Local Residents Share Easter Weekend Visits and Home Improvements
Sparland notes show Mrs. Snell shopping in Henry last Friday while Bert McLaughlin and his family visited the country Sunday. John Riddell drove to Henry for Easter shopping, and Mrs. Mamie Coatney with her mother were in Henry for Easter hats. Will Frisbey visited Henry with his cousin Mrs. Baster, and Mr. Trumpeter began a pedaling wagon run to the country. Olson added a new front porch, and Frank Van Antwerp installed a concrete walk. Mr. Snell laid a concrete path from gate to porch, boosting curb appeal. Mrs. Tesmer is out again after illness and attended church.
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Snell
Henry
Bert McLaughlin
Willie Clifton
Oscar. McLaughlin
John Riddell
Mamie Coatney
Will Frisbey
Local Community Notes From Henry Area
Mr Simpson and family shop in Henry last Thursday. Mrs Jessie Parsons offers sewing at reasonable charges. Ethel O’Brien visited Peoria returning Monday. Ruby Olson honored at a party Friday eve. Mr and Mrs Lon Griswold welcome twin boys born April 20. Flowers brightened by warm days. Mrs Griswold is Nellie Ray. Walter Luft, grade teacher, took pupils out flowering Tuesday. Ernest Kline plans an ice cream parlor with Rob Duncan as partner. Helping Hand society to serve dinner May 238 for Marshall County Interscholastics. Rev Rist returned from Chicago trip to missionary convention. Mrs Rist stayed with Mrs Barnes in La Prairie. Mr Pelz moved back toward Sparland. family reunion hopes. Mrs Webb Tanner travels to Chicago with Holmes Tanner’s wife. Mr Chessman’s farewell sermon, end of school year mid June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Simpson
Henry
Jessie Parsons
Ethel O'Brien
Peoria
Ruby Olson
Bedford
Harry Marshall
Lacon
Baptist Church
Lon Griswold
Harry
Whitefield
Michigan
Walter Luft
Ernest Kline
Rob Duncan
Helping Hand Society
Marshall County
Rist
Chicago
Henry Republican
Mary
Local notes from Spar land and surrounding towns
Maxwell family guests expected this week and ready to ship goods. Mrs Vincent and her son Fred visited. she mourns her husband and visits his grave with loneliness. City election resulted in aldermen N W B McCartney Albert McLaughlin Louis Osborne and the dry vote passed by 20. Mrs Scoon returned from Chicago hospital to La Prairie, but died soon after. Easter service at M E church featured music and missions collection.
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Sparland
N. W. B. McCartney
Albert McLaughlin
Louis Osborne
Will Scoon
Chicago
Earth
U. P
la Prairie
M. E
McCartney
Henri Wetzel
Frieda Frank
Elsie Gehr
John
Wesley Marland
Della Taylor
Bessie Tanquary
Edith Waugh
Edith
Rist
Various local visits and social notes from Lake Geneva and Peoria
John Monier visits his mother in Lake Geneva Wisconsin. Hilebrand family calls on La Prairie friends. Mrs Graves under doctor care. Belle Calder visits Danvers. Calder and Packingham attend Frank Simmons wedding in Peoria. Joe Gray returns from Ohio improved. Golden Globe reports D P Wilmot reception for Miss Dorothy Scott in Golden Colorado with Mr. and Mrs. Wilmot praised as hosts. Miss Shirley Willard visits home. Richard Davidson ill with weak heart. Bessie Willard visits Princeville with Miss Sue Irwin. Venus Grey of Henry visits Hugh Hastings. Anna Stowell, visiting family in Peoria, ill with pneumonia.
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John Monier
Lake Geneva
Wis
D. P. Wilmot
Dorothy Scott
Illinois
Richard Davidson
Bessie Willard
Princeville
Sue Irwin
Venus Grey
Henry
Hugh Hasting
Anna Stowell
Joseph Stowell
California
Peoria
Foley’s Kidney Remedy Restores Female Health
A Kentucky woman credits Foley’s Kidney Remedy with correcting bladder and kidney trouble. Miss Carrie Harden of Bowling Green explains that after starting the remedy she found great relief from pain and was completely well after the second bottle. Sold by A J Ironmonger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Carrie Harden
Bowling Green
A. J. Ironmonger
Lawn Ridge News Briefs Include Local Visits and Developments
Miss Alma Wilson and sister Mrs Green with Carrie have returned from Peoria. Alma Caldwell visits from Peoria due to her mother's illness. Lawn Ridge gaugers arrived from Peoria for a family gathering in Lawn Ridge. Morris Perkins begins tearing down and rebuilding to create a farm residence while the family camps in a tent. Mrs Millie Sims’ condition worsened over the weekend causing unease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Wilson
Peoria
L. R. Green
Carrie
Nuys
Phoebe
Alma Caldwell
Lawn Ridge
Samuel
Speer
Morris Perkins
Millie Sims
Minister's Discourse Impresses Growing Peoria Church
A Peoria minister delivered a live Sunday message to a growing congregation after his household goods arrived by rail. Mrs. Jennie Brann traveled to Elmwood to assist her niece undergoing hospital treatments, potentially staying through summer. Flora Hart of Chillicothe canvassed for subscribers to a European trip contest, leading the field. William Stevenson, a former Lawn Ridge resident, died at his daughter’s home in Kewanee at age 93, after a brief illness. his funeral at Lawn Ridge church reflected his standing as a civic and church leader.
