Varna Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Trips
Local residents list friends from Lacon, Peoria, Chicago and Torun places as visitors. Families like the Ulysses and Smiths host and attend dinners, church events, and weekend trips to Rockford and the Wisconsin Dells with stops at Madison and Crystal Lake. Elton King’s recovery and A. B. Bade family christening are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Brown
Lowell
C. B. Stateler
Dells
Wisconsin
Rockford
George Bergstein
Crystal Lake
Devils Lake
Madison
Capitol
Varna
Busy Bee Circle Meeting and A C Club Gathering
Busy Bee Circle met Fri at Miss Minnie Holmstrom home with M iss Linnea Lofgren and Florence Gustafson two musical selections and Mrs K A Nilsson reading. A C club girls met at Mrs Sidney Hodge home on Aug 4 with seven members, led by president Della Mae Peterson, pledge and roll call, standards of workmanship explained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Busy Bee Circle
Minnie Holmstrom
Linnea-Lofgren
Florence Gustafson
K. A. Nilsson
A. C. Club
Sidney Hodge
Della Mae Peterson
Putnam Community Notes Include Travel and Family Updates
Mr Driscoll mourns loss of a late friend a spotted dog. Wilbert Driscoll visited Peoria relatives. Mrs Murphy travels to Colorado Springs to be with son Edward in Woodman Sanitarium and visits Fairbury Nebraska. Otto Hassler and Rev W H Witter toured Rock Island Arsenal. Bardstrom and Lee Elliott share weekend in Peoria with fishing. Camp Custer boys report cold nights but fine time. Miss Wheeler and Miss Drake return from Colorado trip. A wedding unites Waiter Le Louise Maney and in Monmouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King
Ethel McCoy
Myers
Marie Hawthorne
Granville
Merritt
Ottawa
Gatecell
K. A. Nilson
Moline
Floyd Dowell
W.j"ryan
Toluca
Front Street
Augusta Larson
Elizabeth Lundin
Alexis
Larson
Amanda Peterson
Joe Nott
Gustaf Classin
Boone
Iowa
Varna
Wenona
Frank Johnson
Magnolia
Freda Fecht
Concordia Teachers’ College
Chicago
Fecht
Ernest Quiram
Eva Becker
Tremont
George Meiries
Washington
Allen Broaddus
Carl Adolphson
Manteuffel
Anna Extrom
Olson & Extrom
Rockford
Ehlert Sand
Madison
Wisconsin
George
Amelia Lenz
Hmm Louise
Tred Arndt
Freda
Marie
Rena
Minnesota
J. Walker-Black
Mtor
Musica
Bernice Austin
Wt Streator
China
Shanghai
Mr. Driscoll
Wilbert Driscoll
Peoria
L. M. Murphy
Colorado Springs
Edward
Woodman Sanitarium
Charles Wheeler
Dana
Adam Smith
Wilgabeth Wheeler
Ardila Drake
Colorado
Denver
High Drive
Hassler
Miss Mitchell
Edelstein Farmer Philip Hoerr Dies at 84
Philip Hoerr retired farmer died last Friday at his Edelstein home aged 84. A native of Germany he leaves a brother Michael in Germany two daughters Mrs. William Elsasser and Mrs. Chris Musselman of Edelstein and three sons Jacob in Germany Phillip and Chris of Peoria. Funeral services were held in Edelstein Sunday with interment in Peoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Hoerr
Edelstein
Germany
Michael
William Elsasser
Chris Musselman
Jacob
Phillip
Chris
Péoria
Peoria
Mary had a little lamb but advertised kept it unseen
A quip notes that Mary's lamb remained unknown without advertising. The line blends playful rhyme with marketing emphasis on visibility and notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
McNabb and Area Residents Share Weekend Activities
