Our Sister Towns in Lacon Wenona and Nearby Visitors
In town last week were H T Kyser Myra Axime visited Wenona Ira M Ong from Wenona Potter from Henry Geo Paskell from Henry Rev Shoop from Sparland Mrs Hattie Murphy from Metamora guests of Mrs Edmiston Brant from Chicago came for a few days Jas Hiiott ill but improving I O G T lodge initiated Mrs Badie Bilott Una Adams and Oscar Ewartz M A Adams and family visited Lew Wood hosts A Porter Webber and wife from La Prairie guests Congregational group held a galentine party at B O Bullman Eliot Rose Fairfield visiting his parents Li O Rose and wife J B Saylor called to Springfield for brother’s illness Hardy Foster and wife of LaRose and Mrs Will Ml of Peoria guests of Jamus Ramp H J Adams and wife from Henry attended Kobskah lodge K P lodge to attend M B church service Sunday with a male quartet John Ward left for Danville for a weaver room job Pastor Marsh of Sedalia Mo arrives as new Congregational pastor revival planned Peter Bilhorn to stage revival later this month Basket social at Temperance hall tonight Crow Creek teacher Maud Hague left Wonona for Crow Creek waterlogged school room Ed Ramp surprised by birthday party at home for Ed Potts family illness travels to Tonica Mrs Potts fell and injured herself en route home with her mother’s illness news remains unsettled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.T. Kyser
Myra Axime
Wenona
Ira M. Ong
Potter
Henry
Lacon
Geo Paskell
Rev Shoop
Sparland
von Lacon
Hattie Murphy
Metamora
Edmiston
Brant
Chicago
Jas Hiiiott
I.O
T. Lodge
Mra
Badie Biliott
Una Adama
Oscar Ewartz
M. A. Adams
Babe
Wm Gapen
A. Porter Webber
la Prairie
Lew Wood
B. O. Bullman
Eiliot Rose
Fairfield
Ows
Li. O. Rose
J.B. Saylor
Springfield
Hardy Foster
LaRose
Will Ml
Peoria
Jamus Ramp
H. J. Adams
Lao
Kobskah Lodge
K.P. Lodge
M. B. Ehurohins
John Ward
Danville
Hos
Rey Marsh
Sedalia
Congregational Church
Peter Bilhorn
Singin
Temperance Hall
Maud Hague
Crown Creek
Wonona
Ed Ramp
Dr Potts
Tonica Maat
Trank
Sparland Notes on Residents and Local Moves
Sparland social updates report Mrs J Brasfield's illness ER. Bary attended a Molino shooting match. Uncle James Gallup returned from Chicago. Roy Irving considers moving to Lacon in spring. Joseph Chamberlain plans Nebraska spring work. Uncle Sammy Kollyfs suffers rheumatism in hands arms and shoulders. Comrade Howard Young visited on business. Comrade James Compton is very ill at 74 with doubtful recovery. George Cumming bought the residence of Mirn Bamuel Barton family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparland
J. &. Brasfield
Bary
Molino
James Gallup
Chicago
Roy Irving
Lacon
Jozeph Chamberlain
Nebraska
Sammy Kollyfs
Howard Young
James Compton
Waere
George Cumming
Mirn Bamuel Barton
Local Injuries From Fall and Collision Reported
Thomas Kelly Jr. suffers foot and ankle injuries from a falling stone at the shaft and will need repairs. Mrs Cerva, hurt by a prior fall, is recovering in Peoria and expected home soon. Hy Keyes has died in the Chicago and Northwestern accident and will be buried in Clinton Iowa. Ed Kear injured in a coast slide, colliding with Tom Haskins. Kear’s knee crushes Rick’s left cheek bone ending his coasting for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Kelly Jr
Cerva
Peoria
Hy Keyes
Chicago & Northwestern
Clinton
Iowa
James Tanquary
Ed Kear
Tom Haskins
Tom
Tiom
Sugar Grove and Whitefield Community Notes
Emma Loomis attends Putnam school while Miss Carter from Peoria visits Whitefield. Kaptaun mill runs full blast with many hauled logs. Local folks trade hogs, move farms, and visitGeorge Gregory. Crow Meadow grange hosts a meeting with readings and debates and Ex Gov Luce speaks at Whitefield Corners. Weather delays and sickness affect the area as residents plan events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sugar Grove
Emma Loomis
Putnam
Miss Carter
Peoria
Whitefield
Kaptaun
Lyman Loomis
John Spencer
Peter Merdian
P. McManus
Ed. Merdian
Peter
C. B. Burt
W. R. Bell
Grange
Geo Cook
Luce
Michigan
Whitefield Corners
HH. K. Smith
Ninomolia
Gov Luce
