Magnolia Notes From A Busy Week In 1912
Magnolia community reports include visits by Wm Simonton and Downey to Toluca, trips to Ottawa and La Rose, and attendance at fairs and institutes. Local church activity features Rev Bell preaching on wells of ambition and a new church budget. Volleyball wins over Hennepin and a busy social calendar with clubs and family events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Simonton
Toluca
Downey
Frank Davis
Lacon
QO. A. Shearer
Samuel Potter, Jr
la Rose
Burl Roberts
Hattie Hillabrand
Mary Ditman
Metamora
Teachers’ Institute
Ottawa
Democratic booster boat itinerary visits Hennepin
The Democratic booster boat arrived in Hennepin on Tuesday October 15 at noon, stayed fifteen minutes, and did not give speeches due to being two hours behind schedule. A large crowd had left for dinner. The event featured Congressman H T Raney Judge H W Pogue Judge L B Stringer and Hon P J Lucey as speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hennepin
H. T. Raney
H. W. Pogue
L. B. Stringer
P. J. Lucey
Charlie Porter
Mackinaw
J. W. Stouffer
O. W. L. S. Club
Olive McCutcheon
Ray Johnson
T. F. Galt
Congregational Church
Johnson
Peter Morine
Walter A. Boyle
Chicago
W. Mark Durley
Blanche L. Patterson
W. A. Boyle
Henry Road
P. M. Morine & Son
High Street
John Merdian
Jennie Trendt
Magnolia
Fr. Schuetz
Streator
la Salle
Putnam
Livingston
Bureau
Local Notes Snapshot From Hennepin and Surrounding Towns
Residents share dances, visits, and a run of city trips. Notable items include Mrs Sallie Paxson Hartley visiting family, Roosevelt’s Milwaukee attack noted, a poultry of car owners visiting town, Uncle James Zenor’s 83rd birthday celebration, and local students attending a state teachers’ institute in Ottawa. An unusual tale recounts a group from a rural town buying a hotel in Peoria after a nightlife misadventure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hennepin
Theodore Roosevelt
Milwaukee
Joseph Gresser
Henry
Henry Service
Granville
George Gresser
Della McMahon
Josephine
Peoria
Ian
James Zenor
W. A. Paxson
Edna and Ethel Bush
Margaret
Reynolds
State Teachers’ Institute
Ottawa
Will Gall
Baby
Strawn
J. B. Bush
Wood
Warder
Chicago
Adam Deck
George Winterscheldt
Hennepin Prairie
Springfield
George
Gubernatorial Express Plan and Local Happenings
A humorous tale of George and his coachman failing to travel to Springfield due to rain and a sold road idea. Local social notes mention Mrs. Jay Whitney and Mrs. Roy Curley Boyle visiting Des Moines and Losant, Phebe Young in Princeton, and A. Deck’s store struck by lightning with minor plaster damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granville
Springfield
George
Dayton
Jay Whitney
Lostant
Hennepin
Roy Curley Boyle
Des Moines
Phebe Young
Princeton
Francis Atkins
Adam Deck
J. E. Taylor
W. Mark Durley
Local Notices and Social Tidbits From McNabb Area
Community notes include health product endorsements for Foley Kidney Pills and Foley's Honey and Tar, along with local gossip on residents like Frank Edminster and Effie Brown. A high school bulb garden project, a teacher meeting in Ottawa, and a McNabb baseball game with Mt Valinting are highlighted.
Local Notes Show Busy Area with Travel and Visits
The Lostant and Thousand Candles era items list numerous residents traveling to state fairs theaters and nearby towns. Names include Griffiths Mills Smiths Wilsons Kellso Barr Shawback Danaher Kelso and many others with updates on illness visits and home improvements as communities prepare for winter.
