Sparland Socials and Marriage for Peoria Trip
Sparland notes show E T Harreson visiting Peoria, and many local visits residents traveling to Marseilles Henry and Decatur. Una Garrett wed Edward Lidle in Peoria with a trip to Chicago, while Epworth League plans an art exhibit Sept 11 to raise funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed van Antwerp
Pauline
Mildred
Oklahoma
Paul Nightwonger
Alva
Santa Fe
Timothy VanAntwerp
Chillicothe
Peoria
Una Garrett
Edward Lidle
Chicago
Farm Supply Ad Highlights Agricultural Equipment
Used upon the Farm AN ALWAYS BE SUPPLIED BY US fase and Moline Plows Planters and Implements. Full Line of International Wagons and Manure Spreaders Schroeder Grain Dumps Dairy Maid Cream Separators Peoria Power Washing Machine Cowboy Tank Heaters Wire Fencing Buggies Whips Oils Greases Husaking Pegs Pumps and Tanks a specialty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schroeder
Peoria
Harvest supper and bazaar at Bethel church Sept 1
The Ladies Aid society of Bethel church will hold a harvest home supper on September 1 at the church. They will sell useful articles at their bazaar that evening. Regular services are expected at Bethel and Sparland for the next three Sundays of the conference. The pastor hopes for broad attendance unless providentially hindered, conference September 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Church
Ladies’ Aid Society
Bethel Church
Sparland
Fire damages Bolender home but saves it amid drought and buckets
L R Bolender’s house caught fire last Wednesday around 7 45 pm. Neighbors, working despite severe drought and no local water supply, fought the flames with buckets and wells, saving the dwelling though interiors were heavily damaged. The home and furniture were insured for 900 dollars with Springfield Insurance Co. and adjustment was made by a Sparland bank agent. The Bolenders thank friends who aided in fighting the blaze and saving their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. R. Bolender
Mr. Bolender
Springfield Insurance Co
Harry Wescott
Sparland Bank
A Mistaken Idea About Scott's Emulsion
Some people avoid Scott's Emulsion fearing fat or obesity. The text argues the product strengthens the body first and forms flesh through continued use, with blood forming properties aiding recovery. It urges avoidance of alcoholic substitutes for SCOTT'S.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Social notes from La Prairie and nearby towns
Local residents and visitors are listed at length with movements and calls on Saturday through Sunday. Names include Miss Mae Feazel, Mrs. Scoon, Edward Hall, Mrs. Drummond Esmond N D, Miss Martha Eichstaedt, Herbert Wilson, Miss Grace Behrens Chillicothe, Miss Blanche Davidson, Mrs Alvin Calder, Ed Monier, James Winters, Miss Ware Honburg Lacon, Mrs Clara Doran, Mr and Mrs James Smith, Mrs Mary Calder, Farmers picnic La Rose, Miss Martha Hichstaedt, Miss Agnes Burnett, Mrs T E Scott, Miss Emily Root, Mr Musselman Pekin, Rev Busby, Will Turnbull, Miss Myrtle Hastings, Miss Betsey Burnett, Mrs Drummond Esmond, T B Scott Manvil Texas, Webster Greene, Mrs Hannah Greene, Misses Alice and Jeannette Scoon, Miss Mabel Stowell Chillicothe, Dr and Mrs Wilmot Speer Virginia Woodrow, Miss May and Maud Fowles Brooklyn Ill, Mr and Mrs Milton Erskine Piper City, Miss Margaret King Hoopeston, EB Leigh, and others in social rounds and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Behrens
Chillicothe
Blanche Davidson
Alvin Calder
Milo
Ed Monier
James Winters
Ware Honburg
Lacon
Clara Doran
James Smith
Mary Calder
la Rose
Martha Hichstaedt
Speer
Agnes Burnett
T. E. Scott
Emily Root
Des Moines
Musselman
Pekin
Busby’s
Will Turnbull
Chicago
Myrtle Hastings
Betsey Burnett
Miss Burnett
Drummond
Esmond
N. D
Manvil
Texas
Webster Greene
Hannah Greene
Peoria
Alice and
Jeannette Scoon
Mabel Stowell
Wilmot
Virginia
Woodrow of
Insect Bites Warned. Sloan's Liniment Advertised
