Local Attorneys and Services Advertise Henry Henry Illinois
Henry Illinois ad for Barnes Magoon attorneys specializing in settling up states and land titles. W W Dewey and Son offer top grain prices and coal quality. Dr He A Hall, physician surgeon, Henry Illinois, 24 hour service with electrical equipment for diagnosis. Office on Edward Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. M. Barnes
J. H. Magoon
Barnes & Magoon
Attorneys-At-Law
Lacon, Ill
J. A. Swem
Henry, III
C. Hilsin Smiths
Main Street
HE. A. Hall
Edward Street
Town Notes and Social News From Magnolia Department
The Republican June 24 1916 Magnolia Department reports Mr and Mrs J S Phillips and Louise plan a Denver trip with visits to Great Bend and Larned on the return. Mrs Charles Wierman and two daughters visit from Denver and plan Denver as permanent home. Temperance program Sunday evening featured real facts and pledge cards signed by Sunday school pupils. 115 signed with more work to do. Children’s exercises were a grand success with decorations and graduating events. Large attendance noted both morning and evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Phillips
Louise
Ldenver
Col
Great Bend
Kas
Larned
Charles Wierman
Denver
Lostant
Myrtle Patterson
C. P. Adams
Rock Falls
Wm. Griffith
Lansing
Mich
Eil Hills
Mack Evans
Earl Carr
Mendota
Kenneth Parret
Normal
A. W. Merritt
McNabb
Tonica
R. E. Phillips
Maxine
Danville
Herpe
Streator
John Ellis
Chicago
Lou Quaintance
Mary Ellis
Lowell EB. Roberts
Southern Normal School
Carbondale
Roy Alden
J. E. Conlin
King’s Heralds
Cleo Curtis
Dorothy Bangs
J. B. Phillips
Albert Siemers
Hazel Boshell
Ed McKenzie
Francis
Miss Merryfield
Baltimore
A. H. Bell
Amanda
Deer Park
Swaney
S. Robison
Jennie Cassedey
Emily Dugan
Thomas Cather
Neoga
T. H. Hehir
J. B. Archer
Tuttle
Okla
Sublette
East
Hehir
Schoenneshoefer
A. Boyle
Hannah Robison
Naomi Wooley
Norma
George Haws
Ottawa
Bond
Pontiac
Mat Neifing
Charles Hartenhower
Nelle Hartenbower
Charles Hartenbower
Carl Bartlett
Granville
Community notices from Quaker Lane and nearby towns
Local social and visiting notes include Sara Franklin visiting her grandmother Mrs Mary Smith and numerous residents from Oak Park Henry and Magnolia visiting relatives. Social events mentioned include a Happy Hour Reading circle in June, alumni banquet at John Swaney school, and Magnolia Grange Children’s Day program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quaker Lane
Sara, Chase Franklin
Oak Park
Mary Smith
Karene Spalding
Henry
Charles Mills
Decatur
W. L. Mills
Harriet Reymer
Magnolia
Oscar Bumgarner
S. C
Local residents visit Varna and Peoria in week of gatherings
A flurry of social activity includes Elsie Franceway and others visiting Granville and Varna. Mrs. Lawler and baby from Peoria stay with her mother. many trips to Chicago Peoria and Streator for shopping and events. The town hosts showers, weddings and a Swaney Alumni banquet with several families attending.
Local notes and social items from Lostant area
Lostant locals share sickness lists arrivals and departures with neighbors. Events include weddings at Hartenbower home Carl Bartlett marriage to Nelle Hartenbower, and reports on visits by relatives, church group meetings, highway repairs, and a Fr iday train incident injuring Miss A Boyle with nonfatal injuries. Community life and local notable movements are described.
