July 18, 1892 and 1903 in Coles County, IL

July 1892

18.  Monday,  5.30  Ther 65.  84.  75.

Clear SE wind.  Mrs. Rogers washes and irons.  Clear AM but clouds up P.M. and  sprinkles about 4 P.M.  Light shower about 10 P.M.  Present bill for lumber  bought last fall Mrs. Furman.  Try  on coat  Winter is making for me.  Gobed  10.40

July 1903

18.  Saturday, 6 AM.  Ther 66.

Mostly clear wind N.W. 3.  I went up town before breakfast getting some cucumbers.  The wind last night broke limbs off trees including my pet peach near old house.  Ferd is still watch at Opera H and eats breakfast with us.  Neither Steve nor Riley Decker have deed I wanted  Will Decker in town and thinks he will get loan leaving out the 4 A. piece.  I put on new pants got recently of Winter.  They are too long.  Abbot called early A.M. and I pay him for yesterdays work.  Talk with young Gilbert P.M.  He wants to buy my timothy meadow.  Says the corn not down much out there.  Not so many as usual in town Sat.  I passed Kate's and saw her sister Minnie from  Mo.  Mostly clear day with N.W. wind  Gobed 10 P.M.

December 2 - 9, 1887 in Charleston, IL

December 1887

2.  Tuesday 7.30 AM.  Ther. 23  34  27  Mostly clear with SE wind  Brownfield helps pile boards AM Saws up pile of white oak P.M.  Jo H brought up load of ties.  Warren finishes Lattas wood, in all  5 3/4 cord.  Uncle John was down in morning to get me to compute interest on notes.   Jo H. took out tile for stove flue for house  I pile  boards till nearly 4 P.M.    H.G. went home sick about 4 and did not come back.  Bill Durham of Hot Springs Ark went back today has been here two or three days  Part cloudy day with SE wind gobed 12.30

3.   Wednesday.  7 AM.  Ther  21.  24.  23.

Mostly clear wind N.W.  HG opened store and went home to stay.  Nick and self get along very well  Warren hauls load of wood which sell to Charley Marshall.  Man from Hutton came for 1200 boards  Jo H brings up 1,500.  This makes 7000  I owe him for hauling  Mostly cloudy day with NW wind and freezing all day. Gobed midnight

4. Thursday.  7 AM.  Ther  12.  27.  27.

Mostly cloudy S.E. wind appearances of  snow.  H.G. failed to open up this morning but was on hand during day.  Bought pair gloves and order pair of pants made at Winters @8.00.  Warren Decker brought load wood which sell to Brownfield  Cloudy day southerly wind.  Trade dull  H.G. had few words  with drunken man before supper  Gobed 12.30.  

5.  Friday, 7 AM.  Ther.  20.  38.  30.

Mostly clear but clouds over and mostly cloudy day.   wind variable.  Warren brings up load of wood on yard.  Jim Pugh makes frow.  60 c.  Buy ax handle of Drury  Trade quiet Gobed 12

6.  Saturday.  7 AM.  Ther  28.  39.  26

Part cloudy.  wind N.  Manifold comes early to clean out cistern.  charges 75 c.  Latta pays $17.25 for  5 3/4 cord wood  Settle with Rile and John for lab date but not fr ties  Warren brought  another load of wood which put in barn yard.  Jo H. brought 1500 boards settle with him in full for 27 ties hauled and 8500 boards @100 per (?).  Trade fair.  Mostly clear day with raw north wind  gobed  1 AM

7.  Sunday.  8 AM.  Ther.  21.  27.  20.

Partly cloudy.  Strong NE wind all day.  Girls went to S.S.  cloudy all day exempt early AM.  I started for ranch about 4 PM. getting there after dark cold ride strong NE wind.  Began to snow pretty fast about 7 P.M. and continued till in the night. blowing through roof and melting very dissagreable (sic.).  Gobed 830 P.M. about 3 in snow on dry yard  John Hughes was found dead in bed this morning.

8.  Monday.  6 AM.  Ther  10.  27.  14

Mostly clear with N. wind becoming NW.  John and Warren bring small load of boards at of river bottoms to use on house.  I got ready to go to Diona but thought too cold.  John shaves shingles PM and I started home about 3 P.M. clear day with NW wind gobed  1 AM 9th  Baby about sick with earache.

