New Romance of the Storm Country on a canal boat
Tony Devon being mentored by a Salvation Army helper meets Uriah Devon on a canal boat in Ithaca New York. A brutal father and a frightened mother drive Tony toward honesty and vows while a portrait of Doctor Pendlichaven ties to a hidden family past.
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Bat Devon
Ithaca
Salvation Army
Tennibel
John
Paul Pendler
Doctor Paul
Joshag
Paul
Tony
Devon Conscious
Edith
Jesus
Devon
Uriah Devon
Mrs. Devon
Edie
Diamond Dyes Promise Easy Fadeless Color for Any Fabric
Each package of Diamond Dyes contains simple directions so a woman can diamond-dye worn garments and home textiles in rich color. Buy Diamond Dyes for guaranteed results even with no prior dyeing experience. Druggist has color card.
Former Professor Visits Brother at Prairie City
Professor John P. Drake of Emporia Kansas, head of the physics department at State Normal, visited his brother Dr A Ix Drake of Prairie City last Thursday. Drake previously led chemistry and physics at Western Illinois Normal in Macomb and is well known in Illinois education circles.
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Enterprise
John P. Drake
Emporia
Kansas
A. Ix. Drake
Prairie City
Drake
State Normal
Chicago
Western Illinois Normal
Macomb
Illinois
Annual Farmers Institute and Household Science Meetings
McDonough County hosts the annual Farmers Institute and Household Science Meetings on December 8 to 10, 1920. Sessions in the court room start at 10 a.m. and Household Science convenes at 1:30 p.m. in the Union National Bank reception room. Noted speakers include G C Johnstone, J Mies, J B Burrows, Prof W L Burlison, and W P Flint. Exhibits feature corn shows with premiums tied to township donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Institute
Dee
Union National Bank
G. C. Johnstone
Bloomington
John Mies
Livingston County
J. B. Burrows
W. L. Burlison
State University
W. P. Flint
Een Eyndlass
County Corn Show Entry Window Encouraged
The notice invites participants to bring their corn for the County Corn Show on Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday before 10 o clock. Any premium earned will be credited to the exhibitor.
Platform manager known here dies after illness
The platform manager known to McDonough county as a frequent Chautauqua speaker, James Sunny Jim Scofield, dies in Manito after ureaic poisoning. Born November 9 1871 in Connerville Indiana he served in the Y M C A and lectured across the country and Europe. Survived by his mother Mrs Allan Scofield of Akron Ohio his wife three brothers and two sisters.
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McDonough County
Chautauqua
Peoria
Ill
James
Sunny Jim) Scofield
Seofield
Mr. Scofield
Connerville
Ind
Bloomington
Wesleyan College
Bloomington Y. M. C. A
State Y. M. C. A
Arknsas
Jessie Green Campbell
Scofield
International Y. M.C. A
Europe
Central Christian Church
Allan Scofield
Akron
Thad
Chicago
Lee
Denver
Arthur
New York
DcConnaughy
Condon
Sophomore Party at Lombard College Gym
The Lombard college sophomore class hosted a refined party Saturday in the school gymnasium. Fatty Turner Percy Yard and Eugene Munson were among attendees as a bubbling fountain lanterns and booths created an elegant setting redolent of a celebrated event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lombard College
Fatty’’ Turner
Percy Yard
Eugene Munson
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Giris
Reginald Brown
Uriah
Beeret
Pendichaven
Pendlichavens
Mra. Curtis
Katherine Reginald Brown
Katherine
Philip MacCauley
Ounibel
Mother
Adny
Iwan
Deter
Endlehaven
John Waven
Pendlehavens
Tonnthel
Tomorgan
John Mion
Tonni
Macomb and
National Bank
Christmas Savings Club
Era Square
McDonough County Farmers Institute & Household Science Meeting
Swany Jim’’ Scofield
Manito, Ill
Middle West
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Michigan Ave
Stanner
Ada
Tel Nois
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