Old Settlers News and Local Notes From Lacon
Local items from Lacon and vicinity include visits by J J Kemp of Lexington to Homer Barney, Mrs T Wood visiting her parents at La Prairie, Dave Long and wife from Peoria staying with John Grieves, Estella Grace German named high school assistant from Gardner, Robi Fort returning from Chicago with a new driving horse, Miss Ross returning to Lewiston, Robert Howards and wife trip to Boston with Masonic excursionists, burglaries at Jas Sharp home with 40 dollars taken, J J Sheppard visiting as Decatur principal, glove contest observations by Lacon boys, and a note that county officials plan a possible surprise in the near future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo Hutchins
Boston
J.J. Kemp
Lexington
Homer Barney
T. Wood Ie
Webber
la Prairie
Dave Long
Peoria
Lacon
Chicao
Miss Ross
Miss Campbell
Lewiston
Robert Howards
Jas Sharp
Mai Howard
J.J. Sheppard
Privcjipal
Local Notes From Sparland And Nearby Areas
Sparland resident Oniag Martland visits Peoria while Henry and Indiana links are traced. Residents travel to Washington and Des Moines for family business. Scottish, Iowa, and Kansas trips noted. Local trades include Andrew Jacobson’s public paper and street sprinkler plan amid a busy social scene with visitors, relatives, and caris payment proposal.
Varna Note on Summit Visitor Sol Renders Local Corn
A fragmentary item records Mrs Conner from Summit visiting Varna with Sol noting rough details about corn height and a sense of oddity in the scene. The brief lacks clear events or outcomes but preserves names and places from the damaged text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Varna
Conner
Summit
Sol
Rand
Local social notes and weekend visitors in Toluca area
Miss Duschene of Toluca visited town on Tuesday. Many travelers stopped at Senachwine Lake Saturday. Gail Broaddus spent the weekend in town. Ella Walstrom enjoys her Waverly owned mare. Tom O'Brien returned to Summit on Saturday. Mrs Ellen Slatterly of Mason City visits relatives. Church services were held Sunday morning and afternoon. The community notes mention school starting soon and Mrs J. B. Brown hosting her daughters. Rose Day photo room showcased, and a recent show drew few patrons. Pipe factory hopes rise with running order. Teachers look cheerful amid exams. Mrs Brown of Lacon and children visited with Mrs Puss Broad us. Mr Conner, brother of the late Wm Conner, returned to Louis iana Mo. over the weekend. Mr and Mrs W. Hopkins visited Granville and Starved Rock Saturday and Sunday. A crowd attended the big show in Streator from here. Reuben Broaddus adds a new roof on his farm residence. Mr and Mrs Sam Myers visit Mrs M’s parents. The Old Settler's picnic looms. The resolutions committee meets at Mrs Mollie Norton’s, including Mrs Nell Shields, Mrs Mollie Norton, Adda Stateler, and the Women’s Club president Mrs Willie Wright. The note closes with optimism for the quartet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose & Day
Brown
Lacon
Puss Broadus
Shatterly
Mason City
Rose
Reng Duchene
L. Broaddus
Ipolace
Mr.Conner
Wm Conner
Louisiana
W. Hopkins
Maleham
Granville
Rock
Merry Makers
Streator
Reuben Broaddus
Reuben
Sam Myers
Little Babe
Reed
Magnolia
Della Allen
la Rose
Cora-Dent
Henry
Ses
Oliver Balderson
Dr Powell
Smalley
Hal Rolley
Fred Small
Peoria
Alice Piper
Dagner
Hope
Louise Triplet
Missouri
Blanche Wable
Sandy
Mrs Mitchell
Hennepin
Stella Mills
Normal
Beatrice Massie
Boshell
Cora Phillips
Lostant
Princeton
Frank Holdingfield
Chicago
Putnam County
Alexander
Evans
Abingdon
Theo Fairchild
Elgin
Brady
Ed Spenser
Laura Curtis
Freeport
Spenser
Mary Mitchell
Mayme Beckwith
Belle Mann
John Green
Zanes Ville
Ohio
Ora Brown
Peru
van Horne
Balderson
Georgia Rolley
Lou Quaintance
J. OC
Francis
John Barnard
Lou Smith
Quaker Lane
Franklin
Lexington
Lara Boshell
Fannie
Grace Watson
Dana Vare
India Dean
Lizzie McAllister
Hope and
Wm Brenn
Bugar Grove Community Notes and Local Gatherings
Ed Parmenter visits Peoria family of O E Burt. Crow Meadow Grange votes to hold evening meetings and a Grange Rail. Mortimer Whitehound to speak at Quinn barn. Mrs L M Bell hosts a bag bee for charity with 20 attendees. Whitefield Corners reports sickness, travel, and a water strike ends at 890 feet. local social events continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bugar Grove
Ed Parmenter
Peoria
O. E. Burt
Bodhy Burt
Jack Clawson
Grange
Ben Powell
John
Bradford
Sugar Grove
John Newman
Streator
Bell
Mrs Newman
Peter Bell
Mable Newman
Crow Meadow
Quinn Barn
Mortimer Whitehound
National Grange
Putnam
L. M. Bell
Saratoga
Mra Bell
Social event to raise church funds at Mrs Fountain home
House gathering planned for next Friday evening aims to raise money to insure the church property. Ice cream and cake will be served. A Miss Clark visits her cousin Mrs Orrin Frisbey. Geo Barker and family spent the weekend here. Residents plan to attend the Wyoming fair. Various locals visit friends and relatives. Farmers welcome rain to resume fall plowing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizebeth Fountain
