Magnolia community notes and upcoming exams 1908
Local notice describes Putnam county teachers examination at Hennepin in June 1908 with 9 am to 4 pm hours and a written application rule. It reports Magnolia people visiting, local business notes, alumni elections, Woodman Memorial day plans, and a community theater performance praised for music and acting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granville
Ill
Putnam County
Court House
Hennepin
George W -Hunt, Co
Varna meeting and Magnolia sisters recount travel and visit
The report describes a Magnolia group travel to Varna for a Knights gathering with arrivals in Custer and Varna. Sisters Bommer Hillabrand Dakin and friends greet, share meals, and attend a midnight meeting with officers listed. The narrative covers social visits, local stops, and farm and town news from Magnolia, Granville, Wenona, and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada“Dakin
E. S
Hattie Hillabrand
Custer
Al‘ton
McKirgan
Hillabrand
Magnolia
Varnar
Bommer
Ottawa
Vsce
Varna
K. of P. Hall
Gutting
Hugh McCoy
M. BD
Boma Bommer
Alice Borgstede
Pauline Dean
Inez Martin
Frances Defenbaugh
Mary Ditman
Arna
Brother Knights
Baccalaureate Sermon Set at Consolidated School
Rev Hutchinson of Granville will deliver the baccalaureate sermon next Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Consolidated school auditorium. Magnolia Grange received a flour carload distributed from McNabb last Tuesday. The Happy Hour reading club met at the Wilson home last Saturday with a lively gathering and a talent show “Lights a and Shadows” at Magnolia drew visiting young folks and local participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Ward
Patoka
Hecht
Ralph
Leviret
Peoria
Harry Wilson
W. H. Skelton
Magnolia
Varna
B. Mitchell
Iowa
Hdna Proctor
Rutland
Magnolia Alumni! Association
Hattie Hillabrand
Bur] Roberts
Hattie Rolley
Mise Mary Mr Kirgany
Lon Sammons
Masonic Hall
Calhoun
Wenona
Royal
Woodman Ball
Andriom
M. E
Ho Potter
Sam
Potterjalls Vanda
Cans ‘Mathis
Thane
Boner
Tolséay
Hutchinson
Granville
Madden
McIntire
Gildersleeve
Lillian Dole
Manteno
B. BE. Smith
Magnolia Grange
McNabb
Happy Hour
A. B. Wilson
James
Ratekin
Heilman
Community News From Hennepin and Nearby
Local notes report Mrs James Weeks and son Lee Agent Friday in La Salle shopping. Miss Nelle Simpson sails to Peoria for a week with relatives. Harry Baxendale returns from Peoria after a week with relatives. Mystic Workers event entertains 60 attendees. Grinnell’s Joe Lamm pauses in Hennepin en route east. Central Life Insurance reps promote the Cadillac auto in Tonica and La Salle. A boat delay affects about 60, with 20 boarding Saturday for a good trip. Local mailman Jacob Charles struggles with gasoline engine. Several residents visit Chicago, Henry, Granville, and Ladd for business or leisure. Fishing popular as a pastime. James Barnard recovering from illness. Auto battery issue causes visitors to linger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Weeks
Lee
la Salle
Adam Deck
Rock
Hennepin
George Hillebrand
Ebner
George Greiner
Tonica
Walt
Central Life Insurance Go
Ottawa
Cadillac
Jacob Charles
John Dore
W. C.patterson
Chicago
Dore
D. S. Wood
George Young
Henry
James_.Barnard
Meales
John Lehman
Ladd
Local Notes From Toluca Chronicle
