Local Notes and Visits Share News Across Towns
Magnolia Department Teenie Prosner is quite sick. G A Morphew spent weekend at Oceveden Iowa. John Dean Sr and family visited Henry. Henry McDermott of laws is on our streets this week. Clara Leitschuh of Chicago spent Thursday with Jessie Emans. A ball game at La Salle drew many locals Sunday. Irene Morphew of Clinton visited George Morphew last week. John Dagner carries a blemish on his face. Vera Allen visits Henry with Mr and Mrs Frank Potter. Rev Jones of Lostant assisted at campgrounds Sunday. Mr and Mrs B F Potter of Henry were guests at the Potter home. Alice Weaver returns from Proctor hospital and can work again. Roberta Roberts came from Chicago for a short stay with grandma and aunts. Mr and Mrs George Leitsiuith welcomed a ten pound girl born July 22. Mrs Isabelle Mann Allen and children of Bloomington visit her parents. Misses Florence and Fannie Curtis from Chicago and Peru visit locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teenie Prosner
G. A. Morphew
Oceveden
John Dean, Sr
Henry
Henry McDermott
Laws
Clara Leitschuh
Chicago
Jessie Emans
la Salle
Irene Morphew
Clinton
George Morphew
Alice Weaver
Proctor Hospital
Roberta Roberts
George Leitsiuith
Isabelle Mann Allen
Bloomington
Robert Mann
Harry Carruthers
Toluca
John Wilson
Raymond Mills
Ladd
Arthur
Alfred
Ralph
Gynetha Wilson
Florence Given
Mose Wilson
W. B. Mills
Barnum
Orville Shaffer
H. E. Beck
Charles Stockhaus
Harry Wierman
Pennsylvania
Grace Harwood
A. Wilson
Sterling
Venona
Irma
Ruth Bumgarner
Grace Grant
Decatur
W. G. Griffith
F. B
Smith
C. A. Stockhaus
Laura
Helen Smith
I. P. Wierman
Alvin Brown
Brown
Ray Boyle
Mary Smith
G. F. Bell
Springfield
Clark Downey
T. C. Barton
Grant Sibley
George Wilson
Cordelia
Fannie Griffith
Boston
S. Kreger
Harth
E. Weidner
Cooksville
B. T. Ireland
Blanchardsville
Wis
Anna Toemmes
la Salle County
Pontiac Chautauqua
Richard Crewes
M. B
Lestant Charge
Jones
Pontiac
Ira Kreger
Merritt
A. Boyle
Burnworth
Clara Henning
Delavan
O. S. Patterson
Clay County
Robert Lee
Sarbaugh
York
Kate Dugan
Matilda Heusel
Cherokee
G. C. MacDermott
Florence
Champaign
O. Keller
L. G. Peterson
Myrtle Patterson
Normal
Beatrice Taylor
Co. A. Whitney
Ben Cassell
Sarah Chance
Cleo
HBE
Allen
Ladies’ Aid
George Hetrick
Simon Beck
Peter Clemens
Della Allen
Martha Clemens
Gladys Allen
Wm. Siebert,Jr
Clear Creek
Local Notes from Quaker Lane and McNabb Districts
Four threshing machines are active this week in the neighborhood. Residents make visits across towns from Toluca to La Salle and Henry. Fire, camp meetings, and Chautauqua outings provide weekend activity while local hires, such as a substitute barber, affect town life. Edward Smith and neighbors report travel, visitors, and social events as spring progresses. The column also records family movements and a remedy tip for infant diarrhoea.
