Magnolia notices and society items from local Magnolia paper
Local notes report Rev and Mrs Schacht visiting relatives, J G Clemens kin in town, and Zilpha Stephenson with son from Chicago. Elevator sale settled with Schumacher staying. Mrs Julia Ruble and Josse mounting raspberries. Marion French buys a new automobile. H K Smith dies, funeral at home. Barney Piper hosts Peoria visitor. Camp meeting at Mineral Springs grounds July 27 28. Orill Slater fractures thigh, Dakin treats, slow recovery. Bradley Vrooman paint praised for home exteriors. George Hiltabrand returns to Chicago. mother takes him to Varna then Peoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C T. O Schacht
Dixon
J G. Clemens
Zilpha Stephenson
Chicago
Rachel Dent
Schumacher
Julia Ruble
Josse
Ziesle
Hart
Marion French
Hiltabrand
George Hiltabrand
Varna
Peoria
H. K. Smith
Barney Piper
Barney
Frank Bilager
Bradley & Vrooman
J. G.clemens
Mineral Springs Timp Grounds
Orill
H. A Slater
Painting Your House With Brad Ley and Vrooman Paint
A short home improvement notice describes painting a house with Brad Ley and Vrooman Paint It wall brands. It mentions place Magnolia and order from J G Clemens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradley & Vrooman
J G Clemens
Magnolia
Henry Knight Smith A Graphic Eulogy Of Aiding Man
Henry Knight Smith born March 17 1838 in Washington County Pennsylvania died July 12 1907 aged 69 3 25. He moved from Centerville East Bethlehem near Brownsville to Illinois in 1842 and settled at Clear Creek. He married Mary Wilson April 22 1866 and fathered eight children seven living. A lifelong Quaker his integrity and public service earned him trust in Magnolia Grange and local reform efforts. He championed farmer organizations cooperation and education for tillers of the soil while pursuing science and social questions with keen memory and reading habit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Knight Smith
Washington County
Pennsylvania
Centerville
East Bethlehem
Brownsville
Page
Jesse Smith
Catherine
Henry Knight Smitth
Mary
Oliver
Illinois
Henry
Henry Smith
Mary Wilson
Society of Friends
Magnolia, Grange
Church Services List for Magnolia Caledonia and Strawn
Magnolia hosts Sunday school at 10 a m and preaching at 11 a m Strawn holds Sunday school at 10 a m with preaching at 11 a m Caledonia offers Sunday school at 2 p m and preaching on the second and fourth Sundays at 3 p m Magnolia also lists Epworth League at 7 p m and preaching at 8 p m A cordial invitation is extended to all to attend these services Manage or adjust timing notes as read in the source text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magnolia
Strawn
Caledonia
Epworth League
Memorial tribute lauds a life of public spirit and virtue
The speaker honors a neighbor and father whose life combined public service, scientific interest, and moral stand against intemperance. Despite affliction his fortitude and memories of kindness endure, urging successors to emulate his integrity and devotion to family and community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rae
C C Mills
Board of Review Meeting Schedule and Filing Deadline
The Board of Review will meet for business at 9 a.m. and 1 30 p.m. on July 1 2 and 3 and the first five days of each subsequent week until work is completed. All complaints must be filed in writing and signed on or before August 15 by order of the Board of Review Lacon Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Review
Lacon
Local Society Notes and Oddities From Florida News
Florida society items mention Mrs Joseph Reichwine and Marguerite visiting Depue and Dr and Mrs Watson in Joliet. The Yeomen social draws praise while neighbors host Dr. Watson and wife for supper. Edith travels to Milwaukee and Chicago. Mada Myers returns to Milwaukee. Miscellaneous glitches include postal and tainted meat incidents reported with sparse names and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Reichwine
Little Marguerite
Depue
