April 9-10, 1890 and 1901 in Coles County, Illinois

April 1890

9.  Wednesday.  6.15  Ther  45.  43,

Change cooler toward morn.  Violent NW wind with rain at times  Tue did not sleep much but complain of feeling some better this morning,  Wright spading in bottom  Simons brought up  team and wright took it out home after dinner.  Hat and Mrs. Knocks here P.M.  Tue feeling better P.M.  Cloudy misty  Gobed  12  Pants of Winter

10.  Thursday, 6.30 AM.  Ther  30  48  38 = 38

Clear.  White Frost.  Tue not so well this AM.  Wright spade in bottom, also repairs back fence at SW.  ? tie man here He pays only 38c for ties and does not want any switch ties.  Wiel drummer here but  don't buy  anything.  Rep and Dem both nominate in 4th ward tonight  Fran Dawn and Dick Cadle  Geo ? and Blanche Sefton married tonight.  Gobed  10.30 ~~ Clear day N.W.

April 1901

9.  Tuesday.  6 AM.  Ther 32  60  44  = 45 1/3

Clear Northerly wind   white frost Northerly  wind .  Owen slept this Morn  See Frank Moffett and Geo Durbin about abstract.  Mrs. Gains gives me latter with check missent  Mar 30.    Garrison fails to get banker on bond.  Went to Loxa after dinner  Jo combing down stacks E of barn  Hans finished oats  harrowing  twice yesterday.  Shirley cutting stalks on north piece.  Took out harness i side repaired.  Drive to Loxa getting 2 bu. potatoes E. Ohio.  Get deed needed for abstract of Charley Jones.  Pay up a/c and for potatoes to Landay all 2.05.  Roads mostly dry and hard.  Somewhat rough near town.  Get home 6.30 P.M.  Mostly clear day  Northeasterly wind.  Signs of .  Gobed  9.30 P.M.

10.  Wednesday.  5.30 AM  ther  31.  64.  44.  =  46 1/3

Clear N.E. wind out of  coal of Richter after taking Mich home.  Left Sawin deed with Hodgen AM.  Clara ironing.  Buy 45 lbs timothy seed and 30 lbs clover seed at Mitchells which take out to sow on piece E of creek supposed 9 acres.  Edith drove mare to Loxa for grub.  Adjust seeder for Jo and get home 6.30.  Mostly clear day  N.E. wind roads dry and hard.  Rogers ditching near cemetery near cemetery. rode to town with me.  Gobed 8 P.M.

October 30 - November 1, 1888 in Coles County Illinos

October 1888

30.  Tuesday.  5.45   AM  Ther.  40.  69.  54.

Start to timber about 9 oc.  Men work on stable.  Found Bob at work harrowing.  Went over on S. side after noon.  Kink and  a boy making ties.  Bobs boys (?) trash that harrow rakes up.  Zeke Gilbert getting wood in bottom.  Went home Diona  land.  pleasant  day with SE wind.  Gobed 9

31.  Wednesday.   6 AM  ther.  57.  74.  60.  Wright and Hatton get rafters up.  Drove down to  Rogers with Tue in morning.  Got key to Meyers house.  Prohibition meeting in town.   Wrote advertising boards for M. Miller an hour or two toward night.  Pleasant day and uncomfortably warm.  Clear, strong S. wind.  Gobed  11 P.M.

November 1888

1.  Thursday,  5.45 AM.  Ther.  55.  72.  60.

Clear with strong S. wind.  Start for timber about 9 AM.  Bob harrowing.  (?) timothy cold enough to be sown.  Went over to see John Kink is making ties.  met his pasture with load of chips.  Dried over strong all day.  Get home about 7 P.M.  Wright and Hatton worked half day on stable.  Quit for want of lumber.  Bob will haul some up tomorrow.  Gobed 10 PM.

