Magnolia Notes Show Local Visits and Events
A Magnolia column lists Peoria visitors Mrs. Ed Mathis and Roben Swindler, Chicago travel by Mrs. Lou Sammons and C L Wierman, and a Varna society visit. It notes a Feb. 15 16 Putnam county teachers institute at Masonic hall with a full program and invites attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roben Swindler
Peoria
Ed Mathis
R. A Ward
Charles Wierman
Henry
C L. Wierman
Chicago
Lou Sammons
Dr. Simmons
Art Wilson
C. Freeman
Albert Hecht
Streator
Varna Society
M. J. French
C .L. Wierman
Toluca
Mae Coe
Alvin Spencer
Daisy Griffin
Venona
Mrsl. Merritt
Dwight
Mr. Clemens
Varna
Dent Parrett
Wenona
Walter Traver
John
Nickelodian
Elizabeth Broaddus
Usbana
Margaret Lackland
Champaign
Anti- Saloon League
Magnolia
Putnam County Teachers Institute
Masonic Hall
Vincl cod liver oil tonic promises to aid aging bodies
A vintage advertisement urges elderly readers to try Vincl cod liver oil tonic without oil. It claims the product increases appetite, improves digestion, builds blood, slows waste, and strengthens worn systems, with a money back guarantee if it fails. A. J. Ironmonger, druggist, Heery, al.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Ironmonger
Heery
Iowa woman well again in Ottumwa report
An Ottumwa reader credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing her years of female troubles and urges others to try it. The note cites long suffering and relief, praising the product and its native-root ingredients, with a call for readers to seek medical advice if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Iowa
United States
Lydia E. Pinkham
Harriet BE. Wampler
S. Ransom Street
Tax Collector Note From Magnolia Township
The undersigned states he has received the books and blanks and will receipt taxes. Will be at McNabb each Thursday and otherwise at Robert Mann & Co.’s store. Fred L Defenbrigh, collector, Lumber. I offer sawn lumber at $20 per M, four miles northwest of Magnolia. Oak and red elm excluded. R. W. Spencer, Magnolia, Ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magnolia Township
McNabb
Robert Mann & Co
Fred L Defenbrigh
Magnolia
R. W. Spencer
Ill
McNabb News Highlights Local Aftermath and Events
The smallpox scare eases while mail service remains slow. Louis McNabb visits Decatur and Miss Young returns home to Granville. George Ziegler promotes E M F cars and McNabb post office issues about 10000 in money orders annually. A box social, Wesley Kays stock sale set for February 21, and Edminster moves to Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McNabb
Drs Elliston
Peterson
Louis McNabb
Decatur
Miss Young
Granville
George Ziegler
Chicago
George
McNabb School
Wesley Kays
N. S. Edminster
Indiana
Frank Edminister
Shocking Sounds Warn of Earthquakes and Kidney Warnings
Shocking sounds on earth warn of earthquakes yet also warn of kidney trouble. Ads urge Electric Bitters for back pain and kidney bladder relief, citing Peter Bondy of Michigan. Claims the medicine benefits kidney issues. Also mentions attorney general Stead on school warrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Bondy
South Rockwood
Mich
T. J. Segraves
A. J. Tronmonger
Stead
Superintendent of ‘Public Instruction
Quaker Lane Tales of daily life and local visits
A Louisville area column records Mrs Spalding and son Louis at a funeral in Toluca, Elsie Gildersleave visiting Lane friends, and trips by E B Mills to Chicago with lambs. Others include Griffith’s business trip to Joliet and Chicago, Koehler taking possession of new property, a Reading Circle gathering, visits by Charles Mills and daughter Margaret of Boston, and a vaudeville show at Swaney auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spalding
Louis
Toluca
Elsie Gildersleave
Champaign
E. B. Mills
Chicago
