Local residents visit and travel notes from Henry Department
Emma Hut visits Strealor and Simmons last week. Jane Bobbitt sits up after a hospital stay. Albert Johnson injured by a horse but improving. Mrs Anderson and family attend NOB. Thierry and Maniton family visits. Frank Roberts returns to Chicago after a week with relatives. Harry Hayes visits from Galesburg. Mamie Hull returns from Oklahoma after 15 days. Lane of Bloomington visits the Lackland family. Warner-Lackland makes a Rockford business call. Defenbaugh and Hull families host relatives from Streator and Grand Ridge. Phoebe Powers and Hattie Shields visit the Horton home. Goldie Simonton returns from Chicago to school. Mrs. Johnson and Lintsey Anderson visit Dr Simmons. Mrs. Bert Ebringer returns to Chicago after weeks here. Gladya Ray returns from Chicago to begin senior year night school. Gertrude Rennick of Bradford visits Louise Merritt. Anderson and Pepteg noted in week’s events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma
Strealor
Mire
Simmons
Clarence’Ray
Ben Walker
Labor Day
Henry
aMre
Jane Bobbitt
Ae ‘Albert
Johnson
Anderson
Mily
NOB
Thierry
Pridaytree
Hull
Streator
Phoebe
Powers
Hattie Shields
Grand Ridge
Albert Ho ‘Horton
Goldie
Chicago
Buti
Lintsey Ander
Tat
Dr. Simmons
Berts
Ebringer
Ray
Gertrude
Rennick
Bradford
Boston
Conservatory of Music
Louise Merritt
Pep Teg Dete Wee
Big Bend Reunion Shines at Magnolia Amid Busy Week
Local notes recount the Big Bend Reunion at Magnolia with ideal weather, noted speakers, and six Jessie Colton Co. plays. Visitors include the Boyle and Russell families en route to Sycamore. Also listed are obituaries for Lewis Carlson, Sweden-born farmer, and community updates on roads, schools, and local travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray
Merritt
Hoopeston” Natual
David
Chestnut
Indianapolis
Ind
Mae Coe
Olliz Spencer
Margaret’ Lackland
Milas Rolley
Teachers’ Institute
Hennepin
Henry McDermott
Cumperland Cemetery
Fred Thierry
Big Bend
Spencer
Charles Boyle
Allentown
John Russell
Lackland
Sycamore Overland
C. H. Merritt
Herbert Wierman
Bureau
Lee
Stark
Ohio
Buda
Bradford
Henry
Magnolia
Jessie Colton Co
Lewis Carlson
Carlson
Sweden
America
Varna
Rev. Petersen
August Larson
John Bergstrom
Charles Veline
Victor Westerlund
George Westerlund
John Heline
A. B. Smith
Local notes from Peoria area school and fair updates
The column records visits and events around Peoria area including students starting school, visits by Edna and Marcia Beck, Oscar Bumgarner's auto repair completion, Magnolia Grange Fair activities, and community travels. Mentions include J N Wilson's Venona visit, Owl Hill landmark demolition, and Conso lidated school attendance. Also cites Chamberlains Cough Remedy endorsements by local dealers.
