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Local People and Visits Across Town Week
Henry and Magnolia visitors mingle with civic notes as Claude Stone of Peoria lectures locally. A Gypsy incident on Magnolia road prompts marshal action and police escort. Social gatherings, family visits, and travels to Peoria Charleston Wenona and Lacon weave through week.
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Wenona
Joseph Thierry of
Means
John Roberts
Charleston
Maud Bell
Peoria
Joseph Bell
A. W . Miller
Charles Justice
la Rose
Oliver Extrem
Bullman
Galesburg
Ben Myers
Frank Stoner
Awomn
Foreign Missionary Society
Chenoa
Miller
Dwane
Chicago
Magnolia Road
Magnolia
Ernest Schumacher, Sr
Edith Quiram
Minnie Majesky
Wawautosa
Wis
William Scarborough
Joel Haws
Lanne Broaddus
Lacon Monay
Gail Barnes
Tom Breen
Lacon
Ernest Schumacher
Morris Holmstrom
John Holmstrom
Weona
Charles Holmstrom
Allen Ramsey
Downers Grove
Bit
Dana
Norton Moffitt
Allen
Hugh Ramsey
Isaac Ramsey
Bro. Gebhart
Dwinell
Otto
Lucian Fosdick
James Patterson
Charlie—-Hall
Hattie McCulley
Frank Johnson
Henry
Juy
James Hopper
Bertha Jones
Jittia Leslie
Hier
William Baker
Ed Bogner
Henry Merdian
Sad Shorts
John Liverbiss
Will Darling
Andrew Merdian
Enoch Baugh
George Shorts
Thomas Hubbell
Casper Hoffman