Qur Sister Towns. Crow Meadow Event
Edith Casoe visited in Henry the at ter part of last week as guest of Major Sleator. Mrs Merrill left for Iowa on Tuesday to visit her son and stay all summer. William Wherry closed his school in the Clarkson district last Tuesday and is visiting relatives near Putnam. Mrs P Mordian, ill after her father's funeral, remains with her mother in Hiomry. Eddie Dawson had a runaway near school last week. cart upset but no serious damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Casoe
Henry
Sleator
Merrill
Iowa
Wm Wherry
Bfarkson
Putnam
P. Mordian
Hiomry
Eddie Dawson
Hoerbine Liver Cure Promises Rapid Relief
An advertisement claims a sound liver prevents bilious symptoms and lists issues like constipation headaches jaundice and indigestion. It asserts Hoerbine cures liver stomach and bowel disorders with no equal as a liver medicine and offers 76 cent price and free trial bottles at Dr Powell's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr Powell's Drug Store
Local Life Notes and Visits In Henry County
Anne Thompson visits friends in Henry. Mrs Kiefer reports chicken theft last week. John and Mrs Kllen visiting in Lacon. Little Harry Newman visiting brother Bert. Lucy Spencer to attend Worlds Fair in June with parents. Farmers fix roads before plowing corn. Mildred Clift leaves for Chicago for Worlds Fair. Mamie and Latha Locke visit Lucy Burt on way home from Lawn Ridge. Spencer Ketchum plans to replant all corn. Memorial exercises at Center next Sunday at 2 p.m. Rev Hazard to preach. music promised. Silvin Longman hosted a party. neighborhood youth present. supper served. “rowser” game enjoyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Thompson
Henry
Kiefer
John Kllen
Lacon
Harry Newman
Bert
Lucy Spencer
Mildred Clift
Chicago
Mamie
Latha Locke
Lucy Burt
Lawn Ridge
Spencer Ketchum
Jos
John Diviliss
Hazard
Milby to Offer Wheel Riding Lessons in South Whitefield
Local note lists Milby ready to provide professional wheel riding lessons. Several social mentions include visitors from Germany at the World's Fair and Swift relatives visiting in Henry, plus families seen on a Sunday drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milby
Leslie
Conrad Swarts
Germany
Billy Johnson
Billy
Mattie Johnson
Willie
William Atwood
Bonham
Henry
Town News From Sparland and Surroundings
Warford Bonham visits Sparland with Jimnny Hoskins as Uncle Warford grows stronger daily. Curtis Tanquary travels to Kansas rumored to visit a young lady. Nellie Baugh returns home and improves rapidly. Georgie Waughop heals from a knife wound plastered by Dr Forrest. May baskets arrive for Ida Whitmer. Harmon warned about the missing pole load. Two heavy yarn tellers retire after a featherweight bout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warford Bonham
Jimnny Hoskins
Sparland
Uncle Warford
Curtis Tanquary
Kansas
George Jacobs
Ida Whitmer
Harmon
Whitefield Corners Community Notes and Events
Norton and Snowden Moffit plan to leave for Kansas tomorrow. Decoration exercises are set for Center next Sunday afternoon. Harry Monroe dined with J Schleef last Friday. Mr and Mrs Wm Atwood of Nebraska visit relatives in Whitefield. The Woodmen prep for a grand night at the hall Tuesday. Many attended Tuesday’s decoration exercises. Evening preaching replaces afternoon service. Last Wednesday’s social was enjoyable but poorly attended. Mrs Jennie Bullamont Longman of Peoria visits with her baby girl. Epworth League had a large turnout last Sunday and meets biweekly. W W society meets next Wednesday at 2 pm with President Mrs Fosdick. good attendance desired. The community boasts many societies: Grand, Odd Fellows, Modern Woodmen, Willing Workers, Ladies Aid, Epworth League. The school, aided by friends, bought a new flag placed Monday night, now waving proudly. Bucklen's Arnica Salve advertised as the best for cuts and skins, price 25c per box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitefield Corners
Norton and Snowden Moffit
Kansan
Center
Harry Monroe
J. Schleef
Jennie Bullamont
Longman
Peoria
Epworth League
W. W. Society
Fosdick
Grand
Odd Fellows
Willing Workers
Ladies Aid
Local notes from Saratoga week recounts and events
The column reports a series of small town occurrences including farm mishaps with a horse loss and a horse cut on barbed wire, a woman visiting relatives, corn crop progress with some interplanting, folks attending the Chicago World's Fair, and a May basket incident. It notes a Decoration Day service on June 11 with Rev Ward and Rev Lazard, Children's Day events, a Sabbath school surprise for Mrs Orio Kelley, and a social gathering at Joe Clark's with gifts for Mrs Kelley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga
Bill Divilbiss
Bill Martin
Agnes Geisler
Henry
A. P. Webber
Elia Honnesaséy
Menry
Mrs Walsh
Quinn
Aliie Webber
Chicago
Ee ‘Martin Parsons
Elk
Pharch
Unday
Ward
Lazard
Orio Kelley
Joe Clark
Kelly
Robert
Altho Robert
Orle
Whitton Visit and Local Health Note in La Prairie
