Local notes from Sparland and nearby towns
Community updates list residents visiting Peoria Henry and Toulon with pastors exchanging pulpits. Local events include a Baptist Children’s Day service and a first boat show at Lacon. Family visits, home improvements, and estate matters are noted along with ongoing sickness and move ins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Trompeter
Peoria
Beitz
Minnie Olson
Flora Trompeter
Henry
Vivian
Toulon
Rist
The
Baptist Church
Curt Tanquary
G. Duncan
Timmons
Evans
Robert St
Local Notes and Social Roundup Across Several Towns
A long stream of small items covers births and birthdays, visits, and school events in several towns. Saturday’s lawn party and Masons event share community buzz as families travel to Peoria and Chicago for work, schooling, and relatives.
Local Social Notes and Visits Across Towns
LA PRAIRIE Miss Eunice Durham visits Miss Dorothy Scott. Harry Leigh returns from Onarga. Rev Hazard visits Cyrus Root and nearby friends. Mr and Mrs Bouton of Edna Kas visit Miss Armina Cald. A cantata at M E church gathers Speer and Saratoga residents. Agnes McNeish of Chicago visits J T Burnett. Willie Black ill. Nina Edminster returns from North Dakota then to Normal for summer school. Rose Herridge heads to Peoria then Grand Junction Illinois for summer. Lois Leigh back from Princeton for summer vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Burnett
Willie Black
Nina Edminster
North Dakota
Normal
Rose Herridge
Peoria
Grand Junction
Lois Leigh
Princeton
Dean's Kidney Pills Endorsement In Toluca Herald Ad
A Toluca Herald item notes Dean's Kidney Pills endorsed by local reader Larry Peterman for back and kidney trouble. It mentions purchase at T. J. Segraves' Drug Store, price 50 cents, Foster-Milburn Co. as U.S. agents, and urges readers to choose this remedy. Also reports Miss Rose Sutherland found dead, scarlet fever quarantines, graduation exercises, Woodman Memorial day, and forester convention in Quincy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Bright
Larry Peterman
Edward Street
Dean
T. J. Segraves
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Dean’s— J
Toluca Herald
Rose Sutherland
Fred Marshall
Toluca
Jensen Theater
James D. Taylor
Andrews
James W. Tracey
Quincy
Order of Foresters
St. Mary's Court
Woodman Memorial
Toluca Camp No
Kohler and Hankins farm parcels up for quick sale in Marshall county
282 acre Kohler farm in Roberts Township with 160 acres arable 112 acres pasture 10 acres timber and ample water. 40 acres south of Lacon called Hankins VanDusen land now Alfred Johnson with 10 acres timothy and clover 17% acres farm land 1244 acres pasture and house barn. Hay on site valued 150 to 200. Plus store fixtures counters shelving and Star Theatre property offered at a bargain. Immediate possession within 80 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacon
Court House News Probate Docket and Tax Litigation
Probate records report sales of real estate and guardianships in various estates including RedJan and Mountjoy. Tax foreclosure hearings on Frank A Barr cases set for June 14 and 15. Guinn and Bychinski matters noted with penalties and pleas. Notices, bonds, and guardian ad litem appointed for infants and wards. numerous deed transfers and marriage licenses listed. Local social notes mention Foley's laxative ad, visits, injuries, Willing Workers meeting, and a Children's Day program at the M E church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha E. Dean
George C. RedJan
Frank A. Barr
Wenona Coal Company
State of
Illinois
Francis Guinn
State of Illinois
Frank Bychinski
Mountjoy Nellie
Mountjoy Roth
Luceen T
J. H. Magoon
Guardian
Lucius T. Mountjoy
Ruth L. Montjoy
Clarence H. Brown
Hattie H. Brown
Elsie Puttcamp
Princeton
Alice Henkins
Blanche
O. Mallett
M. EB
Oliver Wright
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FABergner @Co
Dillon
Royal Sewing Machines
Benj. Moore
Royal Mineral
McLauchlin Brothers
Sparland
ILL
William A. Smith
Chicago Veterinary Chicago
Henry, Ill
Sparland Personals
Robert Riddell
Anna Luft
Robert Cumming
Fred Gell
Nellie O'Leary
H. Campbell
Frank van Antwerp
Irving Parsons
Harold Aitchison
Frank Anderson
Frank
Elliott
Leroy Bolender
M. E
Myron Lester
Simpson
Schuyler
Chicago
Zella Fowler
Chillicothe
Leslie Waugh
Leslie
Snell
Masons
Camp Grove
Barnes’ Hall
Harp
Saratoga
Mike McManus
T. E. Salisbury
Indiana
Bessie Owens
M. McManus
H. King
J. C. Nelson
Thomas Cain
George Reed
Michigan
James Winne
Glen Malone
Mesdames Will King
David Ross
Peter Green
Bert Duncan
Guy Atkinson
M. Landers
Barnes Block
Main Street
C. J. O’brien
Effie McMullen
Lawn Ridge
Aid Society
Harris
la Prairie
Will Scott
Dorothy
la Prairie Center
L. A
Ladies’ Aid Society
Winkler
Maria Cornell
Will Stowell
Proctor Training School For
Luther Stowell
Morris Perkins
Princeville
Ruby Dunn
Miss Chase
Galesburg
James Speers
California
Richard Dunn
Latha
Harry Dietz
Dixon
Dick Wiles
R. Stocks
Scott
Tandard
Climax
Louis A. Lenz
Independent Harvester Co
Plano, Ill
Iriebel & Sons
Reeb
Dwight, Ill
Lenz & Bestold
Fox River
Star
McMurtrie Block
Babcock
McMurtrie
Alton Depot
Lacon, IN
Bestold
Court House News
Nels J. Austin
Andrew J. Miller
Varna
E. Carrithers
L. K. Thompson
Richland
Edward Litchfield
Sarah H. Parker
Bennington
Wm. H
John Y. Mills
Gus
Tav Lenz
Belle Plain
Abe Shipley
John Myers
Roberts
Carmine Pozzi
Pisco Battestella
Mary E
Emily la Litchfield
Charity D. Litchfield
Ashley Judd
S. C. Culbertson
Bond
Venona
Anton Rochke
David Kovacevich
August Ohlman
George W. Keller
Joseph C. Hill
Lombard
David Stratton
Perlene Taylor
Fred H. Gehr
D. Montrose
Ernest Schmidt
B. F. Shafer
Isabel Garratt
Same
D. Montrose Dean
Dudley Martin
Wilbur Pettett
Charles V. M. Berg
Myra Stinger
Foley
A. J. Ironmonger
Milo
Ayer
J-C. Ayer Co
Lowell
Mass
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