Local Notes Roundup From Sparland And Nearby
Walter Luft returns from Normal. Murdocks shop in Henry. Joe Hill visits relatives near Sparland while teachers attend Lacon institute. Minnie Olson home from Peoria. Delbret Taylor clerks for Mr Campbell. Summer ends, fire escapes added to school. Mrs Ray Newell runs restaurant at home. Fred Harvey from the country visits Oscar McLaughlin’s. Fred Vincent back from Chicago. Miss Sadie Marland home from Wenona. George Davis Jr leases Elmer Frisbey’s coal bank for winter. Miss Mary Tanner resigns from restaurant. visiting Danville uncle. Miss Bessie Tanquary back from western trip. Mrs Mattie Cook visits. Chessman to be ordained at Baptist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Luft
Delbret Taylor
Campbell
Fred Harvey
Oscar McLaughlin
Fred Vincent
Chicago
Sadie Marland
Wenona
George Davis, Jr
Elmer Frisbey
Mary Tanner
Saggars
Danville
Bessie Tanquary
Mattie Cook
Whitefield
Francis
Chessman
The
Baptist Church
Hoadley and Relatives Visit Sparland Arrangements
Mrs Hoadley leaves for Peoria to visit relatives with sister in law Mrs Zinger and family. Mr and Mrs James Wilson return to Sparland after buying the John Cerve house. Epworth League social at the Tanquary home. Farewell reception for Mr Bouton and family at the Methodist church. Starved Rock excursion smaller due to heat. Gapen and Cumming homes progress amid remodeling. Hoadley and family host visitors from Chicago Toulon and local area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hoadley
Peoria
Zinger
Francis
Oslan
Taylorville
Brown
Chillicothe
James Wilson
Sparland
John Cerve
Hoadley
Parker
Chicago
Toulon
Henry
Will Donovan
Epworth League
Nellie
Minnie Tanquary
Bouton
Starved Rock
Gapen
Frank ‘Cumming
Local notices and movements across Peoria region
Holly Cornell visits with wife and children from Peoria. Morris Curtis showcases a new up to date carriage with red running gear. Mrs. J. C. Hawley joins friends for a Starved Rock and Deer Park trip. Norris Root rides a new light tanning carriage from Newton Bragg. Ford Moody rents the Proctor farm for next year. F. G. Betts plans to move elsewhere. H. H. Nurse digs material for a new barn on Jack Donath’s farm. Slight showers hinder threshing but help corn. George Miller moves into Turnbull homestead. Rev. Curtis granted two week vacation. no services August 16 and 23. Ikey Wilcox and Willie Sturgeon go to North Dakota for high wage threshing work. Mrs. H. H. Nurse and Miss Lillian Crady join Niagara Falls excursionists. T. Newell of Princeville visits relatives in Pennsylvania. Anna Bassett visits relatives here then Aledo and Georgia, where Bassett has a new job. Eva Stowell dies after appendicitis surgery. family comfort urged. John Anderson remodels his tenant house with new foundation and two upper rooms. L. B. Streitmatter and Wm. Holke handle the job. old Zinc house near the M. B. parsonage demolished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holly Cornell
Peoria
Morris Curtis
J. C. Hawley
Starved Rock
Deer Park
Norris Root
Newton Bragg
Ford Moody
Proctor Farm
F. G. Betts
H. H. Nurse
Jack Donath
George Miller
Turnbull
Mr. Curtis
Ikey Wilcox
Willie Sturgeon
North Dakota
Lillian Crady
Niagara Falls
T. Newell
Princeville
Pennsylvania
Anna Bassett
Wm. Foster
Aledo
Mr. Bassett
Georgia
Eva Stowell
John Anderson
Dan Shane
L. B. Streitmatter
Wm. Holke
John
M. B. Parsonage
Local notices and obituaries from La Prairie area
Harold Miller visits in Mattoon and many residents host visitors from Bradford Ottawa Onarga and Peoria. The community plans a recital by Blanche Davidson and Bernice Gilcrist at the M E church. Eva Stowell’s funeral is held at the M H B church with a long obituary and sentiments of faith and consolation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Leigh
Chicago
Ed Leigh
Helen Mason
Peoria
Mary Pringle
al McCulloch
Fort Scott
Kas
Stickney
Ottawa
R. R. McCulloch
Julius Barnes
Wyoming
Rev
Rev. Martin’s A Few Days Last Week. Miss Bernice Gilcrist
Steeces City
Blanche Davidson
Probate Court Estate Bulletins With Multiple Admin Orders
