Local items and notices from April 3 1913 village column
Numerous brief notes from Anderson and Peoria area residents. Mentions include returns from Proctor hospital, hospital visits, measles and illness, family updates, shopping trips, school absences due to illness, travel to Missouri and Iowa, and tributes for Emily Lee. Several residents and visitors named with their towns and activities. Obituary note for Emily Lee prepared by Miss Ina Macon. A Baptist church meeting announced for April 11 with local speakers.
Sparland School Notes and Local News 1918
Reports from Sparland reflect lively school activities and community updates. Students join lectures, concerts, and contests while staff observe health challenges amid measles and pneumonia. Emily Lee, a bright pupil, dies at age nine after illness, prompting a heartfelt community tribute.
Blues win March spelling contest for second grade
The second grade spelling contest winner titled Blues is announced and students begin preparing for the April contest. Beans blossoms and fruit blooms appear in the primary room as spring enthusiasm grows. Miss Eula Hoskins misses several days due to neuralgia. Miss Cora Wyckoff and Mrs. Anna Luft visit the primary room, followed by Miss Bernice Hoskins and Miss Lula Kenney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eula Hoskins
Cora Wyckoff
Putnam Consolidated School
Anna Luft
Bernice Hoskins
Lula Kenney
ME Church Notes for Sparland Area Conference
The third quarterly ME church conference is set for April 5 at 2 30 p.m. Ten new members were received at Bethel church last Sunday by Pastor McLeish. Eighteen have joined the charge recently. Sparland reports new hymn books for Epworth League. league begins at 6 30 with preaching at 7 30. The Sparland M E charge sent $5 to flood sufferers in Ohio and Indiana. County Sunday School convention attendance is low at Henry this week. Mrs McLeish leaves Tuesday for Watseka en route to Vincennes for a visit and Lloyd's wedding. Rev McLeish will follow later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Subriada
Bethel Church
McLeish
Sparland
Epworth
Ohio
Indiana
Henry
Watseka
Vincennes
Ind
Lloyd's
Local Notes From Sparland Area Gather News
Mrs Phil Compton and bul geri Dotts of Blockton returned last month and are guests of John Baggs The hovel Newell was notified to prepare for a crowd of duck hunters from Chicago The measles touch several households as four victims are listed in Ben Bul home Mary Wilde returns to her lanna home while longing for old surroundings Johanna Wallace assists her brother Thomas Wallace in domestic science At Ben Baggs home family and friends discuss Measles illness Mrs Anne Hastings spends time at sister Mrs Bedford's bedside Wm Baggs and companion visited Peoria Abe Ridenour adds a new room Uncle Billy cares for sick Elsie Hensley while neighbors help Mrs Brooks returns from county infirmary with improved shoulder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Compton
Geri Dotts
Blockton
John Baggs
Newell
Chicago
West
Great Lake Front
Lydie Wilde
Lanna
Ben Bul
Robert
Johanna Wallace
Henry
Thomas
Johann
Anne Hastings
Mrs. Bedford
Wm Baggs
Billy
Brooks
Sparland
Dr King's New Life Pills Promise Quick Relief
Cure claim for sick headaches sour stomach indigestion and biliousness. Advertises blood purification and renewed vigor with every pill and box guaranteed. Price 25 cents. Endorsed by T J Segraves and A J Ironmonger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr King
T J Segraves
A J. Ironmonger
Whitefield Corners Community Notes March News
