Sparland Local Notes Help Build Community Ties
Sparland society pages list visits and errands across Henry, Lacon, Peoria, and Toluca. Names include Miss Mabelle Gehr, Fred Seibold, Mrs. Delphie Bolender, Lizzie Simpson, Eva Christman, Orley Newell, Viva Lester, May Wilde, Sarah Hubbard, and many neighbors. Events cover shopping trips, church services, farm visits, and travel to Chicago for purchases. The passage notes a funeral in Lacon, meetings led by Rev. McJeish, and a police-like anecdote about a window incident ending with a rifle shot by a neighbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Gibney
Mabelle”Gehr
Henry
Tena
G. W. Simpson
May
B.—Wilde
Peoria
Iears
Sarah Hubbard
Jenvale Newell
Ore Stormes Tanner
Margaret
Chicago
Eowm
Aitchison
Yaltehiven
H. Campbell
Gonrad
Lacon
James Wilson
BH. A. ‘Kime
Chillicothe
H. G. Roberts
Mc Jeish
Arthur Head, Jr
Clintner
Lea
M. C. Marshall
DePue
Laton
Fr. Getz
Anna Luft
Helen
Halsey Monter
Nellie Blackwell
Hans Otto
Otto
Richard F. War
Retion
Essie
Cols
Anna Suft
Lerson
Persan
Woman Fends Off Intruder With Gunfire
A local woman fired her revolver at an intruder twice, once through a door and once into the floor, scaring them away. Neighbors warn the assailant to beware as Mrs Luft vows to defend her home.
Sallie Charles Steuben Hied to Carbon Cliff for Rest
Sallie Charles Steuben left Wednesday for Carbon Cliff for a few days of rest and care and returned much improved in health. Mr and Mrs Ephriam Johnson did business in Chillicothe last Friday. Women voters earned praise for turning out on election day and claiming equal rights. Claude Doran and wife from La Prairie visited Clyde Doran and family on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Doran
la Prairie
Clyde
Camp Grove and Sugar Grove Community Notes
Camp Grove reports Beulah Busby underwent appendicitis surgery at Champaign hospital last week. Charles Ruiz to begin a moving picture show on April 24 with dance numbers after. details next week. King and Crump offer hundreds of John Sivan farm posts cheap. M E church Ladies Aid to serve 6 pm supper in Fouts building Saturday. all invited. John Kistler recovering from sore throat. Sugar Grove notes Viola Herr back at Wesleyan after Easter break. Dr. Hall treating Mrs Frank Kapraun. C L Clawson at the storm with his family. Saratoga church hosts the League play The New System on Friday April 16. public invited. Frank Sendelbach visited Frank Kapraun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Grove
Beulah Busby
Champaign
Charles Ruiz
King & Crump
John Sivan
M. E. Church
Fouts
John Kistler
Sugar Grove
Viola Herr
Wesleyan
Hall
Frank Kapraun
C L. Clawson
Storm
Saratoga
Frank Sendelbach
Broadmoor News Recap of Local Visits
Mrs John Driscoll visits niece in Stockton. James Powers BE G Rees Henry Churchill visit Kewanee. Harry Figher and wife visit Clarence Hay in Milo. Ray Cole and family from Kewanee call on Broadmoor friends. Mrs Ella Sturgeon and daughter visit Mrs Herbert Miller in Toulon. Drying Cappi family home Sunday from the sunny south. W J Blackburn and wife travel to Peoria to consult a specialist about son Alvin's long illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadmoor
John Driscoll
Stockton
James Powers
G Rees
Henry Churchill
Kewanee
Harry Figher
Clarence Hay
Milo
Ray Cole
Ella Sturgeon
Toulon
Herbert Miller
Cappi
W J. Blackburn
Péoria
Alvin
No Cure For Him Found Yet Proved Wrong
An elderly Houston man writes that after over 20 years of indigestion and medical certainty of no cure, a 25 cent bottle of Chamberlain's Tablets relieved and cured him within two months. He, a 65 year old, endorses the remedy as obtainable everywhere and urges others to try it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Jul Grobien
Houston
Texas
Advt
Calico Dance in Whitefield Promises Good Music
