Local Notes On Visitors And Travel In Sparland Area
Sparland has sees relatives visiting from Toulon and Chicago Heights. Rev Rist returns home from Kansas trip. Oscar McLaughlin traveled to Peoria on business. Minnie Olson went to Peoria to visit relatives. Bob Davis purchased a threshing machine from Avery Co. Miss Vanda Ray works in Lacon Snyder restaurant. Mrs Curt Tanquary and children were Henry visitors last Friday. Dr Royce's mother returned to Joliet. Mrs Harney of Peoria spent Sunday with sister Mrs Schaaf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Hoadley
Toulon
Rev. Rist
Kansas
Oscar McLaughlin
Peoria
Minnie Olson
Bob Davis
Avery
Vanda Ray
Lacon
Snyder
Lillian Green
Chicago Heights
Curt Tanquary
Henry
Dr. Royce
Joliet
Mrs. Harney
Mrs. Schaaf
Local notes report illness travels and small town events
Will McGee on sick list with malaria fever. Mrs. Parker has house painted by Holmes Tanner and Wallace Hoadley. George Kear contemplates Florida land buying. Miss Mary Gillett installs large windows and other improvements. Lee Broaddus buys piano in Peoria for daughter Ruth. Several visits and gatherings noted, plus a busy riverboat show. O. BE. S. Sparland aids Lacon chapter formation. Dr. McCartney and family enjoy Shaw's Point home visit. Abe Ridenhour heads to Canada with family. Ongoing concerns include a serious illness of Mr Trompeter and no coal shaft work. Foley’s Honey and Tar promoted for hay fever and asthma relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will McGee
Parker
Holmes Tanner
Wallace Hoadley
George Kear
Florida
Mary Gillett
Lee Broaddus
Peoria
Ruth
R. Sparr
Mayme Campbell
Henry
Edna Thomas
Chillicothe
Nettie Porch Jarman
Orrin Frisbey
Dunlap
Vern Ketchum’s
O. BE. S
Sparland
Lacon
The
Baptist Church
Abe Ridenhour
Canada
Hoadley
Ellen
Story & Clark
John Reid
Trompeter
Heinrich
Beitz
Panama Canal Malaria Frightful Drawback Cures Mentioned
The article notes malaria as a historic problem on the Panama Canal with symptoms including chills fever and debility. It then touts Electric Bitters as a cure with a testimonial from Wm. A. Fretwell of Lucama North Carolina claiming a severe malaria attack was fully cured by three bottles. The ad section ends with druggists A. J. Ironmonger and T. J. Segraves guaranteeing the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Canal
Wm. A. Fretwell
Lucama
N. C
A. J
J. R. Pitt
Rocky Mt
Dr. King
A. J. Ironmonger
T. J. Segraves
Broadmoor and Peoria Connections Fill Local Notes
Broadmoor Glenn Driskell and family move to Peoria while a string of visits and social updates fill the column. Mentions include L. M. Beauprie of Chicago visiting Clarence Perkins, Dorothy and Jessie Lambert guests of Otis Hodges, and several Peoria day trips. Also notes church events, youth league, and medical testimonials for Dr King’s New Discovery with local druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadmoor
Glenn Driskell
Peoria
L. M. Beauprie
Chicago
Clarence Perkins
Dorothy
Jessie Lambert
Otis Hodges
Charles Winn
Ed Stang
L. H. Eldridge
Whitefield
Jesse Clapp
John Cohrs
Anna
Martha Stang
Social Visits and Illness Reported in Local Household
Mrs. William Mielkey and Blanche spent Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. William Fountain. Mrs. BE. W. Mortell and others were callers at William Yarger's Friday. Mrs. Yarger has been very sick this week but somewhat better now. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Leeds visited George Hall and wife on Sunday. Mrs. Ola Cummings, visiting her sister, left for Iowa Saturday. Julius Wielkey and August Dickman of Lombardville dined with the Mielkeys Thursday and Friday. Addie Graft from Peoria is nursing Mrs. Yarger at home. Some men of this neighbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Milo
William Mielkey
Blanche
William Fountain
BE. W. Mortell
John Daly
Blanche Mielkey
Roy Daly
William Yarger
Wm. Yarger
Samuel Leeds
George Hall
Ola Cummings
Frank Herricks
Wm. Mielkey
Wm. Shorts
Mortell
Harry
Thomas Duke
Henry
Ed Clark
Eldridge’s
Ada
E. M
Hats and social calls fill busy day in small town
The community notes social visits among families such as Hall, Billings, Shorts, and Mielkey with conversations about hats and a humorous owl pet. A light health tip promotes Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets for digestion and appetite, sold by A. J. Ironmonger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
A. J. Ironmonger
Probate and Real Estate Notices From La Prairie Area
Probate filings include wills for David M Hall Elizabeth Longmar and Sarah White with bond and testamentary orders. Real estate transfers list multiple warrants quit claims and warranties among Varna Toluca Sparland and La Prairie, plus a marriage license for Toluca. Community notes mention local visits and illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David M. Hall
