Magnolia notes and town life in McNabb January 1912
Local tidbits include visits and travels of Magnolia residents J Dunne and M P Lackland, a masquerade ball planned in McNabb, a new bank building likely, seed corn loss at Griffiths, school enrollment rising past 60, and community events from Jan 2 to Jan 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McNabb
Griffith
James McNabb
Peoria
Fred Wolf
W. H. Johnston
McNabo
McNabb Bank
Ben Hoyle
Henry
Ben
Swaney High School
University High School
Edminster
Indiana
N. 5S
Miss Williams
Centerville
McNabb Town Hall
Hess
Putnam
O. P. Mills
Chicago
O. P
Cut the High Cost of Living Address
Winnebago Neb resident W H Chapman recounts saving on medical costs by using Foley's Honey and Tar Compound to treat his two coughing children without opiates and without paying for a doctor's visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Chapman
Winnebago
Neb
Foley
Mooley
A. J. Ironorager
Poe
J.C. Hutzell
W. Mainsr
Wayne
DR. Pierce
Golden
Five Wheaton students end gospel meetings then depart
Five Wheaton College students closed their gospel meetings here last Tuesday evening and will hold a series of meetings in Hennepin. Mrs. Joseph Albert hosted a dinner for the Ladies Aid society on Jan 1, with a fine meal and good time reported. Several locals were noted visiting relatives and hosting guests, while others returned to school or traveled for business and health updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penny Dakin
Nebraska
Sherman Carlson
Stratford
Robert Mann
Daisy Griffin
Wenona
Burl Simonton
Miss Holton
Charles Morphew
Waterloo
M. D. Chandler
Fruita Col
George Ramsey
Col. Carver
Lacon
Hal McCullum
Streator
Venona
George Hillabrand
Chicago
Jay Dunne
Ann Arbor
Mich
J. Dunne
Albert Preston
Des Moines
A. Freeman
Lesta
Flora Dean
Ralph Krench
Champaign
Mae Coe
Clarence Tellis
Granville
R. A. Ward
Patoka
Hareka
M. P. Lackland
Magnolia
Vicinity
Old Baptist Church
Caledonia
Heverybody
Robert McClure
Lackland
Henry
Leroy King
Knox
Wheaton College
Hennepin
Joseph Albert
Ladies’ Aid Society
Willis Dessinger
Marguerite Reichwine
Depue
Ladies' Aid Society
H. M. Wilson
Dessinger
Eli
McNabb
Adam Deininger
Lloyd
Kansas City
Little Royal Clemens
Quaker Lane
W. G. Griffith
Woodhull
Leland
W. B. Mills
Farmers’ Institutes
Mason Wilson
Texas
Panhandle
J. N. Wilson
R. R. Newburn
Rutland
Magnolia Grange
Helen Smith
Decatur
Wilbur Sutherland
Turner Mills
Alfred Wilson
Don Kays
Columbus
Mabel Carney
Normal
Consolidated School
John Swaney
Tonica
Swaney
Miss Hoffman
Peru
W. L. Mills
Dr. Franklin
Ny Omens Club
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Ad
Cough remedy praised as superior for coughs and colds. Described as pleasant tasting and non narcotic. Advertises sale by T J Segraves and A J Ironmonger druggists. Ad appears in local paper.
New Apple Barrel Standard Enacted After July
A new act of Congress requires future apple barrels to meet precise measurements for head diameter and circumferential size and midsection, with a 174 percent head diameter. Barrels labeled Standard must use hand picked blemish free apples. Fines of one dollar plus costs apply for mislabeling.
Should He Kiss Her Good Night After Opera Date
A discussion about courting etiquette features a young man who takes his date to the grand opera spends eight dollars on supper and rides home by taxi. An old bachelor argues the man has done enough for her and she should not expect a kiss good night.
