Social notices from Sparland region residents and visitors
Sparland notes list visits and calls in Peoria Lacon Assumption Moline Henry Peru and Chicago. Names include Mrs Schaff Mrs Aitchison Miss Hill Mrs Gapen Curt Fisher Velma Campbell and Orcutt family. Several locals travel, host guests and attend events with brief health and school updates. Continuous minor social items conclude with a party at a local high school with refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assumption
Frank Marshall
Monmouth
Henry Marshall
Harry
Vera Parsons
Chicago
Timothy van Antwerp
Lydian Sparr
Sparland Couple Wed in Peoria Surprise Nupital
Homer White and Miss Stella Ingram of Sparland slipped friends by marrying in Peoria last Thursday. White works on the Ed McMahon farm and will be foreman at the Ingram coal mine. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Bob Ingram. They plan to live with the Ingram family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Cumming
Homer White
Stella Ingram
Sparland
Peoria
Ed McMahon
Bob Ingram
Ingram
White
Sparland M E Notes Record Christmas and Yearend Church Actions
The Sparland M E church held its second quarterly conference on Saturday December 30 with Rev O T Dwinell in the chair. Nine new names were added to the church and resolutions adopted praising finances and reporting the charge in good condition. Bethel church trustees added Albert Watkins Edward Tanquary and Thomas Monier with new stewards Mrs Bella Odell Mrs Edith Monier and Edson Blackwell. Merle Gallup approved as Sunday school superintendent. The pastor and family were remembered at Christmas and the week of prayer is in progress. Several personal items and visits are noted including Prof Charlie Leigh guest in town Miss Ambro Wilmot trip to Washington and California and other local movements and gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparland M. E
Sparland M. BE
O. T. Dwinell
Bethel Church
Albert Watkins
Edward Tanquary
Thomas Monier
Bethel
Bella Odell
Edith Monier
Edson Blackwell
Merle Gallup
Sparland
Sparl
M. B
God Our Brethren
Albert Gallup
Heavenly Father
D. R. Blackwell
D. McLeish
Charlie Leigh
Chicago
E. R. Leigh
Ambro Wilmot
Washington
California
Dorothy Scott
Kyle
U. P
Lucy Calder
Charlie Monier
Princeton
la Prairie
Maulman
Claude Doran
Nicol
Chillicothe
J. R. Davidson
Lawrence Turnbull
Wilmette
Andrew Calder
Wesley Busby
Evanston
Northwestern
Woman's Missionary Society
Clara Turnbull
J. W. Greene
Son Howard
Clarinda
Herbert Wilson
Wiles
Mathers
Hyomei remedy offers money back catarrh relief
T J Segraves advertises Hyomei inhalers and Hyomel outfits with a money back guarantee. A 50 cent bottle suits existing inhaler owners, while complete Hyomel kits cost $1. Relief is claimed in minutes with a week to clear snuffles and hawking. Sold by T J Segraves and druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mumus
Hawking
T. J. Segraves
Local Notes and Births in Camp Grove and Area
Bernadette Ellen Hickey is welcomed in Camp Grove born to Mr and Mrs P Hickey on Friday December 29. Ida Blough returns to Lincoln after a week with Dr Bloughs family. William Herberger and sister Kate visit John McKeegan in Morse. Hattie Griggs returns to Peoria after holidays with mother. Ella McGuire visits sister Mrs Thomas Curran. Mrs Henry Farden and daughter from LaPlata Mo visit Owens family. Addie Harty and Josephine McNulty of Bradford visit McManus home. Many locals attend masquerade ball in Wyoming. John Winne of Peoria visits. Kate Corcoran recovers from tonsillitis. Alma Erskine visits Leota Kissel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Grove
P. Hickey
Bernadette Ellen
Ida Blough
Lincoln
Dr. Blough
William Herberger
Kate
John McKeegan
Morse
Hattie Griggs
O Peoria
Ella McGuire
Thomas Curran
Henry Farden
LaPlata
James Owens
Addie Harty
Josephine McNulty
Bradford
Peoria
Kate Corcoran
Alma Erskine
Leota Kissel
Holidays End in South Whitefield Village Notes
South Whitefield residents resume daily life after holidays. Farmers shell fine corn. John Rock and family welcome a new baby boy. Burson and Bonham schools return from vacation. Ella Pride visits Peoria with Mrs. E Trumpeter. Mrs. Frank Wonder visits Clifton sister. Ely sisters travel to relatives. Wunder family attends Aunt Eva Wunder funeral in Henry. Mary Osborne, a Chicago teacher, visits home. Anna Ely visits Henry friends. Oscar Holler returns from a western trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Whitefield
John Rock
Burson and
Bonham
Ella Pride
E. Trumpeter
Peoria
Frank Wonder
Anton Kuhn
Clifton
Mary
Rose Ely
Clara
Josephine
Cazenovia
Wunder
Eva Wunder
Henry
Mary Osborne
Chicago
