Local News From Sparland and Surrounding Towns
Sparland residents travel to Chillicothe and Lacona for shopping and visits. Ellen Hoadley returns home for holidays while Mrs. Schatf visits Peoria. John Parsons assists in a drug store through the season. Mills Walker moves into a new house. Porch comes from Wyoming to help with a new baby. A town bazaar raises about 86 dollars. Rumor hints at a forthcoming wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. VanAntwerp
Chillicothe
Hoskins
Peoria
Ellen Hoadley
Schatf
John Parsons
Frank Gapen
Edna Thomas
Henry
Mills Walker
Taylor
Porch
Wyoming
John van Antwerp
S. Manford Wilson
Dakota
Will Frank
Ernest Klein
Thomas Monter
Christmas Preparations Fill Peoria Area News
Local notes report families visiting relatives for the holidays, winter travel by sleigh and bob sled, and town social updates. Several residents travel to Chicago and Toronto, with weddings mentioned and plans below. Ice packing is underway and business ventures in the coal works near proposed mills are described.
M E Sunday School Prepares Christmas Eve Program
Merry Christmas to readers of The Republican. The M E B Sunday school is preparing a Christmas Eve program with a tree and treats for children. Everyone is invited. Other items note Mrs. George Toomey visiting relatives at Buda, Carl Barker's birthday card shower on December 18, and various visits and activities around Henry, Putnam, Princeton, and Chenoweth households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Republican
M. EB
George Toomey
Buda
Carl Barker
Henry Smith
Henry
Charlie Hufnagel
Samuel Caywood
Sam Chenoweth
Ira Davis
Putnam
Margie Smith
Will Bentley
Charlie Austin
Princeton
Charlie Caywood
Christmas greetings and village notes from Camp Grove
Camp Grove residents share Christmas wishes and moral reminders. Local events include a Christmas tree at the school, church services, bazaar profits, and numerous visits to Peoria, Bradford, and Morrison. Reports cover health, travel, farm news, and small-town happenings with light anecdotes.
Christmas gossip and local visits fill Sparland notes
The Klein sale drew a fine crowd and strong demand for property. Family visits dominate Sunday, with Miss Blanche Farling and Arthur Hilton among those stopping by, and reflections on sickness and cold weather keeping pupils home. Various residents travel to Peoria, Rock Island, Jacksonville, and Kansas, while wedding plans surface as Miss Bessie Taylor elopes and becomes Mrs. Lewis Crook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klein
Crand
Blanche Farling
Baby Brother
Arthur Hilton
Danny Klein
George Waughop
Arthur
Westville
Ind
Bessie Taylor
Lewis Crook
John Riddell
L. N. Osborne
Sparland
Osborne
Carpenter Farting
Henry
Len Packingham
Guy Moore
Marshall Home
Dan Swarengen
Peoria
John Brown
J. A. Phelps
Kansas
M. L. Hay
Rock Island
Lulu Poff
Providence
J. A. Cunningham
Second Street
Michael Lyne
Broadmoor
Wilbur Ergin
Burnett
Republican News Digest From The Republican Archive
A compact survey of readable items from The Republican including local government actions, school updates, and community notices. Key names, places, and dates are highlighted where legible to form a concise snapshot of the paper’s current coverage.
