Sparland School Notes Highlight Commencement And Visits
Sparland residents recall Decoration Day activities while the town prepared for class night and a seven pupil seventh grade graduation. Local students and teachers including Miss Edna Zellhoefer and Superintendent F A Ganzer received thanks as the community noted church services and family visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Baptist Church
Bernice Hoskins
Vineta Sparr
Elsie Fleming
Jane Addams
Hull House
Miss Addams
Ema Cumming
Mabelle Pelz
Lulu Kenney
Dr. Devine
Elsie Glemming
Marie
Rose Ely
Rose
Ema
Jack
Bernice
Elizabeth
Shakespeare
Miss Pelz
Devine
Baptist Church
Ethel Watkins
D. McLeish
Bessie Hill
Elsie Gehr
John Bagwell
Mabelle
Edna Zelhoefer
Geraldine Richmond
Alfretta Bedford
E. D. Richmond
The
Sparland
Robert Emerson Russell
Robert Dean Aitchison
Iva Christman
Amine Janner
Neil Hoskins
Thomas A. Holison
Lillian van Antwerp
Edn Miles
Redman
Kathleen Kelley
Steuben community notes and baptisms amid rain
Rev Mc Leish closed the program with benediction. Three new Baptist converts were baptized at Senachwine creek: Albert Kent his wife and Miss Lida Rock. Several local visits and family gatherings reported including Edith Johnson near Putnam and Mrs Galetta Wiley in La Prairie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steuben
Ladies' Aid _ society
Lula Sargent
Mary Euart Neubeaur
Carbon Cliff
Edith Johnson
Near Putnam
The
Baptist Church
Senachwine Creek
Albert Kent
Lida Rock
Gladys Harvey
John Harvey
Chillicothe
Milby Marshall
Mabel
Milford
Sparland
Charlie Swanson
James Mathias
la Prairie
Wm. Reay
Gimlet Hollow
Harvey Nightwonger
John Rock
Arthur Fleming
Ola Hunt
South Whitefield Notes and Local Happenings
Miss Harriet Baugh vacations with home folks. Mrs Wilder Brown visited Henry relatives. Mildred Dunne joined and stayed weekend. Ivan Hoadley helps W Holler on farm. Mrs Wm Baugh and Mrs W Holler visited Mrs G Waughen. Electric rainstorm kills Mr Prather’s dog. Walter Holler reports 38 ground hogs captured. German school program at Henry attended by Ed Damm family and others. George Holler ill at daughter Mrs McLuskey’s home. Milton Holler from Peoria called Monday.
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Anna McFarland
Weorla
Lulu Zellhoefer
Leroy
Edna Zellhoefer
Marguerite McLaughlin
Lacon
F. A. Barr
Oscar Pointner
George Frank
Peoria
J. H. Bagwell
George Ray
Chicago
Milton Frank
Senachwine Creske
Charles Wabel
Henry
Anna Luft
Wm. O'Leary
Wm. Kenney
Lockport
Arthur Newall
Homer White
Wilson Jarman
Normal
Lulu Kenney
Freda Marshall
Mason City
Dela van
Irene
Cleane Mallman
Chillicothe
Frances
Helen Ray
Frances Rae
Velma Campbell
Hazel McLaughlin
Milton R. Holler
George H. Holler
Srl B. Ransom
Hoskins
Bernice
Andrew Bechler
James Wilson
Wm. O’leary
George Zimmerman
Lacan
Mystic Workers of the World
M. BE
Dr. McLeish
D. B. Huffman
Freemont
Neb
Cornelius Huffman
Bradford
J. Adkinsson
Springfield
Frank Johnson
Zetta Gehr
William O'Leary
Jesse Duncan
Los Angeles
John Dean
Edward VanAntwerp
Alva
Okla
VanAntwerp
T. E. Gapen Drug Store
Oklo
van Antwerp
Baptist Parsonage
Lulu
Sparland High School
Mabelle Marshall
F. A. Ganzer
Zellhoefer
South Whitefield
Harriet Baugh
Wilder Brown
Mildred Dunne
Brown
Ivan Hoadley
Sparland
W. Holler
Wm. Baugh
G. Waughen
Longman
Guede
Prather
Walter Holler
Ed Damm
F. Wunder
Etta
George Holler
McLuskey
Milton
Local notes from La Prairie and surrounds
Weekend visits in La Prairie include the Sloughs at the McCartney home and Calder shopping in Peoria. Calder couple Nellie Kimble visits Chillicothe. Miss Mollie Smith joins Dr. Bradford party across Kansas. Weddings, church events, baptisms, and political remarks fill the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Slough
A. J. McCartney
Alma
Edna Calder
Peoria
C. R. Scoon
Lacon
Pringle
U. P
Charles Collins
M. EB
Monmouth
Busby
Peru
la Salle
la Prairie
Edgar Tussey
Pawnee
Neb
Tussey
United Presbyterians
Will Scoon
Bert Herridge
Princeton
Mollie Smith
Mrs. Bradford
Kansas
Chillica
Santa Fe
Mary Rapp
Yankee Street
Local Notes From Lawn Ridge and Nearby Areas
Lincoln County snippets report Linus Root shipping a car load of hogs to market last Monday, Alma Wilson visiting Peoria, and a Ford traveler covered in mud touring from Davenport to Des Moines. Rain renewed farming prospects while Rev. Henry Sevi considers a pastorate and residents cope with travel and health updates.
