Our Sister Towns and Local Happenings In Sparland
Local notes report votes for judges next Monday with Potter Peterbaugh and Starr named. Barber shop sold, new superintendent appointed nearby, and a barn under construction on Senator Fort’s farm. Births, injuries, funerals, and a runaway buggy incident are documented along with cold weather and stoves in demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparland
Potter
Peterbaugh
Starr
William Berwick
Chas Hamilton
Dawson
Chicago
A. J. Parker
A.B. Cumming
Superitendent
R. B.fort
George Bedford
Allie Gibson
Thomas Barnes
Mr Cook
Osland
Lacon
Buckley
Gehr
Eage
H. W.gohr
Baptist Church
Reynolds
William Duncan
Parks and Wife
Local Notes From Varna Area Carried by Town Visitors
Varna reports include OW Whitten returning from Chicago, Sherman Traver visiting Lacon, Linda Nelson home for summer from RI, An Trask selling goods in Galesburg, Fosteres of Galesburg visiting Dr and Mrs Evans, Mrs Hildebrand visiting Megadila, Wes in town with friends, Frank McCoy going to Magnolia for business, Minnie Dixon of Wenona selling wares, Decoration exercises held at M H church, fishing parties active, Hae s a peddler exchanging water, Geo Norton painting house blinds green, Holmstroms visiting son and daughter, and general travel notes about low places along the journeys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Varna
O. W. Whitten
Chicago
Sherman Traver
Linda Nelson
R.island
Trask
Galesburg
Foster
Evana
Hildebrand Af Megadila
Wes
Frank McCoy
Magnolia
Minnie Dixon
Wenona
M.H
Geo Norton
Whitefield Corners Community News and Visits
Whitefield Corners notes visitors including Elizabeth Rogers returning from Chicago and Laura Wright from Dayton Ohio. Local events include a Children Day program, a Memorial address at La Prairie, and a grand ball at the town hall with McChiskie's orchestra. Corn-shelling and road work mark farm duties as families entertain relatives and attend theater in Henry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitefield Corners
G. M. Clark
Henry
Elizabeth Rogers
Chicago
Laura Wright
Dayton
Hilta
Brand
Grandma Provorce
Wm McGee
G.johnson
Libbie Fountain
Iowa
David Wright
Lake Fish Log
Center
Rey Carr
la Prairie
McChiskie
Will, Klein
May basket customs and local notices in South Whitefield
May 30 frost delays corn growth as residents of South Whitefield report visitors from Nebraska and Henry, church praise, and neighborhood activity. Local families including Bonham Willis Warghop Monahan and Waughop entertainments, upcoming rev Reynolds visit, and health notes on Mrs Daly from Peoria are mentioned with scattered farm and social details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Whitefield
H. D. Bonham
H. Monahan
Willis
Effie Warghop
John Betts Jr
Nebraska
Leastie Waughop
Lee Smith
Jesse Wood
Henry
Vanduzen
Monahan
Saratoga
Charles Bromley
Bonham School
Thomas Duke
Mr Heath
Willis Waughop
D. B
Son
Grandma Jacobs
Effie Wangbop
Wm Salisbury
Kiefer Bros
J. M. Jacobs
R.L. Waughop
Peoria
Move from old home to Lacon for Mona Monahan family
Mrs Mona han and her daughter plan to move from their Whitefield home after more than 30 years to Lacon to reside with M. J. Monahan. Neighbors and friends regret leaving their old home but wish them well in the new residence. Also notes on local social items, visits, and a commercial mention of Shaker Digestive Cordial with a trial bottle offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ee de Bes jEppellee
VMFIA
J. Sonleenast
John
Cripple Creek
Maud Walker
Peoria
Dey Walker
Ealth
G. Snell
Willis
Peorla
Eureka
California
Monahan
Lacon
M. J. Monahan
Whitefield
Decoration and church events mix with local notices in Hennepin
Claudia Ray of Chillicothe attended services. Mrs Hennessy of Henry visits her daughter Mrs Walsh. Children’s Day set for Sunday June 13 at 3 pm. Effie Waughop of Whitefield visits relatives. Frost lifted potatoes with minor damage. A church festival is planned for Thursday June 10. Local remarks note births, hog shipments to Chicago, postmaster change, medical procedure, and community chatter reflecting rural life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crow-Meadow
Ed Quint
Bradford
Mra C. Dawson
Chicago
Wenons
HL Bell
Bureau
Bell
John
Wylie
Utica
W. P.williams
Saratoga
Claudia Ray
Chillicothe
Clark
Darby
Croft
Henry
Frank Klein
Joseph Clark
Joe
Hennepin
J—Thomas
Henry-war-in-the City
Inez Shepherd
da Seaton
Peter Morine
J. O. Zeller
Ottawa
Marsville
J. B. Davis
W. H. Kays
Tonica
W.F. Lamm
W. E. Eddy
Tennie Towle
LaSalle
Frances Lamb
Sheldon
Iowa
Jeff
Darley
Dansley
Jones
Independence
Jack Peterson
Seaton
Spalding
Bureau County
GAR
Magnolia
Elis Eddingfield
Moses
Faca
James Ramage
Florsage
W.W. Bobbitt
Mary. Fyffe
Kate Keller
Grandma Bowman
Rhea
Rev Bliss
Rev Johnson
Putnam Extracts and Local Notes on Goods and People