Miss Ivy Bozarth visits Magnolia last Wednesday. Jake Caesar moved his family goods to Granville last Monday morning. Mrs Garmine Poozi, city treasurer, hospitalized in Chicago, is reported not improving. A barber show is rumored to return. Matteo Riva closed his saloon to move family to Standard and open there. The Cumrine Roberts and McCanlyzo ballgame was noted. Photographs by a local photographer captured a sizable crowd. Mrs Hawa arrived from Colorado to visit relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Law
Magnolia
Emma Price
Indiana
Peart
Miss Dole
Manteno
F. B. Smith
Lena Hoffman
Granville
Happer
Nita
Rousseau
Texas
Mary Bower
Spring Valley
Bertha Hoffman
Mills
Kéris
Magnolia Cullers
Alice Sylvester
Irving Broaddus
Near Henry
Oliver Mills
Julia Dugan
Near Hops
Beatrice Massie
Rose Travis
Boman
Mr. Laughlin
Princeton
McNabb
Fin
W. F. Bishop
Lillian
Sheldon
A. O. Jones
Mr Bishop
M. J. Toemmes
Stephen Appel
Hemmepin
Mat Nelfing
Thomas Foley
Wenona
Elmer Phillip
Tonfea
R. W. Phillips
Belle Potter
Alice Weaver
J. J. Smith
Ivesdale
P. B. Hand
Nettie Wilson
Grand Ridge
Miss Larson
M. E. Williamson
Samuel and
James Williamson
Auburn
Sarah Barnhart
Oglesby
James
O. M. Kelley
Dana
John
Myrtle Williamson
Pontiac
Iowa
Toluca
Ivy Bozarth
Jake Caesar
Garmine Poozi
City
Poozi
Columbus—hospital
Chicago
Matteo Riva
Ecte
Standard
Cumrine
Roberts
McCanlyzo
Mina
Minnieswvils
Drovezoyer
Shields
HaWahy-arriveddastromé
Colorado
Wenona Notes Memorial Day Plans and Local News
The Wenona community reports Memorial Day preparations led by H. H. McDowell of Pontiac as orator with a musical program. Multiple social notes mention Rev G D Heaver's trip, Ilahi Baksh’s sermon, health updates for Mrs. Sarah Lambourn and George Wise, a baseball win for Wenona over Magnolia 10 to 3, and a busy week of visits, school events, and church activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilahi Baksh
Bombay
India
Wesleyan
Bloomington
Sarah Lambourn
Mother Grimm
George Wise
Peoria
Walter Wyatt
J.D. Calhoun
M. E. Church
Ay— Sps
Magnolia High School
Wenone High School
Magnoliia Boys
Wenona
el Paso Boys
John Locke
H. H. McDowell
Pontiac
J.D .Calhoun
Presbyterian Church
Wenona Band
Chenoa
Milners
Jong’ Idle
York Sd
Ke Forthem?sr
Also Mentioned on This Page
Robert G. Dakin
T. Massie
Creamland
Osters
Aily
Agency
Parit
Megnolia
W. A. Simmons
Centenary Hospital
Olive
Street“ Bank
Barnes'“University
Medico
Chirulogical Society
St. Ze Toule
Ina Bank
Ina
Til
W. Hss Weathers
M. D
Beenene
A. R. Kreger
Magnolia, Ill
Chicago Veterinary College
Gribfith
W. G. Griffith
Islate
Seeel
G. W. Keller
Undertaker
Magnolia Bank
Bob
Sey
Hanson
Hettle Brasfield
Happy
Nellie Ner Grove
Ae Peels
Ned’ Forrest
Edwin. Forrest
Ee Rirat Sdam
Becca G
Overdon Ergneabii Ton
Sayre
Ifetiogern
Shiloh
Nelly Paul
Risehorsere
Henry Republican
Fila
Ralph French
John Wilson
Venona
Ee David
Quaker Lane
Timon
Toro
Rae
Prls Sas
Lim
Ian 15
Standard OL Company
Lewis
Fulks
Willis Myers
Gillespie
Stefan
Joe Smith
Sfabé
Lacon
Guaraneee Ee
A. J. Ironmonger
Toluca Star
Turlglisti
Droit Court of Marshall
Cousy
Circuit Court
Getlaa’ Orought
Oissy Fuk
Turigiant
John G8m
Dominick _ qaee
Coches
Anic Trust
Sfor
Harrison “Treland
Springfeld
Rieke
Ofsth
Aelephone
Ital
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