Tom Thumb wedding delights Sparr village crowd
The Sparr town hall hosted a Tom Thumb wedding as part of a Helping Hand event. Little Fern Frank and Lee Campbell played bride and groom with a full bridal party. Guests enjoyed ice cream and cake after the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Thumb
Tom Thumb Entertainment
Louise Osborne
Viva McLaughlin
Louise Russell
Ora Newell
Lillian Nepur
Rachel Frisbey
Tilene Kelley
Katie Okerholm
Billy Osborne
Arlene
James Parsons
Local notices from La Prairie area events and obituaries
La Prairie events include Otterbein quartet at Camp Grove church February 28 and two nearby dates. Obituary notes mark Verna Manock's death in Washington state with funeral Thursday in La Prairie. Various visits and gatherings around La Prairie, Lacon, Sparland, Peoria, and Wyomin g noted with multiple families and individuals attendances.
Dr King’s New Life Pills Adette Wakefield 25c
An advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a gentle natural laxative for bowel troubles. It claims they stimulate regulate bowels and tone the system priced at 25 cents available at all druggists. H. BE Buck Co. Philadelphia or St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
D. P. Lawson
Edison
Tenn
T. J. Segraves
A. J. Tronmonger
H. BE. Buck
Len Co
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Whitefield Center Epworth Leaguers stage two dramas
Young people of the Epworth League practiced two plays titled Wide Enough For Two and Taking Father's Place and will present them January 29 at the hall. Other entertainment is planned and home talent encouragement urged. A Charley Aukland sale is noted for January 28 with Whitefield ladies serving lunch and Epworth Leaguers oysters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitefield Center
Epworth League
Charley Aukland
Whitefield
Epworth
Guy Smith
Jerrel Ketchum
Anna Hunt
Peoria
Melba
George Vail
Chicago
Perfume Stall Uses Fan to Draw Onlookers
In New Orleans a perfumer uses an electric fan on the sidewalk to waft a pleasant fragrance toward passersby, drawing customers with scented air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Woman refuses operation and credits Lydia E Pinkham product
Logansport Indiana report details a woman with female troubles who declines surgery. She claims Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her health and encourages others to try it. The ad notes confidential replies from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co in Lynn Massachusetts and urges letter submission for help.
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Logansport
Ind
Lydia E. Pinkham
Daniel D. B. Davis
Franklin St
Local Notes From Saratoga and Vicinity
Mary Diverbiss was taken to St. Francis hospital in Peoria for appendicitis surgery and is recovering well. Herbert Doyle shipped a carload of hogs to Chicago and visited his sister Belle in Evanston. The community plans a League devotional meeting next Sunday with Miss Hazel Rickey as teacher. Over 20 members now in the reading circle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga
Mary Diverbiss
Peoria
St. Francis Hospital
Ann Reinbeck
Henry
Herbert Doyle
Chicago
Belle
Evanston
Court House Records And Transfers In Marshall County
Circuit Court cases listed include Roskos v Supon and Bogner v Wabel with confessions. Probate notes cover estates of Burt, Shubar, Burroughs, Gustafson, Briscoe, Sullivan with heirship, inventories, and final reports. Real estate transfers involve multiple parcels in Venona Toluca Varna and surrounding towns. Marriage licenses issued in Varna and Hopewell, births to Toluca families listed.
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Circuit Court
Susan Roskos
Veter Supon
Edward N. Bogner
Thomas J. Wabel
H. Hunter
BE. F. Allen
L. H. Allen
Hunter, Allen & Co
Oliver T. Whetzel
Eva B. Whetzel
Julia C. Burt
Ponearance
Robert F. Burt
John S. Burt
John Shubar
Richard Burroughs
Jonas M. Gustafson
James Briscoe
Marshall County
Daniel Sullivan
Dedimus Protestatum
H. T. Burt
Peter Zimmerman
Alfred Lauffenburger
Venona
August Schwiderski
Amalie Schwiderski
Toluca
John B. Wright
Maurice B. Wright
Varna
Elmer Hunter
Alden PF
Hunter
Henry
Hiram Hunter
Alden F. Hunter
United States
James Caldwell
Evans
Joshua Evans
Mary Emily Jenkins
Alice A. Owen
Lacon
Sophia Merdian
Edward Merdian
Davis
Lombard
Richard Waughop
Isaac W. Waughop
Whitefield
Richard L. Waughop
Edward Mercian
Joseph O. Hill
Toluca Coal Company
W. F. Breen
Santa Fe
W. T. Breen
Frank Shipley
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Cures Colds
A historic ad claims Chamberlain's Cough Remedy cures colds croup and whooping cough with household trust and wartime relief tone. The product is pitched for families seeking quick respiratory relief and domestic medicine reliability.
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Chamberlain
Gift selection guidance amid worry and perplexity
The passage advises choosing an appropriate gift for a specific individual. It suggests the chances are high that readers will find something appealing to both giver and recipient as the best possible choice.
