Magnolia News and Local Notices Roundup
Local column from Magnolia reports R. A. Ward as local representative for The Henry Republican with authority to handle paper business. Notables include illness updates on Mrs. Martin Thompson and Miss Lillie Griffin, sale of Peter Defenbaugh farm to Col. A. P. Child for $90 per acre, and tax collector’s Saturday visits. A new mail contract for Frank Stinger, Sun day school innovation, a wedding at Price Valley, and a temporary hospital at Granville for the St Paul Coal shaft. Leap Year party hosted by Hope Dancing club features red and yellow decor and tokens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Ward
Magnolia
Henry Republican
Peter Defenbaugh
Col. A. P. Child
Granville
Frank
Stinger
R. W. Spencer
Ajiex Johnson
Victoria Keller
Price Valley
Rasmussen
The
Dutheran
McNabb
Je H. Price
E A Mathis
Hope Dancing Club
Miss McDowell
Prof Shideler
Shingle Social at M B E Church Saturday Evening
The Ladies Aid hosts a shingle social and entertainment at the M B E church on Saturday Feb 15 at 7 30 pm Proceeds aid the church Immediate needs program includes duets recitations vocal solo readings and instrumentals by Rev and Mrs McCormick Margaret Balderson Margaret Studgvin Tracy L Skelton Ollie Roberts Ruby Sickinger Bessie Davidson Helen Edwards Frank Moffitt and Messrs Skelton.
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Ladies’ Aid
M. BE
Mrs. McCormick
Margaret Balderson
Margaret Studgvin
Tracy L. Skelton
Ollie Roberts
Ruby Sickinger
Bessie Davidson
Prof. Shideler
Reading
Helen Edwards
Frank Moffitt
Messrs. Skelton
Hen's price vs egg value underlines brisk market
A Kansas City man sold a hen for 1000 dollars last week. The Osborne Farmer notes that at current egg prices the hen will need three weeks to lay eggs equal to her cost, highlighting a quick payback for poultry investments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Local Notices And Social Roundup In Henry County
Miss Alice Laughlin of Missouri visits James McNabb's. Mrs Ziegler hosts relatives from near Whitefield. Ennis Dakin from Magnolia calls. Ice men busy this week. F E Smith, Henry caller. J H Massie Granville caller. N J Allen of Magnolia calls. Edith Harkins resumes school Monday. Mr and Mrs Andrew Madison welcome a son born last Saturday night. Fred Keebler improving. J D Shea from Minoak visits. Mrs M D Massie ill for days. Mary Kuhn visits Magnolia. Samuel Gillmore Leeen dies at Leech homestead aged 78. Owen Allen dines with H E Allen. Joe Winbarger visits Henry before returning to Melvia. Lavonne Clemens moves to Harley Newburn's. No Case on Record. Foley's Honey and Tar stops coughs and colds. yellow package only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Madison
Fred Keebler
J D Shea
Minoak
M D Massie
Mary Kuhn
Maegnolia
Samuel Gillmore Leeen
Leech
Mr Leech
Owen Allen
Henry
H E Allen
Allen
Joe Winbarger
Mary Allen
Mel 1
Lavonne Clemens
Harley Newburn
Lostant Death and Local Visitors Include Evangelist Sunday
William Horbach of Lostant died January 23 1908 at age 75 leaving six children and siblings in Germany The funeral was held at St Johns Catholic church with burial in Wenong Local residents attended Evangelist Sunday lectures and visitors from Bloomington Guthrie and Kinsman joined services and mourners Various relatives and friends visited and attended the funeral and meetings in nearby towns over the past week
Burial at cemetery after funeral of Horbach relative
The burial took place in the cemetery beside his wife who preceded him to the better world two years earlier. Requiem high mass was celebrated Monday at 9 o'clock by Rex P B Hand. Miss Mae Egan is visiting at Mrs. Joe Moore east of town. Mrs. John McCoy and family returned to Chicago after attending Mr Horbach's funeral. Mrs. William McHatton visited at Mrs. Atha Boshell's place. Fr Hand was in Streator Monday. Fred Hagg visited relatives in Henry. Albert Schiffbauer and Lizzie were in La Salle. Minnie Miller is dangerously sick at Mrs. Wm Puetz's home. Aleda Larson's mother and sister from Grand Ridge visited Sunday. Six draft horses, two carriage mares, two drivers, plus harnessed horses and Jersey cows were listed for sale by F E Smith of McNabb Ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Parrett
Bloomington
Billy
Gust Koehler
Guthrie
Minnie Neising
Freeport
Vinta Hartenbower
Harvey Elder
John F Cleary
Wm V McKenzie
Lawless
Rutland
Clara Henning
Eisie Kreger
Elvera Lundgren
Mary Dagner
R. Travis
Lottie McGuire
Kinsman
Streator
Horbach
William Horbach
Lostant
Wenong
Rex P B. Hand
Mae Egan
Joe Moore
John McCoy
Nellie
William
Chicago
William McHatton
Pull‘man
Atha Boshell
Fr. Hand
The Two Sides of Farming At Midwinter Institute
A Petersburg Democrat piece recalls a midwinter farmers institute where Ed Fahey extols alfalfa as a versatile feed and market crop, while Col John Bonnes counters with the burdens of alfalfa timing and heat. The gathering votes to discourage alfalfa cultivation in this latitude and adjourns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg Democrat
Ed Fahey
Herman Rogge
John Bonnes
Farmers’ Institute
Beatles Bros
Fahey
Battle Creek
Col Bonnes
Salem Club
Harmon Marbold
Old Salem Chautauqua
St. Louis
Tony Faust
Col. Bontes
Dr Kings New Life Pills Promise Easy Digestion
Everyone feels well when the digestive organs work properly. Dr Kings New Life Pills regulate stomach liver and bowels perfectly, making users feel good. Available for 25 cents at A J Ironmonger's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
J. Ironmonger’s
New Naturalization Fee Rule For Clerks
Secretary of Commerce issues a ruling affecting circuit clerks in naturalization cases. Clerks must collect the full $4 fee for petition and final order before issuance and retain the final order until entered. Clerks now account immediately for the fee, potentially slowing processing and increasing record-keeping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Commerce
Richard K. Campbell
Division of Naturalization
Comptroller ‘of the Treasury
Beto
Public sale to quit farming at Magnolia Ill Feb 14 1908
Arthur G. Haws announces a public sale at his father's Magnolia farm 1 1/2 miles east on Friday February 14 1908 starting 10 a m. Sale includes six horses five cattle two Duroc Jersey hogs farm implements household items and more with cash or bankable paper credit terms and 7 percent cash discount. Lunch provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magnolia
Ill
Road
McCormick
Arthur G. Haws
A.P. Child & Son
J. G. Clemens
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