Death and local notices mark Hopewell week
The Hopewell column reports the death of Mrs. William Holland from blood poisoning after a brief illness. Funeral held Sunday in Lacon with six children surviving. Also noted are local social visits, farm market prices for corn and hog shipments by Kohler and Croft of Varna, and several community errands and arrivals across Held Varna and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopewell
Wm. Halland
KE. S Hultgren
Ralso Gust Carlson
Charles Coleson
Varna
Olive Stoner
A. M. ‘Stoner
Dave Anderson
Charles Carlson
Harry Stroup
Babe
Jalmer Hultgren
Andrew Feazel
Peoria
Elva Donelson
Ernest
Lacon
F. E. Wilson
Nannie
Simee
Hvar Carlson
Sunny
Peter Benson
C. F. Anderson
Frank Krueger
Henry
Mitchell Miller
Charles Okerberg
BE. G. Hultgren
Gus Gustafson
Fanny Gustafson
Kohler & Croft
Held
William Hatton
Joliet
Pattonsburg
Christian Church
Hattan
Harry Hexter
Eli Hexter
Indianapolis
William Holland
Erridge
Cottage social notes from a Midwest town
A crowded social column lists visits and family news from local residents and visitors including Misses Gertrude Chap Nellie Perry Josie Perry, Mrs Maynard, Glenn, Simeon Bell of Iowa, Mrs Samuel Chesney, Merl Kenney, Mrs Gus Gustafson, Mrs Claus Swanson, Mr and Mrs Jardine from Moline, and Laura Miller Effie Teagarden. Also mentions Daniel Danovan farm residents, Hunter school, and Miss Jessie Miller visiting Mrs Daniel Strines in Tiskilwa. An advertisement cites Chamberlain's Tablets helping biliousness and constipation, as told by R F Erwin of Peru Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Chap
Chicago
Nellie
Josie Perry
Willie Perry
Maynard
Glenn
Simeon Bell
Iowa
Wm Tountain
Samuel Chesney
Ernest Reynolds
Merl Kenney
Charles
Gus Gustafson
Claus Swanson
Mattingly
Drédlyn
Jardine
Moline
Daniel Dano‘van
Laura Miller
Effie Teagarden
Oehthme Garden
Rude Miller
Charles Day
Hunter School
Jessie Miller
Daniel Strines
Tiskilwa
Local Notes List Visits and Deaths in Sparse County Page
A jumble of social visits and family notices from Steuben County including Elizabeth Marland staying with sister Ruth at the county farm, Verna Manock's death in Portland Oregon, and several visits by Hugh Russell, Lara Mae, George Wiley, and related relatives. Also mentions Robert Pringle in Chicago and Mrs Bates in Peoria. An advertisement touts Chamberlain's Tablets for stomach relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Reed
Edelstein
Hugh ‘Russell
Lara Mae
James Biggar
George Rickey
Eoward
Olive “Hastings
Ruth
Bertha Lasteweek
Margaret
Odennia
Rassella
Albert
Albert, Rasells
Aldsrockety
Syith
Mirai George
Wiley
Phursday
Robert
Pringle
Chicago
Frank
Bates and Family
Mra
Roberts
Peoria
Avi i
Bates
Epworth Leaguers to stage two plays January 29
Whitefield corners notes an Epworth Leaguers event at the hall next Thursday January 29 featuring Taking Father's Place and Wide Enough for Two with music between scenes. The notice highlights strong past meetings, spiritual sermons, and future visits by Dr. Dwinell and Bro. Neal to Terra Haute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitefield Corners
Epworth Leaguers
Father
Jesus
Bro. Smith
Neal
Bro Smith
Terra Haute
Dwinell
Swift
Henry
Harry Snell
Charles W Aakland
Spring Goods at Low Prices From Flart Schaffner & Marx
Winter article highlights clearing stock with bargains to make way for new arrivals. Flart Schaffner & Marx clothes lead offerings including ladies coats suits skirts waists muslin wear hosiery and many more items worth inspecting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flart Schaffner
Marx
Very Special Sale of Furniture and Rugs
Powerful sales pitch touts a mammoth stock of reliable house furnishings with discounted prices for whole outfits or individual pieces. Shoppers are urged not to miss the chance to save money.
Hutchins and Downey Attend Community Gathering
Local notes report Mr and Mrs Burton Barker and daughter visiting relatives, several residents recovering from grip and rheumatism, Lloyd Turner to lead next Sunday's League meeting with talk on From Wavering to Steadfastness. Schools honor punctual pupils, and families visit in nearby towns as residents share illness travels and social events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton Barker
Boone Wright
Lloyd Turner
William Bentley
Mary Harris
Amree Longmen’s
Ethel Reid
Bradford
Henry Smith
Mills
Addie Brokaw
George Barker
Peoria
Hess
Barker
Rae
Swearingen
Roy Stone
Glenn
John McClane
Local notes mix with railing crime tale and hospital news
A Sugar Grove item mentions Stewart Lutes's son with pneumonia and sore throat affecting Mrs. Roy Ranson and others nearby. A Streator train incident tells of a stranger found in a merchandise car and a pistol shot aimed at a railway officer. Other town guests and visits are listed with various names in a fragmented society sketch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sugar Grove
Dawin
Stewart Lutes
Roy Ranson Neai
Long
Burlington
C.C. Smith
Creenplace
O--L-Clawson
Duffield
Prey Gregory
Albert
Quinn
Clyde
Gregory
Charles. McAllister
Lostant
Magpolia
Rory Feeye
Smith
Margaret
Thorn
Fits Potter
Babe
Eafternoon
Santa Fe taty-Lorenzo
Tranger
Beatie
Celal
Realiz
What Mrs Miles Did Show Farm Wife’s Market Totals
Mrs George Miles of Elmwood Illinois rural route six reports 273 64 dollars in cash from eggs chickens and butter plus 2144 quarts of fruit including 1000 quarts peaches. She is 37 with eight children and manages housework and farm tasks while seeking more turkey sales and wider farm efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Miles
Elmwood
Ill
Miles
Instown
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A J. Ironmonger
T J Segraves
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Dunn
Arnold
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Roy Newton
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Arthur Bornsheler
Fred
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Clyde Harris
Exie Barkman
Alden
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Blanche Lord
S É Bishel
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Broadmoor
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Alice Poff
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GC. T. Millslager
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A. J. Kistler
Camp Grove
Matt Foley
Vision
John
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Alma
Jessie
Speer
Ervin
Ray
Joseph Hodges
Orwin
S. D
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Smith & Ternus
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