Lights Theater Co. July 24 Beal week at Magnolia
Magnolia Life notes Mrs Alice Weaver back from Bartonville last Thursday six new O E S members recently joined the chapter Mrs Bessie Schacht visits parental home in town Several locals attend Henry Chautauqua last weekend Mrs Lou Sammons returns from Waterloo hospital improved Casper Gurnea and family visit Nan Guinea at Belleville Kas A wild monkey sighted in neighborhood. Electric Bitters touted as a blood purifier fights disease germs with 50c price at local druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Weaver
Bartonville
the Lights Theater Co
Beal
Bessie Schacht
Gustave Otto
Henry Chautauqua
Lou Sammons
Waterloo
Casper Gurnea
Belleville
Kas
Nan Guinea
Reading Circle
M. A. Wilson
Nira Beck
O. P. Mills
Chicago
James H Price
Streator
Paul Johnson
EB. Smith
Hazel Boman
Henry
Mr. Garrett
Experiment Station
W. G. Griffith
C. B. Flitcraft
Oak Park
A. B. Wilson
Mason Wilson
Board of Review
T. J. Smith
Will Wierman
Charles Wierman
Max Whitney
Lake Senachwine
Jennie Ryan Kennedy
Robert
Tremont
W. B. Mills
Henry Cubs
Charles Whitney
Mary W. Smith
Creston
Kathryn
Mary Griffith
Lucile
Anna Carruthers
James Fairchild
Bloomington
Magnolia Grange
Country Life Association
Paris
Ill
Fairchild
I. A. Madden
Champaign
Swaney School
Reading circle meets at M A Wilsons next Saturday
Local column lists numerous residents and visitors in QUAKER LANE and LOSTANT. Activities include Chautauqua attendance, threshing at the experiment station, and small grain yields. Several trips to nearby towns, social visits, and a stray monkey noted, with community updates on illness, travel, and local events.
Local social notes and deaths in Tonica area
Sunday visits with A W Merritt and wife and numerous Tuesday and Friday gatherings mark a busy week. Residents travel to Bloomington Peoria and Rutland, with crops reported fine in Iowa. Obituary notes include Mrs Mary Cousin of Spring Valley and Mrs John Lundgren of Rutland aged 77 with services in Rutland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Skeet
Myrtle Groat
Elsie Kreger
la Salle
Clara Henning
Edna Chestnut
Streator
Mildred Hackett
Lacon
Frank Gapen
Edith Hannum
Williams, Ta
Roy
Elmer Phillips
Tonica
R. W. Phillips
Eva Burgess
Chicago
Mablon Merritt
Pearly Breun
Peoria
Wm. Jones
Adel
Mary
Iowa
Marie Comisky
the Mystic Workers’ Society
Dollie Skeels
Alice Hartenbower
Mary O'Connel
Pontiac
Mat. Neffing
Chillicothe
Depue
Orville Dean
Sterling
Orlena
Naomi Wooley
Samuel
Ritchey
Rose Hartenbower
Mary Cousin
Spring Valley
Cousin
Lostant
John Lundgren
Richard Lundgren
Rutland
Happiest Girl in Lincoln praises Chamberlainst Stomach Tablets
A Lincoln reader credits Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets with rapid relief from chronic constipation and stomach trouble, calling herself the proudest girl in Lincoln. The note appears alongside local society items mentioning dental work, visits, and marriages across towns such as Magnolia, Granville, Lostant, Peru, and Seatonville with residents W. H. Johnston, Kate Appel, and David McKane among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Lincoln, Neb
Chamberlain
A. J. Treany
Ege
T. J. Segraves
W. H. Johnston
Magnolia
John P. Kern
Streator
Frank
Kate Appel
Lostant
George P. Koehler
Granville
James McNabb
Missouri
Pearl Johnston
Grandpa Koehler
Elsie Dissinger
Henry Zellmer
Milwaukee
W. W. Johnston
Peru
David McKane
Seatonville
David
Ana Leesch
Time in your flight a maiden dressed proper and right
A contemporary reader laments modern fashion and calls for a return to natural, sensible maidens with natural curls and simple dress. The letter mocks current trends like peach basket hats and heavy hairpieces, urging a look back to Dame Nature’s intended feminine style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billie Burke
Doans Kidney Pills Endorsed By Local User
