Woods.  Find hundreds of my favorite wood Psalliota gone to  waste only two or three small ones fit to use,  There must have fine lot of them about last Saturday. Many other kinds seem to be starting.  The rain stopped about 9 AM.  Cloudy day with  southerly wind.  Roads pretty muddy.  Gobed 1030 PM . . . .

19.  Tuesday.  7 AM.  Ther  65.  88.70.  =  74 1/3
Mostly cloudy but soon cleared off.  I drive up to Dice woods finding several spicies mushrooms but none of my favorite.  Get very large Polyporus gigantius  ?  Look at some fungi in Dr Pattons stable and pronounce there A. anvensis  Saw C. Talbott AM.  He will not start on western trip till next week.  I drove down near Mt. Zion finding several species which had not seen for years and two or three new ones.  The unknown Psalliota is appearing in many places where never saw it.  Mostly clear day roads mostly dry and rough.  Tue working hard most of day and seems nearly as well as she usually is  Gobed 8 30 P.M.

October 3-5, 1913 in Coles County Illinois

3.  Friday.  5.30  AM  Ther.  42.  74.  56.  =  37 1/3
Clear. N.1.  I got start say 8 oc with a full load.  Had to return for something.  Miller not there but came on first car say 9 and went to work.  A big school picnic at Park drew a big crowd on Inter (?).  I drove up through place Mr Cox plowing near Darlings.  Think has near 20 A done~ looks well.  Didn't meet Harman.  Cox intimates that he intends to put  present  breaking into corn.  Will see about that.  I return by Loxa leaving Miller working at  1 PM.  Getting home 2.15P.  Tue attended first R.C. meet up at Lola Cottinghams.  Helen went to the picnic.  Clear day light variable winds.  Whirlwinds.  Tue and Helen went to picture late.  Gobed 10.30  I left dog Jack at home.

4.  Saturday.  5.30 AM.  Ther.  52.  78.  66.  =  65 1/3
Clear. S.2.  Gas smell.  Tue got letter from Phebe also one from Marie.  Phebe will come home 13 divorce proceedings.  Buddy writes that Walter is coming up tonight.  I get hat at Winters but think will return it.  Rene came over AM to investigate Helen's truancy.  She has been claiming to attend the Normal but seems has not done so altogether.  They fix it up and she will  continue to attend Normal borarding at dormitory instead of with us.  Ad Miller calls and I pay for Loxa repairs 2.00 will begin painting sooon as I can get ready.  Rene and Helen stay to dinner.  H &H were down to supper.  He is idle now.  I take severe case cramps with purging 3 P.M.  Warren calls and I promise him and Ike Rogers the ranch land.  They will begin at once to clear it off.  Mostly clear day.  Phone V.E.M. for same getting it toward night.  Tue bought quinces of Heddin.  go bed 10 P

5.  Sunday.  5.30  AM  Ther.  62.  76.  68.  = 68 2/3
Mostly cloudy. S.2. Sp rain 7 A and light showers later till 1P.  Tue attends church comm(?) getting paper.  Walter didn't come as expected  We ate dinner at 1.30.  at 3.30 I took drive S.W. nearly to  Mat Brown's getting home about 6.  I had load of children going nutting on way out return same way met Sam and Tom Walters near Burk hill  Mostly cloudy day with rain much of AM Part clear AM and threatening at sunset.  The dirt roads quite muddy.  Gravel pretty good.  Tue at Grove's when I got home.  Cloudy night.  No rain.  Gobed 9