Halloween party memories mark Varna club night
Mrs Adeline Koch hosted October 27 1925 for two sewing clubs with eight members. Edith Brown led a memory contest, pump kin puzzle and ring toss, followed by blacklight refreshments and a ghost story contest. The group bobbed for apples counted seeds to mark years of marriage and hid a ring and thimble for fate.
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Adeline Koch
Dorothy Quiram
Dela Mae Peterson
Dorothy Peterson
Viola Schumacher
Edith Brown
Gertrude Dickerson
Mary E. Rogers
Hallowe’en
Koch
Washburn
W. A. Wright
Venona
Gants
J. P. Johnson
Streator
Charles Palm
Clifford
Edward Peterson
Bernard
Claremont
S. D
Ralph Peterson
Magnolia
Ed. C. Mead
Carnu
Springerton
Harrisburg
Roy Saltzman
Saltzman
Hopedale
Gridley
Saltzman Sr
Mary Roberts
Griffin
A. G. Clemens
Toluca
Peoria
Laura Adams
Nora Wehling
Cliff Jenkins
Gene Jenkins
Lacon
Joel Hawes
Galesburg
Julia Quiram
Los Angeles
Calif
Santa Fe
Dauberman
Kaneville
L. Ada Krieder
Woman's Literary Club Meets at Mrs Hurlon's Home
The Woman's Literary Club gathered at Mrs. Myrtle Hurlon's home for a Saturday meeting with 25 members. Roll call cited an Arizona product, and program items included papers by Mrs. Adda McCuskey on Grand Canyon and the Colorado and by Mrs. Ella Phillips on a Nard&jo Reservation. Musical selections featured Miss Margaret Broaddus and Mamie Lawler with Irene Hurt at the piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Johnson
A. R. Wright
Harold
Venona
George Smith
August Arndt
Aug. Kemnett
Olney Hurt
Joe Bell
Schwambach
Peoria
Miss Burns
Axel Johnson
Clifford Munson
Charles Munson
Tilday Gustafson
Florence
Lawrence Gustafson
Danville
Carl Johnson
George Palm
Wenonna
Chas. Palm
Alma Holmstrom
Rufus Monk
Robert Peterson
Wesley
Washington
Eureka
Verna May Jesse
Earnest Quiram
Florence Gustafson
Florence Austin
East Side Circle
Oscar Olson
Elvina Stromgren
Jennie Peterson
August Extrom
Gust
Extrom
Peter Extrom
Edward Peterson
Bernard
Claremont
S. D
Charles Palm
LaVern Peterson
Hammond
Indiana
Emma Hoffert
Wm. Koch
Conrad Koch
Charles Merritt
W. A. Wright
Woman’s Literary Club
Myrtle Hurlon
Arizona
Adda McCuskey
Grand Canyon
Colorado
Ella Phillips
Nard&jo Reservation
Margaret Broaddus
Lacon
Mamie Lawler
Irene Hurt
Cockney Scandal Warms Bow Bells Region
A vivid London flavor story recalls a Cockney scandal in Bow Bells area. A woman notes Mrs Akins has a black eye while describing her husband nearing release from prison, sparking talk on respectability.
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Bow Bells
Quaker Lane Community Spotlight in NI State Teacher’s College Issue
A 40 page NI State Teacher’s College Quarterly centers on the Quaker Lane community in Putnam county near McNabb. It credits long running local groups, a modern school, Grange activity, and a progressive church with shaping a thriving rural life model.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam County
Quaker Lane
Northern Illinois State Teacher's College Quarterly
Friends’ Meeting House
Naperville
Winnebago County
Walton
Lee County
Norman Home Makers Club
Grundy County
DeKalb County
McNabb
United States
Rural Life
America
State University
State Normal School
State Agricultural College
National Grange
Oliver Wilson
National Farm Grange
Wilson
Laura W. Smith
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Friends’ Church
Clear Creek
Benjamin Lundy
John Swaney
Grange
Friends Meeting House
Community Stories Spur Ongoing Updates Across Regions
Readers note communities will provide additional reports periodically. The plan calls for continued coverage of local events and developments as new information becomes available from various areas and dates.
Dr W D Mason Bitten by Rabid Dog
Veterinary surgeon Dr. W D Mason of 721 Pine Street was bitten yesterday afternoon by a dog that carried rabies. The dog belonged to T A Lupton and died a few hours after the incident, according to the Chattanooga Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Mason
Pine Street
T. A. Lupton
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Alma Holmstrone
Donald Smith
Rockford
Ehlert Sand
Sofia Ludgren
Nina
Farm Bureau
Quaker
Lane
W. M. Schoebers
LaPage
Henry National Bank
Block & Kuhl Co
L. E. Keplar
OPT. D
Tstocke Kuhl Co
Peoria, Illinois
Public Service Company of
Northern Illinois
GEORGE_R.JONES
Public Service Company’ OF
Northern
Illinois
Chicago Stock Exchange
Allen B. Smith
Henry, III
Dr. G. C. Foss
Henry
Yanochowski
Phone
Murrel & Hoff Plumbers
Henry Theatre
Florence Vidor
Matt Moore
ALSO
Lost Dog” and
Pathe News
Buck Jones
Easop
Jack London
Tom Moore
Pauline Starke
Wallace Berry
South Sea Isle
FOX News
Richard DIX
Dix
Polo Kid
Wild Horse Mesa
Campbell’s Pork and Beans
Lestore
Larkin’s Stores of
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