The New City Meat Market and Local Doctors
The New City MEAT MARKET operated by JOHN HARTLEY Jr offers beef veal and fresh cured meats with cash for hides. DR J A SWEMN physician surgeon on Main Street and Dr B A HALL physician surgeon in Henry Illinois advertise services and 24 hour calls with electrical diagnostic apparatus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New City
John Hartley, Jr
J. A. Swemn
Henry, Ill
Hisls Smith
Main Street
B. A. Hall
Henry
Edward Street
Magnolia and Wenona Local Notes Mixed Socials
Magnolia and Wenona sections report visits by Mrs Ethel Mooberry and others, Chautauqua events, Bible classes, social plans, and parish activities. Notable items include farm stock additions, a parhel post shower plan, and a traveling salesman anecdote about cholera morbus treatment in 1888.
Hennepin Record notices and travel update
Mrs Florence Church moved her household goods to Hennepin and will assist her parents at the Cecil Hotel. A group attended the Granville Chautauqua with good attendance and entertainment, including Rev Breen who joined a ride via Spring Valley and Owaney. Relatives in Granville learned on Monday of Mrs L B Skeel’s death in Oberlin at age. An advertisement promotes Dr Kings New Discovery for coughs and bronchial ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Mooberry
Magnolia
Lonny Clemens
R M Spencer
George Ramsey
Dr Dakin
Helen
Sandwich
Goldie Simonton
Chicago
Joseph Downey
Toluca
Hope Church
Ald Society
Loma Caldwell
Colorado
F. M Pendleton
Nettie
Miriam
Old Friends
Joseph Otto
W L. Mills
Alex McKirgan
Alice Tomlinson
Ladies' Aid Society
Young Ladies
Main Street
M P Lackland
George Morphew
Danville
Wenona
John Locke
Benton Harbor
Mich
Maria Hunt
Henry
J. L. van Allen
Harter
Schoolcraft
Samuel Harter
Burgess Stock Farm Park
Burgess Farm
VY Lake
Bis
Rochester
Minn
Florence Church
Hennepin
Cecil Hotel
Granville
John Weeks
Bureau
Wm Weeks
Peoria
Rev Breen
Seatonville
Breen
Spring Valley
Owaney Consolidated School
Lillan Weeks
Willard Hamm
Rad
L B Skeel
Minnie French
Oberlin
Skeel
Putnam County
Local Camp gathers for summer visits and outings
QUAKER LANE and nearby residents note visitors and gatherings through the week. Henry visitors share Monday afternoon. families travel to Streator and Peoria. several attend Wenona Chautauqua. Florence Stein visits Enida Griffith. multiple picnics at Funk's Grove and Senachwine lake. Laura O Connell hosts and visits with friends. Magnolia Grange Fair directors meet. many short trips among towns including Ottawa Lostant Piper City Normal and Flanigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quaker Lane
LH Lassmanns
Wilson
Henry
G Griffith
Walter, Jr
Enida Griffith
Streator
W L Mills
Peoria
Oliver Wilson
Pendleton
Quincy
Cordelia Wilson
Laura O'Connell
R C Tomlinson
Piper City
Magnolia Grange Fair
J W Otto
Florence Stein
el Paso
T J Smith
Charles Wierman
Fred Pritchard
Ottawa
T C Coggeshall
F. E. Smith
T J. Smith
Karene Spalding
Louis
Starved Rock and Deer Park
Russell Tomlinson
Max Whitney
Lostant
M. W. Smith
Albert Mills
Decatur
Abel Mill
George Litchfield
Glenn
Flanigan
John
Arthur Wilson
W. B. Mills
O. P. Mills
T. J. Smith
Griffith
Lawrence
Funk's Grove
Funk
R. C. Tomlingon
F. B. Smith
Karene ‘Spalding
Lews Spilling
Hazel Bo- Man
Kate Litchfield
Glenn Litchfield
Senachwine Lake
Diarrhoea Quickly Cured by a Remedy
A letter from W C Jones of Buford North Dakota describes a severe week long diarrhoea. After one dose of the recommended medicine he felt improvement within two days and recovered fully, noting the druggist suggested Chamberlain's remedy. Available widely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. CG. Jones
Buford
N. D
Chaimberlain
Local Notices From Peoria And Nearby Towns
Mrs A Marshall visited Peoria while Mr and Mrs H B Marshall moved to Howe to become agents for the CI and S railroad. Lieck became local agent here. Edminster owns a seven passenger auto. The Marshalls dined with Mrs E P Dissinger and traveled to Gilman. Clifford Steer visited home. Fred Koehler returned from Losant to his family. Mrs Fred Johnston and children visited Kuhn. James McNabb spoke in town. A wagon party enjoyed a weenie roast in the woods. Steer and Son opened a butcher shop with the grocery. Toot Simfigton works behind the counter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A Marshall
