Local notices and arrivals from Magnolia and vicinity
Magnolia department notes Ward as local representative for The Henry Republican with prompt attention for entrusted news. Stock shipments from the area continue. C F Morphew works in southeastern Iowa this week. Harry Ramage returns from Ann Arbor. J R Morphew family visits from northwestern Iowa. Mrs W A Franklin and children visit Toluca. Tracy Skelton visits cousins. Gladys Ruble visits grandfather S B Mitchell and helps at Dakin restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Ward
Magnolia
Henry Reublican
C.F. Morphew
Iowa
Harry Ramage
Ann Arbor
Mich
J. R. Morphew
W. A. Franklin and
Community News Reports Wind Damage and Local Events
A Saturday show is anticipated with strong attendance. Wind storms in Magnolia and nearby areas caused no serious damage. Prices for corn rise as some locals profit from recent market highs. Crops show potential but are a month behind typical development. K of P and Pythian Sisters observed Memorial Day with open-air services led by Rev. McCormick. Public orders appear prosperous and active in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. W. of A
Peoria
Magnolia
K. of P.’s
Pythian
McCormick
Community Notes and Local Happenings
Miss Carrie Swaney is on the sick list this week. J. M. Bumgarner shipped a carload of lambs to Chicago last week. Mrs. Bumgarner and John McNabb visited Oberlin Ohio to see Miss Jessie McNabb graduate. Miss Nira Beck travels to Neoga for a two week visit. Mrs. Dr C C Mills and children of Decatur visit the neighborhood. Magnolia Grange Fair directors prepare for next September. The week’s chautauqua at McNabb July 21 26 includes temperance programs with season tickets at 1 and a strong program featuring a 60 child chorus, a double quartet and an orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Swaney
J. M. Bumgarner
Chicago
Bumgarner
John McNabb
Oberlin
Jessie McNabb
Nira Beck
Neoga
C. C. Mills
Decatur
Magnolia Grange Fair
McNabb
Mrs Lizzie Crane Poorly At Home With Sister In Granville
Mrs Lizzie Crane staying with her sister Mrs Sarah Cassell is very ill. Mrs Mary Allen and her Kansas visiting granddaughter were in Granville last week returning home Sunday. Mr Simeon Beck Carrie Springer Lyle Jenkins John Din...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie Crane
Sarah Cassell
Mary Allen
Kansas
Granville
Simeon Beck
Carrie Springer
Lyle Jenkins
John Din
Lostant
Irene Salee
Streator
Edward Ruble
Lizzie Wilson
Oak Park
Estella Bell
N. J. Hillabrand
Mudlava
Ind
Lena Merritt
Dwight
Grace Williamson
Sheldon
Auburne
Sioux City
Iowa
Henry Parker
Manteno
P. B. Howard
Mildred Eleanor
Elsie
Ruby Kreger
Ottawa
Elvera Lundgren
Wyette Patterson
Alex Kelso
James Conlin
Schoenneshoefer
Mendota
Peoples
South Bend
Wm. Downey
Mae E. Boyd
Rutland
John Kelley
Mark Bangs
Marjorie
Chicago
Nellie Morine
Charlotte Nash
Fred Sutcliff
Myrtle Zenor
Hennepin
James Patterson
M. J. Toemmes
Nick Apfel
Miss Noonan
la Salle
Anna Kelso
John Grivey
Patrick Reed
Cullom
Thomas Foley
Richland
Bailey Falls
Starved Rock
Harriet Bartlett
Nettie Gebhardt
Odell
Samantha Robinson
Tim Wood
Muskogee
Oklahoma
Woodman week brings crowds to Peoria and surrounding towns
A long local column details many residents traveling for Woodman week including Mr Watson and family heading to Michigan Joliet and other sites. It notes tombstone work in Ottawa for Rebecca Fulmer and Ida Seibert and various visits and illnesses. The piece also covers local proposals about taxes, dry status in Wenona, and East Wenona’s seven saloons amid financial strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key
Mother
Peoria
Woodman
Lr. Watson
Michigan
Joliet
Tombstone
Ottawa
Rebecca Fulmer
Ida Seibert
Pearl Hetrick
St. Louis
Wm. Martin
Harvey Larens
Depue
Larens
Gust Deininger
Cora
Anna Daily
Roy Daily
Bath
Wenona
East Wenona
East Venona
George K. Brayman
Granville Nuptial Brightens Putnam County Community
A Granville wedding united Miss Nellie Ward and civil engineer Robert Maxwell with the Rev. A A Pratt officiating. The bride's family and Miss Millie Granburg of Henry attended, while local praise highlighted the ceremony and the charming bride. A light note recalls a local judge's joking exchange during a Peru visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granville
Nellie Ward
George W. Ward
Henry
Robert Maxwell
A. A. Pratt
Kerley Ward
Bardolph
Maxwell
Millie Granburg
Ward-Maxwell
Miss Granburg
Putnam County
Judge McNabb
Lincoln
Peru
Hawthorne
Electric Bitters Praised As Grand Family Medicine
Mr. Frank Conlan of New York lauds W Electric Bitters as a grand family medicine for dyspepsia and liver issues and for back and kidney weakness. The remedy purifies the blood and restores vigor, sold at A. J. Iron monger’s drug store for 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Conlan
