Local notices from Magnolia and surrounding towns
The Putnam County Republican lists local election tickets with Henry OC Mills for County Judge Henry Fe Eddingfield for County Clerk E. E. Wonser for Treasurer and Jasper Cecil for Sheriff along with George W. Hunt for Superintendent of Schools. Short social notes mention visits and travels of Simmons Oscar Hiatt Toluca Perle Magnolia C H Penchard Parsons Kane Dr O Taylor Granville Vera Harris S E Lundy Venona Gertrude Riddell Carthage Rev Bell J H McKirgan John Victoria A Hecht Chester Chillicothe George Griffin Wenona Isaacc VanHorne Mildred Leitschuh Mt Palatine Hillabrand Clara Leitshuh and town board discussions on cement walks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Oc, Mills
Henry FE. Eddingfield
E. E. Wonser
Jasper Cecil
George W. Hunt
Magnolia News Roundup Highlights Local Progress and People
John H. Brena shows improvement and hopes to be up town soon. Miss Schafer hosts her father from near Rutland after a visit to Spencer's. Families visit Peoria via C. A. excursion. Ora Brown plans Chicago stenography work. Magnolia churches skip Sunday services due to Rev. Bell at conference in Abingdon. Concrete walks delayed then rushed. town set to rival other small cities in paving. Lecture course closes season with over $800 handled and nearly $100 balance. next year tickets on sale. Dr. Weathers expands veterinary practice with new barn and hospital quarters. moving Hugh Chesnut farm house for modern improvements. Sawmill produces white pine lumber from Cyril Haws timber. hidden iron slugs found in burr oak log.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Brena
Peoria
Ora Brown
Venona
Chicago
Magnolia Church
Bell
Abingdon
Magnolia
Weathers
Hugh Chesnut
Cyril Haws
McNabb
Wm. McKenzie
Ben Graves
O. M. Kelley
C. C. Woodrow
Utica
Fred Perdew
Bud Kays
John Fitzgerald
Dick Ashley
Tom Flanagan
Slayton Lyceum season and local town notes
Entertainment slate includes Pitt Parker Reno Welbourn the Wizard of Electricity The Hungarian Orchestra and other acts to be announced later The Ladd Granville baseball game drew almost 1000 spectators with a mixed outcome and notable errors in a spirited rivalry Juror lists for October term and local notices follow including visits and business moves around Granville Lostant and nearby communities with community events and a note on spelling reform influenced by Roosevelt.
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Slayton Lyceum Bureau
Pitt Parker
Reno B. Welbourn
Wizard of Electricity
Hungarian Orchestra
Ladd
Granville
Gams
Edwards
Conway
Hughes
Eustice
L. Gravetta
D. Gravetta
Grantfield
Parker
Winters
Sanders
Fitz
Watson
Wall
Yokes
Mike Huletta
Johnston
Walburn
Walbum
Mehan
Utica
Gold standard and tariff praised as enduring policy
Illinois Republican rallying speech praises McKinley era policies. Senator Berry extols the gold standard and the Dingley tariff as stabilizing currency and employment, arguing the combination should not be broken. He warns against experiments with tariff policy while endorsing preservation of the gold base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Berry
McKinley
One of Field's Jokes Remembered in Wisconsin Prank
The death of Carl Schurz recalls a Field prank during the Cleveland Blaine campaign. Field, Chicago Record staff, accompanied Schurz to a Wisconsin town where they found a late arrival and no host. Field pretended to introduce Mr Field, fooling the audience until Schurz revealed the joke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Field
Carl Schurz
Eugene Field
Schurz
Cleveland
Wisconsin
Democratic Committee
Chicago Record
Brother Schurz
Jas Schurz
Agent Field
Living is the measure of a man not wealth
The passage argues that living beings alone are real possessions while accumulated wealth brings health loss and social loss. It critiques surplus money as harmful to unworthy owners, noting ostentation in the first generation, idleness in the second, and eventual degeneration in the third.
Equal rights to all and special privileges to none
The speaker argues that government must protect equal rights for every man and reject privileges for any class or group. He warns against legislation that hinders business or grants special favors, urging a return to first principles and broad liberty to sustain the nation and its people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Bryan
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Bloomington
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John Hughes
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St. Louis
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Los Angeles
Cal
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W. Zebley
North Dakota
Executive Department
Washington
Spelling Reform Board
Chicago Daily Chronicle
Chronicle
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Mfcar
New York
R. W. Spencer
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Chicago Veterinary College
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