Lawn Ridge Notes From Peoria And Surrounds
Sam Perkins spent Sunday in Peoria while local residents shared news of outings and visits. Ethel Stowell has been healing from a finger felon lanced, Miss Blanche Lakecart visited Wyoming friends Susie and Hilla Pritchard for a few days, and Rev Curtis preached in Brimfield with Rev Moorehouse in Toulon supplying Trinity parish pulpits. Dan Shane began shelling corn before a storm paused work, leaving about a day’s progress. total harvest around 7,000 bushels including Johnny Anderson’s. Mary Spencer, once nurse to Mrs Sim, visited Saturday and planned to go to Buda that evening. she was hosted Friday night by C E B Stowell. Telephone lines were disrupted by the fleet, but the line crew remains prompt and no one is listed as sick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Trompeter
Peoria
Annie Beitz
Louis Osborne
John Riddell
Wm. Osborne
Curt Tanquary
Cartwright
Henry
South Dakota
Samuel Thomas
Yale
Mich
Fred Brauns
Lacon
Elizabeth Brauns
Brauns Hotel
Oakland
Cal
Finn Hammett
Chillicothe
Mr. Hammett
Pasteur Hospital
Chicago
Joseph Cook
Canova
S. D
Darley Boon
Boon
Dakota
Frank
Adam Lowe
Virginia Hawk
Steuben
Belle Garrett
F. A. Barr
Huldah Anske
Lander
Los Angeles
Lenz
R. M. Barnes
Hollywood
Mr. Barnes
Emma Mai Barnes
Varna
Venona
Julia George
Emma
Maggie Petri
Leo
Emmett Coleson
Fairfield
Illinois
Elmer
la Rose
Star Theater
Riddell
Ria
Ethel Stowell
Blanche Lakecart
Wyoming
Susie
Hilla Pritchard
Curtis
Brimfield
Moorehouse
Toulon
Trinity Parish
Dan Shane
Johnny Anderson
Mary Spencer
Speer and Speers Family Ties Highlight Speer News
James Speer a business caller in Princeville Saturday and Mrs James Speers with daughter Alma in Peoria Wednesday. John Speers and wife to Kansas later year. Ladies held bazaar, lecture by Bill Bone humorist December 16, and rocking chair presented to Mr. and Mrs. Speers at a reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Speers
Princeville
Alma
Peoria
O.g.hurdl
Douglas Wiles
Chicago
Shallow
Waukegan
Bill Bone
John Speers
John
Kansas
Speer
A. G. Curtis
Ladies Association
Looking One's Best With Bucklen Arnica Salve
A promotional note extols Bucklen's Arnica Salve for clear skin and healing of pimples sores boils and cracked lips. Claims include cures for pimples sore eyes cold sores cracked lips chapped hands piles and other skin troubles. Available at A J Tronmonger's drug store for 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Tronmonger
Get Busy and Stay Active Despite Woes
A upbeat exhortation urges readers to rise from idle gloom. It counsels shaking off melancholy, starting projects, and maintaining energy to overcome despair. The piece emphasizes perseverance, practice, and action as keys to success and brighter outcomes.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Brady Bros
Camp Grove
Jewel Steel Ranges
F. H. Gehr
Sparland, Ill
Jos
Barnett'& Co
Boynton
M. McLaughlin
Sparland, TN
Col. H. F. McVicker
Fredonia Avenue
Jansen & Joosten'’s
Til
Henry, IL
Sparland Department
Sparland Personals
Aid Society
Barr
Dr. Bradford
Barr Coal Co
Chamberlain Medicine Co
Des Moines
Iowa
Chamberlain
LA Prairie
L. G. Calder
Charles Collins
Mollie Smith
A. Wilmot
Wilmot
H. N. Wilmot
Ethel Gapen
J. G. Stowell
U. P
Daisy Wilson
J. R. Davidson
Miss Blanche
Worle
Lawrence Turnbull
McDill
W. J. Scott
Lewis Calder
SOUTH
MILO
Republican
Rose Barnes
John Nelson
Rhode Island
Morgan Myers
Bob Kelley
Peter Herberger
Katie
Ethel Hollandsworth
Thomas Real
Exchange Bank
J. P. Hickey
Wm. Conrad
Matthew Ryan
John McGinn
Wim. Redding
EK. Root
Howard, S._D
Ed Carroll
Babe
Bradford
John Winne
James Colgan
Emma Colgan
Harry Dewey
Leona Bushawn
Wm. Law
Robert Kelley
Michael McManus
Mercedes
M. E. Church
Cole Stanbaugh
Katherine Connolley
Anna May
CG. Winger
Sammy Malone
Samuel
Sara Murphy
Bessie ‘Owens
Thomas French
Mesdames
F. M. Bocock
Wm. Matone
Barney Colgan
Sam King
St. Patrick's Church
Ferman Chemical
Beer Cf le Led
South Whitefield
News
Lawn Ridge
Sam Perkins
Peo
Lin
William A. Smith
Chicago Veterinary College
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!