Our Sister Towns Reach Out With Visits and Travel
Charlie Tramp visits home as Sarah Wisman arrives from Ohio to see her brother. Al McClary travels from Joliet for a week at home. Mrs Shafer and daughter visit the World’s Fair. Mrs Steele visits Gridley. Others return from Waukegan Chicago Metamora Varna Valparaiso Streator and Galesburg areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Tramp
Sarah Wisman
Ohio
al McClary
Joliet
Shafer
Marié
S. Wi. Steele
Gridley
10S
G. A. Bangs
Waukegan
Qchicago
Addie Stateler
Varna
Mede Tistion
J. B.brown
Metamora
Marla Gago
Valparaiso
Ind
Charley Fort
Jennie Marbin
Lowa
Local society notes and summer visits from readers
Mrs Josie Ellsworth and Mrs Howard returned from the World's Fair in New York. Families and guests arrive for summer in Lacon with trips to Clarinda and Montana. Local weddings, births, and graduations noted alongside a grand ice cream pavilion opening in Orland and an Odd Fellows Memorial Day ceremony in Sparland.
Sparland Weather and Local Village Happenings
A local Sparland note reports a needed rain and lists various residents visiting or returning from trips to Chicago Washington Eureka and other nearby places. N W Tanner serves as mail carrier for a period while Rev Shoop and wife visited Chicago.
Local social notes and medical remedy anecdote
Jennie Thompson sews for Mrs Cl this week and visits with Lois Dunlap. Will Diehl and Miss Ponser visit from pegvadente. Mahlon Diehl came from Chicago to spend a few days. Ol Hunt and the Misses Hunt visit relatives at the world’s fair site. Center Lund hosts children’s sorties and an excellent program. An ice cream sociable is planned at Center next Wednesday under Ladies Aid. Burt’s school closed in Hein district last Saturday. regret over not hiring a teacher this year. Mrs Henry Aukland hosted a birthday party for her husband. Monahan hosted a party for brothers with games and a fine supper by Maggie. Dr M. J. Davis, long-time Lewis physician, suffered a diarrhoea attack in Des Moines en route to Chicago on May 26. Cham berlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy quickly cured him. The piece notes travel-water/diet changes cause diarrhoea. urges carrying the remedy before traveling. Sold locally by J. A. WNether.
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Josie Ellsworth
Howard
Orton
Chicago
Dear Old
Lacon
Chas Gapen
Kate Lundy
Clarinda
Iowa
Warner
Butte City
Montana
W. E. Cook
T. D. Kirk
England
Mitchell
Babe
Ashland
George Ay
Institute
J.8. Thompson
Alvah R. McKinney
the Daily Register
Waukegan
Dick Justice
Varna
Alber Jenkins
Will Thompson
J. H. Thompson
W. W. Dean
Lucy
Mt Vernon
Rose Duchesne
Hodges
Sam Wilkinson
B. Edwards
Julia
Green
Edwards
Jennie Thompson
Will Diehl
Miss Ponser
Pegvadente
Lois Dunlap
Will
Mahlon Diehl
Ol Hunt
Misses Hunt
Deas
Burt
Hein
Patardey
Poe
Henry Aukland
Monahan
Pet Brothers
Maggie
M. J. Davis
Lewis
Cass County
Des Moines
Chamberlain
J. A. Wnether
South Whitefield notes and cheerful community updates
The South Whitefield column reports Prof Morgan visiting Miss Monahan's school, Manuel Medaris visiting family, Billy Jacobs gifting a new organ, and Miss Ruby enjoying it. Edward Burson travels to Pennsylvania while his wife visits Venona, with plans to attend the Chicago fair and return to California. A sabbath school may open at the Bonham school house. Alice Bonham suffers whooping cough but improves. A Children’s Day program at Whitefield Center M E church delights attendees, with thanks to Oscar and others for their contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan
Edward Burson
Crawford
Mercer
Venona
Burson
Pennsylvania
Chicago
California
Bonham School
Alice Bonham
Harmon
Narmon
Forry
Whitefield Center M. E. Church
Local notes and social items from town column
George Krepper lingers and improves slowly. E Steele preached at the town hall. J C Stoner repaints his house. Miss Evans closed her term of school Friday. Thomas Kennedy of old Mexico visits relatives nearby. Wilbert ponders a namesake mystery as a young man’s name remains sought. A gentleman wore rubber boots and carried shoes in pocket on a visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Krepper
E. Steele
Town Hall
J.C. Stoner
Miss Evans
Thomas Kennedy
Old Mexico
John Kennedy
Varna
Local Social Events in La Prairie Center
The week featured a Presbyterian church festival to support expenses, a Grange picnic with speaker Oliver Wilson, and visits from Iowa guests including Art Wilmot and Will Scott. Funeral services were held for Mrs Elia Clark Harlin in Blue Ridge, with Rev Ward officiating, and 25 youths received baptism after a church exercise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Wilson
Grangers
Art Wilmot
Iowa
Harry
Will Scott
Lewis Calder
Nellie Root
Elia Clark Harlin
Blue Ridge
Ward
Newlyweds Loom On Quarrels and Ease of Management
A humorous dialogue from Harper’s Bazar contrasts a bride’s belief that she and papa will not quarrel with a groom’s gentler expectations. It includes playful exchanges between Miss Snobly Miss Newcome and Miss Van Million. The excerpt notes London buses lit by electricity from storage batteries using a five cell secondary battery delivering one ampere for fifteen hours.
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Papa
Harper’s Bazar
London
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