Magnolia News Finds, Socials, and Local Notices
Local notices announce Henry Republiccy representation in Magnolia by R A Ward and prompt attention to his news items. Reports include a successful implement sale, Royal Neighbors activities, five candidates adopted, and debt settlements advised for Dr W H Weathers. Socials feature school progress and Woodman camp growth, with Sunday school attendance improving and community events at the Golden Eagle Clothing House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Ward
Magnolia
Henry
Harry J. Bishop
Peoria
W. H. Weathers
W.H. Weathers
Ill
Frank Roberts
Augustana Hospital
Dagner Brothers
H. E. Surface
Woodman
R. M. Neustadt
Golden Eagle Clothing House
la Salle
The School House Fire Devastates Our Village
Last Friday evening around six o clock a fire consumed the old school house. The crowd saved nearby buildings including Sam Clemens blacksmith shop and his home but the school rooms and teacher Mr Halligan lost all books and the library. The cause remains uncertain, with many suspecting a faulty flue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Clemens
Wenona Community Notes and Schoolhouse Fire Report
Community items include classes meeting in the M. W. A. hall and Yeomen and Royal Neighbors installing members. Local deaths, illnesses, and family visits are noted, plus wedding details for Bertha Beckwith and Charles Rollins. Other items cover school building fire, local business changes, and recent basketball games with Wenona and Minonk.
Local Notes Highlight Daisy Coppin and Regional Visitors
Daisy Coppin of Pontiac visits her parents in Wenona, while Rev. F R Lord travels from Deer Creek to Grand Ridge for a funeral. James Hoge visits Sandwich with his wife’s relatives, and Harry VanHorn tours Texas and Roswell with companions. Reverend Father O Dwyer heads to Chicago for family illness, Miss Alice Moulton tends a grandmother in Ireland, and Frank Metcalf from Wallace Idaho shares civil engineering progress. Albert Jenkins is buried at Lacon with local connections to the Hoge and Wright families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenona
Bloomington
Varna
Lacon
Greeley
Col
H. T. Ireland
Washburn
Ed Harlan
House of Representatives
Ireland
Lincoln Institute
George Gretzner
Frank Fisher
Dunham
Hettie Brown
Aurora
Bertha May
Putnam Beckwith
Charles A. Rollins
Pontiac
Rollins
Chicago
Washington, D. C
Burgess & Son
St. Anne
Kankakee County
Kansas
England
France
Belgium
Venona
Vavajos
Spring Valley
Minonk High School
Armory Hall
threa_ brothers
Minonk
Siebens
Danforth
Knapp
V. Calhoun
Harter
G. Calhoun
Wolf
J. Uelhoun
Daisy Coppin
F. R. Lord
M. EB
Deer Creek
Grand Ridge
Lord
la Rose
James Hoge
Sandwich
Harry VanHorn
Texas
Roswell
N. M
Calvin Robinson
Burnette
Mendota
Father O'Dwyer
Alice Moulton
Frank Metcalf
Wallace
Idaho
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Elmwood
Heuver
Presbyterian Church
Hartville
Henry Werling
Paul Kruger
Iowa
Albert Jenkins
Mrs David Wilson Civil War Nurse Honored Memory
Marshall County veteran nurse of the Civil War born June 27 1837 in Cincinnati Ohio Mrs David Wilson née Foulke moved to Montgomery County Pennsylvania as a child and aided wounded soldiers Loyal to Dorothea Dix she volunteered at a Philadelphia area hospital before serving two years under Dr Cadden in Baltimore assisting thousands of wounded after Gettysburg and beyond
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Wilson
Marshall County
Henn Calhoun
Peoria Daily Journal
Foulke
Cincinnati
Montgomery County
Sharon Seminary
Philadelphia
Virginia
Miss Foulke
Cadden
Baltimore
Gettysburg
Nurse Miss Foulke during Civil War service in Chattanooga
The narrative recalls Miss Foulke joining the Christian Commission and serving as a nurse in Chattanooga Tennessee and Washington D C. She traveled with three Iowa ladies on a perilous supply train guarded for safety and cared for wounded soldiers after battles. She contracted typhoid fever, earned furlough, and later served at Finley hospital. She witnessed Lincoln’s assassination and the grand review. She helped a blinded or injured veteran regain hope and later saved a man’s life who credited her with his survival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Christian Commission
Anna Whittenmyre
Chattanooga
Tenn
Atlanta
Finley Hospital
Washington
D. C
Miss Foulke
Hospital No. 1
Ring
Remembrance of Civil War Nurse Lydia Wilson Honored
In Iowa recollections honor Lydia Wilson and fellow women who aided wounded soldiers in the Civil War era. The article recalls her Quaker faith, marriage to David Wilson of Marshall county, and her writing for home papers and Grand Army publications. It places her among a revered group of nurse carers who cared for the wounded on battlefields and in hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Folke
David Wilson
Marshall County
Wilson
Grand Army
Grand Army Advocate
Des Moines
Shoe
Anna Whittenmyre
Mother Bickerdyke
Galesburg
Ill
Lydia Wilson
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Yoo
Wadee
New York
Kamaee Beko
Knights of Pythias
Putnam Lodge
Dr. Weathers
Perry Dakin
Order
Frank N. Grover
Charles F. Morphew
George Borgstede
R. G. Dakin
McCormack
McN. C. James
Ladies’ Aid Society
Bears
Castoria
George Hetrick
Mary Allen
Joe Umbarger
Ford County
Cora Allen
A. B. Deininger
John Deininger
Tonica
Leech
Templeton
Pluma Allen
Katie Hawthorne
Lay
Edie
Dr. Hess
Hess
J. G. Clemens
Magnolia, Ill
OF All
Dr. King
J. R. Pitt
Rocky Mount, N.C
A. J. Ironmonger
Henry, Ill
THE
Magnolia Bank
Northern Illinaid
Co-Operative Burial Association
G, W. Keller
Undertaker
J. H. Massie
McNabb
Fresh Bakery
Griffith’s Laundry
Robert G. Dakin
M. D
J. M. Downey
R. F. Downey
W. A. Simmons
Centenary Hospital
Live Street Bank
Barnes' University
Medico, Chirulogical Society
St. Louis
Ina Bank
Ina
W. H. Weathers, M. D
A. R. Kreger
Chicago Veterinary College Veterinary Hospital
Magnolia and
McNabb Centrals
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