Sparland and Peoria Notes Highlight Busy Local Social Scene
Peoria visits include Mr and Mrs Edward Shafer and Miss Susie Simonson while Miss Louise Russell returns from Denison University in Granville Ohio. Local events cover gatherings at the Baptist church and Scottish Rite Cathedral, birthday parties, a large family reunion in East Peoria, and Sparland High School reports on recent games with Lexington and Toluca.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Shafer
Peoria
L. Osborne
W. L. Osborne
Springfield
Myrtle Hastings
Susie Simonson
Louise Russell
Granville
Denison, University
Charles Sivell
Sivell
W. K. Frisbey
William Frank
Anton’ Trumpeter
Fred True
Whitefield Corners
M. C. Marshall
George Frank
Fern Frank
Ruth McLaughlin
Jesse White
Grant
Louis
Fred Royce
Mabelle Ikins
Eileen Scholz
Arthur Kehlenbach
James Mathias
L. E. Dennis
Margaret Esther
Roseville
Ill
Albaugh
D. T. Watkins
James Burnett
Baptist Church
E. S. Tanquary
E. W. Albaugh
Nellie Tanquary
Scottish Rite
Scottish Rite Dramatic Club of
Margery
Royce
John Schwartz
Charles Kitchell
Charlotte Russell
Bloomington
Charles Dickens
Shrine Temple
Tau Kappa Epsilon
White
J. Inner
Geo. Frank
George Christman, Jr
William Pribble
June Younger
Ethel McLaughlin
Mary Cummings
Carl Cummings
Lyle Duncan
Ambrose Cummings
Albert Cummings
Gordon Cummings
Ollo Cummings
Babe
Lacon
Roland Cummings
Midlothian
East Peoria
Louis -Oetzel
John Gummings
Sew and So Club Christmas Party Report
The Sew and So Club held a Christmas party Tuesday at Mr. and Mrs. James Burnett home. Guests included husbands and all the children. A prettily decorated tree and an exchange of gifts for everyone sparked a pleasant evening with refreshments served.
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Bethel
Bonham
James Burnett
Bridge Club Christmas Party at Nellie Aitchison Home
Miss Nellie Aitchison hosted a bridge club Christmas party at her home on Thursday evening. The event featured a beautifully electric Christmas tree and a high score prize won by Mrs. A. J. Riddell. A gifts exchange followed by a delicious lunch.
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Bridge Club
Nellie Aitchison
A. J. Riddell
J G C Club Christmas Party Held at Mrs Blackwell’s Home
Members of the J G C Club of Steuben enjoyed a Christmas party Thursday afternoon at Mrs Rollen Blackwell’s home. A large attendance enjoyed a Christmas program and tasty refreshments. New members Ed Reed and E S Cooper joined. The next meeting is an all day event with Mrs George Wiley on January 28 1926.
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J. G. C. Club
Steuben
Rollen Blackwell
Mesdames Ed. Reed
E. S. Cooper
George Wiley
High School Lyceum Notes and Classroom Questions
Student column recalls class visits by Dr Hieronymous of the University of Illinois on civic improvements and school training. lyceum attendance, Old Colonial Trio program, upcoming January event. various classroom antics and quiz banter in English and Civics. humorous quip about epidemics and quarantines versus doctor’s bills.
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Hieronymous
University of Illinois
Lyceum
Dennis
Harold
Christmas Greetings and Local Social Notes
Local column recounts visits and events in Florid. Jess Gall, Verna, and Ivan Clemens called at S. P. Clemens home. Pat Donoho and wife with Bessie Heath and H. E. Allen shopped in La Salle. Vera Clemens visited Spring Valley with her brother Clarence. Ford Krofft returned home for winter after summer work. Bessie Heath hosted Peoria friends of the late Bruce Heath Johnson. A poorly attended bazaar blamed on bad weather and road conditions. Alma Peterson Carlson and four South Dakota children surprised her family on a return visit, her first home in six years. Mrs. Jesse Reichmine has recovered enough to visit her daughter and husband after a goiter operation at Park Hospital Mason City Iowa. hope she soon comes home to ease her mother’s loneliness.
