Bank schedule and local notes from Magnolia township
The Magnolia community page lists Charles B D Willey announcing tax books and bank visits in McNabb and Magnolia on Thursdays and Saturdays. It also records assorted local visits, birthdays, illnesses, travel to Chicago Milwaukee and Decatur, social events, and a Fremont home return, with brief notices of neighbors, housekeeping moves, and a Foley remedy advertisement.
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Magnolia
McNabb
Charles BD. Willey
Magnolia Township
Ill
Obituaries and local notes from Lostant Illinois residents
Obituary notes report Daniel Weber Lostant resident for 42 years died January 29 at age 89 leaving a wife five children 18 grandchildren and five great grandchildren He was a German soldier Other items include a revival meeting close with 38 additions and 30 baptisms purse of 20 for Rev Snedaker church moves and visits by locals rail derailment near Lostant and various social notices The L V C group met for a January English writers lesson with Ruth Hillabrand leading discussion
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Mort Reynolds
A. W. Merritt
Hoopeston
C. B. Gould
Eberly Home
Joseph Morris
Frank Morris
Baby
Bloomington
J. Guenther
William Hasselman
Peru
la Salle
R. W. Phillips
Rockford
Forest City Life Insurance Co
Lostant
Virginia
Illinois
Bernard Winner
Henry Waltgenback
Elizabeth Smith
Wilsman
Mack Evans
Hope Township
James HB. Phillips
George King
Thomas Pope Hodnett
Chicago
Bae
Ed Tipton
White Heath
John Skeet
Skeet
George Cleal
Ransom
Myrtle
Ruth Hillabrand
Foley's Honey and Tar Promoted as Lung Remedy
Sore lungs and raw lungs are described as miserable, with Foley's Honey and Tar hailed as the greatest throat and lung remedy that will quickly cure soreness and cough and restore normal condition. A. J. Ironmonger promotes the product.
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Foley
A. J. Iron-monger
Saloonkeepers Plead Guilty Under Sunday Closing Law
State's Attorney Taylor prosecuted twenty saloonkeepers at Mark and Standard before Judge Mills. Twenty pleaded guilty to two or three counts each and received fines and costs from seventy five to one hundred fifteen dollars. Trials continued for the Italians involved in the Standard shooting as the jury disagreed and was discharged.
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Hennepin
Taylor
Mark and Standard
Mills
Peter Etscheid
Henry
Standard
Marco Mussetti
Illinois Masons set fund for Cherry Mine disaster families
Illinois Masonic lodges arranged last December to aid families affected by the Cherry mine disaster. Lodges statewide contributed about $10,000, though the exact total had not yet been disclosed.
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Ilinois
Aiso
Cherry Mine
Doan's Kidney Pills Promise Relief for Women Woes
Testimonial ad from Mrs. Eliza Foster of La con Illinois praising Doan's Kidney Pills for relief from back pains nervousness and bearing-down sensations. Claims two years of suffering followed by improvement after use. Sold by dealers price 60 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
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Dean
Eliza Foster
Mill Street
Lacon
Ill
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
United States
Wenona Index honors oldest resident and longtime locals
The Wenona Index names Mrs. W. L. Downey as the oldest continuous resident, noting her arrival in 1858 and nearly 52 years within Wenona. It also cites E. L. Monser as the town’s oldest resident businessman since 1865 and Benjamin Judd as Marshall county’s oldest resident, with details on their lives and ties to the area.
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Wenona
W. L. Downey
Downey
Presbyterian Church
C. M. Allen
A. Kahn
Phoenix School
E. L. Monser
Wenona Coal Co
George S
W. E B. Monser
Monser
Judd
Venona
Old Sandy
The
Index
Granville Farmers Institute Club Plans Second Meeting
The Putnam County Farmers Institute fiscal note shows a second meeting set for the 17th in Granville. Attendees hope to spur spring farm work as funds from the regular institute were not fully used. Other notes mention Dr. Watson of Florida visiting, Mrs. Case of Joliet, paralysis illness of Mrs. Dan Peterson, Frank Kibble moving to Roundup, graves at Quincy Soldiers' Home, and Kelly Weible’s narrow escape after jumping from a moving train.
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Granville
Putnam County
Quincy
Hub" Graves
National Cemetery
Kelly Weible
Lye Peaches Spark Pure Food Debate Across Cannery Lines
A pure food discussion moves to lye processing in canneries as peaches are boiled in caustic soda to save peeling cost. Critics warn of taste and safety issues with unripe fruit and potential health effects. Congress may set labeling rules, while high school associations ban girls from basketball as improper.
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Department of Agriculture
Congress
200 Years Hence Machinery to Run All Work
An editor predicts that in 200 years nobody will work, machines will do all labor, and fathers will grease the family’s lifeblood. The era of catalogs, a Chicago pastor’s ad for lonely Christians, and a looming Cherry coal mine disaster are noted alongside debates on pension reform and inauguration dates.
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Chicago
Cherry
Frederick Lundin
Congress
Lundin
Atlantic
Grim Reaper
Pittsburg
President Helps Orphans In Macon Ga With Electric Bitters
A statement from the president of the Industrial and Orphans' Home in Macon Georgia asserts Electric Bitters has aided nine years in stomach liver and kidney troubles. It strengthens vital organs purifies blood aids digestion and builds up weak children and rundown adults. Sold for 50 cents at A J Tronmonger's drug store.
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Industrial and Orphans’ Home
Macon
A. J. Tronmonger
Indictments Against Peter Bosmic In Rape Case
The Marshall county grand jury returned two indictments against Peter Bosmic one for rape and the other for a crime against children. He remains in jail on bail set at 500 dollars. In 1909 St Marys hospital Streator admitted 669 patients and 39 died, a death rate of under six percent.
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Marshall County
Peter Bosmic
St. Mary's Hospital
Streator
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Barnes’ University
Ice
Chirurogical Society
St. Is
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Ina
E. F. Mongeau
W. H. Weathers
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Robert G. Dakin
M. D
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Real Estate and Insurance
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Manchester
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Leech Farm
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Majory Watson
Hetrick
Charles Odekirk
Dwight
A. J
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Joe
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J. W. Henshaw
J. P. Sossman
Cornelius
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Chicago Daily
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