Magnolia Area News Notes From McNabb and Surroundings
Local births and visits mark the week with Mr and Mrs Jone C Johnson welcoming Vagnolia departant at McNabb. Relatives from Marseilles, Peoria and Wenona visit, while Luther Sammons heads to Indiana for two weeks. Alonzo Wilson addresses a prohibition party meeting. Prince ton is visited by Peter Peterson and a prize horse may compete at the fair. George and wife plan a house, Perry Griffin runs the home farm next year, and Ames and Haws tour Iowa and Minnesota in a Rambler. Magnolia JO Bliss presides over a Peoria wedding for W J Vilato and Dora M David. County Superintendent Hunt aids in school curriculum expansion to four years. McNabb Lecture Course opens with the American Jubilee Singers at Ziegler’s Hall September 11. Admission details for the lecture series listed.
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Jone C. Johnson
McNabb
Frank Johnson
Marseilles
A. B. Wilson
Jeanette Hitcraft
Ia Peoria
Streator
Ashley Judd
Wenong
Breck
Thomas Haws
Luther A. Sammons
Indiana
Alonzo A. Wilson
Prohibition
F&f
Chile
Peter Peterson
Princeton
George W. Griffith
Wenona
Mr. Griffin
Perry Griffin
Messrs. Ames and
Haws
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Iowa
Minnesota
J. T Bliss
Magnolia
Peo‘Tia
W J .Vilato
Bloomington
Dora M. David
Lyle McCaleb
Lostant
Hunt
Friends Yearly Meeting Seeks Attendees Sept 10
The Friends searly meeting is set for Sunday Sept 10 at 10 am at the Friends meeting house north of town with morning and afternoon sessions. Prominent ministers from distant places, including Henry Wilbur of New York and Elizabeth Lloyd, are expected to speak. A Sabbath school conference will follow Saturday at 3 pm with Elizabeth Lloyd addressing.
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Friends Searly
Friends Meeting House
Henry Wilbur
New York
Elizabeth Lloyd
Elzabeth Lloyd
Magnolia Grange Fair Promises Grand 1905 Exhibit
The Magnolia Grange fair invites Putnam and nearby counties to exhibit in a liberal premium list. It promises an extensive agricultural industrial and educational display. Sept 26 to 29 are the dates with plans for a grand demonstration and broad participation.
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Magnolia Grange
Put- Ram
Board of Management
Kia Fair
Jfour
F. E. Smith
McNabb
Local notes from Henry area include visits and events
Social rounds speak of Clyde and Lawrence Gregory visiting Henry with baby, Mrs Quinn teaching, Mrs Bliss of Magnolia visiting daughter, Charlies Ward home from Chicago, and various relatives in Wisconsin and Dakota. Local sports report both teams winning. school opens with six teachers. Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets praised by J P Klote of Edina and sold by Powell’s City Drug Store in Henry.
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Clyde Gregory
Baby
Lawrence Gregory
Henry
iMrs. Gregory
Jbdith Quinn
J. T. Bliss
Magnolia
F. C. Taylor
Charlies Ward
Chicago
Charles Hogers
Wm. Gound
Cartmell
Deacon Chase
Wisconsin
Hutchinson
Eva Dawson
Lundquest
Otto Hansen
Little Garjori
Bradford
C. Taylor
Virginia
J. P. Klote
Edina
J. B
F. A. Powells City Drug Store
Was God a nice man to give us the stars
Two children sit on a porch after dark and, in quiet contemplation of the stars, one child remarks that God is a nice man who gave them the stars for a night. The other boy objects, saying God should not be called a man and is more of a gentleman.
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Teddy
C.J. Doviin
Mr. Berlin
Topeak
Dadiestes
He. & Breather Sanator
Mon—York
Mitchelief
Gregencor
Burtea
Toutanl
Baanivont
Sertds
Agu 3
Ne QB
Metet
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Local items and notices from Putnam county sources
Mrs. E H Laughlin and son Kenneth returned to Levasy Missouri. Several residents listed as ill or visiting, and Putnam County judges of election named. Magnolia Grange Fair slated Sept 26 29 with plans for big attractions and band music. An Irish section hand death story and a gray market oil scheme mention appear amid assorted community notes.
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Magnolia Grange
Farmers relish good crops and high prices in prosperous era
The letter extols vibrant crops and strong farm earnings, noting good hay yields and average oats with solid prices. It praises farmers utility, stable land values like government bonds, and widespread farming incentives, mentioning grain buyers, education, and improved living methods.
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Sedlatenca da Gadtetag
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