Magnolia community notices and farm updates
Local notices report R A Ward as Magnolia’s agent for The Henry Republican with authority for paper business. Visits include Casper Webber from Lostant and Granville residents Dr and Mrs O I Taylore. Oats and timothy crops threshed. several farms reported improvements and social visits among residents. A horse sale drew spectators but few sales, and Ennis Dakin returns home weakened but hopeful for strength. Perry Dakin travels to Peoria by auto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casper Webber
Lostant
Magnolia
Granville
Isaac VanHorn
Harry van Horn
Venona
H. S. Eddingfield
Messrs
Surface and
Ensign
Horton Brothers
Owen Myers
Kansas
VanHorn
H. J. Swindler
Minneapolis
George C. Merrill
Perry Dakin
Peoria
Max
Motoring notes and local events in Magnolia area
Perry Dakin promotes Maxwell and road trips with H C Mills party to St Mary's O. H. C Mills and companions enjoyed a sunny ride with high speed on hills no mud after first 15 miles. W H Simonton recalls Lincoln Douglas debate Ot tawa 50 years ago and Albert Swanson reports wheat flax oats on 175 125 90 acres in Canada. Magnolia baseball team places fourth in Henry tournament praising home roster over professional outsiders. Camp meeting at Mineral Springs attracts crowds from Magnolia McNabb Hope Lostant Henry. neat lawns and upkeep urged for town charm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Dakin
H. C
Mills
St. Mary’s
W._H
Toluca
Pennsylvania
James B. Thornton
John A. Nelson
Albert Swanson
Canada
Albert
Swanson
Lecture Association
George W. Griffin
Wenona
Senachwine
Messrs
Surface and
Ensign
Magnolia
Strelator Reds
Mineral Springs Camp Grounds
McNabb
Hope
Lostant
Henry
Sunday services and school at Magnolia M.B.E. church
Crew es district superintendent and Rev Jones of Lostant preached at 11 and 2 oclock with inspiring sermons. The 10 oclock Sunday school led by J H Bronn of Magnolia M EB was profitable. Trustees earned the comfort needs of attendees and Benj Law supervised team owners. The meeting was very successful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crewes
Jones
Lostant
J. H. Bronn
Magnolia M. EB
Benj
Law
Births and local notes from Henry area events
By a Special Correspondent Dr Simmons reports births for Mrs Kissling Chestnut Lester and Reeska a boy girl boy girl The doctor and the Stork charm Gladys Crocker returns to Peoria for school Miss Phoebe Bowers on vacation T H Rolley recovering from a recent accident George Clemens and family back from Iowa good crops near Floyd Isaac Everett and Mrs Loo mis visited R Feaster and family Others note Sam Defenbaugh 65 summers and a Henry team veteran Janett Balderson returns home from Henry
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simmons
Otto Kissling
Dave Chestnut
James Lester
Amil Reeska
Gladys Crocker
Peoria
Phoebe Bowers
T. H. Rolley
George Clemens
Iowa
Floyd
Isaac Everett
Harry Loomis
Janett Balderson
Henry
Local notes from Depue and nearby towns
Florid J B Albert and granddaughter Marguerite Reichwine visited in Depue last week. Mrs Sarah Chance was ill last Sunday. Cleo Chance visited in Henry. Ladies' Aid met at Mrs George Hetrick home. next meeting at Mrs L M Jenkins Sept 3. Mrs L Jenkins and son Will visiting relatives in Moline. Miss Lucy Livingston from Moline visiting at Jenkins home. Rev Dunlap of Waterman preached here last Sunday. Willis Deininger visiting from Hennepin. Jessie Reichwine sick. Many attended the boat show in Hennepin last Thursday. Mrs M M Davison of San Jose, Cal., praises Electric Bitters for digestion and liver. sold at A J Ironmonger’s drug store for 60c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florid
J. B. Albert
Marguerite Reichwine
Depue
Sarah Chance
Cleo Chance
Henry
George Hetrick
L. M. Jenkins
L, Jenkins
Will
Moline
Lucy Livingston
Jenkins Home
Dunlap
Waterman
Willis Deininger
Hennepin
John Clemens
Jessie Reichwine
Quaker Lane Residents Attend Gatherings and Visits
Local residents including Ian Dolm and Miss Mabel Carney were seen visiting neighbors on a weekend. Miss Carney teaches at the Putnam County Teachers Institute in Granville. Attendees joined the Lincoln Douglas debate in Ottawa and an education feast with a roast ox. Families such as the Wilsons held a reunion at A B Wilson’s home with many distant relatives present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Wilson
W. G. Griffith
F. E. Smith
Leland Griffith
Don Beck
Pavilion Park
Wilsons
Oliver Wilson
Wolford
Lincoln
Neb
Peoria
C. B. Filitcraft
Ed Calhoun
Starved Rock
Clifford Mills
Irving Broaddus
Rebecca Mills
Amanda Mills
Quaker Lane
Neighborhood visitors and school prep ahead of August term
