Our Possessions lecture anchors Whitefield Epworth League meet
The Whitefield Epworth League opened its District convention in Lewistown after a June 27 gathering of delegates from Bradford and Boyd's Grove. Rev. Vandervoort hosted, and Dr. Theodore Kemp of Illinois Wesleyan spoke on Our Possessions, urging youth to develop all mental faculties and seize opportunities.
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Whitefield Epworth League
Epworth League
Vandervoort
Bradford
Lewistown
Boyd's Grove
Bartle
Fouts
Vermont
Ramsey
Theodore Kemp
Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington
Kemp
The Epworth Rally and Missionary Outlook
Dr Kemp urged young Epworthians to develop their gifts and stand for temperance and Christ as wireless progress and railways expand. General Howard’s Christian sacrifice is cited as reward for faith. Charles Tanner on leadership and Miss McKerrow on systematic giving inspire in depth papers and a closing session by Dr George Heber Jones on Korea and Far East missions.
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Kemp
Epworthians
Howard
Washington
Sherman
Charles ‘Tanner
Epworth Herald
League
George Heber Jones
Korea
Far East
Camp Grove News Roundup of Local Visits and Events
Nice rain boosts mood as Fourth of July celebrations unfold. Local folks keep busy with shopping trips to Peoria, church attendance, and social visits. Notices include a Bradford obituary and plans for a barn dance. Also promotes Chamberlain’s remedy with druggists listed for purchase.
Local notes on crops health travels and family news
Reports from Newton Bragg and others cover health anxiety at Curtis and Crady recovering from accidents. Crops advance with early wheat harvest and three week lead on corn tassels. Town visits include Bragg at Brimfield, Kilgore relatives in town, and families preparing barn work. A new tax law grants gaugers in the revenue service extra vacation with pay.
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F. C. Williams
Little Son
Rock Island
L. A. Chapin's
Curtis
Henry Crady
Newton Bragg
Brimfield
Irv
Peoria
Paul Rumbold
Morton
Charles Kilgore
Edna
Estherville
Kilgore
Stewart
Sumner Perkins
Henry Gaumer
Hazel Willcox
Santa Fe
Denver
Col
Holly Cornell
Sam
Remedy Advises Liniment For Sprains In Community Note
A local druggist notice advises careful sprain treatment with Chamberlain's Liniment. It urges quiet application and promises quick relief, listing A. J. Ironmonger and T. J. Segraves as sellers.
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Chamberlain
A. J. Ironmonger
T. J. Segraves
Social Roundup of Visits and Gatherings
Mrs. Charles hosts visitors with Mesdames Henry Smith Samuel Chesney and Ernest Reynolds among those calling Saturday afternoon. Theodore Borg entertains fifty five relatives and friends Sunday. Esther Lawnson and Walborg Ros enquist call on Mabel Milner Saturday. Miss Sadie Deits and Mabel Milner visit Davenport over the Fourth. Ernest Chesney visits his sister Mrs Hunt near Sparland last week. Mr and Mrs Mell Griswold spend Sunday night at Henry Smith's. Charles Hunt and family visit Wm Chesney Sunday then stay at Samuel Chesney's. Margaret Edith Condon visit sister Mrs Daniel Donovan last week. Mr and Mrs Charles Margarete and Miss Stella Bishop visit Rude Miller Sunday.
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Henry Smith
Samuel Chesney
Ernest Reynolds
Charles
Theodore Borg
Esther Lawnson
Walborg Rosenquist
Mabel Milner
Sadie Deits
Davenport
Ernest Chesney
Hastings entertain guests and preachers visit La Prairie
Mr and Mrs H H Hastings hosted guests including Mr and Mrs Rogers of Peoria and Mr Cady of Galesburg. An Anti-Saloon League Sabbath talk was given at the M B church by Reverend Love from Des Moines. Mrs R E Graham of Chillicothe and others visited local homes this week.
South Milo Young People Enjoy Saturday Social
The South Milo Young People's club met at Howard Dee's home on Saturday with Mrs Dee serving ice cream cake and lemonade. Attendees included members visiting Henry and Princeton and others staying home. Uncle Thomas McClane returned from Michigan and visited son John. George Hall attended the Kewanee carnival while Bertha and Robert McClane hosted Epworth League guests Friday evening. Blanche Mielkey and Sherman Hodges visited Charlie Reid Sunday afternoon. Frank Barkman and family spent Sunday with Roy Hill's family.
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Camp Grove
James Murphy
Peoria
Nellie Betts
Sparbel
Cox
Miss Cox
John Winne
Jim Hickey
Bradford
Ottawa
Katie McCherry
Dominick Harty
Anna Stacie
Gubbins
Michael McManus
Harry Dewey
Annawan
Pete Colgan
Mary Detter
Katie Herberger
Mr. Anderson
Calvin Hall
Robert Brady
Henry
Anna McCiggens
Blanche McCane
Anna Davidson
South Milo
Howard Dee
George Hall
Kewanee
Bertha
Robert McClane
Epworth League
Blanche Mielkey
Sherman Hodges
Charlie Reid
Frank Barkman
Roy Hill
Broadmoor Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Clarence Perkins hosted by Peoria visitors.Charley Perkins born July 3 to Charles Winne and his wife Ada Hatch visits Galesburg and Peoria locals Ada Driscol Bernice Powers visit friends in Peoria. Lawrence Beauprie from Chicago at Clarence Perkins home Eldridge and Blackburn ship hogs to Peoria. Michael Tyne family of Providence visits John Poff house.
