Sparland Scenes Include Shoppers Visits and Thanksgiving
Sparland residents share Thanksgiving with relatives in Peoria and Decatur while local activities include union services at the Baptist church and high school basketball games at De Pota. Multiple visitors, illnesses, and community events are noted, including travel between Sparland and nearby towns and local home gatherings.
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F. H. Gehr
Peoria
B. McCann
L. Shaw Tesmer
C. D. Marshall
E. A. Kline
Fred Aitchison
Bradley Training School
John DeWalt
M. C. Marshall
Camp Grove
John van Antwerp
Dorothy
Marian
Sam King
Velma
Elva Campbell
Nellie Aitchison
Hazel McLaughlin
Sallie
Lacon
Anna Evans
Vivian Evans
Decatur
Lily Oalman
DePot
Will Riddell
William Wescott
Joe Wescott
Barney
Challoner
Mary Riddell
Robert Riddell
Sparland
Money in Eggs and Poultry Remedy Adverts
An old newspaper snippet markets Thomas poultry remedy to boost egg yield with money promised back if unsatisfied. Advertisers include Duke Bros Henry W H Weathers Magnolia W H Quiram Lacon T E Gapen Co Sparland M M Henkins Co Putnam and a piano for sale by G E Fenwick advertised as nearly new.
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A. Thomas
Duke Bros
Henry
W. H. Weathers
Magnolia
H. Quiram
Lacon
T. E. Gapen & Co
Sparland
M. M. Henkins & Co
Putnam
Advt
South Whitefield Community Notes Brighten Local Life
Several farmers deliver hogs to Mr. Pace the Henry buyer. Families visit, husk corn, and attend hospital stays with flu and illness noted. A festive Thanksgiving message, a wedding report, and a surprise 30th anniversary celebration for Rev. and Mrs. Shoop in Venona are included amid local updates.
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Emmet Wunder
George Hastings
LaPrairie
John Hastings
Alfred Betts
Mike Jacobs
Anthony DeWalt
Leland Monier
John Hayline
Charles Hayline
Fred Ely
Henry
E. B. Blough
T. S. Hunt
Shifflett
Mr. Hunt
Benny Hunt
Hans Otto
Ed Damm
Frank Wunder
South Whitefield
Peoria
George Becker
Damm
Albert
Herbert
Irma Waughop
John Hofer
Alden
Chauncey Barnes
Chamberlain
Advya Ma Fa
W. B. Shoop
Venona
Court House News Roundup of Marriages and Probate
Local court listings show marriage licenses for Fred Hill and Atha May Cain of Saratoga. Real estate transfers include Meinke heirs to A G and Elizabeth Hainline and Toluca coal and other parcels. New cases involve partition suits, probate notes on Roscoe Williams estate and several minors guardianship matters. Fees and guardianship orders are noted with dates and amounts. sale reports and final accounts accompany multiple estates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hill
Saratoga
Atha May Cain
Carl and
Karoline Meinke
A. G
Elizabeth Hainline
la Rose
Toluca Coal Co
Mose Soldati
Santa Fe
Toluca
James L. Root
Minnie M. Sims
Minnie Nurse
D. N. Erskine
Newell _E
Henry
Florence M. Warner
Frederick W. Miles
Joseph Malone
Milton D.malone
Roscoe Williams
Edward Fox
Margaret Fox
William Fox
Leo Fox
Charles Reuben Colwell
Ella Sargent
Herman Schefflebein
Bond
Charles Spires
James J. Spires
Jennie Spires
Guardian
Elizabeth Malone
Isabel I. Pearson
Clarence H. Schumacher
Lois F. Schumacher
Joseph M. Splain
W. L. Wescott
Robert Blackmon
Charles Riel
Mark Sawyer
James A. Harrison
Floyd Malone
Vera Etta Malone
William Fe, Anderson
Charles Clifford Doran
E. D. Richmond
Guardian Ad Litem
Sunday School Growth and Christmas Plans At Saratoga M
Sunday attendance rose to 28 last Sunday with 1.62 dollars collected, up from 39 attendance and 77 cents a year earlier. Rev Waters preached a Thanksgiving sermon as rally day shifts to a Christmas program with date and time to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waters
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Peterman Bros
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Broadmoor
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Camp Grant
Virginia Blackburn
Jessie Hodges
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Emma Johnson
Streator
Sidney Brown
Elgin and
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Rock Falls
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Matthew Steele
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