Local News From Lacon and Nearby Towns Headlines
Our Sister Towns reports from Lacon with Ada Culp visiting Monsville and Jennie McFadden staying with her mother. The W.R.O. and G.A.R. enjoyed a picnic, while 20 attended Washburn commencement featuring the Lacon Quartet. An electrical storm damaged the dynamo. high school exercises at Lacon ME church were held amid heat and storm.
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R. B. Fort
Minneapolis
Ada Culp
Monsville
Mra E. Young
Robi Goudy
Chillicothe
Jennie McFadden
Streator
Will Marsh
Peoria
W.R.O
G.A.R
Local Notes From Sparland Area
Hurrah for Harrison and Ried. Buran Parson visits her parents in Sparland. Tilly Barton traveled to Normal to see a brother. John Martin sold his saloon building to William O Leary. William Simpson moved to Lacon to run a saloon. A J Parker restored his house. Fr P Kelly opened a restaurant in the former saloon building. Ed Groher and wife of Eldon Iowa visited his mother last week.
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Sparland
Harrison
Ried
Buran Parson
Tilly Barton
John Martin
Wm O'Leary
William Simpson
Lacon
A. J. Parker
FR. P. Kelly
Ed Groher
Eldon
Iowa
Male Hoca
Mathar
Community Notices From Sparland Area
Nightly news recounts residents moving away and returning, with Mrs Burnham retiring and a younger journalist taking her place. Several families travel to Chicago Wisconsin and Minnesota to visit relatives, while locals plan grave decorations and memorial sermons. OH D Bonham is reported ill with nervous prostration and tremors, limiting his activity.
Local notes from town and county life in brief
Residents report young foxes found and a rider thrown from a horse with minor injuries. Local moves include a farm sale and a town hall contract in Whitefield. School closures, vacations, church and Grange events, road and bridge problems, and criticism of commissioners over road conditions are described.
Grange Meeting June 22 At Runnells Home
Mrs William McGee notes local activity as the Withoge Workers plan a Wednesday gathering at The Runnells's home on June 22 with a hoped for attendance. Four new members joined last Saturday and residents attended Center Children's Day exercises with positive reports. Republican nominations of Harrison and Reid are well received locally and Cora Piernon's school closed Friday while she visits her uncle and will vacation in Kankakee soon. Earlier heavy rain and hail caused little damage, followed by a wind storm and floods this week.
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Bert Hoffrichter
Yesterterday
Chicago
Collins
la Prairie
Eva Mead
Chillicothe
L. Goudy
FR. Wier
Washburn
Lacon
F. O Gale
E A Gale
Aurora
Lakewood
Ma J. M Crossman
Willamston
Mich
Will Thompson
Alta
Heary
Madge Roseberry
Sycamore
Hugh Nevin
Braidwood
Jennie
Miss Axling
Lacon High School
M E
Joseph Campbell
Harry Noel Campbell
Geo Uarash
Ary Hoskins
Mobell
Cara J. Robb
Abingau
Missa Barton
Mra M. Thompson
Anna B. Duncan
Sugar Grove
Tts
Maud Hogue
Venona
Thomas Monier
Hattie Spencer
Galesburg
Crow Meadow Grange
Beluga
Spencer
Jobo
Dr Headrick
Joseph Kenyon
Runnells
The
Grange
Center
Harrison and
Reid
Cora Piernon
Kankakee
Lodge No. 66
E. C Wayman
I G. Heaps
Magnolia
Neighbors Welcome New Comers and Honor Memorials
William Galluphes had his house newly painted. Mildred Thompson of Chicago spent Sunday with her mother. Some readers attended memorial services at Saratoga Sunday. Henry Hoskins moved into his Sparland home last week. Samuel Holler moved his family into Henry Hosking old home Monday. We welcome them to our neighborhood.
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Col McClanahan
Doctor McClanahan
John Barton
Frisbey House
Odd Fellows of
Sparland
Pearce
Baptist Church
William Galluphes
Mildred Thompson
Chicago
Saratoga
Henry Hoskins
Samuel Holler
Henry Hosking
Bethel Observes Children’s Day and Local News
Bethel will observe Children’s Day one week from Sunday with a planned program. Luther Williams’s son Howel died last Friday. funeral held Saturday. The Magnolia community discusses farm plans, Odd Fellows memorial day, and local events including ice cream festival and a planned butter and cheese plant.
Past Corn Planting in Oxbow Area Fades
Local notes recount the end of corn planting, visits by Nellie Sperry to Henry relatives, and health concerns for old Mr Sperry. Social items mention a cyclone near Monday, a drownings in Tonotca area, and community travels to Iowa and Emporia Kansas. Returns include families like Mills Rubel Wierman and Mae finishing Marshall county school.
Miles Nerve and Liver Pills Offer New Liver Regulation
Dr Miles's Pills present a new principle regulating the liver stomach and bowels through the nerves. They claim to cure biliousness bad taste torpid liver piles constipation and support men women and children. Smallest 60 doses 25 cents samples free at Powell's Drug Store Henry Ills.
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Miles
J. E
F. A. Powell
Henry
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