Local notes and school updates from the era
The column blends obituaries and society notes with school reports. It mentions Mrs Oscar Clark's illness, a Hunt Brothers stock sale with milch cows, travelers visiting Lacon, quarantine implications, church anniversaries, a soldier named Ransom, and various missing details from public schools including attendance and examinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. E. Fenwick
Oscar Clark
Hunt Bros
Blanche Grievts
Black
Eleanor of Lacon
Ana Fern
Varna
Lacon
Fred Ford
Des Moines
Western Catholic Union
St. Mary’s Church
William H. Ransom
F. A
Celia Cavaletto
LaSalle
Henry Jacobs
B. Mitchell
Magnolia
Fairfield
Iowa
Lfe
Mercury
Sir Galahad
Wesley Downey
Afor Aviifch
Helen Wood
Walter Neuhalsen
Louis Smith
Ray Swiger
Beatrice Kuss
Charles Williams
Kenneth King
Downey
U Ganzer
Bernice Wabel
Jadys Sivell
Marguerite Herr
Sernice Snyder
Lilian Kuss
Helen, Zenor
Melva Blackburn
Clara Downey
Vera Vail
Helen Siewers
Reba Vail
Marie Smith
Mayella Peter
Saratoga
George S Bean
Ethel Barnsheler
Chillicothe
William Yarger
Edith Gregory
Nellie Gregory
Jefferson
Matt Appel
Dreher
Cerman
Peoria
Herman
Bell
Ed Strange
Camp Grove
Harry Bean
Frank Balenselsen
Henry Hank
Steve Snyder
Floyd Holmes
Edelstein
Arthur Barnsheler
Bertha Sarnos
Ed Wishall
Grocery list with varied canned goods and staples
A readable inventory of pantry items including Heinz Baked Beans, Kaiser products, Van Camp's Soups, Red Salmon, Calumet Baking Powder, Heinz Tomato Catsup, Aunt Jemima Pancake Mix, VYuban Coffee, Searchlight Matches, Armour Oat products, Washington Crisps, Corn Flakes, Crisco Porscan, Old Dutch Cleanser, and country produce. Note: list appears as a long unordered itemization from a newspaper ad or inventory page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Camp's
Snowbound Rural News From Putnam and Crow Meadow
Local notes report heavy blizzards delaying trains and mail as snowdrifts halt rides. Residents share illness, school closures, and a marriage license in Whitefield township while church groups plan tidy fundraising and winter gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Wykam
Henry
Grandma Cook
Curt Henkins
Claud Hart
Jerry Amon
Lttle
Consolidated School
H Wilson
Chicago
Gladys Finley
Wheatland
J. L. Dawson
Fred Finley
Minnesota
George Finley
Charles Helinger
Murphy
W. S. Murphy
Kaptain Bros
Avery
Putnam
Roa
Thomas Francia Spangler
Lula Harrington
Whitefield Township
Kamal
Crow Meadow
Elmer Rollins
Sheffield
Gregory
Jefferson
Quinn
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the Republican
Schmitt & Williams
Cash Grocery
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Ford
C. M. Lucas
Hoosier
Harry Harrison
Samuel Howard
William Shull
Canton
Po Pa
Saratoga M. EB. Church
The
Ladies’ Aid, Society
Ora Salisbury
Edvward Dunbar
Wega
First National Bank
Illinois
U. S
Far Valius
Wea
Federal Reserve Bank
Banking House Redemption Fund
U S
Bee Tees
Illnois
Marshall
I. C. M. Jones
Welles
C. M. Jones
Mary E. Schick
William Duke
T. J. Segraves
E.G. Cromwell