Lawn Ridge Notes Include Visits and Church Meeting
Mrs Blanche Cornell and children visited from Peoria for a few days. Lewis Odell shelled and marketed his corn Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Charles Moore traveled to Lincoln Wednesday and Thursday. Elmer Chapin visited Peoria the past week, hosted by Miss Etta Young. Dan Moody of Peoria spent the week with relatives. William Foster lost his gray horse Dan after 24 years of service. Roy Wilcox finished pulling 160 rods of old hedge on the John J Thompson farm. Irvin Stephens bought a new gasoline engine with a feed grinder and wood saw for custom work, tested near Dunlap. Chas Hart, a Pennsylvanian, dropped in. his brother Grant is in Oregon. Lawn Ridge Congregational church annual meeting held with hot dinner. reports show debts cleared and debts paid, total offerings about $800 for the year. Officers elected: Deacon Thomas Collins, trustee Wallace Dodd, deaconess Mrs Fannie Perkins, clerk C W Armstrong, chorister George M Sims, organist Fannie Perkins.
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Lawn Ridge
Blanche Cornell
Peoria
Lewis Odell
Charles Moore
Lincoln
Elmer Chapin
Etta Young
Dan Moody
William Foster
Old Dan
Don
Charley
Roy Wilcox
John J. Thompson
Hrvin Stephens
Holke
Dunlap
Chas Hart
Perkins
Santa Fe
Chillicothe
Grant
H. S. Owen
Oregon
South Milo Social Notes Highlight Residents and Visits
Frank Billings of Buda moves to Mrs. Ryder farm in South Milo and stayed with William Shorts Friday. Neighbors report spring tease then sleigh ride hints as weather shifts. Mrs. Henry Bonshire and son Harry shopped Saturday. Mrs. Brokaw visiting Mrs. Theodore Clark Sunday to Monday. William Bentley and children visited Amree Longman Sunday. William Phelps and sister Mattie shopped in Henry Friday. Mrs. Susan True and Mrs. Robert Daniels with daughter Ethel visited Elmer Mortell Sunday. Mrs. George Hall stayed with sister Ethel Hall in Lombardaville Saturday night. Mrs. Clark Righthouse and sister Elmer Mortell called on Mrs. Lyman Sutton one day last week. Robert Conover’s horse sick last week. with Dr Willett’s help recovering. Mrs. Festus Bentley of Bradford visiting daughter Mrs. Robert Conover. Mrs. Elmer Mortell visiting her parents in Henry last week. Her mother Mrs. Caley ill but better now.
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Albert
Hiram Johnston
Clara
Jeshe Ely
Wishall
Della Klein
George Holler
Fred Ely
la Prairie
Frank Miller
Arthur Head
East Side
Harry Russell
Elif Swanson
T. S. Hunt
Pride
James Dewalt
I. W. Waughop
Charles Anderson
Henry
Frank Billings
Buda
Brokaw
Theodore Clark
William Bentley
Amree Longman
William Phelps
Mattie
Susan True
Robert Daniels
Ethel
Elmer Mortell’s
George Hall
Ethel Hall
Lombardaville
Clark Righthouse
Elmer Mortell
Lyman Sutton
Robert Conover
Willett
Festus Bentley
Bradford
Caley
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Sparr and Department
Sparr
Anna Luft
Helen
Calder
Frank Marshall
Monmouth
Harry
Dwinell
Klotzsche
Bessie
Mabell Marshall
Wellington
Relief McLaughlin
Verna Harvey
Oscar
Everett Simpson
Moline
Mattie Pride
South Whitefield
Wm. Johnson
W. N. Tanter
The
Mystic Workers
Walter Burnett
Roll Blackburn
Will Madison
Andrew Aitchison
Orrin Frisbey
Waugh-Shearer
Wyoming
van Antwerp
Osborne
Everett Frisbey
Globe Manufacturing Company
Richard Hayes
Monier
Montana
Spring Valley
M. C. Marshall
Johnson
Silas Cartwright
Claude
Toronto
S. C
Jesse Reinbeck
Eastern Star
Gapen
McGee
Burson School
Ed Damm
Frank Wunder
Ezra Teagarden
Boulder
Col
Schroeder
Wm. Madison
Robert Turnbull
Cora Scott
David Aitchison
Lizzie Aitchison
Shearer Waugh
James Manock
Eva Manock
B.S. Busby
Beulah Busby
J. W. Greene
Ruth Greene
Wm. Scott
Charles Collins
Aitchison
Iowa
McLean
Gerlaw
Ill
U. P
Verna Manock
Washington State
Manock
A. J. McCullough
Lois McCullough
Lena Scoon
Alice Sco
Wm. Hillabrand
Antioch
Fells
Court House News
Alfred L. Whetzel
Ida L. Linderer
Hopewell
Silvio Orlandi
Tia Biagini
Joseph Lawler
Dwight
Livingston County
Elvina Kelm
Eddy W. Peck
Hull
Pike County
Mary B. Clark
George B. McCully
Richland
Ellen M. Tidmarsh
Roberts
Natal Ceretto
Dominick Silvetti
Carmine di Tomonesso
Pasquale di Fiori
Henry, Ill
Yours Truly
Insergivacea Ver
Uae
Peoria, Illinois
Thomas Collins
Wallace Dodd
Fannie Perkins
C. W. Armstrong
George M. Sims
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