Girls Demonstrate Skill In County 4 H Contest
The second annual 4 H Girls Club demonstration contest was held last Friday in Lacon City Hall despite heavy rain. Nine teams from Marshall Putnam counties competed with high quality projects led by local leaders. Dorothy Whitton and Edna Schumacher of Happy Hour Club won in the experienced class, while Bessie Aukland and Kathryn Melody of Evans township topped the inexperienced division. Other groups and topics included design in dress, stain removal, color harmonics, sewing machine care, and use of decorative stitches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacon
Mass Jacobson
University of Illinois
Dorothy Whitton
Edna Schumacher
Happy Hour Club
Bell Plain Township
Louis Tolliver
Bessie Aukland
Kathyrn Melody
Evans Township
Ralph French
Magnolia
Martha Ward
Mildred Paxton
Robert Solomon
Xx. L
Edith OW
X. L
Edith Brown
Gertrude Dickerson
William Koch
Verla Waughop
Mildred Barnett
Lorna Blackburn
Rebecca McAllister
Tollows
A. C’s
Roberts Township
Della Mae Peterson
Phyllis Martin
Local Hennepin Notes Span Visits and Arrivals
Mr and Mrs Wixson and children of Mendota spent Sunday at Mrs Ssate s. LL Milledge Thomas and Miss Viola Bishop visited Sparland at Mr and Mrs Charles Bishop s. Mrs Vivian Peterson returned to Hennepin after two weeks with cousin Miss Martha Franklin of Peoria. Mrs John Bonges and Mrs Marion Morine joined Home Bureau to Lacon for a sewing demonstration. Walter Kessling family and BEC Kessling attended Otto Nessling funeral in McNabb. Burial at Riverside cemetery. Mrs Roi rt Glass s visit ended. she returned with them. Howard Tuttle of Peoria with gravel crew started road work between Hennepin and Florid. Mrs Katie Webber taken to Spring Valley hospital. Mrs Mary Hamm and Mr and Mrs Fred Means of Peoria visited Mrs Clara Wonser. Means returned home. Hamm and Means stay in Hennepin a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wixson
Mendota
Ssate’s
LL Milledge Thomas
Viola Bishop
Sparland
Charles Bishop
Martha Franklin
Peoria
Vivian Peterson
Hennepin
John Bonges
Marion Morine
Pris’ Club
Home Bureau
Lacon
Walter Kessling
Bec Kessling
Otto Nessling
McNabb
Riverside
Fred Means
Clara Wonser
Boy Causes Death of Brother With Revolver During Play
Frederick Sheeley aged 6 son of Mr and Mrs Robert Sheeley of Panola died from a bullet to the head fired by his 8 year old brother while they played upstairs. The boy found a 32 calibre revolver in a dresser drawer during a rummage. The bullet entered the forehead between the eyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Sheeley
Robert Sheeley
Panola
Local notes from La Prairie and nearby towns
A crowded social scene with numerous visits and travels across La Prairie Peoria Milan and Oak Park. Highlights include multiple visits among families such as the Webbers Dunbars and Martins plus news of car purchases threshing progress and a bridge project east of Lewis Powell's. The Epworth League Institute meets in Milan next week and a town hall motion pictures night is planned with ice cream and cake sales.
Lostant Social Roundup Includes Visitors From Chicago and Joliet
Miss Phyllis Hannum spent days in Streator while Charles Beach and son Bert attended the Lostant picnic in Chicago. A varied stream of visitors and travelers—Colorado visits, Chicago guests, and trips to Normal and Bronson Michigan—liven a quiet season as threshing winds down and conditions remain favorable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis Hannum
Streator
Charles Beach
Bert
Chicago
Dave Ryan
Mr.o'’Brien
Lostant
Isaac Weirman
Colorado
A. W Merritt
Alta Simonton
Albert Ryan
Tonica
Beatrice Taylor
C. A
Bryan Chasteen
Jean
Charles
Maude Ellen James
Marseilles
Anna Herre
Gants
Edith
Alice Wilson
Wenona
Sam Bond
Fern
Cora
Pontiac
Matt Neising
Rudolph Klein
Joliet
Conrad Wolf
C. B. Butterfield
Bronson
Michigan
Warren Brewer
Albert Siemers
Marie
Carma
Cora Siemers
Marjorie
Hortense Turner
Venona
H .C. Vollmer
Sunday School Class Hosts August Meeting at Church
