Magnolia High School Holds 1910 Commencement
The Magnolia high school commencement was held at the M. E. church on Saturday evening June 11 with four graduates Elias Rolley Marcella Dunne Helen Funk and Ralph Hecht. Principal remarks by Mr Hunt and an address by Mr John D Shoop accompanied the diploma ceremony. Alumni reception followed at Masonic hall, a four course supper served by Junior and Sophomore classes, and a lively gathering praising the school days and the Alumni association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magnolia High School
M. E. Church
Elias Rolley
Marcella Dunne Helen Funk
Ralph Hecht
John D. Shoop
Chicago
Hunt
Magnolia Alumni Association
Masonic Hall
R. W. Spencer
Alumni Association
Shoop
Smith
Board of Education
Freeman
Dakin
Dr. D
Ananias
Lulu Kidd Sammons
Spencer
Missing money book found and return sought near Grange fairgrounds
Mrs. F S Studgvin reports her book containing three ten dollar bills and two five dollar bills was lost between her home and McNabb on Tuesday. A reward is offered for its return and contents. Attendants included Samuel Potter and Miss Caroline Ricketts who recently wed at Rev Turner’s residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. S. Studgvin
Grange Fair Grounds
McNabb
Samuel Potter
Magnolia
Putnam County
Caroline Ricketts
Varna
Marshall County
Peoria
W. F. Turner
Jackson Street
Local notes from Palatine MT area church and town
Reports from MT Palatine recount Henry Naumann and wife buying a fine piano in Chicago. Miss Mary Zellmer stayed with John Gehm near Granville. Frank Smith suffers measles for two weeks. Rev Gebhardt issued a sermon and plans to attend first and third Sundays. services at 3 pm. Cantata postponed due to illness. Mrs Zellmer ill after stepping on a nail. Area residents attended the union meeting at the M B B church in Tonica.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Henry Naumann
Mary Zellmer
John Gehm
Granville
Frank Smith
Gebhardt
Charles Zellmer
M. B B
Tonica
Miss Clara Bradly Returns Home From Chicago Visit
Florid notes Clara Bradly of Chicago spent two weeks at the Albert home and returned Friday. Mrs. Mary Allen has been very sick for six weeks but can sit up part of the time. Attendees at the Allen Edwards wedding from here on June 8 included Harvey Allen J B Alberts and Mrs M Umbarger. Walter Kessling spent Sunday in
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granville
Grace Chitton
Little Velma
Harvey Allen
Ladies’ Aid
David Clemens
Ben Cassell
Sarah Chance
Will Morris
Elijah Pickerell
Roy Dailey
Babe
George Hetrick
Sada
Henry
Sora Cassell
Frank Glass
Iona Odekirk
Mary Allen
George Clemens
Kansas
Simon S Beck’s
Clemens
Beck
Chicago
Julia Fulmer
Boles
Fulmer
H. H. Edwards
Jennie Edwards
Frank Allen
Jennie
Frank
John Henning
Missouris
Clara Bradly
Albert Home
Allen- Edwards
J. B. Alberts
M. Umbarger
Walter Kessling
Local social notes and visits in Quaker Lane area
O P Mills traveled to Chicago with stock while numerous neighbors and visitors filled the area from Toluca to Tonica and Granville. Entries mention visits, family trips, a school pin found after commencement, a Ziegler’s hall dance, and relatives gathering, with several short health and meeting mentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. P. Mills
Chicago
Stock
Arthur Wilson
Enida Griffith
Toluca
Barney Swaney
Leland Griffith
Woodhull
Cordelia Wilson
Granville
Miss Gee
Tonica
Florence
Edna Wilson
Peoria
Elizabeth Massie
Princeton
Swaney
Sesson
A. B. Wilson
Harry Carrithers
Harry Stansell
Briener
Indiana
Owl Hill
James Jerrow
Hennepin
Ed Studgvin
Henry Atherton
T. J. Smith
Dwight
Chicago & Alton
Consolidated School House
Roy Waite
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsed for Backache Relief
An advertisement touts Doan's Kidney Pills as the best remedy for backache and kidney disorders. It cites a Henry Illinois resident Mrs. F. M. Garlin and others, notes local dealer Segraves' Drug Store, and states price 50 cents with Foster Milburn Co. as sole U.S. agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Henry
F. M. Garlin
School Street
Ill
Doan
Segraves’ Drug Store
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Swaney High School Commencement Draws Large Attendance
Friday June 10 marked Swaney school commencement with Dr. Cook delivering a fine speech. A gala crowd from Varna Wenona Hennepin and surrounding towns attended the exercises and dinner in the grove. Tonica lost to Swaney 16 to 2 in the ball game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chick Ness
W. B. Mills
W. G. Griffith
Granville
Mills
New Methodist Church
Lyle Durley
Ethel
Edna Bush
Hennepin
Shield’s
McCluskey’s
Fairbanks
Norton’s
Varna
Taggart
Will Monser
