Local notices from Sparland residents
Sparland mentions several residents visiting family in Illinois and Wisconsin including Adsh Bates, H Campbell with a new piano, Mark Ament in Peoria, Morris Holmes from Wyoming, Joseph Parsons and wife, Earl Wall visiting grandparents, T Van Antw selling ice cream, Mrs Case and daughter from St Louis visiting O Martland clan, George and Ambrose Cumming, Frank Russell and Allie Buckley returning from Seer Dan Wis, Washburn visiting parents, Mrs Martin and daughter from Peoria, Floyd Van Patten returning from Chicago with a new eye, and Sunday Baptist services with a missionary money dialogue and good singing and recitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Case
St Louis
O.martland
George
Ambrose
Cumming
Frank Russell
Allie Buckley
Seer Dan
Wis
Washburn
Simon Walker
Joseph Martin
Peoria
Martin
James Graves
Floyd van Patten
Chicago
Baptist Church
Sundsay
C. W. Bucksley
Magnolia residents and visitors noted in Varna items
Local notes report Magnolia visitors including John Murphy and Berdle Ong, Katie Kelley from Lacon visiting, Della Allen with Mrs Emma Broaddus, and John Thornton en route to Magnolia. A Swede festival netted 39 dollars, and a Sunday baseball game disappointed. Rev Petersen’s congregation surprised him after two weeks away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Varna
Magnolia
John Murphy
Lacon
Katie Kelley
Berdle Ong
Della Allen
Hmma Broaddus
Rev Smith
Geo Myers
John Thornton
Pine Teachers’ Institute
Lacon Monay
Phoebe Mayes
Mamie Little
Clinton
Eclosfire
Rev Petersen
Foun
Community Notes from Murphy and Whitefield Center
A Saturday night gathering in Murphy featured a large crowd and gifts, followed by a dainty repast. Whitefield Center reports visits from Henry Aukland and family, illness among locals, church services, and the upcoming quarterly meeting at Boyd's Grove with Elder Merrill. Gooseberries, snakes, and weather affect farming as Peter Mattern plans a Michigan visit after harvest, hoping baths and climate aid his recovery.
Whitefield Corners Village Gossip and Upcoming Events
Whitefield Corners notes low spirits for Mrs David Wright as social life buzzes with ice cream socials church gatherings and quarterly meetings. Community welcomes visitors from nearby towns and lists upcoming sermons at Lone Tree schoolhouse Boyd's Grove church and Woodmen event with plans for fishing tales and shark warnings.
Textiles and fabrics list from Best Print shop
A catalog style listing details various fabrics and dress materials including best Amoskeag ginghams extra heavy muslin organ dies lawns and dimities with prices from 6 to 15 cents per yard. The ad mentions dress styles comforter and apron options and names misses sizes 6 10 14 15 acknowledging a broad selection.
Corsets in Black or Drab Sold by Warner Bros Best
Corsets described as black or drab offered by Warner Bros Best. Details mention sizes 38c and price 7s ag and 650 60 weno eee. OCR fragment outlines garment listing without clear context or additional items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner Bros. Best
Kid Gloves Special Sale at Discount Prices
Special notice for ladies black kid gloves offered at 65c 75c and 80c with prior values up to $1.25, urging readers to buy at reduced prices.
Shoes sale: dramatic discounts on all styles
An advertisement promotes a shoe sale with deep reductions on Kid Shoes Ladies and Men's styles. Prices span from low-cost calfs to chocolate and oxblood models, with discounts quoted in bold figures and multiple price points across categories.
Shoe sale ad lists price cuts across sizes
A fragmented ad notes discounts on various shoe sizes 25 31 116 135 with reductions to 75 cents per pair. The snippet implies a multiple item sale and generic price slashes without full details.
Cannah Jores Big Fall Trade Sale Offer
Store announces a major fall trade sale to clear stock for new goods. Advertisement promises good comforter batting at 5 cents and highlights large stock reduction to make room for upcoming items.
