Local notices and society items from Elmwood area
Community brief listing visits and greetings among residents including Mrs Joe Moon in Horace Moor home, Mrs Pred Beck from Elmwood visiting, bake sale by Methodist ladies on May 27, and various social visits. Local appraisals mention real estate moves by Mr and Mrs Perry Walker, a rabies caution following dog bites near Oak Hall, and upcoming summer fashion items at The Home Store with Monte Carlo seer Summer frocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Walker
Macomb
Brimfield
John Rusk
Peter Daum
Walker
Kenneth Hamilton
Hamilons
Roy Weidner
M. R Clars Real Estate
Let’s Hear It For Hick Towns In Our Era Of Change
A reader essay extols rural life praising Hick towns as peaceful, close knit communities with safe streets, friendly neighbors, open spaces, and steady moral standards. The piece critiques city life and political campaigns that demean rural towns, urging pride in hometown culture and resilience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oneida
Democrats Union
Hick
Ace, Gambling
Beare
Hick Town
Local Classified Buys and Farmland Ads Mixed
A jumble of petty ads lists buyers and sellers including farm produce strawberries asparagus potatoes and eggs. Names include Horace Moon Mrs Ed Porter H. P. Tally J. L. Murdoch and Mrs Lloyd McGown plus offers on milk cans hogs hogs and sows ducks and a 1930 Dodge. Also mentions straw berry pickers and a piano for sale by Mrs Mary Schultz Waukesha Wisconsin with payment plan.
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Westinghouse
Air Ty
Pers
Terraplane and Hudson
Red Crown
Kendall Oil
McCartneys Garage
Blue Seal and
Murphy’s
Brimfield Elevator Company
Kornmeyer
Clarence W. Hamilton
Chicago General Office Association
M W Clement
Pennsylvania Railroad
Mr. Clement
United States
WNU
Plower and Garden Seeds
Johnson, Arber Inc
Joe Moon
Minneapolis
Horace Moor
Johnson Arbor Ine
Pred Beck
Elmwood
Mrs
Harry Bateman
Frank Clark
Joe, Mollie and
Marie Letterman of
Champaign
Mira
Ted Barnett
Jeff
el Paso
Central Illinois Light Company
Ladies of the Methodist Church
Leona Day
Fut McIntyre
Molinz
Mollie Day
R. R. Claybangbeill
Mississippi Valley Veterinary Medical Association
Galesburg
Barry Reed
Jobn Kingdon
Albert Bridson
Pussell Spurgeon
John Buoer
Phyllis Rook
Jo Ann Kingdoo
Delmar Geasaint
Clifton
E. D Hahn
R. E Gray
Peoria
Fred Dawson
Geradine Ann Tash
Federated Stores
Memler’s
Fussner
Bilmwood
Allen Coon Haseen
Crewe Gower
Alley
Western State
Gilbert School
Wm. Dawson
Geneseo Hospital
Charles Ekena
Clarence Ekena
Carl
Harry Ekena
Arthur Ekena
Rolland
Harvey Ekena
Donald
Jacqueline
Cecil Muller
Wilbert Phillips
Caeb Rosenbohm
Rimwood
Goon Callera
H. L. Marxtin
Walter Slane
Oak Hall
Urbana
KR. R. Claybaugh
State Animal Pathology Laboratory
Ythe
Ruby Cole
Glen
Peggy
Pontiac
Glen Shane
Wayie Cox
Cox
Barret
Eleatee Huen
Russell Bragg
John DeVries
Sonbeam
Mra. de Vries
Thei R
Slass
Hicktown
Pot Eee
Por
Sale
Alini Soy
Beaags
Horace Moon
Ed Porter
Mrs Attwood
H. P. Tally
Bor
E. C. Palsipher
Herocs Cab J. L
C. &. McClellan
Berkshire
BP. W. Maner
Deak
Dodge Eedan
Andrew Flyon
Poland
Henry J. Smith
Walter Smith
Princeville
Dave Wagner
Beeney and Mammen
Gail Edwards Central
H B Bowman
S A. Kellogg
Lloyd McGown
Henry Johnson
Harlan LaFoliette
Hanna City
Mary Schultz
Box
Waukesha
Wisconsin
Seunfield Illinois
Addison Pacey
Mildred Pacey
Hoga
Vogel Hatcheries
Farmington
DR Walter Pacey
Bondi Building
Illimota
Pekin
Illinois
Eldon McKown
Wovua
Delmar D. Darrah
Jesus of Nazareth
Scottish Rite Auditorium
Bloomington
Mae
Pat
Jack
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