Local notes from Quaker Lane summer social and travel
An assortment of brief items from Quaker Lane and nearby towns. A. H. Lancaster travels to Peoria for Swaney school business. J. J. Tomlinson ships two carloads of fat hogs to Chicago. Beatrice Massie visits EK Smith in LaSalle. Isaac Wierman visits Normal to see his new grandchild. Many residents attend trips, visits, or events in Peoria, Chicago, Bloomington, Senachwine Lake, and other locales, with births, illnesses, and local meetings noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Lancaster
Peoria
Swaney School
J. J Tomlinson
Chicago
Wilbur Sutherland
LaSalle
Beatrice Massie
EK. Smith
Charles Whitney Jr
Lostant
Isaac Wierman
Everett Parrett
Enida Griffith
Low Point
AL. Pillsbury
Bloomington
Hazel Anderson
Grange Fair
Alice Wilson
Venona
John
Belle Clark
Pennsylvania
Harry Wierman
Ad Belle Clark
T J Smiths
E V Mathis
Charles Bruer
Henry
J N Wilson
Milford
Alfred
T J Smith
Ottawa
W. G. Griffith
Morton
J Smith
B V Smith
J J Tomlinson
F E Smith
Peru
Cassie Swaney
Barnett Swaney
Addie
Cedar Point
C # Fiilcraft
Waklark
Theen Lawn
Lake Senachwine
O Mill
Howard
Hayfield
Minn
F C Willets
Whitefield
State Department of Agriculture
Jersey
F F Smith
Bert Smith
Ernest Mills
Alice Tomlinson
Griffith
J BB Stansell
Max Whitney
Charles Stateler
Varna
Senachwine Lake
Broest Malls
Turner Mills
Willis Mills
Dros
Clifford Mills
St Joseph
Anna Bullock
Emma Kries
Penu
Frank Koehler
Kries
Koehler
Dorothy Boyle
R H Boyle
Nina Lundgren
Joliet
Whitefield Corners Community Notices and Local Updates
Sympathy for the Spencer family after a Monday fire at their Henkins farm home and outbuildings. Reports note crop conditions, harvest progress, and local visits, with several mentions of Midland area residents and church activities. No church services until August 3 due to Rev Van Leer’s vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinnia Grady
Peoria
M L Condit
O'Brien
Willam
Overseas
Leo Barnes
John Dauber Everett Henkins
Rock Island
J K Ball
A Whittiker
Hennepin
George Hominghouse
George Homrighouse
E J Homrnghouse
Whittiker
Henry
John Homrighouse
Homrighouse
Walter Cook
O Winships
F&f
Murphy
Miss Valley Amos
Shelbyville
Fiste Bacon
Susan Ball
Ladies’ Aid Society of the Christian Church
JL Kildon
Putnam Cemetery
Andrew Swanson
J Howard Williams
Ladies’ Aid Society
MFE
F E Murphy
JG Pletsch
D MN Tumanc
Granville
C O Klontz
Bretacy
Kewanea
FFE Murphy's
Lake Thomas
Sugar Grove Notes on Visitors and Local Happenings
Miss Anna Hufnagle arrived from Boulder Colorado to visit family and friends. Miss Lorna Blackburn plans to attend the second summer term at Normal. The Rowe children are improving after illness. T A Seelye is remodeling their home using a Ford for daily hauling. William Wolf and Joseph Bogner Jr moved furniture to McNabb and from their home respectively. A Lacon friend visits Mrs L Hoffmann this week. The B K club meets with Mrs George Dally this afternoon. Dorothy McKirgan visits Wilbur and Lucille Doyle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Hufnagle
Boulder
Colo
Lorna Blackburn
Rowe
T. A. Seelye
William Wolf
McNabb
Joseph Bogner Jr
Lacon
L. Hoffman
B. K
George Dally
Dorothy McKirgan
Wilbur
Lucille Doyle
Broadmoor Social Notes Illness and Visits
Mrs. Francis Quinn has been ill with appendicitis for several days. Bobby Ruthford of Peoria stayed last week with Irvin Cappertne. Miss Beulah McKean of Bradford visited Evelyn Sturteyin. Emelia Hutnagel of Milo stayed with Mrs. A. W. Shriver. Mrs. Gorman and daughter visited Nellie Powers. A Burr family members went to Kansas for an extended visit with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Mason City
James Case
Elmer Rollins
Mr Case
Rollins
Sheffield
Thomas Landers
Albert Quinn
Mary
Elmer Quinn
Francis Quinn
Broadmoor
Bobby Ruthford
Peoria
Irvin Cappertne
Beulah McKean
Bradford
Evelyn Sturteyin
Emelia Hutnagel
Milo
A. W. Shriver
Gorman
Morse
Anna McNulty
Nellie Powers
A. Burr
Kansas
Local Social Notes From Putnam and Lostant
Mrs Henry Downey of Putnam assists her daughter Mrs Quinn. Mrs Dollie Skeets visited Bloomington and Pontiac and travelled to Kalamazoo with Miss Brockie and Miss Naomi Wooley. Dewey Nelson arrived from Denmark to stay with sister Mrs E J Murphy. O E S hosts a reception for returned soldiers Dr William Schonneshoefer and Harry D Worthy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Downey
Putnam
Mrs. Quinn
Dollie Skeets
Bloomington
Pontiac
Miss Brockie
Naomi Wooley
Lostant
Kalamazoo
Miss Wooley
Dewey Nelson
Denmark
E J Murphy
Old
Agitato
Lucile Schoenneshoefer
Clara H Lundgren
Elsie Zilm
Atha Boshell
Marjory Ryan
The Magnolia Church Sunday Schedule and Evening Discussion
The Magnolia Church sets a 10 am Sunday school, 11 15 am children sermon on The Rainbow Fire, and an evening session at 8 30 pm with Universal Military Training as a Christian Business. Joseph Simmons recites Lights Out and Mildred Borgstede reads The Song of Life before the sermon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel McKirgan
Joseph Simmons
Henry Vandyke
Mildred Borgstede
Song of Life
Charles MacKay
McNabb Methodist Church Plans Sunday Schedule
The McNabb Methodist Church will hold its usual Sunday meetings with a sermon at 10 o clock and Sunday school at 11. The church invites all, especially those without regular church homes, to attend. The State Board of Public Utilities has suspended until November 5, 1928, a proposed telephone rate increase for Magnolia Losient Rutland Dena and Long Point petitioned by Central-Illinois Independent Telegraphs Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Public Utilities
Magnolia
Losient
Rutland
Dena
Long Point
Central-Illinois-Independent-Telephos Company
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Republican
SDAY
Quaker Lane
William Farling
Whitefield Corners
Spencer
Henkins
Charles Belskig
Merton Swifts
Anna Hufnagel
Cole
Bruce Fountain
Starved Rock
Bertha Gebhart
Green Mountain
Iowa
Dr Simmons
Oren
En Putnam
Sugar Grove
Hart, Schaffner & Mara
Plete
the Magnolia Church
T. Floyd Monier
Illinois
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