Magnolia area social notes and gatherings update
Magnolia news lists visits and social events. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Brown drive a new car while Wallace Ward recovers. Residents attend Peoria Fair and visit kin in Streator Normal and Galesburg. The Ladies Aid, club programs, and upcoming parsonage move are noted along with travels to Chicago and Ft. Lauderdale.
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Elonzo Emons
E. A. Mathis
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Emons
Fox
Charles Hannum
James McAllister
Wenona
Glenn. Calhoun
Washington
Local Families Share News From Sunday and Weekends
Merton Swift owns a new truck. Roland Doyle travels to Nebraska to buy cattle. Many local families, including the Browns Fosdick Loomis and Fountain households, host or visit relatives. A boy falls from a tree breaking both bones in his left wrist. Several trips to Peoria for events and shows are noted among residents.
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Merton Swift
Roland Doyle
Nebraska
John Brown
Lucian Fosdick
Bruce Fountain
John Loommis
Bush
Austin’ Clark
Peoria
Charles Cox
Canto Grove
Frank Curry
Joe Bogner
Val. Bogner
Henry Merdian
Albert Newhalfen
Fred Ely
J. W. Bogner
Val Bogner
John Stadel
Ladies Bible Class Plans Bake Sale for Church Funds
The Ladies Bible class met at Mrs Laura McGhiey’s home on October 2. They voted to host a bake sale on October 10 at John Rolley’s store to raise funds for church repairs. A new book The Man From an African Jungle was begun and four chapters read. Members present included Phoebe Combs Maude Ray Jennie McKirgan Etta Griffin Laura McGhiey Margaret Dagner and Bess Davidson with visitors Magella Bickerman Newton Monafey Smith Gertrude Dean Bertha Dean Cora Black and Ruth Davis. The next meeting will elect officers and all class ladies are urged to attend. Refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Brown
Morphew
Robert
Peoria
Wallace Ward
Fred Dagner
Peoria Fair
Lackland
Hattie Reymer
Margarete Kidd, Sr
Charles Hannum
Helen McGhiey
Monafey Smith
Alice
Martha Ward
Mildred Paxson
George_Mathis
Marvy Baker
Henry
Henry Eddingfield
Streator
Susanna Lundy
Lela Barlow
Mary Kirby
Stewart
Boyle
Everett Westerlund
George Morphew
Bert Smith
Galesburg
Keith
Knox College
Paul Crene
Granville
W. M. Titus
John Sammons
LaSalle
L. A. Sammons
Emma Coe
Henry Paxson
Robert Solomon
L. C. Dibble
Wm. Miller
Iowa
McNabb
Laura Barber
Norman
Alice of
Lostant
Hattie Rolley
Franklin
R. A. Ward
Fannie Smithson
Jennie
James Hughes
Tony Gallo
Oglesby
Burl Roberts
Josie Phillips
Waukegan
Cullom
Ray Eddingfield
Helen
Hammond
Ind
James McAllister
Wenona
Glenn Calhoun
Washington
Parker Holmes
Elias Rolley
Normal
Evenin
Chicago
Helén” Hutton
Marie Solomon
Marcella Johnston
Scott—Sammons
Indianapolis
Wm. Chestnut
David Chestnut
Ladies
Margaret Hannum
Eleanor. Swaney
Tonica
la Salle Hospital
Laura McGhiey
John Rolley
Mesdames
Phoebe Combs
Maude Ray
Jennie McKirgan
Etta Griffin
Margaret Dagner
Bess Davidson
Mesdames Magella Bickerman
Newton Monafey Smith
Gertrude Dean
Bertha Dean
Cora Black
Ruth Davis
Magnolia School Notes Highlight Sports and Student Leaders
Magnolia students reported a 27 to 12 victory over Lostant at the Harvest Home assembly and upcoming games against Swaney. Glee clubs elected officers, senior talks impressed in American History, and September attendance reached 97.8 percent with several students earning perfect attendance and spelling honors.
