Town Notes and Local Life in Sparland District
Sparland and surrounding area report many family changes and community events. Edna Thomas of Peoria gives birth announcements and local visits by Murdock, Duncan, and Osborne families appear amid church, school, and cemetery notices. Memorial services, a high school commencement, scout activities, and Chautauqua plans highlight a busy community week with weather and farming updates interwoven.
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Rand
Harry Ingram
Este Claypool
Peoria
Cummingsey
Juncan
Ford Cary
Marshall
Fred Blackwell
Ed Myers
Charles Sellers
Wm Osborne
Carver
Olive Hastings
Daughte
Princeville area notes and school election results
Irving Stephens bought a used car through James Collings of Peoria as Etta Erskine returned to Peoria. Lyman Robinson visited, L. J. Wilson narrated a horse illness treated by a vet. Replanting corn faced cold weather and cutworms fed on sod. Princeville high school promoters faced a strong turnout against their plan. Miss Lela Webster left Bible Grove after an efficient term. Pupils earned top head marks, with Gladys Perkins and others receiving prizes. A school election chose Lewis Odell. Stephens and Donath also polled votes. Public school closed with a recitation program, picnic dinner, and ice cream.
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Steuben
Leslie
James Compton
Putnam
Sara Marland
Losener School
Central
Schow
Senachwine
Baptist Ladies’ Aid
John Mellenger
James Lee
Luther Martin
Maplewood
Lee Newell
Robert Pringle
Oliver Johnson
Princeville High School
Lela Webster
Bible Grove
Clay County
Gladys Perkins
Robert Jones
Ethel Gaumer
Mary Donath
Thelma Jones
Bernard Webster
George Perkins
Lizzie
Lewis Odell
Irving Stephens
Charles Donath
F H Cornell
Millie Sims
Indian Missionary Praises Cham berlain Remedy In India
A Des Moines church lecture features a Indian missionary who fell ill in the interior and credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with saving his life. He says the remedy works as both preventive and cure for cholera and milder bowel complaints, noting it is widely available.
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Des Moines
India
Chamberlain
Local Neighbors Share News and Losses Across Farms
Farmers report replanting corn after cold wet weather damaged seed. Alex Wunder finishes a new corncrib at the Alfred Betts home. Frank Wunder and family visited Hofer home. Deaths include Edstor Blaisdell and Miss Clara McManners. Travels include California visit by Wanghop and daughter Clara. Frank Ely and E B Blough test a new motorcycle. Families host relatives and friends across Sparland Putnam Crow Meadow and Lacon.
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Alex Wunder
Alfred Betts
Ben Hunt
Wanghop
Clara
California
Ventura
Burson Brothers
Frank Wunder
Herman Hofer
Frank Ely
E. B. Blough
Fred Schupp
Fred Ely
Edstor Blaisdell
Mary Lane
Lacon
George Waughon
Baby Vaughan
Charles Sellars
Wm. Osborne
Blanche
J Riddell
Sparland
Mildred
Marion Wabel
Charles Hunt
Samuel Chesney
Putnam
Clara McManners
Whitefield
John Ely
Wm. Moore
Crow Meadow
Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey Ad Promises Cough Relief
An ad touts Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey and Pine-Tar-Honey Balsam as remedies for inflammation cough and phlegm. It claims quicker breathing relief and prevents irritation of bronchial tubes with a guaranteed benefit.
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Dr. Bell
Memorial and society notes from La Prairie and region
Memorial services at the M E church next Sabbath with Rev Jacobs speaking and a double quartet. Many notices of visits, guests, and births including Mrs Grace Weir of Chenoa and Mr Mrs Steve Wilford with a baby boy. Also tributes to Clifford Manock, vow to public service, and obituaries for John Monier with details of his Knights of Pythias ties and family.
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Ruth Webster
Bén Russell
Nettie
May E. Wilde
McLaughlin King Parsons
Charlotte Duncan
Aes
Man
Wm Osborne
J H
South White
Ji. Sellers
Scott Osborne
J. Waughop
Chicago
Miss Vada
J S Walls
Alfreta Bedford
Denam
Wittmes
F H Gehr
John Muller
Camp Grove
Rev Tussey
P Church
Lawn Ridge
Walter Smith
Elmwood
Linus Root
Johnson
Lansing
Mich
Wm. Moody
Charles Scoon
Varna
Elsie Fleming
Joy Duncan
Sparland
Emily McCullough
Leota
Peoria
Clifford Manock
Chillicothe High School
James Blackwell
Hoopeston
R N Turnbull
Paul Marshall
John Turnbull
Michael Jacobs
Norway
John S. Monier
Saratoga Township
Annawan
Ill
Nellie Mae Prather
Eva
Monier
The
Knights of Pythias
Saratoga Methodist Church
Varney Jacobs
Saratoga Church
Probate Court Final and Estate Hearings Lead June Schedule
Probate Court items list final settlements and hearings for estates of Sarah E Dean Edward Quiram Angeline Rose Walter Zilm and Edna June Hall with dates June 5 June 12 and June 19. Also includes wills probate for August Bade and entries for city sewer work and real estate transfers plus marriage licenses.
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Sarah E Dean
Edward Quiram
Angeline Rose
Walter @ Zilm
August Bade
City of Venona
Edna June Hall
Emily W. Meyers
Fred Campbell
Wenona
Philip T
Walsh
Mike‘Bignall
Devlin
Jann’ Cardinal
Springfield
Teresy
Bartolomucet
Charles
Edsward Johnson
Canton
Mary
D.morrigan
Paul
E.jones
Washburn
Crawford
Indiana
Labor Unionists Threaten Wage Demands On Union Pacific
An Omaha dispatch reports that Union Pacific locomotive engineers notified officials of withdrawal from wage demands. They offered no reasons, but it is widely understood they were satisfied with previously granted wages and liberal pension terms.
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theUnion Pacific
Raiload
Union’ Pacific
Gaye
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Jay Gillette
Henry
Edna Thomas
Murdock
Macon
Thursas Walls
Boy Scout Movement
Starved Rock
Boll
Washin
New York
Boston
Miiahd
Niles
Halik
Rd Morrison
Yquels Hughes
Aero
Tomiscus
cPeople
Grammar Room
At & O
Clork
Baptist Church
Aitchison
Ray Ward
Mileun Kelley
Milfred Marshall
Louise Russell
Mary Fabeshoskt
Tedford
Marie Hodre
Chrant Rouge
Edgar Nichols
Trrant Royce
Eileen Kellay
Robert Murdock
Agnes Rae Anire
Riddell
Ella Montayne
Henry F Hanking
Harry Anderson
Malford Marshall
Mary Fabesnoski
Vo Hine
Lowe Brothers
Ask ‘Ar
Oar
T. J. Segraves
South Whitefield
M. E
Herbert Wilson
St. Francis Hospital
Dr King
Court House News
Chichester
Zueuve Fieve
J. P. Stewers
W. H. Quiram
A. J. Kistler
W. Schriver
Broadmoor
W. S. Murphy
H. Eibstaedt
la Praine
van Antwerp &Oshert
F. &. Folken, Held Putnam
Teirning
Ninstance
Archer
Caldwell
Thitzoir
Faraily
Colles
Oublery
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