Small town notes from Sparland and nearby areas
Sparland and nearby residents share visits, illnesses, and travel. Alfretta Bedford spends time with her father while Miss Minnie Olson remains at home with her parents. Families in Henry, Lacon, Camp Grove, and Peoria enjoy snow days, birthdays, and social visits as Rev. McLeish conducts services for Mrs. Ruby Jacobs Klein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Gehr
Henry
Guy Moore
Milby Marshall
Alfertta Ruff
Minnie Olson
Henry Olson
Flora Trumpeter
Lacon
David Lester
McLeish
Ruby Jacobs Klein
Holmes Tanner
Chicago
N. W. Tanner
H.l van Antwerp
Harry Triskey
George Snell
Frank VanAntwerp
Péoria
Peoria
Antwerp
Mills Walker
Verna
Moline
Local Notes From Sparland and Vicinity
Ernest Kline sick with tonsillitis unable to attend church duties. Randol ph Tanner substituting. Shine the dog found dead at Fred Gehrys, Shine called daily at Gehrys. Ice house work continues amid cold spell. Mrs. T E Gapen hosted granddaughter Helen Gapen of Ottawa for a music filled evening. Mrs. N W Turner returning from Chicago visit with family. Robert Duncan moved to Morris to work for a coal company. Fred and Jim Hill reassigned to Princeville with higher salaries. Elmer Olson of Taylorridge likely to fill vacancy. Mrs Harry Rowley traveling from Henry to Sparland for Friday music lessons. Sparland primary class December perfect attendance certificates awarded to many pupils. Mine inspector mine accident as John Evans died two weeks earlier. stone fall narrowly injures mine official Kenney. doctor Royce attended. Kenney recovering, no fractures reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Kline
The
Baptist Church
Randolph Tanner
Wilmer Frisbey
Shine
Fred Gehr
Mr. Gehry
T.E. Gapen
Helen Gapen
Ottawa
Miss Gapen
N. W. Turner
Chicago
Robert Duncan
Mr. Tanner
Morris
Fred Hill
Jim
Princeville
Elmer Olson
Taylorridge
Harry Rowley
Henry
Sparland
Rowley
Dollie Compton
Edith Rice
Bella Rae
Pauline van Antwerp
Blanche Wilde
Bernice Tanquary
Margaret Campbell
Ethel McLaughlin
Edna Compton
Edna Frisbey
Frankie Anderson
Robert Clelland
Lee Baggs
Peter Gonoude
Louis Royce
Miles McCartney
Louis Marks
Walter McLaughlin
Frankie Fabishoski
Thomas Compton
Harry Donatella
Delbert Rice
Frankie Campbell
Amasa Garrett
Floyd Nightwonger
Chester Hoadley
Bernice McLaughlin
Wm. Kenney
Illinois Valley Coal Company
John Evans
Mr. Kenney
Royce
Keney
Kenney
Local Social Notes From Nearby Towns
Mrs Cora Jackson of Iowa visits sister Mrs L H Wid ridge. Carl Koch of Henry calls on friends. Patrick Powers and wife visit relatives in Tiskilwa. Wm Perkins of Normandy visits son Clarence. Frank Barto and wife of Morse visit relatives nearby. A W Shriver and L H Pidridge attend the state poultry show in Springfield. The Perkins child has been ill several days. Harry Bean and wife of Kewanee visit relatives. Blackburn and Eldridge ship three car loads of hogs from the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Jackson
Iowa
L. H. Widridge
Carl Koch
Henry
Patrick Powers
Tiskilwa
Wm. Perkins
Normandy
Clarence
Frank Barto
Morse
A. W. Shriver
L. H. Pldridge
Springfield
Clarence Perkins
Harry Bean
Kewanee
Blackburn
Eldridge
Cottage Pupils Attend Monthly Report Cards
December at Cottage school shows no absences or tardies among pupils Hazel Paul Myrtle Paul Raymond Paul Mary Hunter John Francis O Neal and families of Mr and Mrs John Farley hosted at Wm Pipers with friends visiting Saturday. The group plans moving from Henry to a Maple Park area. A purse of remembrance was given. Henry Smith bought cattle but cold weather delays shipment. Mrs M E Halladay hosted at her home with many Piper Brokaw and Maynard family members. Laura Maynard visited Roy Maynard and New Year guests there included Charles Anthony and Ralph Maynard. Rude Miller sold hogs in Tiskilwa. Mrs Hume of Chicago visiting Nellie Perry. Frank Lidgard and family at Wm Smith’s Broadmoor. Nellie Sullivan and B Craigin visited John Barry. Connie Julander visited Miram and Gladys Albee. Ternus visited sister Mrs Hopkins near Tiskilwa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Halladay
Wm. Piper
Lee Brokaw
Orville
Wilbur Brokaw
Burt Piper
Wm. Brokaw
Ora Brokaw
Stine
Laura Maynard
Roy Maynard
Roy's
Charles Anthony
Ralph Maynard
Rude Miller
Tiskilwa
Hume
Chicago
Nellie Perry
O'Neal
Frank Lidgard
Wm. Smith
Broadmoor
Nellie Sullivan
B. Craigin
John Barry
Connie Julander
Miram
Gladys Albee
Ternus
Mrs. Hopkins
Frightful polar winds and Bucklen salve urged
Frightful polar winds blow at the far north causing chapped hands and lips that Bucklen’s Arnica Salve heals. It softens skin and treats cold sores burns ulcers cuts and piles. Available at T. J. Segraves and A. J. Ironmonger’s drug stores CAMP GROVE. Nearby notes include John McGuin at Peoria, Morgan Myers visiting son David in Proctor hospital, Glenn Malone visiting Bradyville and Miss Katie Hicks and Miss Sara Hollandsworth in Peoria. The week brought the coldest weather of winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
T. J. Segraves
A. J. Ironmonger
