Lostant Local Notes Highlight Season and Visits
A busy week in Lostant and Toluca with numerous visits from relatives and friends. Notables include O A Shearer of Toluca and Miss Elizabeth Curtis of Peru visiting family. communities from McNabb to Enid, Oklahoma, join in chapels and social events. The Big Bend Reunion thrives with tents and amusements while church concerts replace some services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milan Hyans
Henry
Robert Downey
Toluca
Lewis Carlson
Lillian Defenbaugh
Jay Dunne
Carl Simonton
A. Allen
Candy Man
Pontiac
Lostant
Marcella
Kathleen
Peoria
C. B. Moore
Princeville
O. A. Shearer
Chandler
Evanston
Spencer
Robert Johnson
John Jimbal
Granville
Wm. Fehn
Spring Valley
Magnolia
Emma McAllister
Tracey
Nan Gurnea
Elza Downey
Robert
Chicago
Downey
Norman Coe
Chester Law
McNabb
Wm. Roberts
Cedar Falls
A. Horton
Emma Simonton
Ed Defenbaugh
Frank Horton
Bessie
Wm. Potter
Putnam
Ernest Shepard
New York
London
England
G. B. Hager
Dwight
Ada Gatchell
Otttawa
Wilson
Quaker Meeting House
Big Bend
Our Church
For Sale White Oak Posts On Bent Law Farm
Two thousand white oak posts priced at 1234 cents each offered by R. W. Spencer. Located one mile west of Magnolia on the Bent Law farm. Also notes Canton Illinois contractor D. C. Bybee reports relief from kidney trouble after Foley Kidney Pills, praising the medication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magnolia
Bent Law
R. W. Spencer
Negros Hold Swinging Power in Several States
In Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, New Jersey and New York the black vote is seen as a potential balance of power if united. James Pritchard wins the Bureau County county judge primary by 16 votes over M A Stiver. John S Murphy secures Democratic nomination in Spring Valley amid light turnout. Teddy warns against too many bosses while Foley Kidney Pills advertisement promotes a healing tonic.
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Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
New Jersey
New York
James Pritchard
Buda
Bureau County
M. A. Stiver
Walnut
John S. Murphy
Spring Valley
Teddy
Parlor Spelling Sparks Curious Exchange
A witty exchange unfolds as a girl teases a young visitor about spelling the word parlor with a U. The playful remark hinges on the perceived difference a single letter can make in meaning and tone.
Community Notes From Local Visits And Reunions
Local residents report visits to Oak Park Toluca Mazon and Ottawa. Families attend Chautauqua Friends gatherings and the Big Bend Reunion at Magnolia with a well attended Wilson family picnic and school-related trips to Hennepin Seattle and Ottawa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bess Davidson
Sparland
Lewis Spalding
Toluca
Gilbert Willey
Minnesota
The
Consolidated
W. B. Mills
Institute
Hennepin
T. J. Smith
Ralph French
Lora Kays
Ottawa
Russell Tomlinson
Lostant
Henry
Violet
Esther Boyle
Miss Peterson
Chicago
Friends Meeting
Binda Griffith
Marcia Edsall
Marshalltown
Chautauqua
N. Y
Friends General Conference
Big Bend
Magnolia
Wilson
Amos Wilson
Frank Hoge
Oris
Wenona
Fairyman
Peoria
F. E. Smith
Henry County
Swaney
Fred Stansell
Reading Circle
Friends Yearly Meeting
Cordelia Wilson
West
George
Seattle
Wash
Ed Laughlin
Enida Griffith
Will Bumgarner
Burton on Prices sparks calls for impartial inquiry
The Chicago Record-Herald lauds Senator Burton’s talk on the high cost of living. He cites multiple causes from tariff to militarism, notes the world wide nature of the phenomenon, and urges a nonpolitical, scientific inquiry rather than simple blame on trusts or tariffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Burton
Chicago Record-Herald
Burton
Wheeler Family Sells Home to Buy Car
In a lighthearted exchange Briggs notes the Wheelers sold their house to purchase a car. Briggs jokes they are out of the home market, highlighting a major lifestyle shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Briggs
Wheelers
Local Notes and Visits Fill Mendota News
