Numerous sick and visits in Sparland and area
Sparland notes frequent illnesses and recoveries among residents. Several people including Miss Bertha Christman Miss Frieda Frank and Mrs Vincent are mentioned as sick or improving. Visits occur with family and friends in Peoria Moline Delavan and Wyoming. Community events include church work Lammer yard work and a baptism class with young girls from Sparland and Lacon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Parsons
Bertha Christman
Frieda Frank
George Rickey
Jane Young
Flora Trumpeter
Peoria
Flora Trompeter
Grip
H Campbell
Tim van Antwerp
McLaughlin
Harry Marshall
Otto Frank
George Kear
Moline
Lear
Tiskilwa
Grant Coatney
Ernest Klein
Delavan
Ruby Olson
Peru
Ethel O'Brien
Vincent
Minnie Ruth
Mabel Gehr
Wisconsin
Mrs. Porch
Wyoming
Edna Thomas
Elizabeth Clancy
Mr. Schaffer
Myrtle Antrim
Josie Poren
Lacon
Emler
Elsie Cumming
Henry
Roland
Will Wild
Duncan
Elmer Olson
East Peoria
Mary Tanner
Toulon
Carver
Bedford
Algretta
Mayme Osborne
Nellie Thomas
Chicago
Len Patterson
John Curtis
Minnie Olson
Bert McLaughlin
Lenry Republican
Lars Heatley
Helping Hand Society
Chessman
Mr. Schick
Chicago University
Sparland and
Long Established Business Changes Hands
All persons owing to the estate of Robert Waugh are asked to settle promptly. Andrew Aitchison has purchased the business and will manage accounts for the next thirty days. Mrs Waugh Dunlap requests settlements and notes the new charge period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Waugh
Andrew Aitchison
Waugh Dunlap
Camp Grove Weekend Social and Local Happenings
A grand ball and supper at Camp Grove on Friday night January 10 is noted along with visits from Eddie Sinclair and Scott Hall to Peoria Monday 11. Other items include a steer killed by a train, heavy grain traffic at local elevators, and a closing performance by Tom Bellson’s All Star Company at the Grand Opera House. Prizes awarded at contests included a silver butter dish, silver knives and a set of silverware, and Eva Green won the diamond ring in a popular vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Grove
Eddie Sinclair
Scott Hall
Vis‘gerd
Peoria
Dugan
E Fites
Peru
Ind
Robert Fennell
W H Davis
Webber & King
Robert Daniels
Tom Bellson
All Star Company
Grand Opera House
Charles Gibney
Alice Roosevelt
Grant Kilgore
John Hickey
Hd Maloney
Hattie Bulleyment
Eva Green
Local Holiday News From LA PRAIRIE and Surroundings
LA PRAIRIE residents share holiday visits with family in Kansas Peoria Chicago and Blue Ridge. Miss Agnes Burnett plans a Drake school entertainment and box supper. Various locals attend gatherings visit relatives and return for schooling with several trips to Chicago Toluca Princeton and Abingdon noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Marshall
Kansas
Frank Marshall
Wilbur Root
Charles Smith
Charles Fosbénder
Wenn Praga
Ollie Scoon
Proctor Hospital
Peoria
Agnes Burnett
Drake School
Leigh
Chicago
Claude Doran
Henry
J. G. Calder
Eunice Durham
Alvin Calder
Robbie Hall
Wm. Scoon
Hazel Odell
Kewanee
Barhes
Gora
Beulah Reynolds
Princeton
Hmily Root
Mary Sevon
Winnie Edminister
Rose Hertidge
Wm. Scott
Ethel Robb
Abingdon
Gallup
Ralph Greene
Reed-Holton Nuptials at Castleton Wednesday Evening
John Burnett and sister Violet attend the Reed-Holton wedding at Castleton Wednesday evening, with Miss Anta Burnett present. The report notes visitors from Archie and Monmouth, church meetings at U P church, and social events around Clarksburg and Paxton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Burnett
Violet
Anta Burnett
Reed-Holton
Castleton
Florene Aitchison
