Magnolia News Highlights Local Social Upheaval and Travel
Magnolia Illinois items note Perry Dakin leaving for Nebraska on business while Sherman Carlson spent holidays in Stratford Iowa. Numerous visits, school notes, club events, and community notices follow including a Thursday Afternoon club open house with a train theme and a box social.
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Perry Dakin
Nebraska
Sherman Carlson
Stratford
Robert Mann
Daisy Griffin
Wenona
Burl Simonton
Miss Holton
Charles Morphew
Waterles
M OD 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
C. A. Freeman
Lestant
Flora Dean
Ralph French
Champaign
Mae Coe
Clarence Tellis
Granville
Mark
Henry
Leroy King
College Dutes
Knox
Magnolia
Time
Central Illinois Independent Telephone Company
Central
Miles Ruble
Perry Pitman
Tuldreice Turpin
Franklin
Tade Hiram
Minerva
Newman Metzler
Tracey Skelton
Taft
Dr Franklin
Miss van Horne
Mrs. Franklin
Bva Sweet
Hazel Boman
Tackland
Firench
Myrtle Reed
Window Opens on Suspicion Tidbit in Dark
A fragment from a historical column hints at a mysterious event. The text references gloom and a possible suspicion, with readers invited to ponder the cryptic wording and era ambiance.
Chamberlains Cough Remedy Promise
An advertisement for Chamberlains cough remedy claims no superior coughs and colds relief. It is pleasant to take and contains no opium or narcotic. Sold by T J Segraves and A J Ironmonger druggists.
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Chamberlain’s
T J. Segraves
A J
Standards for labeled apples under new federal act
After next July a standard barrel of apples must meet specific dimensions and be free of blemishes to be labeled Standard. A $1 fine plus costs will be imposed for each mislabelled barrel. The law aims to ensure buyers know what they purchase.
If a Young Man Takes His Date to Opera and Supper
A discussion notes a man spending eight dollars on supper after the grand opera and a taxi ride home. An old bachelor argues that the man has done enough for his date and should not kiss her good night. The exchange reflects social expectations of courting.
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McNabb
Peoria
Henry Kessling
W G. Griffith
Griffith
Ben
Swaney High School
University High
N. Edminster
Indiana
NOS
Miss Williams
Centerville
McNabb Town Hall
Hess
Putnam
Fred Wolf
Mills
Chicago
Taylor
Aurora
Clifford Bassett
George Ward
McNabb Mutual Telephone Company
Granville
James Harrison
Arvilla Raley
H. E. Raley
Hennesin
Local notes and social happenings in Quaker Lane district
A dense community digest recounts visits and reunions among residents from Woodhull to Champaign. Social events include Magnolia Grange officer installation, New Year celebrations, farewell parties for the Hamiltons, and basketball games against Tonica. Reports mention travel to Decatur and Bloomington, family gatherings, and local weather. The piece notes a pneumonia death near town and a rural gossip anecdote at the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quaker Lane
W. G. Griffith
Woodhull
Leland
Helen Smith
Decatur
Wilbur Sutherland
Turner Mills
Alfred Wilson
Champaign
Don Kays
Columbus, CO
Mabel Carney
Normal
Consolidated School
John Swaney
Tonica
Swaney
Hoffman
Peru
W L Mills
Dr Franklin
Magnolia
Woman's Club
Walter Thnt Wells
Minn
E. A Turner
Grant
John Foster
J. E. Foster
el Paso
Joseph Lunning
Dana
W. Axline
C. A Axline
S. J White
James Hamilton
Mr. Tisdale
Slayton
Jonathan Street
Ralph Wells
Bozeman
Mont
Agricultural College and Experiment Station
Lewis Deane
Lostant
Lostant Cemetery
Miss Anderson
Bloomington
Ori Hoge
Charles Burgess, Jr
J. E. Hamilton
J. H. Prendergast
R. R. Wells
Pontiac
Lostant Social News and Local Notes
Lostant community events include New Year dinners hosted by John Davenspike and others, school sports defeat by Gridley 29 27, officer elections for Baptist and M E Sunday schools, and updates on residents, visitors, and local incidents. Also a joke about a dramatic performance ends the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Wilson
Lostant
Lestant Opera House
Gridley
Gridley Fellows
Ed Ryan
Elegan
G S Hillabrand
Ruth
Ryan
Baptist Sunday School
Richard McShane
Hannah Robinson
Naomi Wooley
Iona McShane
Melvin
Henri Walgenbach
Fivity Dugan
Mr Dixon
Chicago
Fred Erbes
Mendota
Frank Lestie
Mattoon
Squires
O E
Mortimer Reynolds
Tulla Zilm
Fred Zilm
Wilmame
TL Schoenneshoer
Public Sale at Price Farm Near Magnolia Illinois
Auction notices for January 21 1913 list Fifteen head of horses and cattle plus hogs and farm implements. Location is James Price farm near Magnolia Illinois between Magnolia and McNabb. Terms include cash for small sums and 10 to 12 month credit on larger amounts. Several auctioneers and clerks named with meal provision on grounds.
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Gale
Freeman Laymon
Joyce Plumley
Rkdca
Elmer Quinn
Henkins
Public sale near Henry Illinois on January 20 1913
The undersigned moving to Minnesota will offer at public sale 5 miles northwest of Henry and 11.4 miles south of Putnam on Dry Hollow farm. Thirteen head of horses include matched geldings and mares with foals and a draft bred pair. eleven head of cattle with milch cows and calves. thirty two head of shoats with brood sows and a registered Poland China boar. about six tons of hay. farm machinery and tools including plows, discs, cultivators, wagons, bobsleds, sleigh, carriages, hog troughs, a gas engine and pump jack, and 100 gallons cider. Sale date Monday January 20 1913.
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James Price
Charles Price
Magnolia
Ill
McNabb
Surrey
McCormick
Rock Island
Yhoy International
Minnesota
Henry, Ill
Putnam
Dry Hollow Farm
Poland
Fairbanks & Morse
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