Sparland Delivers Local Social Notes and War Service News
Sparland locals share visits and illness reports from Mrs McLaughlin to Miss Marland. The item covers callers, family visits, church services, threshers, and a son’s promotion to lieutenant at Camp Funston, with notes on village births, trips to Starved Rock, and community events across August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Frank
Gehr Hardware
M. & M Club
Minnie
Nellie Tanquary
John van Antwerp
Matt Sparr
Bryan Chatman
Dakota
Mabelle Marshall
Virginia
Elizabeth Marland
Walter Marland
Johnson City
Wilson Jarman
Meredosin
Brimfield
Oscar Peintner
Lizzie Simpson
George Christman
Peintner
Starved Rock
Myron Lester
George Simpson
Lester
Nellie “Tarquary
Mia Ida Jeffries
Salina
Kan
Faugster
Solomon Williams
Tanquary Home
Paul Nighsanger
South Whitefield
Alva
Wash
Harry
Camp Funston
State Normal
Local Social Notes and Movements Near Broadmoor
Broadmoor notes list W C Young visiting Peoria, Ed Hufnagle and family moving to the section house, Irvin Cappertine visiting daughter in Peoria, Bert McKinney called to Keewanee for his mother’s illness, Mrs Emma Johnson and Mrs A W Shriver visiting Neponset, Bessie Fisher and children visiting H E G Rees, I. Eisteri and family moving to Clarence Fryen’s former home, Grace and Kathryn Newton visiting Mrs L E Clifton, Mra Clifford Crull of Akron visiting, A synchronizer for aviation invented by A L Nelson of Galesburg approved by officials, promising use in planes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W C Young
Peoria
Ed Hufnagle
Milo
Irvin Cappertine
Bert McKinney
Kewanee
Emma Johnson
Mra
W Shriver
Neponset
Bessie Fisher
G Rees
Neighborhood Threshing And Social Visits Reported
Threshing started in the neighborhood on Wednesday. Local residents and visitors include Vidas Driver and daughter Miss Elsie, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Reid, Mr. and Mrs. James Foster frei, Agnes of Princeton with M. Barker and others. Harold Reid and Clarence Schneider visited home folks before returning to Fort Terry New York. Robert McClane left for Camp Wheeler Georgia. The Ladies Aid plans a social at Mrs. Josephine Conover's home Thursday afternoon with all members invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vidas
Elsie
Charles Reid
James Foster Frei
Charles Swineman
F. Auts
Agnes
Princeton
Suney
M. Barker
de. Jamies McClane
Eiva
Mariam
Herr
Hilda Fisher
Bert Piper
Maria Bentley
Roy Hill
Ladies' Aid Society
Josephine Conover
Cure for Dysentery and Court House News items
Ad promotes Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea remedy as lifesaving after a fatal dysentery case in Ashland Kansas. The probate court lists multiple estates with admin bonds, appraisals, guardianships, and tax reports, plus real estate transfers in Saratoga and Henry counties. An bowel ailment fix is also advertised, urging three Chamberlain's tablets to ease bilious attacks and restore digestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland
Kan
Chamberlain
William Whitelaw
Des Moines
Iowa
Iis
Chambérlain
Advt
Fa Bo Court House News
Local News and Notices From Wenona and Nearby Areas
Lieut R A Moffett of Camp Cody married Miss Marie Bixter of El Paso Texas in July. Chautauqua at Wenona noted as a necessity and fundraiser. balance for next season stands at 93.78 dollars. Red Cross at Lacon shipped a relief package to Chicago division with pillow cases sheets hospital bed sheets and ramfort kits. George Moreland of Lacon joins Camp Forest as teamster. five locals entrain for Syracuse to serve as limited service men. Dickinson canning factory Eureka reports nine inches of rainfall from June 23 to July 7, a notably heavy period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R A Moffett
Medical Corps
Camp Cody
Denning
W E Moffett
Wenona
Marie Bixter
el Paso
Tex
T O Judd
Red Cross
Lacon
Chicago
Blanche Bowers
Indiana
Dickinson Canning Factory
Eureka
Miles Nominated for Peoria Circuit Judge Seat
Charles W Miles of Peoria, Republican nominee for circuit judge to replace Clyde E Stone, won on the fourth ballot at the Peoria convention. He will be the only Republican judge on the tenth circuit bench, with Green and Niehaus as the others. Miles has a long legal career in Omaha and Peoria, including partnerships with Graff and Fuller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W Miles
Peoria
Clyde FE Stone
Illinois Supreme Court
Miles
Tenth Judicial Circuit
T N Green
Pekin
John M Niehaus
Tazewell
Marshall, Stark and
Putnam
Jerseyville
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Omaha
Neb
Joseph W Graff
William
Robert Jack
W T Irwin
Jack, Irwin
Jack & Miles
J L Fuller
Miles & Fuller
Board of Election Commissioners
Stone
Barnett
Illinois moves to acquire Logan home site for restoration
The state legislature authorized funds to purchase and remodel General John A. Logan’s Benton home as the 90th anniversary of Logan’s birthday marks completion of restoration efforts. Relics from the Civil War are placed inside the house, with the Illinois State Historical Society securing the appropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arate
John A. Logan
Benton
Logan
Illinois State Historical Society
War Department
Rockford
Camp Grant
Also Mentioned on This Page
L. R. Phillips
Charles Greenlee
J. Watercott
Yanochowski
Lawrence Peterman
P. Turner
G. Hoyle
Sparland Department
Relief’ McLaughlin
Oliver Johnson
Sparland
Henry
Hazel McLaughlin
Mabelle Webber
Will Hoskins
Wenone
Addison Tanquary’s
A. M. Bowlin
Jennie Watkins
Peter Craig
Henn Marmegon
Walnut Grove
Lyle Duncan
Irl B. Ransom
Moline
Lawrence Wynes
Vernon Ketchum
Geary
Andrew Riddell
Riddelli
William Osborne
Fred Bliss
A. L. McLaughlin
McLaughlin
William Kinney
Saratoga
William Yaeger
Mary C. Riddell
E. J. Aitch
Milford Marshall
Will VanDusen 4
Broadmoor
A L Nelson
Galesburg
Bree
Aed Fcatian
Probate Court
Conrad J Held
Helen M
George W. Smith
Mark Monahan
Robert Whitton
James Clifford
H. M. Taggart
James L. Griffin
Thomas Gants
Alfred C Lorenzoni
John Klevesat
United States
Riley O Diverbiss
James R. Newman
Fenwick
Hohner
Albert True
Jennie FE Clark
Matilda Clark
Joseph H Clark
Mary A Holmes
Charles R Holmes
Jessie S Coggshall
Louis Bogner
Ey En A
Marshall County News
H. & E. F. Hunter
Peorian
Mexico
Harles Brownell
Germany
Texas
New York
New Jersey
Bradford
W. E. Sebring
E. S5th
Chicago, Ll
Matthew Steele
Brown’s
Tampa
Henry, Winois
Bey We
William Lebuc
Athenoa
Chester
LeDuc
Katherine Swiger
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