Local notes from Varna and Hopewell communities
A dense block of local updates from Varna and nearby towns recounts illnesses and recoveries including Ida McCoy and Mel Stinger, visits by neighbors to Peoria, Lacon, Venona, Wakpala, Bloomington, Toluca and Richland. The item lists social calls, weddings, showers, bazaar plans, and a Dorcas society fundraiser at the Varna Swedish church with a forthcoming supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopewell
Jizzie Linder
Fred Schwab
August Extrem
Rudolph Nelson
Dakota
Varna
Allan and
Nels Hultgren
Anna Carlson
Sandy
John Selquist
Ida Wesselhoff
Ethel Antrim
J. M. Gustafson
Coggshall
Dorcas Society
Donelson
Alfred Whetzel
Ida Linder
Fred Linder
Whitefield Corners notice and church meeting details
Local column notes unsettled accounts requiring payment at once. Visitors from Charles Hess area attend services and praise Bro Gebhart. Weekly church meetings continue at the Grove with music leadership by Bro Gilbert. Quarterly gathering planned with social hour, lunch, and Dr Dwinell address. Citizens report health, travel, and community updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitefield Corners
Harry Snell
Charles Hess
Nettie
the Grove
Gilbert
Dwinell
Dalrymple
Willis Harris
Castleton
Mary Falk
Peoria
Hogate
Willett
Ruth Gebhart
Hutchison
Kas
Bro Gebhart
Grove
Violet Reed
Lester Reed
PUTNAM Ep worth League organized at M E church
Morning services saw the formation of an Ep worth League with officers Debutant President J H Wheeler First vice F J Koerner Second vice Walter Simpson Third vice Mrs Draper Secretary Mrs Bert Sparling The Ladies Aid held an all day meeting with Mrs Fred Wheeler Also notes of visitors and local social events across Putnam Illinois including Burns recovery and a wild duck dinner hosted by George Wheeler and J T Kelso of Morris Minn
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Church
Epworth League
J H. Wheeler
F. J. Koerner
Walter Simpson
Draper
Bert Sparling
M. Church
Fred Wheeler
J T Kelso
Morris
Minn
Mae Condit
Princeton
Norville Downey
Minoak
Botel
Indiana
August Lih
Spring Valley
Lou Steimle
Henry
Mary Baer
Tiskilwa
Johnsall
Harold Hope
Chicago
Cross
H. R. Loomis
Marseilles
Elsie Carroll
Kewanee
Curt Henkins
Lord Lord
Milo
Margaret Campbell
D. L. Allen
G. W. Lawson
G. B. Sparling
Hannum
M. A.dally
Roland Shimmeél
Kewaneé
Ttawas
Péard
Wilson ,and
Boston
Yrics
Art Pleclurer
Rev Father Lockney Receives High Honor at St Louis Univ
Rev John F. Lockney rector of Sacred Heart Rock Island is awarded the Doctor of Philosophy degree by St Louis University after submitting a 10 page thesis critiquing modernism as a Kantian product. The ceremony includes a formal letter of commendation from Rector H A Burrows S J, noting the thesis and praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis University
John F. Lockney
Sacred Heart Church of
Rock Island
University of St. Louis
Father Lockney
Louis University
St. Louis
Lockney
H. A. Burrows
S. J
Arckhehps
Degrens Péssille
Canada
Boston
Mass
Three Rivers
Océan
Europes
Paris
Rome
Loyola University
Chicago
United States
Sacred Heart
Dr Lockney
Fr. Lockney
St. Joseph’s Church
Henry
Crow Meadow News Roundup of Local Sickness and Visits
Chauncey Barnes and his grandmother Mrs. Mary Barnes have recuperated from bronchitis. Lewis Fear returns home from visiting relatives in Crow Meadow. Mrs. James Burt is ill with heart trouble under Dr Cromwell care. A Grow Meadow Threshing company committee visited Peoria. Freeman Layman’s son ill with lung fever but improving. George Harner at county court this week. Several teachers and students were absent in December after holiday break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Holmstrom
Mel Stinger
Mary Lundholm
Wakpala
N D
BE. Palm
Magnolia
Alf Hall
Bloomington
August Hall
Samuel White
Wadhburn
Nita Munson
Evar Carlson
Charles Munson
George Vail
Maron
Joseph Bogner
Oakland
Ghauncey
Jay Barnes
Fred Eggeson
Aberdeen
Clyde Gregory
Will Dorling
George Shorts
Mildred
Charles Cox
Allan- Rouse
Ton
Sparland
Iiss Delph
Shurls
James
Burt
Hoaner
Chauncey Barnes
Mary Barnes
Lewis Fear
Clarksburg
Oberholtzer
Quinn
Henry
Kapraun
Addie ‘Bickerman
Péoria
Freeman
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Sugar Grove
Putnam
Alta Seble
Francis Keegan
Senachwine Township
Putnam Grain Office
William Strosnidur
Rev. Lockney
Rachel
Elysian
Christ
Stillnes
Briggs
St Aes
Hart Schaffner & Marx
North Window
Hutchins
Downey
Henry, Ill
Hart Schaffner & Marr
Crow Meadow
Hexter Bros
Pate
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