Sparland Society Notes Reflect Community Life
Local itemized notices detail visits, illnesses, family events, and church activities in Sparland. Names include Jane Young, Lottie Duncan, Jennie Young, Rosella Harney, and Mrs. Charles Schaff m, with travels to Peoria and Lacon, school duties at Morgan Park, and a funeral for A. Patrickes McEntee. Also mentions new births, bridal events, and holiday preparations by area stores and residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bears
Jane Young
Henry
Lottie Duncan
Speer
Peorhe
Seus
Jennie Young
Lacon
Rosella Harney
Peoria
Emmrs
Charles Schaff
P H Nighsavonger
Ae Try
George McCluskey
Andrew Riddell
Wm Osborne
Chicago
Leslie Miller
Baptist Church
Emma iKear
Port
Marie O'Leary
Peorla ‘Y
Marion
Dorothy
John van Antwerp
Wm O'Leary
Grant Cartney
A. Patrickes McEntee
George Snell
Robert Waugh
Aberdeen
Wash
Jeanne Cawline
Irma Riddell
Mlizabeth ‘Wallace
Morgan Park
Irma
Wm Riddell
Frank Marshall
Monmouth
Robert
Frho
Anna Luft
Helen
Wilmette
Elmer Relter
Emily Lee
Ron John Riddell
Miss Osborne
Monteve
Harry Marshall
Ernest Klein
H. Gehr
Ape & Osborns
Ian
Andrew Aitchison
Bec
William Schloseer
Henry Cen
Farm supplies catalog listing machinery and equipment
A broad catalog of farm implements including Case and Moline plows planters and implements. Also international wagons manure spreaders Schroeder grain dumps dairy cream separators Peoria power washing machines cowboy tank heaters wire fencing buggies whips oils greases husking pegs pumps and tanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schroeder
Peoria
Steuben relatives hear of Dudley Hubbard relapse and more local notices
Dudley Hubbard faces cancer relapse and hospital return in Moline as friends express sympathy. Other locals: Tenie Newell Ridenour with pneumonia, bouquets from Peoria Rebekahs. Mrs Phil Compton travels with children. Asa Nightwonger and Harvey visit Peoria for business. John Parsons at poultry show. Sparland high schoolers hold surprise gathering at George Kear’s before moving to Hatfield, AR. Mrs Archie Compton in Henry. James ill with sore throat. Rice hosts Passion Play at Lacon nickelodeon. Sallie Charles treats a hand issue in Peoria. Anna McLuskey caretakes a frail mother. Glen Wagner helps with corn at Hollers for Michael Hayden. Mrs George Zimmerman ill with malaria, May Howe with her until recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubben
Steuben
Dudley Hubbard
Moline
Tenie Newell Ridenoar
Peoria
Asa Nightwonger
Harvey
John Parsons
Sparland High School
George Kear
Hatfield
Archie Compton
Henry
James
Rice
Nickelodeon
Lacon
Sallie Charles
Anna McLuskey
Whitefield
Freezer Concert at La Prairie Church Features Talented Trio
The Freezer Concert company performs at the La Prairie M. E. church Saturday evening December 21. Doris Margaret Butt pianist from Sherwood School of Music Chicago Irma Lillian Worley violinist Knox Conservatory graduate Nelle Elizabeth Walker dramatic soprano reader Centralizing School of Chicago. Also notes several local social items and upcoming events including L Ge Gi meeting at Miss Lucy Calder’s home and a Christmas entertainment and box supper at Miss Calder’s Yale Yankee Street event on December 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Will Scott
Dustress
Leland
Princeton
la Prairie
Mayne Reynolds
Anna Madison
Peoria
Mary Morrison
Washington
Wm. Scott
Dorothy
Beorin
L. Ge Gi
Lucy Calder
Misa Taicy Calder Avill-Glyé
Igahoo
Yankee Street
South Whitefield News Roundup and Local Events