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Endorsed
A Baltimore reader testifies after four years of misery that Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound cured irregularities and nervous symptoms. The ad promotes the remedy as the most successful for female complaints and invites letters to Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia BE
Pinkham
Baltimore
Lydia
W. 8
Ford
W. Franklin St
Lydia E. Pinkham
Hennepin Notes Children Day at Congregational Church
Hennepin reports a large crowd at Sunday children day exercises led by Rev. Carl Countryman who gave a reading on Good St Nicholas and a sermon How to Raise a Child That When He Gets Old He Will Not Depart Far From It. Local updates include council praise for clean streets, social visits, threshing activity, and community notes about residents and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hennepin
Congregational Church
Carl Countryman
St. Nicholas
Countryman
Frank J. Lake
Cecil House
Woods
Monmouth
Mr. Lake
American Insurance Co
Rockford
J. Linn Downey
R. R. Bentley
Granville
Wm. Brewer
Mary Reynolds
Kewanee
Standard
Peru
Edward Gaylord Paxson
Eli Glenn Raley
Ottawa
Roy Johnson
Minnie Simpson
Henry
Percy Swain
Winfield Hall
LaMoille
Hall
C. C. Greiner
Adam Deck
Ray Durley
Will Ware
Dixon
Lavonne Stanton
J. S. Taylor
P. M. Marine and Family
H. B. Zenor
H. P. Kidder
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Putnam County
Putnam
Peter Morine
Chicago
Isaac O. Boyle
Isaac Boyle
California
Golden Gate Country
Henry Brink
Crewes
Peoria
Mineral Springs
Clear Creek
Ora EB. Trendt Taylor
Buda
Lee Weeks
Lena Brink
Mercer
Father Schultz
la Salle County
Henry Feltes
la Salle
Mt Palatine Notes and Family Movements
Miss Clara Leitschuh's at home this week and her mother recovering after surgery. Mrs G O Davis hosted Sunday school party for fourteen with sandwiches ice cream cake and fruit. Hally Coffee headed to Kansas to join relatives. Mrs G O Davis attended Mrs Sarah Dales' funeral in Rutland. Dales lived in Mt Palatine and died July 15 at age 88. Goetz returns to Iowa. Barum and Bailey circus drew La Salle attendees. Miss Lena Weininger and Miss Elma Weininger of Streator visited Mary and Anna Zellmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
Sarah Dales
Mt. Palatine
Elizabeth Goetz
Iowa
Barnum and Bailey Circus
la Salle
Lena
Elma Weininger
Streator
Mary
Anna Zellmer
Thurs
Lostant and area notes vivid with visits and small town life
Local items report visits from Springfield and Boston, travel by residents to Chicago and Pontiac, births and illnesses, dog bites, teaching certificates, church events, and a daily pension roll update noting about 2,700 deaths monthly among Civil War era survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Local Florida notes and regional visits then New Mexico constitutional election
Florida residents share social visits with families in Peoria Chicago and Depue while Mrs. Cassell and others attend gatherings. A house gets a fresh paint job and improvised concrete walk improves property. Chicago visitors I S Boles join relatives. The New Mexico governor issues a proclamation for a constitutional convention election to set delegates for statehood, with Arizona conventions in September and subsequent organic law drafting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Congress
Arizona
D. D. D. Prescription Claims Relief for Summer Skin
Hot weather irritates skin causing rashes pimples ivy bites and hives. The ad touts D. D. D. Prescription with wintergreen and thymol as the best remedy offering cooling relief and itch cessation. A 25 cent bottle is offered for sale by T. J. Segraes, a local druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Segraes
Also Mentioned on This Page
Oxfords
Potter & Potter
Magnolia, Ill
THE
Magnolia Bank
Magnolia
Illinois
BE. F. Mongeau
Chicago Veterinary College
McNabb Centale
Robert G. Dakin, M. D
Ill
the Republican
Henry, Ill
Magnolia Department
B. F. Potter
Potter Home
Fannie Curtis
Frank F. Weber
Dwight
Tll
Wimer Schlosser
Quaker Lane
A. J. Tronmonger
McNabb
Minster
Eva
Lester Kerns
Frank
Foley
Flossie
Crowley
J. A. McNabb
McCormick
O. V. Schaffer
Fairfield
Archie McNabb
Colorado
Colorado Springs
Denver
Warren Cowles
Peoria, Til
O. G. Vale
Art Stillwell
J. A. Smith's
Robert Wirsing
la Salle Hospital
T. J. Segraves
A. J. Ironmonger
Republican
Aristos
Miama Gasolin
Magnolia Merc
Joe Sivell
Manag
Ines
C. Brier
H. E. Allen
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!