News of a Week and Local Events in McNabb Area
A mixed recap notes residents and visitors in McNabb and surrounding towns. Items include trades and visits, a moving sale and public sale plans, a local horse trader settling for winter, and progress on a proposed $100,000 court house. Also mentioned are local births, school activities, a Christmas tree committee, and a regional automobile association booklet detailing Sunset Route markers and touring roads through Henry, Putnam, and other counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wodore Smith
McNabb
Theodore
Winship
West of
Putnam
Henry
Edminster
Wyanet
Frank Slewers
Tiskilwa
James
Aim
Gardner Williams
Richard Joles
Pity
Athen
Repub
John C Johnson
Magnolia
Bey Pd
LD “Young
Lexington
Neb
Court House
Iowa State
Wisconsin State
Myone
Minnesota
Caree
Enone
Elkhorn
Wis
Imissouri State
Internation
J Calry
Milwaukee
Illinois Af Automobile Association of
Lacounty
Ili- Valley
Chicago
Newby Wiy
Bireau
Chillicothe
Obituary of Catharine Barbara Justice Willey Hill
Catharine Barbara Justice, born Jan 10 1837 near London Ohio, moved to Illinois as a child, married George W Willey of Varna and bore 11 children. After his death in 1900 she remarried Smith P Hill and died in Henry Illinois. funeral at ME church led by Rev J E Mercer with tribute from community and library group notes on Sunday school work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catharine Barbara Justice
Samuel
Silence Justice
London
Madison County
Ohio
Illinois
Canton
Marshall County
George W Willey
Varna
Perry T
Sarah T
T M Corson
Valparaiso
Ind
Charles EK
Warren, Minn
Clara B
Martha J
William Barber
Muscatine
Lou Iden
Peoria
Orange
D . Hatfield
Pueblo Col
David M Justice
Clinton
Henry Church
J E Mercer
H F Andrews
L R Phillips
Henry
W F King C E Rolley
R S Bayne
Disosway
J S Townend
Spencer Ketchum
Meyers
Mercer
Smith
Local notes and events from Milo area and beyond
John Kraus leaves on business trip to Oklahoma while river above dam freezes. William Fountain buys eighty acre Grange farm near Cottage church and plans spring move. Allen Hillabrand attends stock and land show in Chicago with visits to Arba Law home. Several accidents and sales notes follow including a fodder shredding injury, hog shipments, and a dramatic fire at Francis hospital building. Local crime minor windows broken at John Sanders home and a parish fundraising party raises $25 in donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kraus
Oklahoma
William Fountain
Robert Grange
Cottage Church
Milo Township
Allen Hillabrand
Chicago
Arba Law
Riley Robinson
Bradford
Benj Gallup
Sparland
Henry
Granbury
School Street
St Josephs Church
William Mobach
Hopewell Township
Ross Gregory
Nevinsville
H J Gregory
Iowa
Powell
Francis Hospital
Peoria
Sisters of Charity
Iowa City
Samuel Williamson
Thomas Adams
Sheffield
Adams
Williamson
C F Hallfarth
Tiffany
John Sanders
William Street
Sanders
Presbyterian Church
McNabb Visits Old Salem Relatives Near Petersburg
E H McNabb and wife visited cousin Howard Young in Henry County staying from Saturday to Tuesday. He brings old legal papers from near 300 years old written on parchment and quill, recalling colonial times and Lincoln era history. A Santa Claus letter dated December 12 1912 is included with playful notes on toys and a shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Lincoln
E. H. McNabb
Henry
H. McNabb
Petersburg
Old Salem
Howard Young
McNabb
Connisseur
Santa
Santa Claus
North Pole
Der
Mark
Dancer
Earch
Davis
Osteopath Dr Swift Adopts Chiropractic Treatment
Dr H C Swift osteopath and chiropractor, Wichita student of chiropractic since last April, offers tailored treatment plans. Osteopathic sessions priced at $2 for a single visit and $1.50 per session in a course. two chiropractic treatments cost $1. Office at the L M Bik residence, Mondays Wednesdays Saturdays 10–12 and 2–4, phone 253. Also notes a monument description by Richard Mallow in Lacon with rustic gray granite stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kas
