Local Social Notes From Lacon And Peoria Visits
Sparland-Department Daese O'Leary, business caller in Lacon Monday. Mrs. McMillen visited with Mrs. Robert Murdock Friday afternoon. Mrs. J. Adams of Lacon called at O'Leary's Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Evans and Mrs. F. H. Gehr shopping in Henry Monday afternoon. Mrs. P. Dwyer sick past week but improving. Miss Minnie Olson returned home after visit with friends in Peoria. Miss Gladys Gibbons visited grandparents Mr and Mrs O'Leary Saturday. Otto Frank of Moline spent Sunday at home with his parents. Miss Flora Trompeter and Wm. Frank Peoria visitors Saturday. Mrs. George Snell and Misses Minnie and Ruby Olson spent Monday afternoon in Henry. Several soldiers attended Comrade Trowbridge funeral in Lacon last Thursday. Miss Bessie Hill spent Sunday at home and assisted with music at M E church. Prof and Mrs Smith shopping in Peoria Saturday evening then took midnight train to theater. Miss Mary Osborne of Chicago visited home folks Friday to Sunday, plans longer vacation early May. Special meetings at M E church this week. Meg Wakefield assisting Rev Cleish with Peoria and Putnam charges. Miss Delorus Ebright and William Burns of Peoria had supper Sunday with Mr and Mrs C D Marshall, returning to Peoria on 8 10 train. Mr and Mrs Fred Hill and baby Mildred visited with Mr Hill's parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mass Daese O'Leary
Lacon
McMillen
Robert Murdock
J. Adams
O'Leary
Evans
F. H. Gehr
Henry
P. Dwyer
Minnie’ Olson
Peoria
Galdys Gibbons
Otto Frank
Moline
Henry Frank
Flora Trompeter
Wm. Frank
George Snell
Minnie
Ruby
Olson
Trowbridge
Bessie. Hill
M. E
Smith
Péoria
Mary Osborne
Chicago
Meg. Wakefield
Putnam
Jis
cLeish
Delorus Ebright
William Urns
C.D. Marshall
Fred“Hill
Mildred
Hill
South
Elsie Ely
Myrtle Daniels
George Rickey
W. Marland
Elizabeth
Schroeder
Fred Ely
Tena
Frank Miller
Steigler
Camp Grove
Frank Ely
Cazenov
Henry Seelye
Minnesota
S. Osborne
W. Osborne
Sparland
F. Schroeder
Fred Bly
Fred Bly’s- Elmer Lopeman Has Began Work For Wm. Merritt
Blanche Farling
Inez Bly
Gertrude Pears
Sparland News and Social Roundup
Mr and Mrs 3Wm Hii enjoy their new Princeville home. Anton Trompeter visits Racine and Peoria relatives. Mrs Anna Luft undergoing throat gland operation in Peoria. Rev Klotzebe delivers Resurrection sermon at Baptist church. Sparland ME church hosts preliminary contest April 16 with 15 cent admission. County meet winners advance to Lacan. Play The Schoolma am praised. Sparland High School program noted. local figures praised for support and teaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeville
Anton Trompeter
Wm Beitz
Racine
Wis
Trompeter
Elsie
Anton
Peoria
Anna Luft
St Francis Hospital
Baptist Church
Klotzebe
N W McCartney
Everett Simpson
Sparland
Lacan
Notable Local Play Earns Big Door Receipts at School Event
Everett Simpson leads as the hero in a school play at Everett Simpson school with a love triangle involving a young teacher. Harry Siebold shines as the bad boy, Lena Munracon portrays a devoted mother, James Hill supports as the Irish janitor, and a male quartet enlivens the performance. Door receipts exceed $79, thanks to strong local talent and audience enthusiasm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Smith
Everett—Simpson
Harry Siebold
Hall
Henry
Everett Simpson
John Marland
Wesley Marland
James Hill
James Hi
Mrs Waugh Dunlap
Easter Program At Epworth League Delights Audience
On Sunday evening the Epworth League presented an annual Easter program. A piano duet opened the service with Melody in F by Rubenstein performed by Elsie Gehr and Everett Simpson. Florence Morse Kingsley’s Tor a Street Boy of Jerusalem provided the story adapted for the stage, read by Mrs Anna Luft whose reading drew praise. A full choir offered frequent musical interludes, Prof Smith sang Love That Passeth Knowledge, and James and Everett Simpson performed He Did Not Die In Vain. The program closed with Hallelujah Chorus as the choir filled the decorated church to capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Rubenstein
Elsie E. Gehr
Everett Simpson
Prof Smith
James
Remarkable Cure Story From Claradon Texas
W B Holsclaw recalls his brother’s near consumption cough. After using Dr Kings New Discovery the brother was cured with 10 bottles and became healthy at 218 pounds. The family endorses the remedy for coughs and colds sold by T J Segraves and A J Ironmonger drug stores with trial bottle free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W B Holsclaw
Claradon
Texas
Dr King
T. J Segraves
Ironmonger’s
