Magnolia area notes and upcoming events
Magnolia residents share social updates including Mrs Tracey Skelton hosting her mother Mrs Byram of Abington and Vera Borgstede's illness under medical care. Ed Curtis of Ogden visits sister Elizabeth as Spencer relatives arrive for a funeral, plus local club changes and cider mill runs. Entertainment by Clarence Oland planned, and teachers Miss Peters and Miss Stanton visit homes. George Baker returns, Morphews host a ninth birthday party, and Mrs Golden and Miss Davidson travel to La Junta for a winter visit.
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Tracey Skelton
Byram
Abington
Vera Borgstede
Ed Curtis
Ogden
Utah
Elizabeth
Spencer
Mary Sibbley
Dakota
Henry Ditman
Ladies’ Aid Society
Haws
Mabel Frye
Schneider
Peoria
Eva Sweet
Henry
Charles Baker
Magnolia
George Baker
Chicago
G. A. Morphews
Robert
Wallace Ward
John Sammons
Harry Hiatt
George Golden
Bessie Davidson
la Junta
Col
Zoma Spring Pettit
Manchester
George Spring
Phillips
Nelson
Harry Dugan
M. Dugap
George F. Bell
Ottawa
Mary Lusher
Gridley
W. W. Evans
John Annson
Pontiac
Woolsencraft
L. Y. Dugan
Utica
J. M. Hannum
Lewis Henning Fromerly
Mendota
H. C. McKenzie
Springfield
Henning
Maud Ball Stephens
Bessie Emery
James Davey
Bessie
Rowson
King's Heralds
Hollis
Lois Schoeneshoefer
Elizabeth Flannigan
Lawrence Cusick
H. A. O’kelley
Helen Sennett
John Cox
Cusick
Mary Flannigan
Court Street
Frank Cusick
Cornell
Mrs. Cusick
Ditman Rites and Local Tragedy Highlight Magnolia News
obituary for Henry S Ditman notes his birth on July 8 1888 near Magnolia Til and long hours as a farmer with Masonic ties and a large family. Also reported is the death of 8 year old Erma Heckman from a threshing accident blamed on deliberate iron placement, stirring community outrage and investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvester Heckman
Leggerman
Amboy
Erma
Government University Proposal For World Peace
Philander C. Claxton United States commissioner of education suggested establishing a government university in Washington to be funded at ten million dollars yearly. It would educate youths from around the world in right and brotherly love, presented at Oakland California during the American School Peace League luncheon.
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Washington
Philander C. Claxton
United States
Magnolia Grange Fair Draws Local Guests and Events
Local notices reveal visits from Mrs. W G Griffith, Miss Kathryn, and many others to Streator and nearby towns. Attendees talk of weddings, fairs, and school duties while Magnolia Grange announces its September 28 kickoff with foot and mouth disease preventing livestock.
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Quaker Lane
Jess
W. G. Griffith
Kathryn
F. E. Smith
Hazel Boman
Genry
Olive Willey
Hennepin
J. J. Tomlinson
Alice
Henry
Enida Griffith
Emma Mills
Lostant
Barton
Russell Tomlinson
Bangs-Ryan
Louis Lassmann
Charles Lassmann
Kansas
Irma Bumgarner
Wenona
Ruth Mills
Geriiule French
Galesburg
Knox College
Meta Lassman
Eva Winterscheidt
Ruth Pricer
Ruth Bumgarner
W. L. Mills
Karene Spalding
Abel Mills
Alex McKirgan
John
Magnolia Grangers
T. J. Smith
Laura Smith
Alice Tomlinson
Ottawa
Turner Mills
Wilbur
Harold Sutherland
Alfred
Ralph Wilson
Gilbert Willey
Kathryn Griffith
Violet
Esther Boyle
Springfield
Lawrence Ryan
Venona
Emma F. Cornell
Magnolia Grange
Helen Smith
Sterlington
Decatur
Mary Gregg
Leland Griffith
Dr Finlay’s Mosauric Fever Theory Pioneer Passes Away
Dr. Giharles J. Finlay, who proposed the mosauric theory of yellow fever, has died. He developed the idea in 1881, with full scientific recognition coming about 30 years later. A native of Cuba he studied in France and at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, and joined many scientific societies while serving in public health.