In South Whitefield and nearby towns residents report births and visitors, with John Betts and wife among Sunday callers. Walter Holler and Bert Farling aid Wilder Brown with husking corn and Mrs Hunt welcomed a baby boy Friday night. Burson and Sanham schools plan Christmas programs and local shoppers meet Santa. Several residents travel, visit, or plan moves, plus a railroad man recounts a bold hold‑up in Virden. Walter Skelton resigns as rural carrier. Andrew Wargo replaces him. The Toluca Elevator reports hard coal deliveries to about 60 families amid a coal shortage. Coroner Grable holds inquest on Mary Ann Leighton. death ruled heart failure at 81.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Whitefield
John Betts
Walter Holler
Bert Farling
Wilder Brown
Henry
Santa Claus
Val Hofer
Townsend Lopeman
W Waughop
Miss Wood
George Waughop
Harvey
Asa Nighswonger
Gus Hawksworth
Virden
Jim
Walter Skelton
Toluca
California
Andrew Wargo
Grable
Sparland
Mary Ann Leighton
Steuben Township
Local News Roundup From Brimfield and Nesmith Area
Newton Bragg visits Brimfield to see Irv Bragg before heading west. A Peoria report says George Perkins failed to get a nine pound turkey so his wife gave him a nine pound boy. November pupils praised include Lucy Wilcox Ruth Foster Myrle Chapin and others. Leroy Gaumer recovered from acute pneumonia after a scare. A birthday at Charles Goodrich’s sparked a ranching gathering with music cards and supper. Thanksgiving dinner in the public hall featured a talk by Mr Curtis and a school entertainment. A Sunday gathering followed with dancing and cards. William Foster’s fortieth wedding anniversary celebrated with family, dinner, and a joyous day despite some sickness and absence. Jerry Predmore bought the Bragg blacksmith shop and hired Joseph Ruxer of Owensboro KY as assistant. The Johnson family announces a sale on Dec 27 1912 at Whitefield Corners Ill to relocate to Minnesota. Items include three horses six Poland China gilts eight tons of timothy hay fifteen hundred bushels of corn, farm implements, and household goods. Terms: cash under 10, credit nine months with interest if not paid. Auctioneer R K McColl. Clerk J O Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Majorie Goodrich
Wdith Crady
Hsther Budde
Beulah Nickerson
L. Theresa Hosler
Leroy
Charles Gaumer
Charles Goodric
William Foster
Old York State
Coxsackie
Jerry Predmore
Bragg
Joseph Ruxer
Owensboro
Ruxer
Blue Grass
Kentucky
Minnesota
Orren Johnson
Whitefield Corners
Ill
Ebbert
Bradley
Court notices and probate actions dominate the record
Circuit Court items include confessions assumpsit and divorce suits amid probate cases. Probate notes list estates, proofs of notice, claims allowed, and executors appointed. land transfers and new marriage licenses complete the docket with names, ages, and localities.
Foiling a Foul Plot Promises Health Remedies
An advertisement claims Dr. King's New Life Pills cure distress by acting on the stomach liver and bowels. It promotes health and good feelings and lists A J Tronmonger and T J Segraves drug stores with subscription to The Republican.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Jtronmonger’s
T. J. Segraves
Adv
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Ghie Republican
Gursday
Sparland Department
Bradford, Ill
D. J. Owens
A. B. Foster
Mr. McLaughli
Sparland, Ill
Scott
Scott's
Scott & Bowne
Irl Johnson
R. K. McColl
J. O. Hill Glerk
Haley
Eidney
Ughter
Court House News
Circuit Court
J. F. Peterson
Harry B. Shorts
F. P. Kelly
George G. Kear
Assumpsit
Harley Songer
Eleanor Songer
Biull
John A. Burcham
G. C. Burcham
S. B McCall
William Riddell
Mary C Riddell
Robert Burnett
F. H. Gehr
Ottt
Sanwald
David M. Hill
Richard Burroughs
Peter Petri
Lewis H. Allen
Long's
Rober Doran
Casper Hoffman
Jordan’s
Charles A. Riel
Long’s
R. L. Paull
Charles Dille
Prairie Park
Lacons
Theodore R. Whitely
Carolrne M. Predmore
Republican
the Model Clothing Co
S. Adams St
Peoria, Ill
Ars
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