Local notes from South Whitfield and Sparland area
Abe Whitemore visits South Whitfield while Baropta Combs stays in Sparland for several days. J P Jones to farm Mrs Diehl’s acre field and Squire Burson’s thirty acres next year. Grandma Christman moved home and is recovering. Grandma Robison reports improvement but cough lingers. George McLuskey plans move to Henry Busweek. Nellie Baugh returns to Mr Rowe’s. Milby Marshall to work with Saggers at Spar. War ord Bonham able to move amid ill wife this winter. Gunther moves into Schupp’s house. Paul Nighttwonger’s cow found trapped in straw. Charles Meadant recounts a frightful hat incident with a stranger griping his hat and money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Whithfield
Abe Whitemore
Hunt
Baropta Combs
Ffriends
Sparland
J. P. Jones
A. J. Diehl
Squire Burson
Grandma Christman
Grandma Robison
George McLuskey
Henry Busweek
George
Nellie Baugh
Gotleib Schupp
Gunther
Paul
Charles Meadant
Bonham’s
Bonham's
Charley
Harles
Charles
Hopewell News Notes Farm Leases Marriages and Ice Dullness
Hopewell reports Will Manbach leasing part of W M Fearel's Varna area and Benedick Wasmer selling to Denis Snyder of Henry. Joe Wasmer owns the stallion once owned by his father. Local youth joke on valentines amid fears toy surface may harm next season's wheat. Samuel Thompson returned from four weeks with relatives in Ford and Iroquois counties. August Wickman loses a milch cow after slipping on ice. W Stoner also loses one. Several locals to work for new farmers. John Talmage has a runaway mule crash. John Faul and Mary Runzi wed at German Catholic church. bride permellined, groom a White Field farmer. Mr and Mrs LaMonte Perkins visit from Van Orin. newborn girl welcomed by Perry Perkins. Chillicothe youths sleigh ride to R McCullough's La Prairie home. Anna McCullough teaches high school. Two weddings rumored for the 17th O W Whitten and Henrietta Leigh. Walter Dodd and Tillie Saggers of Valley. William Scott and wife expected home on the 16th after a long trip. reception planned at Mrs Margaret Scott’s home. Ice conditions worsen. Mrs Richard Davidson fractures hip on ice, aided by Dr. Allen of Lawn Ridge. Aunt Ann Galder also injures hip and remains bedridden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopewell
Will Manbach
W. M’fearel
Varna
Benedick Wasmer
Denis Snyder
Henry
Joe Wasmer
Samuel Thompson
Ford
Iroquois
August Wickman
Maybach
W. Stoner
Harry Doty
Ike Forbes
Charley Kincaid
Freeman Sisters
George Thiel
W. H. German
Peter Tommes
Charley Martin
John Talmage
Nathan Brumgey
Old Tom
John Faul
Mary Runzi
Whitefield
LaMonte Perkins
van Orin
Bureau County
Mr. Perkins
Grandpa Perry
Chillicothe
R. McCullough
la Praine
McCullough
Anna
O. W. Whitten
Henrietta Leigh
Charles Leigh
Walter Dodd
Tillie Saggers
Valley
William Scott
Central
Iowa
Colorado
Denver
Will
Margaret Scott
Richard Davidson
Allen
Lawn Ridge
Ann Galder
Aunt Ann
Miles Nerve and Liver Pill Patent Patent Medicine Ad
An ad promotes Dr Miles’s Pills as a new principle regulating the liver stomach and bowels through the nerves. Claims to cure biliousness taste torpid liver piles constipation and other ailments for men women and children. Includes price 35 cents for 60 doses and sample offer at Powell's Drug Store Henry Ills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
J. E
F. A. Powell
Henry
New Baby Girl Reported in La Prairie Center
A baby girl is reported at Joseph Stoweell’s in La Prairie Center. Mrs Ed Leigh plans a visit to her mother in Monmouth, who has been very sick with pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed. Leigh
Monmouth
Local Visitors Stop by Residents on Quaker Lane
Wilson Merritt and wife from Los Tant visited J. P. Wierman on Sunday. Edward Sutherland from Holder, McLean County, is visiting his brother John. Kimberler from Missouri visits his nephew Oscar, once a resident of this area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Merritt
Lostant
J. P. Wierman
Edward Sutherland
Holder
McLean County
John
Kimberler
Missouri
Oscar
Minister Hatton Visitors in Neighborhood Speech
