Sparland Notes Highlight Local Happenings and SocialEvents
Miss Marie O Leary spent Sunday at home while James Hill visited family. Bethel church hosts supper and apron sale on Feb 21. Several residents travel for health care and work, including Truman Anderson's operation and Van Antwerp family events. A school banquet celebrates St Valentine with toasts to hosts and faculty at the Newell hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie O'Leary
James Hill
Abe Ridenour
Leslie Compton
Lloyd McLeish
Galesburg
Bethel Church
Holmes Tanner
HB. BH. Royce
James Wilson
Bond
L. M. Compton
John Betts
Peter Mubach
Mary Howe
Putnam
Truman Anderson
Proctor Hospital
Angie Baughman
John Titus
Chillicothe
M. C. Marshall
Meadows Company
Pontiac
Lewis Osborne
George Shimp
van Antwerp & Osborne
Hill Frisbey wedding at M H parsonage Feb 13 1918
Oscar Hill and Miss Juanita Frisbey wed at the M H parsonage on Wednesday evening February 13 1918 at 7 o'clock. The ceremony joined a small party with Miss Lucife W Dalrympl e and Harry D Frisbey as attendants. The couple reside in Sparland and received a wedding chariot and congratulations followed by oysters. A pre wedding shower for the bride was held at Mrs John Van Antwerp with about 16 ladies attending. The Republican office notes small school tablets promotional detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. H. Parsonage
Oscar Hill
Juanita Frisbey
Lucife W. Dalrymple
Harry D. Frisbey
Sparland
John van Antwerp
Farm Supplies and Implements Catalog Listing
Machinery on tools case and Moline plows planters and implements. Full line of wagons land manure spreaders Schroeder grain dumps Dairy Maid cream separators Peoria power washing machine cowboy tank heaters wire fencing Eugeles whips oils greases husking pegs pumps and tanks as specialty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Wagons
Schroeder
Peoria
Funeral notices and memorials for Nighswonger family
Wm H Nighswonger born December 19 1880 in Livingston County Illinois was the fifth child of Lewis C and Elizabeth Nighswonger. He served in the U S signal corps in Manila and later worked for Sullivan Telephone and C BE Railroad, dying after a bout with typhoid pneumonia. A fiancee Ruth Newman and many relatives mourn his death with a funeral held February 2 at Scott Osborne's home. Asa Nighswonger born May 23 1828 near Chambersburg Illinois died aged 84. He spent years in California during the gold rush and left 12 children. Also contains testimonial for Chamberlains Cough Remedy by L C Hames of Marbury Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. H. Nighswonger
W. H. Nigswonger
Livingston County
Illinois
Lewis C
Elizabeth Nighswonger
Greene County
Baptist Church
Kendrick
Marshall County
U. S. Signal Corps
Manila
Philippine Islands
U. S
Sullivan Telephone Company
C. & BE. Railroad Company
Sol
Scott Osborne
Ruth Newman
Sullivan
California
Lillie Murphy
Chico
Cal
Ray
Edith Mooberry
Dumas
Texas
David
Grand Junction
Col
Evangel Osborne
Elva Vincent
Pauline Nightwonger
Ruth Mewman
Klotzche
N. J. McCartney
Lewis Osborne
Andrew Aitchison
Fred H. Gehr
Nighswonger Burying Ground
Asa Nighswonger
Reason
Susan Nightwonger
Chambersburg
Pike County
Til
Harriet Wood
Jane
James
Edgar
South Whitefield
Alex Weis
Barney Merdian
John Hofer
Mr. Johnston
D. D. Brown
G. M. Brown
C. Hunt
Mary Bly
Miller
Asa Nightwonger
Nightwangers
McLeish
Gehr
Nightwonger
Will Nightwonger
Osborne
LA Prairie
Minnie Root
Speer
James Smith
Kellogg School
Miss Gallup
Walter Burnett
Sparland
Valentine
James Smith, Jr
J. K. Burnett
Anna May Calder
Peoria
Turnbull School
Miss Reynolds
Busby
Beula
Walter Meredith Scott
Thomas D
Anna B. Scott
Manuel
Perry
Walter
M. BH
Christian Endeavor Society
Iowa Colony
J. H. Peck
J. EB. Corley
George
Old Homestead
United Presbyterian Church
Thomas Martin
Kyle
Martin
Jesus
Robert Greene
Harry Leigh
John K. Burnett
Robert Calder
Margaret Scott
Harry
William Scott
Cora Scott
Mary Turnbull
Cincinnati, Dayton & Wabash Railroad
Asberry Deaths Herald Faithful Family Ties
Nightwonger, a lifelong Bible believer, died February 13 1913 after years of hardship. Survived by wife eight children 33 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Funeral held February 15 at 2 pm conducted by Rev D McLeish Sparland with scripture from Ecclesiastes 12 and 2 Corinthians 4 18. Burial in the old cemetery northwest of the home among kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asberry
Harvey
Lewis
Thomas
Asa
Li J. Ray
Thomas Kizer
Steuben Township
Gus Hawksworth
Saratoga Township
Douglas
Orville
Cal
Nightwonger
D. McLeish
Sparland
L Ecclesiastes
Ground Hog Delays Spring Notes In South Whitefield
Local notices depict mild February weather, visits from Alex Weis and Barney Merdian, hog shipments by John Hofer, and social calls at various homes. Mourning comes with the Nightwonger deaths, funeral details given, plus a collection of brief anecdotes and advertisements. Includes medical testimonial for Foley's Honey and Tar and a joke about a cross eyed man in a street car.
