Magnolia notes and plans for weekly events in 1914
Magnolia community notices cover Sunday school timing changes and institute plans, local visits by residents from Lostant McNabb and Bloomington, two street improvements, and new lighting upgrades. Readers learn of upcoming sales of old camping grounds, a banquet, installation, and travel to Peoria for a Melba Kubrick concert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Hillabrand
Near Lostant
Edna Burr
Varna
Massey
Ralph Hecht
Lacon
Sparland
Peoria
M. J. French
Chicago
Oscar Hiatt
Bloomington
McNabb
O. A. Sweet
Chenoa
Edna
Louise Merritt
Bert Dean
Zella Boman
F. BE
Smith
Quaker Lane
Dean’s
Kathleen Dunne
Arminda Ray
Hennepin
Bessie Kranz
Bessie Munson
Teachers’ Institute
Magnolia
Basket Social at Collins School La Prairie Ad
Social held at Collins school in La Prairie on Thursday evening January 29. A good program with admission ten cents, refundable on purchase of a basket. Margaret McMahon, Teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collins School
la Prairie
Margaret McMahon
Young Magnolia Child Hudson Piper Dies of Diphtheria
Death claims four year old Hudson Piper of Magnolia Illinois on January 10 1914 after a week of illness. He was the youngest of six and succumbed to diphtheria due to weakened health from a prior illness. Family and friends offer condolences as the home circle mourns the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ourmary
Mgr
Barney Piper
Magnolia
Hudson
Card of Thanks for Mr and Mrs Barney Piper and family
Mr and Mrs Barney Piper and family thank friends and neighbors for kindness and assistance during their bereavement. The note recalls the departed and expresses hope of meeting again at dawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barney Piper
Colds and community notes in a midwestern column
A collage of local notices and social updates from Magnolia area, including medical advice for colds, travel to Champaign for courses, W C T U meetings, Swaney and Toluca basketball notes, short course attendance, Magnolia Grange events, and a note on George W. Evans’s handling of large federal disbursements.
Combination Stock Sale at McNabb Sale Barn
Auction notice for February 7 1914 at McNabb Sale Barn begins 11 o'clock. Twenty five head of horses and mules include spans of brown mules and a registered Shire mare and stallion plus a Shetland pony. Also 20 high grade Jersey heifers and 20 Duroc Jersey brood sows all heavy springers. Everything sold under guarantee with ten months on bankable paper at 6 percent. Col BE Child auctioneer and W G Griffith clerk. McNabb Sale Barn Co managers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Zimmerman
Wenona
BE. H. Child
W G. Griffith
McNabb Sale Barn CO
W. L. Bumgarner
T. J. Smith
Lostant Local Notes and Community Events
Lostant news covers property purchases, visits, travel, and social ties of locals including Reeves purchase, kin visiting Kentucky, and multiple trips to Chicago and Chicago-area towns. It notes weather shifts, church weddings, a baptism of social life, and a Baptist sermon praised by neighbors. A local marriage at St John’s joins Miss Tena Balinseifen and Mr Nicholas Schmitz with plans for spring housekeeping east of Lostant. There is also a public health ad promoting Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy for children and adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Malone
Mabel Weber
E. Weber
Mabel
Malone
John Kelley
Rutland
Regina Appel
Mercedes Foley
Gardner
Mystic
Zoma Pettit
Manchester
Frank Gapen
String
Bloomington
Granvilla
Henry Foley
Lizzie Horback
Chicago
Horback
Fred Zilm
la Rose
Louise Sweet
Chen Oa
Laura Phillips
Wm. Jones
Heyworth
Sadie Welch
Frankie
Ohio
George Fried
Theodore Matthews
la Salle
Heaven
Dunk
