Magnolia social notes show busy week of visits and travel
Magnolia residents hosted and visited kin across Illinois. Gus Otto and Ray Eddingfield were ill and out, several Dunne and Kimball relatives traveled to Peoria Chicago Ottawa Varna and Pekin, plus Curtained by drives to Dwight Peru Valparaiso and Michigan. A Woodman picnic and a Sunday school event closed with a boys’ edge over girls in a local baseball game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Otto
Dunne Sisters
Peoria
Ray Eddingfield
Frank Phillips
Pekin
Viola Hauger
Varna
C .B. Moore
Princeville
Lackland
George Golden
Sparland
Alice Kimball
Chicago
E. Sweet
L. B. Elliston
Feoria
Kathleen Dunne
Kohle
Ottawa
Jane Bobbitt
Hattie Eddingfield
Nettie Palm
Jessie Emmons
C. Tomlinson
Quaker Lane
Mae Cee
Lacon
N. B. Thierry
Hendrick
Henry
M. P. Lackland
Tremont
M. L. Merritt
Lawrence
Valparaiso
Ind
Bertha Culbertson
Joseph Sivell
Alice
Ed Mathis
Michigan
Margaret
Warner Lackland
Bert Ehringer
Anita Roberts
Woodman
Washburn
Magnolia
Ralph French
Gertrude
Manitou, Col
C. L. Wierman
J. Dean
Leona
Bernice Ray
Jeannette Balderson
Allentown
Thursday Afternoon Club Meets at Mrs Jewell Home
The Thursday Afternoon club met August fifteenth at Mrs H B Jewell’s home. Members discussed Gene Stratton Porter current events and quotations. Mrs Ward read on Gene Porter and her life, detailing her books Freckles Girl of the Limberlost and The Harvester. A vivid Limberlost Swamp scene was presented by Mrs Lackland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Jewell
Gene Stratton Porter
R. A. Ward
Gene Porter
Limberlost
M. P. Lackland
Porter
R. L. Swindler
the Harvester
J. S. Phillips
R. W. Spencer
Helen Funk
Hazel Boman
Miss Kimball
Chicago
Aukland
la Prairie
Mamie Hohn
Dwight
Champaign
Magnolia
G. A. Morphew
Big Bend
For Sale White oak posts at Bent Law farm
Two thousand white oak posts offered at 1214 cents each by R. W. Spencer dated August 15. The sale location is one mile west of Magnolia on the Bent Law farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magnolia
Bent Law
R. W. Spencer
Hennepin and Peoria Excursions Highlight Local News
Local readers note the frequent visits and relatives from Harvey Allens in Hennepin and nearby towns. Many families, including Allen, Deininger, and Reichwine, travel to Peoria and Clear Creek, with social visits and theater outings recounted. Andrew Larson departs for Sweden for two months.
Local Notables and Guests Visit Area Homes
Miss Mary Cleary entertains two Wenona nieces while Mrs McDaniels returns from Indiana with sister Mrs Allen visiting. Lizzie Boyd of Grand Ridge and Opal Hepler of Streator stay at the M E parsonage. Gail Gibb returns to Lacon after a two month visit. The Hehir sisters of Wapella visit their brother I C agent T H Hehir and wife. John Whalen of Garfield reports a horse killed by lightning. Joseph Kelso loses one last week. Lostant Catholic society hires the band for Labor Day field day. Amanda Cleal of Ransom cares for Mrs S H Hill. Mrs C B Lambourn departs for Denver after two weeks visiting. An Illinois Central Life Insurance agent seeks a death proof for a $1000 check to the mother. Rose Matern of Rockford visits Hennepin. Mildred Glass to Granville. Rebekah lodge hosts Golden Red camp ladies at the opera house room with a lively banquet. Sadie Stouffer visits Sparland sister Mrs Maxwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McMahon
Michigan
Cinnamon
Rutland
Lena Gray
Prudy Keller
