Sparland School Notes Highlight Measles and Visitors
The Sparland column reports measles among local children and a busy week of visitors and events. F H Gehr bought a five passenger Ford. Mrs Tesmer Campbell and two youngsters visited Peoria. Miss Myrtle Hastings stayed with her sister Mrs Charles Russell. teachers attended a Peoria meeting. a funeral near Toluca drew M C Marshall and family with N W Macon and Winnie. a rehearsal for a future community sing was held. Elsie Trumpeter and Thomas Carrigan visited. Mr Carrigan plans to leave for Fort Dodge around the 26th. Orrin Frisbey and family returned from Ocean Springs, Miss. two families lived together with the Vern Ketchums. Mrs William Frank and three children returned from Peoria. the baby recovered from pneumonia and measles. Otto received a khaki sweater, loggins, and a silver knife set engraved Seventh Grade 1918 from the high school and seventh grade, which moved him deeply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. Gehr
Tesmer Campbell
Peoria
Mattie Stear
Pottsdam
George Simpson
Myrtle Hastings
Charles Russell
Sparland Corps of Teachers
M. C. Marshall
N. W. Macon
Winnie
Toluca
Elsie Trumpeter
Thomas Carrigan
William
Otto
Grammar Room
James Hill
Gehr
France
Red Cross
Ginger
M. O. Short
Advt
Owen Comrine
BH. T. Harmeson
Harmeson
Comrine
Edward Gibbs
Camp Dodge
Camp Grant
Lacon
Sparland
Sammy
Zetta Gehr
Anna Evans
Vivian
Alice
Henry
Frank Johnson
South Whitefield
Mr. Ely
Watkins
Ely
U. S
Irma Riddell
Andrew
Velma O’dell
Aberdeen
Wash
N. L. Osborne
Baptist Church
The
Baptist Association
Hofer
Henry van Dyke
Miss Parsons
Holy City
Addison Tanquary
George
Cash
Salem
Ore
Minnie
Nellie
Lawrence
Rupert
Idaho
Isaac Akright
Martha Jane Daugherty
Harrisburg
Ill
Pittsburgh
Isaac Newton
Robert B
Akright
Fay Edward Akright
U. S. Navy
Great Lakes
Iil
Frances Melba Akright
G. W. Gue
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Over the Top program and Red Cross auction
A wartime sale and program announced for a Saturday event features R M Barnes and Shelton McGrath with addresses at 2:30 pm and 11 am, the Peoria Municipal Band, a large donated auction list, and Red Cross meals. A card from James Hill to French Gehr is mentioned amid local notices and community updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelton McGrath
Peoria
Sam
Matt
Jef
Marshall County
R. M. Barnes
Lacon
Red Cross
Col
F. H. McVicker
Whitefield Corners Social News and Local Notices
Community notes from Whitefield Corners record visits from Mr and Mrs Shorts Mrs Fosdick and sister Mrs Monroe and Henry residents Leon and wife visiting Lucian Fosdick and others. Court actions include several divorces and a probate hearing. Local real estate transfers and marriage licenses are listed along with church and farming updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Iva May Pembrook
Claud D. Pembrook
B. W. Wright
Clara DeVore
Clell DeVore
Fred W. Potter
Plaintif
David LaVier
Minnie LaVier
Plaintiff
Gregg
Venona
Broaddus
Putnam County
Charles Cusac
Charles B. Tarbell
G. N. Redman
Wenona
Ethel Blackstone
Mary Wallace
Smith
Lacon
Carl B. Elliott
Susan B. Ball
Henry
Dudley Martin
Jeanette L. Wal‘do
Sabina B. Ray
Magnus and
Mae B. Olson
Coal Co
Sparland
Rudolph M. Neane
Varna
Augusta Juers
Toluca
Leo Ryan
Wyoming
Lota Kissel
Camp Grove
Joseph H. Bogner
Hilda T. Merdian
Milan Vinkelic
Pauline Butinas
Local Social Notes and Events Across Town
A record of visits and a church school election with names such as Anderson Kane Finnegan Har rington and Shipp. Residents attended funerals, shopped in La Salle and observed measles cases while Craig private and public events were noted. The town trades and family ties are highlighted with mentions of Bradford Tiskilwa Princeton and Lone Tree school house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.J. Stapp
Frank Ziegler
Lindsey Anderson
Carrie
J. W. Anderson
J. M. Kane
Bernice
W. Spratt
Henry Eckoff
Tiskilwa
M. W. Kuhn
Laura Hufnagle
Henry Hufnagle
Clarence Anderson
Joyce
J. B. Anderson
Muriel Wright
Hazel Downey
Hazel Petteys
John Carroll
Bradford
Henry Anderson
Bernice Kane
Marie Harrington
Mae Finnegan
la Salle
Velma Anderson
Harry Finley
James Cotter
Emmett Finnegan
A. J. Stapp
Daniel Anderson
Princeton
Robert Shipp
Lone Tree School House
Frank Anderson
Putnam
Cleland Shipp
P. J. Finnegan
Marion Finley
Local visits and funeral mark a quiet North Saratoga week
Frank Balensiefen and family visit with Jacob Beach near Chillicothe while James Barry attends church in Henry and joins Frank Kennedy for dinner. Arthur Bornsheuer visits from Chillicothe to Robert and John Yarger. William Kenney hosts Sunday dinner with the Sparland family. James Barry attends Kennedy funeral at Lone Tree Tuesday. sympathy extended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Balensiefen
Jacob Beach
Chillicothe
James Barry
Henry
Frank Kennedy
Arthur Bornsheuer
Robert
John Yarger
William Yarger
William Kenney
Sparland
George S. Bean
America
Kennedy
Lone Tree
Motivational Message on Sacrifice and Duty
A speaker urges perseverance and resolve, reminding readers that sacrifice extends beyond one’s own life. The message frames collective duty and support from others who may stand in danger for the greater cause.
Bitting Glasses Meeting Time at Camp House
A notice states gatherings occur from 8 am to 1 pm and then every third Tuesday forenoon thereafter at the Camp House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monty
Camp House
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Sparland Department
Syisplue
Styleplus
Hartwig Clothing and Tailoring
Henry, Il
Yor Steuben
Red Cross Chapter
Proctor
Shaw
J. B. Wilson
I. N. Akright
R. B. Akright
Great Lakes Training Station
George Frank
Oscar Pei
Royce
Fabeshoski
Walter Burnett
Whitefield Corners
A. Shorts
Elsworth Clark
Willet
Walter Loewenstein
Rochester
Minn
Fosdick
Monroe
Roland Herr
Lou Ziegler
Pat Kennedy
Fannie Anderson
Liberty
Bonds
Putnam Grain Company
Joe L. George
Illinois
M & Ss
G. E. Fenwick
Piso
Eddreas Poste
Piso Company
Warren
Reid Bugatsky
Dick Joles
Henry, III
North
Saratoga
J. E. Carlson
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