Sparland Residents Visit Chillicothe and Area
A long list of Sparland residents and their families visited relatives in Chillicothe Rutland Henry and nearby towns over the weekend Many attended church services shared meals and hosted hospitality While events included scouts games a lawn party and a trip by Rev McLeish and family the piece centers on social visits and neighborhood ties among McLaughlin Vincent and Van Antwerp families plus local businesses and upcoming clearance sales.
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of McLaughlin
Chillicothe
Della Taylor
Rutland
Anna Luft
Helen
Henry
George Shimp
Alice Hunt
Pauline
Harold Aitchison
Jolet
Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Road
Minnie Tanquary
Will Hosking
Venona
Mills Walker
Moline
George Simpson
George Frank
Oscar Pointner
Charles Thomas
Ruth Marland
Waldo Hell
Eld
Miss Taylor
Harry Green
Lawrence Smith
Chicago Heights
Hennepin
Mr Marshall
Mary Marshall
Marshall
Arthur Head
Ethel Watkins
Margaret Webber
Lois Leigh
Maude
Mary Fowler
Brooklyn
Hedding College
Aitchison
Sparland
M and M Club
John Riddell
Edna
Nellie Thomas
Boy Scouts
Hans Otto
Louis Nightwonger’s Grove
Otto
Wins Marland
Mrs . van Antwerp
Hermiece
Misa Ferris
Chicago
Miss Ferris
Rev
Mrs. D McLeish
Watseka
Vincennes
Lloyd
Cannab Jones
Rev McLeish
Sloan's Liniment Ad Promises Quick Nerve Pain Relief
A vintage ad claims Sloan's Liniment stops neuralgia pains in the face head arm shoulders chest and back after a few dips. It promises relief within minutes and a brighter outlook, offering a 3 ounce bottle for 26 cents at druggists.
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Sloan
La Prairie Notes On Visitors and Local Events
Mrs Lucy Bradford of Lavon visits sister Mrs Charley Collins Wolcott and travels to Sterling for the through train. Dela van visitors Mr and Mrs Randolph, and David Aitchison home. Several local families welcomed guests and reported comings and goings. A child injured after a fall, care by Dr Wilmot. Community members featured include Alma Calder, Miss Van Antwerp, and Mabel Hauger Clement. Church events include lay electoral delegates elected, new members, Epworth League attendees, and upcoming union evangelistic meetings led by Rev Tussey and Rev Neil Stuart with plan for a three week tent series in La Prairie Town Hall area. The Central Illinois conference session to be held at Kewanee on Sept 15 with pastors traveling to conference.
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John Davidson
Mabel Hauger Clement
Manitus
Beulah Busbs
Archie Heck
Abingdon
Webber Boys
Peoria
Robert Turnbull
Alma Calder
van Antwerp
Sparland
J & Nesbit
Esther
Sperta
United Presbyterian People
McCartney
A J McCartney
Nell Smith
Iowa
Harry Mathias
Anna Valentine
Chicago
Busby Leland Aitchison
Wilmot
Mary Furnbull
la Prairie
Leigh
la Prairie Center
TT Webber
Robert Kelley
la Prairie Methodist Episcopal Church
Busby
Saratoga
Camp Grove
Central Illinois Conference
Kewanee
Oll
Cottage Guests Cluster at Chesney Home Reunion
Local notes list Sunday visitors including Mr. and Mrs. Frank Libeck and Clare Yianche, Mrs. Stephen Merritt, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lint, and Timothy Hunt. Chester Bidwell from Henry visits Leonard Hunter. Mary returns home with him. Gladys Inchine attends Princeton Teacher's Institute. Will Piper and Willard Halladay guests in Hollowayville. no church service as Rev. Bravens away. the Efsrlun Fields visit Mendota.
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Wm. Chesney
Frank Libeck
Clare Yianche
Stephen
Merritt
Charles “Lint
Fearland
Timothy Hunt
Henry and Family
Will Chesney
Chester Bidwell
Henry
Leonard Hunters
Mary
Gladys Inchine
Teacher's Institute
Princeton
Will Piper
Willard
Harry Halladay
Hollowayville
Will Tarris
Rev
Bravens
Mel. Efsrlun Fields
Mendota
Local notes record visits and family gatherings across Peoria area
Mrs Eva Perkins visited friends in Peoria last week while Dr. Kelly funeral was held in Chillicothe. Mildred Nurss vacationed at Camp Grove with Grandma Hall. Don Burdick harvested 18 acres averaging 71 bushels per acre. Sumner Perkins funded tooth carpenter work in Peoria. A shower disrupted threshing near the prairie. Charles Donath’s mare suffered mouth poisoning. Mrs Gross of Peoria is the new F H C O R sovereign at home. Roy Wilcox attended a Powers-Stiles-Lewis family reunion at Cottonwood Inn with about 50 relatives. The gathering promised lasting memories.
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Peoria
Charles Donath
Cottonwood Inn
Mossville
Despondency Eased by Chamberlain's Tablets
Mrs George Hon of Macedon New York reports dizziness and despondency began three months earlier. After starting Chamberlain's Tablets she experienced rapid relief from headaches and fatigue. She used two bottles and found the medicine obtainable everywhere.