Swaney Boys Fall To University High In New Year Game
Swaney boys lose 33 to 27 to Prof. Telford's University High School team from Normal in a New Year's Eve clash. Local spectators filled the countryside and towns to watch, with oysters served after the game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Bumgarner
T. J. Smith
Escaped After Fifteen Years From Suffering
W. P. Broyles credits Foley Kidney Pills with his long relief from kidney and bladder troubles after fifteen years of suffering. He reports a severe backache and painful bladder irregularities improved, and warns against substitutes. A. J. Tronmonger Ady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Broyles
Foley
A. J. Tronmonger
Ady
Wells and nearby residents host social times and farewells
Wells Minnesota residents share visits and farewell events. Walter Grant returns home from Wells trip while Mrs Grant extends stay. Hamiltons plan to move to Pomona California receive a six piece silver tea set. Pneumonia takes Mrs Deane four miles west of town. services held in Lostant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenona
Walter Grant
Wells
Minn
A. Turner
C. A. Axline
S. J. White
James Hamilton
Lostant
Lostant Cemetery
Miss Anderson
Bloomington
Ori Hoge
Charles Burgess, Jr
J. B. Hamilton
J. H. Prendergast
R. R.wells
Pontiac
Lostant Notes of Dinners, Sports, and Local News
Lostant residents hosted New Year dinners and visits while the high school basketball team fell 29 to 27 to Gridley. Officers were elected for Baptist and MBH Sunday schools. John Grivey plans in Cokeville, Wyoming, and local residents face illnesses injuries and visits. OES installed officers with Mortimer Reynolds as worthy patron. A Hood River correspondent praises suffrage progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Wilson
Lostant
Lestant Opera House
Gridley
Gridley Fellows
Hd Ryan
Elegan
G. 8
Hillabrand
Ruth
Ryan
Baptist Sunday School
Richard McShane
Hannah Robinson
Naomi Wooley
Iona McShane
L. McShane
R. McShane
Edgar McShane
MBH
Lizzie Schoenneshoefer
Amily Dugan
Daisy Brenner
Vera Phillips
Flossie Barber
Lucile Schoenneshoefer
Clara Henning
John E. Grivey
Cokeville
Wyo
Washburn
Owen Boshell
Boshell
Melvin
Henry Walgenbach
Emily Dugan
M. G
Zie
Fred Zilm
Wilma Aod
L. Schoenneshoeer
Clara Osgood
Hood River
Ore
Illinois
McNabb items mix travel notes and notices
Dr. Taylor travels from McNabb to Chicago returning by 1 30 this morning with Clifford Bassett. George Ward reports rapid progress on a new house ready for occupancy. McNabb Mutual Telephone holds annual meeting January 13 at 1 30 pm to elect three directors for three years. Mrs. James Harrison died in Salt Lake City on December 29. Arvilla Raley was her birth name. H B Raley en route from Henning to McNabb stops briefly. A quip about a drama in a bedroom ends the note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor
Chicago
Aul- Tore Clifford Bassett
George Ward
McNabb Mutual Telephone Company
McNabb
Granville
James Harrison
Salt Lake City
Utah
Arvilla Raley
H. B
Raley
Hennepin
Public sale at James Price farm near Magnolia Illinois
A public auction at the James Price farm three miles north of Magnolia and three miles south of McNabb on Tuesday January 21 1913 begins at 10 am. The sale lists fifteen horses five cattle eleven hogs farm implements and household goods with terms cash under 10 and 10 month credit on larger sums. Lunch will be served and auctioneers and clerks are named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Price
Charles Price
Magnolia
Ill
McNabb
Surrey
Rock Island Harrow
Rock Island
Rock Island Shovel
U. S
Public Sale Near Henry Illinois 1913 Farm Auction
The seller moving to Minnesota offers a public sale at Dry Hollow farm five miles northwest of Henry Illinois on Monday January 20 1913. Eleven head of cattle including three milch cows and four calves, thirty two head of shoats with two sows and a registered Poland China boar, about six tons of hay and extensive farm machinery including plows disc harrows wagons and a 2 horsepower gasoline engine and pump jack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Henry, Ill
Putnam
Dry Hollow Farm
Poland
Fairbanks & Morse
Auction Terms And Prices At Freeman Laymon Co Sale
The notice states payment terms for a sale including a 5 percent cash discount and 12 month credit with 6 percent interest from due date. No property leaves before terms are met. Freeman Laymon Co and C Plumley with R K McColl are auctioneers. Hlmer Quinn is clerk. Lunch served on grounds by M M Henkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeman Laymon. Co
C. Plumley
R. K. McColl
Hlmer Quinn
M. M. Henkins
Chronic Constipation Cured by Chamberlain’s Tablets
An 8 year old Brooklyner in Michigan reports severe chronic constipation cured by Chamberlain's Tablets. Advertisement notes availability from A. J. Irongomer and T. J. Segraves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
F. Fish
Brooklyn, Mich
A. J. Ironmonger
T. J .Segraves
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Perry Pitman
Clarence Turpin
Franklin
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Newman Metzler
Tracey Skelton
Taft
Miss VanHorne
Mrs. Franklin
W. A. Franklin
M. J. French
W. J. Allen
R. C. Claybaugh
R. W. Spencer
C. A. Freeman
Eva J. Sweet
B. Griffin
G. A. Morphew
Eva Sweet
Hazel Boman
Wrench
Myrtle Reed
Gladys Allen
Willis Deininger
Will Sibert
Henry Hamm
Sadie Hetrick
Henry Bruer
Beulah Shepard
John Henning
Granville Echo
Che
L. A. Webb
H. Child
G. A
Morphew and I. &, Broaddus
Si Perkins
Will T. Law
Magnolia, Ml
Z. Frank Titus
Magnolia, Il
Albert Pletsch
Mcnabb, Ill
McNabb Central 183
A. Simmons
Centenary Hospital
Olive Street Bank
Barnes’ University
Medico Ean Society
St. Louis
Na Bank
H. R. Kessling General
Missouri Auction School
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