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Giharles J. Finlay
Cuba
France
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement by Dean's Kidney Pills Ad
A vintage advertorial notes Dean's Kidney Pills aiding weak kidneys. Mr. L Carrier, boat builder, River Street Henry, cites backache, loins pain, and unusual kidney secretions prior to treatment. He recovers, testifying in 1915 of continued faith in the remedy for kidney complaints caused by cold. Price 50c at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
L. Carrier
River St
Henry
Doan
Carrier
Lostant Local Social News and Wedding Report
Lostant notes show Mrs Henry Walgenbach visiting Peru friends, weddings for Miss Marjory Bangs and Amos Ryan, and many local visits. Elated couples Elizabeth Flannigan and Lawrence Cusick wed at H A Okelley rectory with reception and brief honeymoon after ceremonies.
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George Spring
Max Whitney
C. A. Whitney
Varna
J. W. Lee
Verona
J. A. Whitney
W. W. Hamond
Tonica
H. A
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy Praised by Montpelier Reader
“I have tried most all of the cough cures and find that there is none that equals Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It has never failed to give me prompt relief,” writes W. V. Har ner, Montpelier, Ind. When you have a cold give this remedy a trial and see for yourself what a splendid medicine it is. Obtainable every where.
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Chamberlain
W. V. Harner
Montpelier
Ind
Advt
Trustee Hopkins Oversee Wenona Bank Liquidation
The Wenona bank of Jerome Howe, closed last spring, is under Trustee T J Hopkins. He reports favorable progress for creditors, with contracts on nearly all Howe farm land in Evans and Osage townships and other estate sales in progress. Hopkins aims to dispose remaining assets in months to boost dividends while tied to realized values. Thomas Stevenson of London Mills recalls being the first to plow at P O shops Canton in 1842 and notes changes on a revisit.
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Wenona Bank
Jerome Howe
T. J. Hopkins
Mr. Hopkins
Howe
Evans
Osage
Hopkins
Indiana
Skinner
East Wenona
A. Nadler
Wenona Index
Thomas Stevenson
London Mills
Canton
Stevenson
Benjamin Lundy Monument Unveiling at Lowell Ill 1915
Grandson H W Wierman delivers biographical sketch of Benjamin Lundy at the Lundy monument ceremony in Lowell Illinois. Born 1789 in New Jersey to Quaker stock, Lundy became an abolitionist editor and organizer. He fought slavery through publishing and organizing, endured hardship, and traveled by land and river to promote emancipation and settle freedmen, ending his life in Lowell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Wierman
Lowell, Ill
Wendell Phillips
William Lloyd Garrison
Ralph Waldy Emerson
Logojoys
Benjamin Lundy
Magnolia
Lowell
Tonica
Sussex County
New Jersey
Religious Society of Friends
Lundys
New World
Friends Meeting
Wheeling
Ohio River
Mt. Pleasant
St. Clairville
Ohio
Mississippi
St. Louis
Stuebbenville
Stuebenville
Nashville
Lundy
Baltimore
Hayti
Boston
Lloyd Garrison
Garrison
New England
Washington
Texas
Illinois
Vermilion
Slear Creek
Graft Charge Against Navy Clerk Sparks Pay Check Critique
A navy department clerk is under arrest on a graft charge of receiving something for nothing. The report suggests that many public officials could face arrest each time they accept their pay.
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Navy Department
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Whitefield
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McKillip Veterinary College of Chicago
DR. R. 8. Bayne
W. W. Dewey & Son
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John Hartley, Jr
J. A. Swem
Henry, Lll
Hisis Smith
Main Street
B. A. Hall
Henry, III
Edward Street
C. D. Maylfair
M. D
Granville, Ill
Fred W. Potter
Henry BE. Jacobs
Henry, Ill
H. W. Adams
F. H. Hunt
Delco
Cadillac Auto Go
Main St
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Magnolia Department
Henry S. Ditman
George W
Mary
Ditman
Til
Amanda Moore
Zebley
North Dakota
Hattie Hiltabrand
George
W. Ditman
J Tv Bliss
Toulon
Masonic Lodge
Ironmonger
Wenona Bank Affairs
A. J
Ranmenger
Albert Pletch
Mcnabb
McNabb Central 183
George J. Borgstede
Magnolia, Ill
Jones National School of Auctioneering