Magnolia community notes and local notices reflect town life
Local rep Ward of The Henry Republican handles Magnolia news. Reports include social events at the Surface home, the Woodman camp growth, ice quality, fur coat demand in La Salle, and Knights of Pythias anniversary at Masonic hall with a large banquet and speeches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Ward
Magnolia
Henry Republican
H. E Surface
Woodman
Muns Chorch
C. Sf. Neénstadt
Golden Eagle Clothing House
la Salle
The School House Burns In Our Village Fire
Last Friday evening about 6 o clock a fire destroyed the village school house. The crowd saved nearby buildings including Sam Clemens blacksmith shop and his dwelling from the spreading blaze. Most books and the teacher Mr Halligan’s material burned along with a large library and charts. The cause is unclear though many suspect a faulty flue or garret fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Clemens
Halligan
Local groups hold joint installations amid fire and illness
Royal Neighbors and Woodmen held combined installations, with light refreshments amid recent fire at the schoolhouse. Various residents, including Roy Datily and Joe Umbarger, are noted in illnesses, visits, and family events as the community shares news of births, travels, and parish activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.W. A
George Hetrick
Willis Deininger
Kate ‘Hawthorne
Lela
Blanche Allen
Roy Datily
Mary Allen
Joe Umbarger
Ford County
Cora Allen
A. B
Leech
Templeton
Local notes record deaths marriages and sports results
The article mentions a man who died in Greeley Colorado after moving from Bloomington Varna and Lacon and notes his burial back home. It reports visits by Hon. H T Ireland and Capt. Ed Harlan, Ireland’s committee role, business changes with George Gretzner purchasing Frank Visher’s racket store, and families expecting births. It covers WCTU activities, a Wenona Pontiac wedding between Bertha Beckwith and Charles Rollins, a distribution of horses to St Anne and Kansas, an art exhibit fundraiser for the high school, and basketball results including Venona Pastimes vs Spring Valley and Wenona’s win over Minonk with three KNapp brothers playing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venona
Bloomington
Varna
Lacon
Greeley
Col
H T. Ireland
Washburn
Ed Harlan
House of Representatives
Ireland
Lincoln Institute
George Gretzner
Frank Visher
Fisher
New Mexico
Mathis
Harry Ellison Co
A White
WCTU
Dunham
Hettie
Wenona
Mr Rollins
Pontiac
Chicago
Washington
Hheme
Burgess & Son
St Anne
Kankakee
Kansas
England
France
Belgium
Vavajos
Spring Valley
Minonk High School
Armory Hall
Mrs David Wilson Civil War nurse remembered in Peoria
Glenn Calhoun reports on Mrs. David Wilson born June 27 1837 in Cincinnati Ohio later moving to Montgomery County Pennsylvania. She aided wounded soldiers during the Civil War first in Baltimore then at Gettysburg era hospitals, pursuing nursing despite early rejection and significant effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Wilson
Marshall County
Glenn Calhoun
Peoria Daily Journal
Foulke
Cincinnati
Montgomery County
Sharon Seminary
Philadelphia
Virginia
Misa Foulke
Dorétha ‘Dix
Baltimore
Gettysburg
Nurse remembers Civil War service with Christian Commission
In Chattanooga and Washington D C, Miss Wilson served as a nurse with the United States Christian Commission. She cared for wounded soldiers amid scarce supplies, fell ill with typhoid fever, received furloughs, and later worked at Finley Hospital until war’s end. She recalls saving a dying man and comforting others through long nights of letters to families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Christian Commission
Anna Whittenmyre
Chattanooga
Tenn
Whittenmyre
Louisville
General Stewart
United States Christian Commission
Army of the Cumberland
Atlanta
Finley Hospital
Washington
D. C
Lincoln
Shoe
Ring
Bel
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Harry Bishop
Peoria
W. H Weathers
W. H. Weathers
Til
Frank Roberts
Augustana Hospital
S .E
Dagner Brothers
Knights of Pythias
Masonic Hall
Putnam Lodge
Pythian
Dir Weathers
Perry Dakin
Order
Frank N Grover
Prima Allen
Yeomen
Katie Hawthorne
Daisy Coppin
Rey F R Lord
Deer Creek
Grand Ridge
Rev Lord
la Rose
James Hoge
Sandwich
Harry VanHorn
Texas
Roswell
Calvin Robinson
Burnette
Mendota
Father O'Dwyer
Alice Moulton
Leland
Frank Metcalf
Wallace
Idaho
Cornell College
Mt Vernon
Elmwood
Lome
Dr Heaver
Presbyterian Church
Warlwille
Henry Werling
Paul Kruger
Dr. Hess
Clemens, Pa
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J. R. Pitt
Rocky Mount, N
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Henry, Ill
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Magnolia, Ill
Northern Illinois Co-Operative Burial Association
G. W. Keller
Undertaker
Henry
J. H. Massie
Robert G. Dakin
Ill
M. Downey
Thurdiaf
R. P Down
Satisie
W. A. Simmons
Physican
Surgeil
Olive Street Bank
Barnes
Unive Medica
Chirurogical
A. R. “ Kreger
Chicago Veterinary Veterinary Hospital
Marshall Toi
Wilson
Wilsam
Grand Army
Grand Army Advocate
Des Mo
Grand ‘Army
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Galesburg
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