Orchardlands lure: Bitter Root apples drive Montana prospect
A Cleveland banker’s grocery musings on apples and eggs lead to a Montana vacation in the Bitter Root valley where he buys fifteen irrigated apple acres. Reports from Missoula and New York note Bitter Root McIntosh Red and Baldwin apples selling strongly with high prices and large shipments, signaling potential wealth in the Northwest orchard boom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Bitter Root
Montana
Collier’s Weekly
O. W. Kerr Company
Minneapolis
A. J. Breitenstein
Missoula (Montana
C. W. Kerr
Missoula
Hamilton
Sparland Social Life and Thanksgiving News
Sparland notes list numerous residents with Thanksgiving visits and illnesses. Community events include bazaar supper at Bethel church, Christmas box mask social plans, and school activities. Reports mention local weddings, renovations, and tributes to a four month old burial and a horse accident.
Thanksgiving News From La Prairie and Nearby
Local notices report Thanksgiving visits among La Prairie families and friends from Danvers Cordovia Coal City Peoria and Galesburg. Announcements include marriages births and relocations plus a church celebration and a funeral. Also a feature on Bucklen. Arnica Salve advertises its uses and local druggists sell it.
Thanksgiving visits and weddings brighten Camp Grove
Miss Sara Murphy spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Murphy after returning from their wedding trip. Ida Blough and Miss Graham of Lincoln NL visited Dr. Blough. Alice Greggs traveled to Peoria. Blaine Blough joined family for Thanksgiving. Mr. and Mrs. Dewey of Annawan visited their son H. M. Dewey. James Murphy and daughter Mary returned to Peoria after Barnes Murphy wedding. Kate Hickey returned from Peoria. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cleveland of Scranton Jr. plan a brief visit before returning home. Mrs. Hall hosted a well attended M. U. W. church entertainment. Mrs. Wm. Gill, daughters, and Mrs. Fennell had Thanksgiving dinner with the Sagor family in Speer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Prairie
Lois Leigh
Margaret Webber
Gertrude Risser
Danvers
Ivy Gardner
Mary Friske
Cordovia
Lucy Calder
Harry Marshall
Gayle Irene Orris
Long Beach
Cal
Truman Packingham
United Presbyterians
Ed Collins
Lacon
Sadie
Lottie Collins
James Burnett
Peoria
Ralph Greene
Andrew Tms Bull
Chicago
Beulah Busby
Coal City
Winnie Edminster
Galesburg
Wm. Madison
Joseph Stewart
Henry Owens
St. Francis Hospital
Martin
Blue Ridge Church
Blue Ridge Cemetery
Walter Burnett
Agnes
Rolland Blackwell
Steuben
John
Violet Burnett
Camp Grove
Sara Murphy
Thomas Murphy
Ida Blough
Graham
Lincoln
Blough
Alice Greggs
Blaine Blough
Dr. Blough
Dewey
Annawan
H. M. Dewey
James Murphy
Mary
Barnes-Murphy
Kate Hickey
Frank Cleveland
Scranton
M. UW
Peoria Visitors and Local Moves Highlight Week
Mrs. Wilbur Armstrong visited from Peoria and returned with her mother after a week with her children. Lizzie Gaumer traveled from Peoria to see family in Peoria month. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Rumbold attend Miss Dena Keiser's wedding in Morton on Thanksgiving. Mrs. Henry Owen underwent surgery in Peoria and is recovering well. The Donaths travel to Portage County Wisconsin to plan a spring home on an 80 acre tract. Roy Wilcox shreds corn fodder for Samuel Perkins and the Green brothers amid favorable weather delays. The harvest season brings in earnings for housewives as it ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Armstrong
Peoria
Lizzie Gaumer
Harry Coyle
Paul Rumbold
Morton
Dena Keiser
Henry Owen
Daugherty
Jack Donath
Portage County