Last Monday residents noted visits at Mary A. Tomlinson's home while Consolidated School plans an August 31 start. J janitors and directors ready for new teachers and tuition pupils. M C James from last year teaches at Putnam County Teachers Institute. Orville Barbour of Peoria visits Turner Mills. Miss Gleason and Miss Stoner return from Oak Park after visiting Edna Wilson. Grange fair set for September 22 to 25. Magnolia Grange meeting yields three delegates to State Board of Agriculture meeting at the State Fair grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary A. Tomlinson
M. C. James
Putnam County Teachers’ Institute
Orville Barbour
Peoria
Turner Mills
Gleason
Stoner
Oak Park
Edna Wilson
Grange
Magnolia Grange
State Board of Agriculture
Big Bend reunion plans and local notices
Wenona invites Big Bend Veteran association members to celebrate the silver anniversary September 16 to 19 with officers listed as President A L Turner Vice President C B Scott Secretary W H Wilson and Treasurer G W Kreider. Also: Bucklen's Arnica Salve promoted for sore feet burns and abrasions at A J Ironmonger’s drug store 25c. Sheriff Benson arrests Claude Warman in Hast We ndona for threats and disturbance. Warman held on bond and jailed in Ottawa after failing to post security. Burglary reported in Wenona with small losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
Wenona
Big Bend Veteran Association
Big Bend
A. L. Turner
C. B. Scott
W. H. Wilson
G. W. Kreider
Benson
Hast Wendona
Claude Warman
Justice Hoag
Grand Jury
Warman
Ottawa
Country School Movement Aims at Rural Teacher Support
Miss Carney explains the practical work of a new Illinois Country Teachers Association formed under the Illinois Farmers Institute. The Macomb meeting announced 400 members, corn emblem, back to the country motto, and focus on practical projects like corn based arithmetic, jacketed stove ventilation, rural music, publications, and local ten member districts with district meetings and visiting speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur J. Bill
Illinois Farmers’ Institute
Country Teachers’ Association of Illinois
Macomb
Mabel Carney
Macomb Normal School
Illinois
Association
The New Farmer And The Modern Country Life
A reflection on the evolving American farmer as the driver of a modern, prosperous rural life. The piece advocates rural teachers catching the next generation early, promoting consolidated schools, better roads, and community uplift. It contrasts the old drudgery with the new farmer who embraces science, sociology, and improved living, and recalls the shift from horse-drawn harvest to mechanical self-binders transforming farm labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Illinois Farmers’ Institute
Springfield
Harvesting Through Time From Reap Hook to Cradle
The article recalls old harvesting methods, noting living memory of the reap hook and the one handed scythe. It explains how grain was gathered in bundles and piled, then tied, shocked, and later the cradle improved the process. The cradle held straw aloft as a man gathered grain into bundles.
Mrs Charles H Smith Praises New Life Pills Use
Mrs Charles H Smith of West Franklin Maine says she likes good things and has adopted Dr King s New Life Pills as their family laxative medicine because they are good and do their work without making a fuss about it. Sold at A J Ironmongers drug store for 265c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Smith
West Franklin
Maine
Dr. King
A. J. Ironmonger’s
Machine for Building Cement Walks
A new cement sidewalk machine feeds concrete into a traveling mold with a mid mold hopper delivering a thin layer of mortar. The mold advances at two feet per minute, producing a dense, perfectly finished sidewalk without skilled labor or tamping. The walls resemble hand float finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cement Age
New York
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Northern Linsis Co-Operative Burial Association
G. W. Keller
Undertaker
ThistBank
THE
Magnolia Bank
Magnolia, Ill
Robert G. Dakin, M. D
Ill
H Massie
Beery
Aily
Griffith's Laundr
W. A. Simmons
Centenary Hospital
Olive Street Bank
Barnes’ University
Medico. Chirurogical Society
Louis
Ina Bank
Ina
W. H. Weathers, M. D
A. R. Kreger
Chicago Veterinary College Veterinary Hospital
R. A. Ward
Henry Republican
M. M. Davison
Gifford Avenue
San Jose
Cal
A. J. Ironmonger's
Ian
Country School Movement
Miss Carney
New Association For Rural Teachers and Communities
Scott
Cadillac Motor Car Co
Cadillac
Ota
Rollin Travis
Tonica
Johnny
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