W G. Griffith
Joliet
Frank Koehler
Swaney School
H. B. Beck
Reading Circle
W. G. Griffith
Charles Mills
Margaret
Boston
Mass
Abel Mills
Magnolia Grange
John Wilson
Venona
Swaney Auditorium
Violet
Esther Boyle
Glenn Carruthers
Cordelia Wilson
Mark
Matrimonial Duet in Peoria and Mt Palatine Weddings
Mulvihill Extrom unite at St Marys cathedral Peoria with reception at Mulvihill home and plans to live east of Magnolia. Zellmer Wolf wed at Mt Palatine Catholic church in historic first ceremony there with 75 guests and honeymoon in Milwaukee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zellmer-Wolf
New Catholic
Mt Palatine
Putnam County
Monica Weicherding
Mary Zellmer
Michael Wolf
Anna Zellmer
Charles Wolf
Fr. Scheutz
Hennepin
Henry Zellmer
Sroom
Victor Wolf
Milwaukee
Wis
Henry
Wisconsin
Cough Epidemic Prompts Cure Ads In Town
An epidemic of coughing sweeps the town affecting old and young alike, with children and the elderly hit hardest. An advertisement touts Foleys Honey and Tar Compound as a quick, safe cure for all coughs and colds, noting no opiates and listing A J Ironmonger as the local druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foleys
Lostant Local Notices and Public Sale Announcement
Lostant local items report quiet days, visitors from Minnesota and Boston, smallpox vaccination efforts, and a Farmers Switchboard directory update. Also a public stock sale announced for Magnolia on February 15 1912 featuring horses cattle brood sows and a Jersey bull with terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Law Farm
Magnolia
Henry Road
aAlbredone Durée Jersey
George J. Borgstede
George Morphew
Deaths of Mrs Elia Stockton and Mrs Gottlieb Kemnitz
Mrs Elia Stockton died suddenly at 2 a m Friday at her Centralia home aged 29. She was daughter of Dudley Ball of Toluca and once lived in the area. She married TM F Stockton on Thanksgiving Day in Centralia. Mrs Gottlieb Kemnitz died Thursday night at 11 30 at Toluca aged 74. Funeral Sunday at 10 a m at Varna German Lutheran Church, where she had been a member for about 50 years, with Rev Rodolph of La Rose officiating. Roads should be dragged after spring break up, not stay cold always.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter’s Hall
Claybaugh
Daisy Griffin
Daniel McKirgan
Margaret Balderson
Miss Freeman
Rebecca
Sunny Brook Farm
R A Ward
A Morphew
L Wierman
H E Jewell
M P Lackland
C E Griffin
W H Skelton
W J Allen
S. H Wirshing
Anti-Saloon League
Western Division
Galesburg
Methodist Church of
Varna
Magnolia Sunday School
Hecht
M. P. Lackland
NM. BE. Church
Lackland
Lack Tend
Lostant
Will Dagner
James Grant
Minnesota
H C Vollmer
Granville Dramatic Club
Comisky
George
Jennie
L W Boyd
Vermilion Township
Charlies Mills
Margaret
Boston
Mass
Abel Mills
Bert Child
Centrals
Farmers’ Switchboard Company
J R Lambert
Tonka
A. L. Turner
Wenona
A. H Bell
L. Y Austin
Streator
Miss Ley
E. Fairchild
Perry Mills
Peoria
Mills
Ray
Woman's Literary Club
Alice Barber
Elen Grady
Cahirdonnell
County Kerry
Ireland
New York City
Michael
O’grady
John
Mary
Alice
New York
Wilson
Litchfield
Opera House
Marie Comiskey
A. B. Child
John Pettitt
G. C. Spring
la Salle
Pike ‘County
Inlaw
Will
German Lutheran Church of
Rosedolph of
la Rose
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the Republican
Magnolia Department
G.N. Portman
Ademas St
Peoria, Ill
Messrs
Ralph and
Everett Hecht
Reddick
Badgley
Donald Badgley
Ralph
Everett
Clark
Quaker
LANE
Batiste
John Extrem
John Mulvihill
DR. King
Tronmonger, Hanry
Northern Illinois Co-Operative Burial Association
Allen B. Smith
L. B. Elliston
R. G._Dakin
Magnolia, Ill
W. A. Simmons
Centenary Hospital
Street Bank
Barnes’ Univers
Tia Re
St. Louis
Jna
Cols. A. P
H. J. Child
Granville, “Ill
T& Ss
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