Swaney
John Swaney High School
Local notes from Lostant and nearby towns
Local residents visit relatives in Ottawa Normal Illinois Chicago and Dixon while others attend commencements in La Salle Hennepin Mendota and Elgin. News mentions land interests, nurse training graduation, a Woodmen Decoration Day thanks and a deer field trip to the Mystic Workers convention with a hospital injury from a horse kick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Ruble
Ottawa
Walker Hay
Chicago
Zoma Spring
Harry Dugan
Dixon
Anna Toemmes
C. C. Dean
Nelson
Wm. Lyons
Hampshire
Nettie Gebhardt
Harmon
Hisle
Ruby Kreger
Borngasser
la Salle
Wm. Downey
Colorado
Dr. Hattan
Arthur
Peru
John Davenspike
John Pettit
Elgin
Mystic Workers’ Convention
Eva Burgess
Cook County Training School
Foster
Blanche Patterson
Hennepin
Lucile Schoenneshoefer
John Pohl
Raymond Erbes
Mendota
Schoenneshoefer
J. Emerson Nye
Valparaiso
Ind
Joe Jefferson
M. B. Church
Nina Hardesty
W. A. Hardesty
Durant
Louis Worling
George Abbott
Pontiac
Hiltabrand
Ruth Hiltabrand
Myrtle Patterson
Buckley
James Donoghue
Lostant
Streator
McCormicks Travel to Julesburg and Local Happenings
Hennepin Record notes Dr and Mrs G A McCormick traveling to Julesburg Colorado to visit relatives. Miss Sallie Paxson leaves Hutchinson Downey millinery for summer vacation. Baccalaureate for class of 1910 held at I O O F opera house with Rev Brink delivering a well received address. Fire scare near Floria destroys no property. Fred Seitz family visits Hennepin for commencement. Mayzella Bentley among graduates. Wedding solemnized at St Patrick's church Henry Kunkel of Chicago and Marie Kunkel of the county wed. Kunkel daughter of Peter Kunkel north of Granville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. McCormick
Julesburg
Col
Sallie Paxson
Hutchinson & Downey’s
Henry
I. O. O. F. Opera House
Brink
Hennepin
Floria
Here
Wm. Christon
Fred Seitz
St. Patrick’s Church
Edward Schuetz
Henry Kunkel
Chicago
Marie Kunkel
Miss Kunkel
Peter Kunkel
Granville
Granville Echo Report On Local Church Additions And Social News
Granville Echo notes the Con gregational church addition progress with ample seating for 150. It covers Meneley quartet leader and Miss Ricketts visiting the Ponds, a Rock Island trip for Au gustana college jubilee plans, a buggy accident involving John Callier and Harry Leech, and a curious church pew gathering of professionals. It also references the Illinois picnic at Eastlake Park with a roster of Putnam and local names including O Smith McNabb Bilis Wilson Everett Cynthia Durley Hartenbower Sada Stewart and the Laughlins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granville Echo
Congregational Church
Meneley
John Callier
Hennepin
Harry Leech
Callier
Illinois
Eastlake Park
Cal
George N. Hayslip
Putnam County
O. Smith
McNabb
W. A. Bilis
Wilson Everett
Cynthia Durley Hartenbower
Sada EE. Stewart
Florid
Robert Shields
Mabel Shields
J. ©. Shields
Oxbow
Mary House
Payne’s Point
A. M. Laughlin
Ida Laughlin Latcham
Ada Laughlin
Dorothy
Granville
Proposer Seeks Mars Walk in Parlor Scene
A light led parlor moment turns toward a proposal as a chaperoned couple contemplates stepping outside to view Mars. A Buffalo reader’s note praises Dr King’s New Life Pills as a family remedy, with local drugstores selling them for 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Paul Mathurka
Buffalo
T. J. Segraves
A. J. Ironmonger
Midnight Colt for Sale at Henry City Farm
An 1910 era horse sale notice from Joe Maubach advertises a four year old colt named Midnight. The buyer can view mornings, noons, and evenings at the barn of Benjamin Ransom in Henry City, with a $12 insurance to cover standing and nursing. Removal or mares leaving the neighborhood voids the policy and makes the money due.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Ransom
Henry
Jack
Joe Maubach
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Aowerspill
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
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Magnolia Bank
Northern Illinois Co-Operative
Allen B. Smith
G. W. Keller
Rachel Anderson
C. F. Anderson
Floyd
J. W. Dille
Magnolia, Ill
General Merchandise
Ohio
Potter & Potter, P
W. A. Simmons
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Barnes’ University
St. Louis
Ina Bank
Ina
E. F. Mongeau
D. C
W. H. Weathers
Chicago Veterinary College
Aenonees Moepolts and
McNabb Cenrale
Robert G. Dakin, M. D
Magnolia Department
Magnolia Mere, Co
Joe Sivgell
Dakin & Bishop
Potter & Potter
M. B. Corbin
C. B. Simonton
Mt, Palatine
Quaker Lane
Hennepin Record
Bradley & Vroom
Yours Truly
Magnolia Merc. Co
Mars
Chicago News
Black Jack
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