October 27 - 29, 1888 in Coles County Illinois

October 1888

27.  Saturday 6 AM.  Ther.   59.  66.  42.

Clear day.  Hampton hauls lumber all forenoon and one load after dinner.  The timber gang were in and I pay them off most of them in full.  Bob Brown takes out (?) of timothy seed and 4 new bags which he says he will take.  Wright works on stable all day  Bill Hatton from 9.30 AM  Warm and pleasant cooler toward night.  Gobed 10 PM

28.  Sunday.  7 AM  Ther 38.  55.  45.

Clear pleasant day.  Let cow in yard for first time and have some trouble with her.  Katie Cramer here to visit girls.  Perrill digging again in creek   Tue sends word down to Dickenson not to wash tomorrow.  Go bed 9 P,M,

29.   Monday.  6 AM  Ther  45.  67.  40.

Clear fresh S. wind.  Wright and Hutton work on stable.  I paint advertising signs for Mike Miller  most of afternoon.  Bbl of quinces came from Dorsey.  Cost them 3.25 freight and dray 1.00  Tue intended to wash  but didn't feel well enough.  Phebe sick in morning does not go to school  Clear day  Gobed 11PM.

August 16-18, 1913 and 1888 in Charleston, Illinois

1913

16.  Saturday.  5.40 AM  74.  96.  82. = 84.

Clear S.1.  Drive 9 AM with Tue and Charles out to Huffmans.  Stop at Jessie Dunns.  John Simon passed through, said was going to Mattoon.  Harman phones that got home Wednesday.  Wants to cut clover for seed.  Another very sultry day.  thunder showers 3 P.M. .15 in. here, much heavier E.  I drove after 4 P.M. to Westfield bridge getting home 6.30.  One of the Wrights has started small store at top of the hill.  Part cloudy day; light variable winds.  Jessie and Mary Ann called at night and they went up to show.  Go bed 9

17.  Sunday.  6 AM.  ther.  74.  98.  84. = 85 1/3

Clear. S.1.  After getting paper drive west and S.W.  An aviator makes two flights today at Urban Park.  At Clover Leaf high bridge I heard their machine and could see part of the flight from the bridge at distance of about a mile N.W.  My first sight of a flying machine.  I return by Bunk hill getting home about noon.  Mrs. Brooks over P.M. and I drove with Buddy and Chas. on Ashmore road to Huckaba road returning S. road.  One of hottest days.  Light variable winds Thunder shs (sic) around, no rain here.  Go bed 9

18.  Monday.  6.30 A.M.  Ther.   76.  94.  80.  =83 1/3

Most cloudy.  S.1.  There is quite a stir in town today.  The county fair begins tomorrow.  Drive up to  Grims for cabbage get can buttermilk at Creamery.  Too warm for me to do much.  Harman called P.M. but didn't seem to have any biz. and just called.  Heavy thunder E. and S. much of P.M.  What looked like heavy showers S. say 5 P.M.  Drive with Buddy over S. part town late P.M.  Mrs. Grove spends much of P.M. here.  Mr. Bell very feeble.  Learn that Ike Finch is dead.  Much cloudy.  P.M. go bed 9

1888

16.  Thursday  5.20 AM  Ther.  75.  85.  72.

Got to woods at 8.30  Clouds over and rains before 11 oc.  Men got in 3/4 day.  Bob Brown brings w/ load of lumber.  Men made some  posts today have about decided to build a large sheep farm.  Men quit at 3.30 P.M.  I drove home in the rain slow rain most of P.M.  Gobed 9 PM.

17.  Friday 5.30  AM.  Ther.  72.  90.  70.

Cloud and damp got to woods at 10 AM,  Three of men at work on hillside near spring.  Jo Handley's child died last night and was buried today.  Republican meeting down in Hutton Township.  Heat very oppressive today.  Damp and hot cloudy forenoon clear P.M.  Got home at 7 P.M.  Tue not very  well, baby better than she has been for long time.  Am very well.  Satified with clearing job so far.  Gobed  9.30  PM

18.  Saturday 5.30 AM.  64.  82.  60.

Cloudy early but soon clears off wind. - N. on N.W.   All hands up but John.  Decker to pay them all up.  Pay note July 14 at bank and make new one for 60 days.  Pay Mike Miller 10.00 and owe him yet some  6.00 dollars.  Tue not feeling  very well.  Got shoes at Messecks for the girls.  Sam Cooper wants 8 cords wood.   quit tob.  Gobed 9 P.M.

