Magnolia notices and local visits in Magnolia area
Local notes report A Ward as Magnolia's representative handling Magnoli a Seasonals and seasonal work. Mentions visitors, bakery goods, car agency by Morphew Hardware, Epworth League ice cream social netting about $15, and mail service discussions. Also covers court actions and church services in the Magnolia region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Magnolia
T., Alb
Nwill
Hennepin
Henry Qrins
Heavy
Mark
Granville
Joseph Prusellis
Nishin Panier
Charles Aubriavices
Angile
Magnolia Sunday Services Announced for October
A church announces Magnolia area services with Sunday school at 10 am and preaching at 7:30 pm. Elders from Normal District will lead and invite all Christians to attend the morning and evening gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magnolia
SreSinds
inenoHawill
Dreiding Elder
Eran
Putnam County Teachers Examination Announced
The Putnam County Teachers examination will be held at the court house in Hennepin on Monday and Tuesday August 19 and 20 from 9 a m to 4 p m each day. Subjects on day one include Reading arithmetic history of Minors and orthography. Day two covers United States history civics grammar geography and pedagogy. G W Hunt County Superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam County
Court House
Hennepin
United States
G W Hunt
Mail carrier extends service to Magnolia route
The Magnolia Mail, More Dugan, faithfully carried mail from here to Magnolia for four years and one month. He extended one more month by department request. Lostant patrons seek earlier service by routing mail from Lostant to Magnolia instead of McNabb. Henry Trains arrive at 5 am and 7 am, making an early daily mail crucial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magnolia
Dugan
Lostan
McNabb
Lostant Cor Tonica
Henry
Magnolia Cemetery Described as Neglected Yet Reachable Remedy
The author laments Magnolia Cemetery's overgrown, unwelcome state while urging local readers to visit and participate in restoring it to the beauty it once held. The piece questions responsibility and invites small, collective effort to reclaim the grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magnolia Cemetery
Magnolia
W H Simonton
Local visit notes from Lostant and nearby towns
Several residents and relatives are mentioned visiting kin in Lostant Tonica Dwight Henry Wenona Auburn and Roadhouse. Names include Miss Lou Hillabrand Prof C W Randall Mrs Kate Williamson and Mrs Hagy plus Mrs Mills and Mrs Barton with various family ties and weekday travel.
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We McCluskey
Yuma
Stoner
Chicago
Ralph
Marie
Nancy Foster
Wm. Groat
Tonica
Clarence Robinson
Dwight
Bay No. 2
Alfred Reichman
Johnson
Henry
Wm Cleary
C. Wolf
Wenona
Jane Thornton
T Cleary
C. W Randall
Kate Williamson
Auburn
Lou Hillabrand
Lostant
C. Hagy
Lena Merritt
Roadhouse
Dean's Kidney Pills Promote Kidney Health
Advertisement text describing kidney illness signals and symptoms, praising Dean's Kidney Pills. Personal testimonial from Norton Brown of Henry, UL, claiming relief from back pains and abnormal kidney secretions after using the product. Mentions purchase at J. W. Wiiece's drug store and price of 50 cents, with Foster-Milburn Co of Buffalo as sole agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright
Dean
J. W. Wiiece
Foster-Milburn
Coz
Buffalo
NewsYark
Sole- Mesnis
Don Doan
Iake
Waggons Run for John Swaney School Dedication in Magnolia
Alfred Bayliss describes the dedication of the John Swaney School District 325 Magnolia township Putnam county Illinois on May 27. The brick four recitation rooms two laboratories an auditorium for 300 a boys manual training room and a campus of 24 acres are highlighted with a branch experimental station and a $2000 purse from local citizens. The article notes trustees and teachers and the goal of a top quality rural normal school with four years beyond eighth grade and a focus on agronomy horticulture and household science. Tuition is $9 per semester with some students from other districts attending.
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Illnois
Magnolia Township
Putnam County
Putnam
Illinois
Clear Creek
Magnolia
George W Hunt
JW. B. Mills
John Wilson
John Swaney
John JA. Kays
W G. Griffith
F E. Smith
Perry Mills
W. L. Mills
Louis Priebe
Little Lome
Superintendent of Public Instruction
McNeal C James
Streator Township
State Normal University
Agricultural College
University of Illiois
Mabel Osathout
Eva G Ratekin
Military Tract Normal School
University of Illinois
United States
The Limit of Life and Electric Bitters
Eminent medical scientists say life span can be extended with advanced knowledge. The crucial decade 50 to 60 requires careful body care to prevent fatal results. Electric Bitters is praised as a tonic to revitalize organs after 50, guaranteed by A. J. Ironmonger, druggist, for 50 cents.
