Local business change in Manito district marked by sale
W H Leslie has sold his drug business to Ehrlicher Bros of Pekin after 25 years in Manito. Leslie, who arrived from Ithaca in 1877, built the current drug store thirteen years ago and is now selling his 2 story home opposite the M E Church. Other notes include electric lighting by E G Pollard, St Louis well inquiry by Her Chemical Co, and local obituaries and social events.
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W. H. Leslie
Ehrlicher Bros
Pekin
Mr. Leslie
Ithaca
New York
Dr. Walker
Schoneman
John Whiteford
Her Chemical Co
St. Lois
W. Lloyd Beebe
Manito
Dickie L. Hilling
Thomas Hill
Mr. Hill
England
America
Ben O.scott
C. P
St. L
Manito Cigar Maker Hires Help As Demand Rises
The Enterprise reports Manito’s new hand made cigar proves popular and forces the maker to hire assistants to meet orders. The town awaits a strong ice harvest at the pond southwest of town. Rev and Mrs A R McLaughlin announce the birth of Venard Saylor in Bloomington last week.
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Manitos
A. R. McLaughlin
Venard Saylor
Bloomington
Prospect of Oil Near Manita Draws Attention in 1922
Interest grows over the peatland north of Manita regarding potential oil deposits. Fred Wiedmer represents the Weid company in exploring the site and evaluating prospects.
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Manita
Fred Wiedmer
The
Weid
Couple Mable Waldmeier and Ernest Remmer wed in De Lend
Our town reports a Dec 11 marriage at the Christian parsonage in De Lend between Mable Waldmeier and Ernest Remmer. Mrs. John Proehl and son Louis return from a Missouri pleasure trip. Mrs. Fannie Spaits Merwin attends the Illinois Teachers’ Association meeting in Springfield. Henry Rabe of Forest City badly sprained his arm cranking a car yesterday.
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Mable Waldmeier
Ernest Remmer
de Lend
John Proehl
Louis
Missouri
Fannie Spaits Merwin
Springfield
Henry Rabe
Forest City
City Defense Committee Appointed by Mayor Palmer
On January 1 1942 at federal request Mayor Frank Palmer named defense committee members Charles Johnson Henry Kreiling and Frank Rankin to coordinate local civil defense efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Palmer
Charles Johnson
Henry Kreiling
Frank Rankin
Miss Shirley Bradley and Grover Gumbel Wed at Immaculate Conception
After a Christmas Day worship service at Immaculate Conception church, Shirley Bradley and Grover Gumbel were married in a ceremony. Mrs. Elmer Neikirk sprained her ankle on Christmas Eve. Jean Zimmerman, granddaughter of Mrs. J E Corbett, announced her marriage to Kenneth Voorhees, residents of Oakland California.
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Immaculate Conception
Shirley Bradley
Grover Gumbel
Elmer Neikirk
J. E. Corbett
Jean Zimmerman
Kenneth Voorhees
Oakland
Calif
Christmas Guests Fill Topeka And Nearby Homes
Mrs Veda Strube leads Christmas guest lists across Topeka and nearby towns. Families including Koke Armbrust Deverman and Strube households host relatives from Camp Breckenridge Scott Field Pekin Havana and Bloomington with visits in Peoria Pekin and Chicago. Marvin Strube plays in the Walther League Basket Ball Tournament in Peoria.
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Glenn Strube
Mary Osing
Ed Lane
Peoria
Wendell E. Koke
Camp Breckenridge Kentucky
Esther Armbrust
Forest City
Fred Kipp
Havana
Elmer Koke
Carolena
Marvel Lee
Strube
Bloomington
Pfc
Glenn Limback
Scott Field
Marvin Strube
Macomb
Sunday Guests Of Mr and Mrs Raymond Mowder
Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Raymond Mowder and children of Creve Coeur were noted in the local social column as visiting the household.
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Herman Strube
Raymond Mowder
Creve Cover
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Alemory’s
NBC
Allis Chalmers Sales and Service
Bernshausen Implement CO
Illinois
Manito, Illinois
Topeka
Mrs. Veda Strube
Henry Wendt
Floyd LeSourd
Linda Rose
Everett Kroell
Chicago
Franklin Armbrust
Henry Strube
Marvin
Marian Kleier
Walter Kleier
Pekin Hospital
Sandy Schulte
Harold Deverman
Wendell Koke
Camp Breckinridge
Kentucky
Middle States
Ster MO
Central Illinois Light Co
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