Our Sister Towns Lacon News Roundup
Grace Heim visited Peoria last Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Judgewright proud with birth of a son. Mea Jane Diverbiss better after illness. John McKay the blind singer entertaining Mrs Boggs of Chicago. Mabelle Thompson returned from Wenona visit. Prof Wescott back from western trip. Teachers returning as September nears. Fred Barnes and Helen visited Mrs Barnes's mother Mrs Bhort in Milton. Frank White obituary in Henry. Sherborne attends. J and Mra Will-Barna return to Streator. Sheriff Howard's son ill. mother helps care for him. Mrs John Noll back from Pontiac after Chautauqua. Luella also home. Wenona guest of Parepa Wood. Prof and Mrs Donagherty and Ethel return to Rockford. Charles Molintee and family visit Undercliff. Mrs David Holmes visits Stark County. Archie Aitchison moves to Chicago for new position via Al McClary. Rea Law injured in fall from Sexton's gallery stair but no bones broken.
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Lacon
Grace Heim
Peoria
Judgewright
Jane Diverbiss
John McKay
Slater
Boggs
Chicago
Mabelle Thompson
Wenona
Wescott
Fred Barnes
Helen of Washburn
Barnes
Anna ‘Bhort
Milton Sherborne
Henry
Frank White
Mra Will-Barna
Barne
McPadden
Streator
Sheriff Howard
T Howard
Une Bady
John Noll
Pontiac
Mise Luella
Wenons
Mra
Donagherty
Ethel
Rockford
Charles Molintee
Join Hayden
Undercliff
David Holmes
Maidames McHates
Usyden
Stark County
Archie Aitchison
Law
al McClary
Archie
Laoon
Rea Law
Sexton
Buchanan
Local notes from Sparland and surrounding areas
Uncle William Smith builds an addition while Am bros Cammings visits on business and family. Mrs John Cumming of Peoria and a Avon visitor solicit church aid. Charlie McClana han greeted friends. Mrs Phebe Harrison visits son Frank at the coal shaft. Aunt Lucinda Lanquary dies. funeral set at Bethel. John Marietta and Miss Minnie Osland wed in Sparland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Smith
John Cumming
Peoria
Cresay
Morgan Park
Avon
Suanday
Baptist
Ambroes Cammings
Buckley
Charlie McClanahan
Phebe Harrison
Princeton
Frank
Coalshaft
David Cumming
Spring “Valley
Hichard Hosking
Evaline
Green County
Iowa
Hosking
Lucinda Lanquary
DR Blackwell
Bethel
Lenquary
Denver
Calo
G-W Zimmerman
Aug
John Marietta
Minnie ‘Osland
Sparland
Oak Hill MB Camp Meeting Changes Plans
Rey James attends Oak Hill MB camp meeting on Wednesday. There will be no meeting next Sunday night due to a league entertainment replacing it. Mrs Fredia Kilne leaves Tuesday for Kansas then Colorado to visit her brother and family. Ernie travels with her for about a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rey James
Oak Hill
Fredia Kilne
Kansas
Colorado
Ernie
Whitefield Corners Local Gossip and Visits
Adna Hartley of York Neb makes a fourth visit to Whitefield as Zim Runnells and Ora BroKant attend Peoria with Jessie Harveps from Peoria. Mr and Mrs Stephen Snyder welcome a baby girl last Thursday while Bertha Swift returns from Chicago with a bicycle. The article notes several visits, a funeral for Mrs Lucinda Tanquary, illness of George Pace, and local photography interest.
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Whitefield Corners
Adna Hartley
York
Neb
Zim Runnells
Ora Bro‘ken
Peoria
Jesie Harveps
Mra G Barker
Longman
Henry
Whitefield
Stephen Snyder
Thorsday
Bertha Swift
Chicago
Dre, Brokaw
Hazel Wills
George Pace
Petter
Forrest
Pershing
Lucy Clark
Austin Clark
E Lesgue
C Swift
Princeton
Chas Morris
Bertha
Flo Fountain
P Calef
Minnesota
Alden
St Paul
Mark
Calef
OC Fosdick
G Barker
H Monroe
Lucinda ‘Tanquary
Steuben
South Whitefield Notices and Local Happenings
The district reports better weather and returning health as threshing rushes ease. A funeral, schoolhouse cleaning, and social visits mark the week while Henry races wind down with local hounds in pursuit of sport.
Steuben Notes on Local Happenings and Travel
Threshing is the order of the day. Floyd Betts plans to go to Nebraska soon. Ruby Bett has been at Joe Clarks in Saratoga the past week. Mrs Garrett improves slowly after a stroke. Clara Frisbey visited in Streator the past two weeks. Mr and Mrs Addison Tanquary visited in La Prairie with John Reynolds and family last Sunday. Bertha Morse and baby girl visit her mother Mrs Buswell and may stay a few weeks. Lida Riddle at Eureka Springs Ark reports improvement. William Monier shipped a carload of Gattio to Chicago last Tuesday, James Russell accompanying him. Bertha and Nellie Tanquary and Bessie Tanquary of Sparland visited Mrs Crosdick at Whitefield Corners. William Blackwell returned from Des Moines after taking the state examination. Mrs Henry Hoskins and Annie Blackwell of Sparland stayed with Mrs Hoskins’s son Thomas for a few weeks, returning home Tuesday last week.
