Local residents socialize and travel in Lacon and Peoria
Sparland Department Miss Daese O Leary a business caller in Lacon Monday. Mrs. McMillen spent Friday afternoon with Mrs. Robert Murdock, Mrs. J Adams of Lacon was a tailor at O Leary's Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Hyans and Mrs. F H Gehr shopped in Henry Monday afternoon. Mrs. P Dwyer has been on the Sick list for the past week but is improving. Miss Minnie Olson returned home after visiting friends in Peoria. Miss Galdys Gibbons visited grandparents Mr and Mrs O Leary Saturday. Otto Frank of Moline spent Sunday at home with his parents. Miss Flora Trumpeter and Wm Frank were Peoria visitors Saturday. Mrs George Snell and the Misses Minnie and Ruby Olson spent Monday afternoon in Henry. Soldiers attended Comrade Trowbridge funeral in Lacon last Thursday. Miss Bessie Hill spent Sunday at home and helped with music at M E church. Prof and Mrs Smith shopped in Peoria Saturday and stayed for the midnight train and theater. Miss Mary Osborne of Chicago visited home folks Friday to Sunday and will vacation in May. Special M E church meetings held this week with Rev Wakefield assisting Rev McLeish. Miss Delorus Ebright and William Burns of Peoria had supper with Mr and Mrs C D Marshall returning to Peoria on the 9 10 train. Mr and Mrs Fred Hill and baby Mildred visited with Mr Hill's par-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daese O'Leary
Lacon
McMillen
Robert Murdock
J. Adams
O'Leary
Hyans
F. H. Gehr
Henry
P. Dwyer
Minnie Olson
Peoria
Galdys Gibbons
Bessie Hill
M. E. Church
Mrs. Smith
Mary Osborne
Chicago
M. E
Rev. Wakefield
Putnam
McLeish
Delorus Ebright
William Burns
C. D. Marshall
Fred Hill
Baby Mildred
Hill
Blanche Farling
Enoch Baugh
I. W. Waughop
EH. A. Matthews
Dorothy
C. Hunt
Hunt
Willie Chesney
O. G. Hunt
Jay Taylor
Mrs. Quimby
C. L. Klein
D. Marshall
Willie Farling
Henry Seelye
Minnesota
S. Osborne
Easter Services And Local Contests Highlight Sparland News
The community reflects on Easter services at the Baptist church with Rev Klotzche delivering a thoughtful sermon and special choir performances. Sparland hosts a preliminary contest April 16 at the M E church with 15 cent admission, yielding county meet qualifiers in Lacon next month amid a strong high school program and praise for the Schoolma'am play performances.
Play Pleasing Audience With Schoolroom Tale and Heroic Turn
Everett Simpson leads a school play as a conflicted youth torn between a student lover and a young teacher. Harry Siebold dazzles as a reformed bad boy while Lena Macon charms as a doting mother. James Hill shines as a just Irish janitor, with a male quartet delivering lively songs and a happy ending praised by Mrs. Waugh Dunlap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Macon
James Hill
Hall
Henry
Everett Simpson
John Marland
Wesley Marland
Mrs. Waugh Dunlap
Epworth League Masters Program Delights Large Audience
On Sunday evening the Epworth League presented its annual Master program. Elsie B Gehr and Everett Simpson opened with a piano duet Melody in F. Mrs Anna Luft read Love Triumphant and impressed with clear, beautiful delivery. Prof Smith sang Love That Passeth Knowledge. James and Everett Simpson performed He Did Not Die In Vain, and Hallelujah Chorus closed the program with the full choir. The church was lavishly decorated and filled to the doors with an appreciative audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Rubenstein
Elsie B. Gehr
Everett Simpson
Prof. Smith
James
Miracle Cure Claim For Cough Uses Dr King’s Remedy
A Claradon Texas writer recalls a brother recovering from a dreadful cough after using Dr King’s New Discovery. The letter touts 10 bottles as curative and notes the remedy’s success for coughs and colds. Trial bottle offered free at local druggists Segraves and Ironmonger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Holsclaw
Claradon
Texas
Dr. King
T. J. Segraves
A. J. Ironmonger’s
Various Local Funerals and Feats in Camp Grove Area
Mrs Janet Monier of Champaign visits friends here last week. Easter ball attendance from here at Wyoming. Gertrude Crady visiting friends at Camp Grove after illness. Jesse Pierson of Wyoming a names caller at Camp Grove. Local shoppers from Bradford and Peoria visits. Mr Stanley of Peoria buried at Camp Grove with 9 o'clock mass. Ed Bogner's new building cement floor by Bradford masons. John Sparkel and Elizabeth Malone lay out lots for new houses. Electric Bitters advertised as grip remedy with local druggists. Several notices of visitors, births, retirements and deaths in nearby towns including Edelstein and Bradford. Scarce conditions for school due to whooping cough. Hauling contract for Harry Coyle over $200 for La Prairie bridges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Monier
Champaign
Wyoming
Gertrude Crady
Camp Grove
Jesse Pierson
Camp Grove Friay
Kelley
John Sparkel
Elizabeth Malone
Samuel King
Bert Duncan
David Ross
Peoria
Miss Fields
Bradford
Kistlers
Broadmoor
Miss Bogner
J. H. Malone
Real Estate Transfer in Lawn Ridge Sets Low Price
Robert Moody completed a deal last week making him owner of the R. F. Stocking property in Lawn Ridge for 350 dollars. The price is about half of what Stocking paid roughly 45 years ago, reflecting a sharp value decline in the village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Moody
R. F. Stocking
Lawn Ridge
Mr. Stocking
Why He Was Late
A humorous exchange shows a man arriving hour late after meeting Smithson. He explains the delay by asking about his stomach trouble and recommending Chamberlain's Tablets. Sold by A. J. Ironmonger and T. J. Segraves, druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithson
Chamberlain
A. J. Ironmonger
T. J. Segraves
Beattie Scoon and visitors in La Prairie community
Miss Beattie Scoon of Denver and aunt Miss Jennie Pringle visited La Prairie. Harry Leighs arrived from Syvanson for spring vacation. Several locals hosted guests and attended church events. The L. L. C and U P W clubs named officers and planned meetings. Miss Libbie Wood died suddenly from brain hemorrhage Tuesday.