Weather, travel improving. camp grove notes
Camp Grove reports better roads and fair weather as farmers begin sowing oats. Local society includes Mr. and Mrs. Will Knight and Mrs. Fennell shopping in Peoria, birth of a son to Dr and Mrs. Blough baptized Sunday, Dr. Dwinell preaching at M E church, and Bradford seeing scarlet fever with a death Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Grove
Will Knight
Fennell
Peoria
Blough
Mike McManus
Dwinell
M. E
Margate
Seelye
B. Riel
Bradford
WL Real
Camp Grove Bank
Canada
Easter Ball Attendance and Local Visits Highlight Camp Grove News
Mrs Janet Cronier of Champaign visits friends here and Apauite stews attend the Easter ball at Wyoming. Gertrude Crady visits Camp Grove after illness while Jesse Pierson from Wyoming calls there. Local residents shop in Peoria and Bradford. recent burials and hospital plans noted. Electric Bitters advertised as health tonic.
Local notes from the La Prairie area
Mrs Nickerson hosted her sister Mrs Cooper from Iowa last week. Will Stowell hauled hogs to Chicago and visited Wm Hillebrand. Mrs Morris Perkins visits relatives while Mr Perkins carpenters for Henry Owens. Irving Stevens and wife welcome a son born March 25, with Mrs Sarah Fuson caring for them. The Edelstein family mourns the loss of Louise McDonna at age five from pneumonia. funeral in Edelstein Monday. Minnie Parsons near Chillicothe showing slow recovery. 63 friends sent flowers on her birthday March 22. George Sims loses a mare last Sunday. unclear cause. Donath children suffer whooping cough, keeping them home from school. Thomas Martin adds a new shingle roof to Henry Robinson’s house. Morris Perkins does the work. Kiln news from Peoria: Milt Gaumer’s child with scarlet fever. older boys find boarding elsewhere to avoid quarantine. Harry Coyis wins gravel hauling contract for La Prairie bridges, over $200, with work to start when roads permit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawn Rmgh
Nickerson
Cooper
Iowa
Will Stowell
Chicago
Wm Hillebrand
Morris Perkins
Mr. Perkins
Henry Owens
Irving Stevens
Sarah Fuson
Frank McDonna
Edelstein
Louise
Minnie Parsons
Chillicothe
Milt
Harry Coyis
la Prairie
Real estate transfer in Lawn Ridge to Robert Moody
Robert Moody completed a real estate deal last week securing the R. BF. Stocking property in Lawn Ridge for 350 dollars. The price is about half of what Mr. Stocking paid roughly 45 years ago, reflecting decline in village fortunes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Moody
R. BF. Stocking
Lawn Ridge
Mr. Stocking
Why He Was Late And The Stomach Trouble Cure
A humorous exchange explains lateness caused by meeting Smithson and his stomach trouble. The man explains asking about his condition and recommending Chamberlain's Tablets. Sold by A J. Ironmonger and T. J. Segraves, druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithson
Chamberlain
J. Ironmonger
T. J. Segraves
Community Notes From LA PRAIRIE Local Visits and Obituary
Miss Beattie Scoon of Denver visits aunt Miss Jennie Pringle while Harry Leighs returns from Evans ton for spring break. Several residents host guests in Camp Grove Peoria Peoria and Monmouth are mentioned with church events and junior and P G W officers named. Miss Libbie Wood died suddenly of brain hemorrhage Tuesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beattie Scoon
Denver
Coal
Jennie Pringle
Harry Leighs
Evanston
Myrtle Hastings
Hila Russell
Camp Grove
For Sale Arabian horses and copper rod in Henry Ill
Mr A D Stevens plans move to California selling three Arabian horses well broke and safe to drive, three Arabian colts, 1600 feet of lightning rod copper items including national round copper and flat copper offered at bargain. Building rodding service available at residence Henry Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D. Stevens
California
Henry
Ill
Card of Thanks for Baby’s Burial Assistance
Thanks to all who helped us through our sorrow and aided in laying our dear baby to rest. Mr. and Mrs. Hary Holmes and family express sincere gratitude for thoughts and actions from Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baby Bay
Sincerly
Mrs. Hary
Holmes
Canada
Local social notices from Sparland area events
Elsie Ely visited friend Myrtle Daniels on Thursday. George Rickey and relatives hosted a gathering Sunday. W. Marland and Elizabeth joined the Schroeders for a Sunday afternoon visit. The Ely family hosted guests including Tena and Frank Ely of Cazenovia. Various callers and visits noted across Sparland and nearby towns with Easter greetings and spring weather updates.
