Our Sister Towns News Fragments and Local Notes
County notes cover Blanche Hancock winning a Hutchins voting contest granting a Niagara Falls trip. Reports include O Colehower’s new elevator at Toloa, pension increases for John Hulle and Saylor, and a push to establish a cellulose plant in Woonona. Also mentions the annual solar eclipse and various personal updates across towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Hancock
Hutchins
Gota
Niagara Falls
Obantauqua
Colehower
Toloa
John Hullie
Saylor
Toledo
Obie
Man
Woonona
Honey Times
The
Thompson
Bella Garatt
Boulder
Montana
Saintil
Danmaorat
Mark Powers
Ile
Irvormal
Haworth League
Wenona
Christian Hadeaver Society
Presbyterian Church
Sparland Postmaster Bonded and Local Tidings from Sparland
Postmaster of Sparland has bonds taken and will receive commission this week. Ethel Robb of Abington visits sister Mrs Gallop. mother accompanies. Peter Vanpatten laid to rest beside wife and children in Yankee Street, Chillicothe. Ben Russell ill with abdominal abscess. Dr. Forrest treats. Wanted: a practical jeweler with residence, shop, and tools cheap. inquire William Riddell, Sparland. Prof W B Downey moved to Colchester to supervise schools. hope for success. Local note on a serious bicycle accident to Yo correspondent’s acquaintance. recovery uncertain. Reporter returns from Iowa trip noting elderly father at 85, crops good, Iowa farmers focusing on stock raising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparland
Ethel Robb
Abington
Gallop
Milan
Myers
Peter Vanpatten
Chillicothe
Yankee Street
Ben Russell
Forrest
Henry
William Riddell
Ill
W. BE. Downey
Colchester
T.e.gapen
Iowa
Algona
Sac City
Scranton
Chardon
Jefferson
Local Notes and Vignettes From Varna and Vicinity
Mrs Skinner returns home from Ohio as weekly events unfold in Varna area. Visitors include Bro8 St. John from Magnolias and Judge Shaw in town for the weekend. Townsfolk travel to Lacon and McCoy and Smith visit for business and leisure. Lizzie Cook owns a fine piano bought from M Moore of Venona. Funeral at the German Lutheran Church and a child’s diphtheria death are noted. The piece ends with a call for a strong local newspaper and civic effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skinner
Ohio
St. John
Magnolias
L. O
Judge Shaw
Lacon
McCoy
Smith
Jole Hawes
Hawe
John Murphy
Varna
Lizzie Cook
M. Moore
Venona
Defenbaugh
Magnolia
John
Fshing
Ohbas
Whitney
Lostout
John Myers
Peoriam
Frank McCoy
Peter Petre
Whithfield Corners Social and League Notes
Burdette Greenmans visits CalHe and Le this week. Lyman Loomis drove through last Monday. William True adds a lumber storage room to his lot. Mr. Brown and Addie Harris of Henry visited at our League last Sunday evening. Reading circle meets Bertha Swift next Tuesday evening. Oats in the neighborhood yield 20 to 60 bushels. Homa Swift of Henry visits. Roy Clark went to Oak Hill. his wife and Mrs Obenewerth visit Roy Aten and family in Wyoming. League meetings grow with good crowds. Harry Finley of High Prairie will lead next Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burdette Greenmans
CalHe
Lyman Loomis
William True
Mr. Brown
Addie Harris
Henry
Reading Circle
Bertha Swift
Homa Swift
Annie
Roy
Clark
Oak Hill
Obenewerth
Aten
Wyoming
Harry Finley
High Prairie
Infant illness and local health notes in Geneseo area
The infant son of J Hf Herr is very sick with Dr Spencer of Geneseo attending. W Blackburns baby boy also ill. Ed Adkins and wife pleased after a fall incident. Lee and Callie Brokaw visited Mineral relatives. Uncle John Runnel accompanying them. Next Sunday Brother McLeish to preach here after exchanging pulpits with Rev Clark. Several locals plan a week at Oak Hill camp meeting. Mr Stucker of Whitefield Genter’s son fainted from heat while threshing. Dr Pershing treated him. fever subsided by Saturday noon and he improved through the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. ‘Hf. Herr
Will ‘Spencer
Geneseo
W Blackburn
Adkins
Lee
Callie Brokaw
Mineral
John Runnel
McLeish
Henry
Clark
Big Epworth
Mya
T. Monier
Bertha
Swift
Lillian
Runnelis
T. A
Florence Fountain
Oak Hill
Stucker
Whitefield
Genter
Local notes from Chillicothe and surrounding areas
A collage of social visits and local happenings including residents Fleetwood Meister and Waughop visiting relatives, moves to Lacon, a schoolhouse sermon, and plans for a Progressive Friends meeting at Burson school. Entertainment at the school house clears 811.44 after expenses. community singing and Young People’s Union activities promoted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer
Clara Bonham
Dean
H. D. Bonham
Arba Welch
Hhis Poring
Roe
Y. Fur Hilton
Effie Waughop
Raby Jacobs
Gracie
Chicago
Lewis Nightwonger
Thomas Nighswonger
Lillie Nighswonger
Putnam Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Ed Parker and family visited his father while Ira Maple of Fairbury visited relatives here last week. A small child of Mr and Mrs Charles Jones has been very sick. Miss Parker and Miss Parker were visiting cousins. Alvin and Jessie Anderson made a business trip to Hennepin and stayed with their mother on the way home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam
Ed Parker
Ira Maple
Fairbury
Morgan Williams
Hennepin
Charles Jones
David Sellers
LF. Anderson
Parker
Pootia