9.  Tuesday 7.30 AM  Ther 10. 32. 30.

Cloudy.  H.G. went hunting rabbits and shot his dog Jip.  He got back early P.M.  He got back early P.M.  Warren brought up half cord which put in barn yard.  He says Simons expected to begin on house roof today.  After  dinner walked down to RR find 111 ties 4 of them being crossed.  Wrote card to Alburyd in regard in regard to these cloudy day clears off at night SW wind  Gobed 1230

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

July 11- 16, 1890 and 1901 in Charleston, IL

July 1890

11.  Friday  7 AM  Ther  63.  92.
Clear with S. wind.  Start for Ranch 8 A.M.  Meet Tom Springcorn with load  of lumber for Comer    T Sampson hauls out dry walnut and  strips.  Find that Noble had struck water and had well about as deep as could go  they finished  at 3 P.M. and left.  Simons and self took walk round west pasture.  and I rode over to hungarian patch  It is getting very dry down here, corn and grass suffering at home 6 P.M.

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12.  Saturday 6.30 AM.  Ther.  71.  96.  71.
Mostly clear.  Get Bob  Manifold to clean up Perkins building and scrub it out.  Carrell hauls down  55 Beer Kegs and 33 cases empty bottles to R.R. also takes off load of dirt.  Heavy rain about 4 P.M.  Trade only fair.  This has been about the hottest day this summer  Gobed  10.30 PM

13.  Sunday.  7 AM.  Ther.  75.  94.  76.
cloudy shower at 7 AM. with thunder  Intended going to ranch after dinner but too hot.  Tue has been  worried a good deal lately about Phebe's spine.  Tue and Maggie went to  church Phebe and Buddie stay at home.  Go bed,  930 PM -

14.  Monday 6 AM.  Ther    96.  70.
Clear with southerly wind.  Comer in town we decide to saw out some R.R. also ship car load of oak to Chicago   Bob Manifold helps about old building  Dig ditch on W. side and haul away trash  Heat most oppressive today although good breeze  Violent storm of wind followed by rain from 8 to 10 P.M.  wind fr N.E. and (?) have done damage.  More of it in night  Gobed  10.30 P.M.

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15.  Tuesday.  6.30 AM.  Ther 74.  89.  74.  
Part cloudy wind east.  Heavy wind and rain last night probably after midnight.  They are building new sidewalk in front of our house  or rather  lay the old one over new.  Manifold piles walnut in P.M.  Mrs. Rogers irons.  Tue and Mrs Davis went somewhere after supper  air very close wind varible  Gobed midnight.

16.  Wednesday 6 AM.  Ther  72.  90.  73
Mostly cloudy light rain early AM.  Start at 9 AM for ranch, getting there in time for dinner after dinner put tar on sheep's noses.  John and I look through Fritz hollow for Walnut other boys cut sprouts.  Thunder S. W and W 5 PM looking like rain for a while.  go bed 930 P.M.

June 3-4, 1890 and 1901 in Coles County Illinois

June 1890

3. Tuesday.  5 AM.  Clear and pleasant day but very warm.  Cut logs on ridge till noon finishing it.  P.M. worked along river having bad luck with two large trees.  All force hands cut logs today making about 3500 feet.  I start home about 5.30 P.M. getting there before 8  Find the girls both gone on visit to Berts.  Nick sick and H.G. grumbling  Clear day with southerly wind Tue has been cleaning house Mrs. Rogers helping  Gobed 10.30 P.M.

4.  Wednesday, 7 AM.  Stay at store most of day.  Nick did not come up and understand he is  sick abed.  Tue still cleaning house, thinks it will take all the week  Buddie very cross.  Welch takes lumber brought up for him except 4 sticks  Clear day signs of rain at night and light sprinkle at 10 P.M.  strong south wind all night  10.30 PM

June 1901

3. Monday.  5.30 A.M.  Ther.  58. 82. 63.  =  67.2/3

Cloudy with light rain, eastwind  Jubal Jones did not come today AM. as promised probably a/c of rain.  See him forenoon and he worked all of P.M. Beginning 12.25 They began grading Street back of us P.M (5th St,) but didn't get much done on it.   They may not change my crossing to street much if any.  I started to Gaines 2.15 P.M.  Jo working on southeast piece.  did not go down to where he was.  Mrs. Gobol and daughter there there  Mrs. G. papered E room last Sat. doing very good job.  I get home 6 P.M.  Jubal Jones worked till after . cleaning up yard and will come tomorrow morn.  Miss Ford has function in dining for supper.  Mostly clear day easterly wind  Gobed 9 P.M.