Swift
L. M
Bik
Orie
Henry
Richard Mallow
Lacon
Community notes and local updates from Henry area
Paralyzed Mrs Waughop and health updates on locals. visits to Sheboygan. Colorado relatives depart. new nickel coin design touted. Birth announced for Charles Hunt's grandson. Casper Hoffman returns to Henry as citizen. ME church Ladies Aid nets about 86 dollars. Mendota hospital effort grows. Funeral of Mrs Hill prompts Charles Willey to travel from Minnesota. Henry residents discuss housing Mary and Florence Bobby move planned. International stock show champion steer Glencarnock Victor from Brandon. post office parcels post blanks sent from Washington. Tremain family health concerns in Malcolm. William Ketcham to sell and relocate. Hampshire Breeders meet in Chicago with local attendance and high class Mampenite hog sale results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Waughop
Clyde Wood
Sheboygan
Wis
Dr. Efford
J. J. Barnes
Paiit-In-Boay
John Williams
Colorado
Antone Deitrich
Henry
Charles Hunt
South Whitefield
T. S. Hunt
William Chesney
Cottage
Casper Hoffman
Whitefield Township
Robert Doran
York
Leo
ME Church
Mendota
Charles Willey
Hill
Marshall County
Minn
Red River Valley
W Bobby
Mary
Florence
Western Avenue
Glencarnock Victor
J. D McGregor
Brandon
Manitoba
Washington
Matthew Tremain
Malcolm, Neb
Tremains
Richard M Tremain
William Ketcham
Taw
T. W. Bobby
Farmers Institute Plans Two DayMeeting in Pulnaur County
The Farmers Institute of Pulnaur county will meet in Heéni nepin on Wednesday and Thursday, December 19 and 20. President Peter M. Morine and secretary treasurer Mark Durley lead a energetic team as program topics cover soil fertility, live stock, palm mechanics, domestic science, and rural training with premiums for corn, bread, cookies, cake and butter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Institute
Pulnaur County
Putnam County
Peter M. Morine
Wa ‘Mark
Durley
Br. . Schuetzee
BTA Ott
Js. Ee
Ralph Allen
B. T. Abbott
Fisher
J. W. Street
Midnight Rock Island Train Goes Through Solid Peoria to Chicago
The Rock Island line now runs the Peoria to Chicago midnight train straight through without delays. The Chicago Peoria mail train will also run solid from Chicago to Peoria. General Passenger Agent Warren Cowles says increased business demanded faster service and two sleepers were insufficient. Both trains reach their terminals at the same hour, with trains running solid for the benefit of Peoria riders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Rock Island
Chicago
Warren Cowles
Rocksland Company
M E B Church Schedules Sabbath Services and Christmas Events
The M E B Church lists Sabbath activities with 9 45 a m Sabbath school led by M L Coan, morning worship, Epworth League at 6 30 pm, evening service, and Thursday prayer meeting with choir practice. A Sunday school program, Christmas tree and Eve program are planned, with events also noted for Presbyterian and Christian Endeavor groups.
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Mars
Catharine Hill
Florida
G .Monroe Locke
G Monroe Locke
Henry Republican
Union
T. Ralph Robinson
R. EB. Abel
Wm. A Halsey
Terra Cela
Fila
the Library Association
Library Association
Library Room
T.—L.—_Jones
J. 5. Townsend
Ida Jones
Eva. Harrison
Clift
C. R. Jones
T. L
Jones
J S. L. Clift
Eva Harrison
Locke
Mattie Jayans
Sand
Alter
S. K. Clitt
PROM
Adv
H.C. Swift
Hampshire Breeders
Union Stock Yards
George,Lippert
L. P. Boyle
Wisléy
Calforniay
Jz Robbins
Farmers Institute
U. S. Fisher
Blianche Patterson
U. of I
H. S. Magill
Princeton
Eyva R Robinson
T Presbyterian Chri
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