Village News Surges with Holiday Visits and School Returns
Magnolia area residents report Christmas and New Year visits from relatives. many readjust to school duties in Illinois and Michigan. Local dances and the opening of the Princess theater mark post holiday events as families, students, and friends gather from Knox College, Normal, Chicago, and Roseville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Ramage
Michigan
James Phillips
Col Carver
E. H Child
Clark Haws’ Sale
Jay Dunne
C L. Wierman
Igusk
Princess Theater
Potter
Neves
Prank “Funk
Harvey Morris
Mc ‘Mabb
Missex
Anita
Roberta
Roberts
Chicago
Lewrenes
Grosecto
Iowa
Holiday visits and church activities in Wenona
John Dean and family visited Alva Maoberry in Allentown during the holidays along with Miss Hannum and Messrs McAlister and Galhoun of Wenona. Sunday school met at 10 am and evening services at 7 pm with a violin duet. Socials included chafing dish luncheons hosted by Miss Merritt and gatherings with the Lackland and Kiblinger families. Mrs Brenn, president of the Ladies Aid, hosted a birthday surprise with ice cream and cake as members extended good wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dean
Magnolia
Alva Maoberry
Allentown
Hannum
McAlister
Galhoun
Wenona
Warner Lackland
Kiblinger
Warner
Miss Merritt
Margaret
Hazel Kiblinger
Anita Roberts
Ralph French
Lawrence Merritt
Tracy Skelton
Margaret Lackland
J H. Brenn
Ladies' Aid Society
The
Aid
James Davey
John Pettiitt
Beverly
Mary Keller
Lowa
Charles Keller
John Kelley
Schoenneshoefer
R B. Glenn
North Carolina
Jan
Miss VanNatta
M. H. Bangs
A. W
Myrtle
Shields
Clarence Phillips
Priscilla
Oty Adams
A.W. Herwick
Estella Bell
S. B. Merritt
Bell
Merritt
Asher
F. E. Wagg
A. R. Kreger
Princeville
Lostant
Frank" Gapen
Lacon
George Cleal
Ransom
Lumber for sale near Magnolia Illinois by R W Spencer
Lumber milled to order offered for twenty dollars per thousand board feet at the Spencer mill four miles northwest of Magnolia Illinois Oak and red elm excluded Purchaser to specify quantity and grade Wood available for local buyers only as of November ninth tied to a small classified notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magnolia
R. W. Spencer
Ill
Local residents visit scattered towns and host events
Walter and Russell Tomlinson visited friends on Quaker Lane as the Swaney casketball team earned honors at Minooka. W G Griffith and J T Mills attended institute work in Geneseo while Edna Wilson hosted a party at Green Lawn. Road commissioners Mason Wilson John Davidson and Frank King planned a Michigan trip to study a gasoline engine for road work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter
Russell Tomlinson
Henry
W. B. Mills
WG. Griffith
J T Mills
Hennepin
Franklin
Lexington
Mary W Smith
Edith Gants
Wenona
J N Wilson
G. Griffith
W B Mills
Geneseo
Swaney
Minoak
G Griffith
Streator
Sarah Spargrove
Alice Wilson
John Wilson
Alice Sutherland
Bloomington
J C Suttons
Dent Parrett
Pearl Hefflin
Edna Wilson
Wilber Sutherland
Chillicothe
Enida Griffith
DeKalb
Irma Bumgarner
Stockland
Beatrice Taylor
Chicago
Mary Smith
W H Francis
The
Walnuts
Harwood Griffith
California
Kirksville
Grace Grant
Decatur
Ruth Bumgarner
Green Lawn
Mason Wilson
John—Davidson
Frank King
Michigan
Ayer's Hair Vigor Promises Dandruff Destruction
Advertising copy claims Ayer's Hair Vigor cleans the scalp and destroys dandruff, promotes hair growth, keeps hair soft and smooth, and prevents hair loss. It says the product does not color or injure hair or scalp and suggests consulting a physician for hair problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayer
Lowen, Ma
Hennepin and Lostant News Roundup from Local Notes