Whitefield Corners reports the birth of Walter Runnells Jr. in Baker City Oregon, a grandson to Wesley Runnells of Colorado. Services change next Sunday with Sunday school at 10 and preaching at 11, communion and League at 7. Morning service on the first and third Sundays, evening on the second and fourth. Dr and Mrs Willett returned from New Jersey. George Barkman arrived from New Jersey to work for Harry Snell. Robert Daniels and family visited in Henry and fished nearby. Beulah Barker cut her thumb wiping a lamp chimney. Dr Hess treated her. Bertha Bryson family in Ballantine Montana writes from their irrigated farm near two railroads. Scarlet fever patients are not very sick. Mrs Snyder returned home last Thursday. League social postponed to Friday at Charles McAllister’s. Officials note spring mood and likely seed-season activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Proctor Hospital
Henry Olson
Cagityrom Peoria
Wes Mil
Hill’s
Anna Luft
Helen
Saayel Beggs
Wetona
McLaughlin
Clyde McLaughlin
Izx
Orley Newell
Sha Iittle
Wm. Franks
Samuel King
Peoria
Wm Cunston
Sjohn Stouffer
Hennepin
Harry ‘Yarvell
Murdock
Ina
Vatila
Robert
Senty
W. Gehr
Henry Commercial Club
Iyek
Aitchison
Chicago
Wm. Osborne, Jr
Tmus
Zetta Gehr
Henry
Richard Hayes
William Faith
Fe E
Pauline van Antwerp
Favie
Edward Shafer
Riymond
Missouri
Iowa
Marshall
Monmouth
Harry
George Cook
Emily Lee
Guy E. Moore
Travis Rocker Gra
Sparland
M.marshall
Ee Bite
Pengally
Trent
Reak
Lacon Op
John Lee
Duree Mily
Susan Taylor
Charles Later
Varna
McCuly
Addison Languarys
Robert Duncan
Babe of
Hall
Lulu Kenney
Miss Kenney
Cornelia Wyckett
Putnam Consolidated Schools
Miss Gehr
Putnam School
Miss Wyckoff
C D Marshall
Edna Thomas
Sparland Telephone Company
Miss Thomas
Rev McLeish
Angie Baughman
LR Rolender
Lottie Duncan
Orrin Frisbey
Electa Frisbey
F OH Gehr
Frank Ladda
Canton
Raymond Shaffer
Fther McLaughlin
Frank Campbell
Arthur Kiser
Clark City II
Eroily
Emily
Rev Klotchze
Frank van Antwerp
Mabel Gehr
John Jones
Leila Maxwell
Messrs Gehler
Andrew Aitchison
Jesus
Mabel Ladda
Whitefield Corners
Walter Runnells
Baker City
Oregon
Wesley Runnells
Colorado
Hess
Bertha Bryson
Ballentine
Mont
Snyder
Charles. McAllister
Local Social News from South Whitefield
South Whitefield reports Grace Miless ill with measles Richard Hunt recovering from illness Leslie Montayne and siblings with Swanson family Miss McGee visiting Blanche Farling Miss Polly Nightwonger at sister S Osborne home L Waughop weekend with Henry Lome Tommy Farling ill Rose Baugh back at Sparland telephone office Mrs Fred Ely ill Dr Royce called C Jacobs visiting home folks Young folks dance at Clarence pavilion draws crowd Mead orchestra plays Rose Baugh Jenni McGee Blanche Farling visit Mrs S W Waughop Frank Ely to Metamora for carpentry work D Brown and Irma visit Mrs G Waughop Baughs lose horse Old Dock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Whitefield
Grace Miless
Richard Hunt
Leslie Montayne
Esther
Elif Swanson
Miss McGee
Blanche Farling
Wm. Baugh
Enoch Baugh
Polly Nightwonger
S. Osborne
L. Waughop
Henry Lome
Tommy Farling
Miss Rose Baugh
Sparland
Fred Ely
Clarence Pavillion
Mead Orchestra
Rose-Baugh
Jenni McGee
S W Waughop
Baugh
Old Dock
Center Milo Social Notes Highlight Family Visits
Center Milo notes a baby girl arrival to Mr and Mrs Patrick Barnes and various Sunday visits including the Shorts, Yarger, Righthouse, Mortell and Barker households. Multiple illnesses are mentioned and spring work is near. An advertisement for seven percent net first mortgages on Canadian real estate closes the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Randall Black