The Ne Plus Ultra Sunday school class met in August with teacher Mrs. Hight and hosts Mrs. Martha Morris Mrs. Freida Barr Mrs. Edens and Mrs. Hight. Miss Curtis led devotions and readings while Misses Harris from Streator sang. Twenty four members attended eight visitors. Proceeds from lunch at Klan events cover church decorating costs and the class voted to varnish broad work and host lunch at an August 20 Klan meeting. Harvest Home committee asked the class to manage the October Harvest Home entertainment. a committee was formed. Hostesses served lunch after adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ne Plus Ultra
Hehitheir
Hight
Martha Morris
Freida Barr
Edens
Miss Curtis
Eckstrand
la Salle
Harvest Home Committee
Reunion at Hilbrand Home Brings Family Ties Together
A Tonica gathering Sunday brought together the children and great grandchildren of Mrs Frances T. Towle, the first time in twenty years all members were present. Attendees included Mrs Frances C. Towle, L F Boyle and sons Louis Marshall and Stanley of Hennepin, W A Boyle and sons Walter Durley and Francis of Henry, plus relatives from North Carolina California Bloomington and Tonica.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. EF. Hiltabrandae
Tonica
Frances T. Towle
Frances C. Towle
L. F. Boyle
Louis, Marshall and
Stanley
Hennepin
W. A Boyle
Walter Durley
Francis
Henry
North Carolina
California
Bloomington
Tonics
Local families gather for visits and meals in Magnolia area
Trucks haul gravel in the Florid region as harvests prove strong. Mrs Lee Weeks and Grate of Land spent time at Adam Deininger's home with the Jegglie family. Neighbors and relatives from Oklahoma to Alma Illinois visited in Henry and Magnolia areas, sharing a chicken dinner and Sunday picnic.
Doan’s Pills Touted For Kidney Relief In Ad Claim
Mrs. Peter Hank of Monroe Street testifies that cold infections settled in her kidneys causing dull back pain and fatigue. She bought Doan’s Pills at Ironmonger’s Drug Store and says one box cured her kidney trouble with no recurrence since. Manufactured by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY. Price 60 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doan
Henry
Peter Hank
Monroe St
Ironmonger’ S
Minonk Couple Sells Miami House for 30000
Mr and Mrs Carl Toemmes who moved from Minonk to Miami Fla sold their home there for 30000 after a prior sale fell through at 15000 last November. They had bought the house for 8500 several years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minonk
Also Mentioned on This Page
Marshall-Putnam Home Bureau
Hennepin Township
Kathryn Bonges
Anna Cofoid
Bernice Wells
Leonore Berg
Co. J. T
Granville Township
Ruth Levenberge amt-Dagmar- Hort. -Marshall-Putnam Home Bureau
LA Prairie
D. Root
Peo
Ria
Harry Stowell
Anna Watson
Bernice Moody
Howard Powell
Edward Dunbar
S. R. Wilmot
Arvel Martin
Indiana
Mabel Webber
J. W. Greene
Hugh King
Oklahoma
Ralph
Alma Webber
William Scott
Richard Greene
Wm. E. Russell
Dorothy
Lewis Powell
Glenn Malone
Lacon Sunny
Ed. Leigh
Lois
Epworth League Institute
Milan
Mildred Aitchison
Edwin Brockhall
Garret of
Dave Sutherland
Richard Dunbar
Axel Carson
Bessie Peugh
Spring Valley
Ida Hughes
Ralph Greene
L. E. Root
MccClugg
William Smith
Dorothy Russell
Angelia Perkins
Lawn Ridge
Bradford Run
Frank Allen
Wat
Charles Mitchell
Oak Park
Richard Martin
Wyoming
Clyde McDonald
Charles Kimble
Wm. Crosty
Chilhcothe
Richard Durbar
Elwood McQuilken
Charles Boyle
North Dakota
Elvan
Shirley Kelloy
Town Hall
Farm Bureau
Stephen Williarth
Raymond
Bessie Pough
Sunon Smith
Linus Elmer Russell
Hiltabrand
Lee Weeks
Leland
Adam Deininger
Earl Jegglie
J. E. Peterson
George Hetrick
Amos Deininger
Scyler Irwin
de Pue
Ambrose Donoho
John Woodward
Alma, Ill
Pat Donoho
Otis Donoho
H. E. Allen
Dean Allen
Duke Bros
DR. R. 8. Bayne
W. L. Bayne
Henry, Illinois
Fred W. Potter
Henry, Ill
Lacon, Dlinois
A. E. Hammond
Ill
Wm. C. Hammond
Bureau County
Illinois
Hammond Farm
Township Fourteen
Bureau
Broadmoor
Northwestern Railroad
Clark W. Righthouse
Linn St. Peoria, Tit
Miles S. Fox
Princeton, Ill
Drs. Hovenden
Ludwig
Optometrists
Henry Nat’l. Bank Bld’g
Peoria Life Bldg
Peoria, Winois
Darrow
Lacon, Illinois
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