SoultSwhitefield reports a Calico Dance set for Tuesday evening April 20 at the I O F hall with Standard Orchestra providing music. Local notices mention residents Rosce Baugh hag, Mary Noll of Washburn, Emma assisting, and various neighbors visiting or helping on farms. Emigrants passed through. local improvements and small events fill the week along with a Chamberlain liniment advertisement praising quick rheumatic relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washburn
Emma
Leslie Montayne
J. DeWalt
Clyde Brown
Wilder
D. D. Brown
Henry
Ee Irma Vaughey
Net
Mildred Dewal
W. Holler
Spring Bay
Effie Waughop Rowley
Opal
George Waughop
Hazel Wood
G. Waughop
Charles
Benny Hunt
Chicago
Eckhoff
Cottage Socials and Local Visits Highlight Weekend
Mrs Henry Kirkpatrick and daughter Dorothy of Silvis visited Ross Jardine and family. Peter Reynolds and granddaughter Glarisa called on Marion Charles. Clara Chesney returned to Jacksonville school after vacation. Mae Shorts and sister visited Jardine. Harlan Field bought an Overland car. Neighbors attended the M E church program in Tiskilwa. Samuel Chesney and family called on Pike's Peak. Mrs Lidgard visited Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Kirkpatrick
Dorothy
Silvis
Ross Jardine
Peter Reynolds
Glarisa
Marion Charles
Clara Chesney
Jacksonville
Shorts
Mae
Jardine
Harlan Field
M. E
Tiskilwa
Samuel Chesney
Pike's Peak
Lidgard
No Discouragement for Digestive Aids Claims
Many troubled with digestion and constipation are urged to try Chamberlain tablets that strengthen the stomach without enzymes and aid natural function. Also notes a reader’s humorous stamp licking sequence used to illustrate respect for a national bill and rent payments.
Steuben Township 1915 Public Funds Report
Walter Burnett provides the annual fiscal-year statement for Steuben Township in Marshall County Illinois. The report lists receipts from taxes, Sparland Bank, rents, and other sources and expenditures including auditors, janitors, and town hall costs. Notarized on April 3 1915, the record covers funds on hand at year start and disbursements through March 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Mar
Steuben
Walter Burnett
Steu
Ben
Hnand
Walter—Burnetty
H. E. Wescott
Charles Scoon
Mae i. Wilde
Sparland Bank
Ee Ove
B McCartney
Randolph Tanner
Myron Newell
Igor Mani
T. Campbell
Dion Irisbey
Lee Fleming
L. B. Hank
R H. Ingram
Town Hall
H &E. Wescott
Public Service Co
C Sorrels
Com Missioner
Ben Russell
W Macon
Joseph Hensley
William Aitchison
H. Gehr
APLC
Bemeeen H & BG
Court House News Probate and guardianship actions summarized
Circuit Court records include attachments and final reports in estates of Mary A Bedford John W McLaughlin and James H Taggart with notices to heirs and orders for administration and bond. Also guardianship and conservatorship hearings for Michael Kelley with jury verdicts and letters of conservatorship issued to Thomas Connell. Birth notices list several newborns in Sparland La Prairie Steuben Toluca and Hopewell. Panama Canal noted six months in operation with 500 ships passing and tolls averaging over $4276 per passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
William W Rowe
Roger T. Rowe
Bert R. Rowe
Mary A. Bedford
Alfretta Ruff
Alfret
Luella H. Colehower
Maud R&r. Wheeler
Harry M. Taggart
Jee S. Taggart
Michael Kelley
Redding
W. J. Black
Guardian
Josie Martin
Margaret—connell
Thomas A.connell
Michael Kelly
Thomas A
Connell
sOrder
Thomas
Albert- Stickel
GaVeros
Anne
Lope Gage
Panama
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Sparland Department
Dunburgh
Eldridge
N. Y
Oakland
Oakland Northway
Steu“ben Township
Ares
Armstrong
Collins
Jon Our
Northwestein
Spoeer
Board of School Trustees
Boxet
Eddie Streitmatter
Brimmer
Dodge
le Prairie
Halleck
United States
Court House News
R. Phillips
Holmes
Heacock
Louis
Phillips
George
Pace
Wilber Casey
Clara’ I. Monier
Laura G. Calder
Clara L. Monier
Tae Haewaae
Nwar
C. B. Dorsey
Alexan
der Kennedy
Santa Fe
Toluca
Clyde McKaugh
Sin
Louis Pelz
Tonduca-a
Fap
Charles Okerbérg
Hopewell
Ford
Tess Sithan
Henry, Iu
Vile c
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