Magnolia area notes and community updates for February 1912
The Magnolia column lists visits and travels of residents including Mrs. A. B. Phillips, J. S. Phillips, Miss Daisy Griffin, Lottie Stange, Noah Caldwell, Samuel Potter Sr, and others. It notes upcoming meetings of the Ladies Aid and Thursday Afternoon club, a cash clearing sale by R. W. Spencer, a fish fry by the Woodmen, and local errands. It reports a smallpox concern in Granville and Losant, vaccination efforts, and Dr. C. F. Taylor's death in Granville with community condolences.
Magnolia Township Tax Collector Seeks Receipts
Frederick L. Defenbaugh announces receipt of tax books and blanks for Magnolia township and readiness to receipt taxes. He will be at McNabb on Thursdays and otherwise at Robert Mann & Co. store for collectors duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magnolia
Magnolia Township
McNabb
Robert Mann & Co
Fred L. Defenbaugh
Lumber for sale from Magnolia mill description
R W Spencer of Magnolia Illinois offers sawn lumber at 20 dollars per thousand forembers for milling. Oak and red elm not included. Located 4 1/2 miles northwest of Magnolia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magnolia
R. W. Spencer
Magnolia, Ill
Greatest Medicine on Earth Promises Quick Pulmonary Relief
Evansville resident credits Vinci with saving life after five months of pulmonary trouble. Patronage speaker, A. J. Tronmonger of Henry, Ml, offers bottles with a money back guarantee if Vinci fails to reach the seat of trouble and heal inflammation.
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Evansville
Ind
Vinci
A. J. Tronmonger
Henry
Record of a Great Medicine and Local News Digest
A long newspaper item blends an advertisement for Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with community notices. It includes a testimonial from Susie Templeton of Hooper Nebraska praising the remedy, plus wedding news for Michael B. Wolf and Marie Zellmer, travel plans, local business notes, and mentions of local residents and visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hooper
Nebraska
Lydia E. Pinkham
Susie Templeton
Pinkham
Election of Officers in Brother Grouch's Line-Up Club
The January 14 1912 annual meeting elected Pa Grouch president Ben Walker vice president Billy McCullum secretary Fred Smalls treasurer Archie Clark marshal Charley Baker inner sentinel Riley Roberts outer sentinel Dock Simmons wind jammer Sam Defenbaugh dhower and spitter in chief and named a committee to oversee honest play. Meetings will be held Saturdays at Ben Walker's pool room. the group plans to file the election with The Henry Republican for publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grouch Club
Pa Grouch
Ben Walker
Billy McCullum
Fred Smalls
Archie Clark
Marshal
Charley Baker
Inner Sentinel
Riley Roberts
Outer Sentinel
Dock Simmons
Sam Defenbaugh
Dhower
Spitter
Buck Wheat Dean
Fred Thompson
Jake Piper
Henry Republican
Brother Grouch
Billy McCullom
Hew Kidd
Rollin Swindler
Bob Wells
Granville
Bob Allen
George Borgstede
Clark
Brother Bob Wells
Wells
Missouri
Brother Hen Kidd
Henry Kidd
James Boys
Local social visits and events around Granville and area
Residents and guests frequent Granville and nearby towns with visits to relatives and friends in Wenona Lostant Freeport Rockford Streator Annawan and Bloomington. Activities include a poultry show premiums corn judging trips to universities and a school vaccination drive for about 80 pupils.
Ashamed of Her Face Promotes D D D Eczema Cure
Miss Pickard of North Carolina recalls being ashamed of pimples and scars before using D D D Prescription for Eczema. The advertisement claims D D D cleanses skin of eczema psoriasis and related diseases and offers a trial bottle for two cents and a full size bottle for one dollar with a guarantee. Druggist T J Segraves of Henry endorses the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Pickard
North Carolina
Abels and Perrys Attend Show and Visit Relatives
Abel and Perry Mills went to Peoria last week to attend the electrical show and to visit relatives. The Woodmen brethren enjoyed a fish fry at their hall in Magnolia Saturday night. H. E. Beck moved his household goods to Granville Tuesday, where they will make their home for the present. It is fashionable to carry your arm in a sling nowadays as everybody has been vaccinated owing to the smallpox scare. The G. L. Y. club were entertained at dinner at the home of Edna Wilson last Saturday. They were also making arrangements for their entertainment to be given at the Swaney school house next Friday evening Feb 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Swaney
Granville
W. L. Mills
Milton Mills
Tonica
Miss Brennemann
Miss Walker
Wenona
Rachel Barton
Lostant
W. B. Mills
Bloomington
Miss Mallory
Freeport
Louise Kern
Rockford
Esther
Edna Beck
Streator
Elizabeth Massie
Lone Tree
F. B E. Smith
W. G. Griffith
Annawan
Farmers’ Institute
Frank Koehler
Turner Mills
University of Illinois
Russell Tomlinson
Forrest Willey
Cora McShane
Priscilla
Elliston
Magnolia
Peterson
Varna
Swaney School
Alex McKirgan
Henry
Henry King
Michigan
T. J. Smith
Champaign
Abel
Perry Mills
Peoria
H. E. Beck
G. L. Y. Club
Edna Wilson
Swaney School House
Local notes from Granville district events and people
Mt Palatine rolls a new desk from the box social funds as students show school spirit. Gustav Miller marks his 21st birthday with a party while J B Bush visits. Michael and Fred Dose return from Iowa and South Dakota travel. Two new scholars join Miss Elna Davis school and the first wedding in the new Catholic church unites Michael Wolf and Miss Jae Zellmer. Chamberlain's liniment praised for sprains. local druggists sell 25 and 50 cent bottles.
