La Prairie Community Notes and Corn Club News
La Prairie and nearby towns record busy week with travel to Peoria Lacon and Sparland. Corn Club leader H T Webber guides members to select a good ear by November 20. James Madison brings best ear. Fire at Leland Monier home prompts community aid and tentative loss assessment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Turnbull
Ruby Martin
Sara Lewis
Peoria
Robert Scoon
Denver
Mary Pringle
Andrew Pringle
Lacon
Howard
Jean Turnbull
Aman
Charles Ilson
Weir
Herb. Wilson
Frank Stewart
Eli Weyeneth
Holly Green
Carrie Pritchard
Alonzo Turk
J. W. Greene
Clifford Marshall
Ralph Greene
Ralph Edward
S. R. Stowell
LaVeta Webber
Horace Crocker
Earl Edminister
F. Allen
Frances
Henry
Forrest Grove
Florence Webber
Glen Malone
Emma Diverbiss
Vera Malone
LaPrairie
Blue Ridge
Chas. van Tassel
Edelstein
Fred
Henry Aman
Mattie Dodd
Brimmer
Henry Robinson
Fred Henderson
Frank Wilson
Robert Pringle
Andrew—Pringle
Lawrence Webber
Speer
Ana Burnett
Hugh King
Proctor Hospital
U. P
Maria Martin
Margaret Burnett
Richard Martin
Ford County
Robert Turnbull
John Scott
Iowa
Mildred Edminister
Chillicothe
Clarence Wood
Oo N. L. Erskine
R. J. Martin
Leland Monier
Peoria Visitors Make Weekend Social Rounds
Miss Ada Driscoll visited in Peoria Saturday. Ross Hanchett and Bruce Stewart with wives from Peoria visited relatives here. Mildred Bean from Whitefield stayed with Mrs. A. W. Shriver. Charles Rees and wife went to Urbana for the annual homecoming and the Illinois Michigan game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Driscoll
Peoria
Ross Hanchett
Bruce Stewart
Irvin Cappertine
Mildred Bean
Whitefield
A. W. Shriver
Charles Rees
Urbana
Local residents share visits and updates in Mason City area
Mrs. Jessie Reichwine returned home after six weeks with her daughter Mrs. N C Stemm and husband. Families and friends visited including Clemens, Gall, Petersons, Zieggle, and Morine. The Ladies Aid planned a bazaar and tied a comforter for church. Preaching announced for Sunday at 2 30 PM amid illness notes and family news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Reichwine
Mason City
N. C. Stemm
S. P. Clemens
Ivan Clemens
Clarence Clemnes
Myron
Spring Valley
George Helmer
Jess Gall
John Immel Petersons
LaSalle
Vera Clemens
Ivan
Will Rudy
John Peterson
Earle Zieggle
Ladies Aid
David Benjamin
Alfred Morine
Shirley
W. G. Henning
Mary Krofft
Mary Mickelson
Wm. Winterscheidt
Hennepin
E. G. Henning
H. E. Allen
Leland
Henning Tuesay
Lauretta Seibert
Berniece Deininger
Goose Dinner Socials Highlight Sparland Folks
ADDITIONAL SPARLAND parties feature Mr. and Mrs. Harry Frisbey entertaining W. E. Frisbey and family at a six o'clock goose dinner Tuesday evening. Mrs. Spoon and sister Mrs. Porter Wood of Lacon visit Chillicothe Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. James Bennett and sister Miss Louise Frisbey join Mrs. J. O. Peintner and daughter Elizabeth to Peoria Tuesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bennett and others dine with Mr. and Mrs. Rollin Blackwell Tuesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Frisbey
W. E. Frisbey
Wm. Spoon
Porter Wood
Lacon
Chillicothe
James Bennett
Louise Frisbey
J. O. Peintner
Elizabeth
Peoria
Walter Bennett
Bert Herridge
Rollin Blackwell
Letterhead Quality and Letter Spacing Discussed
The article notes improved letterhead quality over the last five years yet laments persistence of poorly printed letters. It cites some writers suffering from epistolary haliotosis, humorously phrased as correspondence bad breath, as a remaining issue.
Local notes from LaRose Lacon and nearby towns
Daily life items include Tony Grill's LaRose visit on business and farmers reporting sixty bushels per acre. Social events at Hull school involve a basket social with prizes, remarks from teachers Miss Calhoun and Miss Hoge, and $17 raised. Other posts note farm visits, family travels to Peoria, and minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Grill
LaRose
George Martin
McKeone
Hll
Lacon Sunny
Otis McClary
Farm Bureau
Henry
Joe
Elizabeth Kreuger
Ora Spangler
bLester
Ruth Remely
Jos Remely
Washburn
George Remely
William Ball
Fred Kline
Evar Carlson
Emery Munson
Miss Austin
Varna
Sue
Joe Remley
Dorothy
Ora Foster
Peoria
Charlie Foster
Hull School
Elizabeth Calhoun
Lacon
Violet Hoge
Pattibell
Lacon School
Raymond Laible
Hull
Wm. Blackburn
Strawn
Tax
Miss Florence Trobaugh News At Supper Social
Mary Reinbeck notes Florence Trobaugh at supper with Ruth Van Ostrand. Everett Newman visits his parents with Bert Newman. Mildred Shorts visits aunt Link Van Ostrand and family. Mildred Kelley returns from Peoria. box social proceeds around forty dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid
Mary Reinbeck
Florence ‘Trobaugh
Ruth van Ostrand
Everett Newman
Bert Newman
Mildred Shorts
Link van Ostrand
Clyde Hawksworth
Haywood
Trobaugh
John Carter
Mildred Kelley
Peoria
Ransom Kelley
Ledge Prints Wide Range of School and Church Supplies
Ledge offers printed materials for schools and churches, including ledgers, stationery, and church supplies, highlighting a full range of printed goods for institutional use.
Also Mentioned on This Page
LA Prairie
Tom Burnett
Violet Stoker
Ruth Nash
Dr. Moore
Wyoming
L. E. Root
Hazel Flenner
Webster Greene
Glenn Root
John Davidson
Robert Kelley
E. R. Leigh
John Turnbull
Leland Monier Farm
Joan Turnbull
Board of Supervisors
Harold
Opal Weyeneth
Eugenia
John Hastings
Donald
Wilbur
James Dunbar
Dottie
Lester Leigh
Lois Leigh
James
Margaret Madison
Harry Gallup
Charlie Scoon
Bobbie
William Madison
Frank Allen
Ruth
Ed. Graves
Edward Shimp
L. R. Powell
Chicago
Sparland
Broadmoor
Carrie Weatherly
Grampp & Moline CO
Henry, III
Loverhill Orchards
Tiskilwa
Kentville Road
Greening McIntosh
Jonathan Domaine
Winesap
Ingram
Richland
Saratoga
J. O. Hill Farm and City Real Estate
New Henry National Bank
Wyatt-Demoure CO
S. Adama St
Central National Bank
Henry National Bank
John H. ‘Wagner
Illinois
Ana
Buick
Buick Motor CO
Flint, Mich
Devsion
General Motors Corporation
Bogner Auto CO
Public Service Company OF
Northern
C. A. Onyun
RS. Carre
Hlincis
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