Lockhart's original mill end sale advertised at Bergner store
The Bergner store promotes a semiannual Lockhart’s Mill End Sale featuring fresh merchandise at deep discounts. It promises genuine savings on dress goods, underwear, waists, millinery, and more, with many items priced well below regular values and a focus on new stock rather than remnants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Lovden Cael Lelalils
Eledtaela
Ticleciclaescleiniele
Abcicset
Alste
Sparland Apartment News and Local Happenings
Little Raymond Ridenour is reported quite sick. Misses Edna and Anna Lynch were Henry visitors Saturday. Duck hunters are busy now with varied success. Wm Riddell went to Texas last Tuesday on business. Miss Alta Ray joined county farm duties. Walter White's goods moved into the Walter Joseph house Monday. Tom Marland returned to Chicago Sunday after a two week home stay. Miss Ethel Webster resigned from the county farm and came to town. Miss Ruby Olson was ill last week with lung fever but improving. Most folks have colds and coughs. Frank and Freida Will went to Peru for a cousin’s wedding. Mrs Tuthill of Saratoga visited Elmer Frisbey’s. Mrs Wilbur Root and Mrs Charles Smith of La Prairie visited. McLaughlin Bros. received a car load of implements from Moline. Fine weather continues, more like April than January. Miss May Gillett is home from Chicago. Telephone girls now have three shifts and shorter hours, five hours daily with lower pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Ridenour
Edna
Anna _ Lynch
Henry
Riddell
Texas
Alta Ray
C. Luft
Walter White
Walter Joseph
Tom Marland
Cago
Ethel Webster
Ruby Olson
Will Frank
Freida
Peru
Tuthill
Saratoga
Elmer Frisbey
Wilbur Root
Charles Smith
la Prairie
Will Riddell
McLaughlin Bros
Moline
May Gillett
Chicago
Mra Luella
Socials and town notes from a midwestern gathering
Aunt Phoebe Emler hosted a dinner for Mr. and Mrs. George Snell and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gehr. Parker reports his barber shop fire was insured. Mrs. Maxwell convalesces with care from Chicago Heights. nurse left Friday. Baptist ladies hosted a 10c social earning $8.50. Mystic Workers dues urged. no dues paid by secretary. Mrs. Chamberlain’s divorce led to sale of house and lot for $725, relocating to Nebraska. Mustle Workers installation held with officers named. Recitals, weddings, and visits fill the week with town guested by Alda Montrose and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoebe Emler
George Snell
Fred Gehr
Tra Parker
Hiz
Henry Green
Chicago Heights
Maxwell
Ed van Antwerp
The
Mystic Workers
Robert Rae
Chamberlain
Nebraska
Hoadley
Worthy Oscar McLaughlin
George Christman, Sr
Will Wild
L. N. Osborne
Delbert Taylor
E. E. Royce
Glen Wagner
Randy Tanner
Clyde McLaughlin
Lydia E Pinkham Letter Published Publicizing Benefits
A Minneapolis woman recounts her relief from female troubles after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad urges others to write to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for confidential, free advice, noting decades of testimonials and the product's herbal roots.
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Po Minn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Joan G. McLeAn
Second St
North
Minneapolis
Minn
Lydia E. Pinkhan
Community notes recount visits, sales, and church plans in Lawn Ridge
Mr. Alex Calder from Chillicothe visited relatives, Mrs. Moody returns from Tennessee, John Grove from Dixon spent time with his mother, and Samuel Perkins traveled to Chicago. Ezra Hodge died, funeral plans for John Bragg discussed, and Lawn Ridge parsonage to be auctioned February 10. Church elections show financial health. Lincoln birthday centennial events planned. Lawn Ridge Telephone Co. clears debt and elects officers with O W Hurd as president and F H Cornell as secretary-treasurer.
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C. T. Moody
Tennessee
Clint
John Grove
Dixon
Amelia Grove
Samuel Perkins
Chicago
Morris Perkins
Ezra Hodge
Methodist Quarterly Conference
Blue Ridge
J. B. Green
Farmington
Myrtle
Rey
Congregational Church
Winnie Stewart
J. A. Titus
Chillicothe
A. B. Curtis
Lincoln
Lawn Ridge Telephone Company
James Speers
O. Shane
O. W. Hurd
F. H.cornell
Wedding in Lone Tree as Burch and Bell Unite at Bell Home
Grant Walton visited Mossville then left with Page Walton. On January 20 Joseph Burch and Laura Bell married at Laura's parents home. About 75 invitations were sent. They will move to Iowa near Muscatine to start housekeeping on Laura’s father Frank Bell's farm. Bell family plans to move near Lombardville, leaving the community. Bertha Swift visited Henry and stayed with uncle G M Clark. Merton and Jennie Swift visited Putnam to see new twins born to Fred Wheeler, George and Fred. Frank Baith the well digger dug wells for Henry Snell and Ed Shorts. he awaits return to Peoria after a sister’s death.
