Sparland Notes From June 27 1918
Sparland briefs include visits from Mrs. Howard Schaaff and Fred Harvey, courtship notes on Miss Hattie Ray and Lloyd Ammerman, and a chautauqua setup on the school grounds. Local trips to Peoria and Sioux City, a rain revival, a twin death from membranous croup, and two youths bound for military camps mark community life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Reed
Edelstein
Hen Sargent
John Cornell
Hattie Ray
Peoria
Lloyd Ammerman
Holt Manufacturing Company
Hulbert Street
Margaret Russell
Charles Kimball
McCartney
James Roy
France
Richard Reed
Mose Parsons
Bettie Nighsanger
Nannie Buzzard
Strawn
William Tanquary
Local notes from Whitefield Corners and Sugar Grove on visits and events
E S Tanquary and family visited Mrs Fosdick Rone and G Barker with Mrs Barker ill. Ora DeBolt left for camp. Charles Griffin led Sunday program with his wife and three young ladies. Johnson and Burton families visited Oren Johnson. Burton injured from a cherry tree fall. Mr Murphy buys Milo store and moves stock. True opens new building near blacksmith. Many folks busy with canning and cherry picking. Bank opening in Henry drew many residents. Henry visitors Austin Clark family stayed over weekend. Sugar Grove: officers elected for new term Rebecca McAllister president Elmer Bogner secretary Irene Wallace treasurer Lorna Blackburn reporter. Bertha Bogner hosting Chicago friends. war savings stamps drive promotes community weighing event and district meeting at Quinn school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. S. Tanquary
M. E. Fosdick Rone
G. Barker
Speer
Charles Griffin
Bell
Weaver
Anderson
the Grove
Srl Johnson
John Burton
Oren Johnson’s
Burton
Ed Murphy
Grandma Beedle
Murphy
Milo
True
Rebecca McAllister
Elmer Bogner
Irene Wallace
Lorna Blackburn
Bertha Bogner
Chicago
H. J. Blackburn
John Diverbiss
Louise Corbett
Minnesota
James Case
Corbett
James Collins
Streator
Colling
Northwestern Freight Office
Nick Gray
Edna
Glasford
Quinn
Local Notes and Visits Highlight June Community Digest
Birth announced for a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Huf nagel on June 20. Visits include Ethel Brown with her little son and sister Mrs. Walter Applen. Residents report new cars: Allen Moffitt a Ford, Lyman Sutton an Elgin, Alvin Wright a 1918 Maxwell. Local social news covers sewing, corn shucking, dinners, and visits among neighbors including the Reed and Barker families. The M. E. Sunday school plans an ice cream social at Lester Reed’s home Tuesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Huf
Nagel
Ethel Brown
Walter Applen
Allen Moffitt
Ford
Lyman Sutton
Elgin
Alvin Wright
Maxwell
Goldie Beach
Chillicotheian
Webber
Marjorie Smith
Mae Colehower
George Woodford
Mildred Hall
Hilda Fisher
Austin Clark
Roy Stone
John McClane
Clarence McClane
Carl Barker
Frank Reed
Bradford
Carl
Glen Reed
Charles Reid
John Phelps
Kansas
M. E
Lester Reed
Broadmoor Gossip Highlights Local Visits
Ray Poff travels to nearby Providence while T G Rees and wife spend Sunday with Chicago friends. Emma Johnson visits daughter Mrs Ed Atkins in Whitefield. Bert McKinney and family visit relatives in Kewanee. Frank Thirkell and Charles Rees attend a Red Cross sale at Washburn. Warren Atkins takes a Peoria exam for army service. Walter Forbes and Truman Reese head to training camps at Rockford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Poff
Providence
T. G. Rees
Chicago
Emma Johnsons
Ed Atkins
Whitefield
Bert McKinney
Kewanee
Frank Thirkell
Charles Rees
Red Cross
Washburn
Warren Atkins
Peoria
Walter Forbes
Truman Reese
Rockford
Charles M. Turner Announces Run for Representative Seat