The ad warns that mosquitoes and other insects spread disease and inject poison with each bite. It promotes Sloan's Liniment as antiseptic for insect bites, cuts, bruises, and sores, offering a money back guarantee and a 25 cent price at druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sloan’s
Water in well swells to 27 feet in county scene
Holly Cornell's family visits LAWN RIDGE while Mrs Minnie Nurss travels from Estherville. Streitmatter probes a 54 foot well finding rising water to 27 feet. Budde notes 25 feet. Mrs Caroline Wilder's funeral draws many old friends. long-lived Mr Wilder is honored. nursing by Mrs Hayes praised. A stray dialect joke ends the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawn Ridge
Holly Cornell
Minnie Nurss
Estherville
Peoria
Mildred
Streitmatter
Budde
F. D. Nurss
Florence Johnson
Sumner Perkins
Elmer Sims
Nebraska
Caroline Wilder
Rey
Thosias Martin
Mary Collins
Ella Armstrong
Fannie Perkins
Richard Martin
Willi Armstrong
Prenty
Princeville
Wilder
Frank
Mrs. Hayes
Cottage Visitors and Local Notes Highlight Week
Cottage residents and relatives circulate through several towns with visits to L. O. Hunters and Stephen Merritt’s. Elgin races attended by multiple families, with returns home on Sunday. Miss Jeannette Dee remains in Chicago Children’s Hospital recovering slowly awaiting October return. L. A. S. to meet at Mrs. Frank Lidgard’s, and no Cot tage church service this Sunday due to Rev. Stevens on vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Bidwell
Henry
L. O. Hunters
Lyle Hunter
Will Piper
Lee Brokaw
Fred Foley
Aurora
Albert Farley
Edith McCoy
Lyman
Stephen Merritt
Frank Lidgard
Cottage
Rev. Stevens
Jeannette Dee
Children’s Hospital
Chicago
Chesney
McCoy
Webb Dobler
Edgar
Princeton
Lyle Stevens
Tiskilwa
Lacon court items list divorces and probate actions
Courthouse notices include three divorce petitions: Margaret Anderson versus George B. Anderson, Thomas C Moody versus Mary Moody, and Bessie B. Crook versus Lewis Leland Crook. Probate items cover estates of Rowe Wood Humphrey Kunkle McVicker Murdock McKee with final settlements, guardian reports, and letters of administration. Also real estate transfers and local births and notable deaths noted. A bicycle automobile accident injures two Anderson youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Margaret Anderson
George B. Anderson
Thomas C. Moody
Mary O. Moody
Bill
Bessie B. Crook
Lewis Leland Crook
Roger T. Rowe
Russ Bros
Lewis T. Wood
Leslie Porter Wood
Guardian
Albert G. Humphrey
Anna M Humphrey
Edwin Kunkle
Wm. Wescott
J. D. McVicker
F. W. Potter
Paul
Isabell
Betty
Raymond
June Miller
Mary Jane Murdock
Alexander M. McKee
Lacon
Wm. T. Gapen
Baptist Church
Odd Fellows
Bayne
Ifenry
Charles Day
Hopewell
Marion Strawn
Thomas C Moody
Mary Moody
Wm. Anderson
Hopewell Township
Wink
Toluca
Tings
Emma
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Hook
Ottawa
First National Bank
12Th
Canidate
Ilinois
Hedding College
Sne Moe Cclee
Stephen H. Cummins
Congress
Tglinois
Sparland Department
E. T. Harreson
Marseilles
Lee Flemming
North Dakota
Babe
Oliver Johnson
B. EB. Royce
Robert Riddell
Kansas
Blanche Farling
C. D. Marshall
HE. A. Hall
Archie DuVal
Henry Frank
Joseph Ferguson
Anna
M. C
Saratoga
Epworth League
Nellie Thomas
South
Idaho
Walter Pride
Ella
M. C. Marshall
Theo Kaiser
DuVal
Freida Marshall
Harl Harmeson
Livesy
Decatur
Harmeson
Bachelor’s Hall
Teachers’ Institute
Howard Anderson
Campbell
Mr. Taylor
Della Taylor
Fox
Waldo
Charles Gibney
Dewey
Nigara Falls
J. H. Riddell
Holmes Tanner
Margaret
Frances Holtz
Miss Tanner
Lottie Duncan
John Riddell
Andrew Riddell
QM. McLaughlin
Sparland, Ill
Yourseil Lo & Ulnicale
Dr. Pierce
Ett
Vika Obesder
Bluuy
R. V. Pierce
M. D
Buffalo
William Hl. Bentley
Livingston County
The
General Assembly
Hern
Illinois
Allen B. Smith
Court House News
Peter Rocci
Dominick Frank Gerardo
Fahy
Harry Hexter
Frank C. Sorrell
Robert A. Uihlein
Maria Gueseppa Nacchi
John J. Thompson
Francis B .Murphy
Elizabeth T. Wilson
Florence H. Penniman
Long
Robert M. Livingston
George Waldschmid
Twist
David Earl Baker
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