Local Notes and Lane Gossip in 1914 Illinois Brief
Paragraphs chronicle social visits, school absences, and community events in Quaker Lane and nearby towns. Mentions Mary Laura Helen Smith visits, Magnolia Grange officers, Russell Tomlinson parties, and students Ada Wotan and Hazel Boman returning to schools in Champaign and Normal. Also notes livestock sales and small market observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quaker Lane
Mary
Laura
Helen Smith
Max Whitney
C. Boman
F. EB. Smith
Peoria
T. J. Smith
Marion French’s
Urwin Franklin
Sara Chase
Lexington
Mary W. Smith
William Fairbanks
Chicago
JC. B. Flitcraft
Oak Park
Green Lawn
D P. Mills
Minnesota
Willis Mills
Geneseo
Farmers’ Institute
Magnolia Grange
Ernest Mills
Alice Wilson
Venona
John Wilson
Frank Kerns
Frank Koehler
Russell Tomlinson
Ethel Buckley
Annawan
A. B. Wilson
John Waigon
Wotan
Swaney School
McNabb W.C. T
McNabb
Granville W V. T. U
Lane
Millican
Hazel Boman
Old Normal
Burdette Griffith
Alfred Wilson
Louis Spalding
Ruth Bumearner
Turner Miles
Harold and Walbur Sutherland
Harry Stansell
Champaign
Biliousness and Constipation Cured
R F Erwin of Peru reports relief after a year ago suffering indigestion biliousness and constipation. He used Chamberlains Tablets and they helped him right away. For sale by all dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R F. Erwin
Peru
Chamberlain
Local Store Sees Patrons Compliment Past Years
A fragmented advertisement page praises customer patronage over past years and expresses gratitude. It mentions regular sale items like baking powder coffee shoes and candies, with uncertain pricing and quantities due to OCR errors. The tone hints at a shopkeeper seeking continued support for a prosperous future.
Beettweold Want Adlets and Local Notes
Local items note visits, returns, and tidbits from Henry Illinois area. Families travel to Granville and Chicago, with New Year gatherings, school duties resume, and town promotions. Public and private notices include sales, real estate, and community happenings.
Public Sale Near Henry Illinois Lackluster Overstock Auction
Overstocked items to be sold at residence two miles north and two west of Henry Illinois on Monday January 19 1914 starting at 10 o clock a.m. Includes four head of horses a cow and calf several sows a registered Poland China boar a brood sow with piglets six weeks old and farm machinery including a Deering binder mower rake hay tedder and timothy bay seed. Cash sales with credit terms up to ten months available on bankable paper and a six percent discount for cash. No property to be removed until terms are met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma New
Griggsville
Mr. Browning
Perry
Delbert Dorsey
Yale
Sworth
Duroc-Jersey
H. E. Browning
Heisman
Jersey
McNabb
Esira
F. E. Smith
Ill
A. P. Child
W. G. Griffith
Henry
Poland
China
Auciont
Magnolia
Loawitz
Devemteen
Arand
Deere
McCormick &Foot
Smith
Henry, Ik
Sparland
China Boat
Avery
Surrey
McCormick
Dewi
Carl Sendelbach
R. Karenes
Auction Notice for Aukland Homestead Sale in Ohio
Public notice states J plans to move to Ohio and sell at public auction the Aukland homestead located near Whitefield Center church on Wednesday January 28 1914. Items include twenty six head of cattle fifty three Poland China hogs and assorted implements and household goods with detailed stock counts and terms of sale by Chas W Ackland and R K McColl Lisle Smith auctioneers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Aukland
Herby
Whitefield’ Corners
Whitefield Center
Iam
Wits
Poland
China
Sutton Reid
Ottawa
Avery
Chas
W. Ackland
R. K. McColl
Lisle Smith
J. O. Hill
Public Auction of Holmes Morrison Farm Assets Near Henry NL
Public sale on January 14 1913 at the Holmes Morrison farm two miles west of Henry NL offers nine horses seventeen cattle twenty three fall shoats five tons of timothy hay and listed machinery. Terms include cash on items under ten dollars and 12 month credit on larger sums with bankable note. 5 percent discount on sums over ten dollars. Auctioneers Lisle Smith and Elmer Quinn Clerks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holmes Morrison
Henry, NL
Timothy Bay
Dee
A. Rouse
Lisle Smith
Elmer Quinn
Linch Wild
Lester Brown
Public sale of farm stock implements and household goods
The undersigned offers for sale at public auction his Magnolia area farm near Magnolia on Wednesday January 14 1914 starting 11 00 am. Seventy five head of cattle horses brood sows milch cows stock cattle and assorted farm implements plus household goods and lunch on grounds. Terms cash 10 and under. over 10 credit 12 months with note and security. Bergstrom Child auctioneers. Clerk R D McCulloch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Bergstrom
A P
H. J. and
E. B Child
R. D. McCulloch
Public Farm Sale At Carl Sendelbach Residence
Auction on Tuesday January 13 1914 at 10 am at the Carl Sendelbach farm seven miles west and one mile south of Henry ik five miles west of Sparland. Sale includes horses cattle hogs farm implements and household items with credit terms and cash discounts offered.
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George Burt
George A. Burt
Teeee
Eapee
Aneebe
Reg
Rek
Puli
Arnold's
Wat “Henry
Spencer
Jay
Duane
Perry Dakin
Granville
Jay Duane
Chicago University
Charles Trone
Mr. Troné
Charles Rutherford
Wranet
Harvey Jones
Grace Griffin
Mabel Defenbaugh
Leland
Mabel Frye
French
Lena Byram
Abingdon
Lena Skelton
Franklin
Henry McGhehy
Toluca
McGhehy
Conrad Koch
Varna
Charles Wierman
Colorado Springs
John Jones
Wierman
Clara Roberts
Roberta
Ollie Roberts
Jacksonville
Athens
Margaret
James Phillips
Kenneth Smith
Boman
Rame
Jeannette Balderston
Katherine Donna Smith
Yarna
Vivan Haws
Ollie Hiatt
Spencer Company
Ziegler & Kays
Charles Johnson
Lyle Allen
Alice Borgstede
Robert Mano
J. C. Blaisdell
State Commission
Dunne
Forbes
State ‘University
Pew
Cain
Kansas City
Greenview
Jackson County
Worklig
Barnuns
Balley
F. B. Potter
I Electrician
Putnam
H. BR. Fairbanks
King’s
Stephen Appel
John Harkey
Duffield
Gregory
E. x. Fairbanks
Telephone Investments
C. A. Camp
E. R. Fairbanks
Til
First National Bank
Lil
Hirst
Roberts Township
G. Metzger
I. N. Newell. Henry
Hai Coe
Henry Telephone Central
Earl ‘Osborne
Rock ‘Island
Pacific
Novis
Illinois
Rock
Sland
Stuttgart
5E& Southerny Railw Company
Mesa
Prairie
Arkansas
Sini
Andi
Vatkaubab
County
Presid
Crosby
Eke Ey
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