Toulon
Iil
Adv- Tawa
La Prairie social notes and local visits
Robert Monier of Princeton spent several days with relatives in La Prairie. Mrs. Ruth Turnbull hosted her sister Miss Esther Stowell of Peoria. Mrs. Mary Turnbull and Miss Cornpe shopped in Peoria. Mrs. Truman Packingham visited Henry. Frank Marshall of Monmouth called on business in La Prairie. Ed Calder visits Princeton. Rev Kyle attended the Sabbath school convention in Henry. Mr. and Mrs. Gale Reynolds visited Mossville. Advertisements note Foley's Honey and Tar Compound in a yellow package and warn against substitutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gale Reynolds
Mossville
Local Notes From Sugar Grove and Nearby Homes
Sugar Grove news reports George Sleater doing papering for Stewart Lutes. Mrs. Harriet Greene is ill with Dr Swein attending. Her sister Mrs Graysor of Iowa helps care for her. Mr and Mrs Johnson Lutes visited Stewart Lutes. Mr and Mrs Simeon Doyle and son Henry called on Roland Doyle. Mrs K C Blackburn of Kansas City visited Duffield home. Scarlet fever patients at Spencer home improving. Miss Stephens to resume teaching Tuesday. Roland Doyle hosts sister Martha and brother Ben last Sunday. Miss Ross of Ohio Station visited Duffield home. Thresher company met at Frank Kapraun’s to arrange purchase of Conrad Apfel outfit. officers: President Harry Klein, secretary treasurer Charles McAllister, manager Frank Kapraun. board: Kapta in, Leichter, McAllister. Mr and Mrs Enoch Baugh welcome a baby girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Sleater
Stewart Lutes
Harriet Greene
Swein
Graysor
Iowa
Johnson Lutes
Simeon Doyle
Henry
Roland Doyle
K. C. Blackburn
Kansas City
Duffield
Spencer
Conrad Apfel Threshing
Harry Klein
Charles McAllister
Frank Kapraun
Kaptain
Leichter
McAllister
Enoch Baugh
Crow Meadow Social Notes and Local Movements
Francis Quinn of Broadmoor shipped two carloads of fat cattle to Chicago last week, while Mrs Elmer Rollins visited Kewanee with her sister in law Mrs James Case visiting her parents in that city. Paul Leichter and Henry Kapraun sawed wood for George Harney and Ed Quinn using a gasoline engine. Miss Lean Hannum visited her parents in Peoria over the weekend. Mrs Charles Aukland aided by her sister Mrs James McAleer cared for ailing mother this week. A new boy brings happiness to the home of C Stickel. the child is a grandson of Albert Stickel of Henry and Mrs Thomas Bobby of Western Avenue. See this and more in the ad section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crow Meadow
Francis Quinn
Broadmoor
Chicago
Elmer Rollins
Kewanee
James Case
P. Carroll
Paul Leichter
Henry Kapraun
George Harney
Ed Quinn
Lean Hannum
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International Wagons
Seton
A, Melaughein
Sparland, Tll
Whiich
Oakland
Bogner & Fennell
Camp Grove, Ill
Velma Campbell
Vineta Sparr
James Burnett
Margaret Ganoude
Cumming
Wenona
Sport
Pelz
Koraaney
Hoskins
Rae
Campbell An Cumming
Helen Rae
el Grace Miles
Lyle Duncan
Scott
Boorr & Downs
Bloomfield, NJ
Leas
Steuben
MILO
Patrick Barnes
Babe
William Shorts
Erma Jenning
Elmer Mortell's
Frank Horrocks
Jesse Barker
Otto Smith
Yarger
Clark Righthouse
Elmer Mortell
Ben Pet
Asa Stevens
Princeton
John Wabel
Roy Dally
William Yarger
Carl Barker
William Mielkey
Claud Harmon
Will
Foley
A. J Ironmonger
Sugar Grove
Bradford), Ill
D. J. Owens
A.B. Foster
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