Magnolia and Nearby Town Notices Dated 1906
Local notes announce the dissolution of Ames and Ward bankers Magnolia Illinois, with Ward & Skelton to assume obligations. Various community items cover Thanksgiving dinner planning, social visits, illness updates, baptisms, and obituaries including Theodore Bast of Bureau passing at 62 with ties to Hennepin and Mendota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Z. Ames
R. A. Ward
Ames & Ward, Bankers
Magnolia
Illinois
Ward & Skelton
Granville Lumberyard Sales and Local Fire Incident
Granville area sees Grainville lumber yard sold to Hunter and Todd of Aurora with Opper remaining as manager. Alexander Lumber sells Spring Valley yard to Toluca Hardware and Lumber and buys McNabb yard. A. W. Hopkins buys burglar proof safe for bank vault. The remains of Rev. Homer McVey moved from Forrest to Granville cemetery beside his wife. Mrs A W Hopkins of Granville chaired the transfer. A lantern ignited gasoline causing a November 7 fire at 6 30 pm in A H Dysart grocery store, the rear engulfed in flames after lantern contact with spilled fuel.
Local notices and arrivals in Lostant area
Mrs. Fred Schoop is very ill. Alex Kelso Jr shipped two carloads of fine horses to Chicago markets last week. Lyle McCaleb of Peru visited Lostant friends. Miss Hazel Boshel and Edna Porter of Ottawa visited. Martin Dunne lost a valuable horse. Thomas Fitzgerald visits near Sterling. Fred Klag attended county business. Miss Zoma Spring visited Ottawa with her parents. John Hannum and family moved into a new home with Mrs. Helen Wolfe. Frank Bliss is ill with typhoid. Mrs. Fred Perdew visits Deer Creek Tampico and Sterling. Herman Volner became manager of Illinois Granary elevator at Lostant. Ed Wilson now with O. M. Kelley. Clarence Phillips and family moved into Mrs. Reynolds’ residence. Phillips vacates for Kelley. Miles Ruble and family moved to a farm near Osceola, Iowa. The body of Harry Jackson, 30, was found north of Lostant. death due to alcoholism and exposure. Jackson’s home was Parkersburg, West Virginia. burial at Lostant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Schoop
Alex Kelso, Jr
Chicago
Lyle McCaleb
Peru
Lostant
Western Clock Works
Hazel Boshel
Edna Porter
Ottawa
Eugene Boshel
Martin Dunne
Thomas Fitzgerald
Sterling
Fred Klag
Zoma Spring
George C. Spring
John Hannum
Helen Wolfe
McDermott
Wolfe
Frank Bliss
J. T. Bliss
Fred Taylor
Granville
Fred Perdew
Deer Creek
Tampico
Herman Volner
Ream & Kelso
Illinois Granary Company
Ed Wilson
O. M. Kelley
Clarence Phillips
Local Notices of Visits and Visitors in Henry Area
Rev Henry Love called at JRB Alberts last Tuesday afternoon. George Hetrick and two daughters Sada and Pear, and Mrs Sarah Chance shopped in Henry last Wednesday. Adam Deininger shelled corn last Tuesday. Prof T M Kennedy spent Wednesday night at H B Allens. Dora Kure of Princeton visiting John Johnson this week. Mr and Mrs Hartmen shopped in Henry last Thursday. Mrs Louis Gardner visited Christon last Wednesday. William Lowen ill for past week. Mrs Mary Allen sore finger lanced Wednesday. Mrs Peter Stevens poorly for two weeks. Thomas Kennedy hosted two Varna friends Friday to Sunday. Misses Lela and Blanche Allen entertained Granville friends last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Love
J. RB. Alberts
George Hetrick
Sada
Pear
Sarah Chance
Henry
Adam Deininger
T. M. Kennedy
Dora Kure
Princeton
John Johnson
Hartmen
Butter Quality Advice From a 19th Century Farmer
H. K. Smith urges better butter making with dairy thermometers and proper cooling. He condemns low quality summer butter, praises Jersey cows entering Putnam county, and calls for milk and egg quality with careful feeding and timing. He notes churn schedules, water temperature, and cleanliness to ensure high price butter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey
Putnam County
H. K. Smith
Local Social Notes and Town Visit Highlights
