Sparland Social News Highlights Involving Peoria Visits
Sparland community notes report Miss Edna Zellhoefer shopping in Peoria on Saturday while Sparland residents Hans Otto and Wm Russ conducted business in Peoria and Sparland respectively. The piece covers local visits, illness, farm work interests, school events, a charity play by the Eastern Stars, a high school visit by State Inspector Hanna, a barley of sports including Comets versus Emeralds basketball, and a Boy Scouts contest program for February 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans Otto
Peoria
Edna Zellhoefer
Wm. Russ
Henry
Sparland
N. B. McCartney
Shafer
Anna Luft
Bert McLaughlin
BE. H. Royce
Leslie Compton
Bloomington
Susan Troy
EB. A. Hall
al Ruth
Averyville
Relief McLaughlin
Oscar
Clyde
Bert
J. C. Ohlman
Chester
Delphie Bolender
Ohlman
Mabelle
Elsie Gehr
League
Auth
Hanna
Nichols
Board of Education
M. E. Church
Nellie Aitchison
Rey, McLeish
Raymond Shaffer
Grant Royce
Bernice Hoskins
Lewis Royce
Carl Cumming
Alfreta Bedford
Melvin Doran
Robert Murdock
Henry Hoskins
Milford Marshall
Zellhoefer
Sparland School
Fitting Glasses Event at Camp House Schedule
Reading shows a public glasses fitting event set from 8 am to 1 pm and on every third Tuesday forenoon thereafter at the Camp House. The notice appears in a local period as a civic service with specific timing and location. Continuous sessions likely indicate ongoing screenings or fittings for residents.
Dr Bell Pine Tar Honey Colds Help For Children
When a child shows cold symptoms act quickly with Dr Bell Pine Tar Honey. It acts fast to prevent worsening and soothes lungs loosens mucus and strengthens the system. Guaranteed only 25 cents at your druggist. Bucklen Arnica Salve for sores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Bell
Bucklen
Arnica
Advt
Prairie community notes and visits in Peoria region
La Prairie visitors Andrew and John Pringle and Lulu Collins in Peoria. Mrs Una Burnett a victim of the amps. L L C to meet Mrs Tillie Hastings Feb 17. Miss Beulah Busby to Champaign for music studies. Rev Thomas Martin ill again. Dr Rutherford called after a fall in December. Woman's Missionary Society U P church to meet Feb 12. Valentine social Feb 15 at A J McCartney's hosted by the Juniors. Miss Icabelle McCartney sick. James Smith Sr weakening. Rev Lawrence of Monmouth to preach Feb 14. E R Leigh and Herman Webber shipped cattle to Chicago. Oliver Leigh there on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. McCartney
Lawrence of Monmouth
U. P
E. R. Leigh
Herman Webber
Chicago
Oliver Leigh
Ground Hog Day Hopes Amid Cold South Whitefield Town Notes
South Whitefield reports a bright cold day with lingering ice and hopes groundhog shadows. Local residents host friends, visit relatives, and care for the ill as epidemics of colds spread. Various residents move, travel, and tend wood as community snippets note health, travel, and jokes about married life.
Camp Grove News and Wedding Bells Chronicle
Mrs Alice Griggs plans a long vacation to Peoria and Lincoln to visit family due to ill health. Local events include a double wedding at Monroe Street and a successful staged play for St Patrick's church. Gertrude Barnes wed Frank Bogner in Camp Grove with a large reception and special guests from nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Grove
Alice Griggs
Peoria
Li.con
Daniel Bottorff
Griggs
Elizabeth Malone
Nellie Hickey
David Myers
Frank Smith
Iva Myers
Nellie Williams
Wyoming
Rock Island
Salisbury
Monier
Stark County Power Co
Fouts
Gertrude Barnes
Uncle Rube
Morgan Myers
Horse loss and local gossip echo through the valley
Ernest Gehrig mourns the death of a prized mare after a life of care and a week of illness. A week of storm and thaw creates slippery ice as the community notes social events, school impacts, and a death in Mrs. Perry C. Burdick, a longtime valley settler and Methodist member. Subscribe for Tha Republican.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Gehrig
Francis Odell
Speer
