Local Social Notes From Sparland Rural Scene
Miss Viletta Murdock visited at home Sunday. Carver visits son Joe in Varna. Flora Trompeter visits relatives in Peru this week. Minnie Olson in Peoria. Mrs. Mary Osborne returned from Peoria. Mrs. Vincent visiting sister Mary Ann Hoadley. Gib Frisbey and George Christman painting Bob Ingram's house. Frank Rolot and family visit Sparland. Mrs. Trumpeter’s brother visiting from New York. Mrs. H Campbell and Margaret in Delavan. H Campbell in Henry visiting daughter Mrs. Taylor Smith. Mrs. Howe returned from Putnam visit. Minnie and Ruby Olson and Bessie Hill at Al Fresco Park. Ella Hoadley spending week at home. Hoa replacing her sister in the country. Mrs. George Duncan visits near Henry with daughter Mrs. Odell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viletta Murdock
Carver
Joe
Varna
Flora Trompeter
Peru
Minnie
Olson
Peoria
Mary Osborne
Vincent
Mary Ann Hoadley
Gib Frisbey
George Christman, Jr
Bob Ingram
Ruby Olson
Bessie Hill
al Fresco Park
Ella Hoadley
Hoa
George Duncan
Henry
Het
Local notes from Sparland and nearby visits
Mrs. Kate Aukland and daughter Katie visit Bureau Sunday afternoon. Miss Trella O'Dell visits grandparents. sister Gladys remains. Will Riddell away in Kansas a month. Chautauqua tickets urged for Sparland July 19 24. Prof. Hopkins of New York slated to speak opening day. Various visits, hospital work, civic events, and a church supper noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Aukland
Katie
Bureau
Trella O'Dell
Gladys
Will Riddell
Kansas
Pearl Arment
Chillicothe
George
Uskilwa
Sparland
Harr
Singer Sewing Machine
Lacon
Anna Pitch
Peoria
Trompeter
Anna Pait
Harry Green
Lillian van Antwerp
Mr. Simpson
Texas
Missouri
Howard Bolender
Proctor Hospital
Ladies of the Baptist Church
W. D. Riddell
Iowa
Ed Corcoran
Sloey
Spring Valley
William Bernick
Bessie Tanquary
Mike Jacobs
Notable Entertainers Highlight Week at Local Hall
Belle Kearney leads Wednesday program as America's foremost woman speaker. Brown Concert Co. performs with George L. Keiffer offering Gettysburg views. Thursday features Joshua H. Berkey with Robley male quartet. Friday brings Dr. Seashores and cartoonist Caveny. Saturday and Sunday present James Hoffman Batten and Neal Dow trio with varied acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Smith
United States
Belle Kearney
America
Brown Concert Co
George L. Keiffer
Gettysburg
Joshua H. Berkey
Robley
Atlanta
Dr. Seashores
Philadelphia
The
Baptist Church
Caveny Co
Caveny
Local Social Notes From La Prairie Area
La Prairie and surrounding towns report guests and visits. Dr C M Wilmot and family stayed with Mrs H N Wilmot over Sunday, with Rev and Mrs Barnes in Peoria. Mrs Edith Slough of Peoria visited A J McCartney and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halsey Monier
Ellen Patterson
Will
Charles Scoon
West Baden
Ind
L. G. Calder
Marsden
Nancy Simmons
Peoria
Simmons
la Prairie
Alice Scoon
Belle Mellow
Rushville
Dr. McCartney
Sparland
Isabella McCartney
Rose Herridge
Community Notes From Camp Grove and Peoria Area
Camp Grove reports visitors and visits from Peoria including Mrs Peter Herberger Mrs Richard Kelley and Fileeta John Colgan and the Nelsons. The C G Reds defeated Whitefield 20 to 6 before a large crowd. Marvin Tanquary of Sparland visited Bert Duncan and Bert Walsh of Chicago called on local friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Grove
Peter Herberger
Peoria
John Colgan
Richard Kelley
Fileeta
M. EB
John Nelson
Kansas City
Missouri
C. G. Reds
Whitefield
Marvin Tanquary
Spar|land
Bert Duncan
Bert Walsh
Chicago
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Featured in Letter
Bloomdale Ohio letter lauds Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as restoring health after backache headaches and monthly pains. The writer Mrs B Freprnncx asks other women to seek this remedy, citing roots and herbs and confidential free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomdale
Ohio
Lydia TE. Pinkham
Oui
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia I. Pinkham
Lydia BE. Pinkham
Local Visitors List and School Talk Spark Volunteer Effort
Henry residents Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Hennessey and niece Mrs. Hiden visited Wednesday. George McGillick, Charles Greenlee, Link Hart, Ira Hayden and family called Thursday. A Sunday school superintendent urged recruiting two boys next Sunday, with one boy pledging to bring another. Bucklen's Arnica Salve advertised as quick treatment for cuts, burns and skin ailments at local drugstores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Hennessey
Henry
Hiden
George McGillick
Charles Greenlee
Link Hart
Chillicothe
Ira Hayden
Bradforde
Clarence Jarman
Johnny
Bucklen
T. J. Segraves
A. J. Ironmonger
South Whitefield and Sugar Grove News Roundup
Local notes from South Whitefield and Sugar Grove. Families visit relatives in Peoria Sparland and Tiskilwa. Royal Neighbors supper at Sparland. Frank Bickerman card shower for his June birthday. visits and greetings from El Reno to Bradford. Farmers report good rains and crops looking fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sugar Grove
Bertha Bogner
Christine Merdian
Frank Kennedy
Laura Harrington
Hattie McCulley
Martha Shimmel
Frank Dawson
Clear Creek
Frank
Frank Bickerman
John Diverbiss
Bradford
Wyoming
Peoria
E. W. Daniels
Edmond
Oklo
Birthday Surprise In North Saratoga Prompts Village Social
A community gathering in North Saratoga for Joseph Reismeyer’s wife’s birthday drew about 50 guests with baskets and a cheerful evening. The notes enumerate visits, illnesses, and social calls at nearby homes, along with local church and Epworth League activities and a postponed farm sale near Milo.
