Easter services and social notes from Peoria area columns
Miss Bess Hill teaches in Peoria shops while Easter services occur at two churches. Ruby Olson returns home from a visit in Peoria as Phil Compton travels to Galesburg for carpenter work. Various locals including Mrs Delbert Ataranel and Mrs Roger Rowe host relatives and attend gatherings. several health notes and family visits are recorded among residents in Henry, Monmouth, Chillicothe, and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bess Hill
Peoria
Ruby Olson
Socials and notices from La Prairie community events
Miss Elsie Cumming visits from Peoria with her escort as neighbors recall recent gatherings. Local tradesman H Gehr missed at his shop amid home visits. many families hosted relatives over the weekend. A stork brings a baby girl to Mr and Mrs Wm Pribble, marking a growing family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Cumming
Peoria
H Gehr
Sam King
Kert Duncan
Camp Grove
Harrison .Thomas
George Duncan
Elsie Gehr
Della Taylor
E F Perry
Lacon
Wm Pribble
Re. Dwinell
Mills Walker
Oscar Peintner
Moline
Walker
Peintner
Joan Marland
Oregon
Frank Marshall
Monmouth
la Prairie
James Blackwell
Eldridge
Mildred
Los Angeles
Walter Burnett
Headminster
James Root
Des Moines
Wyoming
King
Dean
Minnie and
Mabel Watt
J. I. DeVault
Spinner
Galesburg
H. S Edminster
Margaret
Eugene Turnbull
Winnie Edminster
Margaret Scott
E. Scott
Manuel
Texas
M. F
Camp Grove Social Notices and Local Visits
Camp Grove residents and visitors are listed, including Mr and Mrs Peter Herberger and daughter Kate in Peoria, and multiple trips to Sparland West Halleck and Beetown Wisconsin. Mentions cattle shipment from Chicago and illnesses with local hospital updates. Also notes on Cottage area social calls, horse deliveries, and a health ad for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Grove
Peter Herberger
Kate
Peoria
Samuel King
Bert Duncan
Sparland
John Collins
Chicago
John Nelson
John Strong
West Halleck
Kate Hicks
Nellie
Paar Rate Eee
Frank Krauss
Wisconsin
JP Hickey
Thomas Real
Bradford
Robert Fine
Dr Ross
Elizabeth Malone
California
John McManus, Sr
Duckworth
Wyoming
Wm. King Dave-Hick
Antheaahy Gambell
Kewanee
Miss McGuire
Broadmoor
T Curren
Bessie Owen
Winne Bros
Fr Roach
Sheeler
Chillicothe
Joe
Jack Malone
Ikd Bogner
Farmers' Elevator Co
Thomas Reilly
John Weekley
J. Finnell
Leona Bushawn
Frank Gray
Onarga
Electric Bitters and Kidney Pills Promised Relief
A fragmentary ad-style notice touts Electric Bitters as a cure for fainting spells, dizziness, backache, and weakness, praising Mrs Laura Gaines of Avoca La and urging use for women. It also promotes Foley Kidney Pills for kidney and bladder issues with a money-back guarantee at local drugstores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Gaines
Avoca
T. J Segraves
A. T. Tronminger
Broadmoor notes include births visits and illnesses
In Broadmoor, a daughter was born Friday April 7 to Clarence Perkins and his wife. Various residents were seen in Peoria and Normandy visits noted including Blackburn Eldridge hog shipment to Peoria. Several illnesses and social visits are recorded, with school election reminders for April 15 and a new director to be chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadmoor
Clarence Perkins
John Cohrs
Peoria
Blackburn & Eldridge
Wm. Perkins
Normandy
Clarence
L. A. SF
Joba
Phelps
Beck ‘Lene
Aei
Carl Barker
Fuller
Mra
Fileam gAllen
Sunshine and visits fill South Whitefield Sunday
The town enjoyed bright sunshine as residents shared Sunday at home and with friends from Peoria. news notes mention visits, travels to Peoria, moving plans to Texas, and a sunny Tampa postcard from Mrs. G M Cleark while Dr King's New Life Pills advertise in local stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Whitefield
Glyde Vail
Joe Ely
Peoria
Herman
Charles Hofer
Riddell
Gibney
Sparland
Tommy Farling
Mary
Anna
Rose Ely
Miss Thompson
Johnnie
Freddie Miller
Oscar Heller