Peoria
H B Marshall
Howe
Marshall
CI & S
Lieck
Edminster
H B. Marshall
E. P Dissinger
Gilman
Clifford Steer
Fred Koehler
Lostant
Fred Johnston
John Kuhn
James McNabb
Rons
Steer & Son
Toot Simfigton
Lostant Local Social Happenings and Visits
Lostant and surrounding areas report a flurry of social visits and community events. Family travel includes Mrs. Rose King returning to Ohio and Miss Mary Mortensen visiting Chicago, with locals hosting guests from Decatur Bloomington and Denver. church groups held large gatherings at Hope and Truth Bearers classes, fundraising for the organ and Baby Fold, while others enjoyed socials, luncheons, and mystery boxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lostant
Jay S. Courtright
Howard Harper
Clyde
R. J. King
Ruth
Penn
D. v. Hartigan
Hope
Louise Sweet
Chenoa
George
Art Stillwell
Rose King
Ohio
Tom Cleary
Clyde Harper
Emily Dugan
Rowson
Estella Bell
Marjorie Bangs
Etta Anderson
Dorothy Bangs
Amanda Bell
Bell Bros
Peru
Bangs
Merritt
Mary Mortensen
Chicago
Vera Hillabrand
Bloomington
Wm. Gray
Mortimer Reynolds
J P Wierman
G M Morris
Dalles
Oregon
Charles
Will
Denver
Col
Grace McDougal
Mary
Fitzgerald
Baker
la Moilie
Dr. Travis
Joseph Morrin
Child Hurt by Pitchfork in Barn Accident Near Davenport
A four year old boy, son of farmer Louis Harrison living west of Davenport, was struck by a pitchfork while the father cleared straw from a barn doorway. One tine pierced above the left ear, leaving the child unconscious with paralysis on the right side and not expected to survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Harrison
Davenport
Dad’s Rant on Missing Weeklies and Paper Woes
A narrator describes a father who loudly criticizes Friday night papers. He denounces the lack of worthwhile content, the social page, and ads, but he also eagerly reads every item and wants editors to do better. He threatens to confront printers if his paper never arrives.
Dr King Pills Offer 36 for 25 Cents and Relic Bell Purchase
A health ad touts Dr King New Life Pills in glass bottles containing 36 sugar coated pills for 25 cents with a single nightly dose. Separate note reports plans to buy the historic Old-Kaskaskias bell for the Illinois State Historical Society from Catholic Church, negotiated by Fr Groolens and Senator Keller, with price undisclosed and ceremonies planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tlinois
State
Kaskaskias
Groolens
Kaskaskia
Kent Keller
Ava
Meighs
Small town church tale and widow's blushes discussed
A western town church with a bright young pastor draws a small crowd including a beautiful widow who flirts with the deacon after a sermon. He praises the service while she jokes the tiny audience caused her blush when the parson spoke of the dear ones. Sloan's Liniment ad follows. Florence Tate, 24, Granite City philanthropist dies, led Shut-in society aiding the ill and homebound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tle
Tively
Florence Tate
Granite City
Teere
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F. C. Wilt —T
Whitefield
Ill
McKillip Veterinary Poliege
DR. R. 8. Bayne
Menry
Ylleois
R. M. Barnes
J. H. Magoon
Barnes
Ee W. W. Dewey & Bon
GEAIN
C. D. Maulfair
Granville, Ill
Fred W. Potter
Henry E. Jacobs
Klephone
H. W. Adams
Henry Rendering Works
T. H
Delco
Cadillac Auto Co
Main St
City Books
the Republica
Magnolia Department
Rlain
H W Ireland
Louisvill Ry
Hennepin Record
Dr King
Dr. King
McNabs
J. EK
Carlson
Samuel Grivey
Kahn
Earl Curtis
Bride
Julius Kahn
People’s Hospital
Grant Sibley
City
H. C. Barton
Charles L. Wierman
Marian French
Theodore Matthews
Scott
Public Service Company of
Northern Illinois
Northern Illinois Co-Operative Burial Association
Allen B. Smith
Illinois
Au.o. Als
Henry Opera House
Henry Woodruff
Gladys Brockwell
Sam de Grasse
Sloan
Albert Pleteb
Mcnabb
Central
R. Magnolia
ILI
Jones Nations i. Skool
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