Archie, Mo
David Aitchison
Rey Polock
Monmouth
U. P
Edith Leigh
Broaddus University
Clarksburg
W. V
George Shimp
Mudlavia
Ind
Ada Aitchison
Henry Aitchison
Dorothy Scott
Lucy Smith
Frank Calder
Paxton
Happy New Year and school notes from South Whitefield
South Whitefield wishes readers a Happy New Year as Miss Gilpin resumes school after a two week break and Mr Meister’s children recover from scarlet fever under Dr Royce. The district school closes indefinitely due to exposure. Visitors include Miss Grace Marshall and Lily Marshall of Saratoga, Mrs Linn Sanderlin and son Harvey of Wymore. The community reports colds amid busy social and agricultural activity and a return to routine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilpin
Mr. Meister
Royce
Grace
Lily Marshall
Saratoga
H. Marshall
Linn Sanderlin
Harvey
Wymore
Neb
South
Dixon
A M Jenkins
Lacon
Fort Farm
L. J Ray
C Bidwell
Henry
Leonard J Hunter
T S Hunt
South Milo Neighbors Attend Visits and Meetings
Roy Stone returns from Missouri on Wednesday while Miss Cora Reynolds visits at Swift's. Various locals host guests and visits in Milo including the Austins and Frank, Reid family, and Winnie Taylor. A Methodist church series starts January 13 led by Rev. Charles Fitzhenry of Peoria, with Whitefield quarterly conferences and Sunday school officers listed for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Stone
Missouri
Cora Reynolds
OCO
Whitefield
Jaan
Ihe
S. R. Sutherland
James Carrico
Eisie Barker
Bonnar
Edna
Whitefield Center Notes and Local Social Happenings
Georgettes of Peoria perform at Whitefield Grange hall on Friday night with admission 2 cents for adults and 16 cents for children. Visitors include Will Bourdette of Kansas staying with Mrs. Lura Bourdette. Thomas Seelye and Jerret Ketchum visited Bradford. Henry Auklind and William Clarence shell corn last week. Ladies Aid to meet Mrs. Lara Bourdette on Feb. 5. Dinner Hunt returns to Urbana for schooling. Death of Hiram Mullon’s oldest child reported. funeral at the house with interment at Center graveyard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgettes
Peoria
Whitefield Grange Hall
Will Bourdette
Kansas
Lura
Bourdette
Thomas Seelye
Jerret Ketchum
Bradford
Henry Auklind
William Clarencé
Lara Bourdette
Urbana
Hiram Mullon
Mila Aquilla Ball Visits Putnam Relative Home
Mila Aquilla Ball of Putnam has been a visitor at the home of his uncle AG Henkins this past week. Mrs Elizabeth Falk of Lone Tree is visiting at the home of her father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mila
Aquilla Ball
Putnam
AG Henkins
Elizabeth Falk
Lone Tree
Thev
Revival meetings and village visits fill week in Peoria area
David Robinson and Rev Price of Peoria conduct meetings at the Christian church this week. Miss Peart Henkins and Miss Myrtle Erskine visit from Peoria for the holidays. Cottage prayer meetings are held nightly. Rev Van Pelt will preach next Sunday. Local social events include a New Year’s Eve hop at the public hall with music by the Chilli enthe orchestra. A mare belonging to Karl Hekle died after falling in a creek. A bulletin notes Philip Haerr sold his house and 29 acres near Dunlap for 4500 with possession March 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Robinson
Price
Peoria
Christian Church
Harvey Hunter
Henry
Miss Peart Henkins
Jesse-Hock
M. BH
van Pelt
David Wright
Oscar Wright
Tiskilwa
Ladies’ Aid
Bertha McClane
Edward Owen
Frank Betts
Chillicothe
Ida McGionigal
George Bassett
Champaign
Fred Bragg
Myrtle Erskine
Alma Wilson
Nurss
Karl Hekle
Chillienthe
Philip Haerr
Boody
Dunlap
F. E. Peterson
