Magnolia Notes Show Visitors and Local Happenings
Magnolia residents welcome relatives and friends visiting from Tonica and nearby towns. Trips include visits to Peoria, Champaign, Eureka, Dwight, and Lincoln areas. A wedding is anticipated, church progress is noted, and a box social at Henry school drew strong turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawson
Newton, Evans
John Arnold
Bessie Defenbaugh
Henry
Tracey Skelton
Eureka
Chester Walborn
Granville
Samuel Calvin
Junction City
Kas
Cynthia VanHorn
Venona
Floyd Kidd
Missouri
Texas
Toluca
Dora Jones
Walter Wilson
Magnolia
Burl Simonton
Emporia
Louise Merritt
Dwight
Wellington
Merritt
Louise
Glenn Sale
Disosway
Colorado
Burr
Varna
Lostant
Robert Downey
el Paso
Lacon
Dr. Peterson
K, of P
Thursday Afternoon Club Meets at Mrs Phillips Home
The Thursday Afternoon Club gathered November 19 with 19 members and guest Mrs Clara Roberts of Chicago. After a Scottish program and roll call, readings on Robert Burns topics complemented by music, followed by a social hour with creamed chicken, hot tea, and a green white color scheme. Decorations featured smilax and white chrysanthemums as members admired a family tree joke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mtta Phillips
Clara Roberts
Chicago
Gertrude Ramsey
Robert Burns
Ellen's Isle
Melrose Abby
Margaret Lackland
Abbotsford
Sterling Castle
Louise Merritt
McDowell
Wenona News Highlights Local Visits and Plans
Wenona page notes visitors from Decatur Chicago Minneapolis and Lacon, plus Streator. Local events include St Marys school bazaar, Swedish church supper, Eastern Star oyster supper, and ongoing corn husking. Improvements feature First State bank building as a landmark. prizes awarded by Streator Free Press. various home projects and club activities noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenona
Kathryn Rief
Decatur
Robert Burgess
Chicago
Alfred McEachen
Minneapolis
John Pattern
John Rutland
Ansfred Appleton
Streator
J. Brenn
Lacon Monument
Emmanuel Fleceburg
Elgin Hospital
Elmer Steen
St. Mary’s School
Bernice Erwin
Fasbender
Monnier
Wenonas
First State Bank
Streator Free Press
Frances Winter
Glasford
Bessie Golden
Lostant
Maude Enna
Streator College
Mayme Dunlaven
Harry Gibson
Wm. Wilson
R. B. Laughlin
Daniel Gregg
Ed Haugens
Evans
Peoria County Faces Chinch Bug And Hessian Fly Threat
Last Thursday Flint the assistant state entomologist and County Agent Henry Truitt toured northern Peoria County to gauge chinch bug infection and Hessian fly damage. They found chinch bugs south of Pekin but none north of Peoria, signaling a northern boundary. Early inspection suggests Peoria could see significant fly and bug injury next spring, with late-sown fields faring better and some wheat near total loss if conditions worsen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University
Farm Journals
Farm Bureaus
Peoria
Glasford
Mapleton
Trivoli
Flint
Henry Truit
Illinois
Washington
Clinton
Pekin
Pekin County
Henry Truitt
Peoria County
Mt. Holly Road
Bibo
Sturm
Dunlap
C. E. Hicks
Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey Advised For Coughs
Don’t delay treating your cough as a slight cough can worsen. Lungs become congested and bronchial tubes fill with mucus, reducing vitality. Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey soothes irritated air passages loosens mucus and helps resist colds for adults and children. Only 25 cents at druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Bell
Lostant Local News Briefs Reflect Community Life
Local items report illnesses and visits including Mrs Will Davey and Mrs H C Vollmer. Chicago visitors Harry Dugan and Jennie Dunbar are mentioned. Births, marriages, and local thefts are noted along with church and club activities. A gasoline explosion injures a shop owner, and elderly residents celebrate birthdays and dinners with family and friends.
Hand fishing hero nets 395 pounds in Browning spectacle
C Wallace, 47, claims to catch fish by hand in the Illinois river near Browning with hundreds watching. He dives up to 70 seconds, says he can find schools of German carp, and in mid October to 27 netted 2387 pounds totals including 577 on Oct 24. He sold fish to Browning dealers at 8 cents a pound.
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Illinois
Wallace
Browning
Decatur
Mackinaw River
Sangamon
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F.C. Willett
Whitefield
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McKillip Veterinary College of Chicago
Dk. R
Bayne
Benry
R. M. Barnes
J. H. Magoon
Barnes & Magoon
Attorneys-At-Law
Lacon, Ill
First National Bank
Capital
R. Jones
J. L. Jones
W. W. Dewey & Sons
New City
John Hartley, Jr
Eildes
J. A. Sweh
Henry, Ill
C. Hisle Smith
Main Street
ER. A. Hall
Edward Street
Co. D. Maulfair, M. D. G
Fred W. Potter
Henry BE. Jacobs
H. W. Adans
W. ©. Moon
Posure
Thompson Farm Loans
Shinee
Chamberlain
the Republican
Magnolia Department
Iva Smith
Tonica
Lucile King
Ann Anderson
Cornell
John Breen
Charles
L'riscilla
Prof
Butters
Champaign
Hattie Hillabrand
Mary Ditman
Benj McAllister
Sammons
Ollie Spencer
Marie
Marcella Dunne
R. A. Ward
Grandma Ward
Ed Defenbaugh
J. W. Chandler
Evanston
Spencer
Carl Simigoled
Spring Valley
Hefner
Bosley
Haws House
G. B. Hager
Priscila
Sue Lundy
Harriet Reymer
H. B. Jewell
Howard Lambourn
Bloomington
Blanche Bowers
Indiana
Advt
Lostant Local
Will Davey
Harry Dugan
Jennie Dunbar
Marjorie Bangs
Peru
Charles Avery
A. Harth
H. C. Vollmer
Frank Schaffer
S. H. Hill
Laugh
Eau Claire
Wis
Baptist Association
Lestant
Emma Brenn
Harris
Benjamin Franklin
Charles Arenz
A. W. Merritt
Astern
Mudlava
A. H. Griffin
Baptist
Ernest Bourke
Mary Mortenson
Harry Dunbar
Cooney Wolf
Eliza Comisky
George
Hugh Comisky
Mendota
Schoenneshoefer
Republican
Master In Chancery’s Sale
Cir
Couit
Putnam County
Joseph Reismeyer
Bernard Reismeyer
Will
A. D
Hennepin
County
Putnam
George Reismeyer
James E. Taylor
Henry E. Jacobs
George J. Borgstede
Magnolia, Ill
Jones' National School of Auctioneering
W. H. Weathers
M. D
D. V. M. Veterinary Surgeon
Phone McNabb, Ill
Hennepin, Ill
Albert Pletsch
Mcnabb, Ill
McNabb Central 183
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