Local Notes and Deep Wells Highlight July 1915 Gatherings
Community items from Magnolia Department and nearby areas record visits, travels, and social events including relatives in Veona Peoria Starved Rock outings and Sunday school activities. The piece also mentions a major fire at the Phillips home and a lengthy report on global and American deep-well drilling progress with several depth figures and locations.
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Lewis Dean
Venona
Dr. Simmons
Ervin Dean
Peoria
Harve Ramage
John Ramage
Will Johnson
McNabb
Fannie Johnson
W. A. Franklin
Nebraska
Charles Wierman
Denver
Cathryn Donne. Smith
Wivan Haws
Varna
Alvin C. Spencer
Chicago
H. Ehringer
Washburn
Ladies’ Aid Society
Mary Peridotti
Gladys Crocker
Mary
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Charles Johnson
George Hillabrand
Marcella
Marie Dunne
John Dunne
Starved Rock
R. A. Ward
Ed Mathis
Walker Johnson
Ottawa
Margaret
Henry Phillips
Life on Quaker Lane shows visiting neighbors and community events
The column lists residents visiting relatives in Toluca and Peoria, social gatherings at Magnolia Grange and Evans Grange, church dedication plans, and local trips to Granville, Lostant, Lacon, and Dwight. It notes friendships, committees, and a looming war outcome impacting Allied securities.
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Karene Spalding
Louis
Toluca
Walter Griffith
Streator
Clifford Haws
Henry
Enida Griffith
Peoria
Laura O'Connell
R .C. Tomlinson
Piper City
Belle Hannum
Pennsylvania
A. B. Wilson
Fannie Morris Wonser
Montana
Alice Tomlinson
Magnolia Grange Fair
Alex McKirgan
Hazel Boman
Coggshall
Mary
Kathryn Griffith
Oak Park
Joseph Taggart
Wonona
Oscar Wheeler
Long Point
John Swaney
Magnolia Grange
Evans Grange
Reading Circle
J. N. Wilson
Wm. Griffith
Messa Boyle
Lostant
Swaney
Lacon
Homer Willey
Granville
Ruth Bumgarner
Winona Lake
Friends General Conference
Young Friends’ Association
Lestant Lodge
Evans
Chautauqua
Mason
C. H. Merritt
Zilm
la Rose
Frank Donnelly
Kathryn Donne Smith
Magnolia
Miller of
Ozell Stateler
Roy Day
Ed Norwood
Jacob Myers
Verna Louise
Josephine Haws
Louise Merritt
Louis McNabb
Allan Ash
McNabb
Lawrence Merritt
Dwight
Senechwine Lake
Ervin Tinkhaus
Chicago
Olney Hurl
Albin Palm
Louis Palm
Merritts
Toledo
Oliver Holmes
Ida Murphy
Holmes
Ray Cook
George Dorff
Charles Traver
Anna Schmidt
Charles Scoon
la Prairie
George Myers
Washburn
Local Social Notes From Tonica Area Provide Busy Week
A flurry of visits and gatherings marks a Tonica area week with many guests from Chicago La Salle Peru and Iowa. Mrs Hagg and Mrs Kelso host relatives while local families entertain and attend chautauqua funerals and a birthday party showcases community life.
Illinois Roads Through Lumped Gumbo to Concrete
Col iers humorist George Fitch critics Illinois effort to fix roads by roofing them with concrete. He notes the muds once spurred settlement and growth, but argues modern travel demands durable thoroughfares that avoid boggy quagmires and keep motorists from being defeated by Illinois gumbo.
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Peoria
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Editor receives cork from joker in mail
A prank reaches Highland Kansas as the editor identifies a cork mailed with a note. After five months of speculation the editor declares the cork a stopper and ends the paper, but the sender must cover five months of undelivered papers.
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Bessie Barriscale
Enid Markey
Bill Turner the Farmer Who Modernized Crime or Fortune
Bill Turner, a lifelong farmer without schooling, embraced bold farming innovations. He bought a hay loader, built a dairy operation that churned butter in ton lots, and used a crank milking method. His skepticism neighbors mocked him, but his methods yielded wealth and notoriety in Squeedunk Valley.
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Bill
Smith
Mike Schroud Suffers Poisoned Arm Broadcast in Washburn
Pat of the Washburn Leader discusses Mike Schroud a well known city figure. The article notes his left wrist is boils and poison has spread up the forearm. He wears a bandage from elbow to hand and endures a sore arm.
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Washburn
Mike Schroud
Mike
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