Roy Reynolds
Chillicothe
Addison Tanquary
Peoria
Hoa Robb
Abingdon
Nellie Gallup
Bethel
La Prairie Center Social Notes Mixed Travel and Local Visit
Mrs J P Root returns this week from Van Orin while Mrs Julia Stephenson and her sons plan Greencastle Indiana. Charley Leigh vacations in the West with relatives. Mrs Robt McCullough stays in Chillicothe a few days with her daughter. Wyoming stair attendance and Chautauqua trips praised. Misses Stowell of Lawn Ridge visited, youth group enjoyed a Chautauqua trip. Ralph Wiley from Monmouth and cousin Miss Caldwell joined William Root’s guests last week. Chillicothe fair drew many locals and La Prairie earned premiums. Mrs Hattie Wilmot and daughter Lillie Scott attended a Grange picnic at Snachwine Lake and had a jolly time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph—Wiley
Monmonuth
Miss Caldwell
William Root
la Praixte
Hattie Wilmot
Lillie Scott
Snachwine Lake
Hogs Market and Lakeside Visit Mentioned in Notice
Richard Davidson sells hogs this week as press reports indicate healthy market readiness amid no new cholera outbreaks. Thomas Scott and family, with H Young, visit Lake Superior area for a few weeks seeking health and color. A. M. Lumpkin advertises foreign edgings and ships, noting courses and ticket prices for exhibitions on China Japan Egypt and Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Davidson
Thomas Scott
Cora Scott
H. Young
Lawn Ridge
Leake Superior
A. M. Lumpkin
China
Japan
Egypt
Palestine
Greece
Italy
Germany
France
Soldiers Reunion and Local Notices From Hennepin
A local notice column reports a infant death from spinal disease in Hennepin, upcoming Soldiers Reunion plans, travel to Pawtucket and Ohio, a steamer trip on Rex, and routine updates on residents health travels and a Putnam County Teachers Institute. A burglary at the local post office occurred with a robbed safe, stamps, money, papers, and coins taken, suspected professional involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hennepin
Herman Garside
Minoak
H. L. White
Pawtucket
R.J
Hawthorne
O. K
Institute
J. E. Taylor
Ohio
Mr Taylor
Peoria
Rex
James Weeks
Henry Treudt
Ora
Chicago
Freudt
J. R. Smith
Congregational Church of
Putnam County Teachers’ Institute
Ira Ong
Marshall Co
W.C. Patterson
J. A. Williams
Henry
Rexall O
Magnolia community notes reveal social visits and events
Della Allen in La Rose. travels of dozens of visitors from Henry Peoria and beyond. Local gatherings include a union Sunday school picnic in Hennepin and a well attended party at the Brenn home three miles east of Magnolia with ice cream cake and lemonade.
Putnam Social Notes and Local Visits Highlight Week
Bloomers seen on streets and a weekend excursion to Peoria among town residents. Visitors include A Petit in Chicago with T Grubbs, Leffler in town with Mrs Taliaferro, Stella Gregory hosted by Jennie Wheeler, and B F Yarrington visiting friends. Cemetery cleanup, schoolhouse repairs, and a 1700 yard sein being fitted by McKenzie Bros signal active local life. Mrs Finnegan dies, funeral Sunday, and Lottie Morgan attends a Boston convention with relatives visiting through fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam
A. Petit
Chicago
T. Grubbs
Leffler
Peoria
Taliaferro
Stella Gregory
Magnola
Jennie Wheeler
B. F. Yarrington
Swan Magnuson and Son
McKenzie Bros
Uture
Charley Morgan
Chas Colliffe
Charley
Grangers
Undercliff
J.d. Ellard
F. ©. Cook
Toledo
Ohio
Finnegan
Samuel Longman
Paotnam
D. G. Warner
Lottie
Boulder
Montana
Clara B. Morgan
Christian Endeavor
Boston
Mon
Grandmother Willis Faces Dying Days Amidcare
The piece notes Grandma Willis nearing her end and mentions A. Henderson failing fast after much affliction. It also references merchant Thos 4. Hotrick in a brief local obituary like column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandma Willis
Usua
A. Henderson
Hotrick
Local notes mix of village life and forecasts in 1908
The column recounts social events and plans in Putnam County including a reunion, charity work for homeless children, church memories, and a bridge campaign. It mentions a Magill summer preaching stint, a Hamlin Wizard Co concert tour, a doctor’s relocation, and a prophetic world ending date of April 28 1908. A U S report cites wheat acreage up twenty percent with uncertain yield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minoak
Henry Clemens
Herrick
J. Bal
State Association
Magill
Hamlin Wizard Co
Bickel
Ces
America
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Prorta
Adams
Benny Republican
Granax Barr
Henry, Ill
Sparland
Martland
May Barton
Daisy O'Leary
Grant Wright
H. D. Bonham’s
Millard Bonham
Indiana
James Davidson
Scotland
David Cumming
Kansas
Whitefield Corners
G. W. Snell
G. Barker
Steuben
Grandma Clark
Artie Swift
Emeline Townley
Edwin Fosdick
Fort Worth
Texas
J. Hi. Jones & Son
J. H. Jones & Son's
J El.jones
Gon
Henry, III
Deware
Aleve Kexu CO
J. W
F. A. Powell
Druggista
Bat
C. & W. Eddy
Hennepin, i
Syria
Unit States
Arged Republic
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