Community Notes Bring Visitors Home and Local Tales
A lively column from Marshall county details visits by families and neighbors, weddings at Catholic church, school travel mishaps, and local gossip. Notes mention Mrs Ross and Mrs Thomp son, Miss Sloway and Mr Tully wedding, teachers on horseback to Santa Fe, and towns like Lacon Terrace and Bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Barney
Charles Verory
Mr. Burroughs
Mire Win
Beau
Streator
Ross
Thompson
Chicago
Mra Felger
3. C. Chapman
Lacon
Orion
Wm. Tracy
Nellie Banga Skelton
Clara Wallace Dinsdale
Robert Fort
Fort
Miss Boal
Teaakle
Josep Naon Jis
Ohio
Hie Danghige
Mra Taylor
Marshall County
Miss Sloway
Mr Tully
Frank Davis
Frank Treakle
Santa Fe
Sparland Local Notes Include Marriages and Town Updates
Sparland news covers church services and comrade updates as William Bonham recovers and T Van Antwerp returns to business. It notes residents visiting relatives, a marriage in Lacon between Katie O Leary and Willie Slarney, and a coal shaft incident with workers becoming ill from smoke. Local improvements include a new air pump and property moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bonham
M. E
George Tarbill
Brasfield
Benson
Har Slater
Forney
Charles Hickson
Samuel Barton
T. van Antwerp
Mar Rel
Moses Parsons
Lewis McLaughlin
Victor Crehoro
Millard F. Boniam
Edith Wescott
Chillicothe
Ray Windsor
Tillie Barton
Little May Barton
Streator
Alf Barton
Jerry Cooper
O. P. Hamilton
Joseph Placher
Cc. P. Hamilton
Cooper
Joseph Stephenson
Wm Haskins
Imperial
Peerless
Daley
Buckeye
Avery Planters
G. W. Zimmerman's
Village of Sparland
Fred Siebold
H. Campbell
R. Waugh
O. Martland
Riddal
G. W. Zimmerman
Samuel R. Parsons
Katie O'Leary
Sparland
Willie Slarney
Saratoga
Lacon
Chicago
Onax
Whitefield News Briefs Include Local Illness and Travel
The column notes Sims Doyle recovering, Dave McManus losing a valuable cow, Tom Millar’s ill child with lung fever, and Dora Plachér’s return to Northampton. It mentions a Tec h ground wall and references Jo an Orrla and Prankie Daniela amid scattered lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitefield
Sims Doyle
Dave McManus
Tom Millar
Dora Plachér
Northampton
Joan
Orrla
Phi
Daniela Bas Bean
Mra
Geo
Smith
Bas
Saratoga News Briefs and Local Gossip
In Saratoga Easter flowers are scarce while Mrs Salisbury is very ill and Dr Willis attends. Republican caucus named local nominees including H Marshall for supervisor and J Conover for clerk. A stormy, humorous note about courting nights and town personalities follows, with remarks on Pike Harney, editorials on northern Democrats, and plans for Leap Year patronage and travels by John Stanley to central Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Killposey
Redtown
Ilinola
Saratoga
the Times
Ight Brigade
Balaclava
Waterloo
Pike
Ed Harney, Jr
P. H. Krissinger
Graat
John Stanley
Texas
John
Local notes from Mt Palatine area and town visitors
Shaky OCR reports on Mt Palatine happenings includes Hennepin Charley, drummer boy at Shiloh, G A R events, businessman G Q W Smith visiting Peoria, dehorning work by farmers, Adam Deckk refining jewelry, Wl A Peterson from Wheaton at home, John W Stouffer buying Sam Honing firm for 78 an acre, Boyle Cofoid Allen shipping cattle, Dr J Becht attending an agricultural building, Mrs Wm Smith and daughter Mary ill, Miss Ella Bowman mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hennepim
Charley
Fowsil
Mt. Palatine
Ee Shiloh
W. Smith
Peoria
Seattle
Adam
Deck
A. Peterson
Wheaton College
John W. Stouffer
Sam
Boyle
Cofoid
Allen
Jz Becth
Smith
Mary
Missy
Ella Bowman
Local Hennepin News Social and Political Roundup
