Magnolia Republican notes local life and obituaries
Local items report R. A. Ward as Magnolia representative for The Henry Republican and list community visits, illnesses, travel, and social events. The piece covers sidewalk removals, a K of P game win, Masonic lodge work in Henry, a funeral in La Salle, and the Golden Wedding anniversary of Edward and Mrs. Phillips with visits from distant relatives.
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R. A. Ward
Magnolia
The
Henry Republican
Surprising 31st Wedding Anniversary Party Held
In McNabb on Monday October 7 1907 Mr and Mrs C A Whitney marked thirty one years of marriage. East side friends staged a home surprise inviting the couple while Mr Whitney was away and Mrs Whitney briefly out. The party gathered at 7:30 pm and welcomed the couple with refreshments.
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Edward Phillips
Magnolia
Phillips
M. J. Warner
Sarah Bevan
Bloomington
Ma Te Richardson
Philip Phillips
Normal
Wilber Willsoncroft
Missouri
Mollie Mason
Lizzie Simms
Nebraska
Maria Busick
Champaign
Alfred Phillips
Gibson City
David Willsoncroft
Roberts
George ‘Backeray
George Phillips
Lizzie Smith
William Phillips
John Thackeray
Melvin
C. A. Whitney
East Side
Whitney
Lacon
Mitchell
Mr. Whitney
Mrs. Whitney
Tonica News
McLaughlin
Princeton
James McNabb
Hughes
Granville
Annie McCaine
Doyle McCaine
Thornsbank
Scotland
America
McNabb
Ill
Rasmussen
Beck
Massie
Smith
Friends
Louise Jessie Koehler
Louise
Frank and
Elizabeth Koehler
Tootsie
Fr. Kluck
Mt. Palatine Catholic
Father Hand
Venona
James Henning
Tom Lyon
Chicago
D. Hauger
Tampico
Amy Broch
Mary Jones
Leonore
Carrie Harth
Clara
Holstein
Neb
George Lechner
Ambrose Harth
Clara Harth
Oregon
Dixon
Mott Mortenson
Anna
Mary Mortenson
Burt Burgess
Joe Hannum
Burgess
Hannum
Lizzie Tranchenbrodt
Mendota
Schoenneshoefer
Ed Wilson
Wright
Pontiac
Henry Phillips
Blanche
East Olive Street
J. E. Bangs
Dr. Hattan
Arthur
Ora Curtis
Oglesby
Louis Taylor
Freeport
James A. Kelso
Robert
Corning
Memory of a Kind Neighbor Inspires Gratitude
Mr and Mrs Frank Koehler express thanks to friends for sympathy and help after a loss. the tribute recalls a loved one fondly lying among the flowers she cherished and the lasting sweetness of a last look.
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Frank Koehler
Local notices and visits spanning Tonica region
Numerous social visits and travel notes from Tonica Illinois and nearby towns listing arrivals departures and calls by residents. Families such as Mortenson Phillips Weber Zilm and Hannum mark visits and relocations while clergy and students attend events and relocate for work or study.
State Convention of Illinois YMCAs to Meet in Rock Island
The Illinois Y M C A state convention gathers in Rock Island from October 24 to 27. Expected to be well attended, it features addresses by ex governor Van Sant and other leaders, a top male quartet, and a business men's banquet. The year marks notable progress with associations moving into modern, well equipped buildings.
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Illinois
Young Men's Christian Associations of
Rock Island
R. van Sant
Minnesota
Big Fine Imposed on Gulf Cotton Compress for Discrimination
Mississippi Chancellor Hicks fines Gulf Cotton Compress $1.8 million in a discrimination case. The action mirrors Judge Landis’s $29 million Standard Oil ruling, showing aggressive legal enforcement in the South. The suit began just two weeks ago and underscores swift application of the law to cotton handling.
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Chancellor Hicks
Mississippi
Gulf Cotton Compress Company
Landis
South
Make Home Happy Message
A reflective essay urging readers to cultivate a loving home life not through grand rules but daily kindness. It cautions fathers to avoid anger and mothers to practice consideration, arguing that happy homes prevent youth from seeking vice and that visible signs like a "God Bless Our Home" placard matter little without real harmony.
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Earth
The Girl Question Reaches Its 100th Chicago Performance
The La Salle theater in Chicago gears up for the 100th performance of The Girl Question, the musical comedy by Adams Hough and Howard. Mort H. Singer organizes the milestone celebration as Junie McCree continues to popularize the show's slang on stage.
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la Salle Theater
Chicago
Mort H. Singer
Messrs. Adams, Hough and Howard
Junie McCree
Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription Promises Relief for Women
Doctors often misdiagnose female ailments as separate diseases when the root cause is uterine illness. Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription is advertised as a safe, nonharmful tonic and nervine for worn out workers, improving appetite, sleep, and vitality while easing nervous symptoms. Pleasant Pellets accompany as a digestive aid.
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Pierce
Nto
The Girl Question to mark century on October nineteenth
A Chicago comedy titled The Girl Question reaches its 100th performance and will receive centennial presentation souvenirs. The work, praised as original, may outrun its La Salle predecessor The Time the Place and the Girl, which held 463 performances in Chicago. A road tour by the Askin-Singer company begins December 26 at Joliet, with road show cities following after the La Salle run.
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George Ade
Chicago
la Salle
The
Askin-Singer Company
Joliet
Very Cold Winter Predicted by Old-Time Weather Signs
Old timers predict the coldest winter in twenty years citing corn shucks thickest since 1873 and a unusually fat chicken wishbone as signs. Geese and ducks head south early and ducks report heavy feathering suggesting severe cold ahead.
The Hen Lacking Business Instinct in Economics
The piece argues a hen that won’t lay when eggs are priced at 2 cents and overworks when eggs are 6 cents a dozen cannot guide national finances. It uses a fable to critique misaligned incentives and imprudent leadership.
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