Houston St
New York
A. J. Ironmonger's
Local Social Notes Add Small Town Hickory Flavor
A string of visits and social happenings fill the week as residents travel between Blue Island Peoria Princeton and Whitefield. Pat McCormick Jr and Harry Adkinson spent days with Heminghouse brothers while Orpha Carl visits Fay Henkins and Fred Wheeler. Royal Neighbors event is planned June 27 with Mrs Kelso hosting. Martie Gregg visits Mildred and Violet Perkins as Mrs Wheeler and family spend time in Peoria. Oklahoma visitor Mr Cotney joins Ed Sparling and Miss Bagley. Milwaukee guest Mr Fargo visits J. J. Euard’s household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred
Violet Perkins
Mary Wheeler
George Wheeler
Peoria
Mrs. Cotney
Oklahoma
Ed Sparling
Miss Pet Bagley
Mr. Fargo
Milwaukee
J. J. Euard’s
Board of Review Meeting Notice for Marshall County
The Board of Review of Marshall County will meet at the courthouse in Lacon Illinois from 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on July 1 2 and 8 and the first five days of each subsequent week until finished Complaints or objections must be filed in writing or made in person by August 15 by Order of Board of Review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Review
Marshall County
Court House
Lacon
Ill
Annual Lincoln chautauqua assembly slated for Wenona
Wenona residents report the third annual Lincoln chautauqua will be held in Wenona on July 21 22 28 24 25 26. Local news notes include visits from Chicago attendees and a high school basketball manager undergoing surgery in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenona
W. G. Gillespie
Kilbourne
Neb
Gillespie
The
Lincoln Chautauqua
Wenona Beats Lacon Blues In Close Season Opener
The Three A baseball team opened their season with a 9 to 3 win over the Lacon Blues at Venona Park. A band procession tied the event to the park drawing a sizable crowd, and locals discussed adding a modern band stand near the central railroad.
Foley's Kidney Remedy praised in Mrs Joyce letter
Mrs Joyce of Claremont New Hampshire writes that about a year ago she bought two bottles of Foley's Kidney Remedy which cured a severe long standing kidney trouble and she highly recommends it. A. J. Ironmonger.
Onward bay trotter Bob Onward to race season 1908
The bright bay trotter Bob Onward foaled 1899 stands sixteen hands one inch and weighs about twelve hundred pounds. Bred from Onward lineage with strong connections to the great Onward horse, the mare line includes Hettie Brasfield and Dream among multiple dams. Booked for the 1908 season with Monday through Saturday showcases at named barns and properties. Terms: 15 dollars to insure a colt to stand and suck, with payment due if the horse leaves the neighborhood. Grant Glover, Owner, Carl Phillips, Groom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanson
Combination
Combine
Hettie Brasfield
Happy Heir
Nellie Grove
Nell
Ned Forrest
Eewin Forrest
Becca G
Overdon
Onward
Onward Silver
Benzetta
Dream
Administrator
Catchfly
Taglion
Abdallah
Goldsmith Maid
Ava
Bra
Godvla
Egmont
Langtree Grant
General Grant
Shiloh
Julia Logan
Logan
Nelly Paul
Black John
Salebarn
McNabb
Mary Quintance
Lostant
Phillips
Magmola
Wesley Allen
Weholla
Magnolia
Stinger’s
Varna
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kingsford’s
Oswego Stancn
Kingsford
Oswego
Joe T. Kingsford & Son
N. Y
National Starch Co
Northern Illinois Co-Operative Burial Association
W. Keller
Undertaker
Magnolia Bank
Magnolia, Ill
Robert G. Dakin, M. D
J. H. Massie
Confections McNabb
Fresh Bakery
Grif Oth's
J. M. Downey
Magnolia m
Downey
W. A. Simmons
Centenary Hospital
Olive Street Bank
Barnes' University
Medico, Chirurogical Society
Ina Bank
Ina
W. H. Weathers, M. D
A. R. Kreger
Ili
Chicago Veterinary College Veterinary Hospital
Magnolia and
McNabb Centrals
Quaker Lane
Ayer
Ayer Co
Lowell, Ma
Lowell, Mast
E. E. Wonser
Murphysboro
Winfield Turner
J. E. Taylor
D.S. Wood & Son
Fred Seitz
Rose Mattern
Putnam
Bessie Coleman
Bradley Institute
W. C. Patterson
Peter Morine
Feier Etscheldt
Hortense Treudt
Granville Echo
McNurlin
George Lawson
Murphy
Ralph Clark
Tiskilwa
Fudge
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
Samuel McAllister
Clark Downey
J. B. Dunham
W. N. Peoples
Colorado
James Orr
Bloomington
John Wright
Cora Cummings
Delia Becker
Tracy Houston
Marie Grant
C. M. Robinson
G. G. McAdam
Carter Brown
Illinois
Louie Howard
Emma A. Monaghan
Rolla G. Donnelly
F. D. Scoville
Hempfing
German Lutheran Church
Tewer
Salt River Valley Ranches
Phoenix
Arizona
F. A. Powell
E. H. Hutchins
John Kline
Bob
Grant Glover
Carl Phillips
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