la Salle
C. B. Gould
Buckingham
Daisy Eberly Hunter
Henry
Fred Zilm
Elsie
Melvin
Sophie Hines
Lauretta
John Wenzel
Nancy Foster
Estella Bell
Clara Bryan
Tonica
Schoenneshoefer
Mary Pohl
Mendota
Jennie Dorsey
Decatur
John Oberheiser
John Kiley
Margaret Kelso
Mary Ryan
Margaret Weber
Flossie
Alice Barber
Marie Comisky
Bessie Golden
Naomie Wooley
Iva Kranz
Hallie Jones
Teachers’ Institute
Ottawa
Ross Parrett
Farmer City
Indiana
Ohio
Toledo
Cincinnati
Charles Hartenbower
Mary Cleary
Wenona
McDaniels
Allen
Lizzie Boyd
Grand Ridge
Opal Hepler
Streator
M. E. Parsonage
Gail Gibb
F. B. Gapen
Lacon
Lizzie
Frances Hehir
Wapella
T. H. Hehir
I. C
John Whalen
Garfield
Joseph Kelso
Lostant
Catholic Society
Amanda Cleal
Ransom
S. H. Hill
Illinois Central Life Insurance Company
Rose Matern
Rockford
Hennepin
Mary Matern
Mildred Glass
Granville
Rebekah Lodge
Opera House
Sadie Stouffer
Mrs. Maxwell
Sparland
Bucklens Arnica Salve Promises Quick Pile Relief
There are two things everlastingly at war, joy and piles, and Bucklens Arnica Salve claims to banish piles in any form. It soothes itching and swelling and comforts skin injuries from burns to eruptions. Available for 25 cents at A. J. Ironmonger's and T. J. Segraves' drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
A. J. Ironmonger
T. J. Segraves
Hennepin Busy Week with Guests and Travel
Hennepin residents hosted visitors from Canton Pekin and Chicago and noted travel plans by Rev Gault and Clayton Stanton to Utah. various social events included a church solo by Winifred Murdock and a neighborhood barbecue.
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Frank Funk
Bloomington
Claude A. Stone
Thomas H. Gault
Illinois
Frank Hanley
State of
BASE
Tonuca
Peru
Toluca
Jesse Colton
Chicago & Alton Road
Reunion
Custer
Santa Fe
Dye Republican
Magnolia Department
Mamie Hahn
Alonzo Emmons
Shepard
R. W
B. R. Spencer
Louise McAllister
the McKirgans
Mrs. Griffin
Will Downey
Elyy
Leland
R. Downey Murray Merritt
Hoopeston
Grace Scofield
8. Wilkinson
Maurice
M. J. Merritt
Bobbitt
John L. Miller
Wallace
A. J. Earl
Charles
Washington, D. C
Earl
Elias Rolley
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Bloomfield
Harvey Allens
Willis Deininger
Joseph Allen
Clear Creek
Blanche Allen
Reichwine
Gaughter
Marguerite
Gladys Allen
Lela Deininger
George Hetrick
James Cofoid
Jensen
Mary Willis
Long Beach
Cal
Willard Clement
Elmer Cassell
Nebraska
Levenna Clemens
Ladd
Thomas Martin
J. B. Al-bert
Ill
Lostant On
Laboray
Grandma Appel
Albert Pletsch
Mcnabb, Ill
McNabb Central 183
L. B. Elliston, M. D
R. G. Dakin
Magnolia, Ill
W. A. Simmons
Centenary Hospital
Olive Street
Barnes’ University
Medical Chirurigeal Society
St. Louis
Ina Bank. Na
Pierce
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo, N. Y
Helena Stanton
Mamie Allen
Dietz
Dorothy
Canton
Winifred Murdock
Gault
Mr. Gault
Grace Chance
Oklahoma
Ethel
Edna Bush
Congregational Church
Clayton Stanton
Spanish Fort
Utah
C. L. Velde
Cecil Hotel
Erna
Elsie Brenneman
Helena
Mont
James McCutcheon
Peptia
Riley
Teachers Institute
Chester Parkhurst
L. H. Durley
W. A. Boyle
Pauline Patterson Whitney
Whitney
O. W. L. S. Club
A. A.alwood
D. S. Wood
John E. Ulmer
Hennepin Prairie
F. B. Neal
Grossman
Straighany
Grossman Cigar CO
Fayette St. Peoria, Ill
State of Illinois
Hawkstone
Worth Dixon
W. E. Ketchum
Ben
H. A. Gebhardt
J. R. Dickinson
Sec’y, I
Whitefield
Marshall County
W. E. Ketcham
Henry, Ill
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