Magnolia News Highlights Local Visitors And Events
Eureka resident S W Skelton visits Magnolia and McNabb callers frequent town. Magnolia hosts ice cream social at Strawn church and an August lecture by Gov La Follette draws crowd with special trains. Mormon missionaries perform in Magnolia briefly, plus drum majorette Hendershot to perform with historic memorabilia and reminders of past campaigns.
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S. W. Skelton
Eureka
J. E. Boman
McNabb
F. E. Smith
Massie
McKirgan
la Fayette
Mae Glover
Low Point
Fred Glover
J. H. Massie
John Thornton
Toluca
Mr. Harris
Mrs. Potter
Dwight
J. H. Harris
Henry McAllister
Chicago
L. A. Badgley
Grandma Detenbaugh
D. G. Ruble
James F. Wilson
New York City
Magnolia
Grant Glover
Roadsters
Bob Onward
T. J. Smith
J. S. Phillips
Cleveland Ladies’ Orchestra
la Follette
Later Day Saints
Joseph Smith
Magnolia M. EB
R. H. Hendershot
J. C. Hendershot
Columbus Post
U.S
Indianapolis
Ind
Social Notes From Quaker Lane
Miss Votan guests among relatives here. Miss Ewing of Kansas City visits J C Sutherland. Mrs. Leroy Mills and children return to Peoria after visiting relatives. Mason Wilson hosts son Jim visiting from New York City. Local residents attend Henry Monday dance. Harry Mills of Springfield visits uncle W B Mills before telegram summons home. Youths enjoy party at O M Mills in honor of Miss Votan.
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Votan
Miss Ewing
Kansas City
J.C. Sutherland
O.M. Mills
Herbine Cure Promised For Indigestion Ailments
An ailing list of symptoms including indigestion heart burn liver torpidity constipation and nervous complaints is linked to a claim that the Herbine treatment cures these troubles. The ad notes a 50 cent bottle price and references J E F Powells City Drug Store Henry.
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Powells City
Henry
Misses Bartlett Attend Recital at Lostant and Local Baseball Results
The article notes Maggie and Hattie Bartlett aiding a recital by Miss Anna Morreson in Lostant last Friday, returning Monday, and details local baseball losses: Kewanee defeated the team 11 to 6 on July 12 at their diamond, and another loss on July 15 at Tiskilwa. It also mentions various social visits, a Wild West show, and notices of health, deaths, and civic events.
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Maggie
Hattie Bartlett
Lostant
Anna Morreson
Kewanee
Tiskilwa
Carrie Bruder
Memphis
Nellie Bartlett
Peru
Silas Horton
Magnolia
J. D. Miller
Hennepin
Tom Paxson
Charles Skerd
Bedford
Ind
Helyn Martin
Isabel Brokab
Champaign
Dale Miller
Tech
Putnam County Sunday School Convention in Magnolia
The annual Putnam County Sunday School Convention will be held in Magnolia on August 8 and 9. The program includes devotional services, addresses, reports, discussions on parental responsibility, Sunday school improvements, and missionary work. Delegates welcome. speakers include Rev. Bliss Dr. Dakin Mrs. Brokaw and AlbHecht. The article also notes army discipline issues and visits from relatives of local residents.
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Magnolia
Sunday Schools
Putnam County
Bliss
Dakin
Brokaw
George W. Hunt
Henry Moser
Sheridan
A. W. Hopkins
W. 8. Hopkins
Rev. Rasmussen
John Kays
Walter Dagger
Charles Ankland
Nelson
Illinois State Sunday School Association
Love
W. A. Paxson
Moser
Hecht
Edwin Olson
Peru
Sadie Stauffer
Hirschy
Devlin Bankrupt Petition Filed in U S Court Peoria
Three Chicago creditors sue to bankrupt Devlin enterprises in Kansas. Judge Humphrey orders Illinois receiver Walter Reeves of Streator with bond of 250000, authority to pay wages up to 300 per claimant and borrow up to 50000 on Illinois properties, with coal contract to Western Coal and Coke continued. Also notes deaths of Henry Hawkins age 92 and Rose Fay, and sale of Clifford Haws farm to Hugh Chesnut at ~165 per acre.
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Charles J. Devlin
United States
Chicago
Devlin
Charles Devlin
Devlin Coal Company
Toluca Electric Light Company
Toluca, Marquette & Northern Railroad Company
Marquette, Spring Valley and Northwestern Railway Company
William H. Horine
Illinois
Kansas
Western Coal and Coke
Pearla Ar
Jim Hurley Rise From Wapella to Santa Fe GM
A Peoria Star profile recalls Jim Hurley born in Wapella Iowa who left school at twelve, worked on farms, attended Bloomfield Normal, and funded college by janitorial work. He rose from porter and telegraph operator in Kansas to general manager of the Santa Fe railway, earning his success through diligence, sobriety, and integrity.
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Jim Hurley
Wapella
Jim
Hurley
Bloomfield
Kansas
Santa Fe Railroad
Peoria Star
The Great President A Prolific Author Yet
The chief magistrate resumes writing books with rapid sales as Century reports seven editions of The Strenuous Life and Ranch Life and the thirteenth edition of Hero Tales, while other titles keep coming. The writer estimates thirteen works. He was a great author before becoming president, and his southwest tour drew strong enthusiasm despite mixed political sentiment, especially in Texas and Indian Territory.
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Century Company
Southwest
Texas
Indian Territory
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Magnolia, Illinois
Sivel & Defenbaugh
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Perry Dakin
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W. J. Thayer
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Robert G. Dakin, M. D
Magnolia, Ill
O. F. Taylor, M. D
the Republican
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Henry Republican
Magnolia Personals
Quaker Lane
Kenward
Lizzie Serrene
Tonica
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Baltimore
Henry Hawkins
Grandpa Hawkins
W. F. Smith
Sunday School
Japan
Detroit
Morphew Hardware Company
Magnoli
Kansas Capitalist
U. S
Peoria
A. C. Moore
Granville
Hawkins
L. D. Gunn
Rose Fay
Wm. Breen
St. Ann’s
Lacon
Clifford Haws
Hugh Chesnut
Chesnut
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Chicago Veterinary College
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