November 23, 1912 and 1887 in Charleston, IL

1912

23.  Saturday. 6.15 AM.  Ther.  42.  44. (8 AM)  36.  = 40 2/3

Mostly clear 2. SW.3.  Clouds up early.  Order sack wood plaster sent Loxa by Interurban.  Finger is improving and did not keep me awake last night.  Clear morn but grows colder wind shifting to N.W.4.  The forecasts predict cooler, but no cold wave insite!  Alfred came P.M. choring for an hour or so.  I hitch up 4 P driving up town for tobacco.  Got letter from Harman enclosing check from Linder $331.01 being all of my share of corn  hauled to elevator this season to date,  I prefer to make own settlements, and shall try  to do so in future.  Mostly cloudy day with high  N.W. wind.  I did not go up  town until near dark.  My finger disables me a good deal.  Wind seems to increase at night.  Go bed.  9

1887

Wednesday. 5.15 AM.  Ther 47.  45.  44.

Dark and smokey.  get ready to go to the timber but began to rain about 7 AM and rain lightly good part of day.  Phebe not very well stayed home.  Buy some rabbits of F. Biggs.  Drove down to Young's PM serving notice to quit on old man.  They over twenty dollars rent.  The Grand jury adjourned.  Have indicted many good Mattoon  liquor men.  Geo. Weber was over  from ILL.  Very dark day smokey or foggy.  Wind N to NE .  Heavier rain at night.  Peel half bush apples and quinces at night.  Go bed 9.30 PM  Mrs. J. Brown funeral P.M.

Charleston, Illinois on October 17, 1887

17,  Monday, 6 A.M.  Ther.  53.  58.  52.
Partly cloudy.  Mrs. Dickenson washes bring two children.  Went  down to Young's find he has gone to Terre Haute to work.  Tue went over to Perrills P.M.  Comer was up toward night.  bought old lot of lumber of him for 8.00.  He will go to Mattoon tomorrow to try to get some bills.  Wm Kelly was down at night to get some Bethesda for Latta.  Mostly cloudy day.  N.W. wind go bed 9 P.M.

August 8, 1887 in Charleston, Illinois

8  Monday,    6 AM  Ther.  65.  89.  65.
Clear.  Baby better but cried a good deal in the night.  Phebe  fell on stairs this morning and hurt herself some.  Get letter from E.D. Davis saying needn't saw any more lumber at present. Letter from G.C. Dinsey, no butter at Geneva-  Bent was down to dinner.  Say, he has bought a farm up in Moultrie County.  Drove down to Young's but didn't see him.  Comer was in town but went out before I could see him.  Pleasant day.  No signs of rain.  Buy tomatoes 35c Decide to go to timber in morning.  go bed 9 P.M.