4.  Tuesday. - 5.45 AM.  ther.  63. 87.  73.  = 74 1/3
Fair SE wind.  Jubal came 6.20 AM. and worked till 4 P.M.  Cleaned up yard pretty well.  Cleaned out stable   I sold heifer calf today to Pinnell 4 1/2 c. weight 320.  Jube led him to W. & T. Scales.  Marie graduated today Grammer grade.  Ora called P.M. and attended exercises with Tue.  Probably warmest day we have had this year.  Mrs. Owens sick and did not wash as usual.  Fair day with fresh S.E. wind.  Lightning SE at night  Gobed 9.30 PM.

November 2-8, 1900 in Charleston, IL

November 1900

2.  Friday. 5.30 AM.  Ther  38.  62.  42  =  47 1/3

Mostly clear S.E. wind.  Figure on lumber biz till 10 AM.  Take  Maurice down to  Ricketts, and drive up in Anderson.  Make out bills for all lumber I have sold that is uncollected.  Take Tue to Reading Circle at Fullers PM.  Thought to go to Loxa PM but too late.  Much corn  coming in 30 cts. here.  Cool mostly clear day with easterly wind   Hent and H.G. here at night.  Hent bad spell supper time  gobed, 930 PM  Pay Ricketts and Storm for abstracts 65.50 mailed ck.  

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3.  Saturday. Light  white frost  5.30 AM.  Ther 32.  64.  50.  = 48 2/3

Clear.  Warren and Simons came about 9 A.M. with loads of corn 11.31 S. 33 back which put in crib at barn  Shirley calls with two checks amount of out share of raised by him and delivered up to date.  $426.43 which dep. at State Bank.  Brow supposed to be in town but didn't see him.  Popham pays bill 43.42 which also deposit at State.  Good deal pf BC coming in Learn that it is picking up in price  Pay John and Warren for  haul lumber balances all up to date  Simons 10.86  Warren 5.85  all on check $16.71  Mostly clear cool day  Gobed 10 PM~~

4.  Sunday,  6 AM. Ther.  44.  64.  50.  = 52 2/3

Clear southwind (sic).  Drive out to Gaines AM get  home time for dinner.   Jo was burying his potatoes.  He has delivered to Linder 764 5/7 bush corn a  mostly at 29 c  This besides  what he has cribbed  altogether amts to about 1050 bush  thinks he is more than half done.  Take couple snap shots of Marie and Lilly in back yard.  Develop at night.  Ferd calls at night.  Clear day southwind (sic)  Gobed 930 PM.

5.  Monday 5. AM.  ther 36.  58.  36.

Mostly thought to drive out to Gaines early but have to return and oil buggy.  Pay back dues &c on H.G. Loan Stock 113.45  giving  Tue's check to Phonso Shera great deal of interest in tomorrow general election  Many men drunk at night.  Received by mail John Linder check 222.74 being for  764. 50/70 bush corn all of Gaines to date.  Clear cool day with  NW wind.  Gobed 11 P.M.

6.  Tuesday, 6 AM.  Ther 33.  58.  50 = 47

Part cloudy.  Self feeling badly.  Went  up town after bacon before breakfast.  Vote 11 AM.  Start to Gaines' 2 P.M.  No body at home till after 4 oclock (sic)  Mrs. Groat shucking corn.  Started home at 5.  Went up town after supper but couldn't hear anything about election, went home and to bed.  The roads are pretty good, slightly rough in places no dust.  Trees are mostly green.  Many tomato vines are growing.  Maggie had company  at night: Her companions at Jenkins store.  Saw Roger Bennett on west side at night.  Says  I Brown not saw till next week and that he did not get the Cumberland Co. bill he expected  The other Mrs. Owen washed AM.  Sprinkle rain 4 to 5 P.M. very light  Gobed 10.30 PM.

