This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Macomb Daily By Stander
Location
Macomb, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1922
Page
2
Rural patrons on seven routes out of the Macomb Post Office contribute to this By-Stander feature. Rural Editor invites more route news and tips by mail or phone to improve the column and share neighboring route updates.
Items report injuries from a horse kick at Holmes hospital as a 7 year old boy, birthday greetings to Mrs. A C Waller, crowds viewing Peondale flowers, and farm scenes with corn planting and strawberry harvest. Also notes about Macomb high school vacations and local residents visiting relatives. A rail clay pit project progresses with a sewerpipe company near completion.
The ad urges squeezing two lemons into three ounces of Orchard White to create a lemon-bleach lotion. It claims the home recipe softens and whitens rough chapped skin without irritation, preferred by famous stage beauties over glycerin and rose water.
D M Roberts administrator of Elizabeth Eaton late of McDonough County Illinois announces a probate hearing July 3 at 10 00 a m before the County Court in Macomb to settle claims against the estate. Creditors must present claims in writing and debtors should pay promptly. Macomb IL May 16 1922 C M Roberts Administrator
Small town news covers whooping cough outbreaks, corn planting, road detours at Tucker corner, mail boxes on isolated routes, livestock losses, hospital operations, family health, strawberry picking, hog shipments, wheat and clover status, a lightning near-miss, breeding records, Memorial Day exercises, school moves, road work, church events, and a community ice cream social with Father’s Day reminders.
Arthur Bugg reports Route 3 maintenance while Claude Rutledge owns a new Ford touring car. Robert Foster shelled corn yesterday and delivered at the Acuty market for 53 cents. Mrs. S. BE. Runkle of Chicago visits her daughter Mrs. Herb Oakman. Road work continues and cultivators outnumber corn planters as fields show good stands.
Elmer Icenogie and Mrs. William Jones wed in Galesburg last Saturday as friends offer congratulations. Reports detail a goat incident injuring a child, John Cullen’s recovery after a buggy accident, and local farm activity with corn planting, chick hatchings nearing 1,000, and strawberry harvests on Route 4.
Nelson and Nila Colchester visit Louis Brown. Miss Jennie Potter visits relatives in Galesburg. Mrs. A. M. Alston in Plymouth. Vera Alston remains for a week with Rial’s wife home from hospital. Mrs. Gleason Butler heads to Colorado with Ruth Lodlees in Denver. Mrs. Ruth Boring and Amey Braiar visit Claude Swigart family. Harriet Potter, Vance family guests from Galesbury. Lora Walters on two week vacation from Phelps hospital. Sunday school hosts ice cream supper June 8 with live music by the Tennessee pigs hand and a raffle drawing at Alston store.
An old Charlestown Gazette snippet touts Freezone as a painless corn remover. It promises quick relief by sulfuric action on hard corns and a soft corn between toes with little or no pain, sold cheaply by druggists.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.