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Wednesday, August 16, 2017

August 16, 1892 and 1903 in Coles County Illinois

August 1892

16.  Tuesday.  6 AM Ther 63.  87.  68.
Clear wind N.E.  Tue has been thinking some of buying or renting Mrs. Eastin place.  Mrs. R.  washed this morning.  Settle in full with Warren Decker.  Chut Bennett bought load of 61 posts.    Sell Burgner two  94 posts.  Clear Day with NE wind  gobed  1030

August 1903

16.  Sunday,  6 AM. Ther. 64.  79.  68.  =  70 1/3
Clear N.E. wind 2.  I hunt up Pugh and he gets me plows from shop for which I owe him 50cts.  I drove down to Woodson place and around by Wrightsville.  Find nice lot of  A abreption on Stoddert land.  Arriving home to dinner.  All sorts of fungi- are growing, some A Cuepestries in front yard.  After dinner toward night Drove with Nick to Dice Woods where we gather the finest lot of A abrupties  I ever saw.  We quit because we could not bring them home.  I give Bacon a mes and put some in my ketchup jar,  He thinks he will have to set his house back about  20 feet on account of street in front.  Montz and Kate over at a/c water melon.  Mostly clear - some cumuli-  with northerly wind self not feeling pretty well.  Gobed, 9.30 P.M.


Saturday, September 15, 2012

September 14, 1887 in Charleston, IL

14, Wednesday, 6 AM.  Ther.  62.  77.  65.
Cloudy or nearly so some rain in night with thunder.  Crass came at 7.15.  Cuts weeds round house.  Pile boards on yard.Sweeps out at store.  Afternoon, clean out up stairs.  Sell John Murphy 55 posts.  Eastin brings balance of boards.  Get Anderson ticket of inspection.  Empty Bbl  Monarch all gone but three gallons.  Cloudy day and cool.  Second day of the fair.  Buy box of peaches of Wright.  Gobed 9.30 P.M.