Women’s club outings and Illinois State Fair prizes
The Women’s club conducted events as Miss Brennemann Hamilton and Griffith attended an alumni reception in DeKalb while Miss Buckley Caldwell visited Normal. Marie Gallaher and Mrs Hope Gallaher hosted a musicale at the Friends meeting house. Local attendance at the Illinois State Fair was strong with several individuals winning premiums in hogs corn butter and agricultural products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Club
Brennemann
Hamilton
Griffith
DeKalb
Buckley
Caldwell
Marie Gallaher
Hope Gallaher
Friends Meeting House
G. Lippert
H. W. Matern
J. F. Mills
F. E. Smith
W. B. Mills
Local Church Notes and Community Updates
Sunday morning services drew a large attendance with Rev. Evans delivering practical sermons. Aiming for a large chorus choir, Mrs. Estella Bell will chair the music committee. Miss Lucile Schoenneshoefer and Miss Marjorie Bangs were praised for morning and evening sales. Rev. Biedermann and family sold and shipped furniture to Compton last Tuesday for their move. Alderan Peterson injured a finger in an automobile incident last Saturday night. Fromin Costellic family to Granville for farming and home. Costellic bought 30 acres nearby.John Klinger plans November move from Toluca to Gary Indiana for new home and butcher work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell
Quaker Lane
L. S. Griffith
Woodhull
W. G. Griffith
T. J. Smith
W. L. Mills
Chicago
John Turner Mills
Champaign
W. B. Mills
Streator
E. B. Mills
Harry Carruthers
Toluca
J. N. Wilson
Mrs. Spalding
F. E. Smith
Hazel Boman
Myers Kohler
Varna
W .B. Mills
F. &. Smith
Springfield
Evans
Estella Bell
Lucile Schoenneshoefer
Marjorie Bangs
Rev. Biedermann
Compton
Alderan
Albert Peterson
Fromin Costellic
Granville
Mr. Costellic
John Klinger
Gary
Ind
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsed by Local User
Mrs J Weller of Henry Illinois testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills have relieved kidney complaints and backache on several occasions over the years. The ad claims local proof beats distant endorsements and advertises the product as a valuable kidney remedy sold by all dealers at 50 cents, Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as sole agents.
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Magnolia Department
M. J. French
James Ford
Kentucky
John Jones
C. A. Freeman
Bloomington
Henry Small
The
Masons
Arbile Law
Benjamin Law
Melissa Nelson
Iowa Falls
Alexander
Rose
George Ditman
Rockford
Paxson
Frank Roberts
Bobbitt
Mes
O. A. Sherer
H. BD. Jewell
Surface
Dawson Judd
Belyldee
G. A. Morphew
Hiram Myers
Galesburg
Robert Downey
Var- Ta
Ralph Hecht
Iowa
Frank Nesturn
Farwell & Co
R. W. Spencer & Co
Helen
Lackland
Wenona
Magnolians
John Dean, Jr
Ennis Dakin
Wallace Allen
Nulin Evans
Lucian Glover
Fred Glover
Vivan Haws
Minnie’ Roberts
Case
Ray, Spencer, Lackland and Jones
Institute
Chamberlain
T. J. Segraves
A. J. Ironmonger
Ady
Stardapd, Oil Company
Jas. V. Churchill
Wall
Auburn
N. Y
J. Ironmonger
Adv
McNabb
Frank Edminster
Frank
Parsons
Effie
Bertha Brown
Veter Wolf's Pasture
Lee Zimmerman
Taft
Lee
Ziegler’s Hall
Panzer
Davis
Frank Taylor
Snirley
C., I. & S. Railroad
Peter Holan
Buckeye Rd
Cleveland
Foley
Kansas City
Karene Spalding
Arthur Wilson
Esther Boyle
Ralph Wilson
Ruth Mills
F. B. Smith
Elizabeth Broaddus
R. A. Ward
Helen Wolf
H. C. Vollmer
Wm. Lehnhausen
John Shawback
Emma Lehnhausen
Carrie
Geo, Barr
Eva
May
Wm. Gray
Rutland
Wm. Schiffbauer, Sr
Mendota
W. D. Evans
Washburn
Vera Phillips
Co. J. Bench
Deer Grove
Maggie Fraher
Margaret Conlin
A. C. Kelso
Minnie Neising
Freeport
Edna Barr
Henry Nelson
Albert Ryan
John Ryan
Amboy
Anna
Mary Toemmes
Charles Barr
Long Point
Joseph Kelso
Hillabrand
Jennie Dunbar
Black
Bernard Winner
Frank Morgan
G. A. Eberly
Frazier
Margaret Richards
Charles Bush
Miss Davis
Mt. Palatine
C. W. Curtis
Jane Warner
Anna Thompson
Melvin
Sarah Phillips
Tonica
G. D. Hillabrand
People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser
R. V. Pierce
Buffaloy N.Y
H. B. Ramage
Putnam County
Albert Pletsch
Mcnabb, Ill
Phone McNabb
Central
L. B. Elliston
M. D
R. G. Dakin
Magnolia, Ill
J. L. Downey
Hennepin, Ill