Perry C. Burdick
Methodist Church
the Ridge
Dyspepsia ecole Tablets Advertised in Town
An advertisement touts Dyspepsia ecole Tablets as a reliable indigestion remedy with a bold claim of success. It lists a price of 25e per box and is signed by A. J. Ironmanner. A rural anecdote follows about a country cow reacting to a fashionable waist, illustrating light humor in the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mie
Dr King's New Discovery for Colds and Coughs
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Court activity lists multiple estates and real estate transfers
Circuit Court and Probate Court records show numerous estates with filings, hearings, and orders for Albert Stickel Sidney Kellogg William Marlind Curtis Wright Amelia Grove Ruth Ann Stout and others. Real estate transfers and a series of marriage licenses are recorded along with claims allowed and notices of adjustment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Bernard Yaeger
Peter Maurach
Lena Maubach
McCormick Harvester Machine Co
James V. Shafer
Albert Stickel
Sidney B. Kellogg
Wm. Marlind
Illinois Valley Coal Co
William J. Kapraun
D. C. Doran
William Duke
Mary D. McDonough
Hutchins & Downey
Charles Bear Isley
Michael Batrum
Frank Shafer
F. W. Potter
EH. L. Buchanan
Amelia Grove
Curtis F. Wright
Vidow
Willie A. Wright
Alfred R. Wright
Stephen Wilard
B. Prouty
Izetta Conaway
George F. Blough
J. B. Willard
Ruth Annw Stout
William Hufnagel
J. O. Hill
C. @. Smith
J. E. Stewart
Kenny Sargent
Barney Lanning
Myron O. Stratton
Pellena Taylor
Santa Fe Island
Toluca
Harriet Nighswonger
Asa Nighswonger
Whitefield
Charles P. Berggren
R. D. McCulloch
Varna
Farmers and hunters clash over land access and livestock protection
Farmers describe hunting as a menace to stock on land with ample cover. Even careful hunters can wound horses and cows when game hides nearby. Some farmers oppose all game destruction, citing economic and conservation reasons while a neighborhood club name discussion follows.
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Lewis Webster
Depre
Webster
Sparland Comets
Peoria Emeralds
Emerald
Comets
Emeralds
Angelsca
Rapp
Tigers
United States
Spring Valley
J. BE
Carlson
Rexall
A. J. Ironmonger
South Whitefield
Fred Ely
Josephine
I. W. Waughop’s
B. A. Hunt
Srl Wherry’s
Putnam
Crow Creek
Alfred Johnson
Scrapp
Gertrude Maud Barnes
Frank P. Bogtner
St. Patrick’s Church
Sarah Murphy
Lohengrin
Katie Herberger
E. M. Hayden
John Barnes
Frank P. Bogner
Joseph Bogner
Marie Barnes
Bertha Bogner
Hulda Merdian
Claudia Bickerman
Richard Hare
Tiskilwa
James Real
J. F. Carroll
Hannah Carroll
Anna Real
Elizabeth Meehan
Thomas Finnegan
Bradford
Lawn Ridge
South Mita
William Bentley
Mary Harris
Frank Reed
Princeton
Claude Schneider
Walter Phelps
Bride
Montana
John Phelps
William Mielkey
Iowa
Reid School
Charles L. Reid
Ethel Mae Reid
Harley Reese
Charles Reid
Miss Ethel
Mendelssohn
Elsie Reese
Mrs. Reid
Mrs. Reese
Marjorie Smith
Albert Reese
Reese
Providence
Harry Moore
Barry
Frank Applen
Adel
Charlie Moore
Howell
Harry Reid
Howard Reid
Harold Reid
Fannie Reid
Jesse Hufnagel
Emmett Sarver
Cora Cutlip
Ed Dunbar
Guy Reed
Ed Clark
I’. Bentley
Robert Conover
Anice Longman
Walter Bentley
Charlie Swineman
Elsie Swinemen
Otis Sarver
Arthur Marsh
George W. Reid
Charles Moore
Hess
Mrs. Willett
Neal
Mae Colehower
A. J. Ironmanner
Court House News
Anna Julia Hultgren
Maria Louisa Lundgren
Kathryn
Tracey
J. M. Wilkins
Santa Fe
Ola G. Hunt
Edson
Estella Blackwell
Ollie Nickerson
George Jones, Jr
la Prairie
Wm. Nickerson
George Jons
James Jenkins
Lillie M. Hughes
Block
Frank Bogner
Axel Nelson
Signe Elstrom
Will Tullis
Elizabeth Jennett
Wenona
Will R. Jomeranke
Elsie P. Volker
la Rose
Christian Helleweg
Metamora
Rose Schupp
Charles A. Gabel
Joliet
Lulu M. Heininger
Rowland D. Kunkle
Carrie McCully
Richland Township
A. J
Wes
Frey Brothers
Henry, Illinois
Henry National Bank
Oman
J .Watercott
Vv. P. Turner
L. R. Phillips
C. R. Phillips
Nea
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