Our Sister Towns in Lacon and Nearby
Local notes show Chicago visitors and returning residents spending holidays with family and friends. Social events include a wedding at Dee 25th Eva Dt Hoger to Everett Culp, a mask ball announced for Rose's Hall on Jan 13, and various visits among families in Lacon Varna Peoria and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LACON
Chas Vernay
Chicago
J . Thompson
Wayland Thompson
Bun Smith
Hattie Taylor
Josh 1
Johnson
Eva Dt Hoger
Everett Culp
A J Bell
Maniton
Mra M A Saith
Mias
Ida Iethie Campbell
Fred Beauns
Stely Myers
Peoria
RY Ed Gaston Jain
Misa Lu
Ed Corcoran
Rose's Hall
Marino
Geo Holmes
The
Baptist 88
Todd
Blanche Hancock
Washburn
Eyana
Varna
James Hadley
Peorla
Dean
Thompson
Jonnie
Chi Caagoo
Jersey
Harry Laws
Kan
Mrydle Coan
Wonona
Anna Blackstone
Drugstore Advertises King Remedies for Consumption
A local druggist touts Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Dr King’s New Life Pills Bucklen’s Arnica Salve and Electric Bitters claiming long selling remedies with customer satisfaction guaranteed and refunds offered if results are unsatisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr King
Poey. A
Pett Druggists
Sparland Letters Note Fairs Happenings and Clergy Aid
Sparland community chatter reports Todd Dodd buried, Amasa Garrett ill, visits from Scott Osborn family, Christmas celebrations at ME church and Bonham school, and local events at Center and Corners. Mentioned are catechism, a shooting match, a house-warming, and church social plans as well as depot notices for clergy half fare forms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparland
Waughop
John Hayden
Chicago
Mike Dodd
la Prairie Center
Amasa Garrett
Mra Zimmerman
Mra C Wall
Wyoming
Scott Osborn
Delavan
George
Thomas Sargent
Barton County
M.E
Rey Shoop
Christmag
Frank Barr
Wilson
Peoria
Barr
Mossville
Chillicothe
Condit
Whitefield Christmas and Year End News Roundup
Whitefield centers on celebrating the cyater supper and New Year’s Eve. Ed Grady starts a year in Putnam with OP Carroll’s warehouse. The Rocher Caley wedding prank draws attention while Santa Claus and gifts light up the Christmas gathering. Oscar Hill receives a rocker from his Sabbath school class as a token of friendship and respect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Jk. Condit
New Lenox
Dennis McEvoy
Sparland
John Farrell
Edward Grady
O. P. Carroll
J. Cook
Toledo
Putnam Tately
Cosy Burger
J R Veach
Father
Putnam
Mey Campbell
Sid
Henry
Center
Ed Grady
O P Carroll
Whitefield
Rocher Caley
Whitefield Center
Oscar Hill
Ratan Rocken
Oscar
Blood Purifier Claims Freedom From Disease
An advertisement asserts that Americans enjoy liberty yet suffer from impurity in blood. It promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a great blood purifier that dissolves disease bonds and restores health and vigor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Pleasant weather and local happenings in West Oxbow
December brought mild days and holiday observances with visits from Eli Allen to Mrs H Rassum, a wedding of Grant Hauger and Nellie Phillips, and several deaths including Mrs Sibert and farmer John Kayes. An obituary notes a daughter mourning a father who died in a pasture after leaving to check sheep. Aunt Juana is mentioned in medical ad copy for Ely's Cream Balm addressing nasal catarrh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eli Allen
H. Rassum
Bre High
Grant
Mano
Sibert
Kayes
Ely
Christmas Day at Grange Hall Delights Local Folks
A busy holiday scene at Grange Hall with 47 children at the first table and older guests at later tables. Alfred Bell gave an oration while Florence Glyen and Thos Wilson delivered recitations, and gifts were distributed to many. The piece also notes local visits, a bicycle mishap, and various family travels during the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bell
Chicago
Lenora Beck
Harry
Grange Hall
Alfred Bell
Florence Glyen
Thos Wilson
A Pleasing Sense Of Health And Strength Restored
An advertisement proclaims a pleasing sense of health and strength renewed by a product that harmonizes with nature and cleanses the system when excessive or bilious. It is available for sale at $1 per bottle through leading druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sm Ayes Hospital
Doha
California Fig Syrup CO
San Francisco
Cal
Louisville
York, WY
Reid
KipNry Carr
Sylvan Renepy Co
Main St
Peoria
J. H. Atkinson Henry Til
Protection or Free Trade Which
A brief note questions which policy endures amid the New Tariff Law effects. The item signals ongoing debate and suggests continuation of discussion through weekly postings with reader interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Protective Tariff League
New York
Economist
Henry Republican
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Lucian Fosdick
Boyd's Grove
Rev Dille
Parsons
Mra Dille
Judge Stipp
Tor
Will Wherry
D’o
Effie Bracken
May Campbell
State Teachers Association
Springfeld
E. Evans
Eureka
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M. E. Friends
Lottie Cook
Christian Church
Auyer
Elder
Evans
Ladies Aid Society
Juana
A B Wilson
Baer Geo Wilava
Dixon Edith Mo Price
Mra
Ellizabeth Price
Great Bend
Kansas
Dheis
Jouhn B Price
Hennepin
Dec
R. R. Bente
Tn Whitefield
Ulysses G Her
Ming Jennie
Jose Rae
Poors
Janae Grant Cee
M Iga Behus Andrews
Potter
H. M. Barnea
Marshall County
County of Marshall
State of Illinois
Marshall
Ilinois
A. D
R. WM. Barnes
Circuit Court of Marshall Co. Mi. F
Ayer
Mof Ferguson Pawlens
VatLo
Avery
George W. Mooney
Walla Walla
W Ayer
Pr. J. G. Ayer & CO
Lowell
Mass
Syqurshicg
Iam
Godel’s
Armour’s
Luc
Thomas
Ives
Harney Bros
Kirk
Japan
Orleans
J. F. Gates
Henry City Bridge
Vty
Bey, Ill
HC B
Henry, II
Stockholders’ Meeting
Stockholden
Fhefr Rankin House
Elec
Cs Henry
Henry Mustes
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