Local notes of Lacon Illinois community events and visits
Chaulauqua Circle meets Nellie Thompson this week as visitors arrive from Peoria and others. Churches hold meetings with Rev Baker and Rev Barrett preaching. Social at Mrs E Halsey with Rebekah lodge and Y club entertainment. Local sickness, memorials, and a prize fight scandal noted. Community updates include residents traveling to Chicago, weather swings, church activities, and town tradesmen promotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaulauqua
Nellie Thompson
Wm Wright
Peoria
Maggie Thom
Annie Ward
Court House
Rev Baker
M. E. Charch
Barrett
Maude Green Wilkin
Mr. Hastings
Charles D. Thomas
D.e.thomas
Rush Medical College
Chicago
Lacon’s
Christian Endeavor Society
Henry
Roy Witham Wal
Hastings
Altho
James Martin
Chester
Eunice Cook
Shu
Allie Wescott
Mary Johnson
Lu Gaston
Emma Strawn
Lacon
Jessie Jones
Eplay Fisher
Broviette
Awake
Rosy
McHugh
Y’s
Local Residents Move and Fall Ill In Iroquois County Area
Spurinna John Holt moves into Iroquois county this week while Mrs Joseph Placher suffers from Inng fever. James Aukland loads a car here to relocate to Nebraska and James Horrocks buys land near Jane Frisby in Gimlet Hollow. Uncle Thomas Haskins is ill and confined. Davidson and Scoon travel to Chicago with three carloads of stock. A.J Athay considers Wm O Leary's lot beside T E Gapon drugstore. C F Hamilton sells his south coal-shaft house to R Frisby. Mat Sparr cuts his left wrist while splitting stove wood. Our shaft is being rapidly drilled by skilled hands. visitors find it attractive. Uncle Bill Stephenson plans to return to Kansas to improve land with Geo Carbill. March first is the target deadline for those who have paid to move. B M Keefe rents his farm, sells stock and implements, and plans to move to Chillicothe, Nobu Whitlow returns from Nebraska to Da Prairie with household goods. Gasaius Panquary rents John Grife property and moves into the Grife house corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor
M. EB
Plachér
Wallace Hloadly
Babe
Artwright
Cannes
Katie O'Leary
Kline
Lacon
A. J. Athay
Bertie
Venona
Milton Webber
Iroquois County
Lucy Gaston
Spain
G. ‘W. Zimmerman’s
Indiana
Zimmerman’s
Thomas Brasfield
James
F. A. Barr
Jane Frisbey
Chillicothe
Reorts
Joseph Som
Harrison Thomas
Tim van Antwerp
Patrick Dwyer
Erin's Isle
Henry
John McLaughlin
Kansas
McLaughlin
Grandpa Brasfield
Frank Barr
W. B Pease
John Barton
Pogse
A J Branfield
May
Lillian Barton
Tia
Mose Parsons
Booth
Jerry Cannon
Péase
Parsons
John Becker
Hollers
Billy Taylor
Jones
Henry Haskins
Lewis Schultz
E. R Daniels
Floyd VanPatten
Orr
Mra Wm
Duncan Daniel
Betz
Mr Batz
Heathe
Althe
Botz
G FE. Onor
John Holt
Joseph Placher
James Aukland
Nebraska
James Horrocks
Jane Frisby
Thomas Haskins
Geo. Carbill
B. M. Keefe
Nobu Whitlow
Prairie
Gasaius Panquary
John—Grife
Cornarena
Grife
Local Saratoga Notes and Community Ramblings Chronicle
Quarterly meeting at the church last Sunday in Saratoga. Robert Kelly returns from Hedding College Abingdon. Ed Davidson received a valentine and plans to return it citing mixed feelings. Local rebuttals address rumors about the Doyle brothers and Pike. Clyde remarks about a neighbor delivering beef and a playful elk tale prompts clarification of town sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga
Robert Kelly
Hedding College
Abingdon
Ed Davidson
Doyle Bros
Pike
Whitefield
Goose Lake
Clyde
Ike
Local notices and last week reviews in Putnam County
Rustic school term in Aurora. Visits from Keats to Putnam. Cold weather nears with bad roads hindering artesian work. Mrs Dana Ellard ill. Uncle Geo Sparling builds new addition. Elder Vawter's family to move in. Lost breast pin. Charlotte Wheeler returns from Three Mile Bay. Snowwine township cited. town funds and a Fred Cook candy arrival tease. Prof McClusky hosts singing class. death notices for Henry Rommal and Samuel C Bacon. funeral held. early Putnam settlers noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
An Prinan
Cook
Péoria
Aurora
Lindsey McPhain
Keats
Iowa
Putnam
A. J._ Malone
Rachel Taliaferro
Artesian
Vawter
J. R. Saliaferro
D. Peterson
Peterson
Charlotte Wheeler
Three Bile Bay Ne
Snowwine
McClusky
Grange
W. H. Wheeler
Putnam Co
Fred Cook
Fred
Mat Drake
Ed Winabip
Elmer Hunter
Nettle Sparling
Tress Jrr
James Giltner
Henry Rommal
Galesburg
Rommal
Giltner
Hor
Mra G
Nage
Lim
Gliltoer
Samuel C. Bacon
Austin Iri
Beso
Thompson County
N. Y
Deborah Aon Morgan
James H. Bliss
Minnesota
Bacon
MFE
Wm. Wheeler
Local Notes From High Prairie and Surrounding Areas
