Magnolia Dept Mrs Arthur Thompson visits To Luc a
The Magnolia Department notes several local social visits and movements. Mrs Arthur Thompson was in Toluca Tuesday. Miss Edna Burr of Texas visits at the Glenn home. James Otto of Independence Kansas visits relatives here. Various residents attend events and travel to nearby towns. The Ladies Aid carnival on Main Street proves a financial and social success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Thompson
Toluca
A. Clemens
Edna Burr
Texas
Glenn Home
James Otto
Independence
Kas
Elliston
L. B. Elliston
Vivan Haws
Henry
A. Hecht
Ralph
Ellis
Wenona
Maude Perry
Harrisburg
Casper Gurnea
Belleville
Nan Gurnea
Frank Funk
Iowa
Lawrence Grosscup
Ray Richardson
Tonica News
Boyle Home
Hazel Williams
Jack Piper
Joseph Sivell
Fannie Holdingfield
Ollie Roberts
Margaret Balderson
Arthur Spencer
Everett Hecht
H. B. Ramage
Ann Arbor
Harry
Civil Engineering College
Mesdames Harper and Hayes
Eureka
W. H. Skelton
Ross Claybaugh
Mrs. Claybaugh
Esher
Orphans Home
Normal
Varna
Magnolia
Henry Holdingfield
Granville
Sue Lundy
Lundy
Rutland
Bert Ehringer
Washburn
Ladies' Aid
Main Street
Porch Breakfast Marks Social Event Of The Season
Thursday 10:80 a m porch breakfast hosted by the Thursday Afternoon club on the verandah of Mrs R W Spencer. Guests found places by name cards and red roses. Menus featured shredded wheat biscuits strawberries and whipped cream chicken coquettes creamed peas and hot biscuits followed by cherryade cookies and figs. Papers on serving table setting and leftovers were read by several members, with music and an omelet demonstration. Miss Margaret Lackland joined T R C. letter read from Champaign domestic science instructor. Eureka Mrs Ehringer Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sociai
M's. R. W. Spancer
J. 8. Phillips
R. W. Spencer
C. A. Freeman
A. Emons
Margaret Lackland
Champaign
Mesdames Harper and Hayes
Eureka
Ehringer
Chicago
Club Guests and Entertainers Named by Dwight Women
Mrs. M. L. Merritt of Dwight and Mrs. Bobbitt attended as guests while the day’s program featured committee members and entertainers led by Mrs. R. L. Swindler, Mrs. R. W. Spencer, Mrs. C. A. Freeman, Mrs. J. B. Phillips, Mrs. C. S. Merritt, Mrs. A. Emons, Mrs. A. C. Claybaugh, Mrs. Frank Smith, and Mrs. M. J. French.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Merritt
Dwight
Bobbitt
R. L. Swindler
R. W. Spencer
C. A. Freeman
J. 8
Lumber mill ad offers at $20 per M supply
R W Spencer of Magnolia announces lumber cut to order at his mill four percent miles northwest of Magnolia at twenty dollars per thousand feet. Oak and red elm not included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magnolia
R. W. Spencer
Local News Notes From Lostant and Quaker Lane
Quaker Lane and Lostant weekly items recap visits and travels of residents. Numerous social calls, family visits, and a July Fourth event at Magnolia are noted, including teachers, students, weddings, and local gatherings. Names include Griffiths, Mills, Sutherland, Whitcomb, Jenkins, Shinn, and Hale, with regional ties to Peoria, Chicago, Tonica, and DeKalb.
Quick Cure for Sprained Ankle Advise Liniment
A sprained ankle may be cured in three to four days by applying Chamberlains Liniment according to directions on each bottle. Available for purchase from A J Ironmonger and T J Segraves, druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
A. J
McNabb F C Pearce and Family Reunion at Home
McNabb F C Pearce and family spent Sunday with his folks in Hennepin. Lucille King has improved enough to come home Sunday. A Danish church cantata last Sunday drew a good crowd. Miss Hoge of Vena will read Sky Pilot on Sunday at 3. Alice Sylvester visited, returning to Hennepin Wednesday. M E quarterly meeting at the Danish church on June 29 at 9 am. George Ziegler unloaded autos Monday. F E Kerns took autos to Henry for a Masons meeting. J Joerger and family spent Tuesday at Starved Rock. J N Travis and Frank Pearce were La Salle visitors. Mrs Ward’s Chicago brother visiting for a few days. J A McNabbs hosting a regular family reunion with all children home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Sutherland
Peoria
Leonora Shaffer
Vandalia
EB. B
Ladies’ Aid Society
Magnolia
J. C. Sutherland
Missouri
Chillicothe
Cordelia Wilson
Pauline Shinn
White Cloud
Mich
Reeves Shinn
Mrs. Hall
St. Joe
Friends Meeting
Hall
J. A. McNabb
Black Rock
Ziegler’s Hall
McNabb
Samuel Zebley
South Dakota
Milton Mills
Grange
Mason Wilson
Henry
Fred Glover
T. J. Smith
F. B. Smith
R. W. Spencer
Woman’s Club
Oscar Bumgarner
Leland Griffith
Woodhull
W. G. Griffith
DeKalb
Chicago
J. J. Tomlinson
C. A. Stockhaus
W. B. Mills
F. ©. Smith
Henry Brethren
Nira
Edna Heck
John Sickinger
Granville
Young People's Meeting
Arkansas
Magnolia Grange
Young Friends Association
Beautiful Grove
Lostant
Foster
Seimers-Williams
Tonica
Matilda Davenspike
Tampico
Maurice Sutherland
Fot Kappa
C. Hartenbower
H. F. Hartenbower
Alice Harttenbower
Bessie Golden
Jerry Shea
Gary
Ind
Margaret Shea
Aleda Larson
Coulterville
John Kelley
Mabel Wilson
Seaton
Antoinette
Canada
Howell
Streator
Myrtie Groat
Mabel
Antoinette Wuson
Barber
Marguerite Webber
Normal
Mary Ryan
Walter Keller
Charles
Jay
Cassie Swaney
Quaker Lane
George Bell
Schoenneshofer
Kepper
Rush Medical College
Lenore
Robert Kreis
Aurelia
Peru
C. F. Hartenbower
F. C. Pearce
Famiy
Hennenja
Lucille King
Hoge
Venona
Alice Sylvester
Hennepin
M. E
George Ziegler
F. E. Kerns
The
Masons
J. Joerger
Starved Rock
J. N. Travis
Frank Pearce
la Salle
When Buying Buy Only the Best Cough Cure Claim
H L Blomquist of Esdaile Wisconsin says his wife regards Toley's Honey and Tar Compound as the best cough remedy available noting that Foley's yields the best result among tested products. A J Ironmonger, druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Blomquist
Esdaile
Wis
Toley
Foley
A. J. Ironmonger
Without Vision a Life of Work Still Has Purpose
A Kansas City Star anecdote contrasts a stenographer who questions the value of labor with a life of ease. It notes how early thrift and steady work can yield lasting rewards, as one ambitious clerk became financially independent yet found more satisfaction in activity and service. The piece argues work is drudgery without vision, yet becomes pleasure with purpose and diversions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Star
California
Bride's complaint about flour for pie ends in tart claim
A bride complains to a flour grower that the product is tough, insisting the flour made a hard pie crust and that her husband could hardly cut it, reflecting a domestic dispute tone from the era.
