Magnolia Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Travel
Magnolia residents and visitors are listed in a sequence of daily calls and trips. Individuals such as Miss Macy, Mrs. Leach, Miss Lucile Macy, and J. H. Cook are noted visiting nearby towns including Granville, Peoria, Normal, Dwight, and McNabb, with travel to Springfield, Princeton, and Evanston for business, family, or schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Jones
Henry
H. B. Ramage
Granville
Miss Macy
Jones
Newell Evans
Smith
Varna
Cynthia VanHorn
Venona
Burl Simonton
Kansas
Ed Mathis
Peoria
W. J. Allen
C. A. Freeman
Emily Leach
Moronts
Arminda Ray
F. A. Blanchard
Streator
Ramage House
James Hall
Gaillord
Raut
Candy Man
Florence Cassell
Indiana
Mort Stillwell
Lostant
Carl Simonton
Spring Valley
Gus Clemens
Alonzo Emmons
Dwight
Lucile King of
McNabb
Greenview
J. W. Chandler
Evanston
Lucile Macy
Gail Peterson
R. W. Spencer
Wilbur Haws
T. C. Haws
Ralph Hecht
Piper
Magnolia
Bert Smith
Robert Elliston
Bradley Polytechnic
Dr. Elliston
J. H. Cook
Kankakee
N. J. Allen
Toluca
Coe
Cassell
Mary Piper
California
Elizabeth Klein
Harry Bishop
George Borgstede
Warner Lackland
Knox
G. A. Morphew
Robert
Iowa
Morphew
Dora Jones
Frank Davis
Lucile
Henry Vallers
J. Haws
Prof. Case
Chicago
August Lundholm
Simonton
Wierman
Leta Zenor
Helen Funk
Hennepin
Roy
Ray Holdingfiel
Fannie Eddingfield
Ray
Nellie Gunn
Bergner Store Ready With Fine Fashion for Peoria Ladies
New suits coats dresses millinery gowns shoes silks and dress goods invite shoppers to Peoria. The Bergner Store touts a splendid display and promises top service with a special offer: railroad fare free with every 25 dollar purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Magnolia Newsbriefs Include Catalogue Offer And Local Happenings
Local items note a new Spring and Summer catalogue from Ed Olson of Peoria available by mail. Magnolia residents report millinery displays, a patch quilt sale, a consolidation discussion with George Lawrence, and a high school alumni production titled Cupid of Vassar. Obituary of Ernest W. Haws recalls his Chicago life and Magnolia roots, with details on family and funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Timothy Day
Charles Bush
Magnolia
Ill
R. W. Spencer & Co
Aid
Nan Guinea
George Lawrence
Magnolia High School
Cupid of Vassar
Panama
Burl Simonton
Gail Wilson
Kansas
Magnolia Township Ticket for Town Offices Race
The ballot lists Republican candidates for town offices including Supervisor W B Mills Town Clerk Frank N Glover Assessor Charles Trone Collector Will T Law Commissioner of Highways Charles Lundgren Constable D Bishop. Democratic slate names M A Matern Supervisor Fred L Defenbaugh Town Clerk Henry C Shields Collector C A Freeman Commissioner of Highways Frank King Constable Grover Kidd. A 15 cent levy per $100 is voted for gravel road construction and maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magnolia Township
W. B. Mills
Frank N. Glover
Charles Trone
Will T. Law
Charles Lundgren
D. Bishop
M. A. Matern
Fred L. Defenbaugh
Henry C. Shields
C. A. Freeman
Frank King
Grover Kidd
Lumber for sale near Magnolia Illinois mill
R W Spencer of Magnolia Illinois offers lumber sawed to order for $20 per thousand at his mill located 4.4 miles northwest of Magnolia. Oak and red elm are not included. Advertisement style notice with date 11-9-1f.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magnolia
R. W. Spencer
Magnolia, Ill
Putnam County Jury List for April Circuit Court
The April term Putnam county circuit court draws grand and petit jurors. Grand jurors hail from Senachwine Hennepin Granville Magnolia and Granville names include Edward Pearson William Wheeler George Finley and others. Petit jurors from Magnolia Granville Senachwine and Hennepin include George Golden D M Ball William Jones Albert Kolbe and more. Read The Republican for full details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam County
Putnam County Circuit Court
Grand
Senachwine
Edward Pearson
William Wheeler
George Finley
Samuel Bacon
Hennepin
Joseph Allen
John Child
Carl Mickelsen
Simon Beck
John B. Peterson
L. H. Johnson
Arthur Kolbe
Granville
C. C. Nelson
Hdgerley
William Magee
John Buhn
William If’. Smith
John G. Pletsch
Magnolia
John Davidson
John Ramage
Harley Newburn
George Puffer
Robert A. Ward
John Wilson
Reading circle and social notes from Quaker Lane area
Community glimpses report a week of visits shopping and hosting from Quaker Lane residents. Mentions include Mills family illness and confinement, Marion French visits, Florence Given circle meeting, Mt Palatine visitors, Stansell business in Hennepin, Leon Sutherland in from Peoria, Griffeiths travel notes, and local sales delays due to deep Nebraska snow. The Swaney School program featured Way Down East with praise, and an April 1 sale near McNabb was postponed because Nebraska snow blocks shipping of horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quaker Lane