Camp Grove
John McGuin
Peoria
Morgan Myers
David
Proctor Hospital
Glenn Malone
Bradyville
Wolf
Wm. Aitchison
Little Sons
Katie Hicks
Sara Hollandsworth
The Danger of La Grippe and Winter Health Notes
The item notes La Grippe dangers and pneumonia risk, plus anecdotal cure with Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. It reports severe cold, local travel, a pneumonia case, a revival start, sick headaches tied to stomach issues, and endorsements for Chamberlain's Tablets as relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Foley
R. E H. Fisher
Washington
Kas
Foley
A. J. Ironmonger
Country newspapers carry community life forward
The piece extols Illinois country newspapers for faithfully recording neighborhood happenings. It praises their role in aiding the unfortunate, comforting the bereaved, noting improvements, and preserving local moral and financial standards that bind the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
George the Fifth
India
Peoria Journal
Lawn Bridge Local Notes From Rock Island
Miss Vera Grove returns home for Christmas from Rock Island as Estes Wilson and Harry Brimmer assist in plumbing Mrs James Speers residence in Peoria. Mrs Amelia Grove suffers a relapse while roads freeze and corn moves. Roy Wilcox and neighbors shell corn. Mrs Hattie Cornell Van Patten visits family from Las Vegas New Mexico. Gracie Coyle injures ankle on a frozen street. Newton Bragg returns from Nebraska to run farm improvements but plans to change trades. Miss Cackley gives a recital and theater scene brightens village. Chamberlains Cough Remedy offered by local druggists A J Ironmonger and T J Segraves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawn Bridghe
Vera Grove
Rock Island
Estas Wilson
Harry Brimmer
Peoria
Verguson
James Speers
Amelia Grove
Roy Wilcox
Will Shane
Ransom Caldwell
Harry Stowell
Hattie Cornell van Patten
Las Vegas
N. M
Maria Cornell
Gracie Coyle
Nickerson
Foster
Newton Bragg
Nebraska
Probate Court action covers multiple estates and real estate transfers
Probate proceedings admit wills for David Wilson Albert Vosberg and George Toomey with bonds set. widow Minnie Toomey receives 509.75 cash. Real estate transfers list numerous deeds from Taggart Hughes to Daly and others, including church trust parcels and multiple quit claims among private parties in Toluca Sparland Lacon and Varna. Final reports, private sales granted, and distributive shares ordered where noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Wilson
John. N. Wilson
Hannah B. Gants
Frederick Vosberg
Albert Vosberg
George A. Toomey
Minnie E. Toomey
Johnson G. White
Sarah White
Harry M. Taggart
John Hughes
William Daly
Bennington
Belle Plain Methodist Episcopal Church
John Reed
Richland
Celestino Capranica
Enrico Antonacci
Santa Fe
Toluca
George Simpson
George W. Snell
Sparland
Barr Coal, Lumber and Power Co
Steuben
Myrtle Antrim Watchorn
Husband
Margaret H. Antrim
Varna
Belle Plain
Alexander Keedy
Mike Johannas
Matalia St. Clair
Robert Rickey
Saratoga
Susan M. Alcorn
Robert
Rickey
Timothy
Hunt
John H. Pearson
James J. McKinney
Joseph
Fred McKinney
W. Sophia Abell
Joseph Moore
Smith
Lacon
J. &. Collyer
Homer Barney
Natalia
Clafr
Taft favored for renomination amid 1912 talk
The piece reports strong Republican support for re nominating President Taft with leaders from Michigan New Jersey South Dakota Kentucky Utah New Hampshire and Ohio expressing confidence in his candidacy. It notes no Illinois extra session and at large delegate selections, plus fond recall of past conventions and a split over tariff and defense bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Deneen
Congress
House of Representatives
Palmer
Pennsylvania
House
Abraham Lincoln
Chicago
George B. McClellan
U. S. Grant
Senate Committee On Pensions
Treasury
Taft
Tariff Board
Folk
Champ Clark
Joe Folk
Bryan
Harmon
Ohio
Simon
Clark
Champ
Waldorf-Astoria
New York Tribune
Washington
Townsend
Michigan
William H. Taft
Briggs
New Jersey
Idaho
Hepburn
Republican Party
Senator Gamble
South Dakota
South
Bradley
Kentucky
Senator Smoot
Utah
New Hampshire
Burnham
Judge Woodmansee
Cincinnati
National
David Mulvane
Kansas
Victor Rosewater
Nebraska
Between the buds and the leaf a message of hope
A poetic meditation by Margaret Sangster urges leaving hate and malice behind. It celebrates love and gentleness as life quickens from seedtime to spring, then from blossoms to snow. The piece envisions walking heavenward or soaring on wings through acts of kindness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Heaven
Margaret
Sangster
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Iit
Standard Oil Company
Sulky
Litchfield
New Iowa
Marseilles
Dr. McLaushlin
Sparland, Ill
Theepublica, Henry, III
Sparland Department
Alfretta Bedford
MILO
Roland Mielkey
Miss Ora
Oklahoma
Charlie Reid
Mildred Hall
William Mielkey
Vandervoort
M. E
A. R. Tabor
Crider
Court House News
Ietter
R. V. Pierce
M. D
Pres’t
Buffalo
N. Y
Johnson Lumber Company
J. E. Sparbel
Lape Diedae
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