Varna reporter notes local events and rumors
Our Vicinity in Lacon reports Captain Warren moving to Lacon, Ong expands the intellectual circle, Moral O’Banion starts The Herald in Varna, and snow plows clear sidewalks. Temperance lectures by Rev Dr Adams begin, bean bag games gain popularity, and a marriage at Henry links to Nettie Ellsworth of Home Journal.
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Warren
Varna
Lacon
Moral O’banion
the Herald
Sparland
Dr Adams
Jacksonville
Methodist Church
Earth
Nettie EB
Ellsworth
The
Home Journal
T. L. Jones
Henry
Grey Eagle
Kansas
Democratic District Committee
20Th District
Eureka
Midar
Inior
John M Hamilton
John A. Logan
Marshall County
Bishop Hamilton
Ohio
Cornelius Hamilton
Union County
Local News Notices from Sparland and Area Funerals
Jeremiah Cooper died at his Sparland home from consumption at 6 am after two months in bed. He leaves a wife and two children, aged 42. Anna Rogers died at her home Monday morning after a decline. her father Michael Rogers learned of her death at 8 am. Mrs Robert Waugh welcomed a fine boy born last Sunday. The community notes start the winter term. Elmer Frisby and two boys narrowly escaped a train collision while operating a hand car. The thermometer registered 22 degrees below zero last Monday. G. E. Orce
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Jeremiah Cooper
Sparland
Aans Rogers
Mataya
Michael Rogers
Lacon
Robert Waugh
Elmer Frisby
Whitefield notes delayed week and rabbit hunting fun
No school in Whitefield and boys enjoy rabbit hunting. Tatlholt raffle success. Luther Bay named champion. A married man meets a schoolmarm with a gun while hunting. Diehl killed a boss turkey, dressing 27 pounds. editor reports a 10 pound dressed turkey as a Christmas feast.
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Whitefield
Tatlholt
Luther Bay
A.J Diehl
Republican
Local Notes From South Whitefield and Nearby
Town and college news from South Whitefield. Readers include Marcia Waughop Eureka College and Edson Merritt Geneseo visiting relatives. Prof Mcluskey’s concert at the Baptist church praised, plus a lyceum at Bethel school house and a student-edited paper by Ulyses Barton and Jennie Watkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcia Waughop
Eureka College
George and Willis Burson
Edson Merritt
Geneseo
Mary Berwick
Henry
Mcluskey
The
Baptist Church
Nathaniel Marshall
Bennington
Milton Holler
Lyceum
Bethel School House
Ulyses Barton
Jennie Watkins
Sherm Coombes
Mt Morria
Sherm
Lacon
L. O. Ree
Community notices and social events in a 19th century town
The excerpt lists visits and returns of local residents, church and temperance lectures, New Year balls, a note on an oyster supper raising about $60, and remarks on social gatherings. It mentions Myra Webber leaving to Meriden, protracted meetings at the M E church, a schoolmaster’s mishap, and wedding anniversaries of Cotney and Bagley families, with Mr and Mrs Scholes prominent in the narrative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmot
Colorado
Geo. Scholes
Faris
Scholes
Hosfield
Pennsylvania
Henry
Bradford
Meriden
Newton
John B. Gough
Inquirer
Gough
M. BE
Barth
Duke of York
Wiggletown
Waggletown
M. E. Church
Rev Hazzard
M. G. Cotney
Bagley
Dakota
Peter Klein
Esq Scholes
Family visit and year end gathering noted
Visit from Fostie Faris of Kansas and Mr and Mrs Porter Wilmot with two children of Evergreen. Col Eudie Calder spent a few days with her uncle A P Webber. The youth group held its final meeting at Newton Bay's residence last Friday evening as they saw the old year out and the new year in. OCCASIONAL.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fostie Faris
Kansas
Porter Wilmot
Evergreen
Col
Eudie Calder
A. P. Webber
Newton Bay
Putnam Ad Includes Odd Claims and Local Fire News
A Putnam wall advertises Elijah the Great who can shoe horses or sell meat, then reports a church fire at the M. E. church with $100 damage, no insurance, and a fundraiser oyster supper scheduled for January 18 to aid repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam
Elijah the Great
J. H. Williams
State Grange
Bloomington
Charley Grubs
Hennepin
M. E
Barney
Joe Mendenhall
George Sparling
Isaac
George Malone
Varna
Sam
Fire destroys Granville graded school. town faces cold night
The Granville graded school building burned Saturday between 5 and 6 am. No insurance. the 17 year old structure was in poor repair. A blind man wandering the alleys called for help around midnight. Elijah Tom Masson found him and escorted him toward a warmer site. The man’s fate after the cold night remains unknown as of Sunday.
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Wiennop
Granville
Elijah Tommasson
Mercury
J. Andrew McGaffin
Thomas McGaffin
Magnolia
Chalk Mound
Kansas
Hennepin
Lizzie Smith
Galesburg
Lizzie
Peterson
John Sherming
Pterson & Dunlavey
Dayton
Ohio
Morgan
Installation of Magnolia lodge officers held
Mrs Laura Spencer Curtis of Freeport visited her parents Mr and Mrs E Spencer as Magnolia lodge No 108 installed its officers at a regular Saturday meeting with Dr Cowan of Hennepin as installing officer. The officers installed included 8 B Mitchell W M Riley Roberts S W F M Pendleton J W Wm Hawa Treasurer Thomas Paxton Sec John Massy D Henry Ditman JD.