Probate filings list letters of administration, guardianship, and final settlements for many estates including Silas B. Martin John Litchfield Emily Litchfield N B Whitney George W Conrad Elizabeth Feazel Faith Weatherwax minors Charles Whitney and others. Real estate transfers record deeds from William Bell Carl Meinke Henry Duggan Philip Walsh and several other parcels across Toluca Sparland and Washburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silas B. Martin
Ruth Webster
John Litchfield
Emily Litchfield
N. B. Whitney
George W. Conrad
Elizabeth Feazel
Paul Weatherwax
Charles Whitney
Georgia Hila Otto
John A. Blackburn
Michael Tobin
John Tobin
Charles Spellman
Hmma Aitian Brazoner
William Bell
Carl Meinke
la Rose
Henry Duggan
Philip Walsh
Toluca
John L. Spalding
Bishop
Henry
Mort
Duggan
Gage
Philip T. Walsh
Honora M. G. McGonnigal
Emeline Newell
Jesse Reinbeck
Sparland
Anna McClara Et al
Catherine Biblebarner
Washburn
Woman Credits Lydia E Pinkham Remedy for Recovery
Maude E Forgie of Leesburg Virginia writes that after months of feminine ills Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her health. She says she felt life become new, grew strong, and is now well as ever after following the treatment prescribed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Maude E. Forgie
Leesburg, Va
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia B. Pinkham
Revival Meetings At Milo Christian Church This Week
Rev Thackleberry conducts revival services at the Milo Christian church this week with a 7 45 p m start. His sister assists as a singer and the invitation extends to all. A township Sunday school convention is planned for Thursday afternoon and evening at the same church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Schuman
Livingston County
Charlie Schueman
Paul Schammel
John Reid
Frank Barkman
Princeton
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First National Bank
Yones
T. L. Jones
W. W. Dewey & CO
New City
John Hartley, Jr
Helm
J. A. Swemn
Henry, Ill
Elsie Smith
Main Street
Cromwell & Coggshall
Physicians and Surgeons
Ofice
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Dr. Coggshall
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B. F. Forrest
Hall & Forrest
Ill
Gresser Building
Richard Street
W. J. Thomas
Henry, IL
West Street
F. C. Willett
McKillip Veterinary College of Chicago
Fred W. Potter
Henry, III
Henry BH. Jacobs
R. M. Barnes
J. H. Magoon
Barnes
DR. R. 8. Bayne
J. A. Williams
Henry, MI
F. J. Scholz & Son
Evansville
Ind
Maylfair Bros
Colombia
Main St. Peorin
Express
Richard and
Carroll Streets
Arthur Hb, Smith
the Burial League of the
United States Capital Stock
Office
Charles Clifford Doran
Benjamin Moore
McLaughlin Bros
William A. Smith
Chicago Veterinary Chicago
Illinois
Sparland Personals
Lawn Ridge
Mary Turnbull
Cora Scott
Violet Burnett
Lacon
Gertrude Risser
Bloomington
Agnes Burnett
M. E. Church
Bernice Gilcrist
Crescent City
Messrse
Carl Leigh
Ralph Greene
Davidson
Onarga
Gilcrist
Leigh
Grand Prairie Seminary
Greene
Hva Stowell
M. HB
Eckley
Reys
Black
Martin
Frank
Sora Oee
R. J. Martin
Winnie Hdminster
Harry
Carl
Harry Leigh
Charlie Scoon
Leland Monier
Andrew Calder
Robert Turnbull
Frank Nurse
Eva May Stowell
Joseph
Helen Stowell
la Prairie Township
Lulu Collins
Anna Stowell
Mabel Stowell
Harry Stowell
Hugh Stowell
Miss Stowell
Methodist Church of la Prairie
Christ
Abingdon
Galesburg
Paradise
Scott
Court House News
Salt River Valley Ranches
Phoenix
Arizona
Salt River Valley
Greene & Griffin Real Estate & Investment Co
F. A. Powell
H. H. Hutchins
John Kline
John I
Thompson, Lacon
J. 8. Thompson & Son
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MILO
Everett Orwig
Harold Reid
Mary
Alta Smith
Camp Grove
George Reid
Edna Smith
Squires
Clarence Erven
Dr. Mitchell
Fred Pettigrew
Wisconsin
Jackson & Son
Santa Fe
James Silva
Klinger Theater
Varna
Rutland
Minonk
Dana
Seelig
Republican
Bovun Ly
Henry, Ly. Henry
Putnam
Bureau
la Salle
Morris
Joliet
Englewood
BLE
Ins
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Warren Cowles
Pas
Jefferson St
Peoria, Ill
Chichester’s Pills
Chichester
Klein Hydraulic
Wm. Klein
Rock Island
Towa
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