New 1916 Silver Coins to Get Fresh Design
Robert Wickliffe Wooley, director of the mint, says the 1916 silver coins will carry an entirely new design. The Philadelphia mint designer has been told to propose options, as required by law mandating a design change every 25 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Wickliffe Wooley
Mint
Philadelphia
Treasury
Alumni reception marks Hennepin high school 1915 class
The Hennepin alumni reception was held June 10 at the Opera House with messages from absent members, a welcome by president Esther Wintershed, and a response by Inez McGlasson for the class of 1915. About 125 guests attended a luncheon, La Salle quartet performed, and out of town attendees were listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hennepin High School
Opera House
Esther Wintershed
Inez McGlasson
la Salle Quartet
Lizie Turner
von Biedenfeld
Granville
Joseph Otto
Magnolia
C. M. Sanford
Normal University
Lillian Weeks
Willard Hamm
Henry
James McAleer
W. A. Paxson
Alice DuBois
Exon
Prof. Graham
Helen Stanton
Eva Winterscheid
Addie Mullin
Curtis Clemens
Why Advertising Is Read and Its Public Value
A newspaper man notes that items close to readers personal lives gain attention. Cost of living stories, especially about beef and flour, engage readers more than distant battles. The piece argues ads and living cost coverage hold stronger local interest than faraway events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ennyson
Kipling
Europe
Long Trip Ended In Comic Money Mixup
A devoted husband on a long business trip forgets to send money to his wife who faces rent troubles. She wires for cash, he replies he is short and sends a playful promise with a thousand kisses. She withholds money and pays the landlord with a kiss, leaving all satisfied.
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F. C. Willett
Whitefield
Ill
McKillip Veterinary College of Chicago
R. S. Bayne
Illenois
W. W. Dewey.& Son
New City
John Hartlmy, Jr
D. Maylfair
Granville, Ill
Fred W. Potter
Henry, Ill
Henry BH
Jacobs
Elephone
H. W. Adams
T. H. Hunt
Delco
Cadillac Auto Co
Peoria
Main St
Peoria, Ill
City Books
Magnolia Department
Beatrice Massie
Hazel Boman
Dawson Judd
W. G. Griffith
Burdette Griffith
Jean Louis Spalding
Katherine Griffith
Jeannette Flitcraft
Ed Studgvin
Pearl Yo
F. E. Smith
B. G. Hoyle
Henry Eastern Star
M. A. Wilson
Ford
Magnolia Grange
Fair
A. B. Wilson
Turner Mills
Champaign
Lestant Dramatic Club
Prairie Rose
John Swaney Consolidated School
Emma Mills
Lora Kays
Columbus
Helen Smith
Silver Burdette Conservatory of Music
Perry Mills
Howard
Hayville
Minn
E. D. Lawrence
John Swaney High School
Ralph French
L Land
Oliver Willey
Herbert Wierman
Louise Merritt
Harvard
Wm. Fairbanks
Ben Dysart
Love
Bess Davidson
Enida Griffith
Varna
Frank Peters
Eva Winterscheidt
Hennepin
Cora McShane
Harry McShane
Edith Phillips
Merril Phillips
Los
Charles Ireland
Hallie
Washburn
Joseph Lawler
Baby
Andrew Kelm
Herman Scheffelbin
Bertha
Murray Myers
O. M. Boggess
Evar Carlson
Lord of
Curley King
Raymond Saltzman
Myrtle Bell
Mildred Ricketts
George Myers
Jacob
Fred Becker
Babe
William Scarborough
Leota McCulloch
Venona
Winnie McCuskey
Charles Scoon
Edward
Anna Schmidt
Herman Schefelbin
Herman
Charles Fogle, Jr
Schwambach
Wm. Moffitt
D. C. Wright
M. L. ,Norton
C. J. Held
Lacon
Joseph Kelly
Carrie Mae Stroup
St. Mary’s Parsonage
Rock Island Railroad
Thomas Kelly
Mona Clark
Toluca
Merritts
Scott
Kasbeer
Verna Louise
Josephine Haws
Una
Barbara Haws
Carmen Hoyt
Boston
Lackland
Hecht
Magnolia Chautauqua
Frank Donnelly
McFarland
Clifford Potter
Masters Vernon
Glenn Phillips
Charles Merritt
Signe Swanson
Frank Glover
S. Potter, Jr
Uel
A. J. Ironmonger
Public Service Company
Northern
Illinois
Henry Opera House
Uncle Sam
Frederic J. Haskin
Hennepin Record
Alice
Albert Pletch
McNabb Central 183
George J. Borgstede
Magnolia, Ill
Jones National School of Auctioneering
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