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Newspaper
Toluca Star Herald
Location
Toluca, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1920
Page
2
The Toluca Star-Herald dated July 23 1920 notes its weekly publication by George W Bonham with second class mail status and entry January 27 1912 at the Port of Toledo Illinois.
Smoke Micelle cigars 10 and 1be. Trene Jensen visits Streator Illinois State Fair in Springfield August 2028. Thos W Ward of Streator meets Toluca business visitors last Thursday. Leta Carroll and Anna Vargo in Peoria Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. John Johnson and family shopped in Peoria last Thursday. O A Scherer of Granville visited Toluca Thursday and Friday. A D Lurie owns a new Oakland bought from focal dealer. Edith Underwood of Bloomington visits at Bjork home near Magnolia. Grud Liston vacationing in Toluca with home folks returns to Toluca. Mamie morning.
rilcGhrey returned to Chicago from Toluca with her mother last Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Dunlap and family of west of Magnolia spent last Thursday in Princeton Ill for a big celebration. Mr and Mrs. Pearley Stivers and son Russell with Mr. and Mrs. Alex Kennedy and a Toluca baby and Mrs. Benj Foster of Wenona drove to Deer Creek last Sunday to spend the day with relatives Mr. and Mrs. Albert Foster.
Mrs Elsie Ridge visits Toluca while D M Straton reports Laurence and family thriving in Kansas. Miss Cecelia Castelli visits with Mary Ferrari. several locals plan Chicago work trips and outings. A Springfield student count rises, a confidence man swindles banks, and Kewanee honors centenarian Sophrona Pettit at a Rotary dinner.
Mrs. V. M. Katz of Pittsburg Pa praises Foley's Honey and Tar for her grandson and for her children, saying it helped during colds and that the product deserves leadership across generations, as presented by Foster Drug Co.
A collection of culinary instructions includes cherry preserve method with raisins and citrus, a cream dressing for fruit salads with butter and cornstarch, an orange lemon juice mix for another dressing, vanilla and ginger ice creams with detailed steps, and brown bread ice cream from Boston.
Atley Stock, a farmer near Stockton, was fatally injured when a cow upset his automobile and trapped him beneath it. In Chicago, plans to make the National Guard “a young man’s club” with state support are being developed by a governor-appointed commission. Ross Cooper of Grand Detour found a 386 grain freshwater pearl and sold it for 850 dollars to a Chicago buyer. He has harvested four tons of clamshells sold at 60 dollars, totaling over 1,000 dollars in earnings for a York week.
An advertisement from Foster Drug Co touts Foley Cathartic Tablets as a remedy for biliousness indigestion and constipation. It claims to cleanse the bowels sweeten the stomach and invigorate the liver despite weather or languor.
Marshall Putman Farm Bureau plans a livestock survey to assess numbers and market demands. The program aims for quarterly reports and soil management notes from leaders in 16 townships, with input from farmers to reduce price fluctuations and losses.
The piece mixes rustic banter about a skunk hollow bridge and roadside ads with a sales pitch for Foley's Honey and Tar to ease coughs and hay fever. It notes hay fever season and urges readers to visit Foster’s Drug Co and the Star Herald office for birth card designs.
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