Local notices and travel in Magnolia and McNabb area
Magnolia and nearby towns report visitors and residents at Peoria Bloomington Granville Wenona Toluca and Ottawa. Local events include Children’s Day June 9 Decoration Day program and a forthcoming strawberry and cream supper. Alumni officers elected for Magnolia and several residents travel, work, or visit relatives in Ladd Wenona Granville Ottawa and Streator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dean, Jr
Peoria
Jennie Frazee
Charlie Johnson
McNabb
Robert Mann
Mr. Austin
Harry Taggart
Wenona
Francis Willey
Nan Horne
Bloomington Friay
Ladies’ Aid
John Penn
Josie Rutile
Toluca
Rose Alexander
Granville
Taylor
John Moore
Magnolia
Ada Dakin
Kansas
Helen
Mary Clark
Henry
Spencer
Galesburg
Hunt
John Swaney School
Hall of
Magnolia Alumni Association
Hattie Rolley
Mary Paxson
Hattie Hillabrand
Mary McKirgan
Helen Roberts
Marie Dunn
Jerry Ramage
Carl Simonton
Favorite Prescription touted for women by Dr Pierce
The ad promotes Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a tonic and nervine for nursing mothers and expectant mothers. It claims a known composition with a full ingredient list and non alcoholic formula. It also mentions Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for constipation and cites endorsements from medical writers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Venona Social Notes and Lostant High Graduates
Miss Reinhardt of La Salle visits. William Hiler’s Venona show attracts families and friends including Schiffbauer Thommes Brenner Appel Grivy and Chestnut. Lostant High reports five graduates. Royal Neighbors initiate three, Modern Woodmen host lunch. Town board changes May 1 with Ambrose Harth mayor and officials listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reinhardt
la Salle
William Hiler
Venona
Wm. Schiffbauer
M. J. Thommes
Anna
Mamie
Wyatt Brenner
Nick Appel
Samuel Grivy
Bertha
Edna Chestnut
Marie Grant
Sandy
H. C. Vollmer
Richard Comisky
Lostant High School
Bessie Hannum
Clara Henning
Elvera Tundgren
Elsie Kregor
Nettie Gebhardt
Mort Reynolds
Hay
Anna Jones
Magnolia
H. M. Davenspike
H.C. Barton
Chicago
Ambrose Harth
Wm. Schoenneshoefer
Mortimer Reynolds
Fred Zilm
Mat J. Thommes
Z. H. Gebhardt
Fred Hagg
The Love Drama in Two Acts Dull and Dramatic
A dialogue heavy script exposes a melodramatic plot of love triangles and misread signals. The hero hides passion for Miss Delancey while a rival romance with Miss Fibberson distracts and torments the pair.
Lovers Confess Love As Curtain Falls
Olivia and Arthur declare love amid gossip and emotional turmoil. Duncan Dingleblatt’s marriage rumor shakes them, but Olivia rebuts it and embraces Arthur. The scene ends with a heartfelt kiss as the curtain falls.
Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is praised as a trusted cure with a century of tested reliability. It is prepared for easy drinking when diluted with water and sweetened and is sold at the City Drug Store in Henry Illinois by J. E. & F. A. Powells.
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Chamberlain
J. E. & F. A. Powells City Drug _ Store
Henry
Ill
Mark Twain on Woman Suffrage
The essay argues that opposition to woman suffrage relies on prophecy and insult rather than proof. It praises the peaceful, sweeping changes women have achieved since 1848 and urges men to respect mothers, wives, and sisters as the world grows less dull and more just. The author asserts women’s intelligence, courage, energy, and fortitude have advanced rights without bloodshed.