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Nature
A. J. Ironmonger
Local Social Notes Include Visits and Households
Last week McNabb family and Princeton relatives appear in town rosters. Vera Cook returned home to Streator on Saturday. Alice Weaver of Lostant visited Friday. Mrs McNabb hosts sister-in-law Mrs Laughlin and two nieces from Wyanet plus two nephews from Missouri. Vivian Haws traveled to Chicago Sunday. Mrs Cyrel Haws hosts a guest from Minnesota. Mr and Mrs Frank Kerns visited Reading with their son J. Brenn of Magnolia appears in community notes.
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May Cee
Hunt
Ed Study‘yan
Wallace
Adrian DeLong
Citronelli
Ala
Homer Witley
Lucille Gildersleeve
Hudson
Bloomington
Frank Glover
Harry Raamge
Walker Johnson
Perry ‘Dakin
Chicago
Maxwell
Morphew Hardware Company
Maxwell Automobiles
Sandey
Reading
Hoffman
Martin Waser
Florid
En -Brenn
Magnolia
A & Y Ia
Rse Smith
Auction bids open for late J. Devlin estate interests
The estate of the late J. Devlin, tied to the Taree coal and related interests, is under court supervision with Walter Reeves J Hurley and Cyrus Leland named as trustees. Bids for the entire property were opened. two top offers stood at 425000 and 710000, the latter contingent on creditor agreements. The outcome hinges on trustee action and bondholder arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reeves
Regular as the Sun Pills Ad Claim
An old expression frames the sun’s regular cycle and links it to Dr. King’s New Life Pills advertised as health regulation. The notice claims guaranteed effectiveness by A J Ironmonger, druggist, for 25 cents.
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Dr. King
A. J
Those Good Old Times Nostalgia Note on Past Boy and Girl Life
A nostalgic column contrasts past and present youth and community life. It laments modern changes from home-made clothes and chores to school routines and social pressures, noting harsher child labor and simpler pleasures of pioneer days. It mocks current trends and praises resilience.
Geneseo Canning Company Pea Harvest Sums Reveal Local Yields
Geneseo area peas crop from 382 acres produced 12,490.12 dollars in sales for the canning company. Additional payments for labor totaled 6,557 dollars. The company’s books show an average yield of 44,283 dollars per acre for the entire acreage and the lowest twenty five growers averaged 29.32 dollars per acre with 4,466 pounds.
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Henry and
Geneseo
Republic
Canning Company
Eep
Pea Crop Yields Boost Profit for Growers and Company
The season’s favorable conditions increased profits with only one acre sacrificed. From 282 acres cleared by July 10, peas prove advantageous and the outlook hints at expanded next year. Total pack from this crop reaches 852,000 cans as Dawes Diener and Scarborough prepare for corn harvest from around July 20 to 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B Dawes
Hébry Diener
E. W Scarborough
Baltimore
Rock Island Gains Monopoly Grip on Illinois Rail Routes
The Rock Island line has secured control of the Alton and now dominates traffic between Peoria and Chicago. The shift reduces competition among Chicago St. Louis routes, leaving Illinois Central and Wabash as the remaining rivals, with Rock Island, Illinois Central, and Wabash forming the core trio.
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Rock Island
Chicago Examiner
Rock Island Railway
Peoria
Chicago
Alton
Toledo, Peoria & Western
Harriman
Illinois
Mississippi
St. Louis
Central
Wabash
Alton Uoiw
Oilinois Central
Trinsis
Timois Central
Webash
Ane
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Fe Cntr
the Republic
A. Ward
Magnelia
Henry Recan
Lolma
Putnam County Teachers' Examination
Natures
Alfred Bayliss
Formier State
Western State Normal At
Macomb
School News
Alfred Bayhiss
Western State Normal
Matcomb
G. Clemens
THE
Magnolia Bank
Magnolia, Ill
Northern Illinois Co-Operative Burial Association
G. W. Keller
Undertaker and
Embazzier
Lloomington, Ill
Ramage House
Nolia
J. M. Downey
R. F. Detney
W. A. Simmons
Physican
Surgeil
Centenary Hospitalitive Street Bank
Barnes Univers
Medical Chirulogical Society
2 Souls
Ina Bank
Ina
Ill
Robert. G. Dakin
M M
J. H. Massie
Seasosse
Grfith’s Laundry
W H. Weathers
M. D
R. Kregor
Johnny
Chamberlain
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