Local resident Mrs F M Garlin of Henry Illinois praises Doans Kidney Pills for backache and kidney ailments citing a relative's testimony. Ad copy notes a 50 cent price, availability at Segraves drug store, Foster Milburn Co as sale agents, and urges buyers to remember the name Dean's. Also mentions two Webster's dictionaries for sale at $3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Henry
F .M. Garlin
Schoolstreet
Ill
Doan
Segraves
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
New State Fish Law Restrictions on Size and Trade
Illinois enacts stringent fish size limits and licensing rules. The act bans possession, sale, or shipment of numerous species under specified weights or lengths and imposes strict reporting, seizure, and donation when violated. It sets fishing licenses with fees, tagging, and penalties, plus rules for carriers and seasonal sale windows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Board of Fish Commissioners
Fish Commission of
Illnois
United States
Express Company
Steamboat Company
Remedy Advertises Cholera and Diarrhoea Cure
In the height of the busy season readers are advised to keep Chamberlain's Colfo Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy ready and to take a dose at the first signs of illness. Sold by A. J. Ironmonger and T. J. Segraves, druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Ironmonger
T. J. Segraves
Crusade Predicts End of Public Tobacco Use
Dr. Harvey Wiley, pure food expert and anti tobacco advocate, predicted within 15 years smoking and tobacco chewing in public will be obsolete. He argued for laws banning smoking and chewing in public places or on cars and noted private use is acceptable but public display harms others. He dismissed myths about tobacco preserving teeth and said summer stunts from tobacco were overstated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey W. Wiley
Wiley
Anti-Tobacco Association
New York
Illinois Politics Before the Civil War Recalled
The piece recalls Colonel William R. Morrison of Waterloo Illinois and his view of Stephen A Douglas’s 1858 Senate campaign. It cites J McCan Davis in The Illinois Statesman recounting Morrison’s reminiscences, noting limited campaign funds and the role of delegates. Morrison recalls expenses for printing hand bills and delegate aid, and contrasts then with modern money in campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Morrison
Waterloo
Ill
Morrison
J. McC
Stephen A. Douglas
United States
Douglas
Madison County
St. Louis
Missour
Illinois
Lincoln
Springfield
Travel Tip About Chamberlain's Remedy
Never leave home on a journey without a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It is almost certain to be needed and cannot be obtained when on board the cars or steamships. For sale by A. J. Ironmonger and J. J. Segraves, druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Ironmonger
J. J. Segraves
Change in Fees In Legislature Raises Litigation Costs
The regular session adopted higher fees across many court services, worsening costs for litigants especially the poor. The table shows increases for recording, filings, and various case types, with notes on docket fees, writs, deposits, and proceedings. Poor persons’ cases are docketed only on motion and affidavits.
Also Mentioned on This Page
A. Simmons
Centenary Hospital
Olive Street Bank
Barnes’ University
Medico, Chirurigcal Society
Ina Bank
Ina
E. F. Mongeau
W. H. Weathers
Magnolia, Ill
Chicago Veterinary Col Lenary Hospital
Ronee Benoa
McNabb Cen- Tals
L. B. Elliston, M. D
R. G. Dakin
Truesight Specacle Co
Dr. Titus
Putnam County
L. Frank Titus
F& I
Gade Mrm
Bayard
Blood Bay
Percheron Stud Book of America
C. W. Hanson
McNabb
J. K. Dickinson
Lev'y Stallion Reg. Board
Home Barn
Claflin
Portman’s Sporting Goods Store
N. Adams ST
Peoria, Ill
Jumbo
Clyde Gregory
DR. Cox
Henry, III
Magnolia Department
J. Ironmonger’s
Quaker Lane
The
Republican
Sillino
Bill” Morrison
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