High Prairie notes report Geo Longman, Sr. convalescent and Elder Wherry in good health. Oliver Dofendy organizes Misses Vale farm plans. May Campbell, county superintendent, visited schools. John Salander of Princeton to assist on the farm with J F M Parker. D Wauter, pastor, active with his flock. Parker returns to Chicago with Knapp entering Rush Medical College. Gus Andera loses watch and boots while working on the railroad. A High Prairie stock raiser plans to put steers into the Putnam coal shaft. Local horse buyers sought plug stock at favorable prices. John Bail discusses plans for autumn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Prairie
Geo Longman
Wherry
Oliver Dofendy
Misses Vale
S May Campbell
John Salander
Princeton
J. F. M. Parker
D. Wauter
The
Christian Church
Parker
Chicago
Lf Knapp
Crow Meadow
Rush Medical College
Gus Andera
Spring Valley
Putnam
Albert
Ihru
John Bail
Grangers and local debates stir Putnam County scenes
The column notes Susan Vail buying a driving horse from Alfred Stickel and plans to enlarge the High Prairie school for evening audiences. It reports on floods of farm life, newspaper chatter, and a local death, S C Bacon of Austin, MN, with reflections on aging and mortality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeley
Iowa
Illinois
Wister
John Wherry, Jr
Chicago
John
High Prairie
J. E. Parker
Capt Bracken
Putnam Literary
E Houlsins
RK. Yeach
Elmer Hunter
James Winship
S.C Bacon
Austin
Minn
Bacon
Senachwine
Putnam County
Oxbow News Highlights Measles Moves And Local Changes
Oxypow reports W A Smith’s family and Campbell Shield kin afflicted by measles while Glenn on the sick list. Miss Dunbar’s school ends month end with summer term planned. Local spring changes include Silas King on the Smith place and Alex Kessling moving south of Magnolia. Mrs EH Wilson enjoys Dakotah move. Ed handles land office work amid recent blizzards. Jane Ransom plans return home. distant school rumors clarified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W A Smith
Glenn
Campbell Shield
Robert
Frank
Silas King
Smith Place
Holland
Alex Kessling
Thornton Place
Magnolia
EH. Wilson
Dakotah
Jane Ransom
Hennepin
Florid
Measles and Snows Mark Clear Creek Notes
Local items report Mitchner catching measles and Wil Libert suffering a slight stroke. A cold snap and snowy weather hit Saturday. Mrs Jane Ransom and daughter plan to move back to Caledonia next Friday. Small town chatter mentions valentines exchanges and a misprint about Prof J W Cook's address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wil Libert
Jane Ransom
Caledonia
Lone Tree Post Office Visit Sparks Tension With Officials
Supervisor Murphy and county board members in Princeton discussed scarce stock pasture and rough feed as winter prospects darken. A government inspector, claiming to oversee the P. O family, reviewed Lone Tree post office affairs, demanded the P. O stamp, and left without a smile or remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphy
County Board of Supervisors
Princeton
Iiae Ee
P. O
Lone Tree
P. M
Nixion
Slugging match sparks city uproar and court action
In Lacon a contested slugging match drew 100 spectators and police scrutiny amid claims of lawbreaking and rowdy behavior. The Chillicothe Bulletin condemns the scene as barbaric and harmful to the town, while the article notes local officials prosecuted offenders and describes other civic notices and business updates from the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacon
Chillicothe Bulletin
Marshall County
Chillicothe
Ipz
Pressis
Moorish Medicine and Ethiopian Customs Highlight Odd Practices
The article surveys Moorish medical practices mixing skill with superstition, noting leeching, eye cures, cupping via a horn, and use of rhinoceros horn as emmenagogue. It also mentions cauterization, folk remedies for coughs, and beliefs about disease from evil spirits. It adds a note on Ethiopians preserving Mosaic laws and a horse fattening anecdote.
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Benny
Lucan
Spurinna
Newa
Dana Ellard
Jesse Underwood
Iroquoia County
Geo. Sparling
Iis
Geo
Oxypow
Clear Creek
Seneca Mitchner
Jim Wallen
Hartsock Brothers
Sucker
Ben
Betsey
J. W. Cook
Insteaator
Salvation Oil
M. E. Church Society
Wenone
Tonica
Ahab Keller
Dr Bigelow
Dr Powell
Stateler
Chancery
Risly
Marshall Stateler
Wenona
Roberts Town
Evans Town
W E Webster
Hiram Myers
Roberts
Lawrence Peterman
J H. Jones & Son
Lawrence
Ale
F. A. Powell
Wm Newfind
Woodbine
Barrison County
Thomas Vogelsang
Pitcher’s Castoria
Dathy
Castoria
Ethiopia
Abyssinia
SHS
Golden Crescent
Warren & Harrington All
Furniah
Grocerica
Idons Trois
ahi R. M_ STEVEN FRANK LEANT
Jared W Jem
Tos
C. R. Jonesy
Kearesvealp
ARKER
Osage Township
LaSalle County
Winona
Hoyle
Courlet
Tonieni
Hetry
M. Kinkpatrick
Whitefield Township
Yericert Ompson
Rai
Ees
Lord & Thomas
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