Social events and local happenings in Hennepin noted
Hennepin reports a youth social success last Thursday. Mary Stouffer hosted a Bloomington guest over Sunday. Milton Paxson injured eye while striking steel. Dr. McCormick advised hospital care in La Salle and eye is badly cut but no foreign object found yet. Clergy, painting, and a roof climb planned for next week. magic lantern event at Congregational church rated very good. harvest homecoming preparations underway with details to come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hennepin
Mary Stouffer
Bloomington
Milton Paxson
McCormick
la Salle
Prof. Marshall
Charles Pierce
M. EB
Charley
George Buchanan
Granville
Rev. Galt
Congregational
Thomas Leech
Henry
M. EH
Country newspapers as community lifeblood and influence
Grace S. Harwood argues country papers reach 1,000 to 5,000 readers, shaping rural life more than city papers. The home paper unites farms, churches, schools, and neighbors, offering wholesome, readable news and personal notices that bond communities across generations. Grace S. Harwood, Geyserville, California, May 1, 1912. Mother Bobby your little sister says you refused to give her any of your apple seeds. Bobby Oh mamma I did. I gave her the seeds she can plant them and have a whole orchard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country
Bulletin
Farmers’ Associations
Country Church
Alice Cary
North
Country Press
Bobby
Mamma
Illinois Laws and Court Procedures Highlight Archaic System
A Chicago bar association meeting decried Illinois law and court practice as 100 years behind time. Speakers attacked archaic methods, inconsistent court rulings, and rising costs, citing Collier's Weekly on handwriting and typewriting identification to illustrate broader flaws. The piece threads into St Patrick lore and the saint’s historic influence in Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bar Association of the
Chicago
Illinois
Illinois Supreme Court
Collier’s Weekly
Europe
Michigan
Indiana
Just a Bit Neat. A Village Jew Joke in Maine
A country Yankee in a Maine village asserts no Jews reside there. A Jewish clothing salesman confirms his faith, and the Yankee, claiming pride in his town, declares there is no Jew, sparking the quiet rebuttal that the place is a village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
No Objection to Wife Bridge Champ Fears Suffragette Meetings
A humorous exchange notes that a husband objects to nothing about his wife except that her suffrage meetings might disrupt her bridge games. The wife is praised as a bridge champion, highlighting masculine anxieties about women's public roles.
Chamberlains Tablets Promote Digestion For Older Adults
Each age of life brings joys and older people can stay happy by using Chamberlains Tablets to support digestion and regular bowels. The tablets act mildly and gently, especially suited for middle aged and senior customers found at A. J. Ironmonger and T. J. Segraves druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Ironmonger
T. J. Segraves
Obnoxious Cat Causes Threats and Musical Confusion
A series of private quips reveal domestic tiffs and misunderstandings. A hunter of a colonel threatens to shoot a cat. the excuse is a noisy oboe practice by a boarder. A wife questions her husband's broken promise while the absent-minded husband jokes about fixing it. A remark on belief questions sight versus truth.
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the Republican
Henry, Ill
Magnolia Department
Edith Phillips
Cora McShane
Helen Smith
Frank Koehler
Bess Davidson
Walter Griffith, Jr
Oak Park
Max Whitney
M. W. Smith
Garrett
University of Illinois
Edward Jenkins
W. L. Mills
Mrs. J. Ward
J. A. McNabbs
Vate
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Bloomfield
Grace S. Harwood
Geyserville, Cal
Michelin
Henry Auto Co
Times
St. Patrick
Bannaven Tabernine
Kirk-Patrick
Glasgow
Scotland
Dalaradia
Ireland
Gaul
Saul
Strangford Lough
County Down
Ulster
Patrick
Coroticus
Calphurnicus
Conchessa
Conceis
St. Martin of
Tours
Britain
Great Britain
Brittany
France
Albert Pletsch
Mcnabb, Ill
McNabb Central 183
M. D
R. G. Dakin
Magnolia, Ill
A. Simmons
Abetevenness Centenar
Bonga Olive Street Bank
Barnes’ University
Medino Chirorgcel Society
St. Louis
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