Varna Visitor Reports Small Town Happenings
Frank Lauf of Venona in town. a new soda fountain to be installed at Twentieth Century drug store. A windmill removed due to age and gas engine pump. many local residents cited in visits, travel, illnesses, and social events across Henry, Wenona, Streator, Lacon, and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Streator
Raymond Burkholder
Alfred Johnson
Walter Broaddus
Babe
Lacon
Walter Mudd
Hal McCullum
Jennie Krantz
Venonua
Axel Anderson
Anna Schafer
Washburn
Phent
Dick Jusce
Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets Promises Complete Refund
Advertises Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets for relief of indigestion and dyspepsia. Claims prompt relief and neutralizing acidity with guaranteed satisfaction or money back. Available in 25, 60 cent and 1 dollar sizes at local store.
Dr King's New Discovery Promises Quick Cough Remedy
A persuasive old ad extols Dr King s New Discovery to prevent coughs colds and pneumonia. Sourced testimonials claim rapid relief including a severe pneumonia case while noting availability from A J Ironmonger and T J Segraves.
Bergner Store Proclaims Complete Early Easter Stock
The Bergner Store advertises an absolutely complete Easter stock inviting shoppers to compare. It urges customers to see everything offered and compare price and quality with legitimate offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bergner
Coat Elegance Opens With Swagger Models
The ad touts a wide range of coats priced at 5.95 and up, promising the prettiest coat in town and featuring hundreds of swagger smart models alongside conservative styles.
Junior Coats and Dresses for School Girls
A specialty line of coats and dresses for juniors with dainty models for school girls. Emphasis on style and wearing quality. Garments priced from 5.00 to 20.00.
New Silks and Dress Goods Arrive in Large Variety
Thousands of yards of the latest weaves are now on display. A wonderful variety to select from. Buyers are urged to choose soon if they plan to make up garments themselves.
Peoria Millinery Center Attracts Local Shoppers
The Peoria area crowd enjoys an extensive display of artistic hats at moderate prices. Social notes report Edna Wilson hosting a 6 o clock dinner for young folks, Magnolia entertainment draws crowds, and several community events including sleigh rides and a four course progressive supper across four homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Edna Wilson
Magnolia
Boston
Granville
Young Friends’ Association
A. B. Wilson
Oscar Bumgarner
Mary Smith
W. G. Griffith
McNabb Sale
Local Notes on Tonica Families and Community Events
Edith Phillips assists aunt Mrs G D Silla Brand after a fall. Mrs Katherine Saueressig returns to Mendota after visiting her sister. Gapen visits Peoria to care for ill husband’s sister. Roy Alden family back from McLaneboro to settle on Reynolds farm. Eldora’s John Storrs has a newborn son. grandparents Henry Esch and wife of Independence, Iowa. Sleighing party with Lizzie Dagner. Wm Schiffbauer Sr and wife attend golden wedding in Leonore. A W Merritt and wife visit Tonica. infant Jean shown. C Wolf and family on Emma Phillips farm. Wm Cleary moves into vacated house. Cleary’s vacated farm to Harry Colehouer. Mr and Mrs EB Wilson welcomed in village near Phillips. Mrs Mary Kemp of Aberdeen visits Nelson Wilson’s wife in Chicago, then stays to visit friends. Lostant Mystic Workers rehearse two plays under Ralph Densmore of Chicago, presenting Shadows of the Glen and The Burglar with a new comedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Schiffbauer, Sr
Leonore
Daniel Brunsback
A. W. Merritt
BH. K. Parger
Tonica
Jean
C. Wolf
Emma Phillips
Wm. Cleary
Cleary
Harry Colehouer
EB. W. Wilson
Mary Kemp
Aberdeen
Nelson Wilson
Chicago
Ralph Densmore
Glen
Venona Mystics
Mr. Densmore
Best Known Cough Remedy Declares Dr King’s Discovery
For 43 years Dr King’s New Discovery has been trusted as the most reliable cough remedy. Over 3,000,000 bottles were used last year. It will relieve your cough or money back. J J Owens of Allendale Ohio writes it is the best medicine for coughs and colds he has used. Effective for coughs colds and all throat and lung trouble. 0c and 1.00 at Tr J Segraves and A J Tronmonger Adv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Dr. King
Wm. Cogger
J. J. Owens
Allendale
8. C
J. Segraves
A. J. Tronmonger
s.—Adv
Community Notes On Court, Auctions And Lodge Event
