Retiring couple plan cosy country home with modern comforts
A long poem laments sixty years of labor and celebrates a planned move to a refurbished country house. The piece notes retirement, a new life on the old farm with modern conveniences, and welcomes visitors to the cosy home. Also reported are the death of Mrs. Jo Tischer, survived by a husband and two children, and a Augus tana college glee club concert praised for its musicianship.
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Wilson
Jo Tischer
Fischer
Frank
Roswell
N. M
Catholic Church
Father O'Dwyer
Glee Club
Augustana College
Rock Island
Holla Lund
Pps
Gertrude Housel
Venona
Old Augustana
Evans township focal option ladies host free lunch on election day
The focal option ladies of Evans township plan a free all day lunch at Armory hall Wenona during election day. A new meat market opens in the north business block run by Mr Cray. Frank Hoge returns from Chicago with spring goods. Emory Turner visited his uncle’s family in town. Carl Hoge, University of Illinois student, reports Venona students doing well. Mrs Benson of Sacred Heart Minn returns home after her father Mr Frank Sprague’s death. Christy of Decatur spends weekend with his daughter Mary, high school principal. Wenona mass meeting March 22 advocates local option to show towns can prosper without saloon revenue.
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Evans Township
Armory Hall
Wenona
Mr. Cray
Frank Hoge
Chicago
Emory Turner
Carl Hoge
Champaign
University of Ilinois
Jacksonville
Presbyterian Friends
Harry Markle
Freeport
Markle
Davis
Minonk
L. D. Brown
Dan Swartz
H.wixtere
Charles Esterdahl
LOSTANT BABY BORN AND WIDESPREAD LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Mr and Mrs Fred Klag welcome a baby girl born March 18. Numerous local residents visited relatives in Ransom, Peru, and Venona while others traveled to Chicago New Orleans and Fort Dodge on business or for family reasons. Community updates include illnesses, weddings, dances, and travels among residents such as Jester Boyd Matt Handrich Bertha Grivey and Nick Appel with notes on health improvements and social events. Foley’s Orino Laxative advertised with a money back guarantee.
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Fred Klag
Lewis Boyd
Emma Theisinger
la Salle
Herman Vollmer
George Hager
Chicago
Mr Bangs
Bertha Grivey
Henry Walgenbach
Peru
Jester Boyd
Grand Ridge
Mat Handrich
M. J Toemmes
Hillman
W H Wales
East St. Louis
B. H Graves
Eureka Springs
Don Hannum
Frank Bliss
Harrison Giddings
Bessie Hannum
Cassie Phillips
Frances Henning
Wenona
Miller Barnhart
James
Oglesby
Wm Robinson
Regina Appel
M. J. Toemmes
Nick Appel
Wealth of Illinois Rivers Highlighted in Technical World Feature
An article by Governor Charles Deneen in Technical World Magazine argues Illinois waterways are assets as vital as land roads. It cites estimated river section investments totaling about 86.5 million dollars and potential annual returns of 3.4 million to 6.7 million, urging state action and broader readership.
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Illinois
Charles Deneen
Desem
Florid Charles Allen Family Visit and Local Happenings
Community notes from Graxevile report visits by Charles Allen and family and by Hawthorne to Henry. a birth on March 19 to Mr and Mrs Will Lowen. homemaking work including painting and wallpapering. various residents listed with slow improvements and coming Sunday preaching and Sabbath School.
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Charles Allen
Graxevile
Will “Lowen
Simeon
Wilk
Loséza
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Northern Illinois Co-operative Burial Association
G. W. Keller
Undertaker
Henry
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Magnolia Bank
Magnolia, Ill
Magnolia
Mala . R.A. Ward
Henry Reublic¢an
Donald Badgley
Peoria
Hecht Boys
Alvin Spencer
Phillips
Palace
Daisy Griffin
G. A. Mor‘phew
Mark Harper
Storey ‘Hakes
Eureka
W. H. Skelton
Magnolia Grange
Edwin O. Gunn
Florence Ramage
P. Shideler
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C. E. Smith, Henry
Harry Snell
Whitefield
R. W. Spencer
Mills
George W
Cyril
Ike
Surig
Issy
Lostant
George S Hillabrand
New Orleans
Mexico
Dora Barber
Silas Kreger
Franklin Grove
Nick Norbitt
Anton Hess
Banfield
Wm. Mylen-bush
Joseph Morris
Bloomington
David Schupe
Fort Dodge
I.C
Fr. Dollar
Pontiac
Father Hand
St. John’s Church
H. C. Barton
James Henning
Foley
A. J. Tronmonger
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Crane
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Ss Fares
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Eres
Joo
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Hildren
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Bears
Castor
Irvin Dean
Messrs
Wm. Bumgarner
EB. Smith
John Wilson
Pauline Patterson
Hennepin
John McNabb
Ben Ioyle
James McNabb
George Koehler
Kerns
Frank X Koehler
Mt Palatine
Louis Dapprich
Spit
BB. Smith
Hedminister
Tiskilwa
Noah Caldwell
Streator
McNabb
F. Bi. Smith
Ms. Marshall
Rollin Swindler
Mr. Porterfield
Spring Valley
Chicago Daily Tribune
Henry Republican
Robert G. Dakin
Mds
Fruksie Brosh
Ome Fith
Simmons
le Ray
Cen Y Olive
Streets Bank
Societ Ste Sa Psat BP
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