Local notices from Magnolia and area residents
Local columns list Henry Republic representative R A Ward in Magnolia and various town visitors. News items include births and engagements, moves to Henry and Chicago, store positions, and travel between Magnolia Wenona Galesburg Dubuque Henry Melvin McNabb Seneca. A rural mail carrier, George W Ramsey Jr, resigns to become assistant grain inspector in Chicago.
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R. A. Ward
Magnolia
George A. Burt
Henry
A. G. Kemp
Wenona
C. L. Skelton
Eureka
C. H. Ransom
Galesburg
J. H. Massie
McNabb
John Weber
F. D. Peterson
Seneca
Emily Gustafson
J. S. Phillips
M. J. French
C. F. Morphew
Dr. Dakin
Henry Dakin
Lawrence Grosscup
Chicago
Magnolia School Opens With Strong Faculty
The Magnolia school began the year with an efficient teacher corps led by Principal Mark J. Sweaney. Miss Iane Borden from Virginia oversees the intermediate room and Miss Dora Dillon from Rochester leads the primary room. Amos Wilson reported a fine young horse stolen from his pasture, with another horse found nearby later identified as belonging to a Peoria man. The thief or thieves likely took Wilsons horse and left the other nearly exhausted.
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Magnolia
Mark J. Sweaney
Iane Borden
Virginia
Dora Dillon
Rochester
Amos Wilson
Peoria
Morphew Hardware Opens New Building with Celebration
Morphew Hardware moved into a newly arranged building on September 1 with a grand opening. Ice cream and cake were served from 2 to 10 p m to about 400 guests. An evening band provided music as townspeople enjoyed the event, marking a memorable occasion and inviting public visits.
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Morphew Hardware Company
Hardware Company
Magnolia Church Notes for Sunday Services
Church notes list Strawn and Magnolia services for Sunday September 9 with Sunday school at 10, preaching at 11 at Strawn. Magnolia has Sunday school at 10, Epworth League at 6 30, preaching at 7 30. Lawn social postponed to Sept 8 with ice cream and cake. Hour change from 8 to 7 30 and Thursday prayer meeting at 7 30.
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Magnolia
Strawn
Epworth League
Church Lawn
Pain Balm Eases Child’s Burn Pain Quickly
A Vernon Connecticut child burned on the hand found relief after James N. Nichols recommended Chamberlain's Pain Balm. Nichols notes the balm drew out inflammation and provided immediate relief, adding personal use and recommendation for cuts burns strains and backache. Available at Powells City Drug Store Henry Tl.
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Chamberlain
Michael Strauss
Vernon
Conn
Strauss
James N. Nichols
Nichols
J. Be, & F. A. Powells City Drug Store
Henry
Wilson Family Reunion At Evans Grange Hall
The Wilson family reunion drew 145 attendees at Evans Grange Hall on Aug 24. A long dining room table held seasonal delicacies, with officers elected including president Corwin Wilson and secretary Fannie S. Griffith. Members shared ancestry notes, speeches, and a letter from Henry K. Smith praising Welsh English roots and distant kin across the continent. The next meeting was set for the old homestead on the fourth Friday in August.
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Venona Index
Wilson
Evans Grange Hall
David Wilson
Cordelia Wilson
Corwin Wilson
Fannie S. Griffith
Charles Merritt
Henry K. Smith
Thomas Canby
England
Oliver Wilson
George Wilson
Seattle
Roy Mills
Peoria
Edna
Boston
Plymouth Rock
Old South Church
Margaret M. Merritt
Bright
Amos B. Wilson
Association
Pennsylvania
Mary Oliver
Rodonshire
Wales
Rebecca
Samuel Wilson
David
Margaret Mitchell
Amos Wilson
Amos
Hannah Brown
Anna Morris
Pacific Coast
Old Homestead
Reunion
Margaret
Henry Lk. Smith
Prohibition Ticket Filed In County Officer Nominations
There is a third ticket in the field for county officers with the following nominations County Judge John Swaney County Clerk Harvey Lorens County Treasurer W G Griffith Sheriff Oliver M Mills. TO RENT Texas rice farm own pumping plant Lands for sale. Fort Fort Minonk Ill 8 30 2w.
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Prohibition
John Swaney
Harvey Lorens
W. G. Griffith
Oliver M. Mills
Texas Rice Farm
Fort & Fort
Minonk, Ill
Local residents visit and school year begins
Florid, Mrs. Isaac Henderson and daughter visit from Kansas. Adeline Smith returns from Iowa to visit daughter. Miss Maggie Bartlett from Granville visits Blanche and Lela Allen. Teacher T. M. Kennedy arrives. school resumes Sept. 3. Katie Hawthorne leaves for Henry to attend school. Several families travel, visits end, and new school term opens with principals McNeal James and Margaret Cantryman.
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Florid
Isaac Henderson
Kansas
Adeline Smith
Iowa
Anthony Lehman
Maggie Bartlett
Granville
Blanche
Lela Allen
T. M. Kennedy
Katie Hawthorne
Mary Allen
Henry
Lash
Katie
Cleo Chance
Esther Albert
Kate Chandler
Ella Danley
Necatur
Sarah Cassell
Cora Deininger
Brother Amos
Kelwanee
Iona Odekirk
Albert
Chandler
Danley
Harvey Allen’s
E. B. Mills
Louis McNabb
Princeton
F. E. Kerns
Reading
Mr. Kerns
Ben Hoyle
H. B. King’s
Hubert Beck
Ethel McNabb
Valparaiso
Ind
New Salem Village and Lincoln’s Rise Preserved
The frontier hamlet of New Salem near Sangamon River, ten years old at most, faded after Lincoln’s six formative years from 22 to 28. Now Hearst funds preservation of the site for public dedication, honoring Lincoln’s early career and its historical footprint.
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Sangamon River
Springfield
New Salem
Abraham Lincoln
William Randolph Hearst
Hearst Gifts Salem Hill to Old Salem Hau Tauqua
Mr Hearst bought the land where New Salem stood and presented it to the Old Salem hau tauqua association. Its grounds lie across the river half a mile away. The gesture is commendable and Salem hill may be considered sacred ground.
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Hearst
New Salem
Old Salem
Making a New State: Oklahoma Deliberations and Steps
The article outlines the process for admitting Oklahoma as a state. It describes dividing Indian Territory and Oklahoma into fifty five districts, electing delegates by gubernatorial proclamation, forming a state constitution with religious freedom and anti polygamy clauses, submitting it for ratification, and the president proclaiming statehood within twenty days if the enabling act is followed.
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Indian Territory
Oklahoma
United States
Territories
Congress
Change in One Cent Piece Designs Considered by Government Committee
A congressional committee studies changing the one cent design adopted in 1864 and explores using pure nickel or aluminum to replace the current 95 percent copper 5 percent zinc alloy. Experts say historic cent designs show artistic decline, tracing numerous dies and evolving Liberty portraits from 1793 onward.
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United States
Mint
Liberty
Pattern cents and striking medicinal ad fragments
The text notes many pattern cent designs varied in metals while not adopted by Congress. It mentions 200 pattern cents among 819 regular issues and lists metals used. It also includes a Bucklen Arnica Salve cure claim with a Phillipsburg, Kansas quote and an ad for envelopes.
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Magnolia Bank
Robert G. Dakin, M. D
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J. M. Downey
Massie
W. H. Weathers
Chicago Veterinary College
Lash Place
Ramage House
Magnolia Central
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James S. Phillips
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Congressional Committee
Sam Kendall
Phillipsburg
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J. BE. & F. A. Powells City
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