Local Notes from Gye Republican Township April 1914
A digest of social visits and events in Magnolia Toluca Lacon Varna and nearby towns. Citizens attend weddings banquets church events and birthdays with multiple calls and trips to Peoria Henry Granville and Obvious venues. A Myrtle Easter service and Good Roads Day proclamation are noted along with school accreditation updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Horton
Toluca
Joel Haws
Magnolia
Mr. Kreis
Streator
Our Village
Charles Merritt
Lacon
Samuel Potter Sr
Lades’ Aid
Hattie
Rolley
George D. Hiltabrand
Tonica
Edna Hiltabrand
Henry
Gertrude Ramsey
Edna Leininger
Dunne
Illinois
John Nelson
Walter
Stomach Cure Promoted by Chamberlains Tablets
Mrs H C Cleveland of Arnold Pa reports stomach trouble relief after using Chamberlains Tablets. Two bottles cured her. For sale by dealers. The Thursday Afternoon Club met March 26 with Mrs Florence H Skelton presiding. Eighteen members shared topics on Illinois history and future, marble and jade clubhouse, and readings from current events and songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Cleveland
Arnold, Pa
Chamberlain
Florence H. Skelton
Leta Ward
Illinois
Harry
Tocay
Lola Smith
Lera Skelton
Edna Hillabrand
Gertrude Ramsey
Ward, Sr
Jennie Lambourn
Abbie Griffin
High School Music Benefit at Masonic Hall Draws Crowd
A successful benefit musicale for the local high school was held at the Masonic hall on April 2. performances included a trombone trio, a ladies quartet, a cafe scene, and a grand opera satire. The event featured Miss Ollie Roberts, Miss Louise Merritt, and Mr. Warner Lackland with strong stage setting and an appreciative audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lera Skelton
Abingdon
Wm. Titus
Chester Law
Granville
Margaret Lackland
Bloomington
Bob
Masonic Hall
Luther Sammons
John
Peoria
Eastern Star
Mary Massie
Clifford Haws
Marshall Broaddus
Henry
Mildred Ricketts
Muriel Meredith
H. E. Jewell
Griffin
Abby Boyle
Mary Lundholm
Varna
Jennie Krantz
Venona
Charles Reynolds
Jessie
Christ
Wemona
Pauline Dean
R. W. Spencer
C. H. Merritt
Messieurs
M. Warner Lackland
Tracy L. Skelton
Messrs. Law
Skelton
Law
Franklin
Warner Lackland
John Dunne
Magnolia
Mr. Lackland
and Company
Lackland
Ollie Roberts
Messrs
Law and Skelton
Mr. Skelton
Louise Merritt
Miss Merritt
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Court House News Court actions listed in probate and estates
Circuit and probate court notices include partition suits, wills admitted to probate, executors discharged, heirs named, and final settlements. Executors and trustees named for multiple estates such as Sullivan Ketchum Kalb Wood Landers Rowe Winkel and others. hearings scheduled through March and April with bond and heirship orders noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Sullivan
Joseph A. Conerty
H. L. Blunt
Mary Spies
W. F. Sullivan
Alfred Judd
Isaac L. Ketchum
Emma A. Kalb
Deceaserty
Same
Erty
John Wikelbarner
Liza J. Wood
Andrew J. McCartney
Brook
Michael Landers
Roger T. Rowe
Elizabeth Powell
Charles E. Winkel
Eliza J. Wood
Max Ferrari
George H. Holler
Ward
H. Frank Perry
George Ewalt
Wenona
Frank Dennis
George Ewatt
Frank Perry
Clarence Corzell
Louis Stertzer
Hannah A. Wilson
Hiram L. Hubbard
Sarah Hubbard
John W. Whetzel
Harriet Green
Hans Christenson
Dr King's New Discovery Promises Quick Cough Relief
An old promotional notice touts Dr King s New Discovery as a universal remedy for coughs colds and lung complaints. It claims widespread use and testimonials including Mrs J E Cox of Joliet Illinois praising its life saving relief and urges readers to buy a bottle for emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Probate and real estate transfers on notice in Henry and La Prairie
Probate of will petitions set for April 27 with preliminary order. Numerous real estate transfers in Henry, La Prairie, and Wenona areas among Colgan Swartz Hunt Wabel Draper Leffelman Culter and others. Births, marriages, and licenses noted. seed corn and oats advertised for sale by J O Winship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James P. Colgan
Clinton T. Swartz
la Prairie
T. S. Hunt
Thomas J. Wabel
Hopewell
T. J. Wabel
F D. Draper
F. D. Draper
C. Leffelman
Richard A. Culter
Levicy
Jane Culter
Will
City of Henry
Mary Ann Culter
Harriet Johnson Taylor
Charles H. Smith
Lacon
Lynn R. Hdminsterr
Earl
Edminster
Bert Ross
Hattie Tarbell
Ben J. Russell
Steuben
James Curry
James Surry, Jr
Holmes & Heacock
Davis
Henry
John Downey
Theresa Widmar
Downey
Wenona
Mary M. Turner
Oren L. Myers
Thomas
Davidson
Township
Elizabeth Davidson
Denver
Col
William W. Holt
Bennington
Olga A. Guderian
Evans
Everett H. Moore
Whitefield
Lucy A. Gallup
Henry Lepke
Adam Dempowski
Edward Wasson
Civic League Organized As Court House Busy Saturday
Saturday afternoon at the court house three township conventions, a temperance speech and two lawsuits occupied the scene. A Woman's Civic league was organized to take on work from larger women's clubs. Officers were elected with a president leading the new group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hennepin Record
Court House
Woman's Civic League
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