Henry Illinois social notes and visits in Henry area
The Henry Illinois page lists local residents on sick lists including Magnolia Nelson and Charles Glenn. It notes visitors and guests such as Mrs Prosner, Mrs Schimel, Margaret Roberts, Ollie Spencer, Katie Schlosser, Bessie Schacht and children, Mr and Mrs Charles Ruble and baby, Mrs Hill, Miss Evans, Addie Bear and children, George A. Burt, C A Fromme, John Dagner, Surface, Bert Graves, Grace, Mrs C H Ransom, Anita Roberts, Helen Funk, Ralph and Everett Hecht. Activities include ball games, threshing, and extended visits to Missouri, Iowa, and Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Axel Nelson
Charles Glenn
Prosner
Schimel
Henry
S. Potter’s
Margaret Roberts
Ollie Spencer
Katie Schlosser
Hopewell
Joe Bliell
Bessie Schacht
Charles Ruble
Baby
Hill
Lostant
Misses Evans
Addie Bear
Peoria
EB. R. Spencer’s
George A. Burt
C. A. Fromme
John Dagner
Surface
Lake
Bert Graves
Grace
Washburn
C. H. Ransom
Galesburg
Willie
S. Potter
Missouri
Iowa
Kansas
Anita Roberts
Helen Funk
Ralph
Everett Hecht
R. L. Swindler
Momenco
Jennie Krantz
Venona
Dawson Judd
Nolan Evans
Fred Glover
James Arnold
Deer Park
Clifford Potter
Francis Horton
Eman
Simonton
Myrtle
Jenkins
Stateler
Miss Burtis
Bloomington
TB 25¢ 25c 250 50c 45c 26c ww
A compact notice lists prices or values such as 25 cents 50 cents and 26 cents alongside miscellaneous figures. The readable text is sparse and lacks clear context or events. No names, dates, or places are discernible in the fragment.
Magnolia Mercantile buys Clemens Hiatt stock. possession soon
Local note reports Magnolia Mercantile Co taking over Clemens & Hiatt stock of goods with possession imminent. Also covered are regional travel for Spencer and Wells parties, a Putnam County Teachers examination August 24 25 at Hennepin, and the Wilson family reunion planned near Venona with blank records for family genealogy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magnolia Mercantile Co
Clemens & Hiatt
R. W. Spencer
Mabel Wells
Ehringer
Indiana
Mabel
Effie Boyle
Tonica
Nelly Montgomery
Peoria
H. T. Simpson
Hennepin
Joe Otto
Putnam County
Court House
Geo. W. Hunt
Joseph Morris
Travis
Little Son
Bloomington
Hope Township
Magnolia
Freeman
Reymer
Wilson
Wenona
Venona
Anti Jim Playing Society Meeting Promised in Town
In Washington Lloyd Kidd is visiting while Ed and George Phillips fished Wednesday. Born Aug 1 a girl arrived to Mr and Mrs Perry Pittman with standard weight both mother and baby fine under Dr Simmons. A new piano appears in James Ray’s home and the Ray daughters show musical talent. A notice invites a meeting in front of Simington's blacksmith shop next Monday to organize and pass resolutions urging Jim to stop playing before 4 am or after 11 pm and not sing except on Groundhog Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Kidd
Washington
George Phillips
Perry Pittman
Babe
Dr. Simmons
James Ray
Ray
Jim
Simington
Magnolia Mercantile Co. buys Hiatt interests and stock
Notice states Magnolia Mercantile Co of Magnolia Illinois has purchased the interest of P A Hiatt in Clemens and Hiatt stores and hardware and the stock of groceries. All accounts due will be receipted and all bills paid by Magnolia. Watch the ad next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. A. Hiatt
Clemens & Hiatt Stores and Hardware
Magnolia Mercantile Co
Magnolia
Mrs Josephine Clark Priest Detroit Club Woman Dies
Mrs Josephine Clark Priest, a leading Detroit club woman born in Gardner Maine April 2 1841, died at 297 Hancock Avenue West Detroit after a long illness. Widow of Thurlow W Priest she had lived in Detroit since 1864 and headed linked club groups including the Detroit Review and Twentieth Century clubs. She leaves daughter Miss Maud Priest, Pingree School principal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine. Priest