Robert Hatton of near Philadelphia stayed several days in the area and spoke at length as a Friends minister. J L Mills traveled to Chicago to meet the four railroad board directors. Grass grading may begin in spring with surveying to finish soon. The defeated side held a supper at Grange hall on Saturday for about 175 attendees serving oysters apples oranges and nuts. Isaac Wiermaan won the prize for most counts. another member received the booby prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hatton
Philadelphia
Society of Friends
J. L. Mills
Chicago
Grange Hall
Isaac Wiermaan
Local notes from Clear Creek grumble winter woes and small tidings
Bad colds spread through Clear Creek as residents report toothache, illness, and slippery roads. A masquerade ball at Henryville drew attendees while families cope with horses kept at home. A hog shipment to Chicago and a lost work horse affect C H Ransom. Uncle Billie Murphy’s interment arrives. Truman Packingham visits grandparents. Irving Broaddus shines in school. Miss Price sick but a capable, young teacher departs for winter term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clear Creek
O. H. Ransom
Alice Morse
Henry
C. H. Ransom
Andy Morse
Chicago
C. H. Ranson
Billie Murphy
Peoria
Ben Packingham
Truman Packingham
Quaker Lane
Mystic Cure for Rheumatism Promises Rapid Results
An advertisement touts a “Mystic Cure” for rheumatism and neuralgia claiming radical relief in 1 to 8 days. It asserts the remedy removes the cause and disease with immediate benefits after the first dose, offered for 75 cents by JE & F A Powell, druggists, Henry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JE & F A Powell
Henry
Local notes and skirmishes from Bradford visit and weather
Bradford items report C B Decker stopping by, J E Noyes returning from Iowa en route to Chicago, and Ed Reed's child suffering spasmodic colic. Miss Moran of Galesburg, former milliner, visited. J F Kopp to move to Lombardville March 1 to run the elevator grain trade. Sterling the photographer now an agriculturist. Cret Woodard moving to your city to sell exiller ants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
C.B. Decker
J. E. Noyes
Iowa
Chicago
Ed Reed
Miss Moran
Galesburg
J. F. Kopp
Lombardville
S. G. Black
Sterling
Cret Woodard
Thorpe
Adna Hartley
Illinois
Nebraska
R. R
Carrie Reid
Hammond
Suseines
Ladies Big Trade This Time Of Year Dress Goods
A fragmented item notes a major trade involving dress goods and a focus on Tua mense rush. The readable text hints at seasonal shopping and clothing materials.
Weddings and health notes in Milo and nearby towns
Robert Hay of Annawan visited Milo to tend interests while Henry Smith and Jennie Reid reportedly wed. Mrs Laura Pettegrew, injured by a fall, is under a doctor’s care. Charles Hofnagel of Milo married Mary Burns of Indian Town. a reception followed. A second wedding is rumored in Milo this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milo
Robert Hay
Annawan
Henry Smith
Jennie Reid
J. Weidman
Walter Sutherland
Neponset
Laura Pettegrew
Bradford
Jane
Brimfield
Mary Sharkey
T. G. O'Calligan
Charles Hofnagel
Mary Burns
Indian Town
Charley
Ely's Cream Balm touted for catarrh relief in Denver
Catarrh sufferers praise Ely's Cream Balm with Denver testimonials from B F Weeks and Michael Hert. Notes claim the balm cures many catarrh cases and is especially effective against dust irritated symptoms. Also mentions Druggists W Hover and Geo W Hoyt in Cheyenne and Eliza Adkinson visiting Sparland with local social notes on St Valentine tokens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Ely
B. F. Weeks
Denver
Hover
Deever
Michael Hert
Geo. W. Hoyt
Cheyenne
Eliza Adkinson
Nellie
Sparland
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Clark
Just
H. Clark & Son
ILL
Che Henry
Eorror
Stephen
Clarissa Whitman
Willing Worker Society
Mra J. Schleef
Jamestown
Reynolds Bros
Idl
PLA Brothers
Warrant
New York
Pricec
Rey
Ben Butler
Curbstone
S. P
Marshall County
D. Fulks
Laocon, Iil
Henry Market
Georges Nicholaon
Griswold & Co
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