April 25-26, 1914 and 1889 in Charleston, Illinois

April 1914

25.  Saturday. 6 AM.  Ther.  68.  76.  64.  =  69 1/3

Mostly cloudy. 9. S.4.  there was fresh wind all night with sprinkle R.  Emmett came at 7 A.  Finish mow yard.  Dig up old raspberry patch and set two rows N & S, west of pear tree.  Spades balance of garden.  Plant beans and peas.  Fastens up rosebush south of house.  Went to Country P.M. clean up lot and sow another dose of grass seed.  Last year's sowing did not do well.  We returned 4 P.M. pay ch 2.10 in full to date.  Mrs. Harman and friend tie horse in barn.  Mostly cloudy AM. light rain an hour or so.  I felt very unwell and did not go up town any more.  Tue went after supper.  Gob 9.30

26.  Sunday.  6 AM.  Ther.  60.  82.  70.  =  70 2/3

Cloudy.  Heavy fog and mist wetting like rain.  Talk a while with Mr. Warman early AM.  Hitch up early to take Tue out to Helen's.  She didn't  get  ready till about 11 AM.   Louise and daughter there.  I would not stay to dinner but drove southwest two or three  miles returning by Mat Brown's getting home 2 P.M.  Tue kept key to back door making it inconvenient.  Grove's were anxious to come over but would  not in her absence.  The country looks very dry.  The roads are good:  many of them have been draged(sic).  Peaches, pears plums and cherries have been in full bloom for past week.  Mostly clear day.  Tue came home 7.30 car  gobed 9.30

April 1889

25.  Saturday.  7 AM.  Ther.  60.  68.  48.  =  58 2/3

Cloudy E. wind.  Milt Drake was up with his first load of wood which he took to S E  Ray.  he and Johnny Drake will work the loads Monday and Tuesday.  Uncle John down to dinner.  Will send a lot of cones down to woods Monday.  Chilly day S. wind business pretty good.  I quit using tobacco today.  Gobed 11 P.M.

26.  Sunday. 8 AM.  Ther.  60.  73.  60.  =  64 1/3

Part cloudy.  S. wind.  Rene and Mrs. Wentz with all children came before noon and stayed to dinner.  Frank drake came up to  help Uncle John drive down cows tomorrow.  Mostly cloudy PM. and sprinkle rain several times.  Baby feverish at night self not feeling very well  gobed  10 Pm  Fix 2 Bbl (?).

April 19-21, 1888 in Charleston, Illinois

19.  Thursday.  5.45 AM  Ther.  49.  60.  43.
Some cloudy grows cooler in the morning.   Intended to go to Timber home back but couldn't  get home.  I wanted to start  about 8 AM with Val Mount got home about 6 PM.  Let  R. Rutherford have the McKee house at 1.10 per mo.  Bob Brown has made 425 rails which he is putting into fence.  Came by Comer Mill.  Kirk hauled up 700 feet lumber to city.  There is about one load city stuff there.  Doch(?) papers and /whitewash Kitchen today.@ 2.25.  Meyers worked  half day for Mrs. Perrill.  Gobed 10 PM  Sprinkle rain down near timber about 9 AM.

20.  Friday, 6 AM  Ther.  34.  54.  36.
Clear.  Pretty heavy white frost.  Found roads better than expected (?) yesterday,  dry but somewhat rough.  Maple, service berry and red bud in bloom blood root up and about to bloom.  Things seem rather backward.  Kirk brought up 7.05 feet of lumber for the city which is all of the city stuff.  Meyers came at noon and worked half a day, says he has papered the front room at Nick house costing 112.   Plant some early beans in bottom also some beets.  Went down to R.R. toward night to look at Kirk's ties, has 96 out they look very well.  Not feeling very well today, have been chewing tobacco.  Cool clear  pleasant day.  Peaches  and plums on hillside blooming.  Go bed 11 P.M.  Mrs. R. work all day cleaning kitchen.

