Swedish Society Picnic Near Otto Gustafson’s Timber
The Swedish Literary society plans a picnic in the timber near Otto Gustafson's next Tuesday Aug 6 with speeches declamations singing and other amusements. Notable visitors include Miss Cora Appel of Chicago cousin to Mrs Lawrence Palm and relatives. Local residents and guests from nearby towns are noted in a bustling social roundup.
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Varna
Swedish Literary Society
Otto Gustafson
Cora Appel
Chicago
Lawrence Palm
Gunhild Fleishing
Moline
Frank Peterson
Varna News Roundup Reflects Local Visits and Illness
Local notes report hospitalizations and surgeries in Chicago for Miss MacCees and remarks that a patient is dying nicely. Several social visits occur with families from Varna, Peoria, Toluca, and Magnolia. An illness story mentions Grandma Davis and a recovered local, while a testimonial promotes Chamberlain's remedy for children.
Local notices and visits from Lacon and nearby towns
Miss Bernice King will fill Isa bele Afelsow's telephone office shift this month while Miss Mellow takes a vacation. Jessie Ramsey visited Flanmnagad to see Ola Leitchfield. Rev Stead, ex Congregational pastor, is visiting friends. J I Thompson and Frank Wilson toured Iowa late last week. Mrs Sidney White of Blue Hill Neb and Mrs Longman came to Lacan. she then went to Henry. Mrs Redden Ames, in Chicago hospital, was reported dating finely. J W Greene and son Ralph of La Prairie spent Sunday with Lacan relatives. Misses Mary Onyan and Carrie Reil went to St Louis to visit Miss Onyan's aunt for a couple of weeks. Mr and Mrs H T Wilke visited Norton’s in Varna Sunday. Baptist church ladies hosted an ice cream social last Friday, clearing over 12 dollars. Miss Anna Bellow joined Mrs Blanch Robertson to Rushville for a time.
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Bernice King
Isabele Afelsow
Mellow
Jessie Ramsey
Flanmnagad
Ola Leitchfield
Stead
Congregational Church
Our City
J I Thompson
Frank Wilson
Iowa
Sidney White
Blue Hill
Neb
Longman
Henry
Redden Ames
Datng Finely
Chicago
J W. Greene
Ralph
la Prairie
Mary Onyan
Carrie Reil
St. Louis
Mary
H T Wilke
Nortons
Varna
Ladies of the Baptist Church
Anna Bellow
Blanch Robertson
Rushville
Local Visitors And Social Notes From Peoria Area
Social items list visits among residents of Peoria and nearby towns. Mrs Lee Wilson hosts relatives, and guests from Boston Roanoke Lacon Washburn Streator and Chillicothe are noted. A Royal Neighbor lodge excursion to Peoria Al Fresco Park is praised with over 200 attendees. The column mentions sickness, a Congregational Sunday school picnic, a horse death from bees, and a medical blurb praising Electric Bitters as a longevity aid.
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Lee Wilson
Péoria
L. C
H. W. Pinkham
Boston
Sarah Dean
Smitson
Venona
Tismes Johnson
Roanoke
Pettitt
Our City
Royal Neighbor Lodge
Lacon
Henry
al Fresco Park
Peoria
Hears
Chillicothe
Lola Bulle Ong
3Ildred Barnes
Washburn
Maud Dever
Eli Hester
Dave Greene
Tracy Hancock
East
Alma Foster
Streator
Congregational
Jo N Shores
Hopewell Community Notes and Local Visitors
Hopewell residents welcome Cecil Bjork from near La Rose visiting August Bjork. Mr. Miller called in Lacon. A Swedish Lutheran prayer meeting is planned at Allen Hultgren's in Hopewell next Sunday at 4 PM. Aug 4 is the date. Oats harvesting nears completion with most done this week. Lawrence Anderson's 18th birthday celebrated with friends. he received money for a new present and a new buggy. Miss Hanna Peterson of Princeton visits family in Hopewell for about a month. Henry Stroup rents Eva Hall’s farm now occupied by Sam Finkenbinder.
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Cecil Bjork
la Rose
August Bjork
Miller
Lacon
Varna
Allen Hultgren
Hopewell
Law‘rence Anderson
Lawrence
Hanna Peterson
Princeton
Otto Carlson
Wm. Alderson
Henry Stroup
Eva Hall
Sam Finkenbinder
Black gun misfires as farmer shoots at hogs and a chicken
A Wells farmer used a double barreled shotgun to rid nuisance animals but the gun failed. He killed a Chester White hog with the first shot and beheaded chickens with the second, and the third shot killed a domestic cat when fired toward it. Authorities present. no further action noted.
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Wells
Chester White
Gus Gustafson
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