Local residents reported a busy period with picnics at Starved Rock and visits across towns including Bryan Ohio Ottawa Venona Tampico and Mt Palatine. Cattle shipments from B G Hoyle and memorial attendance in Brimfield Indiana marked the week, along with illness updates and church socials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Happold
B. G. Hoyle
Don Highsmith
Chicago
McNabb High School
Starved Rock
Arlene Fulmer
Bryan
Ohio
al. Marshall
Rosalind Hall
Michigan
Bey Stansell
Wilbur Hoffman
Waynesville
A. B. Pletsch
Fred Kuhne
Verian
Otto Kessling
Spring Valley Hospital
Lawrence Duvall
Merle
Venona
Harold Grasser
Anthony Hoffman
Ralph Grasser
Ottawa
Jake Sperger
Immaculate Conception Church
Mt. Palatine
A. B. Pletsch and Sons
Tampico
William Bate
DeKalb
K. of C
Kaptain’s Grove
Henry
Marshall
Harry
Brimfield
Indiana
Mr. Marshall
M. E
John Reigelsberger
Lauretta
Brunswick
Bernice
Viola Ziegler
Mendon
Missouri
Paul Helgoth
Irene
Harold Helgoth
Carrie Droll
Hettie
Gertrude Dose
Aurora
Peter Grasser
Charlotte Grasser
Local West Milo Notes Busy Threshing Week
Mrs Oscar Chasteen was ill last week. Elmer Fulks and family from Henry visited Milo relatives. Otto Tindle of Bureau, Elmer Toune and Ada Toune's household helped with threshers. Ella Bauer and Marion called on Ada Toune. Warnings on threshing say it will be short as oats turn out well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Chasteen
Elmer Fulks
Henry
Otto Tindle
Bureau
Elmer Toune
Ates Kelm
Ella Bauer
Marion
Ada Toune
Marnen Toune
Elmer Wier
William Henkins
Milo
Warren Hall
Wera
Earl Hig Putnam
W. F. Applen’s
No Parking Stop Sparks A Rough Roadside Quip
At night a patrol officer flashes a beam on a parked car and warns against loafing. A passerby replies with a curt, disputed line, “Who’s loafin’?” underscoring terse street dialogue.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ralph Jenkins
Lacon
Charles Munson
William Majesky
Lyle—Allen
Foluca
Gene Jenkins
Neal Rogers
Archie Broaddus
W. E. King
Lacon Wate
Verna Hultgren
Hattie’ Valine
Richland
Adolph Quiram
Nora Wehling
Esther Manteuffel
Jessie Campo
Amil Grill
Myrtle McFarlin
Cliff Jenkins
J. C. Shields
Hazel Smith
Decatur
William Koch
Edgar Sedrboyo
Winnie McCuskey
A. EB. Bade
Reuben Edward
Earl N. Hager
Dwight
Eudora
Ruth Lofgren
Harry Stroup
Roy May
Mystic Workers
Johnson
Gust
John Peterson
Della Mae
Mark Peterson
Elton King
William Kemnitz
olph_E. Bade
Frederick Kemnitz
Donald
McLean
James Edwards
Olga Borquist
Frank Rassler
Anderson
Frisk
Edward Freeman
Connecticut
A. R. Wright
Edgar Scheborenett
Chica
Be Core
Caliornia
Melba
Huthce
Strong
Bell
A Wright
L. B .Phillips
Carl Schwarz
Fred Martyne
Carl Peterson
Roger McCoy
Frank Mey
Joliet
And
D. R. Smith
Mary Smith
Orla, King
Dorothy Peterson
Gertrude J. Broaddus
Putnam
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Frank Thirkell
McNabb
DR. R. 8, Bayne
W. L. Bayne
Henry, Ilinois
Fred W. Potter
Henry, Hl
W. M. Schoebers
taPage
Henry National Bank
Wyatt-Demoure CO
S. Adams St
Central National Bank
Allen B. Smith
Black
Henry, III
J. O. Hill Farm and City’ Real Estate
New Henry National Bank
Fresh Air Kiddies
L. A
P. Furner
R. W. Miller
Hudson
Hudson-Essex
Hudson- Essex
Worl
Brougham
Chas. A. Matter
Henry, Illinois
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