Sparland notices and local wartime updates 1917
Sparland news recounts social visits from Miss Hastings to Miss Gillett, families moving into Mrs Gehr’s house, farm shipments to Chicago, and townsfolk attending Peoria events. It notes draft summons, school closings, and a large Turnbull funeral and military service for Andrew Turnbull, with detailed tributes and community responses.
Andrew Turnbull Marshall County Soldier Died
Andrew Turnbull born January 24 1890 in LaPrairie township Marshall County Illinois. He lived most of his life in LaPrairie except two years at Grand Prairie Seminary Onarga Illinois. Active Epworth League member at LaPrairie M E church and devoted to league work with enterprise and zeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparland
Lacon
Otto
Hans Otto
Roland Kelley
Charles Boges
Arthur Davis
Admiral Davis
Sam Crew
Bowlin
J. T. Jones
Rock Island
Dr. Lewis
Peo- Tia
Jones
Deaconess Hospital
Lewis
T. G. Cocks
Bradford
Bethel
Glenn Tilton
Henry
Lloyd ‘Thompson
Andrew Turnbull
Andrew
Jefferson Barracks
St. Louis
Fort Moultrie
S. C
Army Hospital
LaPrairie U. P
J. P. Nesbit
Sparta
Ill
U. P. Church
Turnbull
Thomas Martin of
LaPrairie
Nesbit
Lawrence Turnbull
Marshall County
John
Clara Turnbull
LaPrairie Township
Illinois
LaPraire
Grand Perry Seminary
Onarga
Epworth League
LaPrairie M. E. Church
League
Ife
Court House News Estate of Carrie Phelps
County court action on the estate of Carrie S. Phelps notes a $60.80 claim allowed and a $534.47 funding for claimant. Homer Barney appointed administrator pro tem to defend the estate against the claim with a $5 administrator fee taxed as costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie S. Phelps
R. L. Eddington
Carrie Phelps
B. F. Shafer
Homer Barney
Fiddler Contest And Liberty Bond Event At Local Hall
A village event features eight young boys in a fiddle contest with contestants named Samuel Miller Henry E Broaddus William Rogers Alonzo Benefield Owen Benefield. Admission 25¢ adults 15¢ children under 12. Proceeds aid the Red Cross. A patriotic Sunday program at M E church included Keep the Home Fires Burning and a Liberty Bond appeal led by Rev Wooley. Local women volunteer as bond sale chairmen in Varna and Rural Roberts townships. Mrs A R Wright comments noted. Miss Howard sisters from Wenona visited en route to Peoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Pearl Nye
John Nye
B. W. Wright
Herbert H. Hall
Sarah Ohrenstein
Henry BH. Jacobs
Jay H. Magoon
Alvin D. Reed
Sparland
Edith M. Dalrymple
Chillicothe
Fa Pa Varna
Varna Woman's Literary Club
Varnna Woman's Literary Club
Varna
Alma Schumacher
Adda McCuskey
L. W. Broaddus
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Grace Stateler
Philadelphia
Minneapolis
Peck
Cincinnati
Chicago
Freeman
Ella Bade
Leola
Beulah Peterson
Emma Louis Clemens
Marie Meierei
Leola Valine
Alma
Riley
Red Cross
Nightingale
Ab Quiram
Helen Wooley
Samuel Miller
Henry E., Broaddus
William Rogers
Alonzo Benefield
Owen Benefield
M. E
Rev. Wooley
A. R. Wright
Forrest Huffstetter
Roberts Township
Winnifred MecCuskey
Lucile King
Emma Jesse
Anna
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sparland Department
Leslie Watkins
Zetta Gehr
E, Royce
C. D. Marshall
Peoria
Bertha Hastings
May Gillett
Worth Dixon
Irma Riddell
John Riddell
Floyd Monier
Margaret Webber
Galesburg
Edward ‘Shafer
John Long
Near Lacon
Iowa
Wilbur Bowlin
Roy Moore
Bloomington
R. l L. Waughop
Mr. Waughop
Ralph Green
Ft. Moultrie
M. & M. Club
M. C. Marshall
Edward Sha
Henry Hospital
Marland
Sarah Marland
Harry Lauder
Walter Burnett
Barney McCann
Myrtle Hastings
Cecil Parsons
Della Taylor
Winnie Macon
Irene Egerton
T. Nighsanger
Harry Rus“sell
Uty
God
John Lawrence Turnbull
Will Scott
Mise Cora Scott
Harry Scott
Richard Martin
Bert Green
of Speer
Charleston
Charles Brown
Paul Marshall
Leland Monier
Dick Calder
Wallace Monier
Charles Scoon
Glenn Mendenhall
Ben Davis
William Madison
Otto Eichstaedt
Harry Leigh
Robert
Lawrence
Ruth Green
William Turnbull
Robert Hall
Belle Noell
Lella
Joliet
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Ralph
SOUTH
MILO
Amree Longman
Pearl Cook
William Yarger
Lyman Sutton
Ernest Dée
Peer
George Barker
Miss Beulah
Burton Barker
Princeton
Jesse Montgomery
Crosby Watkins
Whitefield
Swineman
Buda
Ernest Wright
Eilen Catherine
Edward Brown
Eagle Grove
Minnie May Higgins
George David Holton
William Foster
Clarence McClane
Fisher
Beulah Barker
Charles Reid
Clarence Schneider
Harold Reid
Ft. Wright
New York
Lone Tree
Clarence Anderson
Joyce
Tiskilwa
Lawrence Wright
Fannie Anderson
Norton Moffitt
Vns
Frank E. Anderson
Herbert Goodale
Jake Stauffer
C. C. Wright
James Cotter
A. J. Stapp
Hazel Patteys
Frank Anderson
Howard
Lindsey Anderson
Ed Murphy
Robert Shipp
W. Spratt
S. N. T. Schertz
F. C. Willett
Lee Brokaw
Daniel Anderson
Liberty Loan
Bape
Martha Timmons
Henry Sidney Pettett
Delmas Pettett
Herbert Louis Pettett
Lucinda J. Morse
Elizabeth Malone
Stark County Telephone Co
August Bendlin
Eliza J. Noyes
J. B. Wilson
James A. Harrison
Adolph
Clara Hentz
Francis Hentz
Vera Hentz
Normal
Guardian Angel's
Guardian
Guardian Angel’s
Harriet J. Sherburne
W. L. Wescott
George W. Feazel
Jennie T. Vernay
Bennington
Frank EH. Bates
Lynn F. Vincent
Timothy van Antwerp
Annie C. Maxwell
Cotton
Court House News
Safh
The
First National Bank
C. M. Jones
Harrison
Vice Press
J. L. Jones
C. H. Scholes
William Duke
T. J. Segraves
E. G. Cromwell, George McGillick
Segraves Drug Store
Henry, Illinois
Reid Bugatsky
Black
Dick Joles
Henry, IL
Piso
ISO
Piers Sample
60 Pies Bidz
Warren, Pa
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