Meliynlie Anderson
D. Wester
Chas Anderson
Alvin
Jessie Anderson
Local visitors and teaching appointment noted
Wm Williams H L Soper Lottie Soper and Carrie Williams visited Princeton Friday to Sunday as guests of Miss Edna Prattman. W H Wescott A Sherman and Mrs Myrtle McClary Minnie Sill of Granville called at O Anderson's Saturday evening. Miss McClary will teach in the Heukins district next year and the board congratulates on securing so able a teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm Williams
H.l Soper
Lottie Soper
Carrie Williams
Princeton
Edna Prattman
W. H. Wescott
A. Sherman
Myrtle McClary
Minnie Sill
Granville
Magnolia notes of local visits and new possessions
Nell Philips visits Varna relatives for a week. Judd Ongof Lacon called at Mrs Bobbitt's last Wednesday. Beatrice Massie visited her mother and grandmother last Sunday. Himmen Nelson returned home to help cook for breaders. Harve Ramage buys a new driving horse from Rev St John. James Phillips was ill but can get around again. Aunt Manis Kermeds and Nell of Varna visited Mrs Bobbitt's family. Jessie Emans stayed in Hennepin Friday to Sunday. Lottie Hannum went to Peoria then returns to care for her sick mother. Judie Dean owns a new violin and will take Tessons from Mr Eberly Lostant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nell Philips
Varna
Judd Ong
Lacon
Manis Kermeds
Nell
Bobbitt
Jessie Emans
Hennepin
Tessons
Morgan
Eberly
Lostant
Florid community notes include visits farms and harvests
Mrs Isaac Reichwine returns to Rock Island. Clara Bradley visits. Mra Whiteacre to teach Florid school. Blackberry harvest abundant. oats crop better than expected with 35 to 67 bushels per acre. Elsie Umbarger to visit Wyanet. Mrs Malhorn hosts. A local quarrel over gates prompts a sharp warning. Death of Miss Jennie Thayer in Georgia, with interment to Union Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Reichwine
Rock Island
Clara Bradley
Chicago
J. B. Albert
Mra Whiteacre
Hennepin Prairie
Elsie Umbarger
Wyanet
Lonstant
W. Jenkins
Lem
Stee
Wes
Wes, Imbher
Jennie Thayers
State of
Georgia
Miss Thayer
O. B. Dagger
Union Grove
L. W. Jenkins
Quaker Lane Residents and Visitors Attend Week Events
Jessie Taylor of Emporia Kansas will visit Abel Mills this week Floyd Mills visits relatives in McLean county this and last week Gertrude Votan of Nebraska visits with relatives in the Wilson and Gantz families Misses Maud and Maggie Kennedy return to Varna after two weeks with Mrs F Smith Haws invites Magnolia and Quaker Lane friends for next Wednesday Young Sospten Meeting Social renamed New Womans Social to be held Saturday in the Y M House yard with ice cream and cake in the dining hall
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Taylor
Emporia
Kansas
Abel Mills
Floyd Mills
McLean County
Gertrude Votan
Nebraska
A. B. Wilson
John Wilson
Florence Given
Stella Gantz
Haws
Magnolia
Quaker Lane
Maud
Maggie Kennedy
Local Notes Highlight Visits and Illnesses
MT Palatine reports Fannie Davis on the sick list. Lilla Helmick of Ottawa visits relatives. Tomy Corwin hosted by Theron Gallagher this week. Hope visited Jennie Newport. The PSOE had a splendid meeting Sunday evening led by Minnie Gunp. Georgie Gardner was taken ill Sunday and the…
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt, Palatine
Fannie Davis
Lilla Helmick
Ottawa
Tomy Corwin
Theron Gallaher
Hope
Jennie Newport
Y Psoe
Minnie Gunp
Georgie Gardner
Electric Bitters Prove Valued Medicine in Illinois Note
A fragment from a Worthington editor praises Electric Bitters as a cure for constipation and headaches. A Chicago resident credits six bottles with restoring health after persistent fatigue and digestive issues. Available at Dr Powell's Drug store for 50 cents to one dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrison
Worthington
Ind
Sun
Annie Stehle
Cottage Grove
Chicago
Fishing and family visits mark rural week notes
Ed Chance and family fished on Thursday. Clem Ransom visited his cousin Willie on Sunday. Allie Feazel and Sadie Barns visited friends. Ladies picked black berries. Ben Smill visited his uncle on Sunday. H Ransom helped with hay. John Morse has chills. Henry Stadgvin recovered from illness. Julius Morse had a fainting accident while putting up hay last Wednesday. He was knocked unconscious briefly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Chance
Clem' Ransom
Willie
Allie Feazel
Sadie Barns
Ben Smill
H. Ransom
John Morse
Willie Ransom
Henry Stadgvin
Julius Morse
Sound Liver Makes a Well Man and Herbine Remedy
An old advertisement claims a sound liver prevents illnesses and lists symptoms of biliousness. It promotes Herbine as a universal liver stomach or bowels medicine with no equal and a 75 cent price. Free trial bottles are offered at Dr Powell's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr Powell’s
Lone Tree Social Notes Mention Family Visits
Mrs Wright is very poorly but Ellsworth Wright can pick berries with one hand. Ray Anderson returned home after wisietime with Andrew Anderson. Johnny and Mary Ball with Frank and Mary Anderson visited Mr Yerring ton. Roy Thomas and family visited John Bell and Abe Ad derson last week. Sunday school at 10 and church in the evening. Let everyone in for a full house.
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