W. L. Mills
Emma Mills
T. J. Smith
Henry
Marion French
Wenona
Reading Circle
Florence
F. R. Smith
Mt. Palatine
BE. B. Mills
J. B. Stansell
Hennepin
Leon Sutherland
Peoria
W. G. Griffith
Baya
Streator
Harry Stansell
Arthur Wilson
Lostant
Helen Beck
Granville
Bradford
Leland Griffith
Woodhull
Enida Griffith
DeKalb
Griffith
Lora Kays
Henry King
Clarabell
Michigan
Ben King’s
Esther Kerns
Fairy Mallory
Spalding
F. E
Pelt
A. B
McNabb Sale
Nebraska
McNabb Ladies Plan Apr 6 Apron Sale and Dinner
The Ladies Aid of the M. B. church will host an apron sale and dinner at F. 2. Kerns' store on April 6 to support their activities. The McNabb orchestra rehearsed at Conrad Kessler’s home on March 19 with a pleasant mix of music and social time. Lizzie Johnston is recovering rapidly from a recent operation at La Salle and hopes to return Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton
Magnolia
Chicago & Alton
Lizzie Johnston
la Salle
Miss Elna Davis and Lenore Koehler Tie in Tonica
In Tonica on March 16 1912 Rev Egerton united Frank Smith and Lenore Koehler in marriage before about 40 relatives and friends. The groom is son of J A Smith and the bride is daughter of George P Koehler. They moved into the Puffer property home after the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egerton
Tonica
Frank Smith
Lenore Koehler
J. A. Smith
George P. Koehler
Schubert
P. W. Zimmerman
Paul Hel|goth
Nell Powell
Decatur
Eva Zimmerman
McNabb
Rexall Orderlies Promise Relief For Constipation
Statement guarantees complete relief to all sufferers or medicine free. Rexall Orderlies described as a gentle effective safe bowel regulator and tonic. Claims to reestablish nature's functions without griping or nausea. Suitable for children and the elderly. Sold in three sizes 10 26 and 50 cents at The Rexall Store A J Ironmonger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rexall Orderlies
Rexall
A. J. Ironmonger
Lostant Local News Briefs Highlight Visits and Events
Local notes from Lostant cover visits to Chicago and Peoria, town socials, funerals, weddings, and birthdays. Mentioned are Mrs. Dose, Miss Barber, A. C. Kelso unloading implements, and a WFM supper that netted 18 dollars, with many townsfolk attending and traveling to Urbana and Chicago for various activities. Ida Clifford, born near Cadiz, Ohio, dies in 1912 after epilepsy, funeral in Venona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Phillips
H. A. Hopkins
Polo
I. C
Lostant
Ida Clifford
Cadiz
Venona
Dora C. Barber
Kankakee
Ira
Cumberland Cemetery
Oxbow Gun Club Trespass Notice for 460 Acre Grounds
The Oxbow Gun Club forbids trespass on its 460 acre hunting grounds in Hennepin township Putnam county. Any person found on the property will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Dated February 22, 1966.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hennepin Township
Putnam County
Oxbow Gun Club
Gossip Sparks Kitchen Rivalry Over Marriage
A cook quotes a chambermaid about a wife claiming the couple is “neither of us any good.” The chambermaid notes how women talk about each other nowadays, reflecting tension in a household.
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the Republican
Henry, IL
Magnolia Department
Bergner
F Ed Olson
Ernest Wilbur Haws
Winchester Avenue
Thomas Haws
Panhandle Railroad
Emma Brogan
Carnation Lodge
Cyril
Thomas C. Haws
Richard Spencer
Alonzo Emans
Fred Defenbaugh
Tennyson Dean
George Ditman
Vivan
L. B. Simpson
Ashley Judd
Jefferson, Ia
Northern Illinois Co-Operative Burial Association
Allen B. Smith
M. BH
H. C. Barton
L. BE
Lousignant
Vandalia
Harold Phillips
Wm. Groat
James McMann
Chatsworth
Margaret Shea
State Street
Henry C. Mills
Stanville
Delmar Adams
Ethel Adams
Wesley Adams
C. F. Hartenbower
Dose
George
Hillabrand
Ottawa
B. F. Ireland
Bloomington
H. W. Child
Eureka Springs
J. M. Hannum
Leonore
H. C. Vollmer
Grain Dealers’ Association
Urbana
Miss Neffing
Conlin
Umbarger
Gray
Laura Moore
Abe Phillips
Los Angeles
Cal
James E. Conlin
Irish Fellowship Club
Hotel la Salle
Lostant Implement
A. C. Kelso
J. A. Whitney
Mark Durley
Dent
Henry Parrett
C. A. Wolf
Minnesota
Lambourn House
Alice Barber
W. F. M. Society
A. Henson
I. ©. Railroad Company
Henson
Prof. Gutteridge
Fred Heusel
Ghighester's
Wamond
Ponicu
Sears
Druggis Anes
Elliston
M. D
R. G. Dakin
W. A. Simmons
Seana Hospital
Street Bank
Barnes’ Univers Tye Basenca Society
St. Louia
Inna, Ill
Olive ‘Medico. A Bank
Cols. A. P
A. J. Child
Granville, Ill
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