Sparland News Highlights Thanksgiving Activities
The Sparland column details Thanksgiving gatherings, visits from relatives and friends in nearby towns, church events, a supper and bazaar at the Baptist church, and local basketball games at the Town Hall. It notes travel to Peoria Chicago and Leroy, and mentions various local residents and hosts. A Providence of social visits and community events accompanies a sports recap, including three games with Sparland teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Ward
Fred Aitchison
Tim Watkins
Bloomington
Robert Riddell
Chicago
Rey
J. S. Walls
O. M. McLaughlin
J. C. Ohlman
Yankee Street
H. G. Roberts
Chillicothe
Delphie Bolender
The
Baptist Society
Wm. Osborne
Irma Riddell
Margaret Webber
Edna Zellhofer
Leroy
F. H. Gehr
Varna
Steuben
Sparland
Spring Valley
Sparland Comets
Comets
Prof. Graser
Leonard McBride
Petit jurors listed for January term at Marshall county court
The January term petit jurors are listed by precincts including Bennington Bell Plain Evans Henry Hopewell Whitefield Saratoga La Prairie Roberts Richland Lacon with multiple jurors named. Also noted is a mail offer from Calumet Baking Powder Co to request Cook Book E bywriting to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petit
Marshall County
Bennington
A. D. Stoner
H. H. Wink
Stratton
J. B. Hatton
Sherman Cusac
Harry Carruthers
J. P. Mathis
N. G. Cusac
Henry Pelz
Bell Plain
Ameil Kelm
Jerry Ringenberger
Evans
Philip Christ
George Miller
Julian Woolf
Louis Howard
Richland
Roland Kunkle
Lacon
John Schafer
Harry Pettit
Calumet Baking Powder
The
Calumet Baking Powder Co
Chicago
Sparland News Highlights Local Events and Industry
Sparland reports a busy period with a coal shaft restart near Sparland and Barrville starting operations. A Baptist church bazaar netted 56 dollars and the Bethel Aid plans a chicken pie social as part of seasonal fundraisers. Local families visit, weddings and social events fill Thanksgiving week, while school activities include a Burson school box social netting 42 dollars and a Camp Fire girls gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steuben
Runnells
Sparland
Baptist Church
Wm. Clearwater
Low Point
George Snell
Shultz
Lacon
John Myers
Chillicothe
Ste
Hagles
Peoria
Elsie Cotton
Bethel Aid Society
Usus et Gractus Club Hosts Bazaar at Congregational Church
Mrs Kate Phillips hosted the Usus et Gractus club on a Saturday afternoon. The Ladies association held a bazaar and oyster supper at the Congregational church on Saturday evening December 2. Mrs Corda Eyen and her son Harold drove to Peoria Tuesday to meet Miss Helen home from Arlington for Thanksgiving vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Luft
Helen
Fred Shoultz
Streator
the Bethel Church
Ruby Maxfield
D. Schwartz
Chillicothe
Mary G. Wilde
James Wilson
Wilson
George Simpson
Myron Lester
Fred Blackwell
John VanAntwerp
Washburn and
Wilbern
J. C. Ohlman
Mr. Ohlman
Mildred Bonham
George Bonham
Toluce Star
Mabelle Marshall
Mary Osborne
Morgan Park School
Chicago
Elsse Gehr
Robert Dods
Messrs
A. W. Watkins
John Var Antwerp
Matt Sperr
Timothy Watkins
George Frank
Fern
Moline
Lawrence Wymes
Della Taylor
Mabelle
Edna Zellhoefer
Nellie Tanquary
Grace Aitchison
J. Burton
B, E. Davis
Lacon
Frank Messersmith
Astleton
P. E. Phillips
C. G. McCraw
Lena Coverson
Ellen Brirnamer
Speer
Kate Phillips
Ladies' Association
Congregational Church
Corda Eyen
Harold
Peoria
Arlington
Court House News Court actions list divorces and estates
Circuit Court entries include distress for rent and several divorces on grounds of drunkenness and desertion. Probate notices cover estates of Kapraun Helper and others with letters of administration issued and bonds set. Real estate transfers and marriage licenses shown along with local social notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Margaret J. Hancock
Enos O'Dell
Mary E. Huffman
Charles C. Huffman
Bill
Fred W. Potter
Lacon
Wavere
Lucy Stout
Earl Best Stout
Agness Hall
George Hall
John Kapraun
Lottie Helper
George C. Helper
Augusta Lenz
Albert Vosberg
Harriett Curtis
Chester Bidwell
Howard G. Stoner
S. M. Kohler
Chris Cofoid
Michael Germanetti
Santa Fe
Toluca
Harry J
Julius Watercott
Henry
Mary A. Holmes
Bessie M. Gray
Allison Garrett
Anna McFarland
Electa J. Garrett
Marie Garrett
Nellie Taylor
Alfred Taylor
Alma McFarland
Emmett A. Garrett
Eunice M. Lidle
Steuben
Henry Zilm
Oscar L. Zilm
Bell Plain
John New, Jr
Bennington
Margaret Hangens
Evans
Farmer borrows to improve land and buy more
The farmer borrows from a bank to fund land and building improvements. Spending on efficiency and comfort is described as yielding large returns for farming ventures.
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A.M. Davis
Thermos
RAVEN
Kodak
Victor Victrola
Tinker Toys
Henry, Illinois
A. J. Ironmonger
He Republic
Effie Ward
Fred Harvey
Sol Nighswonger
Creston
Jennie Tanquary
May Gillett
Jesse White
Iowa
Cecil Parsons
St. Louis
Olive Hastings
Walter Compton
James Parsons
South Whitefield
Oscar Medearis
Oklahoma
Earl Merritt
Ben Mattingly
Benny Hunt
Wayne
George Johnson
Prather
Sellers
Tiskilwa
Billy Bowers
T. S. Hunt
Benny
Vada Waughop
Bernaline Troller
Vernell Stout
Santa Claus
Charles Hayline
Jay Barnes
Jack Reese
Court House News
Byron Allen
Wm. Piper
Ed Duncan
Charles Hunt
Leslie Wilkins
Wm. Chesney, Jr
Wm. Chesney
G. A. Ruberg
Roger Atkins
Marion Charles
Stingley
Chesney
Illinois Life Insurance Co
Illinois
Illinois Life
Otto Augustine
Jefferson Building
Peoria, Ilinoi
Greatest Illinois Co
Northern Illinois Co-Operative Burial Association
Allen & Smith
Harry Halliday
Bert Piper
Wyanet
Lee Brokaw
F. M. Charles
Byron Allen's
Max Goodale
Wm. Minier
George Minier
Chamberlain
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