Local notes recount visits and events in Peoria area
The column records many small items from Peoria and nearby towns including visits of Mrs Luft and her daughter Elizabeth, news of Mrs Blackwell, health updates on patients, farm show demonstrations, a basketball game between Sparland and Lacon, and a Washington birthday social at the M H parsonage. It notes Scout activities, school programs, and community gatherings with brief references to residents like Vera Miss, Orrin Frisbey, and Mrs. Mary Marshall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gavas
Enill
Henry
Wassa
Rem
Antwerp
sAlizabeth Luft
Blackwell
Anna Luft
Helen
Halsey Monier
Ella Montonye
Wiman Vincent
Peo
Elmer Grys
Wiley
Royce
Pila
Fe Tims Riddell
Vail
Marengo
Lacon
Sparland Goday
Mary
C D Marshall
Weil
Sparland
Chillicothe
Clway E. Wilde
Sughter Vere
Peoria
Miss Vera
Itetfield Hat Establishment
Washington
M. H
Lax
L. B
Dennis Wallort
Washie
Helen Suft
Washas
McCartney
Nan
Bey Tidy
Della- “Taylor
Giles
Lincoln
iWalter
George
Wand
Heacher
Meroless
Toads Saracery
Vin Y
Pocokre
Spring Home Decor Assortment Draws Shoppers In
The store promotes a spring cleaning push with a wide wall decorations selection available now. Shoppers are urged to visit today to take advantage of the large assortment and complete lines before stock runs out.
Corner Drug Store Notes and Socials at Local Gatherings
The page records multiple social visits and events in Tiskilwa and Edelstein including Mrs. Herris hosting a Putnam Ladies Society gathering, neighbors attending at J W Anderson’s, and Mr. Mell Poignant moving his family to Edelstein for farm life. Also notes attendance issues due to bad roads and sickness and a birthday surprise planned for J. W. Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kitterman
Tiskilwa
Lindsey
Andersons
Mra
Oliver
Downey
Dave Wright
Frank Anderson
J. W
Oliver “Downey
J. W. Anderson
Sife
Edelstein
Visit and notices from La Prairie community
Miss Harriet Wilson visits in Bloomington en route to Wyoming where she will visit friends. Linus Root receives alfalfa from Norris Root of Glenelder Kansas. The M B E Missionary society meets March 9 at Mrs. Wesley Powell. Several locals travel to Peoria and Kalona. An Epworth League social is planned March 17 at the parsonage. A short item notes a car accident involving Miss Longman and Emma Guede, with quick action preventing a runaway. A sermon series includes Rev Dundas of Kenanee in Saratoga. A Youth's Companion tip praises open sleeping porches for colds with a note on Chamberlains Cough Remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Smith
F. Church
James Blackwell
Koopeston
Mont
Blackwell
Washburn
C Smith
Peoria
Dorothy Scott
Peba Longman
Emma Mae Guede
Lacon
South Whitefield notes and local moves
Fred Ely is ill with Dr Rogge caring for him. Families move across the farms including Smith, Dorff, and Bean transitions. Little Chauncey Barnes sick with head infection. Addie Bickerman relocates to Meister farm with Schupp. Frank Farling visits on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Whitefield
Fred Ely
Dr Rogge
Fd Tomlinson
Smith
Fred Schupp
Smith Farm
Fred Ross
Benny Hunt
J Dorff
Rowe
Mr Johnson
Rowe Farm
Dorff
Mr Bean
Lacons
C Hunt
Mr Hunt
Chauncey Barnes
Addie Bickerman
Meister
Schupp
Frankie Daniels
Frank Farling
West Side
Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey Ad for Child Cough
An old advertisement promotes Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey cough syrup for children. It claims soothing effect and better sleep, urging readers to buy 25 cents at the druggist and insist on the product.
Broadmoor Family Relates Travel and Prosperity Wishes
Fragmentary notes describe Mrs Henry Churchill visiting relatives in India and Indiana while family members in West Virginia and Illinois are mentioned. The text references George Smithsand and Blackburn W purchasing items, with a hoped-for prosperity and happiness for the Lombard area and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadmoor
Henry. Churchill
Fred? Haginson
South Dakota
Hones
Sindaya Oi Howard
Illinois
India
George
Mr. Blackburn
Camp Grove News Roundup Highlights Local Relocations
Community notes from Camp Grove Illinois cover travel between Madison Indiana Blue Earth Minnesota Peoria Illinois and Hanover Indiana. Residents Mert Seslye family change homes from Blue Earth to Camp Grove while Mike Milkovich heads to Cleveland for construction work and Mrs John Hickey travels to Peoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grove
James Jamison
Kistler
Madison
Ind
Wm. King
H. M. Pee
Peoria
Blue Earth
Mann
Mert
Seelya
Jane
Mike Milkovich
Cleveland
Pete
M _ Pearce
O'Brien
Castleton Mystic Dramatic Club
White Wagle
John Hickey
Katie
Nellie Hickey
Princeville
Gorge Ridgeway
King
Renzi Barns
Camprove School
Mary Fennell
John Lawless
Camp Grove
Mother Goose
Goslings
Sxans von Smash
Alfred Lawson
Hanover
Lawson
Pearce
Gun Forrest
Springfield
A. M. Walden
Fenno C. Dewey
Annawan
H. M. Dewey
J. W. Summit
McLean
Thomas Gorman
Gorman
Wv. C Plumtree
Mortana
Havre
Ida McMullen
James McCuen
Vinol Promises Strength and Vitality for Frail Reader
A fragmented Bellefontaine ad touts Vinol as a tonic for weak tired nerves and dull health. It claims the product strengthens the liver and restores vigor after other remedies failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellefontaine
Ohio
Reid
Vinci
J. Oh. Lambor
The Greatest Health Insurance in the World
Louisville druggist TP Taylor extols simple health efforts and bowels as key to wellness. He promotes Resaill Orderiles laxative and notes Rexall store exclusive rights with a trial size priced at ten cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rexall
Local Farm Hiring Moves and Social Visits
Mr Huffman relocates from Whitefield to Mrs Abram Stapps Henry County farm to work for Frank Ziegler next season. Floyd Mielkey and Rufus Warner families visited Somer folks and William Bentley last Sunday. Glenn Anderson Downey joined the Draper sale near Henry. J B Anderson visited Beldon Long Sunday. Barry travels to Streator to find housing for family before building. Clarence Andersen Velma visited Oliver Downey Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huffman
Whitefield
Abram Stapp
Henry
Frank Ziegler
Floyd Mielkey
Rufus Warner
William Bentley
Glenn Anderson
Marshall i Downey
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Vernon Ketchum
Daughaxes
Uka
Orrin Frisbey
Ga. Duncan
Viola
Eyes
Son of Lacon
Mays
Dunli
Ant wis-Royce
Imanima
Ithbelle McCartney
Charlotte Ouise Russell
Maria Hodges
Mee
T. J. Segraves
Chamberlains
Advt
Taylor
Louisville
T. P. Taylor
J. P. Siewers
H. A. Quiram
A. J. Kistler
W. Schriver
W. $. Murphy
DLA
Utniga
Vik
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