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Grant Walton
Mossville
Page
Joseph Burch
Laura Bell
Lone Tree
Frank Bell
Burch
Iowa
Muscatine
G.M. Clark
Merton
Jennie Swift
Putnam
Fred Wheeler
George
Fred
Frank Baith
Peoria
Henry Snell
Ed Shorts
Local notes from South Whitefield and nearby
Reports express sympathy for the Murphy family of Saratoga over a death caused by an unbalanced mind. Elmer Hoskins of Sparland dies, with his mother and sister having passed away months earlier. Local residents assist with work, and farmers prepare winter butchering as public sales draw crowds.
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Lyman Sutton
Murphy
Saratoga
Elmer Hoskins
Sparland
Thomas Hoskins
Theo Rott
Thomas Harris
Oliver Wright
Julia Harris
Harry Snell
Star
Cured a severe bronchitis with Chamberlains Cough Remedy
Mrs W G Gibson of Lexington Kentucky recounts a severe cold that led to bronchitis in her three year old daughter. After using Chamberlains Cough Remedy per directions the child recovered by Oct 23. She endorses the medicine as safest quickest for colds in children and adults. For sale by A J Ironmonger. A later note reports sixty four men burned or drowned at a Chicago offshore crib during tunnel construction with some survivors jumping into icy lake water.
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Chamberlain
W. G. Gibson
Lexington
A. J
Jackson Park
Chicago
Dean's Kidney Pills Fame Spreads in Henry Ill
Local readers report rapid relief from kidney trouble using Doan's Kidney Pills. John Uanley, a retired farmer, credits the remedy with steady health gains after two months of use started at J W Niece's drug store. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Price 50 cents. Remember the name Doan's.
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Henry
Dean
John Uanley
Ill
J. W. Niece
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan
South Milo Notes and Social Roundup
Mrs Clifton is very sick with a severe cold. No service at M B church Sunday due to bad weather. Mrs Theodore Clark visited Mrs George Barker. Mrs Hufnagel sprained ankle from a fall recently. Reid school pupils Frank Austin Margie Smith Lutie Deyo honored for December attendance. Miss Julia Harris visiting home folks. Mrs Barker visited Mrs Reid. Mrs William Bentley spent time with Mrs Roy Stone. Mr and Mrs Will Clement and baby visited Henry Mattison Sunday. Mrs Gilman Clark of Henry visited her son Ed last week.
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Julia Harris
George Barker
Charlie Reid
William Bentley
Roy Stone
Will Clement
Baby
Henry Mattison
Gilman Clark
Henry
A Horrible Hold Up By a Cured Man
W R Lipscomb of Washington North Carolina recalls a past struggle with consumption. After various doctors and remedies failed he used Dr King's New Discovery and was cured with six bottles. The remedy is promoted for lung and bronchial ailments with a trial bottle offered.
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W. R. Lipscomb
Washington, N. C
Dr. King
A. J. Ironmonger
Probate Court Names Executors and Transfers Real Estate
Probate items list letters testamentary issued for Ed Duclen John A Blackburn Evaline Hoskins Elizabeth Feazer and Nellie Mountjoy plus final report dates. Real estate transfers cover many parcels in La Con Varna Sparland Toluca Wenona Lacon and surrounding areas including Smith to Margaret and Klein to Elmer Quinn.
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Ed Duclen
Johanna Duclen
John A. Blackburn
Harry J. Blackburn
Evaline Hoskins
Elizabeth Feazer
Nellie M. Mountjoy
John C. Mountjoy
Jacob Storm
John R. Smith
Margaret Smith
Lacon
Adolph Klein
Elmer Quinn
Whitefield
Richard J. Templeton
William McGuirk
la Rose
William Kirkpatrick
John K. Leare
Steuben
Ed S. Niston
Warner R
Emily J. Broaddus
Varna
Cordelia B. Broaddus
Louis A. Brown
Oscar Mison
Frank VanAntwerp
Frank Fabesshoski
Sparland
John L. Christopher
Michael Fahy
Toluca
Arthur Meikle
D. H. Gregg
Wenona
Alex Russell
W. H. Whilton
Sear
Saratoga
Katie Hille
M. G. Cotney
Henry
William B. Jamison
Leonard Slick
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Royal Mineral Asphalt
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Sparlandapartmnt
Sparland Personals
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East Lynn
Mrs. Black
Alice Monier
Minnie Root
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Mildred Wilmot
Elmwood
Alice Monizr
Lucy Sun
E. R. Leigh
Mesdames
Mary Turnbull
Lillian Scott
Lavable
Bradford
Lucy Smith
James Smith
Patterson
John
Halsey
Thomas Monier
Alex Calder
Lawn Ridge
Whitefield Corners
South Whitefield
Albert Taylor
George Taylor
Sparts
Henkins
John Hofer
Leo Klein
Oscar Diverbiss
Earl Mendenhall
Minnie
Leo Monay
SOUTH
MILO
Court House News
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John J
Mary Costello
George C. Cunningham
Sarah C. Maddox
Joseph Frey
Minnie Maubach
Charles Cabel
Maud Duncan
Lawrence McGonnigal
Lucile Ryan
Joseph Donnelly
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Emma Mhaugens
Evans
William Taylor
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