Thanksgiving town notes fill La Prairie with visits
La Prairie residents share holiday travels and family gatherings from Peoria and Chillicothe to Sparland and Speer. neighbors visit the sick, host dinners, and report weather and hospital plans as Rev. Anderson moves toward Ottawa for improved care.
Moths Spark Family Debate on Dad’s New Overcoat
A lighthearted note explains moths in the home prompt the family to decide that dad deserves a new overcoat this year. The reflection centers on thrift and humorous household logic.
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Dad
McNabb Rural News Notes Many Thanksgiving Visits
Local residents and friends share Thanksgiving with relatives in Peoria Leonore La Salle Peru and Henry. Health events include mumps and appendicitis operations. A house fire at John Sutherland’s home caused major loss while others report injuries in a car crash on a gravel road.
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Frank
Fred Kuhne
Andrew Kofold
Peoria
Vernon Kuhne
Leonore
Harold Grasser
Joseph Helgoth
la Salle
Peru
Edward Loesch
Spring Valley Hospital
Roy Alleman
J._F.Wolf
Currie
Clara Goetz
al Marshall
Harry
Kankakee
Floyd Larson
University of Illinois
Max Weber
Marjorie
M. T. Cinotto
Everett Greathouse
Lovington
Fay
Zwart
Hennepin
Paul Helgoth
Edwin Broaddus
Bureau
Harley Greathouse and
Indianapolis
Ind
Auto
Jesse Morris
Chicago
Fred Greathouse
Newark
William Wolf
J. F. Wolf
Charles Baker
Alice Bishop
John Waterman
John Sutherland
Fred Johnson
Immaculate Conception Church
Mt. Palatine
Mike Galvan
Barbara Kuhne
Frank Kuhne
Henry Hospital
Robert Weber
Roberta
Phyllis
Ed. Loesch
Donald
August Moews
Granville
Everett Kennedy
Henry
Ford
McNabb
Clarence Keller
Crow Meadow Notes on Local Visits and Birthdays
Harold Bill husked corn for Ralph Child west of Putnam last week. Harold Wood stayed in Bloomington from Wednesday to Sunday visiting Miss Lemme. They visited her school at Oglesby Monday morning. Sunday evening a birthday supper was held at Frank Eckard Jr.’s for Calvert R. from the Senachwine Gun Club. Mr. and Mrs. Eckard Sr and Mr. and Mrs. Dorff and families attended. forty five friends gathered at Dan Morgan’s to celebrate Mrs. Morgan’s 80th birthday and Frank Eckard Jr.’s upcoming birthday with a six o’clock supper.
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Frank Allen
Fred Henderson
Frank Wilson
Robert Turnbull
Hervey
Peoria
la Prairie
Marjorie VanTassel
Sparland
Alonzo Turk
Lew Pritchard
Eli Weyneth
Eureka
Esther
JB. Root
Lucile
Stephen _Cornell
Margaret Burnett
Nellie
Tom Burnett
John Turnbull
Chicago
Lacon
Isabel Pringle
C. M. Calder
Jesse Brown
Ralph
Lyman Robinson
Clifford Marshall
Martha
Jake Marshall
Wilbur Armstrong
Maurine Hill
Bertha
Sarah Lewis
R. Turnbull
Clarence Wood
Cleone
John Wood
R. Ross
Speer
Zenas Graves
Wm. Routh
Emerson Smith
Hastings
Howard Greene
Charles Koch
Henry Koch
John Moore
Chillicothe
Ruth Turnbull
S. R. Stowell
F. H. Allen
Tonica
Alice
Hugh King
William
Lyman
Royce
Myrtle Hastings
R. J. Martin
Rev. Anderson
Anderson
Ben
Ethan Wilmot
LaVeta Webber
J. W. Greene
Marjorie
Rob Wheeler
Randolph Wheeler
Frank Stewart
Charles
Arthur Beach
Mary Martin
Maria Martin
R. N Turnbull
R. N. Turnbull
Speer Bank
Edelstein
Burns
Indianola
Oak Hill
Bessie Burns
Samuel Mar
Charles Russell
James Hastings
Inez Wood
E. J. Schneider
Springfield
Donald Stock
New York
Stock
Navy
Horatio Campbell
L. R Powell
Raymond
Howard
E. W. Powell
Wm. Crotz
Zora Leona
Ottawa
Harold Bill
Ralph Child West
Putnam
Harold Wood
Bloomington
Dan Morgan
Granville concert delights Hennepin groups
Mr and Mrs Paxson and many neighbors traveled to Granville to hear the MacBirney concert at the high school. They were teased with costumes and songs in Spanish Holland Dutch American Indian and Colonial marks.
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W. A. Paxson
Parkinson
Constance
J. E. Taylor
H. E. Raley
O. C. Cofoid
Robert
Arminda Ray
Mildred Garside
F. M. Church
P. M. Morine
James Turner
H.S Morine
H. V. Biedenfield
Granville
MacBirney
Fools Create Fashions and Wise Men Follow
A compact proverb notes fools initiate fashion trends while the prudent observe and adopt. The saying highlights contrasting approaches to style and social influence.
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Orampton
Ruth Marshall
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Holly Green
Carrie Pritchard
Dick Calder
Bart “Herridge
Lola Aitchison
Peo
Miss Hazel
Henry Cleaners RR. Klug
Crow Meadow
Allen B. Smith
Black
John H. Wagner
Henry National Bank
Henry, Minois
A. E. Hubbard
Jefferson
Peoria, Ilinois
Fred W. Potter
Henry, Tl
Brach’s Superfine Asst
Diamond
Calif
Libby
P & G Combination Soap Sale
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Henry C. Schew
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Ileary National Bank
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