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Lawn Ridge
Linus Root
Roy Wilcox
la Prairie
Mildred Dunbar
Chillicothe
Donath
Alma Wilson
Peoria
Myrtle Erskine Gabler
Frye Avenue
Lewis BE
Streitmatter
Grant Auto
Will Gray
Speer
Mary Armstrong
Vesta Collins
Emma D. Stowell
Bullock
Princeville
George Perkins
Henry Sevi
Chandlerville
Ill
Davensport
Des Moines
Constipation Cured Overnight With Po Do Lax Ad
An advertisement touts Po Do Lax as a quick cure for constipation. It claims a small nightly dose induces a full, painless morning bowel movement by stimulating the liver and bile flow, promoting digestion and eliminating gas and irritation.
Local Notes: Health, Gatherings, and Farm Updates
Mrs. Cavanaugh shows improvement after illness. Barn dance at Barney Schwartz's home drew local youth. Ben Pettegrew and family visited with his parents. Miss Mae Colehower sewed for Mrs. Joseph Barry. Amree Longman attended Ployd Longman’s wedding in La Prairie. Mrs. Fannie Reid recovered slightly from pleurisy. Robert Conover hosted a visit from cousin Winnie Taylor. Winnie, teaching in North Dakota, visits sister Mrs. Allen Moffitt. Farmers fear partial corn replanting due to prolonged wet spell, yet rain is welcomed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cavanaugh
Barney
Schwartz
Ben Pettegrew
Mae Colehower
Joseph Barry
Amree Longman
Ployd Longman
la Prairie
Fannie Reid
Robert Conover
Winnie Taylor
North Dakota
Allen Moffitt
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsed By Mrs Joyce
Mrs A R Joyce of East Park Row Henry says Doan's Kidney Pills relieve her kidney complaints for 12 years. She reports backache swelling and nervousness disappear after use. Price 50c at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY endorses the remedy.
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Doan
Henry
A. R. Joyce
East Park Row
Joyce
Foster-Milburne Co
Buffalo
Probate Court Notices and Real Estate Transfers Summary
Probate court orders final settlements for the estates of Herman Bendlin Michael Batrum Jonas Gustafson and others with notices by mail ten days before hearings at 10:00 a m. Claims allowed against William Oberholtzer estate listed. In re Herman Schelelbein insane petition for leave to sell property. Letters of administration to W C Thierry after oath and bond. Multiple real estate transfers in Henry Toluca Sparland and Hopewell areas between named individuals and companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House News
Probate Court
Herman Bendlin
Michael Batrum
Jonas M. Gustafson
William Oberholtzer
Allen B. Smith
Henry Cemetery Association
Herbert Smith
Martha Oberholtzer
James Burt
Herman Schelelbein
Ellen Amster
W. C. Thierry
Belle R. Adams
William R. Brokaw
Davis
Henry
John Kraus
Anna M
Wayne A. Hupp
Hale P. Jackson
Seville
S. Scherer
Santa Fe
Toluca
Pielena Taylor
Toluca Coal Co
Maria Mechele
Alexander M. McKee
Charles H. Ireland
Bell Plain
Rosa Troy
Elmer L. Olson
Coal Co
Sparland
Augusta Lenz
Michael Johanas
Frederick Arndt
John E. Iliff
Samuel H. Finkenbinder
Hopewell
Mary Specht
Carl Knoblock
Watch Your Children With Rexall Orderlies
A. J. Ironmonger promotes Rexall Orderlies as a mild laxative for children who hide constipation. The sugar flavored remedy is sold exclusively by the store for 10 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rexall Orderlies
A. J. Ironmonger
Chichester
A Girl Who Does Things Inspires Rural School Progress
County Superintendent H. T. McCrea cites a country teacher who funded a new piano and a heater through student entertainments. She engaged the community, connected older and younger students, and broadened school life impressively. The superintendent praises her hustling leadership over wealthier city officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. T. McCrea
Edwardsville Intelligencer
A Doctor's Prescription for Cough Treating Coughs
A vintage ad touts Dr King’s New Discovery as a cheap simple remedy for coughs colds and bronchial and lung ailments urging readers to buy from a druggist and start treatment immediately. In a separate note a motorcycle collision injures two riders breaking both legs and leaving four car occupants unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Fairbury
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