O. F. Taylor
0. F. Taylor
Magnolia
Granville
Josephine Clark Priest
Detroit
Mich
Detroit Journal
Granville Echo Highlights Local News And School Hiring
The Granville Echo reports on a jovial Hennepin group showing John Leech around as the Cotton King. It notes the John Swaney school hiring a fifth teacher and adds another instructor due to high pupil demand. County Superintendent Hunt will address the Bureau County Teachers' institute. Miss Mary Yoder joins the teaching corps while Miss Dagger resigns. Emery Hutchinson's child died after a brief illness. funeral held Sunday with community sympathy. Subscribe for The Republican.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raley
Patterson
Taylor
Tures
John Leech
Texas
Board of Education
John Swaney School
Hunt
Putnam County
Bureau County Teachers’ Institute
Princeton
Mary Yoder
Normal
Dagger
Emery Hutchinson
Granville
Railroad sale looms for Magnolia line assets
The Magnolia railroad, owned by the Devlin estate and operated by the Toledo Marquette and Northern system, is headed for sale to satisfy long running claims. Receivers and examiner judges in Peoria and Princeton, Illinois, prepare a report on the Devlin estate affairs and the Spring Valley National Bank claim, believed to exceed $100,000, aiming to finalize the estate and enable the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magnolia
Devlin
Toluca, Marquette & Northern Railroad Co
Charles J. Devlin
H. M. Trimble
Spring Valley National Bank of
Princeton
Ill
W. XK
Trimble
Peoria
Evans
United States Court Clerk’s
Spring Valley National Bank
Chamberlain’s Remedy Praised by Indiana Traveler
A commercial traveler from Oakland Indiana testifies that Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy never fails to cure and has been used since 1872. The ad notes it is for sale by A J Ironmonger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
H .§. Nichols
Oakland
Ind
Ter
A. J
Tonica Area Social Roundup Includes Visitors and Travel
Tonica residents report social visits and travel news. Morey Roberts and wife of Ottawa joined friends here. Thomas Buckingham and family visited Walter Snell’s north of Tonica. Ed Evans and wife and Ellsworth Allen of Streator visited Frank Fulmer’s Sunday. Rollin Travis and family took a Cadillac Thirty trip to Peoria. Mrs. G W Greiner and family spend the week in Hennepin. Mrs. E B Wilkins and two children with Miss Winnifred Lawrence left for McConnelsville Ohio. Mrs. Cook of Chicago visiting uncle Adam Miller Sr. Miss Sue Bullock visited the Egerton family at Depue. Jeannette Taggart named among 32 La Salle county scholars for State Normal schools. Mrs. G D Hillabrand went to Mudlavia Indiana for husband’s rheumatism treatment. Henry Esch and wife of Britt Iowa visiting nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Buckingham
Walter Snell
Tonica
Ed Evans
Ellsworth Allen
Streator
Miss Outraum
Long Point
Frank Fulmer
Lawrence Does
Wm. C. Does
Tom Henning
Mabel
Effie Boyle
Magnolia
Rollin Travis
Peoria
G. W. Greiner
Hennepin
E. B. Wilkins
Winnifred Lawrence
McConnelsville
Cook
Chicago
Adam Miller
Sue Bullock
Egerton
Depue
la Salle County
Jeannette Taggart
G. D. Hillabrand
Mudlavia
Ind
Henry Esch
Britt
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Suffering Woman
AVirginia woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with saving her life after eleven years of illness. The letter from Mrs Wheaton of Vienna West Virginia extols the remedy and urges other women to try it, noting the product contains no narcotics and has a long record of cures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E.pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Local Notables and Visitors Parade Through Town