Three Arabian horses and copper rods for sale in Henry Ill
Mr A D Stevens plans move to California and offers three well broke Arabian horses for sale safe and sound suitable for any lady, plus three Arabian fall colts. On hand 1600 feet of lightning rod National round copper and flat copper to close out at a bargain. Building rodding available now. Residence Henry Ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D. Stevens
California
Henry
Ill
Card of Thanks for Baby Boy’s Rest
To all who through thought and action helped us bear our sorrow and lay to rest our dear baby boy. We wish to express heartfelt thanks. Sincerely Mr and Mrs Hary 8 Holmes Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sincerly
Mrs. Hary
Holmes
Canada
South Whitefield Community Notes A Busy Week
A long line of visitors and locals share their week in South Whitefield with callers at the Schroeder and Osborne homes. Easter guests arrive, neighbors visit, young folks attend a dance, and remarks on spring weather and local activity fill the page. A testimonial for Foley Kidney Pills closes the piece.
Real Estate Transfers in Court House News
Numerous property transfers list transfers in Lacon Toluca Richland Steuben and Saratoga including Sherburne Hunt Dwyer Seelye Fogerty Newell Yaeger and Malone among others with quit claims warranties and parcels. Marriage licenses issued for Simpkins Savage Reid Hrickson and others. Local dialect quip closes the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet J. Sherburne
James Marion Sherburne
Joseph M. Splain
Eliza Jenneth Hunt
Lacon
David Dwyer
Theodore Alfonzo Seelye
Henry
F. H. Clapp
Lewis A. Record
Sherwood
Venona
Maria A. Ball
Gilbert S. Ball
Toluca
Margaret Seelye
Isabelle Reil
John Malone
Samuel Malone
John B. Colgan
Saratoga
Rebecca Griggs
Hdward Stephens
Richland
Henry D. McGee
James P. Hickey
Camp Grove
John
Andrew Pringle
James B. McQuilkin
la Prairie
Irving J. Simpkins
Partridge Township
Woodford County
Emma M. Savage
Cazenogia
Joseph Marconnet
Miss Tillie Gray
Wenona
Lee O. Reid
Maggie May Hrickson
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Henry Auto Co
Henry, Ill
Sulky
Litchfield
Iowa
Marseilles
D. WM. McLaughlin
Sparland, Ill
the Republic
Sparland Department
Wm. Hill
Princeville
Anton Trompeter
Wm. Beitz
Racine
Wis
Trompeter
Elsie
Anton
Anna Luft
St. Francis Hospital
The
Baptist Church
Klotzche
N. W. McCartney
Sparland
Sparland High School
Della Taylor
Miss Hisse Gehr
Mabel Gehr
Scott
Will Knight
Fennell
Blough
Mike McManus
Dwinell
M. B
Margate
Nickerson
Cooper
Will Stowell
Wm. Hillebrand
Morris Perkins
Mr. Perkins
Henry Owens
Irving Stevens
Sarah Fuson
Frank McDonna
Edelstein
Louise
Minnie Parsons
Chillicothe
George Sims
Charles Donath
Thomas Martin
Henry Robinson
Milt Gaumer
Milt
Harry Coyle
Marshall County
Tll
Citizen's Ticket
Miley Marshall
William Hill
Harry Seibold
Peoples ‘Ticket
John Rooney
George Prank
N. B. W. McCartney
Lewis Webster
John Beck
George Cook
Myron Newell
Leroy Newell
John Lee
L. N. Osborne
Portland Cement
F. E. Dawson, Henry, II
L. G. Calder
Wm, Scott
A. J. McCartney
Anna Florence Slough
Kyle
Monmouth
Mary Davidson
Busby
Whitefield
Boyd’s Grove
Lillian Scott
Dorothy Scott
Zella Kimble
Hazel Aman
Emily Smith
Loren Wilson
Robert Pringle
Margaret Turnbull
Leota McCullough
Eugene Calvin
U. P. Churen
Anna Russell
J. M. Calder
Violet Burnett
J. T. Burnett
R. J. Martin
Calla McCartney
Wm. Scott
Charles Scoon
Alice Scoon
Libbie Wood
South Whitefield
Elsie Ely
Myrtle Daniels
George Rickey
Sunny
W. T. Badgett
Coleman Post
Mt. Vernon
Foley
A. J Tronmonger
Court House News
MecGorry
Dr. Pierce
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