Elizabeth Vincent
G. M. Cleark
Tampa
Fla
Hamilton and
Scott
Missouri
Mary Osborne
Chicago
Marshall
Dr King
Segraves
The Local Newspaper a Booster for Home and Community
A Nebraska editorial extols the local newspaper as central to home life and civic welfare. It argues literacy and reading foster happiness, moral betterment, and social progress, noting that nearly every home values the paper and shares its lessons across generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Court notes probate estates and real estate transfers in Sparland area
Probate orders list final settlements and guardianships for Saxby Monk Thompson Hupp Kelley Blair Duke and others with bonds and letters issued. Real estate transfers include numerous warranty deeds in Varna Lacon Wenona and Sparland plus a note on community updates from Lawn Ridge with local social news and health events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. H. Saxby
Julius Monk
Catherine E. Monk
Uxecutrix
James H. Thompson
Abram L. Hupp
Ann Kelley
Blair Work
George Algoe
John W Niece
Walter B. Duke
Clarence O Duke
Marjorie EE. Duke
Wm Duke
Milton Boyd Hofert
Guardian
L. Shaw-Tesmer
Frank van- Antwerp
Cotton
Sparland
Elia Hong
Husband
Varna
John BE. Holmstrom
Huma S. Johnson
Lewis Carlson
Hilma S. Johnson
John McCuskey
Caleb S. Stewart
Hopewell
Thomas G. Breen
David V. Breen
Lacon
Hester E. Littlefield
John E
Sarah Heim
Henry J. Hedrick
W Slam
EL Hedrick
David Wilson
Frenkchiffler
Wenona
Joseph Corbin
George Carrowaniti
AyLa Rose
Michele Peseltelli
Maria A. Dauber
Paulina Brown
Davis
Henry
Gee Ilee
Bisenaye
Envy
Clatter Baugh
Peter Vallazza
Santa Fe
Toluca
Hester Br —Littlefield
Albert Jenkins
Bldak
Suffrage Referendum Draft Passes Amid Debate
A fragment notes a referendum on a suffrage amendment passing in a Missouri Senate meeting in Springfields with a 31 to 1% vote. Harriet Grim is mentioned as a suffragist tied to a Canton home, with references to Chicago and university ties, but details are unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfiela
Harriet Grim Wis
Local Happenings and Property News From Lacon
Mark Sawyer settles on a Hopewell farm and loans a horse to Pete Shaffer who buries it after it dies. Carpenter A M Jenkins buys Judge Burns property for 715 dollars from Littlefield holdings and plans a dwelling. Dr Clifton begins serving Lacon as new physician while county teachers’ exam yields few passes. Arthur Paris buys the Illinois restaurant on Main Street from Lizzie Gregg and plans to run it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Sawyer
Hopewell
Pete Shaffer
Pete
Mr. Sawyer
Shaffer
A. M. Jenkins
Judge Burns
Littlefield
Jenking
SA Lacon
Clifton
County
Sgipt
Perry
Arthur Paris
McMuptirie
Lizié Gr gee-Mie
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Sparland Department
Phil Compton
Galesaseburg
Liora
Delbert Ataranel
Roger Rowe
Roy Nawal
Dunlap
Marie - Hued
Jysse *Ratei
F. H. Gehr
Watt Te
Mac Pety
M . Cottey
Citizens Ticket
E. E. Royce
Charles,schaaf
A. L. McLaughlin
D. RB. Taylor
L. N. Osborne
D. M Duneap
People's Ticket
Timothy van Antwerp
Joseph Hensley
J. Grant Cortney
John Beck
George W. Snell
WM. J. Hill
Reuben Colwell
Sparland Marshal County
Osborne
Kido MachInery
Milwaukee
Abertong
Oke
Damry Maid
ORHAM
UM. McLaughlin
Sparland, IL
LA Prairite
Samuel Birch
Beetown
Wis
Ironmonger
Hattie Hunter
Wm Piper
Chesney
Tiskilwa
Henry Smith
Princeton
Smith
Halladay
Lee Brokaw
John Doty and Son
Charles Doty
Claus Swanson
Gus Lawson
Hiram Allen
William Austin
Milo
T. J. Segraves
A. J. Tronmonger
Wm. Blackburn
John Brown
Blackburn
Grace Reed
Proctor Hospital
Patrick Powers
Anna McNulty
Ada Hatch
M. L. Hay
Sadié Busbno
Rock Island
EB. F. Rees
Rexall Orderlies
Rexall
Wwe
TOC
Itz St
Roy
Tate
Court House
Nws
Lawn Ridge
Winnie Crady
Roy Foster
Mandy Prichard
Henry Gaumer
Wilmot
John Estell
Minnesota
Uaffais
Morris Perkins
Hazel Cornell Wilcox
Miss Epley
Jeidelstein
Lacon Journal
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