Charley Leech suffered a bad injury after being kicked by a horse. Mrs Ann Wharton fell dangerously ill with neuralgia of the stomach. Thos W Shepard and John Dore were sick with throat disease. The canal mail ran by boat due to Bureau creek boom. Mrs Reavy, mother of Anthony Reavy, died and was buried. Enn Henry and Roy Warner left for the east to live with an aunt. Various local officials and residents were in town, some active in elections. Easter Sunday observed by Congregational church. Dems and Reps named tickets for township offices. Minor accidents and a halted wedding due to witness delay. Garden plans and business changes noted. Overall, a snapshot of small-town life with illness, politics, social events, and local anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Leech
Ann Wharton
Thos
W. Shepard
John Dore
Bureau Creek
Reavy
Anthony Reavy
Olivier Reginald
Cottage Hill
Honne
Enn
Henry
Roy Warner
East
Aine
W. B. Wheeler
Putnam
C. Dysart
Granville
Gus Otte
Magnolia
Hennepin
David Nixon
John Carman
Gallagher
Hilliard
Williard
Chicago
Cecil
J. M. Cowen
the Juniata
LaSalle
Peoria
Congregational Church
Aea
Alfred Monroe
Beate Sutcliffe
Albert Boyle
Asassor
M. E. Newbern
Elapeey
John Ford
J. P. Towle
Republican
Court House
John Shering
Lyle H. Durley
Albert Shepard
Coha
B. B. Unthan
Caledonia notes peace and loss in a rural community
The column reports on local goings on in Caledonia and nearby areas. Willie Smith is convalescent. Minoie Shields visited John Williams. Edward Phillips is ill with lung fever. A death and funeral details for Elsie Estella Rebecca, infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Wm A Smith, with condolences from the community. Seneca tchnoer also dies at 62, with family present. Roads drying, new member added to Baptist meeting, and local sermons and songs noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Smith
Minoie Shields
John Williams
Edward Phillips
Wm Shields
Caledonia
Greene
Varna
Peewee
H. Ransom
Fred Tombleson
Elsie Estella Rebecca
Wm. A. Smith
David
Seneca Tchnoer
George
Mr. Smith
Bracken siblings leave for distant schools in early week
High Prairie notes Health is only medium and convalescence continues for many. Effie and Ettie Bracken departed for Dixon school last week. M. BreeCurdy also goes to Eureka to study for the ministry. Charley is a promising speaker and may have a bright future with several years of study and training ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Effie
Ettie Bracken
Dixon School
M. ‘BreeCurdy
Eureka
Charley
Tanell
Prophatic Baking Powder Myths and Public Health
An editorial attacks claims that phosphatic baking powders improve health or replace medicines. It argues phosphates alum and related additives should not be taken daily without a physician, noting body phosphates needs and the purified Royal Baking Powder as safer. It also includes brief satirical items from local columns and jokes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leas
Royal Baking Powder
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Flora Peters
Princeton
Evelina Niblock
Annie Lyons
Charlie Thompson
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Sarah Lillie
Coleman
Minoak
Jim Chambers
Livingston County
John Smith
Lyceum
Eve Drozrer
Will
Jack Harney
Pete Niblock
California
Redtowns
San Fernando
Thompsonville
Jim
Cheart Creek
Aula
Babe
Washington
Mobile Register
Richmond Religious Herald
Bam
Kidmey
Cewenn. Shas In Why Hoare Ereas Sonstipation
Parmm
Osieny
Mater Tie
Wells, Richardson &Co
Prop
Burlington, VT
McCormick
Earth
New Model
Massilon
Marseilles
Ken McOneal
Henry, Sil
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