Anna Ely
Oscar Holler
South Milo News Roundup of 1912 Family and Local Notes
A collage of brief items from South Milo recount births names and dates, visits and travels, illnesses and family news. Highlights include the Jan 1 birth of a girl to Mr and Mrs Jesse Hutnagel, a family visit by Alden and Myra Bentley, news of Uncle Thomas McClane in Benton Harbor and the McClane family, local social events, and a marriage in Lacon between Walter Bentley and Miss Mattie Price. The column closes with light commentary on winter plans and a railroad advertisement echoing seasonal longing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Milo
Jesse Hutnagel
Willis Harris
Amree Longman
George Barker
Pottersville
N. J
Benton Harbor
Mich
Thomas McClane
James
John
Alden
Myra Bentley
Bradford
Richard Tremain
Henry Mattison
Margaret Lidgard
Marion
Merrill Smith
Flora Drout
Walnut
Swineman
John Reid
Oliver Wright
Henry Bonsheuer
Walter Bentley
Mattie Price
Minnesota
Lacon
Christmas Notes From Chillicothe Looms With Guests And Plays
Local items list holiday visits Newell Chapman Nurss and others, with many families gathering in Chillicothe for Christmas. A home talent play Mrs Briggs of the Poultry Yard drew crowds and $44 in receipts, while Modern Woodmen plan an Oyster Supper Jan 4 to fund camp activities and fellowship. The Congregational Sunday school held a lengthy Christmas program featuring children, with Fannie Perkins at the organ and Alma Wilson and Samuel Hankins directing classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Owens
Clyde Root
Logansport
Ind
Peoria
Thomas Collins
Collins
Lewis Odell
Sparland
Maxwell
Kewanee
A. L. Chapin
C. T. Newell
Princeville
H. H. Nurss
Blue Ridge
Lucy Shedd
Townsend
Mass
John Williams
Rock Island
Briggs
Poultry Yard
Olive Yackley
Chicago
Miss Kackley
Swann
Joe Shafer
Chillicothe
Prichard
Emily Bragg
Miller
GC. W. Armstrong
Hastings-Russell
Harry Coyle
Indiana
Paul Rumbold
Dena
Carl Wemnar
Tremont
Geo. Kleser
Dunlap
Samuel Perkins
Wilbur Armstrong
Congregational Sunday School
Fannie Perkins
Alma Wilson
Samuel Hankins
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy and Park College Trustees Suit
A remedy named Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is advertised as universally reliable for colds. Parkville Missouri trustees sue to remove Bible training and Domestic Science from the Park College curriculum. Mrs. Lawrence of Galesburg contests the trustees action, arguing to preserve the founder’s Bible emphasis. Fourteen of seventeen trustees favor charter action against expanding Bible study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park College
Parkville
George A. Lawrence
Galesburg
George S. Park
Margnolia
Lawrence
State funds raise district capacity for better schools
Supt Blair urges school officers to use the legislature’s added one million dollars to strengthen district finances and improve school houses and teachers. He notes that districts should not cut local levies. the aim is to increase overall educational quality for millions of pupils across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Board of Directors
Banquet costs and old remedies cited in 1842 New Orleans note
An 1842 New Orleans banquet paid Henry Clay $100 per plate. Advertises Dr King’s New Life Pills for stomach troubles and other disorders at drugstores. Mentions a new law paying mothers for supporting each child, with juvenile court review and up to $10 monthly if fit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Clay
New Orleans
Dr. King's
T. J. Segraves
A. J. Ironmowers
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Simpson
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O'Brien
Peru
Theodore Kaifer
Lola
Kaifer
Anna Luft
Helen
Agnew
Hedding College
M. I
Mabelle Pelz
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Hannah
Jane McCarty
Maggie Barry
Edith Condon
Dan Donovan
Lottie Allen
Harold Huntington
Leonard Hunter
Henry Smith
Pike County
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Alfred Hopp
Will Milner
Mr. Weir
Ed Yarrington
George Miller
Cora Miller
Lawn Ridge
Clifford
Mildred Nurss
Esterville
Charles Perkins
Adam Rotterman
Bertha Stowell
Harry Perkins
Sumner Perkins
Winkler
Miss Mackay
Henry Crady
A. J. Ironmonger
Popace
Dr. Pierce
Johnson Lumber Company
Illinois
J. E. Sparbel
A. R. Tabor
Crider
A. J. Tronmonger
Altoona
Christian Church
Fesday
Mayme Velona Parker
Vestra May Lister
Avon Huckins
Miss Lister
Miss Parker
J. IF. M. Parker
Putnam
United States Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Board of Supervisors
Supreme Court
Longfellow
Bryant
Fury
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