7.  Wednesday 5.30  AM.  Ther  40.  52.  42 = 44 2/3

Cloudy smokey or foggy.  Up town before breakfast learn that Republican carried every thing.  Tone up some pictures of Lillie Beck, printed yesterday.  W.R. Highland was beaten several hundred.  Crowley dem for Congress supposed to be elected.  Cadle dem for eglization (sic) board thought to be elected. otherwise all elected on repub ticket.  Tate Gov probably 75000  Pay all Frommel a/c in full 7.80  This for this year and last.  Tue F. Shatsburger pays 100 on lumber; still owes 50 c.  Will Decker in town and says will fire up and saw tomorrow.  Mostly cloudy day N W wind.  Tue got letter from Phebe which answered sending 500  Lillie washing windows.  Abbott will work at wood tomorrow.  Gobed 9.30 P.M.

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8.  Thursday.  5.45. AM.  Ther.  28.  35.  26  =  29 2/3

Clear; strong N.W. wind  Abbott came and worked at wood & c till 5 P.M.  Lillie ironed.  Warren and Earl Decker up with two loads corn Supposed 31 and 33 bushel latter load for Simons.  Send Draft to Phebe and deposit 222.44 Linder check for  Gaines corn at State Bank  Tom Messick calls to rent room for himself and Harry  I stat to Loxa 2 P.M. to take Harness and glass &c forget harness.  Jo shucking but came in while.  I was then complaining  good deal of the cold.  I got home before six  Partly cloudy day with brisk NW wind.  Gobed 9.30 PM

August 29-30, 1889 and 1900 in Coles county IL

August 1889

29.  Thursday. 5.15 AM.  Ther  58.  90.  66.  =  71 1/3

Clear smokey.  Start at 6.10 with girls.  Milt Riley and Enoch work at digging all day.  Think have got a good supply of water for stock.  Began on well for house.  Two had to work hard, roads very dusty and pastures getting very dry.  Get home 7 P.M.   Found two drummers waiting for me.  Brown and Nelson.  Warren brought up a load of posts.  Gobed  10.30 PM

30.  Friday.  7 AM.  Ther  69  94.  70  =  77 2/3

Clear - Bill Kelly works while for me in morning.  JTS drummer still here order claret from Thirsker,  Tue has caught very bad cold.  Uncle John  came down but didn't stay for dinner  Milt brought in load of wood selling to Moderal in part from old watch.  Quit chewing tobacco tonight.  Have been using it for about a month.  Gobed 11 PM.

August 1900

29.  Wednesday.  5.30 AM.  Ther.  67.  90.  70.  =  75 2/3  

Clear.  Very heavy dew several mornings.   Clyde Ashby choring  Maggie Devone ironing  Tue  fixing up Miss Ford Room.  Drove out to  Fair ground.  Marshall getting their BC out of buildings  Get some fungi   Lepiota  Canlifer    Simons brings in load of lumber all sorts.  He has  brought John's   ( Decker)and Jim's plans and they will start for the Nation or Arkansas soon.  Molter wants to buy our B.C,  Geo  Rosebraugh offer 80.00  Lon Armstong brought me sample of his father's brush.  Look for cow supposed to be out.  she proved to be in pasture,  Gobed 10PM

30.  Thursday.  5.45.  A.M.  Ther.  66.  92.  75  =  77 2/3

Mostly clear.  Easterly wind.  Our cow supposed out still in pasture.  Clyde Ashby continues working for us.  Takes home to Chas Marshalls a lot of borrowed magazines.  Tue finishes up Miss Fords room.  Start out to Loxa 2.30 P.M.  Meet Shirley with C.H. Jones.  S. says is bound to sell his share B.C. today  Jo hauling out BC seed.  Pay him 12.00 check on wages  Took out rope for well.  Shirley sold for 82.50 which is the best have heard of sales here.  I get home 7 P.M.  Clear warm day roads getting dusty.  Wind easterly.  Mort and Kate over at night  Gobed  9 P.M.

