Sparland News Lovers and Local Happenings
Sparland reports visiting relatives in Lacon and Joliet for the state encampment of old soldiers. Local events include church services, a county interscholastic contest in Henry, a class dream by Rena Janguary, and social visits by Anna Luft family and the Kinney household. A long dream tale features Wilson Jarman and Beulah, Winnie Macon, and Beulah’s Beulah’s Beulah. The narrator seeks lodging with Mamie Campbell and ends with a pet-filled home invitation.
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Nue O Leas Et
Yankee Street
Henry
Sparland
Roland Leary
Emna Cumming
Rena Janguary
Wilson Jarman
Anna Luft
Helen
Henry Luft
Luft
Ladies’ Aid Society
Mr. Church
Wm Kinney
Lula
Sparland High School
Wyoming
Wilson
Vanda Ray
New York City
Asia Minor
China
Amelia
Alabama
Rhode Island
Whittle
Rena
Beulah
Winnie Macon
Winnie
Harvard College
Grand Rapids
Jonathan Doolittle
Utah
Doolittle
Scotland
Philadelphia
Roland
Lawn Ridge Local Happenings and Accidents
Wilbur Armstrong traveled to Peoria with Newton Bragg and chose a fine new car. Stella Dodd finished Brown's business college with a top record and may secure a bank job in Peoria. Various visits to Peoria, Galesburg, Petersburg, and Speer are noted, along with a time change controversy affecting travel. A lawn mower accident injured Freddie Wilcox, while Henry Crady sustains injuries from a runaway cart. School closed with a picnic. Miss Smith leaves for Alta. Charles Rowe continues work on his paper hanging and painting business with help anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawn Ridge
Wilbur Armstrong
Peoria
Newton Bragg Ard
Stella Dodd
Brown's Business College
Milton Gaumer
Harry Coyle
Winnie Stewart
Amelia Winkler
Galesburg
Wallace Shafer
Shafer
Perkins House
Stewart
Jesse Butler
Emery Stewart
Sandy
New York State
Butler
H Stewart
Speer
Northwestern
Peora
Roy Wilcox
Evangeline Lewis Wilcox
Freddie Wilcox
Preddie
Wilmot
Miss Smith
Alta
Henry Crady
Lana
Charles Rowe
Mr.s Hill
Mr. Rowe
Camp Grove Visitors Buy Abbott-Detroit Auto Readily
Harry M. Dewey and family visited Camp Grove friends then bought an Abbott-Detroit automobile after a favorable impression made during their Chicago trip. They returned home Tuesday. Mrs. McManus and Mrs. O’Brien shopped in Peoria last week. Church social planned for June at the hall. Marriage announcements and local notices noted with minor details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Grove
Harry M. Dewey
Familly
H. M
Dewey
Chicago
Abbott-Detroit
Annawah Cor
Geneseo Republics
McManus
O'Brien
Peoria
Blough
Rhyie Coligan
Kate
Gosia
Dance At Camp Grove Hall On June Twenty
Local listing notes a dance at Camp Grove hall on Tuesday June 20 with invitations for all to attend. It mentions Miss Barnes closing her school with a picnic and recalls successful M. W. A. dances raising funds, plus various social visits and a Saratoga Sunday school convention program planned for June 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Grove Hall
Blough
John McManus
Barney Colgan
Ada Harty
Katie McCleary
Saratoga
M. N. Holmes
Camp Grove
Sarah Hollandsworth
Ella’ McAtee
Mabel Hauger
Herbert Doyle
Mrs Carrie Wright Hosts Ladies' Aid Social
South Milo notes list Mrs Carrie Wright hosting the Ladies' Aid Thursday. Visitors include Charlie Swineman and two Indiana nieces, Wilbur Griswold visiting Ralph Austin, Elizabeth and Manda Ternus callers, and an ice cream and strawberry social planned by Whitefield lodge Odd Fellows. Additional visits by Gertrude Bentley, Ethel Reid, and gatherings at Oliver Wright's are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Milo
Carrie* Wright
Charlie Swineman
Greenfield
Ind
Wilbur Griswold
Ralph Austin
Elizabeth
Manda Ternus
Odd Fellows
Whitefield Lodge
Gertrude Bentley
Larke Lidgard
Ethel Reid
William Mielkey
Theodore Rott
John Reid
Oliver Wright
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound praised by Chicago woman
A Chicago reader testifies to relief from female weakness and stomach trouble after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She recounts visiting a store clerk who doubted it, then confirms several successful cases and urges others to insist on the remedy made from roots and herbs as a standard female tonic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia
Janerzk
Arch St
Chicago, Jr
Pinkham
Probate Court Estate Notices and Real Estate Transfers
Probate Court reports admit letters testamentary and approve inventories for multiple estates including Nancy Clifford Frank Baker Elizabeth Monahan Henry Peters and Julius Monk. Real estate transfers list numerous warranty and quit claim deeds among many individuals and properties. Marriage licenses shows Newton Beman and Anna Laugh among others.
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House Newwsi
Nancy Clifford
DB. D
Richmond
Frank Baker
Katherine’ Tremium
Christ Baker
Elizabeth C. Monahan
Henry JL. Peters
Frank Pelz
Henry L. Peters
First National Bank of
Henry
J.A. Syem
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Siohoawmno
I. Case
Sterling
Keystone
L. CO Pee Book Stove
Deiptiva
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
Hilneis
Roy Ai
Whitefield
Sil
Sweeney
USALE
ALL ‘Druggists
Sparland’ Department
Aristotle
Mamie Campbbell
Wheatland
Darlene Dawson
Elton Anderson
Dover
Knickerbocker
Chillicothe
L. Brandon
Julia Harrington
Daniel Holland
Jacob Stouffer
Hazel Stouffer
Lintner
Laura Kuhn
Frank Jennett
Julia
Timmie Harrington
Bradford
Julius Monk
Andrew P. Lagstrand
Andrew P., Engstrand
Charlotte Engstrand
Hilda Johnson
Eva Munson
Christopher Christ
Thomas Duke
John Kamp
Martin Kamp
Belle Plain
Sec
Ss. T. Sperry
Harper
la Rose
Sarah Jane Albertson
Hoyt’s
Sarah Albertson
Lois M. Albertsson
Hovis
Lois M. Albertson
Edna Francis
Tois
Hoyt
Nellie’ Ruggles
Bertha Owen
Gles
Leslie G. Sutton
Della
Vv. Ingram
Burns
W. Burns
E' Della V. Ingram
Dane
B. Ingram
Della V. Ingram
LL. Phillips
Bennington
L. E. Ingram
Della V- Ingranito L
Phillips
Mae Newton D. Beman
Min’apolis
Minn
Wenona
Marshall County
Ceachers
IngrSchool
South Lacon
Emman Rickeys
New Salem
Augusta
Deanhof
Crow Cresk
Florence
Kanny Wilbern
Jace McEntee
Ruby Furrow
Ramsey
Anthea Jane
Fuli—Miriam
Hackereh Strawn
Nellie Scully
Marshall
Emma
Willett
Tax
Ella Renwick
Snivyer
Hans Olle
Pairview
Stella McCaskeree
Beckwith
Stella Hines
Anne Tremont
Ranume Center
Hazel
Hurgon
Jennie Ramp
Stellay
Niblock Mayme
Allowes
Huftiman
Louisé
McAliater
Darle
Jennie
McGee
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