Magnolia News Highlights Local Gossip and Events
April 9 1914 notes from Magnolia with residents visiting callers and a slate of social events. Mentions include Walter Horton Toluca visits Joel Haws Magnolia caller Edna Hiltabrand votes in Henry and Mary Massie funeral in Wesley Boman Peoria dental trips and Mystic Workers banquet with 100 guests plus a Cedar Point convention invite Easter services at Venona and road day proclamation urging farmers to improve roads and aid in pulling lands from mud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Horton
Toluca
Joel Haws
Magnolia
Mr. Kreis
Streator
Ulage
Charles Merritt
Lacon
Samuel Potter Sr
Ladies’ Aid
Hattie Rolley
George D. Hiltabrand
Tonics
Our Village
Edna Hiltabrand
Henry
Lera Skelton
Abingdon
Wm. Titus
Chester Law
Granville Otriday
Margaret Lackland
Bob
Masonic Hall
Luther Sammons
John
Peoria
Eastern Star
Mary Massie
Clifford Haws
Marshall Broaddus
Mildred Ricketts
Muriel Meredith
H. E. Jowell
Griffin
Abby Boyle
Granville
Mary Lundholm
Varna
Jennie Krantz
Wenona
Charles Reynolds
Jessie
Christ
Wemona
Pauline Dean
R. W. Spencer
C. H Merritt
Hallie Jones
Howard Ash
Country Club
Mystic Workers
Robert Tools
Morris
Ryan
Venona Mystic Workers
Cedar Point
Tyne
Gertrude, Sey
Eple
Muzic
Edna Lettinger
Gova Dunne
Marc
John Nelson
Walter
Trouble Cured With Chamberlains Tablets Ad
Mrs H G Cleveland of Arnold Pa writes that after sour stomach and bloating she found relief from stomach trouble using Chamberlains Tablets. The ad notes sale by all dealers. The Thursday Afternoon club met March 26 with Mrs Florence H Skelton as president Mrs Leta Ward presiding eighteen members discussed Illinois history and the future marble and jade club house for the T A C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence H. Skelton
Leta Ward
Illinois
Lola Smith
Lera Skelton
Edna Hillabrand
Gertrude Ramsey
Ilinois
Ward
Jennier Lambourn
Abbie Griffin
State Federation
High School Musical Delights at Masonic Hall
A spring musicale at the Masonic hall featured a trombone trio and vocal numbers by Messrs Law Skelton and Law, with Mrs Warner Lackland and Miss Louise Merritt delivering leading roles. A second act spoofed grand opera to wide audience applause, followed by a university accreditation letter read aloud praising the high school’s work and its 1914 1915 accreditation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fatime Mart
Messrs
Law
Skelton
Little
Orphan Annie
Misses Ramsey
Dunne
Mesdames Skelton
Branklin
Schubert
Warner Lackland
John
Magnolia
Lackland
Ollie Roberts
Law and
Louise Merritt
Merritt
Mr. Lackland
Btron
Case
University of Ilinois
L. B
Local notices mix with visits and illness in Tonica area
Tonica residents report visitors from La Salle and Chicago and family gatherings. Ira Brenner wires several homes while Miss Ora Curtis starts at Breck College. Grace Evans marries in Mendota and community events include a Woman’s Literary club meeting and a taste of local hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lostant
Ira Brenner
Tonica
Wm Mylenbusch
la Salle
Bert Child
Orrin
Earl Myers
Leonore
T. Foley
Buscher
T. S Williamson
Ora Curtis
Breck College
Beryl Barber
Bloomington
Frank Bliss
Baby
Lafayette
Mr Bliss
F. E. Hagg
Clarence Giles
Norman Robison
Emma Kanein
Chicago
S. Robison
Hannah
Tony Helder
John Haszler
Emma
Hobson
Mon
G. W. Curtis
Wm. McKenzie
W.M. Griffith
J. C. Spring
Wits
Grace Evans
Mendota