Mrs Massie and Mrs F E Smith and the Misses Marie Gallaher attend the O E B S chapter at Magnolia last Wednesday evening. Various residents visit relatives in Venona Springer and Lostant community members host callers in town. Farmers Bank semi annual meeting drawn by Henry Ream and Charles Supe of Peru. Toluca Lumber sale to Moore Lumber completed. School tablets offered for sale at the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massie
F. E. Smith
Marie Gallaher
Edna Harkins
Beatrice Massie
O. EB. S
Magnolia
John Wilson
Venona
Milt Mills
Barton
Lostant
Maniah Casteel
Missouri
Lewis
Minnie Golden
Glenn
Dr. Simmons Ec
McFall
Ethel Short
Henry Ream
Charles Supe
Peru
Farmers” Bank
Mary V. Griffith
J. C. Sutherland
Champaign
Leon
Josephine Hollingsworth
M. A. Tomlinson
Marshalltown
Hunt
Consolidated
McNabb
J. M. McNabb
H. BE. Beck
Toluca
Community Notes From Palatine and Nearby Towns
Daniel Williams returns to his home near Blairsburg Iowa. Mrs S G Dales of Rutland and Mrs C A Barr near Lostant visited G O Davis last week. Mr and Mrs G E Travis of Henry were in the area recently. Henry Gunn and wife visited Sunday. Farmers report husking near completion and mouldy corn concerns this season especially in early plantings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Williams
Blairsburg
S. G. Dales
Rutland
C. A. Barr
Lostant
G. O. Davis
G E. Travis
Henry
Henry Gunn
Hennepin Notes On Weddings Travel and Local News
Marriage reports include Howard Cornelson and Vera Mores in Hennepin with Judge Turner officiating at the Read home. Regenalds set for Oklahoma move. Rev Moots’ driving sale brings $650 total for two horses. Local visits feature Will Crosby visiting Decks, and a list of residents attending the St Louis deep waterway convention. Butler Fox buried in Riverside, last Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hennepin
Frank Read
Judge Turner
Howard Cornelson
Vera Mores
Princeton
C. F. Regenald
Oklahoma
T. C. Moots
Peter Morine
Rutland
Will Crosby
Dayton
Adam Deck
Des Moines
Albn Miller
James McCutcheon
John Dore
John Mmer
Len Nash
Also Mentioned on This Page
Magnolia, Il
Magnolia, Ill
the Republican
Asday
Henry Republican
F. Z Ames
W. H. Skelton
Ladies’ Aid Society
Harvey Ramage
Masonic Hall
George W. Hillabrand
Alonzo Emans
James Price
Dwight
Henry Dakin
S. B. Mitchell
James Wable
Sparland
Thomas Haws
Mollie Judd
Seelye
C. A. Freeman
Bloomington
Casper Weber
Hattie Hillabrand
Tonica
Hazel Glover
Daisy Griffin
Perry
Ben Griffin
Streator
Frances Willey
Cynthia
Samantha VanHorne
May VanHorne
Wenona
O. BE. S
Jessie Dunlap
Lon Kohler
Varna
Ladies’ Aid
Henry Republic
Turkey
Miss Brenn
John Brenn
Theodore Bast
Bureau
Mr. Bast
Theodore Bash
Prussia
Germany
America
Catharine Santago
Mendota
Nick Bast
Henneuin
Castoria
John F. Smulski
Nicholas L. Piotrowski
William P. Allin
Penne
Wilson E. Dera
Ee Eeune
John M. Ferris
Francis G. Blair
Caroline Grote
D T
Augustin L. Whitcomb
May Wood Simons
Philip Veal Ae T
Eva Marshall Shantz
Finis Idelman
Tee
Gertrude Breslau Hunt
Corinne S. Brown
Eee Eae Nee
A. M. Simons
Seeee Oe Wee
Tobias M. Davis
Walter Goss
Frank Ahlberg
Louis L. Lehman
J D Miller
Joseph V. Graff
Louis F. Meek
C. E. Stebbins
Rudolf Pfeiffer
John P. Moran
Harrison T
Ireland
Josiah Kerrick
Christian Haase
John F. Shepard
Henry C. Mills
David L. Packingham
John Swaney
Betwee Eens
Henry S. Eddingfield
Charles C. Greiner
Harvey N Lorens
P . Vas
Edmond E. Wonser
Harry E. Raley
Walter G. Griffith
Bebe Eens
Cecil
Jasper Ae
Thomas Paxson
Oliver E. Mills
Eee
County Supt. of Schools
George W Hunt
R Od
Harry Jackson
Wyatt Brenn
Jackson
Parkersburg
W. Va
Klorid
J. G. Clemens
R. W. Spencer
Magnolia Bank Magnol
Will McHenry
Depue
Peter Stevens
W. A. Simmons
Centenary Hospital
Olive Street
Barnes University
Medico Chirulogical Society
St. Louis
Ina Bank
Inn
Ill
Robert G. Dakin, M. D
J. M. Downey
Massle’s
Chicago Veterinary College
Lash Place
Ramage ‘House
Phone Magnolia Central
J. H. Massie Restaurant
McNabb, Il
Griffith’s Laundry
Mt, Palatine
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