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Flora Hart
Chillicothe
Peoria Journal
Hart
William Stevenson
Lawn Ridge
Ira Lulake
Kewanee
Mr. Stevenson
Hannibal
N. Y
Lawn Ridge Corners
Neponset
H. L. Hartmell
Kidney trouble warning and remedy advertisement
An insidious danger of kidney trouble is noted with emphasis on early signs. The text urges taking Foley's Kidney Remedy at first symptoms to correct irregularities and prevent Bright's disease and diabetes, listing A. J. Ironmonger as the seller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Bright
A. J. Ironmonger
Miss Elizabeth Riley Dies at Eureka After Heart Trouble
Miss Elizabeth Riley born in Lacon died Sunday at her brother BE J Riley's Eureka home from heart trouble. Former government teacher in Indian schools across Wyoming Oklahoma Wisconsin North and South Dakota, she was about 45 and oldest of the family. Funeral in Eureka then burial in Lacon Catholic cemetery beside her parents. she leaves three sisters in Arizona and brothers James of Minonk and Edward J. of Eureka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Riley
Lizzie Riley
Lacon
BE. J. Riley
Eureka
Misa Riley
Wyoming
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
North
South Dakota
Nellie
Miss Ailey
Arizona
James
Minonk
Edward J
Health cure twenty years by Bucklen arnica salve
O S Wooleyer of LeRaysville New York says a twenty year health sentence was ended by Bucklen's Arnica Salve which he credits for curing bleeding piles. The salve heals worst sores boils burns wounds and cuts in the shortest time and sells for 25 cents at A J Ironmonger's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
O. S. Wooleyer
LeRaysville
N. Y
A. J. Ironmonger
Probate Court Actions Mark Batch of Estate Matters
Probate Court records detail proof of notice of adjustment for several estates including Breen Dunn Wood Burroughs and Wilson. Final reports, inventories, and claim dispositions are approved or amended. conservators and administratrixs listed with withdrawals and life-status findings for Isabelle Cowan and George W. McCartney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Breen
Perry Dunn
Casper C. Wood
Edward Burroughs
James Wilson
F. C. Willet
John H. Herr
Duke Bros
Harry Snell
Harrison J. Gregory
Hutchins & Downey
J. Watercott & Co
Isabelle Cowan
Ward
Bartonville
L. J. Hodge
Adminster
George W. McCartney
Eniente Conservator
Final settlement notice for Sarah A. Defenbaugh estate
Estate of Sarah A. Defenbaugh deceased announces final settlement and court order approving report for distribution. Real estate transfers listed include Anna Tracey to Simon Smozo jeski for Toluca lots 7 8 block 40. Jessie Donovan to George Snell for Sparland lots 8 9 16 32 38. George Jarman to G H Randall for Steuben swar section 11. Frances Anthony and Frank Fischer for Wenona lot 3 block 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah A. Defenbaugh
Anna Tracey
Simon Smozojeski
Toluca
Jessie Donovan
George Snell
Sparland
George Jarman
G. H. Randall
Steuben
Frances Anthony
Alto Frank Fischer
Wenona
Whitefield Center News Briefs
Willis Aukland suffers a hand injury and hopes for a quick recovery. Meta Lassman is ill and unable to take a critical examination at Sugar Grove. T. A. Seelye has his farm house being plastered. Mrs. Laura Bourdette and Mrs. Cora Seelye visited at Mrs. Seelye's home. Mrs. Rob Daniels called on Mrs. Harry Shorts Tuesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitefield Center
Willis Aukland
Meta Lassman
Sugar Grove
T. A. Seelye
Laura Bourdette
Cora Seelye
Rob Daniels
Harry Shorts
Local Option Contests and Revival in Bradford
One hundred fifty persons converted in Bradford revival meetings over the past month. Lockport ballots show local option lost by one vote, county recount finds no errors. Road propositions favor cash system by large margins. Illinois dry totals 1,053 townships to 202 wet. Senator Cullom presents petitions from Streator Galesburg and Pontiac against Sunday banking in money orders and registered letters. The Illinois local option law faces a 25-point constitutional test before the Supreme Court with a ruling expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
Lockport
Illinois
Cullom
Washington
Streator
Galesburg
Pontiac
Supreme Court
Toluca Woman Seeks Damages in Rail Crash Suit
Miss Kathryn Tracy of Toluca sues the Alton and Vandalia railroads in the circuit court for 10000 dollars claiming serious injuries from the Farmdale wreck. She states paralysis may be permanent after a head on collision between an Alton west bound passenger train and a Vandalia east bound freight. Two trainmen died in the wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toluca
Alton
Primary Law Calendar Dates for Voters and Officials
The schedule lists key dates under the new primary law from July 1 filing starts to the November general elections. It details deadlines for senatorial and congressional conventions, withdrawal filings, ballot notices, certification of candidate names, and delivery of ballots and returns across state and county offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
State Central and Senatorial Committee
State Senator Announcement by Ira M Lis h
State Senator Ira M Lis h announces candidacy for the Sixteenth district in the 1908 primaries August 8. He thanks Livingston county Republicans and defends his record, pledging conservative service and support if endorsed. A related note reports Congress passed a widows pension bill adding 12 million dollars yearly and boosting pensions to 12 dollars monthly for Civil War veterans with 90 days service.
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Livingston
Livingston County
Reuben
Lincoln
Grant
Logan
Oglesby
Illinois
Ira M.lish
Pension Bureau
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