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George Hon
Macedon
SOUTH MILO COMMUNITY NEWS AND VISITS
Local residents recount visits and travel as Wilbur Griswold returns to Princeton from his uncle William Austin’s home. Frank Harriman family and Mrs Myrtle Stevens spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Jonathan Pette. Mrs Orin Sherman and daughter Mrs Wim Bentley visited Peoria. Ross Hanechett Harold Reid and Claude Sehneider head north for a few weeks. Misses Slnh and Irma Newton hosted KK klub with a light lunch. The group plans next meeting on September 8. Residents attended the Chau tauqqua at Bradford. Charlie Schueman family hosting relatives from Indiana Hoff Vogel and others traveled from Indiana to visit.
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South Milo
Wilbur Griswold
William Austin
Princeton
Frank Harriman
Myrtle Stevens
Jonathan Pettegrew
Orin Sherman
Wim Bentley
Peoria
Ross Hanechett
Harold Reid
Claude Sehneider
Slnh
Irma Newton
KK Klub
Bradford
Charlie Schueman
Mroo
Mra Hoff
Schuemans
Vogel
Schre Jan
Indiana
Hoff
Famly
Chamberlain’s Colie Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy Endorsed
Sol Williams, a merchant from Jesse Tennessee, writes that he never hesitates to recommend Chamberlain's Colle Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He says he sells more of it than any similar preparation and that it gave him relief personally. Obtainable everywhere.
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Chamberlain
Sol Willams
Merchant
Jesse
Novel clam digging boat patented at Muscatine Iowa
A 40 foot boat resembling a boat house floats on two pontoons with the engine between them. The engine powers the boat and drives the machinery that brings up shells. All clam digging operations formerly done by hand are now performed by this machinery.
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Muscatine
Truthful Henry citizen praises Donn's Kidney Pills
Anton Frey a retired farmer of Second St Henry recounts backache dizziness and swelling from kidney issues. After using Doan's Kidney Pills he reports improvement and urges others to seek the same remedy from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Henry
Donn
Pius
Dean
Anton Frey
St. Henry
Doan
Crow Meadout Prompts San Francisco Fair Journey
Albert Quinn plans a Thursday night departure for the San Francisco fair via the northern route with planned stops including Yellowstone Park. E Most of James Burt’s staff is ill at home with a heavy cold. Mrs Lucy Crum and party visited relatives this week. John Engelbrecht is sick with a cold. Miss Violet Balleweg will start at Quinn school next Monday. The schoolhouse has been prepared for the year. Mr Balser returned to Chicago after summer work with George Harney. Edith Moore helped Mrs Ball with threshers at the Clark Ball home.
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Crow Meadout
Albert Quinn
San Francisco
Yellowstone Park
E. Most
James Burt
Lucy Crum
Pices Ateer
Aet
Edmund Quinn
John Engelbrecht
Violet Balleweg
Quinn School
Balser
George Harney
Chicago
Edith Moore
Clark Ball
Mrs Ball
Sprained Ankle Remedy Ad from Cham berlains Liniment
Advertises Cham berlains Liniment as the remedy for a sprained ankle. Claims faithful use and directions yield a quicker recovery than usual. States product obtainable everywhere.
Probate Court records list multiple estate actions and notices
Estate matters include citations in the Kunkle and Mullany estates, heirship proofs for Smith, Humphrey, Ketchum, Faster, and Kelly, plus disposition authorizations and widow’s award handling. Also recorded are assumpsit suit J KE Alexander v Hall Brumsey, marriage licenses, and numerous real estate transfers and births in Toluca La Rose Lacon Varna and surrounding locales.
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Edward Kunkle
George M Kunkle
Lincoln Kunkle
Wo C Kunkle
Harriett J. Mullany
Cook County
Illinois
Wm H Landis
Livingston County
James Smith
Albert G Humphrey
Sidney Ketchum
William L Faster
Mary Foster
Michael Kelly
KE Alexander
Hall Brumsey Assumpsit
Fred W Potter
William
Bennington Rutland Coal Co
Magegle Hales
Rutland
Setion
Bennington Baron
Invisible wireless photography claims alarm Brazil inventor
Arthur Butts of Brazil Indiana, a railroad fireman, says he has perfected a method to take pictures from a mile and a half away on dark nights with a six cell dry battery. He asserts the device can operate from deep underground and be scaled by voltage, making battlefield scenes observable without detection. He guards the invention yet promises it to the United States in war. A five year old girl asks if a horse was killed to obtain dinner and questions the necessity during a family meal.
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Arthur Butts
Brazil
Ind
United States
No Summer in 1816 Americas Cold Year Remembered
Report summarizes diary based 1810 1840 chronicling 1816 as the no summer year across the United States and Europe. January to June frost snow and ice ruined crops while July and August brought continued cold and hardship. Farmers protected crops with fires and mittens amid widespread privation and famine risk.
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New England
New York
Pennsylvania
Europe
Barnet
London
England
Bargain Shopping and Lowering Living Costs
A columnist urges buying bargains in ads and markets to cut living costs. It compares business risk of missing deals with households who routinely search newspapers for the best prices, claiming savings of 10 to 25 percent and urging diligence in spending. The piece notes that many households already watch ads closely while others miss opportunities.
Hard Kansas Crops Struggle After Harsh Weather
A Kansas reader cites a disastrous late spring and summer, noting unusually heavy rainfall in May and June, followed by 5 to 6 inches of rain in the first ten days of July. Crops are damaged or ruined after repeated straights of drought and flooding, with only hay likely to be harvested if rain returns soon.
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Illinois
Kansas
British Sailors See Skye Terrier Hair Lock as Roose Larue
Two British sailors secured tickets to a show and gazed at a Skye terrier with so much hair that it resembled a rover Larue more than a dog.
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Ike
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