Community Notes on Visits and Social Gatherings
Mr Moatee Smd children visited Miss Baugh on Saturday night and Sunday. Willis Waughop hosted pleasant callers Sunday afternoon. Leslie enjoyed a passenger to Sparland despite the hospitality, Elder Rowe and wife dined with Mr and Mrs T. S Hunt after church. Miss Campbell returned to Jerseyville after visiting her sister Mrs Harry Bonham. Tillie Merritt entertained the Misses Carrie Blackburn, Anna Dorsey and Amanda Aukland. A sermon by Hilder Rowe drew a large audience at the school-house and his wife sang duets. A wedding is planned soon with the groom from the western territory, more details to come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunt
Campbell
Harry Bonham
Jerseyville
Tillie Merritt
Carrie Blackburn
Anna Dorsey
Amanda Aukland
Tanguary Family Visits and Local Notices
Bertha Tanguary visited her sisters at wyhikenetd Corners the last of that week. Grace and Ruby Tanquary from Denver Colorado are visiting their grandma Mrs Lucinda Tanquary and expect to stay. Miss G Burson from Princeton has been visiting relatives and started for home with Miss Minnie Tanquary. Children’s Day exercises on Yankee street Sunday drew a large crowd with good speaking and singing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willian Monter
Grace
Ruby Tanquary
Denver
Col
Lucinda Tanquary
G. Burson
Princeton
Minnie Tanquary
Yankee Street
MT Palatine
George Harth
George Davis
Annie Lorenz
Seigler
McNabb
Adam
Mattern
Iowa
Dana McNabb
Tonioa
Palatine
McGee
Cider Press
Oliver’Hormell
Will Johnson
Hamlin
Willie Bishop
Grain-O drink advertised as coffee substitute
Ad copy promotes Grain-O a brown mocha or java flavored drink to replace coffee. Claims children can drink it without injury and the stomach accepts it easily. States price 169 and 259 per package and says sold by grocers.
Orchard growth and family moves shine in Hopewell farm note
Asa Perdew moves to Overmire farm on Shaw's Crest Lo and coal props for Lice Broaddus. Pamlinson farm at Hopewell hosts over 1200 apple trees plus peach prune pear and cherry trees. Fred expands his orchard with 250 new apple trees, totaling over 800 bearing trees and 60 varieties. Writer recalls farming roots on ancestral ground once timbered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asa Perdew
Henry
Shaw
Cresk
Hopewell
Pamlinson
Fred
New summer goods and social notices in Putnam area
Bean & Loomis advertise summer underwear neckties and flour fruit jars while local families visit and socialize. Woodmen of Putnam Camp plan a big meeting with a July 3 event at Undercliff with a Peoria band and Whitefield Glee Club. A Ladies Aid sociable is set for June 26 at Caleb Condit’s home with ice cream and 10 cent rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bean & Loomis
Wm Blackburn
Loomis
Bradford
Bean’& Loomis
James Backman
Washington, D. C
John Bean
Harrison Gregory
Henry
O. L. Loomis
O. O. Wescott
Chillicothe
Wm Wescott
Lacon
0. L. Loomis
Our City
Woodman
Putnam Camp
Ladies’ Aid of the
Christian Church
Caleb Condit
Undercliff
Peoria
Whitefield
Local brief notes from Hennepin area
W Eddy on sick list. Will Leech and mother visited Henry Tuesday. Benny Preudt and family visited Tonics last Sunday. Rae Durley went to Chicago Tuesday for an indefinite stay. Ice cream supper at Congregational Church Tuesday evening described as a nice event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. . Eddy
Will Leech
Henry
Benny—Preudt
Rae Durley
Chicago
Congregational Church
Local visitors and court notes from the Southeast Ward
Mrs J B Davis and children visited at pa Kays Friday and Saturday. Harvey Leech and son Jack of Chicago visited friends here over Sunday. Misses Lida Wood and Ethel McLean returned from a tour through Putnam Bureau La Salle and Lee counties. Judge Turner opened court and heard a complaint against Jas L Patterson for assault and battery. James L pled guilty and was fined 35 dollars plus costs. John Brook manages the new city restaurant and praises its service. Mrs Carrie Barrows of Chicago was killed by a Rock Island train and is to be buried Wednesday. undertaker Trendt’s team ran away, damaging the hearse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Davis
Pa Kays
Irs
Frank Sanderlin
Harvey Leech
Jack
Chicago
Lida Wood
Ethel McLean
Putnam
Bureau la Salle
Lee Counties
Turner
Chas Baxendale
Jas l L.’ Patterson
James L
John Brook
New City
John
Carrie
Barrows
Rock Island
Hennepin
Faneral
Jac M. Stouffer
Baresu
Allen's Foot Base and Allen's Foot Ease ad