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Rolley
Gustav Miller
J. B. Bush
Hennepin
Michael
Fred Dose
Iowa
South Dakota
Chester Powell
Peter Kuhne
McCabe
Michael Wolf
Jae Zellmer
Earl Davis
Mother
Granville
Granville Poultry Show Declares First Event a Success
The Granville Poultry Show drawn strong city and country support with 55 entrants totaling about 400 birds. Over 40 local fanciers backed the show as premiums and prizes highlighted entries by Koehler Does and others. the event paid all bills and 100 signers vow to continue in 1912.
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Granville
Granville Echo
Does
Lostant
Stier
Wyoming
Koehler
Turner
Mills and Kerns
McNabb
Paxson
Newburn
Tures
Raley
Stewartson
Hennepin
Fleming
Peru
M. E. Newburn
Will Does
Frank Koehler
George Koehler
Turner Mills
Henry Moehl
Oglesby
Henry Phieler
Brady
Tonica
Ollie Moore
Rhode Island
Lostant Social News Highlights Weeks of Illness and Visits
Local items report Alice Barber ill after returning from Iowa and several neighbors on the sick list. Visitors include Miss Marjorie Bangs in Chicago, Mrs. Dollie Skeels from Chicago, and Elvin Spring with family from Rockford. Numerous arrivals, sales, and social events mark the week in Lostant.
Obituary for C O Adams Born Lostant Illinois 1873
Charles Otis Adams aged 38 died January 20 1912 at his home after four months illness with complications. He was born May 18 1873 in Lostant Illinois the only son of C P Adams and wife Mary Ethel Lippincott married November 5 1899 to Mary Ethel Lippincott and had four children Robert Rhoda Lavina Edna. Survived by wife children mother and two sisters Ida Sallee Rock Falls Illinois and Edna Ruble Wichita Kansas. Woodmen provided funeral honors and he was described as a kind friend to everyone.
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C. O. Adams
Charles Otis Adams
Lostant
C. P. Adams
Mary Ethel Lippincott
Robert
Rhoda
Lavina
Edna
Ida Sallee
Rock Falls
Ill
Edna Ruble
Wichita
Kan
End Croup Danger With Home Remedy Hyomei
Group warns that many children die of croup yearly before a doctor arrives and urges parents to keep a 50 cent bottle of Hyomei at home. In an attack pour 20 drops into boiling water for inhaled vapor and call a physician. product is sold by T. J. Segraves and druggists and is guaranteed for croup catarrh asthma and bronchitis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Segraves
Also Mentioned on This Page
Magnolia Department
A. B. Phillips
J. S. Phillips
Daisy Griffin
Venona
Lottie Stange
Porterfield
Noah Caldwell
Samuel Potter
Tracy Skelton
John McKirgan
Steele
Eggleston
el Burnsworth
Wm. Simonton
Knoblauich
Metamora
C. F. Taylor
Taylor
G.N. Portman
N. Adams St
Peoria, Ill
Bro. Grouch
Bill Defenbaugh
Asheny Bronne
John Haugher
Mt. Palatine
Michael B. Wolf
Marie Zellmer
Milwaukee
Frankie Wolf
Ziegler and Kays
Hugh Simington
W. W. Johnson
Rev. Rasmussen
Dr. Taylor
Louie McNabb
Emmett
Princeton
Quaker Lane
Chamberlain
A. J
DR. King’s
Monger, Henry
Northern Illinois Co-Operative Burial Association
Calla
Allen B. Smith
M. BH
Alice Barber
C Grivey
Walter
Mary Schrumpf
Minnesota
Dollie Skeels
Chicago
Alma Hartenbower
C. J. Beach
Deer Grove
Oscar Frazier
Indiana
Urban Bbierley
Eva Burgess
Piper City
Emma Bronn
Margaret Richards
B. Comisky
Elvin Spring
Melvin Brock
Milton White Farm
Marjorie Bangs
J. &. Bangs
E. H. Hattan
John Miller Hansen
W. H. Buren
Sarah
John
Tampico
Violet
la Salle
Laura Patterson
L. H. C. Club
Hos- 88
Emily Bronn
J. A. Whitney
Antoinette Wilson
Minnie Exstrom
John Mulvihill
Miss Extrem
Martin Mulvihill
L. B. Elliston, M. D
R. G. Dakin
Magnolia, Ilu
Vv. A. Simmons
Centenary Hospital
Olive Street Bank
Barnes’ Universiye Hedico Peuleurieeny ‘Society
St. Louis
Yna ‘Sani
Cols. A. P
H. J. Child
Granville, Ill
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