Dec 10 – Very pleasant but cool. Went over to burg after Sarah but she no come. Worked in shop some. Staring got ten bushels corn 40 lbs $.4.00. Dec 11 – Very pleasant day. Roads dusty. Worked in shop. Went down to Browns got ____tting for sand board. Ethan worked for Brown. Will Clark… Continue reading Luke Keith’s diary entries of December 10-31, 1874

Dec 1 – Cold. Very good sleighing. Made Shovel and tongs box. Dec 2 – Worked on gearing some. Went over to burg with sleigh. Not much sleighing now, snow about all gone. Made Lois lap board. Dec 3 – Worked on gearing some. Went over to burg, got grist. Went with buggy. Henry here.… Continue reading Luke Keith’s diary entries for December 1-9, 1874

Nov 1 – Cold wind. Jim gone down to Catharines. Sis over to Allens.[80] Jim & Stella Milham[81] here in afternoon. Jim came down to see the binder. Jim went down to Catharines. Nov 2 – Pleasant, but cold wind. Not very well. Nov 3 – Went over to burg to Election. Not very weell.… Continue reading Luke Keith’s diary entries for November 1874

Sep 22 – Husked corn in East lot. Nancy came home. Ethan came home in Evening. Sep 23 – Carried Sarah down to Catharines. Received twenty four Dollars of Town Treasurer $20, primary $4 Library. Husked pop corn, had one bushel of Ears. Sep 24 – Husked corn, put in the barn. Warm day. Sep… Continue reading Luke Keith’s diary entries for September 22- October 31, 1874

Jun 1 – Worked on Hanks wheel. Went over to burg in Evening. Jun 2 – Finished Hanks wheel. Jun 3 – Not very well. At home. Barber brot thills over to be made. Jun 4 – Worked in shop some on thills. Jun 5 – Hued out thills. Barber and Ridler cultivating. Had a… Continue reading Luke Keith’s diary entries for June 1 – September 1, 1874

Apr 11 – Ellis and Harvey here. Apr 12 – Mart and Lucy came, Lucy stayed. Apr 13 – Put in crosbar in M O 50 Streators buggy thills.[52] Made pole for Hawley 1.00 one Dollar. Rained in Evening. Ethan Drawed wood. Apr 14 – Cloudy. At home. Made Evener for Hawley 25¢. Apr 15… Continue reading Luke Keith’s diary entries of April 11, 1874 – May 31, 1874

Feb 14 – At home. Worked round house and shop some. No snow. Feb 15 – At home. All Well. Feb 16 – At home. Cut some wood. Feb 17 – Sawed some wood. Cold, no snow. Feb 18 – Went to Kalamazoo. $4.00 paid four Dollars on Sewing machine note.[27] Feb 19 – Sarah[28]… Continue reading Luke Keith’s diary entries of February 14 – April 10, 1874

Feb 5 – Went over to burg at noon. Carried hams down to A. Browns. J. R. Towsley Buried. Mart and toot[24] came here. Posted up to here.[25] Feb 6 – Snows this morning. At home. Feb 7 – At home. Worked round shop and home. Feb 8 – At home for day. Feb 9… Continue reading Luke Keith’s diary entries of February 5-13, 1874

1874 DIARY OF CHARLES LUKE KEITH JR.[1] To read the entire diary and/or to see the scans of the diary, previous footnotes, tags of people mentioned, click here. The entries from January 1 through June 10 were first written in the back of his 1873 diary. He copied the entries of January 1 through February… Continue reading Luke Keith’s diary entries of January 1 – February 4, 1874