Magnolia Sunday School Attendance and Local Notices
Magnolia reports 78 in Sunday school on Nov 13. Miss Marie Dunne called in Peoria last week. Fred Defenbaugh becomes clerk at Mann and Co. R W Spencer and EF R Spencer host a cousin from England. Samuel Potter Jr and wife visited Henry last week. Miss Mary Lundholm received Bradley Bros diamond ring. Mr Dickey of Venona delivered apples to Robert Mann and Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Dunne
Peoria
Fred Defenbaugh
Mann & Co
R. W. Spencer
EF. R. Spencer
England
Samuel Potter, Jr
Henry
Mary Lundholm
Bradley Bros
Dickey
Venona
Robert Mann & Co
Magnolia California Thanksgiving and local notices
Miss Mary Lundholm and Miss Alice Potter visited Peoria and returned that evening. Dr. R G Dakin and Henry J Bishop traveled to Waterloo Indiana in the doctor’s auto. Mrs Frances Horton and Mrs Emma Simonton visited a brothel near Ancona and returned Monday. The Dakin household goods were shipped to Waterloo Iowa. Thanksgiving services at Magnolia on Sunday November 20 with Rev EF Busby and Frank Smith. Magnolia Ladies Aid to serve dinner November 24 in Masonic hall with price five cents and twenty five cents. An entertainment follows in the same hall. Sunday school contest totals show Lostant Hope Magnolia Varna with 617 combined attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lundholm
Alice Potter
Peoria
R. G. Dakin
Henry J. Bishop
Waterloo
Frances Horton
Emma Simonton
Ancona
Busby
Magnolia
Frank Smith
Magnolia Ladies’ Aid Society
Masonic Hall
School enrollment totals across Magnolia Varna systems rise
A Hecht superintendent reports attendance 412 rising by 78 to 490 at one district school. Varna system led by S W McCulloch adds 59 to 424. Magnolia and Varna total 914 with four schools totaling 1,531 students overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Hecht
Varna
S. W. McCulloch
Magnolia and
Death of Guy Hauger at Magnolia Quietly Ends Typhoid Battle
Guy Hauger born November 7 1891 died at his home west of Magnolia Tuesday evening November 8 at 10 20 after seven weeks illness with typhoid fever. He leaves mother Nellie Hauger sisters Nettie and Helen brothers Orrin and Floyd and many relatives. Funeral held November 11 at Magnolia M E church with Rev Busby officiating. He was buried beside his father in Magnolia cemetery and the family expresses thanks for aid during illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Guy Hauger
Homer Guy Hauger
Magnolia
Nellie Hauger
Nettie
Helen
Orrin
Floyd
Magnolia M. E
Busby
Guy
C. M. Lucas
Henry
Arminda
Gladys Ray
I. N. Smith
Tracy Skelton
Isle
Everett Hecht
Arthur Spencer
William
Titus
Arie
Chester Law
Diverbiss
Graves
A.B Smith
Local visits and greetings grace Chillicothe area
J C Sutherland of Chillicothe made a business trip to the Lane and stayed several days at a farm. Mrs. Alice Hoyle and daughter of Lincoln attended a Friends meeting and greeted neighbors. Mrs. Ed Fairbanks and Mr. and Mrs. J C Shields of Varna visited Swaney school. A Denver woman praises Cham berlain s Cough Remedy for coughs and colds, with local druggists A J Ironmonger and T J Segraves selling it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Sutherland
Chillicothe
Alice Hoyle
Lincoln
Neb
Ed Fairbanks
J. C. Shields
Varna
Swaney School
Cassell couple welcome eight pound girl in Florida
Mr and Mrs Ben Cassell are proud parents of a baby girl born Nov 10 seven weeks premature in Florida. Mother and child are healthy. Dr Watson reports his brother in law Harry Humphrey died in Joliet that afternoon, prompting travel to be with the family. The community shares in the bereavement as friends recall him as a jolly fellow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Cassell
Babe
Ben
Dr. Watson
Harry Humphrey
Joliet
Harry Allen
Blanche
Richard Briver
Lucy Livingston
Moline
Jenkins
Isaac Reichwine
Hetrick
Grant Shepard
Ladies Aid
M. W. A. Hall
Sarah Chance
Lota Cassell
Strawn Aid
Dr. Watsons
Thomas Martin
Otto Hanson
Bradford
Grace Critton
Little Velma
Decatur
