Magnolia notes and social rounds in 1914 Magnolia
Magnolia township residents and visitors share social news and local events. Highlights include visits by Mrs Ed Spencer and Mrs C H Merritt to Peoria and Henry, plays at Swaney Varna and Toluca, high school basketball results, a birthday gathering for Gladys Crocker, and the Cumberland neighborhood play. The piece lists church services, club meetings, and the Cumberland group’s Illinois art loan exhibit. Also reports the National Corn Exposition awards and tax collection reminders for Magnolia township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Spencer
Peoria
M. J. French
R. W. Spencer
C H. Merritt
Henry
Swaney
Alfred Stratton
Franklin
Mae Gould
Bloomington
Hallie Jones
Perdew
Jeannette Balderston
Zella Boman
Magnolia
Ed Rhodes
Stratton Farm
Lambourne
Lostant
Edna Hillabrand
Wilbur Mann
W. Allen
Minnie Pruisner
Robert Mann
Hdlna Burr
Ollie Roberts
Norman Coe
Everett Hecht
Washington
Varna
Alvin Brown
Arthur Dixon
Anna Pruisner
W. H. Dean
Harry Wierman
Lawrence Merritt
Metamora
Charles Merritt
Gladys Crocker
Toluca
Putnam County ‘Teachers’ ‘Institute
Leta C. Ward
Ivah D. Franklin
Illinois
State Federation of Women's Clubs
Chicago Artists’ Loan
Chicago Artists’ Association
Iai
Emma Freeman
Celia Spencer
Harriet Wierman
Diamonds and Hearts Delight at Judd School Benefit
An evening performance called Diamond and Hearts pleased a full church audience. The actors delivered well and contributed to a neat sum of money aimed at buying books and pictures for the Judd school where Miss Lassmann teaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diamond and Hearts
Fof
Judd School
Miss Lassmann
The Farmer's Creed and Rural Life Adverts
The excerpt extols soil culture and rural virtues, praising farmers, education, and home life. It includes an advertisement for Electric Bitters promising health benefits and a Pennsylvania Railroad lunch counter car experiment on trains between New York and Philadelphia, noting the shift from dining cars to self serve options and the price difference for meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Philadelphia
Local notes from Lostant and surrounding areas
Mrs. Frank Gates is very ill. Births include a son to George Robison and wife on Feb 16 and a daughter to Park Avery and wife on Feb 14. The town reports illnesses, travels, and visits, plus a funeral in Peru for Peter Walgenbach and a ten year wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Burton Hiltabrand. A fire at the tower house caused by a chimney is contained by the water works with estimated losses around 1000 to 2500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lostant
Frank Gates
George Robison
Umphrees
Etta Anderson
Ottawa
Shipley
Toluca
Park Avery
J. H. Gaisford
Minoak
A. H. Bell
la Salle County Music Teachers’ Association
Peru
W. A. Settle
C. J. & S. Tower
Stella Baker
Institute
Emma Appel
Henry
Henry Appel
Charles
John Arenz
Bart Lechner
John Walgenbach
Peter Walgenbach
Davis-Harkins
Normal
George Barr
W. A. Barr
Nellie Curtis
Ora
Cleo
Charles Barr
Edna
Bertha
Flea M. Park
Cranesvillle
W. Va
Peoria
Mendota
Magnolia
W. F. Willey
Edward
Bloomington
Titanic memorial design approved by fine arts commission
Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney’s memorial plan in Washington D C has won approval as a tribute to heroism. About 48000 dollars has been raised toward the monument cost. The figure Heroism symbolizes virtue not limited to men, as with Wisdom Peace Art and Science in gendered allegory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Payne Whitney
Fine Arts Commission
Washington, D. C
Dr Kings New Discovery touted for quick cough relief
A vintage promotion claims Dr Kings New Discovery stops coughing and cures lung ailments. It cites Mrs Cox of Joliet Illinois and others, selling nationwide with guarantees and refunds through T J Segraves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DR. King
T. J. Segraves
Free to Farmers Seed Catalogue Offer from Shenandoah
Rate kin Seed House of Shenandoah Iowa offers to mail their 1914 illustrated seed catalogue and samples of Diamond Joe's Big Early White Seed Corn over 200 bushels per acre and New Alberta oats to readers who buy or plant farm seeds. Includes wide seed range and nursery stock. Free to all readers. Write Ratekin's Seed House Shenandoah Iowa Box 1310. Advt. 2-26-41.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ratekin Seed House
Shenandoah
Alberta
Ratekin's Seed House
Iowa
Coal dealer cuts price for self-delivery at Aurora
Mc Credie a Scotch coal dealer in Aurora cut coal prices by one dollar a ton for customers who deliver their own coal. Hundreds of poor men hauled coal home using children's coasting wagons and wheelbarrows as temperatures plunged to 15-below.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCredie
Aurora
Also Mentioned on This Page
Magnolia Department
Alvin Spencer
Louis Clemens
Cumberland
Meta Lassmann
W. B. Mills
McNabb
Dallas
Texas
Edtor Burt
Srl
Lewiston
Hy Hoppler
Spring Valley
W. D. Baum
Urbana
Leo Block
Sidney
Sumner Bros
Pekin
J. H. Basore
W. G. Cea McNabb
William Webb
Lockport
George 5
Barrett
H.C. Hildreth
Sidell
Arnold Hoppler
Princeton
Wheat—Peck
F. L. Black
C. ¥. Russell
Monmouth
Oats
Magnolia Township
Magnolia Bank
McNabb Bank
Ww. T
Law
Youpduil
Dr. Pierce
V. Pierce
M. D
Buffalo
Janesville
J. I. Case
J. B. Wolk
Farmers! General Supply House
Mcnabb, Ild
Spe
Robert Medsen
West Burlington
A. J. Tronmonger
Hte
First State Bank
Magnolia, Ill
Albert Pletsch
Mcnabb, Ill
McNabb Central 183
Z. Frank Titus
Mons
Centenary Hospital
Olive Street Bank
Barnes’ University
Medico Chirdingcal Society
St. Louis
Na Bank
Na, Ill
George J. Borgstede
Jones’ National School of Auctioneering
Chicago, Ill
W. H. Weathers
Phone McNabb
Ill
Hennepin
Ubu
A. P. and
H. J. Child
Auctioneers & Real Estate
Granville, Ill
Ten Centrals
Bureau Co
Ind
Wrasse
T. L. Skelton
Agt
Chamberlain
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