Sunday Socials and Lectures Highlight Toluca Area
The Toluca Star reports Sunday visits among local families including Spencer and relatives, and notes a poorly attended Monday night movie due to weather. Magnolia lecture contracts, a reader from Lostant, and Dr Mongeau relocating to Toluca are also covered along with Sunday school totals for Magnolia Varna Lostant and Hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer
Richard
Bei
Henry
C. E. Griffin
Hazel Glover
Marie Lundholm
Alice Weaver
South Bartonville
Arthur Wilson
James A
Washburn
Gus Clemens
Durley Miller
Varna
J. G. Clemens
Magnolia
Lostant
Hope
Century Lecture Bureau
Miss Clark
Cora Dakin
Mongeau
Mathis
Toluca
Snow of 1873 Revisits April Memories in Magnolia
In a Magnolia letter dated April 4, 1911 Henry Atherton recalls a harsh April 9 1873 snowstorm that lingered and drifted, delaying mail to Tonica and preventing some plantings. He contrasts early spring comfort on March 18 1873 with later severe winters and un tiled land creating flooded low spots and postponed corn planting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Tonica
Burt
Henry Atherton
Magnolia
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound For Children
An ad touts Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as safe for children, noting it contains no opiates or harmful drugs. It references a genuine product in a yellow package and is attributed to A. J. Iron monger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley’s
A. J. Ironmonger
Local notes record illnesses and happenings in Granville area
Martha Keller and Carl Stanton out of school with measles. Mrs. Nellie Ash and baby went to Peoria. Mr. Jensen moved his family to Florida. Agnes and Mamie Anderson visited Martha Johnson at Granville. Mrs. Otto Kessling and Anna Seibert with children in Plorid. Engine explosion at C I S pump house injures John Johnson. Emmett McNabb home for spring vacation. Miss Young led classes while Mrs Gertie Fairandas taught. Clara Morgesen aids Mrs. Lee Webb. Rev. Leech of Granville organized Ladies Aid. officers elected. First meeting planned with Mrs. Kerns in April. Cooper Johnson bought a motorcycle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Keller
Carl Stanton
Nellie Ash
Baby
Peoria
Jensen
Florid
Agnes
Mamie
Anderson
Martha Johnson
Granville
Otto Kessling
Anna Seibert
W. H. Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Emmett McNabb
Gertie Falrendas
Miss Young
Clara Morgesen
Lee Webb
Prudie Keller
Lostant
Kerns
Gostant
Morgenen
Cooper Johnson
Local notes and events from Putnam County
Ruth Bumgarner and Irma Bumgarner visited home. Enida Griffith and Lora Kays returned from DeKalb. County items include visitors from Weona Toluca and DeKalb, a Sunday school start, and an April 15 lecture by Oliver Wilson at Magnolia Grange. The Standard boys lost 18 to 3 at Swaney. Atlas advertisement critique and Magnolia Grange event recap follow. Buckle up for humor and local notices, medical cures, and grand jury listings for April term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth
Irma Bumgarner
Enida Griffith
Lora Kays
DeKalb
Alfred Judd
Wenona
T J. Smith
T. J. Smith
F. E B. Smith
Henry
C. C. Mills
Decatur
Abel Mills
Harry Carruthers
Toluca
Harry Stansell
Bessie Davidson
E. O. Gunn
Grange Hall
Friends Meeting House
Oliver Wilson
National Grange
Magnolia Grange
Louis Spalding
Lynn Broaddus
Varna
Henry K Smith
M J French
Standard
Swaney
George A. Ogle & Co
Putnam
Marshall Counties
Marion French
H K Smith
Theodore Smith
Pumadin County
Board of Supervisors
Putnam County Circuit Court
Granville
W. B. Sill
A. P. Smith
J. C. Packingham
Adam Borneman
Henry Gunn
Harry BE. Surface
Senachwine
Clay Finley
Dinner Norline
W M. Drake
P. P. Leichter
Hennepin
H. B. Zenor
Samuel Clemens
John Garside
John E. Ulmer
Wm. Wintershend
Wm. Childs
Wesley Kays
Magnolia
Henry Shields
John Ramage
Mason Wilson
Harvey Morris
F. B E. Smith
George Puffer
Glycerine Medicine Aids Coughs and Blood Health
