Rotary M Cummings plans four day La Salle county meeting
La Salle driving park prepares a fall program with trotting pacing running events a bicycle competitions by local and visiting riders and a Shiltoils drill. The four day festival promises novelty with a grand band concert and champion riders and shooters. Sept 7 to 23 rail excursion rates apply.
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Vogelsang Bros
Central’ Union
Telephone, Co
Chas Hadburn
Geo Green
Thos Bailey
Bert. McWilliams
Charley
George
United States Mint
the Friends
Clear
Creek
Soldier Boys
Robin B. Fort
Auditorium
Chicago
Fort Sheridan
Fort
University of Illinois
Rotary M. Cummings
la Balle’ Driving Park Association
la Salle
la Salle Co
Shiltoils
Illinois
A.J. Nicolet
Iowa
Zonaves
Magnolia Grange Fair Notes Sept 21 23 1808
Magnolia Grange Fair runs Sept 21 22 23 1808 with Bruner of Peru showcasing a gasoline engine to pump water. Neustadt of Peru offers $1 for largest Pie Pumpkin. Magnolia Brass Band performs all day both days. Breeders and exhibitors from Magnolia and Washington plan displays including corn art by Miss Bothwell and seedling peaches. Brig ham weight 300 pounds will speak Friday.
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Bruner
Peru
Neustadt
Magnolia Brass Band
Fred Wolf
Magnolia Township
Harvey Morris
Heys
Washington
Brigham
Grange Fair
Floral Hall
Caledonia
Thos Hailey
Ox Bow
Opening and oysters greet September's changing mood
The piece muses on September arriving with its usual mix of anticipation and indifference. It recalls past summers, school days, babies and stairs worn by time, and notes how people vow to pursue better things before slipping back into familiar routines.
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Flydesdale
Mary
Johnny
Frank
Jennie
Henryt
Poultry Association Meeting Invites Members Tonight
Members of the Illinois Valley Poultry Association and others interested in a poultry show are invited to a meeting with the LV. P. A. at City Hall on Thursday September 29 at 2 p.m. R. F. Burt secretary N. J. Youna president
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Illinois Valley Poultry Association
Henry
LV. P
City Hall
R. F. Burt
N. J. Youna
Errors in list and premiums for 1898 fair
The note corrects several OCR errors and clarifies premiums offered by Augustine Co and James A McNans for the Normal LiLj nursery stock display. It mentions a $4 pair of pants misread as a pie pumpkin and lists prizes including 25 dollars in nursery stock and 10 Saddish Pear Trees and 10 Moss Roses. An address by Col J H Brigham is noted for Friday Sept 23 with Magnolia band music.
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K. M. Neustadt
Golden Eagle Clothing House
la Salle
Augustine & Co
LiLj
J. H. Brigham
Magnolia Band
James A. McNans
Obituary record for Jessie Marian Cree and Jennie M Smith
Obituary notices report Jessie Marian Cree died August 25 1898 after a lifelong illness in Phoenix Arizona with funeral at 4 pm and interment planned in Denver. Jennie M Smith died September 12 1898 at her sister’s home near Magnolia Illinois aged 36 and prayers follow in a Congregational Church setting. Card of thanks from Richard Smith and families Jacob Curtis family and James A Lambert family.
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Jessie Marian Cree
Chaptain
G.t.cree
Colorado
Grant
Sherman
Arizona
Denver
Phoenix
North Fourth Street
Churchill
Miss Cree
Susan (Weston) Cree
D. EB. Weston
Henry
Jennie M. Smith
Jacob Curtis
Magnolia
Belmonton
Ohio
Illinois
Congregational Church
Christian Endeavor Society
Richard Smith
James A. Lambert
Jacos
Curtis
Woman cured of rheumatism by Pink Pills for Pale People
Mrs. James Arthur of Spokane recounts excruciating rheumatic agony from 1895 to 1896. She credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, purchased at Spokane Drug Co., with easing pain, restoring strength, and ending months of suffering. She notes renewed vigor and that friends are using the pills on her recommendation.
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James Arthur
Augusta Avenue
Spokane
Wash
San Francisco
Dr. Williams
Spokane Drug Company
Sprague Mia Howard
Will Jiang
Sunset Poem by Willoughby Reveals Saintly Grove Vision
A long, reflective poem by A P Willoughby recounts a midsummer sunset scene from a Bureau county home. The piece describes a lawn, grove, and hillside in luminous detail, ending with praise to God and Christ. The introduction notes Willoughby’s long life, travels, and shift to poetry after age seventy.
Christian Endeavor Convention at Lacon to Open Friday
The sixth annual Marshall County Christian Endeavor Union convention will meet at the Congregational church in Lacon on Friday and Saturday September 30 and October 1. The program includes prayers, addresses by Rev L K Long and Prof A E Turner, Bible study, junior rally, and closing consecration, with sessions led by J W Grieves Lula Worth and others.
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Christian Endeavor Convention
Marshall County Christian Endeavor Union
Congregational
Lacon
J W Grieves
Beace
Lula Worth
Chilcothe
L K Long
Geo Thomas
Toluga
la Porte
Peoria
W A Potts
Pekin
A E Turner
Lincoln Universality
Kline
Henry
L Peter
Paulme
A. B Cooper
Venons
Tenth Legion
Mire
Meorta
OA Strathman
Metamore
Apternoon
Pauline Miller
Fg Fc
Mizpah Church Choir Roles Mentioned in Fragment
Fragmentary text lists names associated with Mizpah including President Annette M Becher and choristers J W Grieves and Licon. The passage lacks context and broader details about event or organization.
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Mizpah
Annette M Becher
We- Rona
J W Grieves
Licon
Golden Wedding Celebration in Riverside Nods to Diamond Hopes
Mr and Mrs William Bell marked their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a large Riverside gathering August 30. Rev B Edmington presided, guests offered gold coins, and a 25 year return is anticipated. A lingering moon and lantern light framed the modest ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside Daily Preas
William Bell
B. Edmington
Stuare
Lall
Gobb Rascal
Bell
Heroes of the Battle of Santiago Pack Train
A letter from July 23 reports pack train No 3 heroes at Santiago de Cuba supplying ammunition and rations under cholera and diarrhoea pressure. The writer credits Chamberlains Golo Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with saving lives and enabling frontline support.
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Santiago de Cuba
Butler
Santiago
Ondas
Werall
Chamberlain
Golo
Tampa
Chamberlain’s Medicine Co
Eg Moines, Iowa
Powell
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Beary
Rursday
Mortuary Record
Magnolia Grange Fair Notes
Magnolia Grange
Paotnam
Marshall
LaSalle
Jessie Coree
Republican
The
Spokesman-Review
Spokane, Wash
Whitefield
Hunt
Willoughby
Brreau Gonay
Lavon
Brereton
New York City
New York
Bureau County
Ill
Presant
Draar
Christ
A. P. Willoughby
Spain
Europe
Palmer. Cox
Inter Ocean
Chicago, IL
Mrs. Wm
Hell
J. B
FA. Powell
Putnam County
Anna
Swanson
Frank O Swanson
Stephen Harrison
Alida O Hopkins
Nicholas Weber
John Weber
Hennepin
Alvinn
Adam Wagner
Wil Noras
Lg Sen
Alfred Monroe
Samuel Butchi
Blouk
Irven
William
Morgan
RH Harrison
Ellen H Ware
Seo
Eorge M Cunningham
Orange Avrills
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