Extracts mention Bean & Loomis selling 10 bars of soap for 25 cents and Mrs C L Loomis improving. Local items note cows dying from white clover, O P Carroll buying a family horn set, Peoria parties planning a monument for William Longmen, and Marie Anderson considering a voyage to California soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam
Bean & Loomis
C. L. Loomis
O.P. Carroll
Peoria
Marie Anderson
California
Community notes from Putnam area and gatherings
Multiple local items mention grain and hog deliveries to a market, visits by John E Lowe to Mrs Joan Bean, a youth literary program, a planned woo dsmap plcnk at Walnut Grove, and a Sunday gathering at M H church where Pastor McLeish gave the memorial and decoration day address to a large audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Lowe
Joan Bean
Walnut Groveydaly
Putnam and
M.H. Church
Atta
McLeish
Rain-favored farmers hope for relief near Putnam
Northwest of Putnam farmers crave more rain as Isaak Larson Jost reports a valuable cow loss and Miss Ida Magnuson with Hermon note local troubles. Ida Nordquist and Johnnie Carlson of Princeton visited relatives. Lutheran services set for June 6 conducted by Rev J A Norlin Lisbon. Nye school held an end of term program with ice cream cake and 25 visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Svea
Putnam
Anya Norlin
Isaac Larson
Chas
Ida
Amanda- Magnuson
Hermon
Johnnie Calson
Nordquist
Princeton
Pallam
Philos Carlson
Ladd
Alf
Lutheran
J. A. Norlin
Lisbon
Hich
Nye’ School
Magnolia News Notes and Memorial Services Across Town
Magnolia updates report Elis Eddingfield improving and others about town attending decoration services. Quaker Lane residents, school changes, and local visits are noted along with a memorial procession planned for June 6. Elligible items include haying talk, farm work, a horse’s death, Ely's Cream Balm ad, and Florid and Sorrel Ridge references with clergy assignments.
Rome corn crop grows on cloddy ground and Memorial Day notes
The Hennepin Post reports Rome farmers see corn coming up well despite cloddy ground. May 29 Memorial Day visitations decorated 59 veterans graves across five cemeteries. Residents mention cold weather, lake fishing, and local activity around wreaths and flowers for memorials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Phelps
Toniga
Sone
Joe Leech
Hennepin
Billy Patterson
B._Davis
Della Davis
E'sie Umbarger
Ving Bliss
Maud
Blaine Jenks
Erty Orid
Various Early 20th Century News Briefs From The South
Obituaries note Thomas A. Boyd a former congressman from 1876 to 1880 dying in Lewistown Illinois at 67. Bud Franks a Texas horse trader allegedly murdered his wife and killed himself. Military and frontier reports include Cheyenne war path attacks in Montana and a fatal train collision near Denver. May was record cold with snow in Wisconsin Minnesota and freezing deaths in Iowa. Murbard Milling Co. of Mankato Minnesota failed for 500000. A Brooklyn group trip accident killed five youths. National Republican league to meet in Detroit July 13. Mark Twain reportedly dying in London denied later. Memorial Day observed nationwide. Baseball standings show leaders Baltimore Cincinnati Pittsburgh and others. James T. Lloyd elected congress in Missouri to succeed Giles. Government receipts and deficits for May and 11 months of the fiscal year noted. Other items include a centenarian near Pataskala and a railway tragedy near Alma Michigan. Crop reports describe cold weather hindering growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Boyd
Cogress
Hisho
Lewistown
Bud” Franks
Antonio
Tex
South Atlantic
Middle
Montana
Denver
Col
Oshkosh
Wisconsin
Plac
Minnesota
Primghar
Sibley
Ocheydaie
D. Frey
Mubbard Milling
Mankato
Main
Greene Avenue
Brooklyn
Valley Stream
National Republican League
Detroit
Mich
Mark Twain
Sodan
Maria
Frances Butler
Lowell
Mass
Wee
Baltimor
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Boston
Cleveland
New York
Louisville
Philadelphia
Chicago
Washington
Louis
James T. Lloyd
Congress
Sours
R. P. Giles
London
Mary
Ann Pheister
Pataskala
James Roberts
Alma
Mitrom Keystone
W. Va
Stlansburg
Joe
Jim Gillespie
William Byrne
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Peoria, Ill
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Henry Republican
George Bort
Epitoh
Adda
Statoler
Gail
Broaddus
Kennedy
Sandy
Eberly
Simag Bias
Win Kohler
Cannah-Jores
Lola
McKinley
Union Central Ins
Ford
Pills & Co
Lucretia Smith
Lula Wilson
Arnold School
Joshua Mills
Francis
Oak Hill
Ely
Exy Bros
Warren St
N. Y
John Reid, Jr
Great Falls
Mont
Francis W. Poole
Pees Central Press Church
Helena
Ont
Joe Shuck
Harvey Allen
Rock Island
Peter Clemens
David Clemens
Wm Henderson
Marion Donahey
Moline
L. W. Jenns
Florid
Adam Deiningét
Daniel Breese
L B
Albert
Isaas Raich
Sorrel Ridge
Burean County
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