December 16,1912 and 1887 in Coles County, IL

1912

Monday.  6 AM.  Ther.  28.  50.  44. = 40 2/3

Part Cloudy.  E.1. red.  Ice. 1/4 David came 7.  I did not expect him.  Edith Bates called AM. begging.  David  cut  wood till 9 AM after which he raked and burnt leaves and began to take out leaking hydrant at  barn.  When find we have hard job on that.  He worked till 5 PM and will return in morn.  I drove down to R.R. AM looking  found for some coal.  Mostly cloudy day with variable moderate winds.  Weather bureau does not predict rain but it looks a good deal like it.  Tue ironing most of day.  Harman sends us piece of meat by Paul.  Gob 8.30 P

1887

Friday,  6.30  AM  Ther.  28.  33.  31

Cloudy wind S. Cloudy all day with S. Westerly wind cleared off about clear after dark. Tell Hibbared to cancel insurance policy on apples.   Bill Pate has been hauling lumber to coal shaft all the week.  Comer claims he can't haul unless I pay extra for it.  The city is wanting lumber badly.  This weather will make good roads in a few days if it does not rain.  Tue fixing over a dress for Phebe.  Won a small turkey in a raffle at Wrights last night.  Gobed 10 PM

October, 25, 1887 in Charleston, Illinois

Tuesday.  7 Am.  Ther.  23.  49.  30.
Clear.  Baby felt badly in night.  Think it is a cold.  Mrs. Dickenson comes to iron.  Maggie  and Phebe took their diner to school.  John Snider and Rutherford say will haul  load of lumber tomorrow.  Hear that Latta has bought out Jo Landers share of the business.  Very chilly.  Clear with N. wind coldest day since last winter.  Baby not  very well , worse at night and Tue slept down stairs.  Think of moving whole family down soon.  Gobed 10 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.

Charleston, Illinois on October 15,1887

15, Saturday,  6.45  A.M.  Ther.  40.  63.  50.   White Frost
Clear N.E.  Walk down to  (?) Depot to see about pay for lumber.  Stop at gas well while.  Went up to new school house.  The walls are about completed and they are putting up rafters. Easton & Decker finish up pile of wood on yard.  Uncle John in P.M.  Let him have old watch to trade for pigs.  Comer was in, wants me  to carry cost of switch ties till pay day but can't do it.  Pleasant day with S.W. wind.  Buy veal  and sausage at Mountjoy, 35c  Gobed 9.30 P.M.

September 29, 1887 in Coles county, IL

29, Thursday, 6.30 AM  Ther.  57. 71.  58.
Partly clear.  Moon shone good deal in night.  Rheumatism worse.  Received $9.20 in full for empties from J. Walker Brewery Co.  Get pants at Felix owe him $2.10 on them.  Pay J. Rall and Mountjoy.  Tue  hangs out Mondays washing.  Buy grapes at W.E. Hills.  South East wind morning turns cooler afternoon sprinkle rain two or three times  P.M.  Tue and the girls have caught bad colds so has baby.  Get order for another 2000 ft lumber for Township from Noble which send down Claud Comer.  Snider brought in basket of melons for pickles.  Gobed 9 PM.

September 28, 1887 in Charleston, IL

28, Wednesday,  7 A.M.  ther.  57.  62.  60.
Cloudy E. wind  Misty.  Kate Davis over in morning.  Maggie and Phebe takes dinner to school. Write letters to  Skeese and Glasford in regard to lumber.  Deposit to Comers at 2nd Bank 107.03 being settlement to date for all lumber sold and paid for.  Felix Lauder called to tell me could get pants today.  Got  old boots at Ralls on which owe 85c.  Learn that Lem Stark is very sick up at Arcola.  Rained lightly good part of day harder toward night.  Have been troubled for a week or more with rheumatism in the shoulders it gets worse.  cleared off after dark; wind E. gobed 9 P.M.

A sketch by Charles Gramesly found in the journal folded in a napkin.

September 23, 1887 in Charleston, Illinois

23,  Friday, 7 AM.  ther. 52.  63.  58.
Mostly cloudy.  Write J. Walker Brewery Co. for amt due for empties 9.20.  Remit Bethesda 4.00 in full.  Draw off more old accounts in afternoon.  Sampson and McClosky  haul up 1400 ft. city lumber.  Pay Mrs. Comer 20.00 for Mort making 4 checks for it.  Let her have bottle sherry for Mort.  Decidedly chilly day N.E. wind., cloudy at times.  Frank M. Guse had trial today for selling liqueur without license.  Went up town for Mrs. E, at night.  F. Roderers in with me a while.  Go bed 10 PM.  Quit taking ice regularly.  Maggie got letter from Mary Sayre.

