Local Social Notes From Florid and Nearby Towns
Mrs. Wm. Potter is on the sick list. Ben Griffin was a Henry caller Friday. James Phillips spent Sunday at home. Charley Morphew was home over Sunday. George A. Burt was a caller in town last week. Rev. Hecht preached at the church Sunday night. James Chestnut of Florid is visiting relatives here. Melvin Hefner sold postal cards in town Tuesday. Hazel Glover spent Saturday and Sunday with home folks. Little Robert Morphew spent part of last week with cousins on Sandy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Griffin
Henry
James Phillips
Charley Morphew
George A. Burt
Rev. Hecht
James Chestnut
Florid
Melvin Hefner
Hazel Glover
Robert Morphew
Sand'y
Erma Swartz
Wthel Swartz
Chicago
Wenona
W. V. Howe
Amos Wilson
Edith Gants
June Parrett
Venona
Miss McVety
Streator
Alice Marland
John Calhoun
Hedding College
Pearl Gates
Mayme Allen
Harry Wilson
Bloomington
Miss Wood
Local notes from Magnolia area and surrounding towns
A compilation of social updates from Magnolia and nearby locales. Visits, relocations, and gatherings include Dr. Simmons in Varna, Mr. and Mrs. Thierry in Henry, Anna Strobel in Spencer, Mrs. Surface in Quincy, and Eva Bartlett Macey lecture events. Ponies sold at Washburn, lake hunting and duck success, and ongoing revival meetings plus moving farm assignments. The Magnolia Ladies Aid, moving picture shows, and community happenings fill the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Simmons
Varna
N. B. Thierry
Henry
Anna Strobel
Great Bend
Kas
Spencer
Harry Surface
Quincy
Burt Roberts
Mathis & Emans
Preusner
John McKirgan
Washburn
Ed Mathis
Hiram Wilkens and
Charles Wierman
Nan Guinea
Magnolia
Lostant
Masonic Hall
McNabb Hog Sale Highlights 37 Head Average 34.40
Stansell and Matern sold 37 fine bred hogs at McNabb on Feb 21 with prices ranging from 22 to 88 dollars. The sale totaled 1273.50 with an average of 34.40 per head. Local residents and visitors from Granville Lostant and Wheaton attended the event and related social visits followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stansell & Matern
McNabb
George B
Buck
Sunny
George Koehler
John McKirgan
Victoria
P. W. Zimmerman
H. E. Browning
George Borgstede
J. W. Otto
Frank Koehler
N. R. Sha
A. F. Shorts
Charles Willey
Wm. Wilson
A. Ed Bowler
R. Newburn
Local Notes Highlight St. Louis Trip and Community Events
W G Griffith traveled to St Louis on Monday and La Salle callers F Kerns and G P Koehler shared plans. Many residents, from Henry Hetrick to Mrs Mayme Allen, visited kin or moved, while Rev Joseph H Fesperman extols Foley’s Kidney Remedy. The column also notes hospitalizations, sick children, readings, and club talks at Wenona and Venona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Griffith
St. Louis
F. Kerns
G. P. Koehler
la Salle
Harry Hull
Mt. Palatine
Theodore Sylvester
Freeport
Local Grain and Flour Merchant Offers Low Prices
A small business advertises new and fresh goods with low prices on Bago Gold Medal Puritan Seal of Minnesota Hudson Cream Flour. They guarantee satisfaction on every sack and seek produce from customers while offering top prices. They propose deals on salt in barrels and flour in 600 pound lots to save money.
The Sin of the Cities and Tuberculosis Plague
A modern church or secular essay critiques urban sin as the cause of tuberculosis. It links poverty and living conditions to disease, notes a Washington New York exhibit on TB, and urges relief from poverty to curb the scourge. It observes widespread TB and growing compassion, while lamenting unresolved urban inequities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
None Provided
The passage warns that disease can spread from sweatshop workers to the wealthy, noting infection respects no person and danger stalks all in society.
Hennepin Grain Company Formed in Sterling
The Hennepin Grain Company organized at Sterling with capital of 50000 to build and operate a line of grain boats on the Hennepin canal and deliver carloads to Chicago and Peoria.
Also Mentioned on This Page
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Dr. King
J. R. Pitt
Rocky Mount, N. C
A. J. Ironmonger
Henry, Il
Mr. Farmer
Kingman
Gale
Surface & Ensign
Magnolia, Illinois
THE
Magnolia Bank
Magnolia, Ill
J. H Massie
Ill
Agency Griffth’s Laundry
W. A. Simmons
Centenary Hospital
Olive Street Bank
Barnes’ University
Medico, Chirulogical Society
Ina Bank
Ina, Ill
W. H. Weathers
A. R. Kreger
Chicago Veterinary College Veterinary Hospital
Reenee Eelte
McNabb Dent
Robert G. Dakin, M. D
Henry, III
Magnolia Department
R. A. Ward
Henry Republican
Tull
Wm. Potter
Vaughan
Geqre
Vaughan’s
Randolph Street
Moses Dugan
Richard Lundgren
of Lostant
Miss Haley
Wheaton
Joseph H. Fesperman
Salisbury
N. C
Foley
A. J. Tronmonger
Simon Beck
Thomas Kennedy
Kate Deininger
John Beck
George Hetrick
Cora Allen
Jessie Reichwine
Depue
Bertha Hoffman
Jessie
Ralph Masters
Granville
Charles Allen
Harvey
Charles Odekirk
Lela Allen
Missouri
Lavonne Clemens
Sen
H. M. Adams
Henrietta
Eczema
S, Potter, Sr
S. Potter, Jr
Potter & Potter
comstock-Avery Furniture
Peoria
Illinois
Northern Illini Co-Operative Burial Association
G. W. Keller
Undertaker
P. A. Hiatt
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