Magnolia notices and Thanksgiving greetings from Magnolia
Local reporter Ward handles Henry Republican affairs in Magnolia. Thanksgiving visits bring home Ben Griffin from Eureka Ed Mathis Georgie in Chicago and Burl Simonton Harry Wilson in school. Oyster supper at Masonic hall on December 14. Hazel Glover returns from Norwaal for Thanksgiving.
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Ben Griffin
Eureka
Ed Mathis
Georgie
Chicago
Eddingfield
Granville
Magnolia
Daniel
Laurie Badgley
Peoria
Hecht
Burl Simonton
Harry Wilson
W. H. Weathers
Br. W
Weathers
M. BH
Masonic Hall
Hazel Glover
Norwaal
The Passing of the Lamp
The piece extols acetylene lighting as the superior home light, claiming it copies natural sunlight in color and effect, is safer and cleaner than kerosene, requires less maintenance, and costs about a third less for the same light output. It asserts acetylene lamps need far less monthly attention than kerosene lamps.
Acetylene Lighting Promises Leisure At Home
Acetylene Jones of Chicago urges readers to consider modern acetylene lighting as a cheaper, more convenient option than kerosene lamps. He claims it would save time, add comfort, and raise home prestige, inviting inquiries from skeptical readers and offering demonstrations from his Chicago address.
Magnolia Ladies' Aid thanks community for play success
The Magnolia Ladies' Aid extends thanks to all who helped with the home talent play "Under the American Flag" at the Masonic hall. The audience enjoyed a first class performance from start to finish and organizers hope for another show soon.
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Magnolia Ladies
Masonic Hall
Shane
Silent threats and vows blur a broken romance
A daughter recalls Hans kissing her under threat of silence and denial from her mother. A sentimental boarder muses that trust defies expulsion, while an old bachelor undermines it with a quip about marriage. Harold demands a new hairline like his father.
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Hans
Harold
Thanksgiving social and family notes mix in the community
The column records illnesses and recoveries including Mrs Mary Alen and Edna Clem ens in Chicago. It notes visits by Jedd Glass and family and various Thanksgiving gatherings with neighbors and friends. A 71st birthday celebration for Mr Reichwine is described along with a Yeomen chicken pie social at the M W A hall inviting the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Allen
Mollie Allen
M. W. A. Hall
Wenona Area Social and Travel Notes Highlight Community Visits
Lidia LOSTANT and Mrs Helen Wolfe visited Wenona on Saturday. Locals Ono Bumgarner Abel Mills of McNabb attended town Monday. Williamson Kelso rode to Wenona Friday. Howard couple travelled to Aurora to attend a funeral. Boshell family returned to Am boy after Thanksgiving. Phillips Petit visited Venona. Hunter of McNabb fetched his wife and children. Lechner welcomed a new son born Friday November 29, number two. Gillespie doctors visited Dr Goulds in Wenona and Venona. Krantz and Johnson of Nebraska toured Wenona. Groat Beardsley relatives visited Tonica. P D Hang stayed with Hackett and Bloomington visitors aided Mrs Osgood. Regina Appel recovered at home from pleura pneumonia with care from M J Toemmes and nurse Parks.
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Rambo
Champaign
Maxlten
Venona
Laura Smith
Lois Wilson
Peoria
John McNabb
Chicago
Miss Ratekin
Swan Creek
Louie Beck
Howard Wilson
Verna Stansell
Birdie Barr
Hennepin
Max Whitney
Kansas City
C. C. Mills
Decatur
Hoyle
Kansas
Jfred Gallaher
McNabb
J. A. Williams
Henry
Mary J. Piper
Magnolia
Grangers
Amos Wilson
Wenona
Clear Creek
Gould
Bessie Krantz
Miss Johnson
Nebraska
Wm. Groat
Beardsley
Tonica
P. D. Hang
Father Hackett
A. T. Osgood
Bloomington
Clara Hay
Ottawa
Regina Appel
Nick’s
M. J. Toemmes
Miss Parks
Misfortunes Strike Tomasson Family in Hennepin County
Local notice reports multiple family misfortunes including deaths from accidental gunfire and a fatal fall from a railroad car. W R Tomasson of Glenwood Springs dies from a skull fracture after a car fall. John Peters learns Harry Tomasson suffered serious injuries on a steam shovel but survived. Other brief items note Mrs. Purviance’s frailty and upcoming McNabb Mutual Telephone stockholders meeting. D B Turner visits Peoria and Chillicothe as drainage district issues delay the commissioners’ report.
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Tomasson
John Tomasson
Henry
W. R. Tomasson
Glenwood Springs
Col
Tomassons
John Peters
Seelyville
Ida
Harry
A. T. Purviance
Hennepin
McNabb Mutual Telephone Company
McNabb
D. B. Turner
Winfield
Peoria
Chillicothe
Pettett
Remarkable Cure Allegedly From Electric Bitters
Abraham Brown of Winterton New York suffered many misdiagnoses from doctors heart disease kidney trouble blood poison and stomach and liver trouble none helped until his wife urged Electric Bitters. He reports one bottle did more good than five doctors combined guaranteed for blood poison weakness and stomach liver and kidney complaints by A J Ironmonger 50c.
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Abraham Brown
Winterton
N. Y
A. J. Ironmonger
Toluca Dairy Seeks New Operator After Senninger's Exit
Toluca loses its dairy as P. J. Senninger quits the milk business. A 7 cent quart opportunity awaits a new entrant willing to manage the operation. The Marshall County Farmers' Institute meeting is set for Toluca on the 10th and 11th in the Klinger building. Mrs Rosa Breen, mother of the Breen brothers, dies at 70 in Lacon after months of decline. Funeral from the Catholic church held Friday. T C Colehower at San Antonio ill and fading. Hennepin canal filled prompts ice skating talk. 75 mile canal could host long distance skating from Hennepin to Moline in a day. Illinois river to Sheffield locks also noted.
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Rosa ‘Breen
Breen
Lacon
Dwight
T. C. Colehower
San Antonio
Texas
Hennepin Canal
Hennepin
Illinois River
Sheffield
The Use of Checks and Banking Confidence
A discussion urges teaching the public to use personal bank accounts and checks for earnings. It argues wage earners should be paid by check, deposit and draw on balances to foster thrift and familiarization with banking principles and credit. It also notes a $10 prize for a reading of the sample sentence and mentions Dr King’s New Discovery as a remedy with trial offers.
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Pittsburg Press
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