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Broadmoor
Clarence Perkins
Peoria
Charles Winne
Charley
Ada Hatch
Galesburg
Bert Boles
Indiana
Bila Carpenter
Iowa
H. J. Noyes
Wm. Blackburn
Kewanee
M. R. Griswold
Princeton
Ada Driscol
Bernice Powers
Philip Cadell
Buda
Lawrence Beauprie
Chicago
Eldridge
Blackburn
Miss Lambert
Agnes Hodges
Michael Tyne
Providence
John Poff
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Cough Remedy Ad
An advertisement promotes Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as effective for coughs and colds in children and adults. It claims no opiates or harmful drugs and notes the product comes in a yellow package. Refuse substitutes, A. J. Irronmonger.
New Freight Liner Starts On Missouri River Trade
The Herald-Transcript notes the first trip of a new Mississippi Valley barge system delivering 1200 tons of sugar from New Orleans to St Louis. It highlights a future fleet, reduced freight costs, and Illinois potential with a 9-foot waterway from Lockport to La Salle, opening northern ore and lumber regions to steel manufacture and broader Midwest prosperity.
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St.Louis
New Orleans
St. Louis
Cairo
Mississippi Valley Transportation Co
Illinois
Illinois Valley
Lake Michigan
Mississippi River
Lockport
la Salle
Illiois
Mississippi Valley
Chicago
Herald-Transcript
Public Drinking Cup Law Opinion Covers Limited Public Places
Illinois Attorney General W H Stead states the Public Drinking Cup Act applies only to listed places such as schools state institutions halls hotels lodging houses theaters factories and railroad properties and does not extend to banks barber shops lounges stores offices galleries laundries mines shops hotels parks wells and other venues. The opinion emphasizes the title’s broader scope was not enacted in body text and only enumerated locations are prohibited.
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Department of Justice
Springfield
J. H. Lane
McLeansboro
Ill
Illinois
W. H. Stead
Change Woodman Rates Meet in Chicago Next January
The Modern Woodmen of America the largest fraternal organization plans a special head camp meeting in Chicago late next January to adjust rates to the new uniform fraternal insurance law. The law already exists in ten states where the order operates and would require rate increases within three years to meet its terms. With over a million and a quarter members mainly in Illinois and neighboring states the proposed changes carry significant impact on the fraternity.
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Woodmen of America
Chicago
Illinois
A Bad Lot as Dismissed by Magistrate in Court
A drunk and disorderly prisoner offered a pained defense citing poets before the magistrate. Ten days were imposed and an officer was ordered to compile a list of names of those present. The piece notes a supreme court election ruling on ballot validity, indicating erased names, blurred ballots, and the voter intent rule. A cross can be a letter T.
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Byron
Poe
Supreme Court
Woodford County
Lydia E Pinkham’s Remedies Benefit Scottville Mother
Mrs J G Jonson of Scottville Michigan credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after hard farm work and motherhood of thirteen. She praises the remedy for herself and her daughter’s menstrual irregularities and recommends the product highly. The advertisement claims the compound is made from native roots and herbs and contains no narcotics.
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Scottville
Mich
Lydia E.pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia Eam
J.G. Jonson
Re.d. c
Guardianship and probate notices in Court House News
Probate matters include Thomas Donnelly granted guardianship with $10000 bond for Mary Berry minor. wills and administrations noted for Emma Warner William P Williams Ernestian May Eusano Antonacci Maria A Dauber and others with hearings, notices, and final settlements. real estate transfers recorded for Patrick Rudden to Katherine Rudden and John W Whetzel to Alvina Schumacher.
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Mary Berry
Thomas Donnelly
Emma Warner
Wm. P. Williams
Mary W. Anderson
Elliott Avenue
Kewanee
Sarah Elizabeth Blood
Hllinwood Avenue
Ernestian May
J. W. Tracey
Jobst Echulte
Eusano Antonacci
Candido Flaminio
Dominick Turigliatti
Thomas Bianco
Maria A. Dauber
Patrick Rudden
Katherine Rudden
Long
Lacon
John W. Whetzel
Alvina Schumacher
Varna
Remedy Adverts For Summer Diarrhoea In Children
For summer diarrhoea in children always give Chamberlain's Colle Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and castor oil. A speedy cure is certain. For sale by A. J. Ironmonger and T. J. Segraves, druggists.
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A. J. Ironmonger
T. J. Segraves
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Scott
Lawn Ridge
Court House News
Peoria Musical College
Middle West
F. L. Stead
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