Dr J A Swemn Physician And Surgeon Henry Ill
Dr J A Swemn a physician and surgeon based in Henry Illinois maintains offices over C Elsin Smiths Growery Store and resides on Main Street. Office and residence both list the number 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OG Willett
Whitefield
Ill
McKillip Veterinary
Collage
Chicago
J. A. Swemn
Henry, Ill
Elsin Smith
Main Street
E. A. Hall
Henry, III
Edward Street
Magnolia Town Notes and Social Items From 1915
The Magnolia community page lists illness and visits, local events, fundraisers, and social notices. Highlights include Samuel Potter, Sr. ill. minstrel show Feb 19. Miss Dorothy visiting. basketball trip to Toluca. a 10-cent social for Ladies Aid raising about $6. a pre social at Brush College Feb 13. Pythian Sisters bakery sale. TAC meeting Jan 28 on American Humor. tax collector Harry J. Bishop in Magnolia. numerous local updates from Lostant and Wenona, including weddings, obituaries, church events, and community notices.
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Samuel Potter
Howard Bolender
Peoria
Phillips
Magnolia
Celia Spencer
Harry Hayes
Magnolia Friends
Masonic Hall
Hattie Reymer
Venona
Welch Christenson Co
Edina
Helen Funk
J. J Dunne
Wenona
George Morphew
M .E. Church
Toluca
Brush College
Va M. Zimmerman
Pythian Sisters
Hecht’s
TAC
Cynthia VanHorne
Belle Allen
Louise Merritt
Artemus Ward
Josh Billings
Joel Chandler Harris
Leora Jewel Bill Nye
Frank R Stockton
Mark Twain
Ruth Shockley
Nelliette
John Berninger
Grant Walton
Chillicothe
Lillie Schock
F E. Hagg
Anna Ross
Ernest Bliss
Robert Kelso
Corning
Lizzie Helder
Katherine Theis
Nebraska
la Salle
F. Bell
Nick
John
Joe Pflibsen
Ottawa
Pflibsens
Rockford
Mortimer Reynolds
Clay Center
John Mertin
Nate Neetham
George Kelley
Bristol
Elizabeth Schoenneshoeler
RNA
Lodge
David Ryan
Hannah Robinson
M. E
Rutland
Minonk
Tonica
Lostant
Ir Egan
Farmers Wanted for Irrigation Homesteads in West Lands
Advertises opportunities for settlers to acquire Idaho Montana South Dakota Nebraska Wyoming and Nevada farms under an Extension Act with 20 year water payments no interest and modest capital. Highlights alfalfa livestock and dairy as main industries with improving infrastructure railroads schools and rural delivery. Includes notes on wood heat values from forest service research.
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The
Reclamation Service
Washington, D.C
Idaho
Montana
South Dakota
Nebraska
Wyoming
Nevada
Tax collection notice for Magnolia Township 1914
Tax money due the Magnolia township for 1914 will be received by Harry J. Bishop collector at McNabb every day except Thursday. Taxpayers are notified to appear for payment on those days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magnolia Township
Magnolia
McNabb
Harry J Bishop
Township
Harry J. Bishop
Electricity Thaws Frozen Water Pipes in Cities
A historical note explains how electricity is used to thaw frozen water pipes, avoiding digging and damage. Central stations mount transformers on wagons to run current through pipes, melting ice quickly. The practice prevents pipe breaks and works on pipes of various lengths, with examples from New York City and other locales.
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New York City
Hast
Old Age on the Farm as Burden and Solution
A treatise on aging farmers facing retirement on the farm. It argues the old must choose between staying at the home place, moving to town, or creating an adjoining or separate residence. The piece discusses family dynamics, especially mother in law versus daughter in law, and emphasizes keeping familiar furniture and ties. It notes potential benefits of shared or split households and the challenge of maintaining farming roles and neighborhood bonds.
Give the Boy a Chance to Break World Corn Record
An Alabama boy in his teens raised 232 bushels of corn on one acre, the world record, by studying proper fertilization and cultivation. His achievement shows what a common boy can do with encouragement and practical farming knowledge, inspiring others to try agriculture and stock raising. Who will chase the title next year in this county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter L. Deenson
Alabama
Thou Shalt Not Worry or Fear in Life and Duty
A fragmented 19th century moral verse repeats Thou shalt commands about faith, fear, health, and service. It urges trust in God, living in spirit, kindness to neighbors, and courage to fulfill duty, interwoven with stray lines about a town population and a pin-collecting anecdote.
Four Buildings Rise at State Hospital in Waterton, Rock Island
Progress noted on all four structures at Waterton state hospital in Rock Island county. Work accelerates to ready for use, with the infirmary, tuberculosis hospital, nurses’ home and cornice work advancing. The facility now houses 600 more patients than planned, but after completion it will hold about 1500 inmates without crowding.
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State Hospital
Watertonp
Rock Island County
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Fred W. Potter
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Henry E. Jacobs
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T. A
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V. S. Brock
Harvey Cooper
St. Louis
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Max Whitney
Schoenneshoefer
Bernard Winner
Hannah Robison
Ed Grivey
Oklahoma
John Gentert
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Haldane
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Baileyville
A. J. Ironmonger
Forest Service Laboratory
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Valentines
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J. Scgraves
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Players’ Club
J. K O’neil
Woman's Club
G. S. Wrigley
Matthew Steele
Central Shed House
East St. Louis
Watch & Watte
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Doc & Carrot
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W.H. Weathers
M.D. G
Phone McNabb
Hennepin, Ill
Sagt Ae S
Albert Pletch
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McNabb Central 183
George J. Borgspede Magnolia
Jones National Schools of Auctioneering of
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Henry Illinois
P Oa, Yauochayeki
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Benya. Hoyle, C. A. Phillips
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