Sparland and Henry News Roundup 1917
Local items from Sparland and Henry recount visits, illnesses, and events. John Van Antwerp reelected school director. preliminary literary contest set for April 27 at the Baptist church with a multi-act program. Reports cover coal, construction, debates, travel, and family notices in Henry County communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Baptist Church
D. Hewitt
Miss Kellenbach
Jerushy
Jessie L. Gayner
Hazel Frisbey
K. S. Clark Fern Frank
Sparland Girls Shine At Shy Track Meet With Lacon
Sparland high school hosted a girls track meet after a boys trial with Lacon last Saturday. Contestants included Nellie Atchison Velma Campbell Louise Osborne Elva Campbell Jane Rae Helen Rae Velma Odell and the Ely sisters Josephine and Clara. Jane Rae led in honors while Velma Odell set eight feet in shot put. Monthly exams for high school pupils were held Friday April 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparland
Sparland High School
Lacon
Nellie Atchison
Velma Campbell
Louise Osborne
Elva Campbell
Jane
Helen Rae
Velma Odell
Josephine
Clara Ely
Jane Rae
South Whitefield community notices and visits
Walter Miles is reelected school director in Bonham district. Daisy Perry visited Sparland guests Saturday night and Sunday. Mrs. Fred Klein and Mildred Maybeach visited Mrs. George Holler Saturday. James Wherry and son James Jr. with Mrs. Hunt from Henry visited Earl Wherry. Grandpa Gunther staying with a daughter near Toluca. Hayline family spent Sunday with son Charles. Mrs. Ralph McLusky returned from Peoria with Marie VanDusen to stay at McLusky home. Ernie Ely and wife called on Frank Wunder Thursday. Danny Chance visited Chillicothe weekend to handle his father’s estate. Several locals suffer boils. Hastings youth visited Leslie Waughop and J. DeWalt homes Sunday. Bernadine Holler home from school due to eye trouble. Hughes Reed Dye and their sons from Pontiac spent weekend here. They run a business and enjoy a country outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Tanner
John Rooney
Peoria
Ruth Webster
J. C. Ohlman
Chillicothe
N. B. W. McCartney
Kansas
Mary Riddell
Henry
Riddell
John van Antwerp
Ed Myers
Fred Harvey
Sparland
Henry Republican
C.D. Marshall
Oscar Pointner
L. N. Osborne
Wm. Aitchison
B. B. Royce
Ts Life Worth Living
Orpheum
Robert Ingram
Jennie Tanquary
Phoebe Emler
Michael Jacobs
Annie Evans
L. H. Gehr
Gehr
Mabelle Gehr
Zetta Gehr
Phoebe Enler
Elmer Reiter
Evanston
Anna Luft
Reiter
Naval
Walter Burnett
Will Madison
Proctor Hospital
Roll Blackwell
Madison
M. C. Marshall
Mary A. Marshall
South Whitefield
Walter Miles
Bonham
Daisy Perry
Fred Klein
Mildred Maybeach
George Holler
James Wherry
James, Jr
Hunt
Earl Wherry
Grandpa Gunther
Toluca
Hayline
Charles
Ralph McLusky
Marie VanDusen
McLusky
Ernie Ely
Frank Wun der
Danny Chance
Hastings
Leslie Waughop
J. DeWalt
Bernadine Holler
Hughes
Reed and Dye
Pontiac
Jalon Draft Stallion Prospects for 1917 Season at Noted Farms
Jalon, a dark grey imported stallion with state license A 7580, stands for the 1917 season at multiple local venues including C R Wheeler Timothy Foger ty Arthur Bough man W C Young F C Quinn James Barry J L Barrett and the home barn. Bred lineages include Sjre Pelletan and Dame Coquette, with a pedigree tracing to Biribi Duchesnay Voltaire Pourqui Pas Bon Espoir Brilliant and Picador families. Stud fee is 15 dollars to insure a living colt, with insurance and payment terms binding if mares are parted or moved. exhibitor EB Johnson listed as groom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunhams
M. Monthule
Department of Sarthe
Sjre_ Pelletan
Biribi
Duchesnay
Voltaire
Pourqui Pas
Bon Espoir
Brilliant
Dame Coquette
Ayor
Boutour
Picador III
Picador
Favori
M. Dupont
C. R. Wheeler
Timothy Fogerty
Arthur Boughman
J. B. Cook
W. C. Young
F. C. Quinn
T James Barry
J. L. Barrett
W.S. Corsa
Carlotheon
Carnot
America
France
Ruth
Calypso
Theudius
Iowa
Illinois
Kansas
Nebraska
Corsa
Visit at Chesney and Rickey Homes Noted
Mr and Mrs Charles Hunt joined by Miss Wall of Spring Valley visited Will Chesney on Sunday. Wilbur and John Hastings with their wives were entertained at George Rickey's home. Many rejoiced over Henry and Lacon going dry, a cause that pleases many ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hunt
Will Chesney
Miss Wall
Spring Valley
Wilbur
John Hastings
George Rickey
Henry
Lacon
Camp Grove News Notes and Local Moves
Camp Grove residents share army, naval service notes and family news. Jimmie Wood, stationed in Atlanta, visited Camp Grove amid friend gatherings. Mr and Mrs Leo Murphy welcomed a nine pound daughter born last Thursday. Various locals travel to Peoria and Wyoming for calls. The Ladies Aid meets May 3 with price updates for quilting. A home talent play Prairie Rose to be staged at Castleton. Samuel Roof dies at Quincy Old Soldiers Home. John Barnes family visits for the new baby. many neighborhood updates through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmie Wood
