Local Notes From Magnolia Care Of R A Ward
Magnolia community news lists local representatives and notices. Perry Dakin and Charles Eddingfield travel to nearby towns. Arba Law works in Chicago at Marshall Field's. J M Emans and family deal with health. several residents visit relatives. The theater drama Millie the Quadroon runs Friday with a blacked out power interruption on opening night. A home wedding to Miss Bertha Henderson and Irvin Cuthbertson occurs March 27 at Ed Defenbaugh’s residence with Rev H W Bell officiating.
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Simonton
Toluca
Arba Law
Chicago
Marshall Field
Charles Eddingfield
Varna
J. M. Emans
Harry Hull
Shipley
Millie
Dr. Dakin
Ben Law
Mr. Law
I. J. Wafer
Streator
Newport
Henry Dakin
Ohio
Wm. Paxson
Toluca George Willey
Henry High School
Tennyson Dean
Peoria
Magnolia
R. W. Spencer
Alonzo Emans
Henry
Ed Mathis
Georgia
Ed Defenbaugh
Bertha Henderson
Irvin Cuthbertson
Rev
H. W. Bell
Miss Henderson
Mr. Cuthbertson
Dimmick
Sterling
Church Services Set Across Town With Easter Spirit
Services listed for Strawn Magnolia and Caledonia churches include Sunday schools at 10 a m and 2 p m. Epworth League gatherings at 6 30 p m with preaching at 7 30 p m in Magnolia. Caledonia holds Sunday school at 2 p m and sermons on the second and fourth Sundays at 3 p m. Easter services drew good attendance and a mission offering of 19 dollars was recorded.
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Magnolia Charge
Strawn
Magnolia
Epworth League
Caledonia
Putnam County Grand Jurors for April Term
The following jurors have been selected to serve at the April term in Putnam County. Senachwine list includes A L Kildon Samuel Longman Joseph Bachman John Magnuson Magnolia Henry Eddingsfield Ben King H R Morris Mason Wilson Ab Phillips Morris A Wilson. Granville list includes Henry Gunn Lewis Henkell Gustave Otto Peter Kunkel J E Elliott Sidney Whitaker. Hennepin list includes H B Zenor Chris Schammel Robert Glass Peter Clemens Wm Schermerhorn John O Neill H B Allen.
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Putnam County
Senachwine
A. L. Kildon
Samuel Longman
Joseph Bachman
John Magnuson
Magnolia
Henry Eddingsfield
Ben King
H. R. Morris
Mason Wilson
Ab Phillips
Morris A. Wilson
Granville
Henry Gunn
Lewis Henkell
Gustave Otto
Peter Kunkel
J. E. Elliott
Sidney Whitaker
Hennepin
H. B. Zenor
Chris Schammel
McNabb residents aid WCTU convention planning
Abel Mills and wife visited De catur. Mrs. M A Wilson Mrs W L Mills and Mrs J A McNabb spent Thursday in Granville arranging the W C T U convention program for Granville in mid May. John M McNabb did business in Princeton Thursday. Mrs O Bumgarner returns from Decatur for a two week visit. Oliver Wilson of Peoria called Friday. Easter vacation spent by Leon Sutherland Clifford Mills and Leland Griffith of Champaign at home. W L and C A McFall visiting their mother last week.
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Leon Sutherland
Clifford Mills
Leland Griffith
Champaign
W. L
C. A. McFall Lave Beete
Golden Medical Discovery touted for digestive and respiratory cures
The article extols Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery made without alcohol using glycerine and native medicinal roots. It claims benefits for weak stomach indigestion torpid liver and catarrhal throat ailments and warns it will not cure advanced consumption. It invites free mail order of endorsements and notes the formula’s claims.
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Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Surprise bachelor bash for Joshua Bumgarner at timber locale
About twenty five friends gathered Monday evening at his bachelor headquarters in the timber. Smith and F. put four horses to a wagon and carried the merry party along. The ladies brought well filled baskets soon emptied through games and social visiting. Mrs. Noll and Mrs. Hunter of Henry visited W. H. Johnston Tuesday. The McNabb school plans a chicken pie supper at the school house Saturday evening starting at 6 o'clock. Supper 25c, ice cream 10c.
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Joshua Bumgarner
F. &. Smith
Noll
Hunter
Henry
W. H. Johnston
McNabb
Entertaining visits and central school debate in Florid
A busy holiday weekend in Florid includes Pearl Herrick hosting Grace Peterson and others, plus multiple Granville and Depue residents visiting. Discussion on centralized rural schools highlights benefits for resident landowners and rural families, with quotes from Heber Smith and Leslie Shaw and a Bryan elegy on friendship and community.
Onward Bay Horse Bob Onward Foaled 1899 Sired by Hanson
Bob Onward is a bright bay trotter foaled in 1899, standing sixteen hands one inch high and weighing twelve hundred pounds. He shows strong Onward bloodlines through dam Dream and second dam Ava with inbreeding to Onward. He will season in 1907 with a busy sale schedule at McNabb, Wesl ey Allen's, Phillips Magnolia, and Stinger's Varna barns. Terms: $15 to insure a colt to stand and suck. GRANT GLOVER, Owner.
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Hanson
Combination
Combine
Hettie Brasfield
Happy Heir
Nellie Grove
Nell
Ned Forrest
Edwin Forrest
Becca G
Overdon
Onward
Onward Silver
Benzetta
Dream
Administrator
Catchfly
Taglion
Abdallah
Goldsmith Maid
Ava
Bra
Godvin
Egmont
Langtree Grant
General Grant
Shiloh
Julia Logan
Logan
Nelly Paul
Salebarn
McNabb
Wesley Allen’s
Wenona
Ab Phillips
Magnolia
Stinger’s Barn
Varna
Shears and Sawbuck Sell Hay and Hope in Magnolia
A tale set in Magnolia Illinois where Jim and a neighbor trade with mail order outfits Shears and Sawbuck. Farmers resist store by mail before realizing local merchants like Dick the hardware owner better. The poem ends with a message about supporting local merchants over distant catalogs.
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Jim
Possum
Roosevelt Recalls School Recitation Prank
The young Theodore Roosevelt misquoted a poem during a school speech. He began with midnight in his guarded tent and Greece, her knee but trailed off. A student shouted Grease her knee again, Ted, and I’ll bet she’ll go.
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Roosevelt
Greece
Ted
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