Magnolia News Notes and Social Highlights
Miss Maybel Ricketts is sick. Mrs. Rouch of Peoria visits family of Warren Hull who left for Oklahoma Wednesday Jan 4. Mrs. Lundy visited Evans relatives. A large turnout at Allen Glenn sale. R B Roberts and Ollie back from Oklahoma. Illinois Glee Club lecture January 20 as part of the course. David Newburn of Nebraska visited Magnolia last week. Final Glee Club performance January 20. Magnolia residents attended Murphy sale in Varna Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maybel Ricketts
Rouch
Peoria
Warren Hull
Okla
Lundy
Evans
Allen Glenn
R. B. Roberts
Ollie
Oklahoma
Ilinois Glee Club
David Newburn
Nebraska
Magnolia
Varna
Local Births and Social Notes From Town
Miss Alice Potter has been very sick this week. Jessie Johnson of Stre ator visits her mother and two brothers. The stork brought daughters to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Paxson on Jan 6 and to Mr. and Mrs. David Clement. Magnolia Sunday school totals 1,204 attendees to date, Varna 879, combined 2,103. Lestant 849 with Hope 442, total 1,291. Rebekahs install officers at I O O F hall last Thursday. Noble grand Mrs E Potter, vice grand Mrs Eva Smith, recording secretary Miss Marge Flamant, financial secretary Mrs Maude Ray, treasurer Mrs Dora Simmons, with lunch and social games afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Potter
Jessie Johnson
Streator
Stork
Ralph Paxson
David Clement
Magnolia
Varna
Ditto
Rebekahs
Noble Grand
E. Potter
Eva Smith
Marge Flamant
Maude Ray
Dora Simmons
Death In Roaring Fire May Not Be Firebugs Work
Death in a roaring blaze may not be caused by arson but severe burns create urgent needs. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve is promoted as the quickest and surest cure for burns, wounds, bruises, boils, sores. It soothes inflammation, relieves pain, and speeds healing. Available for 25 cents at A. J. Ironmonger’s and T. J. Segraves drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
A. J. Ironmonger
T. J. Segraves
Public Auction of Farm at Price Purliance Homestead
Albert Forrest announces a public auction on January 24, 1911, at the Price Purliance homestead 214 miles northwest of McNabb, Illinois. The sale includes nine horses, sixteen fall shoats, twenty Shropshire ewes, farming machinery, hay loader, rake, cultivators, manure spreader, seed corn grader, harness, oats, and household items. Terms: credit over $10 with 10 months on bankable paper without interest if paid on time. cash under $10. 5% cash discount on sums over $10. Lunch served. announcement by Col. BE Child.
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Beardstown
Illinois
Schuyler County
Illinois Farm
Address Farm Land Development CO
Dearborn Street
Chicago
Purliance
McNabb, Ill
Granville
Ill
Ottawa
McCormick
Rock Island
P. & O. Fang
J. D
Local News From Quaker Lane and Nearby Towns
Monday visits mark social ties as Henry visitors greet Quaker Lane residents. Varna trips and Tonica business calls pepper the week while kin return from Bloomington and Chicago. An accident near McNabb injures no one. a county lumber of family updates and a royal fever passes. a wedding invitation is issued for Bertha Freeling Fox and Rev. John Paden Dysart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granville Echo
Hopkins
George Glass
Lindsay
Neb
Robert
Hennepin
Lee O'Neill
Bertha Freeling Fox
John Paden Dysart
Millions of Lives Toll as Catarrh Urges Cure
An essay on internal catarrh as a cause of consumption urges readers to use Rexall Mucu-Tone. The ad claims a guaranteed cure, details pricing, and locations, then notes a highway case in Adams County where R. W. Stahl was fined $10 plus costs for hedge cutting on a highway line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Rexall
A. J
Commissioners of Highways
Gilmer Township
Adams _ county
R. W. Stahl
Hennepin Notes From Chicken Show and Local Deaths
Jones pays the freight from Dana and a busy chicken show drew attendees from Granville and Hennepin. Olga Lundquist stayed with her uncle P M Marine family. Miss Margaret McAnany hosted a birthday lunch. Obits note Laura Hamil and Bud Bennington among those mentioned, with reminiscences of area figures and scenery around Hennepin Prairie and Granville.
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Hennepin
Jones
Dana
Olga Lundquist
Granville
P. M. Marine
Margaret McAnany
Dr. Meng
W. Mark Curley
Dutch Jake
Laura Hamil
Henry Hamil
M. FB
Grantville
Henry Brink
Orion
C. W.bush
Magnolia
Wesley Allen
Clay Johnson
Myrtle Sutcliffe
F. H. Farber
Tiskilwa
Jake
Blanche Patterson
Foley's Kidney Remedy Praised by Reader
Catherine L McConnell of Elmir a New York writes that Foley's Kidney Remedy cured a bad kidney condition after five bottles proved the most reliable kidney medicine she has taken. An accompanying note mentions old newspapers for sale at the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
McConnell, Catherine Ct
Elmira
N. Y
A. J
Lostant Items Reflect Community Ties and Growth
Local notes record visits among residents from La Salle to Granville, new business moves, and social events. Changes include Illinois Granaries selling elevators, H C Vollmer buying the Lostant house, and a town water system vote passing two to one. Several residents plan winter trips to California and Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Schoenneshoefer
Chicago
Jones
Banfield
Gleason
Marjorie Bangs
Lestant Royal
Zoma Spring
R. N. A. Pin
Walter Condon
Rock Falls
Roscoe Phillips
John Zimmerman
Olive Noel
Jacksonville
Charles Jackley
John Lechner
St. Bede’s College
John Hawthorne
Granville
North Dakota
Rev. Sampson
Kansas
Wendell Noel
Morris
Reddick
Ed Arnold
Amboy
Here
Wenonal
Hartenbower & Keller Hardware Store
Illinois Granaries Co
Lostant
Altamar
H. C. Vollmer & Co
M. Hearty
Munster
Altmar
Vollmer
Mortimer Reynolds
Walker Hay
California
New Orleans
San Antonio
Texas
A. H. Ruble
Stock sale at McNabb sale barn on Jan 14
A combination stock sale will be held at the McNabb sale barn in Mc Nabb on Saturday January 14. Thirty five head of horses, mules and a few registered Jersey cows and heifers will be offered. All stock must be as represented when sold. McNabb Sale Barn Co. A. P. Child & Son, Auctioneers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McNabb Sale
McNabb
McNabb Sale Barn Co
A. P. Child & Son
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Sam Potter, JR
Magnolia, Ill
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