Magnolia notes and community items update
Local notes from Magnolia include church services at 3 PM with the sermon on Spirits, social visits among residents, and travel to nearby towns. The gate post was struck by lightning at Dawson Glenn's. Magnolia day sale at J G Clemens store is announced. Dr Dakin buys a Cadillac. a Florid versus Palatine baseball game ended in a home-team win after a dispute. Grain business changes hands to Surface Ensign with Harry Surface as manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palatine
Magnolia
Surface & Ensign
Harry Surface
Schumacher
Colorado
Surface
Church Services and Schedules on Magnolia
Magnolia church announces Sunday school at 10 a m preaching at 7 30 p m Epworth League suspended in August change hours from 8 to 7 30 p m Caledonia offers Sunday school at 2 p m with services on the second and fourth Sundays at 3 p m An ice cream social in the park is planned for Saturday evening Aug 10 All are invited to attend
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magnolia
Strawn
Caledonia
Epworth League
Hicks
EACO
Rev Ramsey's Las Animas Pastorate Praised for Renewal
Magnolia readers learn of Rev J J Ramsey’s successful year in Las Animas Col where the official board hopes for another term The fourth quarterly conference notes a large attendance the pastor’s good report since Jan 1 1907 65 new members joined and all finances paid The presiding elder plans rural assistance and continued pastoral leadership for Las Animas and surrounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Ramsey
Magnolia
Las Animas
Col
The
Methodist Church
R. A. Chase
Ramsey
McNabb social notes show visits and guests
McNabb residents hosted and visited friends over the weekend with many guests from nearby towns. Vera Cook from Streator, Fern Cassebaum of Ladd, and Lucile King of Tonica were local visitors. several out of town guests traveled to see families and attend a chautauqua event in Granville.
Local notes from Mt Palatine and Granville visit
Mt Palatine residents mention Mrs Wiley Gallaher and children returning to Chicago. Granville chautauqua attendance noted. George Burgess relocates to rooms above Dill's store. Henry county visitors Duke and Martin addressed local business. Farmers report improving hay days and oats threshing underway. Frank Matern sold his engine shed and equipment near Henry. Barr family from Blackwell, Oklahoma staying with relatives here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiley Gallaher
Chicago
Granville
George Burgess
Dill
Thomas Duke
Martin
Henry
Frank Matern
L. N. Barr
Floyd
Blackwell
Oklahoma
Ohio visitor and local notes on residents
Miss Olga Johnson of Ohio visits her cousin Miss Edna Devereux. Rollin Travis sells two more Cadillacs. C. A. Powell suffers a lame back but is improving at this writing.
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Olga Johnson
Ohio
Edna Devereux
Rollin Travis
Cadillac
C. A. Powell
Florid Visitors and Local Social Roundup
Florida visitors Mr and Mrs John Tottersmen of Nebraska visited their daughter Mrs Lewis Gardner. Owen Allen of Henry visited Mrs Sarah Cassell and Harry Allen last Friday. Mrs Jessie Reichwine and daughter Marguerite returned home from Depue Tuesday. Lew Gardner and family with the Tottersmen spent Sunday at Mr Chittons. Many attended the Granville chautauqua last week. Frank Allen returned to work at Depue after a two week vacation. Farmers are busy putting up hay and cutting grain. Adam Deininger shopped in Henry last Tuesday.
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J. C. Sutherland
Mrs. Turner
Sandwich
Vera Cook
Streator
Hazel Boman
F. B. Smith
Bertha Hoffman
Granville
Peart
Fern Cassebaum
Ladd
Jessie McNabb
Milton Mills
Joe Sivell
Magnolia
Will Johnson
McNabb
Edminster
McGeary
Lucile King
Tonica
Alfred Johnston
Hennepin
Kuhn
Clarence Grieves
Chicago Heights
John Tottersmen
Nebraska
Lewis Gardner
Owen Allen
Henry
Sarah Cassell
Harry Allen
Jessie Reichwine
Marguerite
Depue
Lew Gardner
Tottersmen
Chitton
Frank Allen
Adam Deininger
Hennepin Clippings From Chicago Visit And Local Affairs
Hennepin residents visit Chicago for a week including Mrs Lyle H Durley and companions. A funeral in Chicago for Richard Cook is noted. A Granville chautauqua event pleases attendees with strong talent. Local residents host visitors and engage in livestock trade with cattle shipments to Chicago fetching top market prices. One hundred plates reserved at the Cecil hotel for next Sunday dinner at 75 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hennepin
Lyle H. Durley
Rey
Blanche L. Patterson
Chicago
Adam
Ida
Sarah
Minnie Deck
Little Richard Cook
Little Richard
Granville
Allen Breed
Virginia B. Leech
J. W. Turner
H. B. Zenor
W. E. Eddy
Darlene Zenor
W. E. New
Peoria
Cecil Hotel
Back Pain Cure Promoted by Henry Resident
Henry citizen C W Woodward carpent er describes five year kidney trouble relief after using Deans Kidney Pills from J W Niece drug store two months ago. He reports dull back ache dizzy headaches weak spells dark painful urine and renewed energy. Sold everywhere 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents Remember the name Deans.
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Henry
C. W. Woodward
Carpenter
Ill
Dean
J. W. Niece
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Memories of the Old Seminary and Bachelor Pranks
The piece recalls a Missouri trip by Co C Greiner and wife, a Hennepin county Sunday school convention, and a humorous tale of a bachelor kitchen escapade. It recounts letters about seminary days, old classmates, a nickname for George Knepper, and a notorious vinegar pie made by a bachelor with improvised ingredients.
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Co. C. Greiner
Missouri
Granville
Hennepin
The
Republican
South Dakota
Henry
George Knepper
King
George
Bachelors’ Hall
The Vinegar Pie and the Bachelors at Dixon
A Dixon Illinois letter from 1907 recalls a sour tale of a vinegar pie baked to an odd perfection. The pie lingers on the table for months as the men debate disposal while jokes about pie form and social mischief fly. The piece ends with a wry note on preserved accounts and note books at the office.
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George
Sam Dennison
Sam Bowman
Imp
Sem
J. A. Lloyd
Dixon, Ill
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Arbuckle Bros
New York City
Washington
Magnolia Department
R. A. Ward
Henry Recan
Christian Science Services
Harvey Ramage
B. Mitchell
Josie Ruble
Toluca
Florence Ramage
Hartenbower
Wilber Mann’s
Dawson Glenn’s
J. G. Clemens
R. W. Spencer
James Harville
Leroy
Harville
Mary Studgven
Hillabrand
Alice Edwards
Ashley Judd
Ray Judd
Canada
Gertrude Ramsey
Spencer
Venona
Charles Lash
John Dean
Kansas
Illinois
Harry Ramage
Charles Johnson
Margaret Roberts
Walker Johnson
Orre
Mr. Clemens
MT. Palatine
Fair Exchange
K. K
Shin
Inolia, Illinois
Magnolia Bank
Magnolia, Ill
Northern Illinois Co-Operative Burial Association
G. W. Keller
Undertaker
J. M. Downey
R. F. Downey
W. A. Simmons
Centenary Hospital
Jive Street Bank
Barnes University
Medico Chirulogical Society
St. Louis
Ina Bank
Ina
Robert G. Dakin, M. D
J. H. Massie
Fresh Bakery
Griffith’s Laundry
W H. Weathers
M. D.C
A. R. Kregor
Magnolia, III
Chicago Veterinary College Veterinary Hospital
Magnolia and
McNabb Centrale
Frank Potter
Chamberlain
Sam
H. Gwin
Concord
A. J. Ironmonger
Henry Republican
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