Mrs. Henry McKenzie and Elsie visit relatives in Mendota. Miss Nettie Gebhardt returns home to Harmon. Mrs. Charles Barr visits sister in Toluca. A. C. Reed of Bloomington calls. A. Harth travels to Chicago. Kelsos conduct business in La Salle and visit kin in Streator. Mrs. Gaisford returns from Iowa. Several trips to Chicago, Piper City, Rutland, and Streator noted. Band concert and dance draw a crowd. August brings hay fever and asthma. Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound praised for relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Gapen
Rutland
John Grow
la Salle
Great Western Mercantile Sold to Julius Levin
The Great Western Mercantile store stock and business were sold to Julius Levin of Peoria, who took possession last week after a long pending deal. Toluca officials Turigliatti and Attorney James Tracey visited Lacon and Henry counties on Saturday to conclude matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toluca Star-Herald
Turigliatti
James Tracey
Lacon and
Henry
Great Western Mercantile
Julius Levin
Peoria
Joe
Ed Doc" Berry
Fred Swartz
Carnival
Fred
John Slattery
Elizabeth Fahy
Ottawa
Michael Fahy
Fahy
Elizabeth
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Promoted
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a stomach restorer and liver invigorator that improves blood quality and fights disease. It claims the medicine has a known composition and lists ingredients on the bottle wrapper, with Pleasant Pellets also marketed to regulate stomach liver and bowels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
A Political Omen for Good
Wallace's Farmer offers a critique of political campaigns as eras of slander and deception. The piece recalls figures from Washington to Lincoln, urges reform of how candidates are attacked, and calls for voters to judge candidates by policy and character rather than prejudice. It lauds Holden as a model for campaign conduct to foster a Greater Iowa and wiser government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Farmer
George Washington
Jefferson
Lincoln
Holden
Iowa
Bucklen Arnica Salve claims quick relief for piles and skin troubles
The advertisement touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a cure for piles and various skin ailments including burns, boils, ulcers, cuts, and eruptions. It promises rapid relief of itching and inflammation and lists A. J. Tronmonger's and T. J. Segraves' drug stores as sellers for 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
A. J. Tronmonger
T. J. Segraves
The Old Grand Army Boys
The piece extols the Grand Army of the Republic as superior to fraternal orders like the Masons and Odd Fellows. It claims veterans hold true fraternal joys through memory, craft, and symbols, surpassing lodge rites, passwords, and badges with the star flag and eagle as supreme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Army
Fraternal Bonds Forged in Battle and Bonded by Service
The passage recalls soldiers wearing a common symbol during cannon fire and battle. It praises their shared prison hardship, front line combat, and a lasting compact formed in smoke. It lauds loyalty proven in bloody fights and declares the nation owes them homage for its current peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Army
Senator questioned over road promises in corn belt chat
A committee pressed a state senator about pledged work for county roads. The respond entailed a quip about airships making roads unnecessary as weather favors corn, suggesting delays. The exchange reflects rural humor and political dialogue of the era.
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Leonore
Metropolitan Orchestra of la Salle
Ill
Magnolia Department
Mary Etta Smith
Grace Scofield
Hoopeston
Morris
Merritt
Thomas Williamson
M. L. Merritt
New York Sun
James Wilson
Mason Wilson
D. C. Bybee
Ketling Court
Canton
Foley
A. J. Ironmonger
Progressive” Party
Quaker Lane
A. B. Wilson
Oak Park
Karene Spalding
Hazel Boman
Mazon
Harold Sutherland
Glenn Carruthers
Wm. M. Merethen
N. Searsport
Sadie
Mamie
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Bloomfield
N.J
Albert Pletsch
Mcnabb, Ill
McNabb Central
L. B. Elliston, M. D
R. G. Dakin
Magnolia, Ill
W. A. Simmons
Pees Hospital
Oliva Street
Barniversty
Society
Grossman
Fiavan
Meee
Ing
Tion Comes With
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. L
Stallion Reg. Board
Whitefield
Marshall County
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