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South Whitefield
Harmonie
Henry
Bonham
H Marshall
Adkinson
Gehr
Sparland
Paul Nightwonger
Gracie
Whitmer
Anander
Scott
George
Ned
Buswell
Lida Riddle
Eureka Springs
Ark
William Monier
Chicago
James Russell
Bertha
Nellie Tanquary
Bessie Tanquary
Crosdick
Whietfield Corners
William Blackwell
Des Moines
Iowa
Rev James Preaches at County Farm for Paupers
The preacher spoke at the county farm Sunday afternoon addressing the inmates and urging regular services as they rarely hear preaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Flynn brothers and townsfolk in shuffle of events
Local notes report Flynn brothers leaving home newly shingled as residents attend Henry Toursday races. Several social visits unfold including Mrs Grace Daniels Jact, Misa Bennett visiting friends, and the Fagan family in Sara toga. Birth announced for Tommy Reilly, while church repairs and new Woodmen members mark community activity amid variable oat crops and local illnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
Champaign University
Siater
Will Malone
Jerrow sells farm as town site planned at Hennepin prairie
Monday report notes Archy Jerrow sold his farm on Hennepin prairie to the 31 R R Co for 100 dollars per acre amid plans for a new town site. The text also records the death of John Deck, a fancy carriage painter and trimmer, who died Tuesday after seven weeks of illness aged 60, with funeral to be held at MJB church Thursday led by Rev. F Zinser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archy Jerrow
Hennepin Prairie
R R Co
Jerrow
John Deck
MJB
F Zinser
Heares
Hennenin
Ladies' Aid to Serve Cream in Brans Building Aug 19
On next Saturday evening August 19 the Ladies' Aid will serve its cream in Mr Brans's building. Proceeds go to the pastor's salary. GeBean family left for Ke wanee, Miss Clara Patterson visited, and MH Walker from Chicago spent a day with his sister. Rev and Mrs Northrop attended camp meeting at Oak Hill. Bell Shimel of Milo visited Mrs Kelso. Some anticipate attending Uncle Tom's Cabin show Henry Saturday evening.
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Ladies’ Aid
Mr Brans
Putnam
Geo Bean
Kewanee
Clara Patterson
Loetant
Northrup
MH Walker
Chicago
J A Northrup
James Gilber
Durbin Downey
Shefeld
CR Wheeler
Thos
Spaulding
Henry
Rev
Marriage and social notices noted in Quaker Lane vignette
Mary D Lee of Tiskttwa visits Mr Gertrude Shion. Invitations go out for a Slip Hunt party at Greenlawn Saturday. Albert Mille returns from Chicago with an Emporia schoolmade. On Wednesday at Oliver Mills home, Miss Stella Milla marries Irving Broaddus. Joshua Mills and three granddaughters depart for Niagara Falls on the 15th excursion. Friends of Gertrude Wotan, ex Center girl, receive invitations to Ai Shear at her Nebraska home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quaker Lane
Mary D.lee
Tiskttwa
Gertrude Shion
Greenlawn
Albert Mille
Chicago
Emporia
Stout
Oliver Mills
Stella Milla
Irving Broaddus
Joshua Mills
Belle
Ethel
Erma Bumgarner
Niagdra Falls
The Republican Office Promises Quality Artistic Printing
An advertisement claims The Republican office provides all kinds of artistic printing and vows never to disappoint customers. It emphasizes consistent style and customer satisfaction as core commitments.
Heaviest Train Demonstrates New B and O Power
Baltimore and Ohio tests the 50 steel car train with 50 ton capacity cars loaded to 98 tons coal. A 22x28 inch consolidation locomotive weighs 168 700 pounds and pulls from Cumberland to Brunswick on the Second division. The run shows 50 cars per train can handle 6 458 100 pounds gross and 4 758 100 pounds net coal, proving higher revenue tons per mile and lower transport cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Cumberland
Brunswick
Fitzgerald
Misused pidgin English in China and hotel scene anecdotes
A writer recalls pidgin English as the lingua franca between foreigners and Chinese and shares two anecdotes. A foreign visitor misunderstands a servant’s palm of baths and baths upstairs, and a hotel landlord signals the king is in with a comical exchange at the Astor House in Shanghai.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Wailan Islands
Shanghai
Astor House
Gervant
Seven Ladies Steal at Louvre Hidden Loot Case
A Paris detective noticed seven ladies loitering between counters at the Louvre not buying items. He and a colleague detained them. searches found jewels and small valuables hidden under dresses. The group, a grandmother, three daughters, and three granddaughters, were taken to the police. Husbands denied knowledge. bail granted.
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Louvre
Dublin
Herald
Paris
A Soldier When Dying
An officer recalls a wartime moment of quiet bravery. A wounded regular private dies while saluting his superior, exemplifying disciplined devotion to the flag. The speaker does not know the man’s name or unit, yet finds enduring inspiration in his conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army
Welsh settlers form Patagonia desert kingdom
A historical note recalls how in 1895 Welsh persecuted settlers fled to Patagonia. They transformed a austere desert into a fertile country with 3000 residents, a railway, and export of wheat wool ostrich feathers and guanaco hide while adopting Spanish under foreign governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patagonia
South America
Wales
Sentries in Animal Kingdom Guarding While Others Sleep
The text lists animals that use sentinels including wasps ants chamois prairie dogs wild horses rooks swans cockatoos zebras quails and more. It highlights prairie dogs as the best known for burrow villages with lookout sentries that alert others to danger, causing a quick retreat when a stranger approaches.
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New Zealand
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