Local Community Beat Notes many Shifts and Visits
A long list of residents and relatives visiting in Sparland and nearby towns includes Miss Bella Rae visiting Joliet, James Mathias traveling to Kansas City for cattle, Mrs. Relief McLaughlin and Verna Harvey visiting Averyville, and Mrs. Herbert Pace visiting her mother in Sparland. Numerous reunions, dinners, and social calls recur among families from Lacon, Ottawa, Peru, Henry, La Salle, and other local points.
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Harry Russell
Iin
Henry
Gue
Allison_Garrett
McCartney
R. M. Barnes
Lacon
William Scoon
la Prairie
Fred Herridge
L. Berry
Galesburg
Ed. Shafer
Donald Hewitt
Springfield
Jesse White
Glenn Wagner
Mrs. Ray
Della Taylor
Lena
Winnie Macon
Jennie Watkins
C. C. Gibbs
Earl Blackwell
Los Angeles
California
George Frank
Charlotte Russell
Delavan
Allen Boyd
Walter Burnett
Rollin Blackwell
Vm. Madison
Alice
Lily McLaughlin
Averyville
W. E. Hill
F. H. Gehr
Anne Evans
Vivian
James Mathias
Charles Martin
la Rose
Harry Tarbill
Iowa
Angi Baughman
Ed. Reed
M. Olson
W. J. Formhals
la Salle
Sparland
Childheathe
B. McCann
Peoria
Esther_Mars
St Francis Hospital
Wm. Babbington
E. T. Moore
Henry Cleveland
Chillicothe
Zétta Gehr
Mellie Johnson
Julius Adkinson
G. E. Moore
D. C. Cross
George Smith
Lake Senachwine
James Burnett
Roll Blackwell's
D. R. Taylor
Della
E. A. Kline
Peomia
J. C. Ohlman
Chester
D. Bolender
Sparland social notes and regional family gatherings
A long list of visits and entertainments spans Sparland and nearby towns. Families including Scoon Schwarz Newhalfen Osborne and Ma con relations mingle at dinners, calls, and trips to DeKalb Peoria and Bloomington. A local playground equipment update, hospital progress, and a large Sunday Bradley Park picnic with many relatives conclude the notes.
Garden County social notes mainly focus on visits and gatherings
Mrs Henry Zellmer visits her sister Mrs Shooster as many families enjoy a Wisconsin camping trip. Peters Greathouse and family dine with Mr and Mrs Nathan Agnes. Nora Meridian and Miss Barth visit from Henry at Peter Wolf home. Pearl Johnston enjoys a Koehler grocery vacation while Dorothy Koehler becomes the new assistant. Various local families attend picnics, dinners, birthdays, and surprise parties across Peotac, Bass Lake, Newark, Leonore, and nearby towns, with travel to South Dakota and Iowa noted. Irene Helgoth’s birthday party ends with a luncheon and gifts.
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Wm. Scoon
Te —O--M. -Mebaugnim
Chillicothe
Alice Scoon
John Schwarz
Fred Newhalfen
Lacon
Velma
Mary
Dorothy
Rose Kapraun
Sparland Grade School
Calvin Coolidge
Mosborne
Proctor Hospital
Wm. Ohlman
Feoria
Billy
Harry
Harriet
Mary Ohl
Bath
Russell
Bliss
Sparland
Edna Riddell
A. J. Riddell
Peoria
John van Antwerp
Marian
Jean
Elizabeth Osborne
DeKalb
DeKalb School of Normal
Edward Moore
Chicago
James Maas
Zetta Gehr
Minnesota
Fred Royce
S. S. South America
Great Lakes
Harold Monker
Fred
Lena
Winnie Macon
Louise Russell
Arizona
Livermore
California
Wim. Aitchison
L. M. Bell
Henry
Chilliicothe
Santa Fe
Colorado
N. B. W. McCartney
Marion
Ohio
May Patterson
Wooster
Fern
Gordon
A. L. McLaughlin
George
J. C. Peintner
Wm. Kenney
Billy Murl Jarman
William Pabble
Alice Evans
Fern Frank Mot
Peter Gresser
Rutland
Peter’ Greathouse
Nathan Agnes
Nora Merdian
Miss Barth
Peter Wolf
Pearl Johnston
Koehler
Dorothy Koehler
Martin Torgenson
Jesse Torgenson
John Seibert
Bass Lake
Fred Greathouse
Paul Frederick
Mary Morris
Newark
Locke
Leonore
Ed. Devereaux
George Grasser
Geraldine
Ralph
Peo- Tiac
Edna
Herman—_Wolf
Fred Goetz
Cecelia
South Dakota
Ed. Wolf
Irene
Elmer
Marie
Iowa
Leo Bogner
John Nader
Local Delights and Visits Round Clarence Raach Area