An old style foot care advertisement promotes Allen's Foot Base powder to ease swollen hot feet and tight shoes. It claims relief from swelling sweating blisters and bunions and offers a trial package free. Sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents. address in Olmsted Le Roy New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Allen, Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Community notices and social updates from Magnolia area
Mrs M A Hubbard visited sister Mrs Otto last Sabbath. Rev J J Ramsey visits Magnolia relatives. Birdie Ong and Mr Johnson go to Warm Sunday to visit friends. W W Babbitt is very ill. Revs P A St John and Johnson called on Monday. Dr Wm Schoemeshoefer attended W W Bobbitt. Bessie and Lou Otto journey to Inde Kansas to visit kin. Margaret Balderson joined tea with Bessie and Anila Roberts Monday evening. Aunt Jonnie Ransom improved after Doctor Taylor visit. Payden in town. I traveled to Chicago last Saturday. DJ returned Monday with Mrs Turner staying to visit kin. George Glenn behind the butcher block handling customers. AlAn will rest for a couple weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A. Hubbard
Otto
Dent
Gertrude
Gregory
J. J. Ramsey
Magnolia
Birdie Ong
Johnson
W. W. Babbitt
P. A. St John
Henry
Wm. Schoemeshoefer
W. W. Bobbitt
Bessie
Lou Otto
Inde
Kansas
Margaret Balderson
Anila Roberts
M-E-Dhuroh
Jonnie Ransom
Taylor
Payden
Chicago
Florid News Notes and Local Incidents
T A Hotrick is on the sick list. A mole trap inquiry is advised of Henry Preudt at Hennepin and others in the area. The ladies home mission will host a music event at Mound church on Sunday evening July 11. Mercury readings and cool weather details appear from T A Hetrick's store. A thunderstorm damaged L W Jenkins hog lot tearing a hog pen and killing one hog. Recent showers brought rain aiding crops and ground.
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Florid
T. A. Hotrick
Henry Preudt
Hennepin
L. W. Jenkins
J. B. Albert
Umbarger
Henry
Ladies Home Mission
the Mound Church
Mercury
T. A. Hetrick
Plorid
Tom
L. W Jenkins
Local Town Boys Attend Bradford Horse Sale And River Outing
A group of town boys attended a horse sale near Bradford last Thursday and brought home a pair of drivers. A 17 member party from Florida spent a river fishing day Tuesday last week and found baskets overflowing with food. Pantel and the writer helped clean up the abundant dinner, thanking the ladies for their generous hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
Florid
de Tonch
CLEAR CREEK LOCAL NOTES AND SOCIAL HAPPENINGS
Delayed from last week items include Forrests and friends visiting Nick Kline and Truman Packingham. Local residents share family visits, hunting trips, and community greetings. The piece notes illness, sympathy for Evana family, and planning of Poola School teachers.
A Sound Liver Makes a Well Man
An old health advert claims liver problems cause jaundice headaches sour mouth foul breath coated tongue and poor digestion. It promotes Herbine as a universal liver remedy with a 75 cent price and free trial bottles at Dr Powell's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simmons Liver Regulator
Zailin &Co
Philadelphia
Dr Powell's
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S. Adams Street
Peoria, Ill
Dive Beney Republican
Geroraxs_ Bort, HpiTos
Murphy
Whitefield Center
Henry Aukland
L .M. Bell's
Thomas ‘Monier
Callie Clannon
Will Blackburn
Jasper Brown
Downy
Cal
Coulter
L. ‘Foster
Gussie Higgins
Abbie-Newman-of
Dora Somers
Boyd’s’ Grove
Merrill
Wm Johnson -of
Clifford Doran
Theodore
Alma Riel
la Prairie
Peter Klein
Clara Smith
Frank Dawson
Ll. O. Hunt
Harris
Peter Mattern
Michigan
Whitefield Corners
David Wright
Laura Wright
Abingdon
Butler
White
Frank Merritt
W. Wright
Berens
Bertha
James Fountain
Albert McKeon
Buda
W.H. Clark
Lone Tree
Peter Shorts
Rakestraw
Ida
Ed Fountain
Boyd’s Grove
Wilbur Clark
South Whitefield
Pleetwood
D. B. Hoffman
Sparland
H. Marshalls
Little Hon Jacobs
James Wilson
Will Wilson
Virginia
Damm
Pera
C. Swartz
Lewis Highswanger
Effie Waughop
Henry O. E. Tasto
Ghiltoothe
Jane
Jane Bugs
Felon Horrom
Dee Amend
Syounie
Henry, Ill
Cannah-Jores
Henry, III
Steuben
Bertha Tanguary
Wyhikenetd Corners
Ia Allel
M Mons
Clear Creek
Forrest
Nick ‘Kline
Jesse
Johnnie Morse
Truman Packingham
B. Ransom
Calvin Shield
Will Forrest
Ed Smith
Mra Willard
Mra Kid
Tr. Prairie Pactingham
C. H. Ransom
Mra
Fred Per
C. A. Ransom
Henry Clemens
Mra Perdew
Grandma Henderson
Republican-office
Dor
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