Mary Sayre

September 21, 1887 in Charleston, IL

21, Wednesday,  6.30 A.M.  Ther  66.  89.  71.

Clear .  Get Caylor to haul up cull ties from R.R.  17 of them.  Find wood missing from yard.  McClasky and Sampson haul up the first lumber that has come up lately, about 1000 ft.  Pay Claud Cormer check 5.00 at night.  Riley Decker agrees to fill out wood cut recently.  Moore leaves balance of 2.00.  At Wrights Jas Ashmore was buried today.  Begin taking G Deen by the week.  Gobed 9.30

September 13, 1887 in Charleston, Illinois

13  Tuesday, 6,15 AM.  Ther.  78.91.  70
Mostly clear.  Went down to R.R. at 7 AM.  Crass and Bill Snider help handle lumber and Anderson got through inspecting by noon.  Some 13000 ft. falling several thousand feet short of Comers count.  Mrs. Dickenson ironed P.M but didn't get through.  Crass pulled weeds out of berry patch in afternoon.  Fred Weber down at night.  Sent box to Yow.  Went down to R.R. toward night inquire about freight on empties.  Pay W. Snider 1.00 for helping about lumber.  Tue paid Miss Pipes yesterday for drawing lessons 10.65.  Go bed 9.30 P.M.

It is August 10, 1887 in Charleston, Il

125 Years Ago . . .

10.  Wednesday, 5.75 AM.  Ther.  80.  103. 87.

Clear  Mrs. Chanceller washes.  Today ranks with the hottest days this summer, but a strong W. wind makes it endurable.  Rec. case H.G. Bethesda.  Learn PM. that Comer Mill burned down last night about midnight.  Comer up town seems badly rattled and does not know what he will do yet.  Burned also several thousand feet lumber including red oak lumber ready to ship.  Some clouds and lightening NW at night late.  Ther. at midnight 82.  Go bed 9 PM.

It is August 6, 1886 in Charleston, IL!

125 Years Ago . . .

6   Saturday.  6 A.M.  Ther.  62.  86.  67.

Clear, wind northerly.  Riley Decker called to see about cutting some wood.  Sandy called after dinner , says he was burned out since he was here last month.    Settle all up with Comer for lumber sold by both of us to date.  Pay him 111.64.  Buy whitefish of Dorsch.  Baby seems worse today. Got  some medicine of Patton which didn't seem to help her much.  Dick Wesley got killed down at R.R. at about 8 P.M.  Drive with Tue a while after supper, taking baby.  C.G. not  feeling very well, supposed water melon.  Go bed 10 P.M.  Ferd  was in and stayed all day till bedtime.

July 2, 1912 and 1887 in Charleston, IL

100 Years Ago

Tuesday, July 2, 1912,  5.30 A.M.  Ther.  70.  80.  72. = 70 2/3

Cloudy S. 2.  Tue canning some cherries she got of Mrs. Coon yesterday.  Charley McCravey died yesterday also  Cort Hayes.  Tue and Phebe work A.M. work  canning raspberries and cherries.  Rhoda's boy works a while with lawn mower.  He quit at noon promising to return in the morning. Showers A.M. until afternoon (.35)  I drove up to Dicewoods A.M. getting good  wetting instead of mushrooms.  There are positively no fungi appearing.  I have visited the woods two or three times a week since early  spring and have not seen a dozen altogether.  Mostly cloudy day with light southerly winds.  Gobed 10 P.M.

125 Years Ago

Saturday, July 2, 1887,6 A.M.  Ther. 74.  91.  75.

 Cloudy.  Hat was down in the morning.  Tue puts up a lot of raspberries red and black. Likes her stove better.  Rained a shower about noon.The first since June 31,  Comer was up in P.M. compare his count of lumber with H.G.'s then appears to be a shortage of about a thousandful.  Bert in at night.  Bought a gallon of raspberries at Mitchell's.  Buy fireworks for the girls.  Fix lot of silk butter at night.  Gobed 11 P.M.