Our Sister Towns
Local notes describe visits by Reynolds and others, coal supplies and rain needs for crops, elderly relatives, and community events. A fire scare, lectures at the Baptist church, and travel plans are noted along with testimonials praising Ely's Cream Balm for catarrh and a low price of fifty cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
W. J. Hitchcook
U. S. Vol
A. A. Gen
Buffalo
N. Y
Alfred W. Stevens
Caldwell
Ohio
Grand Pasquale area notes and local updates
South Whitefield reports Grandpa Jacobs poor health. Mrs John Faul visits Iowa relatives. Anna Hosfield visited Lacon friends. Little Etta Wunder receives a fine organ. Will and Mattie look stylish Sunday. Mrs Shriner reshingling Burson schoolhouse. Billy Johnston is low with typhoid fever, recovery hoped. Will Rowe returned from Oklahoma. Chas Jacobs oversees road work. Big hill to be improved. 3000 preparations for a surprise party midweek. More rain desired to ease dust. John Cornall kicked by a gray horse, black eye. Big 4 races finished, threshing ended. chatter on next pig on the progant for Chillicothe fale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandpa Jacobs
John Faul
Iowa
Anna Hosfield
Lacon
Etta Wunder
Myll
Will
Mattie
Shriner
Burson
Billy Johnston
Will Rowe
Oklahoma
Chas Jacobs
Hoe
John Cornall
John
Community notes from Whitefield Corners and area
Local items report pleasant visits by Miss Jonnie Hayden and Mr Kuhn with Miss H and Elzy Rowe’s recovery to meals. School district 11 to sell the old schoolhouse. Dr Willis buys Mathew Reid farm and local families move or return from the west. Cholera infantum illness, sermons by Andrew Kelly, and a well-digging effort reaching rock at 388 feet with dynamite attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonnie Hayden
al Fleetwood
Elzy Rowe
Kuhn
Abingdon
Lizzie
H. D. Bonham
Whitefield Corners
Clark Swift
Henry Griswold
Launemin
Lillian Runnells
Nebraska
Iowa
McCurdy
Peoria
G. Snell
Sthel Willis
Eureka
Jim Vandyke
Will Fountain
Chicago
Willis
Mathew Reid
Wilfred Townsend
Wm Harris
Harris
Bradord
Clyde Dille
Middle Grove
Thompson
Mra Dille
Crow Meadow Social Notes and Grange Picnic Plans
Ed and Martha Vawson visited Peoria last Saturday while S L Case hosts a Sheffield guest. Mary Merdian to stay with her uncle in Whitefield. Julia Healy from Peoria pleased Edith Quinn. Eva Harrison hosted her young friends after noon. gravel crews fix roads on the township west side. Grange picnic planned at Undercliff this week with strong turnout expected for two days of programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crow Meadow
Martha Vawson
Peoria
S. L. Case
Sheffield
Mary Merdian
Whitefield
Julia Healy
Edith Quinn
Eva Harrison
Grange
Undercliff
Weather, travel, and health notes from Saratoga
Saratoga reports very warm weather and dusty roads. Dave McBeth remains in poor health and Mrs Thomas Kelley is ill but improving. Local residents and visitors are listed among those traveling, hosting, or visiting relatives in Iowa Missouri Pennsylvania and Illinois. A fire destroyed Will Smart's stable and related equipment, with church graveyard cleaning and a peach ice cream supper planned for fundraising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga
Dave McBeth
Thomas Kelley
Hubbel
Inky
Iowa
Johnny Oulton
Stark County
Ransom Kelley
Conrad
Richard Kelley
Missouri
Wm Coulter
Foster
Monier
Henry
Wyoming
Charley Hubbel
George Vail
Whitefield
Sam Thumma
Pennsylvania
Miss Carter
Peoria
Miss Mallory
Lacon
Grace Hankison
Jessie Webber
Libbie Campbell
Miss McCreary
Sparland
James-Andrew-and
Ford County
Frank Klein
Newt VanOstand
Will Smart
Magnolia area notes and obituaries listed in town column
Local items report illnesses and visits including Lewis Dean Magnolia, John Piper and Ethel Bishop. Obituary details for Mrs Sarah Wright mark a death on August 8 and note earlier family moves through Magnolia and Henry. Other notes cover trades, races, visits, and town commerce in Putnam and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magnolia
Lewis Dean
Johnnie Piper
Jose Hauger
Luke Bishop
Wenona
Mrs Ransom
Missouri
Clifford
Joe Haws
John Thornton
Ethel Bishop
Etta Bobbitt
Celia Spenser
Robi Thornton
Jacksonville
Local notes and life updates from Aug 1895 issue
