Magnolia Personal Notes Highlight Local Events
Moses Kleinowitz and Willie Hull visit Magnolia. many locals called in town. Memorial sermon May 28 at M E church. May 30 soldier graveside service with Rev Hutchinson address. Magnolia band planning a large entertainment. family events and birthday party details fill this community page.
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Moses Kleinowitz
Seneca
Willie Hull
T. F. Lash
Henry
Mildred Ruble
Toluca
Frank Funk
Helen
Frank Roberts
Ed McCabe
Spring Valley
Frank Lambourn
California
Bliss
M. E
Alice Tomlinson
Ernest Mills
McNabb
McCuskey
Frank McCuskey
Varna
Dawson Glenn
Robert Shields
John Kays
Ox Bow
Edward Mathis
Elsie Mathis
B. Mitchell
Belleville
Mitchell
Mark J. Sweaney
Miss Mann
Law
Old Acre
Masonic Hall
Hutchinson
Granville
Magnolia Band
Do Unto Others With Kindness in Life’s Short Walk
A reflective verse urges resilience and kindness when outshined or insulted. It counsels forgiving wrongs, smiling at neighbors, and doing one’s duty, promising that good deeds ease burdens and lead to better outcomes in the afterlife.
Fourth of July Dream and Small-Town Notes
Brother Cook longs for a holiday with Brother Blosser in Granville but wakes to Granville’s mid May fireworks and cross wires. Also reports on Wm Drake’s May 16 funeral in Watertown, G A R veterans, local teachers Miss Minnie Ray and Miss Edith Dennis, and Peoria visitor Frank Neal with river traffic updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook
Putnam Record
Brother Blosser
Granville
Central
Spring Valley
Blosser
Watertown
Wm. Drake
Princeton Burial Association
Wm. E. Paschen
Princeton
Mounts
G. A. R. Post
M. E. Church
A. R. Jones
Thomas
Mr. Drake
Henry
Edith Dennis
Miss Bush
Mary Reynolds
Andrew Moore
Peoria
Fred Swain
Frank Neal
Enforcing Law Must Be Supreme In Society
The article argues officials must enforce laws despite public sentiment. It cites Lincoln upholding the fugitive slave law and condemns officials who refuse enforcement, warning such acts threaten civilization and allow crime to flourish. It emphasizes that even bad laws deserve enforcement to hasten repeal.
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Lincoln
Stout
Ottawa
Underground Railway
Chicago
Congress
Samuel Parker
A Good Friend to Have from Liberty Vindicator
An editorial tribute praising the value of an upright elderly man as a mentor to youths. It extols old age as rich in experience, free of hypocrisy, and capable of inspiring younger generations, blessing gray hairs and hoping for long, happy living among the city’s elders.
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Liberty
Census Directors Estimate U.S. Population at 82 Million
The census directors estimate state and territorial populations for the current year placing the United States at 82,518,020, excluding Alaska and island possessions. This marks an increase of 1,304,689 since 1904 and 6,214,633 since the 1900 census.
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United States
Alaska
Veterinary Physician and Surgeon in Magnolia Ill
W H Weathers M D C of Magnolia Illinois advertises as a veterinary physician and surgeon graduate of Chicago Veterinary College with a contact phone at McNabb Central.
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Chicago Veterinary College
McNabb Central
Osler Joke Foreshadows Oxford Move and Civic Quips
The piece recalls Prof William Osler's joy at receiving a Johns Hopkins to Oxford call and his joke about age limits. It cites presidents and writers who thrived at advanced ages, notes a law requiring minority representation on election boards, and ends with a light poke at aging and achievement.
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William Osler
Johns Hopkins University
Oxford
Baltimore
Osler
Grant
Lincoln
White House
Taylor
Washington
Benjamin Franklin
United States Senate
Napoleon
Alexander
Charles XI
Weir Mitchell
George Eliot
Romola
Swift
Gulliver
Hugo
Robinson Crusoe
Defoe
William Dean Howells
Dr. Osler
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Chi
Cago
Marshall Feld & Co., Carson, Pirie
Scott & Co
Rk. W. Spencer
Magnolia
Ilh
Marietta Street Pottery
Zanesville
Ohio
A. J. Sivell
Magnolia, Ill
Perry Dakin
Special Agent
Illinois
W. J. Thayer
Lostant
Ill
Robert G. Dakin, M. D
O. F. Taylor, M. D
Kenward
Massie
R. A. Ward
Henry Republican
Magnolia Personals
Hennepin
Conclu
Morphew Hardware Company
W. H. Weathers
Prof. Osler
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