Lawn Ridge Notes On Farm Life and Local News
Rural bulletin from Lawn Ridge covers farming shifts and market trends as hogs head to Peoria, residents move or return from Iowa and Kansas City, and families cope with health and church events. It details Mrs Nettle Hoover’s death, Rev McCollum’s missions talk, and children’s day programs at the Congregational church.
Local families gather for visits and events in North Hampton
SPEER and McGraw families visited relatives in North Hampton Sunday. Children and adults attended Lawn Ridge Children's Day exercises and an evening lecture. Mary Peterson is in poor health. Alma Erskine is home for summer. Mahlon Gaumer and Ina Gaumer return for vacation. Richard Dunn shows a new Destcott auto. Mabel Gruner returns from Sheldon for summer and teaches there in fall with a salary advance. Owen Hurd attends Nettie Hoover burial at Blue Ridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Gruner
Sheldon
Owen Hurd
Nettie Hoover
Blue Ridge
Death of Mrs Maria Bergstresser at Pueblo Colo
L C McMurtrie received a telegram June 15 reporting the death of his sister Mrs Maria Bergstresser in Pueblo Colorado after a prolonged illness. She was 77, oldest of nine, survived by two siblings in Lacon and their mother Zillah McMurtrie nearing 99 residing there. Interment in Pueblo. Mark Sawyer bought the St Clair Bullman farm of 110 acres near Lacon for 12000, about 109 per acre, buyers say it could fetch 150 now. Farm known as the Casey place farmed by Ed Clouse. Miss Anna Bellows invited by Aunt Mrs Clara Fort to a two month Europe tour, will sail from New York July 25 after a Chicago departure next Monday. Wm Riddell received two fine cabs from Peoria via Steamer Swain, now three cabs for the livery, with more carriages added this spring and summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawn Ridge
George Sims
Henry Shafer
Iowa
Lester
Laura Bragg
Lacon
Kate Green
Kansas City
Nettie Hoover
J. B. Greene
Dodge Place
Tom O’brien
Louis Straitmatter
Edelstein
Ed Wilder
Kansas
Peoria
William Foster
Harry Brimmer
Nickerson
Ann Arbor
Mich
Charles Owen
South Omaha
Neb
Livestock Commission
Byers Bros. & Co
Charley
Nettle L. Hoover
I. L. Hoover
Blue Ridge Cemetery
Stephen Pinckney
A. D. Sickles
Pinckney
Rolway
N. J
Malden
George T. McCollum
Chicago
Congregational Church
Will Gray
Toulon
Illinois
L. C. McMurtrie
Maria Bergstresser
Pueblo
Col
McMurtrie
L. C
Thomas Stock
Zillah McMurtrie
Berg'stresser
Mark Sawyer
Our City
St. Clair Bullman
Casey Place
Ed Clouse
Anna Bellows
Clara B. Fort
Europe
Miss Bellows
New York
Wm. Riddell
Swain
Ladies Aid Holds All Day Meeting at Newman Home
The Ladies' Aid met at Mrs. Bert Newman for an all day event with a fine time and dinner. The next regular gathering is planned with Mrs. Maud Kane on the first Thursday in July. Miss Maybell Hauger and her cousin Helen Hauger left Tuesday to spend the summer in the eastern states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga
Ladies' Aid
Bert Newman
Maud Kane
Maybell Hauger
Helen Hauger
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Gastoria
M. McLaughlin
Sparland, Ill
the Republican
South Whitefield
M. Holler
Pride
Little Ella
la Rose
Walter Holler
Baby Glen
Miss Hichorn
Spring Bay
North
Joseph Reismeyer
Will Yarger
Broadmoor
Thomas
Paul
Henry Roth
Joseph Relsmeyer
John Dally
W. C. Yarger
Henry Bornsheuer
Ethel
Ruby
Harold
Lyman Sutton
Arthur Head
Peoria Thursay
Albert Shoff
Henry Borusheyer
John Divelbiss
Milo
Joseph Irven
Lula
Myrtle Sherman
Lydia Piper
H. O. Mallett
Wes
A. J. Kistler
Ray Hart
Goith
Epworth League
Wthel Hanchett
Floyd Turner
Mabel Carrico
Mrs. Bonner
Bertha McClane
James Carrico
Ruby Swearingen
South Mile
Mile
Cuil
Ayer
J. O
Lowell
Mies
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