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Saturday, February 23, 2013

February 23, 1913 and 1888 in Charleston, IL

1913

23.  Sunday.  6.30 AM.  Ther.  18.  34.  26.  =26.
Mostly clear N.2. Ice 3/4 in.  Tue at church AM.  She got some Graham yesterday and we are living on germs as we used to.  It remained cold and cloudy most of day so did not drive.  Light northerly winds with light snow 4 P.M. until after dark.  About half an inch fell.  Gobed 9 PM.

1888

23.  Thursday 6.30 PM.(sic) Ther.  31.  55.  37.
Clear smoky. calm Wind N. Easterly after while.  Ed Eastin buys old harness @ 3.00  Pay Seph MClasky for labor yesterday .70.   Trim up vines south of smoke house.  Dam Van Sickle calls trying to sell me a pony.  Hat was here in afternoon.  Looki tells me I had better rent the Nicholsen place as his customer won't want it till fall.  Pearl Davis and Cecy Fisher came home  with the girls.  Self not well.  Tue has tooth ache good deal.  Gobed 9.30 PM.  foggy night.

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

January 22-23, 1913 and 1888 in Charleston, Illinois

1913

22.  Wednesday.  6 AM.  ther.  26.  42.  38. = 35 1/2
Clear.  S.2.  White frost.  Tue complaining in night.  Rhoda came 7 AM. to  wash.  She stays to dinner.  Tue gets letter from Muggs.  Went up to Brown's for shave and hair cut for first time since the grip.  Paid .40  Tue and Phebe fix up box for each Muggs and Buddy.  Mailing  Muggs  at night.  It clouded up before noon continuing all day   It began to rain light showers 6 P.M. and kept it up much of the night.  Gobed 9 P.M.

23.  Thursday.  6.45 AM.  Ther.  46.  48.  42. = 45 1/3
Cloudy.  Mist.  S.3.  Light rains much of night and sprinkles this morn (.83)  Tue not feeling well but irons much AM.  She has tiff with roomer.They read light meter for month P.M. 684000.  The Dec. no of Geographic came today.  Tue over to Groves at night till late.  Phebe ate supper at Frances Stodderts.  They sent Buddy's box by express.  Cloudy day with moderate northerly winds.  The papers have been talking about a cold wave for two or three weeks but it has not come.  The mud roads are reported very bad.  Am out of cobs as well as corn.  Have coal enough to last till March with this  kind weather.  Gobed 9 P.M.

1888

22.  Sunday.  7 AM.  Ther.  15.  25.  25.
Cloudy wind S.E. light snow flying.  Maggie and self went up after newspaper.  Left word for Dr. Patton to come down and see baby, she (?) so much better after dinner.  Tue sent word that he needn't come.  Cloudy all day and thawing on south side.  Had duck for dinner.  Hung up meat in smoke house toward night.  Tue  went over to Wentz.  Girls up to  Davis before night.  Go bed 10~~

23.  Monday.  6.30 AM.  Ther.  25.  34.  21
Cloudy, wind light S.W.  A.H. Prevo  paid  (?) AM is going away tomorrow P.M.  Bue Dawsom pays up in afternoon.  Mrs. Rogers washes twoweeks(sic) wash.    Comer and two men at work stacking ties  was down to see them in afternoon.  Engage John Savely and Lem McKee help tomorrow.  Tue feeling badly today.  Left her things out all night.  Maggie went to school.  Clear off PM. wind NW  Gobed 10 PM. 

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Charleston, Illinois, June 17 1912 and 1887

100 Years Ago

Monday, June 17, 1912   6 A.M.  Ther.  64.  72.  64  = 66
Cloudy N.2. light rain.  Walter left at 2 A.M.  Some light showers in night measure 8 A.M. .20.  Left mare in barn last night.  Darling called 10 A.M. and pay him 2.00 for 8 loads manure hauled out on farm.  Says big rain Loxa S. at night.  I drove to look at Telephonepoles(sic.) near  Griffin Elevator AM.  Did not decide to buy any.  Kate and Stella came AM.  Skinner called twice AM. and PM.  I drove to timber E. 4 P.M.  No fungi appearing.  Get some red root for meddy.  The roads are good especially gravel.  Some mud on other roads.  Stranger (plastner) road town.There was no sign og any fungi in woods. Kate and Stella went to Mattoon at 5 P.M. to meet her sister Alice.  Cool part cloudy day.  Moderate northerly wind and sprinkle rain several times also in night.  Gobed 9.30 P.M.

125 Years Ago

Friday, June 17, 1887  6.30  ther.  76.  95.  79.  Some clouds.  Crass comes about 7.  Tue cleaned up icbox and will take ice from now on.  Got  first today.  Crass finishes whitewashing cellar and we clean out silk worms at store as they have failed to do anything, Clean out smoke house afternoon and pack some bottles.  Drive with girls, after supper and with Tue later.  This has been the hottest day  so far & signs of rain about 4 P.M.  Getting very dry here.  Buy eel of Bill Neece.  Gobed at 9.30 PM