Charles M. Turner declares his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Representative in the Sixteenth Senatorial district. He states the primary will be held September 11, 1918, and submits to the will of Republican voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Turner
Probate Court Proceedings and Real Estate Transfers
Inventory approvals and letters of administration issued in multiple estates including Rebecca Rose Gustaf Scwararz Henry Zilm James Townsend Jeremiah Trone and Leona Lowden hearing on final reports set for June 24. Real estate transfers list Irene Wright Rose Murphy and others with property details in Lacon area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca Rose
Gustaf Scwararz
Alvine Scwararz
Henry Zilm
Leona Lowden
James S. Townsend
Jeremiah Trone
Alice Frisbey
Irene Wright
Henry
William Ball
Rose Murphy
Lacon
Community notes and court reflections from Lone Tree
A town roundup from Lone Tree records social visits, meetings, cinema trips, and travel to Camp Grant. It notes the Willing Workers meeting with eighteen attendees, neighborhood visits to several families, a benefit for Bureau County boys, a cyclone damage view, and local social events. An essay on the justice of the peace discusses its role, access for the poor, and trial processes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Berry
Oliver Downey
Frank Anderson
George Dally
Barney Underwood
Hock
Clarence Anderson
Robert Shipp
Wellington Spratt
Princeton
Bureau County
Camp Grant
Sulcer DeBolt
Daniel and
Joseph Simmons
Justice of the Peace
Justice’s Court
Justice's
Supreme Court
Justice
Justices of the Peace
Candidacy Notice Faces September Primary in 1918
Edgar Nichols seeks re election to Marshall County School Superintendent in the county primary on September 11 1918 as advt notes funeral director G E Fenwick and a cryptic inquiry about advance payment accompany the item.
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Republica
Henry, DL
Sparland Department
Howard Schaaff
Chillicothe
William Lloyd
Harry Frisbey
Fred Harvey
Sparland
Ernest Donath
Leland Monier
Sparland Agency
Charles Thomas
Sarah Marland
Wesley Marland
Ralph Christman
Peo- Tia
Nettie Jarman
Leslie Watkins
William Johnson
Shamrock
Okla
Oklahoma
Lawrence Wynes
Venona
Peintner
Wynes
Rev
A. M. Bowlin
Cline Bowlin
Margery
Gilman
Bowlin
Central Freight Association
Moline
Babe
George Simpson
Halsey Monier
Waugh Dunlap
Riverside
Cal
Illinois
Sarah J. Zimmerman
Sioux City
Helping Hand Society
Steuben
William O'Leary, Jr
Genevieve
Anna Marie
American Express Company
Billie
Nellie
Louis Griswold
Wilford
Woodford
Albert Russell
Harry Russell
William Russell
la Prairie
Edward Reed
Harry
Camp Wheeler
Edward
Robert Pringle
Reed
Whitefield Corners
Lou Ely
Charles Reyburn
East Peoria
Viola Herr
Mattie Simmons
Will Downey
Crow Meadow
South
Eva Mattison
Roland Doyle
Frank Kapraun
Frances Kapraun
Broadmoor
Court House News
Francis Murphy
Frank Ziegler
Daniel Anderson
Lindsey Anderson
Julia Harrington
J. W. Anderson
Henry Anderson
Will Ball
Berlin
Tiskilwa
Willie Anderson
Oscar Wright
Oscar
Rahe Auto School
Kansas City
J. Stapp
Wellington
Harry Finley
EB. S'Ountain
Lloyd Anderson
Finley
Laura Hufnagle
Emmett Finnegan
A. J. Stapp
N. T. Schertz
Louis Scaggs
Adam Dawson
Owensville
Ind
Letha Hock
CG. O. Berry
Mrs. Hume
John Carroll
Hugh Moffitt
Poor Man’s Court
the Great Lockhart
Bergner
P. A. Bergner & CO
Peoria, Illinois
Dupont American Industries
Harrison
Harrisons
du Pont Company
A. J. Tronmonger
Henry, Illinois
First
National Bank
Henry Opera House
Little Star
Vivian Martin
Paramount
Viola Dana
Josh Billing
G. E. Fenwick
Marchall County
Edgar Nichols
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