Community updates report travel to California and Illinois, school resumes in Hennepin and Amboy, pleurisy illness, river ice conditions, and a successful Hennepin poultry show with auctions and entertainment. Local visits include Porter of Chicago and Miss Mary Stouffer. public lectures by Governor R B Glenn planned for Wenona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Wood
Champaign
Mary Stouffer
Amboy
Hennepin Public School
Mayzella Neal
Cech
Bureau County
Bureau ‘Creek
W B Mills
McNabb
Johnson
Tompkins
Porter
Chicago
Hennepin
Small Town News Highlights Holiday Gatherings Across Illinois
The column lists numerous family visits and holiday meals in Granville Mendota Ottawa and nearby towns. Mentions include Eugene Crowe Dora Barber Beryl Barber Arvilla Beardsley and many others visiting relatives in Indiana Peoria Chicago and McNabb. Local stores decorate with festive displays and community events occur including a Star lodge installation and a Stratton family reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Crowe
Bloomington
Dora Barber
Beryl
Wenona
Wm. Groat
Arvilla Beardsley
Chicago
Oliver Wilson
Peoria
Bosley
Tonica
A. W. Merritt'ee
McNabb and Morants
J M Hannum
Ed Hannum
Melvin
Herb Bane
South Bend
Ind
Phillips
A Schoenneshoefer
Granville
W H McDaniels
Indiana
C Kelso
Joe
Miss
Gutteridge
St Francisville
O M Brock
Elizabeth Schoenneshoefer
Mendota
Eugene Boshel
Miss Hazel
Chiago
Ottawa
Schoenneshoefer
Lucile
Packard
Julia Zim
Progressivism and suffrage ripple across Illinois and nation
The National Prohibition Committee splits in Chicago to form a progressive prohibition party. Illinois Grange delegates in Peoria endorse woman suffrage, aligning 6000 to 8000 members with the cause. The Town State college of Ames wins the International Live Stock Expo with Victor the Aberdeen Angus. A Kansas tally shows many women in office, while utilities in several towns merge into Central Minors Utilities Company. Advertisements and humorous snippets fill remaining copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Prohibition Committee
Chicago
Progressive Prohibition Party
Ilinois State Grange
Peoria
Town State College of
Amesia
Victor
Fair
Bushnell
Macomb
Kansas
Electric Light
Milford
Watseka
Gilman
Piper City
Chatsworth
Forrest
Fairbury
Central Minors Utilities Company
Not Understood Poem Fragments Reflect Faith and Compassion
Fragmentary lines express confusion and plea for sympathy and clearer understanding among people. Quoted phrases name W. D. Mahon and reference America Federations, hinting at a patriotic or religious context amid lament and desire for closer human connection.
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Scott
Henry, III
Magnolia Department
Noah Coldwell
Irving Dean
Mises Gertrude Ramsey
Fannie Curtis
Peru
Ilinois
Lucille Macy
George Ramsey
Clyde
P A Ward
Famyl
Yuletide
Hares
Knox College
Lackland
M L. Merritt
Lawrence
Dwight
C H Merritt
Illinois
James Snodgrass
Sterling
Col
Dwight Claybaugh
Roseville
Arminda Ray
Roberta Roberts
C. H. Merritt
Louise
C. M. Stillwell
State Board of Health
Frank Funk
Lawrence Grogscup
Claybaugh
Quaker Lane
Hen Yepin
RFE
Fisher
Washington
Kas
Foley
Rotey
Kitmes
Pitts
Toluca
Putnam County
Joseph Stimacis
Candido Flaminio
Flaminio
Charles Durham
Lovington
Ilinois-supreme Court
Henry Plaff
el Paso
Pacific Express Co
Wee
Platt
Julian M. Mack
Commerce Court
Clinton C. Collins
Edwin S. Metcalf
Plaff
Spaulding & Co
Plafg
Oharseness
Chamberlain
A. J. Tronmonger
T J. Segraves
DR. King’s
T. J. Segraves
A. J. Ironmonger
Henry, i
Northern Illinois Co-Operative Burial Association
Allen B. Smith
M E Church
Jas McCafferty
Mgr
Schlitz Hotel
Omaha
Neb
A.J
L. B. Elliston, M. D
R. G. Dakin
Magnolia, Ill
W. A. Simmons
Centenary Hospital
Olive Street
Barnes’ University
Medico. Ees Society
St. Louis
Jna Bank
Cols. A. P
A. J. Child
Renal Estate
Granville, Ill
Wu Eye
Neere
Anne Oa
W. D. Mahon
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