CG W Whitton hosts his brother and a friend Sunday at La Prairie. Ror Ward suffers rheumatism but remains able to perform duties in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CG. W. Whitton
Ror Ward
Light spring lady's jacket found at Eddingfield's Magnolia
After Lode Lash finishes 150 acres of corn and long fencing projects, he plans a half day for fishing. Rev I Bliss preached a memorial sermon at M E church Sunday night to a well filled audience. Free trials offered for Dr King’s New Discovery and New Life Pills by H E Bucklen Chicago via Dr Powers drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddingfield
Magnolia
Asb. G
Dr King
H. E. Bucklen & Co
Chicago
NrKing
World’s Fair travelers from Quaker Lane
About 35 residents from this vicinity plan to travel to Chicago for the World’s Fair, with 27 staying at the Gresham House. Teachers and students are mentioned, including Maud Kidd finishing a year in Helen township, LaSalle county, and a prior school entertainment that drew a full house and adds $21 in new books to the library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Swaney
Lostant
Jeffries
Maud Kidd
Helen Township
LaSalle County
Chicago
Gresham House
Community Visitors and Local Improvements Noted
Porter Wilmot and family from Colorado visit the community joiners. road work north of the store progresses. Several locals and visitors from New York and Wyoming tour the area while farmers resume corn planting after spring setbacks. Memorial Day events include sermon, cemetery decoration, and graves of seven soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porter Wilmot
Colorado
Ann Calder
New York
William Scott
Hopewell Social Notes and Local Events Digest
Peter Schmitt from Toluca spent Sunday in the region. A Shafer's dance drew a good crowd Saturday night. J. O. Sinner listed among four visitors to Bureau Valley mill. A road dispute concluded Saturday in Henry with $650 damages for Anton Hank and $3172 for Samar Flames. Two Hopewell friends spent a day at the lake planning fishing, with plans for better luck next time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Schmitt
Toluca
Shafer’s
J. O. Sinner
Bureau Valley Mill
Henry
Squire Morgan
Nue
Anton Hank
Samar Flames
Hopewell
Magnolia News Briefs and Local Updates
Old lady Johnson staying out of sight. Albert Phillips mourns a buried child last Saturday. Mr Eddingfield shingling his house. Maud Kidd heads to Normal for a six week drill. Seven diehards leave for the World's Fair and more to follow. M C Mattern bears a broken ankle yet stays active. Mike remains a hustler. Mrs Hubbard moves millinery stock near the post office for a new setup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Albert Phillips
Eddingfield
Maud Kidd
M. C. Mattern
Mike
Flying Serpent Sighted Over Bengal Farmlands
Calcutta Indian Gentleman reports a Bengalese farmer near Shutterat saw a huge serpent float in a fleecy wind cloud. Over twenty locals claim to have seen the ethereal creature described as at least 200 feet long with a yellow and black striped head and body like an alligator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calcutta
Atkama Yatzry
Shutterat
The Jerks Epidemic and a Slave Owner’s Brave Encounter
A prewar religious movement produced a disorder called the jerks that spread through Tennessee. A wealthy, irreligious slave owner vowed to whip anyone showing the jerks but was seized by the very disorder as he approached a camp meeting he planned to punish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Man Bemoans Loss On Street Car Purchase
In a Chicago Tribune excerpt, Mr Chugwater complains about losing seven cents after passing a three cent piece to a street car conductor for ten cents. He laments the mistake and grouses at Mrs Chugwater while displaying frustration with the small miscount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josiah
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Ilinois
Seventh Avenue
Clarke & CO
Adams Street
Pworia
Henry Republican
Georaz Burt
Eorror
Qur
Crow Meadow
Whitefield Center
Silvin Longman
South Whitefield
Instunday
Harrison Gregory
Isai Sundsy
Bucklen
Arnica
Worsalu Ly Lr
Powell
LA Prairig Centor
Illinois
Reynolds Bros
Henry, Ill
Quaker Lane
Hall
FE. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
O. Walpine, Kinnan & Mar Vin
O. Hall
la Monte Perking
Ed Lpeigh
Dodd
Boxin
Tred
Frank
Win ‘Townsend
Wyoming
Rock Island
Lillie Pringle
Pringle
Guite
White City
J. W. Greene
Istorf
J. W. Eice
Bush
The
Christian Church
Irvin Broaddus
Robert King
Samuel Parker
J. F. M. Parker
Davenport
Streator
James Powers
Locke and
Meier
Bracken
Henry Weston
Frank Owens
Charles Haines
Wm. Barnhart
A. W. Thompson
Burr W. Hunt
Elijah Henkins
Ballard
Br Powell
Wenona
Evans
Varna
LaRose
Bell Plain
Rutlui
Minoak
Edelstein
Washburn
Heay Sparland
Lawn Ridee
Low Point
Etamora
Savoo
Iladies
D. Fulks
Lacon, Ile
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Henry Market
George Nicholson
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