A New Year Begins - January 1, 1892 and 1903

A Note to my followers:  I am still recovering from surgery, which explains the Gramesly Journal not being posted.  I hope to Start this new year with several posts every week.  The postings began with a post on my Grandmother Marie's 125 Birthday and a post 100 years ago as well.  As there was a huge gap in 1915, I picked up and started from 1900.  The two entries are now 11 years apart.

January 1892

1. Friday.  7 AM.   Ther 50.  54.  20 = 41 1/2

Mostly cloudy.  Very red before sunrise.  Furious S. wind all night.  Dashes of light rain about 8 A.M.  Plastering in E room room up stairs fell after breakfast nearly catching the children who were all three playing up there. Maurice Burgner got his last posts.  I did not count them.  Bought oysters and a rabbit.  Sprinkle rain occasionally.  High south wind all day changing to west before dark about two inches  snow before 9 P.M.  Trade light  H.G. made eggnogg [sic] Go bed Midnight 

Note:  Charles is 50; Tue is 36; Margaret is 14; Phebe is 12 and Marie is 5

January 1903

1.  Thursday.  7 AM.  Ther  15  38.  32  =  28 1/3

Clear S.E. wind.  Dick returns my shotgun A.M and works two hours at cleaning out furnace room &c.  Pay W.E. Hill a/c AM.  9.23 K. ch.  Think there is mistake.  Dick has taken 2 cd. wood to saw and split for me and began on it before noon.  Self quit tobacco for sure last night and feel quite drowsy this morning.  Dick cleans out stable P.M. but didn't cut any more wood.  He worked 3 1/2 hours today besides sawing some wood which is by the job.  Mostly clear day, SE wind:  more cloudy toward, and light rain after dark.  Marie spends the night at the Stones.  Phebe at ball.  Tue over at Groves till 11.  Self gobed 830 P.M.

 Charles  is 61; Tue is 47; Margaret is 25; Phebe is 23 and Marie is 16.

Coles County, Illinois on October 22-23, 1912

21.  Tuesday.  6 A.M.  Ther. 54.54. 46. = 51 1/3
Cloudy and raining began perhaps after midnight .06 to 7 A.M.  wind N.W.3  Tue and I had intended to go to Loxa early but light rain most of A.M. prevents.  Tue went  Loxa 3.45 car collecting West's rent and seeing Alva Armstrong about plastering.  I hitch up 4 P.M. and drive to lumber yard.  Have decided to put strip in W.C. and begin it at once.  Frank Balch cleans off of furnace and  adjusts doors- putties up all cracks.  Paid 2.00 ch  Helen calls at night.  I take mare to Nickles.  Mostly cloudy day with strong northerly wind.  Sprinkles rain occasionally AM and after dark clears off late at night.  Muggs out with Dora A getting home after we retire.  The rain amounted to .10 altogether barely laying the dust.  Gobed 9.30


22.  Wednesday.  6 A.M.  Ther. 34,  54.  38. = 42
Clear. N.W.1. heavy white frost.  Rhoda washed A.M.  I put up strip in W.C. doing a poor job get can flat white at Briggs cr. 50 cts. and begin putting it on.  Think will have to quit trying to do anything.  Tue working hard all day mopping &c,  I  felt very poorly and think overworked this morning.  Gus and George brought some eggs &~  Clear day with light northerly wind,  Mare in pasture.  Gobed 9.30