Granville Echo reports a county court gathering with notable attendees and a judge’s firm handling. It notes Surface Packingham taking over McNabb Surface, a strong market for farm bookings, a full house St Paul railroad ad show, Col A P Child’s illness and surgery, a 35th wedding anniversary weathered by a storm, E H Child's busy auction season with sales exceeding ten thousand dollars, and the formation of a Rebekah lodge with 18 charter members led by local families and guests from Hennepin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granville Echo
Judse Westcott
McNabb
Surface & Packingham
St. Paul
Col
A. P. Child
W .S. ‘Hopkins
E. H. Child
Wesley Kays
Thomas Cain
Rebekah Lodge
Hennepin
New Lodge
C. EB. Fay
A. Pond
W. S. Hopkins
A. H. Dysart
L. H. Dysart
G. W. Ward
P. N. Newburn
G. W. Hunt
H. B. Surface
A. ©. Holm
Helen Taylor
Rebecca Holsburg
Ida Hurin
Blanche King
Gerda
Hulda Holm
Constipation Relief Ad Promotes Chamberlain's Tablets
A brief advertisement touts Chamberlain's Tablets as excellent for constipation. It notes the tablets are easy to take and mild in effect and invites a trial available for sale by T. J. Segraves and A. J. Ironmonger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
T. J. Segraves
A. J. Ironmonger
Spring Farm Equipment Lines Advertised in Local Issue
Get Ready for Spring Work with J I Case and Jones lines of plows Hayes and Blue Star planters McCormick binders and mowers Apex field fence Fairbanks Morse gasoline engines lighting plants windmills pumps US Cream Separators ABC washing machines machine oils gasoline and auto hardware stoves tinware telephones and supplies listed for farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks-Morse Co
Granville Deal Buys 100 Acre Farm in Hennepin
J. Simpson sold his 100 acre farm two miles south of Granville to Philip Hoffman for 20100. The coal beneath had previously been sold to St Paul Coal Co for 1000. Mrs Henry Nye, longtime Hennepin resident, died at her Knoxville home. The Baker property near Hennepin fetched 245 at public auction by J E Taylor. Joseph Lemon of Tonica will move to Hennepin to farm in the levee district. Blanche Patterson left for Granville to become bookkeeper at the Granville bank. About 20 members of Hennepin Rebekah lodge helped establish a Granville lodge with 18 charter members. A railroad workers warning follows from Bath Maine advocate B S Bason regarding Foley Kidney Pills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hennepin
Simpson
Granville
Philip’ Hoffman
St. Paul Coal Company
Henry Nye
Knoxville
Baker
J. E. Taylor
Joseph Lemon
Tonica
Lemon
Levee
Blanche Patterson
Granville Bank
Hennepin Rebekah Lodge
Rebekah Lodge
Family boasting over letters on mail
A group of children compare family dignity through mail packages. The minister's daughter claims his packages are marked D. D. the physician's child adds M. D. and the youngest quips that their house stamps C. C. D. on every item.
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Trail of the Lonesome Pine
George Holmstrom
Wenona
Charles Holmstrom
Dr. Kinsley
Thomas Gantz
Morene Whetzel
Henry
Charles Martin
Mildred Ricketts
Samuel Potter
Morene Swanson
Fred Swanson
Esther Trotter
Coal City
Ben Zilm
la Rose
William Rogers
Charles
Mary Elizabeth Rogers
al Hoffert
Cooney Cook
William Cook
California
Hattie Holmstrom
Pearl Rogers
Jake Lenz
Texas
F. J. Smith
Mason Wilson
T. J. Smith
Mary Ellis
Lostant
Max Whitney
Varna
M. W. Smith
Newark
McNabb School
Frances Willard
John Wilson
Wenona Lake
Ind
Leonard Travis
John Hedden
Arthur Wilson
Esther Boyle
Foxall
Trndls
Rexall
United States
Great Britain
America
Createst
W. M. Griffith
Tampico
Gus Koehler
Peru
Myrtle Groat
Clinton
W. G. Wilson
F. L. Buck
Normal
Evans
Clark
la Salle
Joseph Kelso
Frank Gapen
la Salle County
Ottawa
Kiley
Tower
Wm. Lyons
George MacDermott
Roy Barr
Quinty
J. Moran
Scranton
H. C. McKenzie
Mabel Wells
Adolph Miller
J. M. Hannum
Olney
Bloomington
Edith Phillips
G. D. Sillabrand
Katherine Saueressig
Mendota
Studebaker
Studebaker South Bend, Inc
New York
Dallas
Kansas City
Denver
Minneapolis
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Portland, Ore
J. I. Case and
Jones
Hayes and Blue Star Lines of
Planters
McCormick Line
U. S
Farmers’ General Supply
J. F. Wolf
Illinois
B.S. Bason
East St
Bath
Adv
Z. Frank Titus
Magnolia, Ill
Albert Pletsch
Mcnabb, Ill
McNabb Central
W. A. Simmons
Centenery Baobp
Olive Street Bank
Barnes’ Universty
Medico Chieurigee Society
St. Louis
Na Bank
Na, Il
Guar Yted
Aefi
Ayer
Lowell
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