Local notes from Magnolia and surrounding towns in May 1907
Magnolia community news includes travel notes and social visits from residents to Lacon Peoria Vandalia Granville Toluca Wenona and Chicago. Reports on baccalaureate address Memorial Day plans mushroom foraging Bradley & Vrooman Paint advertisements and a Jolly Club dance at Ziegler's hall May 26 with Johnson's orchestra. Memorial Day programs and school dedication set for May 27 with multiple speakers and a grove picnic option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schumacher
Lacon
Harry Wilson
Dr. Dakin
Peoria
Perry Griffin
Vandalia
Washburn
Magnolia Friends
Simeon Ray
John Murphy
R. W. Spencer
Alvin
Bessie Roberts
Alex Bell
Spring Valley
James Phillips
Harry Ramage
Granville
Mr. Ramage
Hawthorne
Lord of
Varna
Chicago
Toluca
Magnolia Alumni Asociation
Cora Dakin
Mary E. McKirgan
Bradley & Vrooman
J. G. Clemens
Magnolia
Ella McCullum
Washington
D. C
Bill McCullom
Ellen McCullom
Washington, D. C
Wm. Haws
Miss McCullom
Cook
Bayliss
Blair
Kern
Winnebago County
Lulu Otto
Lewis
Georgia Clemens
Mrs
Burt. Roberts
Marie Donn
Mary Paxson
Magnolia Band
Church Services on Magnolia Charge
Church items list Sunday school times at Strawn 10 a.m. and Magnolia 10 a.m. Epworth League at 7 p.m. with preaching at 8 p.m. Caledonia Sunday school noted but times cut off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magnolia
Strawn
Epworth
Caledonia
Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription advertised for female ailments
An advertisement urges women with headaches, pelvic pain, or digestive distress to use Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. It claims to strengthen and regulate the female system, prevent tumors, and avoid surgery, while promising confidential correspondence with Dr. Pierce and a free medical adviser offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doctor Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N.Y
Memorial Day programs and church events at Magnolia
The Magnolia church trustees will serve ice cream and strawberry short cake at the Masonic hall Memorial Day afternoon and evening. Memorial Day program includes a sermon May 26 by Rev. James of Lostant. A W C T U chapter organized May 17 with officers named. G A R and citizens plan cemetery decorations May 30 with a program at 3 pm including Rev. Lord speaking. Magnolia band and high school will participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magnolia Church
Masonic Hall
James of
Lostant
James
Frances Beauchamp
Minnie Hornung
Magnolia M. E
R. W. Spencer
Bessie Roberts
George Ramage
Spencer
Magnolia
Lord
Magnolia Band
Magnolia High School
McNabb Social Roundup Sees Visits and Events
Local notes report visitors and sick relatives including Mrs Clemens and John Clemens in Galesburg visiting home. Miss Lada Hetrick improves after illness. Encampment attendance in Decatur, school closings with picnics, and several residents traveling to Granville and Tonica are mentioned alongside home remedies and social calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Clemens
John Clemens
Galesburg
Lada Hetrick
J. B. Albert
Isaac Reichwine
Decatur
Edna Clemens
Julia Fulmer
Grace Peterson
Lela
Blanche Allen
George Munnis
John Deininger
Tonica
Agnés Allemen
Sidney Chance
Kewanee
Perry Moore
Mendota
Bullock
Hartenbower
Schimmel
Hennepin
Cora Dininger
Florid
Ethel Sibert
Little Son
McNabb
Levon Clemens
Bertha Hoffman
Granville
Monay
Kaiser
Alice Tomlinson
George Brenneman
Baldwin Painters
Peart
Local residents travel and 1907 graduates honored
Mrs Albert Ryan and several locals visited nearby towns while others hosted and visited. The 1907 graduates were entertained by the 1906 graduates in a reception with families teachers and board members present. The program included vocal solos recitations and duets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Lyons
Ira Brenner
la Salle
Hazel Boshel
Ottawa
Wm. Zeigler
Potter
South Bend
Ind
Wm. Downey
Mort Reynolds
Hays
McMahon
Son Farren
Chicago
George
Jennie Comisk
Miss Kaiser
Ruby Kreger
May James
Grace Wil
Commencement Exercises At Opera House End Of School Year
Friday evening the commencement exercises were held in the opera house with a full program. Anna Mortenson gave the salutatory and essay March of Progress, Elsie Kreger performed an instrumental duet, Boute en Train, and Bessie Hannum with Mae James sang a vocal duet.
Graff Leads Congressional Party to Honolulu Visit
Representative Graff and his family arrived in Honolulu aboard the U S steamer Buford on May 8 for a three week stay. The party plans to sail May 29 on the Sherman to San Francisco and then home via Southern Pacific Santa Fe and Co A to St Louis. Graff notes San Francisco stay and earthquake scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buford
Honolulu
Congressional
Representative Graff
Hawaii
U. S
Congressional Party
San Francisco
Sherman
Graff
Judge Carlock
Peoria
Manila
California
Washington
Grand Canyon
R. L. Campbell
Strange new gull-like birds sighted in Illinois valley
The Illinois valley reported a flock of unfamiliar birds the size of small pigeons hovering over the river over two days. Rivermen guess they are sea gulls drifting north from the Gulf of Mexico along the Mississippi, feeding on water bugs and puzzling locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veotaa Vay Journal
Illinois Valley
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi River
Bob Onward the Bright Bay Horse of 1907 Season
A thoroughbred trotter foaled in 1899 stands sixteen hands one inch tall and weighs twelve hundred pounds. Sired by Hanson 2:29% from Combination line, with Becca G as dam and Onward as grandsire. shows strong Onward bloodlines through multiple dams. The horse is described as well gaited with speed and style and will race the 1907 season at various barns and locations with a $15 stud fee 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
Aya
Eva
Godvin
Hyment
Langtree Grant
General Grant
Shiloh
Julia Logan
Logan
Nelly Paul
Black John
Salebarn
McNabb
Wesley Allen’s
Venona
Ab Phillips
Magnolia
Stinger’s Barn
Varna
Promissory Note Books and Auction Records At This Office
Promissory note books judgment note books auction note books and receipt ledgers are available for review at this office. The records include recent promissory notes and related receipts for ownership and payment entries. Catalog inquiries welcome for specific account numbers and dates.
Abolish the Little School House A Public Education Debate
Willet M. Hays argues for rural school consolidation to replace small district schools with larger ones offering agronomy and domestic arts. He cites Georgia and Alabama as models and supports federal funding for agricultural and industrial education to expand consolidated rural schools and agricultural high schools nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willet M. Hays
Little Red
Indiana
Ohio
Georgia
Alabama
Congress
C. D. Davis
Minnesota
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New York
Bears
R. A. Ward
Henry Republcan
Albert Ryan
Streator
J. Skeet
Katie
D. Mylenbusch
Katie Lawless
Rutland
Shanes River
Bie
Bob
McCor
Mick Binder
O. K
Bradley & Vroman
J. G Clemens
Magnolia, Illinois
Irving N. Colby
Granville, Ill
THE
Magnolia Bank
Magnolia, Ill
Casto
Republican
Robert G. Dakin, M. D
Ill
J. H. Massie
Griffith's Laundry
W. A. Simmons
Centenary Hospital
Live Street Bank
Barnes University
Medico Chirulogical Society
St. Louis
Ina Bank
Ina
W H. Weathers
A. R. Kregor
Chicago Veterinary College Veterinary Hospital
Magnolia and
McNabb Centrale
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