Sparland News Highlights Local Socials and War Efforts
Sparland notes list sick lists and visits from Nellie Tanquary and others, Shoppers in Henry Peoria and Chicago, church services, epworth league activities, Red Cross gains, and a bar social. student notes from Sparland High recount war letters, school antics, and a basketball win 14 to 8 at Metamora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. O. Scholz
Ilene
Henry
J. C. Ohiman
Chillicothe
Cecil Parsons
Chicago
Fred Blackwell
Peoria
C. D. Marshall
Jesse Berry
Bloomington
Edward Shafer
Louis Kraus
G. E. Moore
Frank Cummings
Frances Ray
Millikin University
Decatur
C. W. Buckley
Grand Rapids
Mich
Burlesom Sanitarium
Eula Hoskins
Vera Wilde
Lacon
M. E
Epworth League
Ethel Watkins
Clifford Gibbs
Ralph Green
Edward Tanquary
Forbes
LaMar
Rena Tanglary
Charles Gapen
Army
T. B. Gapen
R. L. Swindler
Camp Grant
Rockford
Margaret Webber
la Prairie
Swindler
Urbana
Marie O'Leary
Sparland High School
Miss Parsons
Metamora
Red Cross
Sparland
Myrtle Hastings
W. J. Black
A. M. Bowlin
J. T. Jones
Rock Island
T. FE. Newland
Smith
Cox
Bradford
Thompson
Schultz
Aledo
L. E. Dennis
Velma Campbell
Addison Tanquary
M. BE
League
Bonham
Camp Logan
Tex
Beulah
Illinois
Wes
Iacon
France
Father
Galveston
Texas
Houston
Kipling
Miss Hastings
Elizabeth Marland
Vera Kehlenbach
Elizabeth
Vera
Harold Root
Mabel Reed
John Kendrick Banks
Washington
Nell
Ethel
Clara
When You Have a Cold Ad From Chamberlains Cough Remedy
Mrs Frank Crocker of Pana Illinois describes her five year old son Paul who suffered a severe cold with lung involvement and terrible coughing. After trying other medicines, she used Chamberlains Cough Remedy and reports rapid improvement and complete cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Frank Crocker
Pana
Paul
Community Notes Record Moves and Returns in Henry Area
Hughie Russell relocates from Peoria to Steuben as his new home, Roy Dinson and wife move from Streator to manage the Lipe tack mine and occupy the George Snell house in Gimlet Hollow. William Frisbey returns from absence with rheumatism, Emma Kear wed Edgar Moore after moving to Arkansas, and Clifford Doran’s death shocks neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hughie Russell
Peoria
Steuben
Roy Dinson
Streator
Lipe
George Snell
Gimlet Hollow
William Frisbey
Sparland
Emma Kear
Arkansas
Edgar Moore
Henry
Clifford Doran
Louis Griswold
William Boggs
Lacon
Baldwin Mine
Hattie Ray
Albert Russell
Louis Justice
Terre Haute
Ind
Garrett Homestead
Justice
Local notes from South Whitefield and Tiskilwa community
South Whitefield residents share visits and moving plans as Mrs. Warren Prather and daughters visit. shipping hogs to Peoria and plans to ship cattle. illnesses noted. Frey siblings set to move to Bureau County to run Herricks farm. Social events include soldiers’ reception, neighbor gatherings, and a card dance. Extended family updates and local ads for remedies, housing, and farm goods mark this weekly column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Whitefield
Warren Prather
Bernice
Alice
Tiskilwa
John Hofer
Henry Schlosser
Peoria
Charles Sellers
Frey Brothers
Lizzie
Bureau County
Herricks Brothers
Will Daniels
Addie Bickerman
Ernest Ely
George Waughop
Chicago
Grant Park
Clifford Doran
DeWalt
Scott Osborne
Charles
George Holler
May Advertising Slogan From H W May
A terse Illinois message promises satisfaction guaranteed or no pay and invites patrons to write for dates. The notice emphasizes customer assurance and asks local readers to engage with the advertisement.
Government Control of the Waterways Discussed
A brief column reports a three person committee under Director General McAdoo to study inland and coast wise waterways for advantageous use. Major General W M Black heads the engineers, with focus on canals Mississippi and Great Lakes traffic and related transport solutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAdoo
United States
Mississippi
W. M. Black
United States Army
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Benry, Duke
Sparland Department
Nellie Tanquary
A. A. Waters
LaPrairie M. FE
Bethel
Bowlin
The
Baptist Church
Mary Bussel
Harry Siebold
Tom Farling
Sparland School Notes
Public Service Co
Northern
Steruben
Henry and
First St
la Salle
Ill
Henry Opera House
Robert Sherman
South MI 1A
Beulah Barker
Burton Barker
Wyoming
Burton
Princeton
Mr. Wilkinson
Frank Adkins
Raymond
Reid
Charles Reid
John Bell
Jesse Montgomery
John
Webster Bentley
Charles Austin
Joe Longman
Arley Montgomery
Thomas Taylor
Lexington
Jacob Rench
Mr. Rench
Tom Morris
Ladies’ Aid Society
Josephine Conover
Sherman
William Bentley
Timothy Hay
E. Fenwick
H.w.may
Saratoga
Walter Sutherland
George W. Bean
Anna Barry
James Barry
Barry
Emma Schmitt
Hazel Balenseifen
Henry Hank
William Yarger
Amree Longman
Rench
Joe Reismeyer
Henry Birch
Little Grace
John Heminghouse
Elmer Mortell
Floyd Holmes
Holmes
Speer
Frank Balenseifen
Jake Beach
Mattie Cook
Will Yarger
Sunny
Edith Yarger
Dr. McBroom
Oscar Steer
McNabb
Aviation
Jefferson Barracks
St. Louis
L. M. Thompson
Board of Supervisors
Marshall County
Court House
Lawrence D. Gregory
Court House News
Fame
George T. Sperry
John Shuber
Saxton T. Kellogg
Charles J. Kellogg
Ann H. Kellogg
Fred Rapp
Ben Davis
George Arbogast
George Ely
Oscar Derr
Tony Kern
Leonard Freeman
Minor Murphy
Lester
Orla Newell
Spartand
Emma VanAntwerp
Timothy VanAntwerp
John Donnelly
Timothy C. Slattery
Toluca
C. A. Brown
James W
Mary F. Kreal
Donald Warren King
Carrie Mildren VanHorn
Venona
Carl Kincaid
Ella Montonge
Amr
Europe
Russia
Asia
Serbia
Bosnia
Herzegovinia
Balkans
Greece
Mespotamia
South America
Maine
Princeton Tribune
Rel
Pennyan
N. Y
George
Ormond L. Moore
Bluff Point
Augustine Washington
George Washington
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