Watson
Joliet
Jacob Bast
Kewanee
Will Lowens
Bast
Lowen
Harvey Allen
Milwaukee
Chicago
Mada Myers
Local Notes From Lostant and Surrounding Towns
Local notices recount visits and travels of residents to Cul lom Wenona Geneseo and other towns. Mrs E K Parrett and Kenneth visit Tonica while a new baby girl arrives for Mr and Mrs George F Bell. The piece ends with an advertisement for King s New Discovery for coughs and colds at A J Strawmonger s Drug Store with trial bottle offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Foley
Cul‘lom
Joe Becker
Swith
la Salle
Libbie
Wenona
Jane Thornton
Albert Siemers
Motler
Cushocton
O. Julius Kahn
Harvey Fider
Mamie Norris
Normal
Jane Fhornton
E. K. Parrett
Kenneth
Tonica
I P Wierman
George F Bell
B F Robinson
Dwight
W H Robinson
Ben
Jessie
Nora
South Haven
Mich
George Robinson
Raymond Millis
McNabb
H. Barton
Jesse Wood
Granville
Richard McShane
Dick Bushell
America
King
Julia Ryder ‘Paine
Aurora
Mass
Bettie
Pair of Toluca News Items Report Local Happenings
Sabatino Di Bartolomeo suffers a broken shoulder blade after a buggy accident. Luz Clara Thomas marries John Brassea in Toluca. Toluca Foresters celebrate July 4 with parade and picnic. Orville Wright dies at 5 in La Moille. George V Conrad 64 dies at his Toluca homestead. Local mine accident burns a Wenona man. Wenona council orders stockyard removal. Pattonsburg fair draws 270000 with races and fireworks. Lacon trains restructured hurting regional travel. residents decry schedule. John Heeheim advertises multiple properties and business assets for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sabatino di Bartolomeo
John Brassea
Clara Thomas
Streator
Tony Brassea
Agnes Brassea
Tecluca
France
M. Reiferscheid
Toluca
M. E
Ball
Dudman Resigns to Transfer to Fairbury Schools
Virgil Dudman eighth grade teacher resigns from Lacon schools to take a similar position in Fairbury. Mrs Dudman praised as an excellent teacher and thorough gentleman. Pupils and patrons regret his departure from the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Dudman
Lacon
Fairbury
A Happy Man Is Amos F King of Part Byrone NY
An 86 year old man, Amos F King of Part Byrone NY, is said to be healed of a lifelong leg sore by Bucklen’s Salve. The ad praises the product as a world healer for sores burns cuts and wounds. It is sold by druggist A J Tronzsoe. A press-style report notes a fatal shaft accident at La Salle County Carbon near Spring Valley where three men Hogan Benson Charley Agnew and Frank Bassalt died after falling 525 feet and an iron pipe pinned one worker to the shaft while foreman Wm Smart survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm Monser
Wenona
Frank Hunt
Marshall County
Lacon
Alton
Varna
Chicago
Peoria
Dwight
la Rose
Washburn
John “Heéeim
Amos F. King
Bucklen
A. J. Tronzsoeger
Price
la Salle County Carbon Company
Spring Valley
Hogan Benson
Charley Agnew
Frank Bassalt
Smart
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Kingsford
Oswego
AU Grocers
T. Kingsford & Son
Rational Starch Comfort
Secccoecs
Ghee
R. A. Ward
Henry Re“pt
Putnam County
Eis
Mark
NS Gee
Gusfat
Washington
Granville Post Office
Mark- Iszonlyza
Fee
O & Lace
Buda
Toztown
Mason Balter
Long
the King
Marshall County News
Orville
George V Conrad
Birdie Ongler
Josephine
Lanella
Morris
George Conrad, Sr
Josephine Twist
Joseph Dunlap
Douglas Conrad
Pattonsburg
Eckelbarner
Belle Plain
Aaron Parks
Arthur Siebens
Ed Underwood
P. M. Bouton
Lacon Home Journal
Ariosa
vonGeeer
Emerson
U. S
BAGO
Renee Ay
EACO
G. Clemens
the Magnolia Bank
Magnolia, Ill
Northern Illinois Co-Operative Burial Association
G. W. Keller
Undertaker
J. M. Downey
R. Ney
W. A. Simmons
Magnola
Rit
Centenary _ Hospitative Street Bank
Barnes
Universis Medico Chirurigica Ye Souis
Ina Bank
Ina
III
Ate
Robert G. Dakin, M
Idl
J. H. Massie
Prulterley
Sartiss Fith’s Laundry
HH. Weathers
Kregor
Ill
Veterinary Pi
Veterinary Hospital
Caulpmeets Tai
Conan Centrale
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