Presbyterian Church
Princeville
Charles Daman
Castile
N. Y
H. H
N. E. Nurss
New York
J. E. Hawley
Bertrand, Neb
Hendrick Butler
Cynthia Pedley
Bertrand
Ki -on-Dee
Butler
Fairfield
Lawn Ridge
Charity party for Lont de Charity at the hall
Mrs Hillabran hosted a children's party for her daughter Lont de Charity with games music ice cream and cake. The Mother Goose party by Miss Parker and her school drew a lively audience and showcased bright capable singing and acting. The Speer Elevator Co stockholders met to elect first board directors including E R Leigh John David James Speer Joseph Stowell and Vameé B Green.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Firet-Board of
s.E._R.Leigh
Jobn
David
James_.Speer
Joseph
Stowell
Vameé B. Green
Fred
Hodge
Turnbull Board Elects Officers at Saturday Meeting
The Turnbull board held a meeting on Saturday for organizing and elected officers James B Green as president James Speer as secretary and treasurer They also scheduled a stockholders meeting for January 4 to vote on and pay the first assessment of stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turnbull
James B
Green
James Speer
Jasys
Court House News Roundup of Pending Divorces and Real Transfers
Circuit Court cases include Edward C. Clover estate vs Lofty Clover and George Sprague versus Imma Sprague for divorce. Probate notices fix March term for claims. estate adjustments for Eugene Bononcini, Michael Marnane, and George V. Conrad. Real estate transfers list Owen minors to Prairie Oil and Gas Co. and Clemens to Schulz in Montrose addition Varna. Marriage licenses issued for Kirstle and Duchense, Harvey and Kent. Fulls and Ketchum pair also listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Edward C.clover
Susann D.' Glover
Lofty Clover
John B. Martin
Lizzie
Martin
Bill
George Sprague
Imma Sprague
Eugene Bononcini
Michael Marnane
George V. Conrad
Frank and
Nathan L. Owen
Prairie Oil and Gas Co
Hithiaho
Camela Sophia Clemens
Albert F. Schulz
Montrose
Varna
Robert E. Kirstle
Washburn
Nellie Duchense
Toluca
John Harvey, Jr
Steuben
Gertrude M. Kent
Chillicothe
John U Fulls
Hifle
Ketchum
Henry
Public Sale in Whitefield Township on January 28 1908
An auction notice for a public sale in Whitefield township 734% miles west of Henry Illinois and 2%4 miles southeast of Whitefield Corners on Tuesday January 28 1908 at 10 am. Seventeen head of livestock include seven horses a brood mare and four cattle plus thirty hogs with Poland China and Red sows bred to a Duroc Jersey boar. Farm implements and hay seed corn listed. Terms: cash under $10, credit 11 months on bankable paper with interest if due, 6 percent cash discount on sums over $10. Removal prohibited until terms fulfilled. Auctioneers Col HF McVicker and clerk Elmer Quinn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitefield Township
Henry, Ill
Whitefield Corners
Norman
McKinley
McKinney
Lady
Ildrin
Robert McGregor
Boniface
Sega
Ottawa
HF. McVicker
Elmer Quinn
Charles Wood
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Nie
Sparland, Ill
Sulkyzand Gang
Litchfield
Iowa
Marseilles
Wlaughlin Bros
Sparland, Il
William A. Smith
Chicago Veterinary
Saarland
Illinois
Bannan Dosten
Sparland Department
Sparland Personals
Will Clifton
Will Clifton, Jr
Clyde McLaughlin
Leslie Waugh
Leslie
Waight's
Aitchison & Son
Aitchison
Minnie Macon
Alfreta Bedford
Bertha Jones
Marie Shaffer
Viletta
Ina Murdock
Mary Long
Laocon
Castoria
South Whitefield
MILO
Whitefield Center
SPEER
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Hugtioneer
H. F. McVickél
Gale
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