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Jess Gall
Verna
Ivan Clemens
S. P
Bruce Heath Johnson
Alma Peterson Carlson
South Dakota
Jessié Reichmine
the Park Hospital
Mason City
Iowa
J. B. Albert
Price List And Confidence Of A Printer In Boston
Joe Ishues presents a chaotic price guide from a Boston convention, listing fixed rates for color letters and print jobs. He boasts about fixed prices, notes various costs for matter like menu cards and booklets, mentions ink and paper surcharges, and ends with a personal pledge to grow a solid business base.
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Boston
Sam
Joe
Living in luxury becomes dream for all
A lighthearted musing questions a future where everyone enjoys luxury and comfort, imagining daily life filled with refined surroundings and ample abundance.
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The passage discusses improvements in mechanical arts alongside a family’s need to adjust to a breadwinner’s higher income. It emphasizes how technological progress and household finances intertwine in daily life and living standards.
Swaney Community News Holiday Notes and Local Sports
Christmas greetings and school events are recorded for Swaney. Highlights include the Farmers Institute at the Swaney school, the Athletic Association play Professor Pepp, basketball wins over Toluca 15 12 and 12 7, and a trip to St Bede s Academy at Peru. New officers and degrees were conferred, with a basket lunch served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Wilson
la Salle
Ira Laws
Swaney High School
E. Smith
Farmers’ Institute
Swaney
the Athletic Association
Pepp
Maurine Rehn
Evelyn Does
Dorothy Koehler
George Bell
Lostant
Florence Givens
Tonuca
Grange
Toluca
Academy
Newman Metzler
Wilbur Hoffman
Towns
Robinson
Burdette Griffith
Arthur Wilson
Ethel Bumgarner
Andy Wolf
Conrad Kessler
Sadie Mills
Illinois waterway bill reshaped to hand control to Chicago district engineers
Changes in the Illinois waterway bill to be presented to Congress would remove a specific Lake Michigan diversion rate, placing flow regulation with U S Army Corps district engineers in Chicago. The aim is to maintain a nine by two hundred foot waterway depth and width, reduce disputes over diversion, and shift maintenance responsibility to the federal government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
William E. Hull
Peoria
Lake Michigan
Ilinois River
Corps of Engineers
United States Army of Chicago
Chief of Engineers
Chicago
Secretary of War
Would
Illinois
Learning Bricklaying After Graduation
A reflection on youths entering trades like bricklaying, noting how society adapts when latecomers miss the shift and how a graduate can begin work swiftly without delay. It contrasts punctual entrants with those who avoid labor, suggesting practical paths after graduation.
Burglars Break Into Elite Drug Store Steal Ham
Burglars broke into the Elite drug store last night and stole about $50 worth of minced ham. The incident is under investigation with no arrests reported yet.
Thin Fer Our Own Good Tells We Never Feel The Same
A fragment notes a paradox about service and trust as a teller speaks self serving words. The line hints at shifting emotions after hearing a tempting offer or truth. The sentiment reflects wary awareness of motives in financial interactions.
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Adlerika Remedy Advertisement Promises Quick Stomach Relief
Simple buckthorn bark magnesium sulph glycerine and other ingredients used in Adlerika claim to alleviate stomach trouble in ten minutes by removing gas. The ad touts releasing old waste matter, easing fullness, and aiding chronic constipation with quick, delightful action from A J Ironmonger, Druggist.
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A. J. Ironmonger
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W .E. Frisbey
Marian Tuthill
Chillicothe
Mrs. Frisbey
Ed. Grill
Monmouth
Tuthill
Vernon Tuthill
Groton
Everett Weir
Sparland High School News
Lexington
Sparland Boys
Sparland-Toluca
Sparland and
Sperland Eee Wan
Hnte
Joe Ishues
U. S
Henry.Telephone Co
Otto's
J. J. Hartley
Christ
E. W. Ludwig
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