Local Magnolia News and Notices from 1908
Local Magnolia items report courtship and travel notes, sales ads for Aberdeen-Angus calves, school openings, box socials, a tax collection detail, and a church revival. It lists visits from J L Timmons and William Golden Jr, upcoming entertainments at the Masonic hall, and a Swedish Lutheran congregation organized at Wauchope with officers and prospective pastor search.
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J. L. Timmons
Ocheyedan
Magnolia
William Golden, Jr
Champaign County
Frank N. Glover
Ill
Oxbow Gun Club
Hugh Chestnut
Floyd County
Iowa
Magnolia Township
Magnolia Bank
W. H. Johnston
W. H. Weathers
Brookdale Farm
Masonic Hall
Magnolia High School
Swanson Swedish settlers urged to move to Wauchope
The writer highlights Swanson and other Swedish or Norse residents in the neighborhood, noting tall, strong readers and their imports of overalls and footwear. He recalls Illinois land seekers, Swedish-Americans, Swansons and Carlsons, and urges manufacturers and settlers to come to Wauchope where a welcoming attitude awaits.
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Swanson
Illinois
Manor
Swansons
Carlsons
Wauchope
Town Notes and Local Socials Roundup
Roscoe Phillips was in Chicago last week and several residents report visits to and from Normal Streator Bloomington and Lostant. Marriages visits illness and sports results headline a community week with a 42 to 14 basketball loss by Lostant and a bride Dora Olive Myers marrying Elvin T. Spring at the bride’s parents home in Lostant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe Phillips
Chicago
George Klag
Normal
Mat J. Toemmes
Nick J. Appell
John M. Appel
Henry Phillips
Bloomington
Lostant
E. H. Wilson
T. F. Comisky
Streator
Bronn
Dora Olive Myers
Elvin T. Spring
Rev. Calhoun
Wenona
Anna Reid
Christ Christian
Dwight
Consolidated
Lostant J
Lostant Hall
Tonica
Harold Phillips
Vandalia
Grace Williamson
Myrtle Williamson
Pontiac
W. C. Curtis
Fred Pattern
Swaney School Visit Describes Modern Consolidated Campus
A La Rose committee reports on the Swaney school at McNabb, praising its modern brick building, 24 acres donated by John Swaney, and facilities including four recitation rooms, two laboratories, a large auditorium, libraries, and a steam heat system. Observers note the happy, healthy students and outline plans for Belle Plain township to consolidate into a similar, larger campus with grades eight and a four year high school plus agricultural and manual training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swaney School
la Rose
John Swauney
McNabb
Charley Buck
Swaney
Peoria Daily Herald-Transcript
Custer
Clear Creek
John Wilson
M. C. James
Hammond
Cathout
Ratekin
John Swaney
Consolidated Schools
W. B. Mills
Mace Wilson
French
Belle Plain
Belle Plain Township
Calf kicks and church growth in Putnam County
A. D. Fisher suffered a leg injury from a horse’s shoe causing a deep arm wound but escape harm to clothing. Congregationalists welcomed 28 new members from revival led by Evangelist Brooks with President Blanchard of Wheaton College delivering the sermon. Granville seeks rural mail routes to improve service for Hennepin Magnolia and Granville townships. Sprin kleburg hosts discussions on consolidating Florida district schools with neighboring areas. County Clerk issued marriage licenses to two couples on Feb 18 and Feb 21, including Moner with Maretto and Hartwig with Otto, plus Norline and Larson licenses for Senachwine township. Mrs. L. B. Skee observed her 50th birthday nearby. Other items note a spate of marriages, dueling among residents, and local politics with Leap Year opinions. Toluca Herald items cover Fred Nash’s checks and a 16-year-old insanity case steering toward Watertown, plus Democratic interest in county offices and local attitudes on Leap Year marriages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D. Fisher
Fisher
Congregational Church
Evangelist Brooks
Blanchard
Wheaton College
Granville
Putnam County
McNabb
Hennepin
Magnolia
Katie Maretto
Standard
Chris Hartwig
Emma Otto
Greiner
Charles J. Norline
Alice Larson
Senachwine Township
L. B. Skee
California
Frank Davis
Hennepin Township
Wilkins
Magnolia Township
Mr. Greiner
M. E. Parsonage
T. C. Moots
Toluca
Fred Nash
L. C. Badgley
Pete Castelli
Fahy
Geil
Flamino
Albert Grothe
Fred Grothe
Lacon
Flaminio
Watertown
J. M. Breen
Chicago
Maurice
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