Harley Cooper from Washington DC visited friends and business interests here last weekend. Several locals, including Ida Mills and Alice Tomlinson, spent time with relatives and classmates. A new Reo car venture to Omaha and sheep purchases to Chicago were noted, along with visits by Mildred Whitney, Charles, and Mrs. Lucretia Franklin. John Swaney’s family visited Tonica. Ruth Bumgarner bought a piano. James and Mrs. McNabb returned from Madlavia for rheumatism treatment. a new instructor was added to the school to meet tuition demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harley Cooper
Washington
Mildred Whitney
Little Charles
Mary Smith
David Wilson
Alice
Venona
John Wilson
Lucretia Franklin
Sara Chase
Kansas City
Mary W. Smith
John Swaney
Barney
Tonica
Gertrude French
T. J. Smith
Seattle
Ruth Bumgarner
James McNabb
Madlavia
Board of Education
John Swaney School
Hay Fever Remedy Praised by Batesville Reader
In Batesville Indiana A S Nusbaum recounts suffering through a three month summer cold that mimicked hay fever. After failed prescriptions and medicines he used Foley's Honey and Tar which quickly cured him and his wife has had the same success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oures
A. S. Nusbaum
Batesville
Indiana
Foley
A. J. Tronmonger
Cottage visitors and threshing notes in Henry area
Mr and Mrs Frank Lubeck and daughter visited Stephen Merritt and others in the area. Threshing continues with oats good and wheat yielding 18 to 30 bushels. Numerous visits among local families and friends, plus a windmill accident injuring Otto West requiring amputation. Foley’s Kidney Remedy endorsed by Mrs S L Bowen of Wayne West Virginia.
Florid residents visit Granville and area families
Mrs Ralph Martin and two children visit her parents in Granville this week. Mr and Mrs Will Herron and two children from Pomona Cal are here on extended visit at the H E Allen home. Emory Hutchinsons eight months old babe died last Friday. Roy Daily and family have returned to live here after a year in Kansas. Multiple local names and visits fill the week with gatherings, travel, and a somber funeral sermon by Rev Martin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Martin
Granville
Will Herron
Pomona
Cal
H. E. Allen
Emory Hutchinson
Babe
Roy Daily
Kansas
Samuel Clemens
Martin
Hartley
Pearl Bush
Henry
Russell
Cleo Chance
Kate Deininger
John Clemens
Princeton
Arthur Spencer
Magnolia
Seibert
Ralph
Julia Fulmer
Chicago
Frank Hetrick
Peru
Anna
Sada Burnstein
Lavonne Clemens
McNabb
Frank Pearce
George Hetrick
Will Hetrick
Pearl Hetrick
Hall
Clyde Hetrick
H.E. Allen
Katie Hisenhour
Tres ™Mont
Eliza Beck
Relief From Colicky Pains With Diarrhoea Remedy
Beaver Dam Kentucky resident I. S. Mason credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with ending years of intense colicky pains. After a few doses, pains vanished and have not returned for four years. The remedy is sold by A. J. Ironmonger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. S. Mason
Beaver Dam
Chamberlain
A. J. Ironmonger
Local notes from Wenona highlight visits and travels
Miss Lucile Hannum returns home from Normal. David Henderson spends Sunday with family. Mrs S C Martin, recently ill, moves to Chicago with daughter Helen Pervis and Dr Dakin. Miss King visits sister Mrs Yarnell then returns home. Bernice Bridge leaves for Englewood. Harold Everley back from Peru for summer, plans to teach in Lincoln Illinois. Mrs Oscar Frede visits relatives in Lacon. B O Ball family visit Rev J D Calhoun's home. Mrs Clarence Brown sells home to J W Brown. Miss Lucy Dunlap visiting Iowa. Rev McCain granted vacation for warm weather. Thomas Marland visits from Chicago and Mrs Joe Lunning and Miss Flossie Lunning visit Axline family. Rev Calhoun baptizes three after church services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucile Hannum
