McNabb News Briefs and Local Moves 1918
Local residents report travel to Omaha and Missouri for hogs and sheep purchases. Influenza hits Swaney school with half the pupils ill, now dismissed. several residents travel to Peoria for medical and social events. Community notices include visitors, weddings, and farm activity in Whitefield Center and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. P.mills
Hayfield
Minnégolta
Big Farm
John Swaney
Wilbur’. Sutherland
Chillicoth
T ” Clement
Fillcraft and Son Stanley
Oak’ Park
Missouri
T. J. Smith
C._B. Fiilcraft
Oak Park
Florence Given
Laura Smith
Henry
Mra
Maron Wilson
Peoria
Smith
Chicago
Order of Eastern Starss
B. Mills
Omaha
Swaney
Pea
Whitefield Center
Mrriendora
Elmer Hunt
le' Iand
Poorla
Lician Fosdick
Tom_Wabel
Ray “Snyder
Irma Newton
Hunt
Mrs. Alderson
Alma
Crestey
Local notes on wartime community events and personnel
A collection of short items from Lostant and vicinity reports meetings, charity drives, hospital visits, school updates, and personal notices. Includes Red Cross drives for Belgian relief, WCTU officers elected, school closings due to illness, local visits among Merritts, Sargent and others, plus a ship letter from Panama describing life on a naval station and pension concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Villinola School
Chicago
Red Cross
3. Kreger
Amanda Height
B. Merritt
Savannah ‘Kreger
Margaret Vollmer
Carrie Bell
Etta’ Anderson
Aurora
Sarah Phillips
Ottawa
Emily Dugan
Carrie Be
Hopgar
Jay Whitney
John Brady
Art-Bullwell
Mesdames Wimn
Lyons
Hillabréia
Does
John- Drady
Howard Farrar
Camp Forrest
Lostant Red Cross
Lestant
Naison Hoadley
Hoadley
Toulon
Ddie Robinson
John Cornells
Myra‘ Shiflett
Iowa
Belle Hunt
Henry
Cassie Hunt
Steuben
Asa Nighsdnger Sr
Henry Sargent
Jdna Russell
James Sargeant
Hoover
Reuben Colwell
Monte
May Diverbiss
John Beck
Peoria
Missouri
Thomas Sargent
Albert
France
Sargent
William Parsons
Susan Riley
Lacon
Clarence Griggs
Sailor
U. S
15Th Naval Station
Cristobal
Canal Zone
Panama
Mary Berwick
Sparland
Ill
Mary
Naval Station
Pacific Ocean
Jose
New Orleany
Leslie M, Holmes
Gratitude Ad Highlights Diarrhea Relief and Health Claims
A Logansport Indiana reader praises Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhea Remedy for relief during a severe diarrheal attack. An Illinois woman Miss Agnes Turner reports using Chamberlain's Tablets to cure indigestion sleeplessness and constipation improving appetite energy and sleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bell
Logansport
Indiana
Agnes Turner
Chicago
Swift and Company Pioneers in Traveling Ice Boxes
A feature on Gustavus F Swift and the Swift & Company innovation of traveling ice boxes that deliver fresh meat. The article highlights how these mobile coolers meet a need nobody else would and frames Swift as a trailblazer in the packing industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Gustavus_F. Swift
Gustavus F. Swift
Swift
Phas
Swift & ’ ‘Company
Swift & Company
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joan Swem
Tenry
Clinois
Schmitt
Williams
Main Street
Welcphones
C. Willell
M. D
Crate Veterinarian
Ss Ti
Schittertela
W. A. ‘Smith
Tllanois
de ‘6O
D. Maulbair
D.' G. Veterinsey
Granville, IL
Fhone
Potter
Henry E. Jacobs
Ope
Attormey-Atlann
Marney 2
H.magoon
W. W. Dewey
Green
Phono
McColl
Mio
K. McColl
Princeton
Lisle Smith
Maullus
Aiwanhand
Onde
Thompson
Mazor
Dant
Philadelphia
Will Noll
Emor
Lawrence Noll
la Salle
John Nader
Mike Ziegler
Misa Klock
Sheffied
Cole
Duke
Tien Ye
Edith Law Wetrick
Alberta
Magnolia
H.E. Allen's
Henry, Hamm
Hennepin
David Clemens
Dorothy” Rainer
John Heath
Ohio
Miss Rainer
Cecil Willams
W. My Selbert
Tillie Clemons
Joseph Edwards
George Hetrick
Amos Deininger
Springleburg
Carrie Springer ‘Pickeral
LeRoy, Minn
Tineba
Delninger
Lee Weeks
Robert Pletch
Adam Denninger
Samuel Green
Fenwick
Adv
Richard“ Hall
Bradfond
Atory
Lombardvilde
Ting Ae
Booster Dener
King Wonder
Prairie Giant
Wonder Lass
Wonder Bell
Big Jane
Black Bird Wonder Ltd
Long King
Little Jane
Blue Valley Golddust
Tr Rn
Ty Farm
Richard T. Hall
Bradford
KR. R
George H. Halas
I. R
COL
Plumley
R. K. Mecoid
Swift,& Company
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