Atlanta
Camp Grove
Leo Murphy
Anna Davidson
Grant
Belle Pearson
Voris Riel
Marvin Tanquary
Chillicothe
Saratoga Township
Saratoga M. E
Erica Davis
Greensburg
Ind
A. J. Kistler
Regular Army
Dick Bowers
Joseph Malone
Bradford
Emmett Hickey
Barney Colgan
Wyoming
James Hickey
Jacob Beam, Jr
Navy
Marie Hickey
W. F. Malone
Joseph Sheeler
Celestine Hickey
Peoria
Katie
Wm. King
G. M. Lombard
Morgan Myers
John Hickey
Ladies' Aid Society
Castleton
Mert Seelye
E. Malone
John Sparkel
Johnson
Michigan
Camis Grove
Samuel Roof
Quincy
Bertha LaMaster
Queet
John Mueller
John Barnes
Town News Flurries With Accidents And Local Visits
Irene McCuen’s horse broke loose at a blacksmith shop after a train approached but caused little damage. Peoria visitors Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Myers consulted Dr Brobst about headaches and nostril trouble. operation not needed. Herbert Wilson near town had two ribs broken when his team ran away from a pulverizer. recovering under Dr Blough. Andrew Mallmen, while hitching colts, was knocked down but escaped broken bones though badly bruised. Marjorie must learn to drive or stay home as Mallmen rests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Grove
Irene McCuen
Morgan Myers
Peoria
Dr. Brobst
Myers
Herbert Wilson
Dr. Blough
Andrew Mallmen
Marjorie
Mr. Mallmen
Constipation and Indigestion in Wartime America
Reader Mrs. Robert Allison of Mattoon Illinois notes how indigestion and constipation plagued her after moving there until one bottle of Chamberlain’s Tablets eased her trouble and changed her life. In Cook County marriage license clerks deal with a surge of couples rushing into matrimony after the declaration of war with Germany. Chicago issued 1126 licenses in one day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Allison
Mattoon
Chamberlain's
Cook County
Germany
Chicago
Rheumatic Pains Relieved by Chamberlain's Liniment
Mrs S N Finch of Batavia N Y reports prompt relief from chest pains and shoulder lameness caused by rheumatism after using Chamberlains Liniment. The testimonial appears as an advertisement claiming reliable, quick soothing effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. N. Finch
Batavia
Stockholders meet to amend Articles of Consolidation
The Chicago and Rock Island Railway calls a special stockholders meeting for June 21, 1917 at 10 a.m. to vote on amendments to Article V and VI of the 1880 Consolidation, including capital stock increases to 140 million, and preferred stock terms with dividends and redemption provisions. Notices will be mailed and published in New York and Chicago newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company
Chicago
Illinois
Caleag
Batley, Campany
la Salle Street
City of
County of
Cook
State of
Oll
United States Mail
Borough of
Manhattan
New York
James E. Gorman
George H. Crospy
Tax plan targets rich as war burden shifts to high incomes
An effort by the American committee on war finance led by Amos Pinchot proposes taxing incomes of five thousand dollars or more. Rates would be 21 percent on five to ten thousand, then a sliding scale above ten thousand to cap individual take at one hundred thousand dollars. The DuPont family is cited with eighty million yearly income split among ten, yielding about seventy nine million to the government. FOR SALE A six room cottage Inquire at this office Advt 4-5-tf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UCN
Sald Capital
American Committee On War Finance
Amos Pinchot
DuPont
Car-Load of Fish Arrives to Stock Toluca Reservoir
A whole car-load of fish arrived by the C and A line for Toluca, brought by J J Porter and A C Allen from Illinois hatcheries. Hon Michael Fahy helped secure the stock, which will stock a reservoir west of No 1 mine now guarded by wardens to prevent removal or undersized catches. The fish stocking aims to provide future sport and a local hatchery with clean water and careful transfer procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toluca
Illinois School Spending and Enrollment Growth 1896 1916
In 1896 Illinois public schools spent about 17 million with 898 719 students enrolled. By 1916 expenditures rose to about 345 million and enrollment reached 1 084 650. Expenses nearly tripled while enrollment grew under 25 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
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Sparland Department
Meissner
A . Meissner
Ganz
Aitchison
Osborne
Margaret Campbell
William Osborne
Mammy
Harriet Ware
Parsons
the Jackal and
Lee Jones
Jean Val Jean
Milford Marshall
Aileen Kelley
Wesley Marland
Lyle Richmond
Kerne
Spring Bay
Holler
William Ray
Louis Griswold
Milton Holler
Walter
Marshall County
Abe Colwell
George
Willis
Jalon
Quinn Brothers
EB. Johnson, Groom
Directo
Sre
Tock de
Carlothean
Hunt Bros
Quinn Bros
Ry, Illino
West Front Street
Herman Shafts
T. J. Segraves
Ill
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