Kidney Pills Restore Normal Action, Mt Vernon Man Says
W T Badgett of Coleman post No 608 Mt Vernon Illinois reports years of kidney pain and irregular action. After taking Foley Kidney Pills his kidneys returned to normal activity and pains disappeared. He recommends them to friends and comrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Badgett
Coleman
Mt. Vernon
I.ll
Foley
A. J. Tronmonger
Real Estate Transfers and Marriage Licenses Listed
Real estate transfers include Harriet J Sherburne James Marion Sherburne and wife and Joseph M Splain to Eliza Jenneth Haunt in Lacon also David Dwyer and wife to Theodore Alfonzo Seelye and others to various buyers across Lacon Steuben Richland Saratoga and Camp Grove plus multiple parties transferring properties. Marriage licenses listed for Irving J Simpkins Emma M Savage Joseph Marconnet Tillie Gray Lee O Reid Maggie May Erickson and others with ages and townships noted. The page also contains a regional dialect interjection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet J. Sherburne
James Marion Sherburne
Joseph M. Splain
Eliza Jenneth
Lacon
David Dwyer
Theodore Alfonzo Seelye
Henry
F. H. €Lapp
Lewis A. Record
Sherwood
Wenona
Maria
A. Ball
Gilbert S. Ball
Belle Plain
Frederick E. “Wier
Rutland Township
Richland
Wm. Hoadley
James Fogerty
Steuben
Lora F. Law
Maria E. Guyer
Robert D. Clarke
Virginia Clarke Taylor
Bernard Yaeger
Block
Margaret Seelye
Isabelle Reil
John Malone
Samuel Malone
John B. Colgan
Saratoga
Rebecca Griggs
Edward Stephens
Richlands
Ott
Henry D McGee
James P. Hickey
Camp Grove
John
Andrew Pringle
James E. McQuilkin
la Prairie
Irving J. Simpkins
Partridge Township
Woodford County
Emma M. Savage
Cazenovia
Joseph Marconnet
Miss Tillie Gray
Venona
Lee O. Reid
Maggie May Erickson
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Henry Auto Co
Henry, Ill
Sulky
New Iowa
Marseilles
UM. Laughlin
Sparland, Ill
Department
Sparland High School
Westley Marland
Della Taylor
Elsie Gehr
Mabel Gehr
Janet Cronier
Champaign
Wyoming
Gertrude Crady
Jesse Pierson
Camp Grove Friay
Kelley
McManus
Mayme McManus
Bessie
Thressa Owens
Hickey
Stanley
Wm. Hollandsworth
Thomas Riley
Proctor Hospital
Ed Bogner
John Sparkel
Elizabeth Malone
Samuel King
Bert Duncan
David Ross
Miss Fields
Kistlers
Broadmoor
Miss Bogner
J. H. Malone
T J. Segraves
A. J. Ironmonger
Marshall County
Citizen's Ticket
Miley Marshall
Tras
William Hill
Harry Seibold
N. B
Lewis Webster
People's Ticket
John Rooney
George Frank
John Beck
George. Cook
Myron Neweld
Leroy Newell
John Ler
Portland Cement
F. E. Dawson, Henry, III
L. G. Calder
Wm. Scott
Dorothy
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
UP Churen
Anna Russell
J. M. Calder
Violet Burnett
J. T Burnett
R J Martin
Calla McCartney
Libbie Wood
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