21.  Saturday  6.20 AM.  Ther. 40.  60.  50.
Part cloudy with brisk S. wind.  Myers came in morn and worked about an hour.  Count up and find that  I owe him$1.16. which let go on next months  rent.  Bought some ceiling at Fuller for Kitchen.  Went down to Wings Mill to depot.  Trees have not come yet.  Uncle  John and Snider  both in town both called P.M.  Lindbloom gets in the calaboose(?) again.  Comer up we call the walnut lumber 2000 ft. and I give him my share of a/cs for the lumber and everything (?) the mill was.  The ground is getting very dry strong appearance of rain and sprinkled little in PM.  Jay Johnston has been tearing down old building N.W. corner of square since last Thursday morning, is going  to build a big block there.  Mostly cloudy day gobed 9 P.M.  quit tobacco again.

April 19-21, 1913 in Charleston, Illinois

19.  Saturday.  5.45 A.  Ther.  42.  68.  54.  = 54 2/3
Clear, NE.2 Ray reported yesterday that was not able to work any more after hitching I drove down to Fritz's.  He will work for me Monday and longer after dinner Tue and Muggs attend picture show at C.H.  I stay at home sleeping and reading.  Take first chew of tob. since Christmas today.  It did not agree with me.  Tue got home at 6 P.M.    I drive to creamery for cream.  Muggs got in at bedtime.  Tue spent evening at Grove's getting home after 9.  I took mare to Nickles.  Part cloudy with fresh NE wind.  Not much crowd in town.  Chilly have furnace fire.  Gobed 9.30

20.  Sunday.  6 AM.  Ther.  40.  64.  48.  =  50 2/3
Clear mostly N.E. 3.  I order mare for 8 AM thinking of trip to Loxa, but too chilly for the drive.  Neither Tue nor Muggs go to church.  I make lot of card boxes for my tomato plants.    my mouth not to painful but feel badly.  The boys did not play ball on library lot today for some reason.  Phones Thomas Shera and wife call to see Maggie 4 P.M.  I drive out far as  I drive out far as Huffmans at 6 P.M.  Clear day; moderate SE wind gobed 10 P.M.

21.  Monday. 6 AM.  Ther.  42.  76.  60.  = 67 1/2
Part cloudy. S.E.4.  Fritz came 7 AM working all day.  Spaded and plant some garden, trim some: mows yard first time this season  went to R.R. with me: will come tomorrow.  I look at fence at Davis and at Andrews paying BPA & Co. 100.00  Mare scared at a car at lumber yard.  Maggie gets ready and starts back to her work at Jeff City going on 2.14 P.M. train which was nearly an hour late.  Mrs. Grove over at night and she with Tue went  over to Mrs. Leroy's.  Mostly clear day with strong SE wind AM light hazy.  H.G. pays for old watch.  Gobed 10 AM

April 7, 1913 and 1888 in Charleston, Illinois

1913

7.  Monday.  5.15.  Ther.  34.  48.  42.  =41 1/3
Clear.  E.2.  Soon clouds up.  Roy came 7 AM.  Get mare shod at Dibert.  Jethoo  Evans phones that my Perkins lot is eligible for PO site.  He calls later.  I ask 120 0 dollars for my lot.  Jethro 4000.  Glascos 5.000.  The Paris man has not reported theron.  Says  will employ Cafer to arrange matters.   Can't find key to box* deeds and try unsuccessfully for hour or two  to open it  think Tue has same.  Get letter  from Buddy AM date 4 inst.  Roy spades for three rows of potatoes and after we began to plant them.  It began light  rain at noon and continued  (too light to read) We  quit at 2  P a/c the rain.  Roy and self plant one row potatoes and rain stopped us at 2 PM.  Jethro Evans came again toward night and I sign contract with him and JW Glasco to sell my part of S.W. 1/4 of block for P.O.  building putting in hands of Judge Cafer at 2% com on purchase price.  Pay Evans 2.00 my share plat.  Tue got home about 6 P.M. having been gone since May 21.  Morty came over soon after she arrived but did not stay long.  Mostly cloudy with strong easterly and light rain at times mixed with hail most of P.M.  Gobed 9 P.M.

*I have this old tin box full of legal papers.I have always wondered why there is just a hole where the lock and latch should be.  Now I know the story of the Deed Box.  This is what is so fun about the journal, it answers many questions.

