October 20, 1889 and 1900 in Charleston, IL

October 1889

20.  Sunday.  7 AM.  Ther.  48.  54.  43  =  48 2/3

Clear except  smoke or fog.  Start for  ranch 9 AM  Phebe went with me.  Frank Smith there.  Phebe and self gather a few nuts.  Look at saw logs.  Milt said he would go over F. Goodmans and borrow wagon to haul logs.  We got home about dark  Maggie had a light chill this AM.  Pleasant day smokey NE wind gobed 10 P.M.

October 1900

20.  Saturday.  6 AM.  Ther   50.  75.  60  =  61 2/3

Mostly clear  Tue feeling some better , and  up to  get breakfast.  Got another load wood (cord) of Newell  which didn't pay for.  Simons not up today.  Learn that Brown  (Ira) was here but did not see him.  They (H Plant) are putting in heating pipes on 5th St. North blocking that St to RR.  Corn 30.c here.  Very little B.C. selling.  Price about 70.00  per or more per ton.  Campbell tells me  of Piercy girl W of town  Tue and Marie eat supper at Mrs. Knocks.  Let  Bush have elm @ $16.50.  his bill  will be next.  NO boy yet.  Have been doing chores self.  Bill Hatton has promised to begin working for me Monday at 1.75 per day.    Will Campbell and self drive round town a while at night.  Met him at Wrights.  Paid up gro. bill yesterday - some 31.00+.

Arc light around town out at P.M.  Town dark probably all night.  Go bed 10 P.M.   Took pill.

Walls bill, presented 50.00 rent says come Monday.

October 20-26, 1888 in Coles County Illinois

October 1888

20.  Saturday.  5.40  AM  Ther.  40.  55.  35.

Mostly Cloudy day.  Wind N.W.  Got down to much before 10 AM.   Find boys had been at work some in spite of rain.  Finish fence before noon.  Make couple of gates in P.M.  Get home about 7 AM. (sic) Stopped on road to pick up  basket of nuts by John Handleys  gobed  10 PM.

21.  Sunday.  7 AM.  Ther.  35.  50.  45.

Clear early but mostly cloudy day.  Girls did not go to S.S.  Tue went down to Dowlings before noon and stayed all day.  Ruth and Many Davis and Mauice Lang over toward night.  Baby has very bad cold.  There was pretty  heavy  frost last night forming sheet of ice.  There are good many green leaves on trees yet.  The wind and rain have taken off most of the yellow ones.  Gobed 9.30 PM.

22.  Monday. 5.40 A.M.  Ther.  43.  50.  48.

Cloudy and light rain which began in night.  Light rain and mist all day.  Mrs. Davis sews for Tue  in afternoon.  Father went to political speaking at hall at night.  Damp, dark day.  Wrote to Bennett asking about ties.  Gobed 9 PM

23.  Tuesday, 5.45 AM.  Ther.  43.  45.  42.

Cloudy and damp  No wind.  Geo. Wright  (?) will begin on my stable Thursday.   Uncle John in town did not see him.  Good many apples coming to town  they sell at 15 to 25 cts per bush  gobed 9.30

24.  Wednesday  5.40  AM.  Ther.  32.  55.  48.

Clear.  Fresh S. wind started for ranch abt 8 AM.  Mostly clear day.  Four men at work have stopped them for a while.  Bob making wood rack  Rode over to S side P.M.  Nearly had an accident from horse getting tangled up in a grape vine.  Gave Dock Bennett  lot of old tops.  Got home about 7 PM.   Roads very heavy.  river has risen a little but still clear  Mrs. Decker washed  Tue thinks she will do ironing herself  Gobed 930 PM

25.  Thursday.  5.30 AM.  Ther  40.  65.  58.

Clear with S. wind.  Geo Wright failed to come to put up stable - Frank Kellogg worked two  hours in cow yard.  Wright says will come tomorrow.  Tell  John Kirk that he can go to work making ties on S. end.  Can make 300 at  22 cents delivered on track.  Father about sick has been sawing too much wood  I do the milking  Gobed 8.45 PM ~

26.  Friday.  6.15 AM  Ther.  58.  65.  59.

Cloudy misty was a little rain in night.  Geo Wright stakes off place for stable P.M.  Engage Geo. Hampton to haul old lumber down tomorrow morning  Hat helping Tue on carpet  Gobed 9 PM

October 16,1912 in Charleston, IL

1912
16, Wednesday.  6 A.M.  Ther.  36.  68.  50.  = 51 1/3
Clear E. 2 Light frost. wh.  Ferd  came in at midinight (sic) fr. Mattoon.  Tue sends forgotten  skirt to Phebe and package to our late lodgers//  Rhoda washes A.M. and irons P.M.  Mort works most of P.M. on W.C. inside finishing for the present.  Roosevelt reported getting along all right, but has quit campaigning.  Bill Scott was down again to see about Perkins lot.  Talk with Harry Messick about B.C.  Says 122.00 the highest he knows of.  Maggie out driving with friends all P.M.  there is a great scramble for nuts of all kinds this year.  Clear day light southerly winds.  Gobed 8.30

1887
16, Sunday  7.30  A.M.  ther.  53.  58.  52.
Partly cloudy.  Mrs. Dickenson washes