Magnolia column notes social life and elections in 1914
Magnolia column reports visits from residents of Lostant Toluca and Henry, a mock election for Magnolia township women voters, road improvements, and local gatherings. It notes advances in education, theater outings, and a death in nearby Hennepin County, plus a district marriage and a pediatric illness in Moronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hennepin
Wyatt
Otto Paulson
Moronts
John Coleman
Wheaton College
Yale
Blanchard
Ottawa
LeMars
Lola Martland
Sparland
Superior
Wis
Lostant Local Social Notes and Obituaries
Workmen have commenced repair ing the opera house. Willard Bush of Indiana is the guest of his brother Perry Bush. John Kelley and family visited Rutland relatives. Miss Ora Curtis takes over a teaching post. A four year old daughter Edith Bernardi died from burns after falling into a boiler. William McCord of Chicago former Granville resident died aged 87. Roy Whitaker and Theo Harris wed at Spring Valley. Royal Neighbors delegates attend Bloomington conference with about 2000 delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EB. F. Mongeau
Toluca
Clifford Haws
Henry
Fred Glover
Aid
Florence Skelton
Mae Gould
Ednad Hillabrand
Lera Byram
William Law
Henry Thesday
R. W. Spencer
Helen Funk
Granville
Anna Lash
Mt. Palatine
Magnolia Township
Magnolia
Margaret Lackland
Pipe
Ollie Spencer
Chicago
Are
Samuel Potter
A. W. Stillwell
Wendell
Emma Sonwald
Lostant
Herman Potter
Potter
St. Patrick's Day
O. W. Holmes
Toledo
John Ramage
Lena Byram
Abingdon
Lena Skelton
St. Patrick's
Morphew
Paul Mitchell
George Hillabrand
Howard Eddingfield
Spencer Cottage
Douglas Hillab
Willard Bush
Indiana
Perry Bush
John Kelley
Rutland
George S. Hillabrand
Ottawa
Fred Klag
Child
Stiling
C. A. Whitney
Mitchell
Lonica
Purdy
Springfield
Groat
Emma Theisinger
M. E. Parsonage
Glen Evans
Nellie Curtis
George Davis
Normal
Albert Siemers
Coshocton
C. H. Merritt
M. L. Merritt
Dwight
Ed McKenzie
Eddie
Streator
Ora Curtis
Miss Baker
Turner
Wenona
Vollmer
Grant
M. Kck
Pauline Whitney
Lucile Schoenneshoefer
Estella Bell
Flossie Barber
O. BE
W. H. McDaniels
George Gould
Ada Wilson
Alma Hartenbower
John Herre
Miss Boshell
Amboy
Eldena
BE. Lambourn
Denver
Col
Edith
Joseph Bernardi
William McCord
Onarga
Mr. McCord
Robert McCord
Hopkins
Square Laughlin
Mauffair
Roy Whitaker
Theo Harris
Jerseyville
Spring Valley
Granville Garage Co
Myrta Packingham
Anna Gimble
Granville Royal
Bloomington
Harvey Morris
W. A. Paxson
H. B
Raley
Lela Jones
Hennepin
Easter Social Planned by Putnam Ladies Aid
The Ladies' Aid of the Christian church in Putnam schedules an Easter social for Saturday evening April 11 at the hall and invites all. The issue also notes local visits, a hip fracture, funeral of G. E. Sparling, school news, and a column of ads and notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamie Belkie
Peoria
G. E. Sparling
Dora Halbleib
Henry
N. F. Jackson
D. L. Allen
Princeton
G. W. Lawson
Jeremiah Drake
Why Buy at Home Support Local Merchants
A civic appeal argues buying locally strengthens town welfare and taxes while keeping money circulating within the community. It emphasizes familiar merchants backing goods, aiding neighbors, and maintaining a supportive, shared economy for homes, schools, churches, and public needs.
Ox Team and the Log School House Dedication
A rural community dedicates a new $12,000 school building after decades of ox teams and a log school house. An aged speaker recalls past schooling, praises modern teachers and facilities, and honors public education as observers note the Panama Canal geologists found no paying gold in the Gatun region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gathye
Panama Canal
Isthmus Canal Commission
Gatun
Canal Zone
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Magnolia Department
Allen’s
Abby Boyle
8. Potter, Jr
Harry Griffin
Magnolia and Vicinity
N. J. Mathis
Masonic Hall
George W. Hillabrand, Jr
Albert Carlson
Ill
Grace Smith
I. N. Stuart
West Webster, N. Y
Advt
Bureau County
Blair
Smith
Miller
Lee County
Edna Clark
Dr. Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Janesville
J. I. Case
J. B. Wolf
Farmers' General Supply House
Mcnabb, Tll
Rae FF
John Perdew
Melissa Conkey
John Heminghouse
W .M. Drake
Prof. Klontz
George Edward Sparling
M. E
Sebel
Putnam Cemetery
Consolidated School News
Ray
Genevieve Fogerty
Illinois
Ray Strosnider
Lennis Condit
Elmer Christensen
Lewis Cook
Olive Dawson
Bertha Pierson
Myrtle Wood
Raymond Keegan
Justice Court
Hazel Downey
Gora Yarrington
Dr. King
David Moor
Sagnview
Ala
T. J. Segraves
A. J. Ironmonger
The
First State Bank
Magnolia, Ill
Ative Business Methods
BANK
Chichester
W. A. Simmons
Magnolia, III
Arcaive Street Bank
Barnes’ University
St. Louis
Una Case
George J. Borgstede
Jones’ National School of Auctioneering
W. H. Weathers, M. D
Phone McNabb
Hennepin, Lll
Auctioneers & Real Estate
Ten Centrals
Bureau Co. Ind
Jesse French
L. Skelton
Agt
Z. Frank Titus
Chamberlain
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