Oren Johnson is on the sick list again. Elizabeth M. Haynes of Minneapolis visits Mrs. G. M. Clark. Marjone Hogate from Peoria plans a week with Aunt Mary Roach. Earl Johnson seeks Mayo Bros in Rochester for health. John Loomis family hosts Henry visits. Fosdicks and Browns share time across the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
G. M. Clark
John Brown
Lucian Fosdick
Famly
H. H. Brown
Harry Newman
Tiskilwa
Mr. Newman
Margaret Harris
Mackinaw
Eva Millard
John Haas
Leo Schubert
Putnam Community Notes Highlight Local Visits and Events
Local residents visit relatives in Peoria Kersey Colorado Belmont Tyrone and Oklahoma. The Ladies Aid served threshers dinner. A new wrecker purchased in Peoria. Norman Pyles health update at Springfield sanatorium. A marriage occurred at the Methodist parsonage. Circus attendance and Lincoln monument trips noted.
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Ellis
Henry
Charles Wheeler
Stipp
Elmer Steimleat
de Ue
David Ohl
Peoria Sp
Ladies’ Aid
Harold Condit
Anna Daniels
Kersey
Colorado
Anderson
Miss Kiel
P. W. Schlosser
John ‘Wherry
Peoria
Putnam
Witter
William Spratt
Harry Finley
Marshall County
A. Elliott
Page Ellott
John Smith
Tyrone
Okla
John Wherry
Frank Smith
South Whitefield
Clyde Spittler
Pesatum
J. C. Bacon
Stering
Methodist
Clarence Johnson
Jace
Pyles i
L. M. Thompson
M. E. Church
Robert Croll
Springfield
Norman Pyles
Norman
W. W. Anderson
Princeton
F. E. Murphy
Ray Strasnider
Marvin Johnson
Walter Winship
Otto Hassler
Leslie Wheeler
Louis Keegan
Walter
Arthur Shaffer
Lincoln Monument
Raymond
Lloyd Wheeler
Colorado Springs
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Granville Museum Receives Historic Hennepin Flag
The Granville high school museum displays a three by five foot flag made in 1858 by Hennepin women and carried in the Civil War by Joseph B. Albert of Florida. The museum houses about 1500 articles, with 1350 permanent and the rest on indefinite loan in locked glass cases.
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Granville High School
Joseph B. Albert
Viaduct Plans Discussed At Bureau Meeting
A group of federal state and county engineers with Rock Island railroad officials met at Bureau to consider plans for a viaduct spanning the Hennepin canal and the Rock Island railroad at Miller's crossing.
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State of County
Rock Island Railroad
County Roads and Bridge Committee
Bureau
Hennepin Canal
Miller's’ Crossing
Child Falls From Porch Roof While Walking in Sleep
George Hallam six year old son of Mr and Mrs George Hallam of Eureka was seriously injured when he fell from the porch roof while walking in his sleep. He struck his head on the ground and his body hit a concrete walk suffering a fractured cheek bone and bruises. Doctors say condition not serious unless internal injuries develop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
George Hallam
Eureka
Runaway Horses Die After Creek Plunge Near Tonica
Romeyn Ford of Tonica lost a good team in a runaway accident while returning from threshing. The wagon tongue or double trees failed and the team plunged into a creek near Bullock's bridge, dying within minutes after escaping the wagon and driver.
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Romeyn Ford
Tonica
Bullock's Bridge
Boy Bitten by Rat in Harvest Field
Robert Widmer aged 10 son of Mr and Mrs Widmer residing near Low Point was severely bitten in the palm by a rat while playing in the harvest field with other children. Fifteen years earlier his brother died from a rat bite. The rat was killed by a dog immediately after the attack.
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Robert Widmer
William Widmer
Low Point
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