Baptist Church
Hell
Lillie Williamson
Pontiac
Richards
Queenie Schiffbaur
Joe Comisky
Herman Myers
Lostant
Record of Safe Travel on Pennsylvania Rail Lines
The Pennsylvania railroad system carried 111 million passengers in 1912 with no fatalities. In six years it carried 600 million passengers and only one accident cost nine lives, totaling seven passenger fatalities in train accidents. Other systems report similar safety records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Doan's Kidney Pills Praised Nationwide in Local Testimony
A Henry citizen Mrs Ben Sivell of Henry NL testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills relieved constant loins and back pain from weak kidneys aiding her restless nights. Her family also saw improvements after using the remedy bought at Sevres' Drug Store. Doan's Kidney Pills cost 50 cents and are sold by all dealers. Wester Milburn Co Buffalo NY is sole US agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doan
Henry
Ben Sivell
Dean
Segraves
Wester-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Dr King’s New Discovery for Colds and Coughs
An advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery as effective for cold epidemics in children and adults, promising relief from coughing and feverish symptoms, better sleep, and rest. It claims a money back guarantee and cites testimonials from W H Knowles, T J Segraves, W P Rinehart, and a local seller A J Ironmonger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
T. J. Segraves
W. H. Knowles
Osco, Ill
W. P.rinehart
Asbury
N. J
A. J. Ironmonger
Public Auction in Illinois Sells Farm Goods and Livestock
A public sale on the H. C. Mills farm near Magnolia Illinois will auction Fourteen horses thirteen cattle seventeen Duroc Jersey sows and farm equipment on January 30 1914. Auctioneers are A P H J Child with clerk G A Morphew. Terms cash or 10 months with note. A Battle Creek conference doctor notes a state of intelligent discontent with health conditions and calls for greater emphasis on intelligence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Dakota
H. C. Mills
Magnolia
Ill
McNabb
R. C. Rhode Island
Co. W. Bush
A. P
H. J. Child
G. A. Morphew
Battle Creek
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Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical
Ice
Golden Medical Discovery
All Medicine
Ldress R.V. Pierce, M.D
N.Y
Pierce
The
Magnolia Department
J. S. Phillips
Gus Johnson
Kate Johnson
Gus Munson
Wm. Law
Helen Funk
Anita Roberts
W. T. Lackland
Billy
Lackland
T. S. Skelton
R. A. Ward
Spencer
Alvin
Gertrude Ramsey
Dunne’s
Spencer's
Princess Theater
Dunne's
Griffin’s
Public Service Company
Janesville
J. I. Case
J. F. Wolf
Farmers' General Supply House
Mcnabb, Ill
Inger
Chamberlain
Advt
Enida Griffith
Low Point
Louisa Bumgarner
Champaign
Ruth
Tudie Smith
Heber Smith
Osco
Henry County
Swaney School
Mattie Mills
State University
Will Griffith
Geyserville
Cal
Happy Hour Reading Circle
Cordelia Wilson
W. G
Griffith
W.B. ‘Mills
Kay Boyle
Gilbert Willey
W. B. Mills
Jered
Julian Smith
Swaney
F. ®. Smith
W. G. Griffith
Streator
Magnolia Grange
Ll. S Griffith
Magnolia Grange Dramatic Club
Rob
Swaney School U Anditorium
Benj Hoyle
Fred Gallaher
F. ©. Smith
Marie Gallaher
George W. Evans
Interior Department
Washington
McNabb Sale Barn
Frank Titus
Magnolia, UK
First National Bank
Henry, Ill
R. Jones
J. L. Townsend
J. L. Jones
Albert Pletsch
Simmons
Magnolia, Ill
Centenary Hospital
Olive Street Bank
Barnes’niversity
Medico Chirinecal Society
St. Louis
Na Bank
Na, Ill
George J. Borgstede
Jones’ National School of Auctioneering
Chicago, Ill
W. H. Weathers
Phone McNabb
Hennepin, Ill
Granville
Ten Centrals
Bureau Co. Ind
Spring Valley
T. L. Skelton
Agt
Gough
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