La Prairie Notices and Obituary of Walter Scott
Local La Prairie items report visits and social events at the Smith and Calder households, a Valentine social success, and upcoming box supper. The obituary for Walter Meredith Scott details his Illinois birth, Texas residence, church involvement, and a memorial service with remarks honoring his life and character.
Comparative Digestibility of Food Digestive tests compare baking powder effects
An equal quantity of bread prepared with three baking powders cream of tartar phosphate and alum was subjected to digestive fluid for the same duration. The results show the relative digestion percentages with all three options reaching 100 percent of digestion.
Illness and Death Mark Camp Grove Area Notices
John Corcoran a longtime Camp Grove resident died at his home north of Camp Grove on Friday Feb 14 after heart trouble. Born in Ireland in 1830 he emigrated here and leaves seven children two grandchildren and a widow. Funeral at St Patrick’s Church with high mass. interment in St Patrick’s Cemetery. Other items note community visits, school activities, and local incidents including a house fire and the death of Clyde Nurse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Grove
John DeBore
John Corcoran
Thomas Green
Thomas Kelly
James
Catherine
Corcoran
St. Patrick’s Church
Fr. Hayden
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
James Murphy
Michael McManus
Thomas Ryan
Campion
Matthew McDonald
Matthew Byrnes
Thomas Cartney
William, In
Wm. Hinder
Minoak
Calla Lay
Peoria
T. G. Breen
John Hanley
Lacon
Aileen O'Brien
Clinton
Jones
Thatcher
Sara Murphy
Huffman School
Bessie Epley
Kate Herberger
Ella Long
Princeville
Owen Sharkey
John Hickey
Ed Bogner
Detroit
Mich
Bogner
Henry
Arthur Pauli
Howard
Dr King’s New Discovery for Children’s Colds and Coughs
Mothers can safely buy Dr King’s New Discovery to give to little ones with colds coughs throat or lung troubles. It tastes nice and is harm less once used always used. Mrs Bruce Crawford of Niagara Missouri reports her boy improved from pale sickly to healthy. Available at A J Trongmonger and T J Segraves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Bruce Crawford
Niagara
A. J. Tronmonger
T. J. Segraves
Adv
Lacon area ice and power projects plus local moves
Ice men harvest a rich supply and ship dozens of cars daily as Public Service crews lay poles from Varna to La Rose to light both towns. Charles Casey buys the Fred Street house and will move from the farm before March. Mrs Hexter hosts a card party. Mrs Houston recovers from illness. a Clifton father dies after a brief illness. Willie offers a joke about proofs of a round world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacon
Public Service Company
Varna
la Rose
Charles Casey
Fred Street
Street
Dakota
Harry Hexter
J. Earl Houston
Clifton
Clifton Home
Fairbury
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Sparland Department
Wm. Osborne
St. Louis
Henry Bonham
Dudley Hubbard
Roy Newell
Indianapolis
Bedford
Timothy van Antwerp
Sparland High School
Wm. Nighswonger
Sol Nighswonger
Babe
Pauline Nighswonger
Clarence Fleming
Valparaiso
Ind
James Newman
Zenas Graves
Charles Giffin
Magnolia
Bert Newman
Henry Aukland
Harry Newman
Saratoga Towns
James Somers
Kansas
Ganzer and Smith
Sparland School
Newell Hotel
Ridenour
Bella Thomas
Ganzer
Hill-Frisbey
Bradford, Ill
D. J. Owens
A. B. Foster
M. McLaughein
Sparland, Ill
L. C. Hames
Marbury
Ala
A. J
Brown
Paradise
Cup of Earth
Irene Sims
Edith Crady
Beulah Nickerson
Leland
Mary Donath
L. Theresa Hosler
Clyde Nurse
Fred Moody
Walter Scott
Anna Root Scott
Edelstein
Robert Turnbull
Harry Scott
Willie
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