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Laura Spencer Curtis
Freeport
E. Spencer
Magnolia Lodge No 108
Dr Cowan
Hennepin
B. Mitchell W. M
Riley Roberts S. W
F. M. Pendleton J
Wm Hawa Treas
Thomas Paxton
John Massy
Henry Ditman
Adam Mettern
Boiling-water accident injures local resident and notes town events
A boiling-water accident scalded a resident's right leg and foot. Dr Pendleton treated her while condition is reported as serious. George Keller moved his family to the east part of town. Residents visited Lostant. A J Pittcraft canvassed for Equitable Life Insurance, securing over $26 000 in policies. Local tin shop, temperance talk by John Walker, and a free concert at the M E church are noted. Ellen McGinnis and others taught schools during holidays. Mike Mettern rented Capt Haws farm south of town. Addison.
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Pendleton
Eorge Keller
Thos Paxton
Bowers
Mra Mitchell
John Ramage
Jules Mitchell Ruble
Lostant
A. J. Pittcraft
Equitable Life Insurance Company of
Iowa
A. B. Wilson
M. Church
John Walker
L. C. Morrell
Josie
Ramsey
Ross
Morrell
Lucy Baker
Wenona
M. E. Church
McDowell
Ellen McGinnis
Sara Crabbs
Chas A. Wurts
Mike Mettern
Capt Haws
Addison
Lone Free Sociable and Town Tales in Putnam
The monthly Methodist sociable was held at Thomas Funston’s residence with a large attendance and a $5.05 collection. Notices mention Mrs Harrig’s visit, Mike Kughn’s return from ditching, and local chatter about whisky nicknames. Several residents travel to Henry and Tiskilwa for New Year, with school happenings and a tale of a mistaken Lone Tree quest in Joliet.
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Lone Free
Thos Funston
Thos Runnels
Whitefield Corners
T. W Harrig
Harrie
Laose
Mike Kughn
Putnam
Henry
Lou Mutton
McAfees
Josie Purcell
Tiskilwa
Stacey Myora
Alf Ammons
Ile
Joe
eThe Republican
Moll
Pennsylvania
Hessid
Joliet
Lone Tree
Levi
Ed Murphy
Holiday newspaper notes across towns praise colorful editions
The Venona Gazette appears in a pink holiday dress with dainty styling while Plaindester plans a second issue as town support remains mixed. Moral O Banion launches Varoa Eerald with strong first numbers. Winfield Courier surveys a thriving city. El Paso Journal prints a tinted 16 page holiday issue with Ford county write up. Champaign County Herald releases a 24 page mammoth edition highlighting typographic excellence and local coverage.
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Venona Gazette
Buda
Varoa Eerald
Moral O'Banion
Moral
Winfield
Kan
el Paso Journal
Woodford County
Champaign County
Peoria Papers Celebrate Holiday Editions
The Herald leads with Christmas numbers and Peoria Transcript offers an illustrated year review. Peoria is praised as a growing city, with the Peoria Saturday Evening Call releasing a 16 page holiday issue featuring views and portraits. The Call’s proprietor H Livingston runs a popular society paper with strong local features. Subscription combined with Family Physician is $2.
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Ups
M. W. Matthews
McLean
Herald
Peoria Transcript
Peoria
Janist
Chicago
Call
H. Livingston
Pungent Paragraphs and Quips From Various Papers
A collage of witty lines from multiple papers includes a Charleston quip about keeping a stiff upper crust, a Chicago Tribune note on names, a humorous hotel scene, a Punch style jab at poetry, a reader’s joke about swearing, a Miss Blank matchmaking quip, a Bulgaran prince pun, a Tid-Bits exchange, and a Maine hunter’s sermon on plural forms of moose.
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Charleston
Chicago Tribune
N. Y
Miss Blank
Miss
Omaha
Algernon
Maine
Castoria Advertisement Echoes Through Ages
An old promotional rhymed line extols Castoria for babies children and mothers. It traces use from infancy through adulthood and into motherhood, presenting a timeless testimonial arc for the product.
Chinese Princes: Daily Routines of Manchu Heir Apparents
The article details the education and discipline of Manchu princes, including two hours of Chinese lessons under a shih fu, followed by Ha Ha Chu companions for practice, punishments by flogging or cheek-pinching, and strict schedules. It also covers language studies, athletic training, meal controls, arranged marriages at fifteen, and the imperial harem's structure with eight handmaids and sixteen attendants, plus annual New Year banquets under the Empress and Emperor.
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Hwangiss
Shih Fu
Pa Jon
UN -Chih
Sefu
Nei-Wu-Fu
Lach Tporkoko
Fei
Ch'ang-Tsat
Sa-Ying
Hong Kong
The Flying Dutchman and the Iron Ship Legend
The Flying Dutchman was a real ship on the Rotterdam to Java route with Captain Bernard Fokke. Rumors grew of iron in its hull defying gravity, aiding speed, and a vow to round the Cape of Good Hope “till Judgment Day” after storms drove it back.
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Rotterdam
Java
Bernard Fokke
Fokke
Capee
Good Hope
Moncure D. Gowway
Philadelphia Press
Why They Were Unanimous
A humorous exchange from the Texas Lampoon recalls a couple's nearly perfect harmony and a near fire escape. The mutual friend reports the husband and wife seldom disagree, with one vivid memory of a house fire proving they acted in unison.
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Texas
Texas Lampoon
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Minoak
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Nanc Michner
Victor Kays
Jud Norris
Jud Ransom
Caledonia
Frank Roberta
Roberts Township
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