An advertisement extols glycerine in Dr Pierce medicines for extracting native roots and enhancing cure. It claims nutritive and anti ferment properties, supports Black Cherry bark and Golden Seal roots, aids chronic coughs and lung conditions, and touts Dr. Finley Eilingwood as endorsing the preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Finley Eilingwood
N. D
Bennett Med College
Chicago
Igs
Ieme
Ana
Rlv
Piarce
N’y
Wooderfa
Florid school hosts well attended entertainment and social
Harvey Lorens of Chicago visited his mother in Florid last Saturday while his wife visited relatives in Depue. The Florid school held an entertainment and ice cream social raising 28 dollars. Robert Halligan, a teacher, died. he studied at St Bede College and Notre Dame Law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Lorens
Chicago
Depue
Harvey
Joseph Schuck
Ladies’ Aid
Dave Clemens
Willis Deininger
Robert Halligan
Torm Ant
St. Bede College
University of Notre Dame
Katie Hawthorne
John Henning
Minnie Munn
Wills Delninger
Dr King’s New Life Pills Advertised as Miracle Tonic
Bright 19th century ad proclaims Dr King’s New Life Pills fight weakness and fatigue. Each sugar coated globule promises energy and health benefits, claiming relief from constipation headache chills and malaria for 25 cents at T. J Segraves’ and A J Ironmonger’s drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Birch
Beetown
Wis
BucKkiens Arnica Saive
Segraves
Ironmonger
Dr King
T. J Segraves
A J Ironmonger's
Local notes from Ostcantil Lancaster area brief
Long list of local residents and visitors with travel, illness, housing plans, and social events. Mentions o f Mrs Francis Cain Vera Phillips Charles Shultz A H Ruble Reynolds Major Hay C E Lambourn Rev R L Vivian R W Phillips Fannie Shields Mamie Norris Roscoe Phillips Walter Henning G S Gould Rev G R Cady Noel Henry Phillips Mamie Norris Dorothy Bangs and local activities in 1921 72 including a Redpath Lyceum recruiting effort and a planned town canvass for tickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lostant
Francis Cain
Ottawa
Vera Phillips
Charles Shultz
South Dakota
Mat Neifing
Pontiac
H Ruble
Reynolds
Major Hay
E Lambourn
Colorado
R. L. Vivian
Henry
Jones
R W Phillips
Springfield
House of Representatives
Fannie Shields
Chicago
Mack Evans
Kansas City
Wi Groat
Henry Foley
St. Louis
G. S. Gould
Fourth and
Marshall Streets
Sam McCarthy
G R Cady
Galesburg
Hope
Lestant
Noel
Oglesby
Henry Phillips
California
Mamie Norris
Normal
Roscoe Phillips
Walter Henning
Streator
H. C. Barton
Anna Kelso
A. O. Jones
Banfield
Bertha Taylor
la Salle
St. Mary's Hospital
Bell Bros
Kelley
John
Harry Marshall
Harry
J. M. Hannum
Masonia
Decatur
Dorothy Bangs
Dorothy
Rev
Vivian
Redpath ‘Lyceum, Bureau
Chamberlain's Zo Remedy For Sale By Druggists
Fragmentary notice touts a medicine named Chamberlain's Zo Remedy made from loam roots or similar ingredients. It claims to ease coughs and fevers and is described as pleasant to take, marketed by a local druggist for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain’s Zoo
J. Tron Druggists
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F.a.bergner &Co. Woolner Building
Peoria, Illinois
Bryan
THE
Magnolia Bank
Illinois
Northern Illinois Co-Operative Burial Association
Allen B. Smith
M. H. Church
Ae Simmons
Magnolia, Ill
Centenary Hospital
Olive Street
Bank
Barnes’ University
Medico, Chirurngcal ‘Society
Ine Bank
Ina Il
Beff. Mongeau
M.D. C
W. H. Weathers
Ill
Chicago Veterinary Colege
Dragynous and
McNabb Dentals
Glo Br. Ars
G. Dakin
Mageolia
FwinSteee, RY. III
Magriolia—Department
Arminda Ray
Mae Coe
Rosie
Charlie Odekirk
Mary Allen
Chauncey Bacon
Sue
Beryl Bacon
Miss Bacon
Seling
H. P. Erimime
Arare Bosch
Bureau
Gla ‘Sallh
Marshall
Miller & Ge
Valley, Ill
Charles
H. Ong
Hom
Mangoleum
Harold
Foss
Axel Helasder
Marsal
Eaer
Charles Griffin
Petia George
Morphen
Ani A Reid
Mignolia
Homege
Ws Griffin
VanHorn
Tast
Max
Whitney
Homer - Thierry Wer
Venona
Kat Barlow
Hes Mehs Club
Acta
Blazer
Dunning
Dana
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