1888

7.  Saturday.  6 AM.  Ther.  37.  65?  50
Clear.  Very heavy dew nearly frost.  Took Sam, Ray's white pony and ride down to R.R. then down to timber getting back at 7.30 P.M.  About as tired as could be.  Caught more cold.  Saw the timber pretty thoroughly today.  Kinks ties suit me pretty well.    Wes Decker gives us leave to move in his fence to get to road out.  Told him he could have all the wood he needed.  The saw mill has moved out.  I went by  Handly Ford and return by Walker's.  Gobed 9.30 P.M.

April 3-6, 1888 in Charleston, IL

3. Tuesday.  6 AM.  Ther.  36. 57.   48.
Clear day.  Howard Robinson died last night.  I was on foot all day  doing what I could, but was beaten 90 votes.   The whole Dem ticket elected excepting T. Stoddert for supervisor 53 maj.  Uncle John was in all day  and stayed all night.  Rutherfords were up and I paid them $4.50 in orders.  The result of the election was a surprise to most people.  Stay up till they counted out.  Went to bed 1 A.M.

4.  Wednesday.  6 AM.  Ther.  42.  70.  63.
Clear.  Al Crass helps pile walnut lumber in morning an hour or two.  Howard Robinson was buried today.  Uncle John says I better fence a part of my land and he will send a lot of cows down there in May.  Would have gone to timber today if had not been so tired.  Baby sick all day and in night.  Pleasant day.  (The print runs off the page).

5.  Thursday.  5.30 AM. Ther.   65.  77.  54.
Some cloudy, strong S. wind, blowing all day.  Thunder shower from W. about 4.30 PM. raining about half an hour.  Thought of going to the timber, but looked too much like rain, Rutherfords were up and I let them have the lot of old corn I had left.  Bruner called P.M. and paid  me for a set of switch ties which they took up this week.    Says I can put out all the ties I want to before June 1. Advises me to Meyers works  8 hours spreads manure, plants potatoes in bottom.  1st row east plant deep with S. phos.   2d. row shallow with phos.  3rd row shallow without phos.  4th row peas N. end phos.  Put in city bill at night 37.53.  Gobed 9 PM.  Paid tax on nine bbls. b&h.  Whiskey $350.70.

6.  Friday.  6 AM.  Ther.  36.  58.  47.
Clear day with northerly wind.  Meyers works all day.  Tear down old hog pen and do good deal of cleaning up.  John Spurgeon brings up 387 ft  2 in. Planks.  Got poll list of F. Blankbenbakee.  Remit Sucion Sturm 1.45 being amt insurance bal on 7 P  whiskey B &h.  Tue not feeling well.  Have had very bad cold in head self for day or two.  Gobed 10 PM.

Charleston, Illinois on October 6, 1887

6, Thursday, 6.30 SM  Ther.  53.  81.  66.
Partly  cloudy.  Dove's cow  in our garden this morning.  Pick up papers for Tue.  Walk down to  Depot to see about  rates on apples.  W.G. Wright says he will  go in with me and buy a car load of apples.  Wrote Densay for first figures on  car lots and order 5 Bbl apples and 1 Bbl quinces.  Drove horse a whole P.M.  Make out  bill of City Lumber 11,003 ft $165.05 and gave it to H.G.  Taggart pays 9.05 at night.  Has  been uncomfortably warm day strong South wind and fair.  Go bed 9 P.M.

1887, August 5 in Charleston, IL

Note:  the 1912 entry is in a separate posting. I am now posting each year seperately so I can use more labels.  If you click on a label you can see all the entries that contain that label.  I hope this does not confuse our readers.

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5, Friday. 5.45 AM  Ther.  78.  94.  74.

Red sunrise, some cloudy.  Crass comes to work at 7.30 at clearing off garden for turnips.  Got through before noon.  Pay him .75c.  Sow turnips in garden.  Light shower about noon.  Mrs. Cha(?) called couldn't iron as Tue does it herself.  Pay Blankenbaker Water  rate  to June 1, 88.  Get haircut and shave at night.  Baby* does not seem so well today, has been complaining for two or three weeks.  Kate Myers over at night.  Drive with girls after supper.  Gobed 9.30 PM.

*I am curious when Charles will call the baby by her name!  CS