Elizabeth Longmar
Susan Elizabeth True
Sarah White
Harry M. Taggart
John Hughes
John A. Locke
Joseph Kasinski
Venona
Toluca Coal Co
J. T. Peckard
Bennington
Addie Feazel
John
Ida Murphy
Varna
L. A. Briggs
J. B. Gannon
Santa Fe
Levi D. Wilmot
L. Duchesne
Lacon
Warner R
Emily J. Broaddus
Jennie R. Murphy
Fred Reay
Abraham Redenoar
Coal Co
Sparland
John Parlich
Toluca
Lucy Golich
Political and labor notes from Toluca and district
H D Roe seeks county judge by Democratic primary. James W Tracey announces Democratic bid for district legislature. M Fahy faces opposition in his county. Miners vote on the proposed wage scale. strike towns favor the plan while nonstrike towns oppose. Toluca vote leans four to one for worker return. Eugene Ingram sells 80 acre Rutland area farm to John McBride for 250 per acre. coal reserved and sold later, total 24000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toluca
Eugene Ingram
Rutland
John McBride
Dana
Toluca Merchants Seek Early Closings and Sunday Cessation
Toluca businessmen unite to push for closing stores early in the evenings and keeping all day Sundays closed. Colonel J A Burcham seeks the Democratic sheriff nomination and is circulating petitions. A Santa Fe brakeman died near La Rose after a beam struck his lanterned box car. Coroner Peterson held an inquest in Varna with Mattie Galesburg as the home. Mrs Otto Peterson has leased Varna’s American House and will soon assume management after running Toluca’s Illinois Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toluca
J. A. Burcham
Santa Fe
la Rose
Alton Bridge
Chillicothe
Peterson
Varna
Mattie
Galesbug
Otto Peterson
Poem Fragment by Alice Louise Togo
A fragmentary verse by Alice Louise Togo questions abandonment and loneliness. The speaker laments loss and wonders why a loved one cannot remain. The tone is somber and reflective.
Speer News Roundup Highlights Local Socials and Travel
Sam Stowell of Peoria served as Speer caller Thursday afternoon. John Turnbull received 107 sheep from Chicago Wednesday morning. Oat harvest is over and threshing will follow. Bert Green drove Otto Deitz and family to Bradford Thursday. Many locals attended the circus in Peoria. Families visited in Speer and Edelstein churches. Arthur Merrill will move to Peoria after leaving Hillebrand & Phillips. Mrs. Milton Gaumer visited Logansport, Ind. Arthur Merrill C W Merrill and Joe Parrish fished at the Illinois River. Chautauqua attendance by Hillebrand family in Pontiac. Miss Mabel Gruner hosted ten guests with Miss Palma Gross. games and luncheon. Progressive cachet Saturday night featured Miss Latha Dunn and Frank Gallup as prize winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Stowell
Peoria
Speer
John Turnbull
Chicago
Bert Green
Otto Deitz
Bradford
James Farden
O. G. McCraw
Edelstein
B. Stisser
Charles
Colvis Stowell
Amos Miller
E. N. Smith
Knox
Arthur Merrill
Hillebrand & Phillips
Milton Gaumer
Logansport
Ind
Milton
C. W. Merrill
Joe Parrish
Illinois River
Palma Gross
Cachre
Latha Dunn
Frank Gallup
Misses Gruner
Miss Gross
Social notes from Lawn Ridge and area
Mrs. Wm. Willcox entertains her sister Mrs. Samuel Goudy and children from Burlington Ta. Grace and Myrle Chapin visit Marion Adams near Princeville. Miss Cora Perkins visits relatives and helps Mrs Armstrong prepare for a trip to Colorado. George Johnsons horse strayed last Wednesday with no trace yet found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Willcox
Samuel Goudy
Burlington
Grace
Myrle Chapin
Marion Adams
Princeville
Cora Perkins
Armstrong
Colorado
George Johnson
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Bears
C. M. McLaughlin
Sparland, Ill
Columbia Dye Works
Main St. Peorla
Express
Sparland’ Department
Sparland Personals
Foley
A. J. Tronmonger
Henry Mattison
Charlie Swinemann
Ladies’ Aid
Ernest Dee
Jesse Barker
George Barker
Edith
Gladys Mallett
Frank Barkman
J. Kistler
West
Tia Davis
Festus Bentley
Robert Conover
Cora Schammel
Hennepin
Edna Smith
James McClane
Milo
H. O. MaUett
Geneseo
Henry Sherman
Tiskilwa
Bert Piper
al Wooden
John Davis
Kewanee
Benj Pettigrew
Vesta Wright
Grandma Pettigrew
James Carrico
Nathan Chandler
Oscar Chasteen
Lula
Myrtle
H.’O. Mallett
Nellie
Margaret Monier
Lloyd Hay
Mallett
Alva Orwig
Wyoming
Boyd's Grove
Othel Reed
Claude Brown
Reynoldsville
Cal
Court House News
Agnes Burnett
Mary Hastings
Ambro Wilmer
George Oliver
Will Grieves
Ella Grieves
Elmira
Richard Davidson
H. S. Webber
U. P
Ollie Sevon
Ada Randolph
Delevan
Martha Ray
Davidsons
Burnetts
Katie Stevenson
Pontiac
Ora Frary
Frary
Hannah Hall
Oklahoma
Manock
Republican
Marquette Cement Mfg. Co
la Salle
Ill
Marquette Bldg
Chicago, Ill
Dawson, Henry
Alice Louise Togo
Lawn Ridge
Ayer
C-Ayer Co
Lowell
Mass
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