David Henderson
S. C. Martin
Chicago
Helen Pervis
Dakin
Magnolia
Miss King
Dr. Yarnell
Bernice Bridge
Englewood
Harold Everley
Peoria
Lincoln
Ill
Oscar Frede
Lacon
B. O. Ball
Cambridge
Clarence Brown
J. W. Brown
Lucy Dunlap
Iowa
McCain
The
Presbyterian Church
Thomas Marland
Joe Lunning
Prophetstown
Flossie Lunning
Dana
C. A. Axline
Sandy M. BR
Calhoun
Immersion Baptism Performed for Lostant Group
A baptism was conducted for a Lostant group led by their pastor Rev Jones. Since Rev Jones was not ordained, Rev Cal houn conducted the ceremony. A sizable turnout from Lostant attended the service as witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lostant
Jones
Calhoun
Roselawn Cheese Factory sale listed in Putnam
BH BE Henkins offers for sale the property known as The Roselawn Cheese Factory at Lone Tree. Moving picture show in town every night this week. Foley's Kidney Remedy promotes healthy kidneys and relief from back ache and urinary disorders. A J Ironmon ger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam
Ladies’ Aid
O. P. Carroll
BE. Henkins
Roselawn
Lone Tree
Lawrence Deane
Massachusetts
Enid Carroll
Chillicothe
George Heminghouse
Mrs. Belche
Mary Wheeler
Warren Falk
Foley
Ironmonger
Venona Big Bend plans for Aug reunion at Wenona City park
The Big Bend committees have arranged several contracts for attractions for the Wenona reunion at Wenona City park from Aug 31 to Sep 4. Highlights include Spencer's band of Peoria, daily high dive and balloon ascension, plus other features to be finalized. General Hayes of Joliet will speak on Old Soldiers' Day, with Carrie Nation among prominent speakers being sought. Swedish church members enjoyed a picnic at Oscar Johnson's grove. Jim Stanton of Wenona, a former Wenona high school pitcher, is emerging as a top player. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Peter Petrovich on July 28 has a double cleft lip. doctors previously operated on a sibling who died from feeding difficulties. The newborn may be sent to a hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Nation
Venona
Oscar Johnson
Jim Stanton
Wenona
Jim
Peter Petrovich
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Magnolia Department
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Potter & Potter
Magnolia, Ill
Waco Flour
Seal of Minnesota
Puritan
Horseshoe Tobacco
J. H Massie
Nancy
Agency
Grif
A. Simmons
Centenary _ Hospital
Olive Street Bank
Barnes’ University
Edico, Chirulogical Society
St. Louie
Inn Bank
Inn
Til
F. Mongeau
W. H. Weathers
Chicago Veterinary College Veterinary Hospital
Pounce
Marielia
Robert G. Dakin, M. D
Morey Roberts
Ottawa
Quaker Lane
Frank Lubeck
Stephen Merritt
Eigsti
Peter Ringenburg
Christ Schantz
Mary Shugart
Mrs. Merritt
Sam Chesney
John Bachman
Merritt
Liebeck
Frank Doty
Bradford
Castleton
Randall Mills
Mell Griswold
Hiram Allen
Draper
Fox Lake
Helen
Mary Hunter
Leonard Hunter
Claude Hunter
Broline
Sherwood Merritt
Wm. Chesney
Otto West
W. A. Lidgard
Harry
Chambersburg
Frank Lidgard
Harry Chenoweth
David
Tiskilwa
Henry Smith
Wm. Smith
Peter Baart
Kewanee
Mary Spears
Wm. Piper
Albee
Si Wset
Goodale
Julander
West
S. L. Bowen
Wayne
W. Va
Magnolia Bank
Illinois
Northern Illinois Co-Operative Burial Association
Allen B. Smith
G. W. Keller
Undertaker
FLORD
Frank Dawson
Roy Bair
South Dakota
Bert Hamrick
Wyanet
Stipp
J. L. Downey
J. M. Williams
Chisler
West Virginia
Strosni
G. W. Lawson
Harry Stipp
Milton’ Ball
Silvis
Curt Henkins
Whitefield
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