Reports from Putnam area include births and visits in York state, farming yields of oats, and painting activity on homes. Local incidents cover a runaway causing injuries to Chas Golden and a coachmen accident involving Mrs Edward Hunter and Mrs Jane Anderson. A social by the Ladies Aid at Captain Bracken’s residence draws large crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Bacon
James M. Winship
York State
Chas Prutzman
O. P. Carroll
Getty
Fr. O. Cook
Chas Golden
Jao Tassell
Putnam
Jno M. Ferrell
Marseilles
Ladies Aid J
The
Christian Church
Captain Bracken
Edward Hunter
Jane Anderson
Stipp
Republican
Pat
Mount Palatine Gossip and Community Notes
Theresa Mattern visits sister in Wesley Iowa and Adam Goitz finishes painting G O Davis store. Visitors from Aurora Elk Point Cherokee Mendota Chicago and Venona are noted along with a fostered youth from near Chicago. A Friday dance draws a crowd and Wizard Oil Co hosts nightly concerts before a cemetery trustees meeting August 24 in Union church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theresa Mattern
Jno. Goetz
Wesley
Iowa
Adam Goitz
Peru
G. O. Davis
Isaac Stansell
Venona
Mrs Harth
Aurora
Jennie Newport
Elk Point
South Daota
John Morrison
Cherokee
Che Messrs
Burkart
Mendota
Chicago
Lawrence
L. F. Barr
Wizard Oil Co
Union Church
Mount Palatine
Local notes from Hennepin and county events
Henry area visits and court sessions noted with D W Danley Jno Swaney J Thornton Magnolia political and social events at Congregational Market Day and M E church ice cream social. Moody meetings, elderly Meade frail in heat. Hood’s Sarsaparilla advertised with claims of appetite and health benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hennepin
Toms
D. W. Danley
Henry
Jolly Jno
Swaney
Clear Creek
Judge McNabb
John Thornton
Magnolia
John
Man Meade
Local Social Roundup From Quaker Lane and Beyond
Guests and visits amid Quaker Lane gatherings as Juaura Spargrove hosts M. Smith and Jesse Black expected to join. Abel Mills and Harley Cooper plan a land trip to Whiteside county this week while Perry Mills and wife visit Mrs Mills parents in Iowa on Thursday. Ottawa party en route to Lacon passes Sabbath, H. K. Smith’s yard noted. Theodore Wilson recovering and using a wheelchair briefly. Sue Wierman hosts friends with ice cream and cake Monday. A boy spending vacation at Perry’s returns to Chicago. Stout firm hosts Wils reunion courtesy. omitted notice in reports with wooden plates and printed compliments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quaker Lane
Juaura Spargrove
M. Smith
Paca
Jesse Black
Orethi Abel Mills
Harley Cooper
Whiteside County
Perry Mills
Mrs Mills
Towa
Ottawa
Lacon
H. K. Smith
Theodore Wilson
Sue Wierman
Perrysmu
Chicago
OX BOW Residents Share Visits Across Town
Mrs Chas Ransom announces a new bike during a visit with Ina and other guests at Joe Rasha's home on Sunday. Nearby, Mr and Mrs Andrew Morse and Q Christianson visited near Varn. Sophia Christianson and family visited her sister Mn A Morse followed by Vina Ricketts and three children visiting Andrew Morse this Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas Ransom
Ina
Joe Rasha
Andrew Morse
Q Christianson
Varn
Sophia Christianson
Mn A. Morse
Vina Ricketts
Varna
Andmw
Morse
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Benry
Grange Bort
Wditex
Ufe
Henry, Ill
Spakland
Hey Reynolds
Jediker
Miss Walters
Delavan
Carl Sultemyer
Teamer
Andrew Shearer
Wyom Ing
Andrew Atchison
James Hoadly
Lombardville
Ned Hoadly
Jim Wempton
Stone
Baptist Church
Mra
Dr Everett
Boston
Batchelor
Larry Nowell
South Whitefield
J.H. Jones & Son
Ludlow Ladies
J -El.jones & Gon
Gertle Piper
Clark Glenn
Oxbow
Gustave Otto
Mary Griffith
Leland Griffith
Massie
Hattie Rolley
Taura Barber
Lostant
Ekby Downey
Sarah Wright
Sarah Boman
Allen County
Brian Wright
Elias Wright
Bliss
Hally Rolly
Wright
Ooragests
Echddrocs Krerye Ured CO
Mascale Temple
Chiragyd. BH
Jimmy
Times
J. W. Patterson
E. C. Henkins
Mike McCormick
Charley Protzman
Mat Condit
Jos Lyons
Mat
Dawson
A. Stickel
Edward Grady
Rock Island
D. Peterson
J. J. Ellard
Mr Drake
Swan Magnuson
Mat Drake
A.S. Dawson
Pat McCormick
Pillsbury
Arbuckel
Drax
B. F.S. Kelso
Huoroka
Chas A. Cardwell
Kewanee
Belle
Dakota
Memes J
Miles H
Hood
C. & W. Eddy
Hennepin, Tlk
Venom
OX Bow
Henry M
Arke’'S
le Seesenbeeer
John Kline
John Kline Benry Ill
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