January 8, 1913 and 1888 in Charleston, IL

1912

8.  Wednesday,  6.30 A.M.  Ther.  24.  30.  30.  = 28.

Cloudy.  N.W.3.  The rain & sleet yest. (.65).  Buddy decides not to go home till tomorrow mean while they continue to get ready.  Harm  and came in toward night and we settle  everything to date except ditch and fence.  He pays check 378.14 after deducting credits.  Think there was error of a few bu. in his foun(?) computing crib at place.  He did not leave for home till after dark.  says roads are good.  Mostly cloudy day, light northerly winds.  Gobed 9.

1887

8.  Sunday,  7 AM.  Ther.  12.  17.  17.

Cloudy.  Wind west, snow flying.  Everything covered with ice this morning.  Cloudy all day snow flakes flying.  Maggie and Phebe went to Sunday School.  They have a new preacher up at Christian Church,  Mr. Slade.  M & P went up to D's toward night.  Kate D. down here.  Have settled up the apple biz. with Wright and will settle grocery a/c with him this week.  Go bed 10.30 PM.~~

November 29, 1912 & 1887 in Charleston, IL

1912

29.  Friday.  6.30 A.M.  Ther.  32.  54.  34.  = 40.

Clear. S.W. 2.  Ice 3/8.  Tue will work with new cleaner till sick.  H.G. was down brought us a rabbit &c.  Harman called.  Has finished shucking and has mailed checks for all elevator corn, also  Neal Farm.  Get checks at P.O. 2= 102.96 which dep. at 2nd.  Get shave Brown. Pd.  Roller Hutch there.  Buy two coal buckets Charley Grims 45c Pd.  Tue went to R.C. P.M.  I hitch up late driving up town.  Gave Nickles Bros. check 18.00 in settle feed bill.  Get feed or two of corn at Mitchells.  Clear day moderate S.S.W. wind becoming westerly Roads and streets are dusty.  Gobed 9.

1887

29 Tuesday.  5.30 A.M. ther.  15,  35.  28.

Clear.  Bought pair rubber boots at Thulkold and Stodeterts. 2.50 each.  Comer and gang were up P.M.  The city gives order for 5,000 feet lumber.   Wright  prepares to buy another Bar load apples, but I don't care to.  Bert was down to dinner.  Find one of my own counters.  The old  bar counter and one  of the the short MCarty  counters  are both in Zay Johnston room formaly (sic.) occupied by M. Dwyer.  Phebe took what was supposed to be croup and kept me awake till about 3 A.M.  Tue went to bed at 11 oc.  Has been clear with S. wind.  Gobed 1 AM.  Mrs. Rodgers washed.

September 14, 1887 in Charleston, IL

14, Wednesday, 6 AM.  Ther.  62.  77.  65.
Cloudy or nearly so some rain in night with thunder.  Crass came at 7.15.  Cuts weeds round house.  Pile boards on yard.Sweeps out at store.  Afternoon, clean out up stairs.  Sell John Murphy 55 posts.  Eastin brings balance of boards.  Get Anderson ticket of inspection.  Empty Bbl  Monarch all gone but three gallons.  Cloudy day and cool.  Second day of the fair.  Buy box of peaches of Wright.  Gobed 9.30 P.M.

August 12, 1887 in Charleston, IL

125 Years Ago . . .

12.  Friday,  5.20 AM.  Ther.  69.  86.  74.

Partly Clear, rain with thunder till about 12 last night.  Start for  timber at about 7.30 with H.G.  Stayed round Mill till nearly noon.  Drake and Johnson working there.  Ate dinner in South Hollow near mill site.  Met Comer on way home (?) five mile house.  Get back at 5.30 P.M  John Fields paid Tue $2.00 being part on  a/c for cull lumber 90c still due.  Learn of R.R. accident at Chatework (Chatsworth).  Couldn't get paper.  Pay Wright in full grocery a/c $1.10.  Got pretty well tired out today.  Gobed 9 P.M.

Links to the historic Chatsworth R.R. accident:

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Link to Five Mile House:  www.fivemilehouse.org/