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America
Bob Onward the Bay Trotting Colt of 1907 Season
Bright bay trotter foaled 1899 sixteen hands one inch, weight twelve hundred pounds. Pedigree traces to Hanson, Combine, Hettie Brasfield, Nell, Onward, Becca G and Av a through multiple lineages. Season 1907 schedule lists Ma ndays at Salebarn McNabb, Tuesdays Wesley Allen Ve no na, Wednesdays to Fridays AP Phillips Magnolia, Saturdays Stinger's Varna. Terms set at 15 dollars to insure a colt to stand and suck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanson
Combination
Combine
Hettie Brasfield
Happy Heir
Nellie Grove
Nell
Ned Forrest
Edwin Forrest
Becca G
Overdon
Onward
Onward Silver
Benzetta
Dream
Administrator
Catchfly
Taglion
Abdallah
Goldsmith Maid
Ava
Eva
Godgin
Egmont
Langtree Grant
General Grant
Shiloh
Julia Logan
Logan
Nelly Paul
Black John
Salebarn
McNabb
Wesley Allen’s
Venona
Ab Phillips
Magnolia
Stinger’s
Varna
Woman asserts joint ownership after farm dispute
A farm wife demonstrates her right to joint ownership of property earned with her husband by insisting the wealth be described as "ours." During a dinner visit, she confronts the man who claimed only his own possessions, and he retreats under the bed seeking refuge.
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Duncan Dingleblatt
Miss DeLancey
Papa
Miss Finderson
Paris
Henrietta Fibberson
America
Naples
Hubby
Early Extension of C M and St P Rail Line into Peoria
Signs point to an early buildout of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul extension toward Peoria with by laws filed at the county recorder. The Milwaukee Peoria and St Louis Railway was formed to run from Peoria through Tazewell Woodford Marshall Putnam Bureau Lee Ogle and Winnebago to Rockford, following the Illinois river for a distance. The Beare signs and preliminary work bolster the expectation of construction.
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Illinois River
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Peoria
County Recorder
The
Milwaukee
Milwaukee, Peoria & St. Louis Railway
Tazewell
Woodford
Marshall, Putnam
Bureau, Lee, Ogle
Winnebago
Rockford
Millionaire-Remember and the WCTU Exchange Jests
A humorous exchange features Pithh and Point with a referential uncle, a WCTU member mocked for christening a vessel with champagne, and a quip about temperance lessons. A man jokes that prosocial drink scenes lead to shipboard vice. Another quip notes a husband’s earnings going to his wife and a wife at the opera.
Fancy Candies and Oysters in Season at Local Shop
The advertisement showcases seasonal offerings including fancy candies nuts and fruits along with ice cream and oysters. Fresh bakery items are available daily and the notice promotes Agency Griffiths Laundry services.
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Griffith’s Laundry
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joo Drors
New York
Magnolia Department
R. A. Ward
Henry Reibiian
Lostant
William Downey
Clara Harth
Mercy Hospital of Chicago
George Lechner
T. F. Phillips
Ottawa
G. King
Tonica
Groat
D. C
Rutland
Mat Noel
D. C. Hull
Dakota
Mary Ryan
Kelley-Marley
Streator
George F. Bell
Hillman House
Bears
Castor
TURK
Olivia
Miss de Lancey
Miss Fibberson
Arthur
S, E, Kiser
Mark Twain
Castoria
Bob
Grant Glover
Deering Harvester Co
Armour & Company, C
Union Malleable Iron Co
Deere & Co
Emerson Mfg. Co
Vulcan Western C. Streator Bottle & Glass C
Rock River Assembly City
Schoo DeKalb Fence Co
Dillon-Griswold Wire Co
Hunter & Strehlow
Carey’s Co
Chicago, Ill
Moline
Rockford, Il
Dixon
Lings
DeKalb, Ill
Sterling, Ill
G. Clemens
Magnolia, Illinois
Irving N. Colby
Granville, Ill
Magnolia Bank
Magnolia, Ill
the C., M
Tommy
Robert G. Dakin, M. D
J. H. Massie
McNabb, Il
W. A. Simmons
Centenary Hospital
Nive Street Bank
Barnes University
Medico Chirulogical Society
St. Louis
Ina Bank
Ina, Ill
W H. Weathers
A. R. Kregor
Chicago Veterinary College Veterinary Hospital
Magnolia and
McNabb Centrals
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