Our Sister Towns in Lacon and Nearby Areas
Lacon notes include Geo Jenkins visiting Terra Haute to see old friends Berther Duckett and child, Mrs Atchison returning from Chicago with her son's wife and baby, and a week of funerals for Anna Kelly. Wives and relatives of local residents travel to St Louis Denver and Virginia Ill, while Lot Bullman pioneer of Marshall County dies near town. Roy Johnson dies at about 6 a.m. and will be mourned by his young wife. Consumption claimed his life just shy of 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm Bellows
Morris Inks
Chicago
G. F. Wightman
J. O. Edwards
Pearis
Mra Bergstresser
Mra MacMurtrie
Virginia
Slater
Howard
St .Louls
Ellsworth
St Louis
J. A. Johnson
Denver
Gol
Marshall Co
M. E
J. O. Elliott
Roy Johnson
Joplin
SPARLAND NEWS BREEZES AND LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Mrs Charles Saville is very ill but convalescing. The mall will run six times weekly to Camp Grove. Louis Wood and Charles Gallup fished Tuesday at Henry. Prof Thompson of Dakota 18 visits Mr and Mrs A J Athay. Frank A Barr, wife and boy visiting relatives at Watseka. Mrs Dawson of Chicago visiting sister Mrs Parker. A brother of W Buckley visits from Kansas City. Mrs Williams and two children from Henry visited Mrs W Buckley. B Dey had barn repainted. Tim Verkatwers showcases a sign by L O Rose of Lacon. Prof Le Blanch, landscape painter of Lacon, did screen painting here. Mrs W H Athay and children go to Clarence for wedding. Bailiffs hunt jurors for Peter Hollor trial in Lacon. George Duncan named marshal and attorney to protect city interests. Mrs Burson, A D Garnsey and daughter of Princeton visiting Fred McClanahan. Leon Wood and wife in Chicago for the World’s Fair, returned Saturday. Scarland coal shaft running full time with about 60 or 60 men. 20 company shaft build tons painted, improving looks. John Barton and family and Mrs J S Braefield headed to Beattle, Washington, in safety. Uncle Jim and Kiser look lonesome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Buckley
B. Dey
Tim Verkatwers
L. O. Rose
Lacon
le Blanch
W. H. Athay
Clarence
Mra Athay
Siater
Peter Hollor
George Duncan
Marshal
Sprenra
Mra Burson
A. D Garnsey
Princeton
Fred McClanahan
Leon Wood
Chiclago
Scarland
John Barton
Mra J
Braefield Tehp
Beattle
Washington
Odd Fellows and Rebeccas Decorate Cemetery Graves
Local groups visited Spurland cemetery last Sunday to decorate the graves of departed members with flowers. The notice also covers events at Whitefield Corners including quarterly meetings, mail carrier contract changes, an ice cream social, summer school plans, and Children’s Day preparations with a general church gathering and rehearsals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd Fellows and Rebeccas
Spurland
Las Sunday
Restorative Nervine Promoted Over World’s Fair Debate
The item discusses Dr Franklin Miles Restorative Nervine as a cure for nervous disorders and compares its value to the World’s Fair. It touts trial bottles and a free book on nervous and heart diseases, with testimonials offered by J. E. & F. A. Powell and others. The page also reports social notices from Magnolia including visits, entertainment at Masonic Hall, and a local incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Miles
J. E
F. A. Powell Henry Ili
Lighthouse Keepers Celebrate Child's Recovery
Mr and Mrs Loren Trescott caretakers of Gov Lighthouse at Sand Beach Michigan praise their four year old daughter’s illness and rapid recovery from measles and severe cough after using Dr King’s New Discovery. They note a free trial bottle at Dr Powell’s drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loren Trescott
Gov
Sand Beach
Mich
Detroit
High Prairie Sickness and Local Notices
High Prairie reports Will Heeneberry ill with grippe. Sherman Hall and wife visit Sparland to see a sick sister. Effie Bracken closes school Friday for a picnic and will teach in Hennepin next year. Brown Henkins buys new single and double buggies. Henry Downey’s son stung by bees. medicines given and recovering. Amanda Henkins and Melville visit southern state relatives. Melville to return this week. Heart disease framed as curable with Dr Miles’ New Heart Cure, praised by multiple users. medicines sold by J E Powell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Prairie
Will Heeneberry
Sherman Hall
Sparland
All
Effie Bracken
Hennepin
Brown Henkins
Henry Downey
Amanda Henkins
Melville
Miss Henkins
Bequest tales and Paris fashion in old newspaper is
Public gaze notes diverse items from a Bismarck monument fund at two hundred forty thousand dollars to a Brooklyn heiress dying after overwork. It covers a Rev war watch, Rothschild heirs, old colonial house renovation, and French enterprise plans for ship railways and riverine propulsion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Dupley Fienp
Henry C. Lewis
Fitchburg
Mass
Marquis de Lafayette
Jonathan Moore
Apa Renan
Weat Ninety-third Street
New York
M. Lansert
Rothschild
Paris
Alphonse de Rothschild
M. Lambert
Albert de Rothschild
Almon Filmore
Millard Filmore
America
New Data Points From Early 1800s Population and Industry
New data for 1800 include 400000 immigrants and 687000000 gold coins of which 411000000 circulate. World champagne stock at 110356000 bottles. About 2800 counties average 1000 square miles. 19373 newspapers in US and Canada, up 1613 from last year. Global working population 500000000 and steam power equivalent to 1000000000 men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Bomzone
Union
Canada
Industrial items and mining notes from Alaska and California
The report notes six oil pump farms in California and a million wheels produced yearly for vehicles. It compares carton and Indian cotton and tea production, cites Alaska salmon fisheries revenue since 1884, and describes the Quar quartz mill at Treadwell with 240 stamps 96 concentrators 12 ore crushers and 500 horsepower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
India
Alaska
Treadwell
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Madras
South Adams St
Peoria, Ill
The
Benry
Whitefield
Hugh Funson
Iowa
William Wright
Abingdon
Dr Knapp
Dr Willis
Spavn
Galesburg
Magnolia
Bobbitt
Celia
Bloomington
Durat
Minooka
Mra F. HM
Pendleton Bert Mitchell
Indiana
Lash'satora
Jim Thornton
Dick Spencer
Aryey Ramage
Thornton
Mitchell
Quinea
Younger
Masonic Hall
Ian
Vinnie Harper
Danny Haws
Mary Ditman
Luci
Almira Hatch
Elkhart
Ind
Mary To Baker
Ovid
C. Linburger
San Jose
Ill
Miles
Levi Logan
Buckinham
Dr Miles
J. E&p
Powell Henry i
John C. Wynd & Co
Adam St
New Woolner Building
Adams and Fulton Sts
Peoria
Illinois
Jonh C. Wynd & CO
Coan
SEINE
Monarch
J. F. Coan
Henry, Ill
Columbus Post
Ome
Richmond Recorder
N. O. Picayune
Puck
N. Y
Sux
Brooklyn
San Francisco
Cal
Louisville
Wiv
New Orleans
Gholoe
Gillett
Bell
Ives Family
Harney Bros
Japan
Kirk
J. F. Gates
Albert Bacon
Patrick Green
Bacon & Green
Frank Baer
Hiar
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