Sparland News Sketches and Local Happenings
Sparland residents report rain shortages and crops tagging ripe peaches. Mrs Hill and sons visited in the country. Ed Corcoran hosted a full house. McLaughlins visited Peoria. Stella Ingram helps at Mary Tanner’s. Will Riddell and family travel with relatives. band outing to Lacon. Gapen attended Ottawa chautauqua. 1044 pound baby born to Will Pribble. new baby at Johnny Jones household. wall of old elevator being torn down. river boat show proves popular. school resumes after vacation as temper improves.
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Stella Ingram
Mary Tanner
Trumpeter
Peoria
Bertha Ffisbey
Will Riddell
Up Prairie
Dunlap
Lacon
Gapen
Ottawa
Sparland
Will Pribble
Tuthill
Saratoga Township
Elmer Frisbey
Johnny Jones
Johnny
Harry Dewey
Lucy Calder
Sparr House
Sparland News Briefs Mention Visits and Local Events
Fred Van Antwerp returns home after a Chicago Heights visit ready for school next week. Local residents report visits with Mrs. Elmer Frisbey and others, notes on Miss Essie Hoadley and Miss White of Toulon, and a church reception with light refreshments. Mr Chessman to be ordained in St Louis after a brief Sparland stay. supper planned for visitors. Robert Duncan’s hospital operation failed. family alerted by telegram.
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Fred van Antwerp
Chicago Heights
George Aitchison
Elmer Frisbey
Chicago
Tia Parker
Baptist Church
Methodist Church
Chessman
Bouton
Springfield
Sparland
Baptist
Robert
Local families visit and lake trip shared news
Mrs. Lora Burdette traveled to Iowa last Saturday to visit daughter Ella and her family, the Longmans, Huffmans, and Seelyes. The group enjoyed a lake day with a fish dinner. Lora Clement works nearby with Mr. Griffin, and Charles Bourdette shelled corn last Friday. Will Fountain left for Minnesota while D W Runnells and family moved into a new farm home in Ault Colorado.
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Lora Burdette
Iowa
Ella
Amree Longman
Vinton
Vernie Huffman
Thomas Seelye
Lora Clement
Griffin
Charles Bourdette
Clay Finley
Opal
Allen Moffitt
Clara
Mabel
Will Fountain
Minnesota
Harry Shorts
Walter French
D- W. Runnells
Ault
Col
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsed by Henry Citizens
Mrs Lida Erwin of Henry Illinois reports rapid relief and improved health after using Doan's Kidney Pills from J W Niece's drug store. She praises the remedy, says a few more boxes will cure her, and urges others to try it. FosterMilburn Co Buffalo NY is listed as sole US agents. price is 50 cents.
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Citi
Dean
Lida Erwin
Ill
J. W. Niece
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan
Remembrance shower honors Miss Calder before winter away
A pleasant social event in La Prairie featured Miss Dorothy Scott hosting a remembrance shower for Miss Lucy Calder who plans a California winter. About 20 locals attended with dainty keepsakes, a two course luncheon, fern and white hydrangea decor, and several guests from Danvers, Crescent City, Lacon and Sparland.
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Dorothy Scott
Lucy Calder
California
Miss Calder
Ethel
Estella Calder
Anna Hastings
Agnes
Violet Burnett
la Prairie
Gertrude Risser
Danvers
Bernice Gilcrist
Crescent City
Renwick
Ethel Gapen
Lacon
Mamie Sparr
Sparland
Scott
Dorothy
Whitefield Corners Weekly Notes and Tri Church Picnic
Last week features Peoria Ringlings as main draw for this week. Local social visits include Mrs Willet Mrs Monroe and Mrs Elsie Hartley of York Neb visiting relatives here. Bonham family sale at old homestead keeps Roscoe Bonham in town before returning home. Church picnic set for September 2 at Whitefield Corners with a full program and bids to attend Princeton Wyoming Wenona and Magnolia fairs nearby.
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Tom Cain
Tom Salisbury
Indiana
Ringlings’ Circus
Peoria
Belle Doyle
Henry
Bert Webber
Billa Watt
Chicago
Charley Hawsworth
Whitefield Corners
Ringlings
Bradford
Willet
Monroe
Elsie Hartley
York
Neb
Theo Clark
Roscoe Bonham
St. Paul
Emily Hayer
Bessie Bonham
Roscoe
C. Swift
Bonham
Harry Monroe
Harry Snell
Amree Longman
Calvin Clawson
Walnut Grove
Edith Gregory
Iowa
J. Herr
Whitefield
Center
Boyd's Grove
Local Notes From Lawn Ridge Area
A page of Lawn Ridge social and project news reports visits by Carlton C. Cornell to see relatives in Sumner Perkins house nearing completion. Charles Goodrich sells corn at a high price after shelling Monday afternoon. Hobo crew runs carpentry on H H Nurse barn. Miss Armina Caldwell recovering enough to walk outside. Paul Rymbolt rents Streimatter farm for next year as Hekle plans Oklahoma move. Latheres and block walls under way. Frank B Nurse shares Orient travel tales.
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N. B
B. J
Harry Reed
Armina Caldwell
Paul Rymbolt
L. B. Streimatter
Karl Hekle
Oklahoma
Sumner Perkins
Lester Shane
H. H. Nurse
Frank B. Nurse
Court House News Final Settlements and Real Estate Transfers
Elizabeth Teazel and N B Whitney estates file proofs of final settlements with executors discharged after report and inventory actions. Minor Nettie M Jackson guardian discharged. Real estate transfers include Allen Coe to John W Thornton near Sec 3, Rob Roberts. Daisy L Shaw Stout to B Frank Perry in Lacon. Matilda J Ramsey and Frances L Ramsey to John I Thompson in Lacon. Carlo A Dentrino to John Picco in Santa Fe add Toluca. Marriage licenses list Fred Hank and Cora Haddon. George W Hauger and Erman McCambridge, both of Magnolia.
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Elizabeth Teazel
de Bonis
Nettie M. Jackson
N. B. Whitney
Michael Tobin
Daisy L. Shaw Stout
B. Frank Perry
Lacon
Matilda J
Frances L. Ramsey
John I. Thompson
Carlo A. Dentrino
John Picco
Santa Fe Ad
Toluca
Fred J. Hank
Cora H. Haddon
Henry
George W. Hauger
Erman McCambridge
Magnolia
A Mystery That Is a Mystery in the River
The Lacon home paper reports on strange river phenomena observed three miles north of Henry, including wave booms on the Swain and a moonlit mirage of an island. Mayor Turner and pilot Hark Houston corroborate. An artesian well progress update and local misfortunes follow.
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Lacon Home Journal
Fred Swain
Mayor Turner
Hennepin
Hark Houston
Turner
Henry
Swain
Lydia E Pinkham Remedy Told By A Suffering Woman
A vintage promotional piece touts Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound as a grand remedy for female ills. Mrs Bertha Muff of Louisiana Missouri shares twelve years of illness and eleven doctors with no relief before following Pinkham’s advice and regaining health and strength.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Woolan
Bertha Muff
N.C. St
Louisiana
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