Venona Buyer Injured in Peru Street Car Mishap
John Smith Wenona, a Venona horse buyer, was injured when a street car struck his rig in Peru. He was bruised but not seriously hurt, treated at St. Mary's hospital, and released the next day to return home after being in Dimmick all day en route to La Salle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenona
John Smith
Venona
Peru
St. Mary’s Hospital
Smith
Dimmick
la Salle
Lostant Notes of Local Social and Church Events
Norman Barber works as night tower operator while Mark Bangs travels as Oglesby passenger. Many residents visit relatives in Streator, Tonica, Chicago, Descriptions of church suppers, dances, box social proceeds, and attendance at Sunday school contests. An accident near Lostant injures John Buen. several locals attend Royal Neighbors meeting and bazaar. farmers busy husking as potatoes remain scarce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. McDaniel
Grace Phillips
Magnolia
Varna
Sosba
Hope
John Zimmerman
I. C. Tracks
la Salle
Ed Grivey
William Peutz
School of Instruction
Royal Neighbors of America
Tillie Ryan
Lena Gray
Frances Barr
Margaret Vollmer
Delia Kelso
Lizzie Schoenneshoefer
Anna Henning
Anna Hill
Anna R. Toemmes
Marta Kelso
Alex Herwick
Arnold School House
Lostant
Wenona
Ladies’ Aid Society
Sarah Phillips
Vera Phillips
St. John’s Church
John Buen
Granville
Putnam County
Carrie Schoenneshoefer
Chicago
Emma
Bertha Squires
Decatur
Florence Coek
Baby
Mattoon
Melvin Brock
Eli jah N Tomasson Dies In Hennepin At 67
Elijah N Tomasson aged 67 years 1 month 22 days died at his Hennepin home after a three week illness. Born in Princeton September 14 1843 he lived in Putnam and Hennepin counties most of his life. Survived by two brothers John of Henry and Benj of Hennepin he left nephews and nieces and many friends. Funeral Tuesday at home conducted by Rev Thomas Leech of Granville with Riverside Cemetery interment. He belonged to Co operative Northern Burial Association of Illinois and undertaker Warl Taylor of Buda was in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elijah N. Tomasson
Elijah Tomasson
Hennepin
Tomasson
Putnam County
Peru
Elijah,n. Tomasson
Noah
Elizabeth Tomasson
Princeton
John Tomasson
Henry
Benj Tomasson
Thomas Leech
Granville
Riverside Cemetery
Co-operative Northern Burial Association of
Illinois
Warl Taylor
Buda
Hennépin Record
A VETERINARY PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON OPENS HOSPITAL
The notice announces the arrival of a veterinary physician and surgeon in Magnolia Illinois. It notes graduate training at Chicago Veterinary College and a veterinary hospital with an operating table and all necessary equipment. Local phone numbers are provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Weathers
Magnolia, Ill
Chicago Veterinary College
Magnolia
McNabb Centrals
Also Mentioned on This Page
Neustadts Golden Eagle
III
THE
Magnolia Bank
Northern Illinois Co-Operative Burial Association
Allen B. Smith
M. EB
L. B. Elliston
K. G. Dakin
Magnolia Department
Lostant-Hope
Magnolia- Varna
L. I. Dugan
Hope School
George Patterson
Quaker Lane
O. P. Mills
EB. B. Mills
W. B. Mills
Mason Wilson
Charles Willey
Rossville
Forrest
Florence Beck
Vandalia
Schaffer
Elizabeth Mills
Edith
Gladys Mills
Miss Kern
Miss Brenneman
F. ©. Smith
Edna Beck
W. G. Griffith
Warren Hoyle
McNabb
Grace Swaney
Barney Swaney
Tonica
Nebraska
J. B. Stansell
John D
Illinois Oil Co
Mary W. Smith
Lexington
Lucretia Franklin
F. EB. Smith
Mazon
Massie
Hdgewood
Harry Carruthers
Toluca
Toniea High School
Swaney
Hazel Boman
F. 8. Smith
Samuel Clemens
Mac Gallagher
Meyer
Spring Valley
Walter Kersling
Chamberlain
A. J. Ironmonger
T. J. Segraves
Yours
Trust
Wak Pure Food Exposition
A. Hecht & Son
Bosch Magneto
Bureau
LA Sallh
Putnam
Marshall Counties
G. A. Miller &[Co
Spring Valley, Ill
Dwight, III
Schlosser
Frank Fi’, Weber
WW. A. Simmons
Centenary Hospital
Olive Street Bank
Barnes’ University
Medico, Chirurigeal Society
St. Louis
Ina Bank
Ina
Ill
L’. Mongeau
M.D. C
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