Wisconsin
Roy Wilcox
Samuel Perkins
Green Brothers
South Whitefield
Alfred Betts
Bethel Church
Pride
Wm. Jensen
Ida Seelye
Minnesota
Montevideo
Bnow
Benny Hunt
Henry
Clara Ely
Ed Trumpeter
Babe
Asa Nightwonger
Beecher
Abbie Hofer
Val Hofer
Jane Ray
Sparland
Blanche Farling
Edna McCall
Rose Bly
Ruth
Evangel Vincent
Christina Nighswonger
Thomas Nighswonger
Little Christina
Thanksgiving happenings and small town notices in Milo area
Weary poultry yard work, funeral of George Crady at Blue Ridge, and community updates. Mrs. Alfred Betts hosts Ladies Aid at Bethel church. local illness, births, school attendance, and Thanksgiving events are noted along with obituaries and upcoming box social at Milo town hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Crady
Blue Ridge
Mrs Ernest Dee and Mrs Charlie Austin in Henry
Mrs Ernest Dee and Mrs Charlie Austin accompanied by their two sons were in Henry awaiting arrangements. The brief wording notes their presence in the area without further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Dee
Charlie Austin
Henry Monday
Cottage School Notices and Local Visits Highlight Community
Pupils at the Cottage school posted perfect attendance with names listed including Mary Hunter Helen Hunter Hazel Paul Raymond Paul Gunner Borg and others. The community enjoyed gatherings as Mr and Mrs Daniel Donovan hosted the Y M P club and visits occurred at Stephen Merritt’s Lee Brokaw’s and Samuel Chesney’s. The Ladies Aid Bazaar is set for December 14 at the church with booths for refreshments candy and sale items. Various residents were seen visiting relatives in Chicago and Sheffield during Thanksgiving weekend and others hosted or attended social events with family and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milo Town Hall
Epworth League
M. 18
Charlie Austin
Chicago
Royal Hogate
Henry
Ladies’ Aid
Amree Longman
Lu 7On
Mary
Helen Hunter
Hazel
Raymond Paul
Gunner
Paul Borg
Hileen
Margaret Cotter
Margarite O'Neal
Bishop
Stephen Merritt
Wm. Chesney
Ernest
Daniel Donovan
Roy Miynard
Iowa
Hiram Allen
John McClane
Roy Stone
Babe
Carl Barker
Mell Griswold
Williams
Samuel Chesney
Frank Lidgard
Lee Brokaw
Wm. Piper
Harry Halladay
Cansby Watkins
F. M. Charles
Mr. Reynolds
Joseph Albrecht
Charles
Sheffield
Thomas Donovan
Viola
Grace Reed
George Smith
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Charles Heights
Charles Heights Orchards
Charlos Heights
F. J. Lahl
Granville, Ill
C. W
Andrus
Orange Judd
Northwest
American Northwest
Ill
Sparland Department
Raymond Shaffer
Grace Aitchison
Delavan
Leslie Waugh
Will Frank
IF. H. Gehr
Hafty Marshall
Whitefield
Milby
Bertha Jones
Wm. O'Leary
Dease and
Marie
Holmes Tanner
Margaret
Mr. Tanner
Charley Onyan
Lizzie Simpson
George Simpson
Moline
Mills Walker
Robert Riddell
Robert
Monmouth
T. Campbell
Orcutt
W. C. Luft
Capron
Silas Cartwright
South Dakota
Cartwright
Dakota
Minos
Christine Darby
Lulu Frank
Larson
Alfia Thomas
Bethel School
Mamie Campbell
Schior
H. Gehr
Mabel
Elsie
F. H. Gehr
Frank Johnson
N. W. B. McCartney
H. W. Gehr
Dunlap
Prof. Smith
Klotzehe
Arcola
McLeish
Nighswonger
M. EB
Anna Culter Hall
M. BE
Sadie Marland
Fred Hill
Hill
Thomas Nightwonger
W. M
Webster
Eva Martin
Hastings
Neb
Town Hall
America
Jennie Watkins
Waugh Dunlap
Sadie Sparland
Vineta Sparr
Lula Kenney
Frances Ray
W. T. Smith
A. J. Ironmonger
T. J. Segraves
Bucklen
Arnica
T. J
Lawn Ridge
Chamberlain
SOUTH
MILO
John Phelps
Kentucky
Elsie Schueman
Charlie Reid
Henry Smith
Sulky
Litchfield
Marseilles
M. Mlaughlin
Sparland, Ill
DR. Cox
Liniment
Tinwarke
Johnson Lumber Company
J. E. Sparbel
Illinois
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