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Lostant Harvest
Magnolia
Swaney
Lostant
Ora James
Chris L. Newmann
David Newton
Chris Newmann
Martha Haws
Former Chillicothe merchant cited for falsity in bankruptcy
Two St. Louis firms objected in district court to Herman Riseman filing for bankruptcy alleging false testimony at the hearing. They charged Julius and Jacob Riseman drew 200 to 500 dollars weekly from stores while he claimed he owed them money. They also said books were not kept properly to defraud creditors and stock valued at 28000 in 1924 fell to 7600 four months later in January bankruptcy referees' hearing.
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Herman Riseman
Chillicothe
St. Louis
Riseman
Julius
Jacob
Gregg
Universal A TI Mystery Item Noted
Fragmentary note mentions Mrs Bues and Mrs Pte in a daily item. It hints at a typical routine or exchange but lacks clear actions or dates. The readable terms suggest a social or domestic shorthand without definite events or outcomes.
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Mrs. Bues
Pte
Advertising serves buyers and sellers alike in a thriving economy
Advertising drives price reductions and quality improvements by stimulating competition. Kellogg's Corn Flakes show cost drops from sixteen to eight cents for larger packaging. It also builds brand trust and shopping ease, aiding both consumers and sellers, as illustrated by raisin industry growth and Ivory Soap usage sparked by advertising.
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Kellogg’s
California
Ruskin on Nation, Peace, and Social Discipline
A quotation attributes to John Ruskin a warning that a nation cannot endure as a money making mob norloat in contempt for literature and comparison. It argues that discipline of passions is essential to prevent a descent into vulgarity and hardened conscience driven by insensitivity to body and soul.
Do It in Spite of Others Efforts
E. W. Howe argues that success invites resistance while aid fades for self-reliant individuals. He contends people favor the helpless over the capable and then torment those who achieve independence.
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E. W. Howe
For Sale Good Used Auto Parts
Henry Auto Salvage offers used tires tubes generators tops radiators and other car parts. See Simon Kaplan at East Edward Street Henry Illinois for details.
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Simon Kaplan
Henry Auto Salvage Co
Edward St
Henry, Illinois
Local Social Roundup From Peoria Area
Weekend visits and small gatherings populate the scene with Mrs. S P Clemens at the Peoria Fair. Mary Mickelson hosted guests from McNabb. Joe Edwards and wife called in La Salle. Clyde Allen and family visited Willis Demmer. Mrs S P Clemens and Vera enjoyed Sunday at John Brandstatter’s. Buddie and Mary Kroft visited Paul Brenneman. Bessie Heath spent Monday at Henry Kessling’s for farm improvements. Henry Bruer Amos Deininger and Kate Deininger spent Sunday with George Hetrick.
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S. P. Clemens
Mary Mickelson
McNabb
Joe Edwards
la Salle
Clyde Allen
Willis Demmer
Vera
John Brandstatter
Vernon Johnson
Buddie
Mary Kroft
Paul Brenneman
Bessie Heath
Henry Kessling
Henry Bruer
Hennepin
Amos Deininger
Kate Deininger
George Hetrick
October Weather Forecasts Across Regions
The October outlook calls for varied conditions. Unsettled periods with showers in Gulf states and Pacific slope occur early, followed by mild dry stretches, then rain and cool waves in the north and northwest. Overall temperatures expected slightly above normal with above normal rainfall.
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Gulf States
Pacific
Mississippi River
Rocky Mountain
Great Central
Minnesota
Ohio River
Missouri River
Rocky Mountains
Northwest
Middle West
Atlantic
Franklin Grove Postmaster Cashes 1882 Money Order
Postmaster Spangler of Franklin Grove cashed a postal money order issued December 5 1882 for $5 to E D Powell of Henderson Kentucky. The order tied to the A R Whitney Nursery and was signed by N A Whitney. It lay uncashed for 42 years until probate found it. The government will pay the ancient instrument.
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Spangler
Franklin Grove
E. D. Powell
Henderson
H. A. Black
A. R. Whitney
N. A. Whitney
Whitney
Mosquitoes Sting in Dark on the Piazza
Conversation on the piazza about mosquitoes pursuing people in darkness. One speaker notes they can see and bite without light, and another confirms they will find you even in dim conditions.
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Piazza
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