Hennepin Teachers Institute And Local Events Recap
Hennepin reports a large turnout for the teachers institute last week with enthusiasm and instruction. A reception and banquet for visiting teachers occurred in the M. We A A hall, and night school at Onsnee drew full attendance. Local figures note market activity, travel, and social visits including former Hennepin teacher Alfred Sill in town and a duck hunting outing near Chicago abandoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hennepin
Hennepin Township
Onsnee
FP. L. Marshall
Margaret Reynolds
Mary Marshall
Demeston
P. M. Morine
Henry Hamill
Warold Morine
Bureau
Alfred Sill
Boston
Mass
Wm. Sill
Minnie
Ethel
Granville
Frank Meine
McFarland
Chicago
Schuetz
St’ Bede
Hennepin Zwas
Big
Magnolia
John Cunningham
Onie
John McAnamy
Sane
Chertyok Ra
Nevelland
Baynde
Vatte
Olive McCutcheon
Automobiles Days at the State Fair Highlight Saturday Program
The State Fair schedule lists a concluding day featuring a major auto show with top drivers competing in a five mile distance. Plan includes displays of automobiles and motorcycles alongside aviation exhibits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vals
Thesellinois
Ilinois
State Fair
Wenona bride and local notices mark summer events
In Wenona on August 28 Miss Bessie Hannum married James McAllister with Rev. J. D. Calhoun officiating. The bride received multiple showers and the couple will settle on the McAllister farm west of town. The issue notes deaths, visits, reunions, and local outings, including Miss Ilda Baldwin’s Ottawa death, and several community updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenona
Bessie Hannum
James McAllister
J. D. Calhoun
Lacon
Harold Ong
Lina Marland
McAllister
Ilda Baldwin
Ottawa
Presbyterian Church
John Baldwin
Edwin Wright
Lakes
Wisconsin
Gertrude
Belle Cockbill
Washington
C. F. Hoge
C. M. Turner
Maria Ball
Cora Carrithers
Bitter Root Valley
Mont
Harry Bell
Bloomington
Methodist
Ori Hoge
Holmstrom- Estherdahl
John Holmstrom
Wisses” Low-Kemp
Alice -Marland
Della Wells
Lake Geneva
Wis
Epworth League Institute
F. C. Judd
Atlantic City
N. J
Nellie Weden
Ada Xrider
Ellen Marland
Sparland
Ralph Wells
Bozeman
State Experiment Station and Agricultural College
J. P. Foster
Clayton
Rock Falls
Old Settlers
Magnolia
Big Bend
Thierry
Yarnell
Wollard Thierry
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la Salle
Goodnight
Noyes
Johinson-Rand
Dumont Bros
Seelng
Geo,a. Wilson
B. Malone, Jr
E. Leahy Amusements
Stuart Duncan
Howard F. Dean
V. J. Dimond
Joseph W. Klein Transportation 7. T. Bedford Advertising
Yrill
Chicago AA
Portland Cement
Rec
E. F. Hunter, Henry, Hl
Magnolia Department
Mra. Winer
Lena Johnson
Viss
iMre-Frannie- Johnne
Frank. Peterson
Jade
Downey
Bent Law
R. W. Spencer
Antoine Deloria
Garden
Mich
Foley
A. J
Mcnabb
Chicago & Alton
Boyle Corners
Ponzer
Davis
Mt. Palatine
John McNabb
Smigley
Donald
John
Swanty-high
Ol - Willie
Gillis
Jewa
Peoria
Dosiah
Alice-and-Russell
Tomlin
Oscar
Bumgarner
J .Edna
Marcia Beck
Normal
W.G. Griffith
James Bush
Charles Bush
J. C. Sutherland
Oscar Bumgarner
Charles Presley
F. BE
Smith
O. S. Fisher
University of Illinois
Experiment Station
Magnolia Grange
J. N. Wilson
Owl Hill
Wm. Reed
Iowa
Wv. B. Mills
Enida Griffith
Chautauqua
N. Y
Ethel, Mills
Decatur
Pauline Shinn
White Cloud
A. B. Wilson
Oak Park
Jeannette Filtcraft
Osco
Henry County
M. W. Smith
Consolidated School
Beal
Hazel Boman
Karene Spalding
Mazon
George Benjamin
Holder
Raymond
Pomona
Beck Sisters
Kathryn Grifith
Del
Chamberlain
H W Hendrickson
Ohio Falls
T. J. Segraves
A. J. Iron
Pierce
J. N. Hill
Homer
Castoria
Albert
Pletsch
Sand
Bellistons
Loean
RG. Akta
Magnolia,’ IL
AS Simmons
Anand
Ill
Olive Nivet Bank
Barn
Satis
Bradley Polytechnic
Schd
Illinois
T. Csgess
Grossman
Favans
Havana
Fayette St
State of Illinois
Bréa
Public—Services of
Dee
of .Henry
Aynitetelt
Shall
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