Sparland News Highlights From Town and Surroundings
Local notes report neighbors visiting, moving plans, and family arrivals including Mat Kline and Mrs Emler. A restaurant owner Carter 8 is noted for success, while Miss Robb returns to school after illness. Graduations, dances, and a Christian festival on June 4 are announced alongside upcoming teaching hires and local entertainments. Gypsies camp nearby. a jeweler’s town visit is noted and a Swede literary society meets weekly with joint American sparking nights.
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John Connelly
Lacon
W. B. Whitney
Alf Wright
DeKalb
Brown
W. Whitton
iWobber
Clay Little
Carlson
Ainnie Dixon
Plo
Mill of Silence
Gappa Rickats
Milo
Dixon
Gappa
Mixed rural notes on spring chores and village life
The piece sketches spring repairs and budding improvements in a small town, noting painters at work, venues ready for dances, and locals like Frank Merritt at Casey’s. It records weather, crop worries, May baskets, and snippets of everyday chatter amid humorous shop dialogue.
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Frank Merritt
Casey
Father White
Peter Bell
Streator
Batch
John True
Local highlights from Bonham and Whitefield area events
Farmers shell corn and social events fill the week as families attend ice cream socials and Sunday school gatherings. Effie Waughop studies music with Mrs T L Jones of Henry. Grandma Jacobs visits Saratoga. Miss Buckley closes Burson school. Bethel school host Miss Timmons and pupils. Rev Reynolds preaches at Bonham school house with a large audience and invites all to attend on June 14.
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Bonham School
Grandma Jacobs
Whitefield
Mram Salisbury
Saratoga Township
John Schreffer
Rosa_May
Matamora
George
Delber
Meg
Rev Reynolds
Bonham
Whitefield Corners Community Notes and Socials
Local notices from Whitefield Corners describe visits, baptisms, and family happenings. Mrs Snell travels to Peoria, Juniors host a basket social, and Children’s Day is set for Sunday afternoon. The Junior League and W W society hold meetings, while social pages mention trips, accidents, funerals, and church events with several named families and neighbors.
Saratoga Weather Brief and Visitors Notice
Saratoga weather remains cool with frequent showers. Ella Hennessey of Henry visits her sister Mrs Henry Walsh in town.
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Saratoga
Ella Hennessey
Henry
Henry Walsh
Local notes from La Prairie and Peoria events
R B Wheeler visited Peoria to buy goods on Tuesday. M E B church received a thorough cleaning by local residents. Several people attended Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show in Peoria on the 28th. J Hastings began a U P church general assembly, and Rev Carr preached a memorial sermon. Soldiers graves were decorated, and road graders improved local roads with road tax support.
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R. B. Wheeler
Peoria
M. EB
Minnie Peckingham
Misa M. L. Pratt
Erie
U. P
Theodore Riel
Chicago Flyer
Allie Webber
Saratoga
Indiana
O. W. Hurd
Jessie Tuthilil
Picnié
Cyrus Root
Senachwine Creek
Jas Hastings
General Assembly
U. P. Church
Rev Carr
R. B. Seaman
Mandon
Boyd's Grove
Seaman
Local Notes and Social News From Henry and Surrounding Areas
The column chronicles personal visits and movements including Mrs Grace Eddy visiting sister Mrs Meacham in Wenona and Rev McLeish preaching at the M church. It notes Capt Schermerhorn loading boats for Chicago, local market arrivals of corn oats wheat and rye, and a new groceries and meat shop by Wesks Bros & Devoo. It also highlights theater at LO. 0. F. Opera House and community events at the M church and Park, with remarks on school staffing changes and Rebecca’s Triumph benefit at LOOS Hall for St Anthony’s church.
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Wesks Bros & Devoo
Rebel_Spy
LO. 0. F. Opera House
Cinepin Dramatic Cowns
Lucas
Epworth League
Washington
Christian Endeavor
Congregational Church
Boston
the Park
Rev- Zeller
Averill
Stella Motter
Henry
Hen
Rebecca
O. S. Hall
St Mary’s
St Anthony's Church
Our City
Local Socials and Church Events Report
Sunday notices from Putnam detail visits by James Taliaferro and families, a sociable at Caleb Condits, and a Swedish church benefit. Local carp fishing, renovation of the Crosely house, and plans for Children's Day exercises at the Christian church are highlighted with appeals for attendance and future giving.
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Putnam
James Taliaferro
C. L. Loomis
Thomas
Princeton
Caleb Condits
Minnie Leffler
Peoria
Taliaferro
John Stephens
Kewanee
Crosely
Seation
Norlin
Magnolia Notes Share Visits and Local Events
Mrs Dr Taylor left for Peoria on Monday to visit a sick sister. Dr Fred Taylor and wife of Grancree attended church last Sunday evening. A church event last Saturday evening was a grand success with proceeds of 318.25. Dick Spencer plans a bay window addition to his residence. Magnolia residents enjoyed Buffalo Bill's Wild West show in Peoria last week. Sympathy goes to friends of Joe Boman of Quincy formerly of Magnolia on his bereavement and death.
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Whitefield Corners
Snell
Peoria
Minnie Kuersthan
Mary Shburts
George Euell
Texas
J. Townley
L. Odells
H Monroe
Monroe
W. W. Society
Lucy Clark
Edna Powers
Henry
Flora Runnells
Wm Wright
Kierence Fountain
Will Nelson
Providence
Tiskilwa
Jay Walker
Dr Willis
Galva
Jay
Ovhe
Helping Hand Society
Girls of the’ Junior League
Ethel Willis
Flora Kunnells
Fosdick
G. Barker
Lewis Odell
Elson
Bethel Church
de Clark
Yankee Street
Magnolta
Dr Taylor
Fred Taylor
Grancree
Dick Spencer
Finha
Magnolia
Buffalo Bill
Joe Boman
Quincy
Catholic School Cloted This Week In Mt Palatine Area
Bishop of Magnolia visited the village Sunday as a Catholic school event was noted this week in Mt Palatine.
Strawberry supper attendance and local accidents reported
A rural notice recounts a well attended strawberry supper with about 29 or 30 attendees from Tonica and net proceeds around 15. It also covers a cyclone escape by Jesse Barr of East St Louis, a serious accident involving George Soon’s boy after a colt event, and injuries to Miss Newport and two others when a horse startled a wheelbarrow. Doctors McGee and Smith treated the injured.
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Johnston
Davis
Oliver
McGee
Rayville
Jennie
Newport
Chicago
Tonica
Jesse Barr
East St Louis
George Soon
Jennie Newport
Nizzle Voygt
Hattie Bush
Strawberry Ice Cream Festival At Magnolia Lodge
Neighborhood notes include visits from Ray Judd and Rebecca Mills, a 67th birthday gathering for Abel Mills, and a successful strawberry and ice cream festival at H.K. Smith's hosted by the W. O. T. U. Oliver Wilson and family lost their horse and cart but found them unharmed along the road next day.
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Ray Judd
Sandy
Oscar Conklin
Michigan
Price Boys
Magnolia Lodge
Rebecca Mills
Venona
Kio Hl
California
Abel Mills
Grange
Vis
Reginald
Basley
Ollie Basley
Wm Brenn
George Wilson
H.K. Smith’s
Oliver Wilson
Able Mills
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