Schffbauer
Daley Rainey
Oglesby
Henry Comisky
McGrath
Schoenneshoefer
Homs
Streator Hospital
Maroh
Harold” Phillips
Harold
Ada
Warold
Roscoe Philips
Joe
Shack
Arthnesa
Boyle
Misa Blossie
Barber
Sarah
Drs
United ‘States
Equal Suffrage Progress Noted Across States
The report traces women gaining autonomy over wages in some states while guardianship laws vary elsewhere. It recalls the Seneca Falls 1848 demand and notes Wyoming’s 1869 suffrage grant, followed by Colorado Idaho Utah Washington California Kansas Oregon Arizona Alaska, and Illinois last year. Laura Patterson led civics work on elections and ballots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilegal
Arizonas
California
Idaho
Oklahoma
Dakota
United States
Seneca Falls
Wyoming
Colorado
Utah
Washington
Kansas
Oregon
Arizona
Alaska
Illinois
Laura Patterson
Court house news records several probate and real estate actions
Circuit and Probate Court proceedings list numerous estates with hearings for wills, conservatorship, and heirs, including the estates of Alfred Judd Amanda Ketchum Emma Kalb Lonis Stertzer Miram Hubbard John W Whetzel Hans Christenann and others. Transfers of real property appear with multiple deeds and birth and marriage notices, along with officer appointments and a new Woman's Club league organization in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Sullivan
Joseph A. Conerty
H .L. Blunt
Mary Spies
W. F. Sullivan
Alfred Judd
Anna L. Judd
Ethel E. Judd
Roscoe R. Judd
Gertrude Judd Calhoun
M. J. French
Amanda Ketchum
Isaac E. Ketchum
John D. Ketchum
Harriet B. Moore
Mary E. Potter
Eliza J. Wood
Vanie
Max Ferrari
George H. Holler
Frank Perry
George Walt
Venona
Frank Dennis
George Ewart
Clarence Corzell
Sand
Lonis
Stertzer
Fanaelttens
Miram
Hubbard
Sarah
Jabbara
John W. Whetzel
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the Republic
Magnolia Department
Wesley Boman
Janesville
Ind
J. i
Wolf
Court House News
Circuit Court
Hervey Broaddus
Fred Schumacher
Charles Lindstrom
Irene Newburn
Samuel Harley
Newburn
James P. Colgan
Clinton T. Swartz
la Prairie
T. S. Hunt
Thomas J. Wabel
Hopewell
T J. Wabel
F D. Draper
Draper
GC. Leffelman
Richard A. Culter
Levicy
Jane Culter
Will
City of Henry
Mary Ann Culter
Harriet Johnson Taylor
Charles H. Smith
Lynn R
Holmes & Heacocks
Davis
John Downey
Theresa Widmar
Downey
Mary Mtirner
Oren L. Myers
Thomas S. Davidson
la Prairié Township
Elizabeth Davidson
Denver
Col
William “W"holz
Bennington
Olga A.— Guderian
Ans
Everett E. Moore
Whitefield
Lucy A. Gallup
Mraz
Henry Lepke
Evans
Adam Dempow
Baward Wasson
Funk
Kherson
Butnam
Hennepin
Tecord
Ar Huey
Clyb League
Dr. King
J._ J. SEGRAVES
Rend
A, J
Ironmonger
J. N. Wilson
James Arnold
W. G. Griffith
C. W. Hiltabrand
E. R. Fairbanks
L. W Glover
A. Ward
E. R. Spencer
Frank King
John Arnold
James B. Wilson
Ccon T. L. Skelton
Sider
Robert Mann
A. U. Law
A. D. Hillabrand
B. A. Mathis
Q. A. Morphew
C. L. Skelton
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First State Bank
Magnolia, Ill
Paiod
George 3. Borgstede
Jones
National School of Auctioneering
Ill
W. H. Weathers, M
D. V. Me
Magnolia Moneage
McNabb
Cols. A. P. and
H. J
Auctioneers & Real Estate
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Bureau Co
Jesse seFrench
Ns Wrthegten
Bones Méaby
B. Waters
Frances Gamb
Alice
Seaton
Paducab
Iragery
Peru
Grable
Wm . Willis
S . Raus
Chamberlain
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