Mouth to Mouth Advertising Builds Oakland Car Fame
The text extols mouth to mouth publicity as the oldest and most effective form of promotion for Oakland cars. It notes enthusiasts spread the claim of Oakland superiority, with sales following from genuine demand rather than heavy advertising. Emphasis rests on quality over quantity and a commitment to lasting reputation through limited, reliable production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Delco
Ns Cellesae Seer
Pete Tetas
R. V. Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Invalids
Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N.Y
Common Sense
Delco System Used on Oakland Cars Confirmed as 1913 Design
Oakland Motor Car Company states in a letter from Camp Grove Illinois dated February 24 1913 that the Delco system in their vehicles is the 1913 design as requested. They deny rumors that a company holds a contract for all latest Delco improvements ahead of others and condemn false statements by rival salesmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontiac
Mich
Bogner & Fennell
Camp Grove
Ill
Delco
Delco Company
Oakland Motor Car Company
Geo. H. Daniels
Sparland News Highlights Local Family Visits and Health Notes
The Sparland column reports Mrs. Anna Luft and Helen visiting in the country. John Beck undergoes appendicitis surgery in Peoria. Miss Ruth Hastings battles heart trouble with Dr. Royce attending. Mr. and Mrs. McLeish improve at home. Several families, including the Marshalls and Rickeys, visit Henry and Peoria, with local travel and car repairs noted. Bert McLaughlin moves to his mother’s farm. Shafer family travels south for a month-long visit. ailing relatives are mentioned throughout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Luft
Helen
M. C. Marshall
Chillicothe
John VanAntwerp
Elizabeth Buckley
Peoria
Allen
Miles McCartney
McLeish
Ruth Hastings
H. E B. Royce
McCurdy
George Snell
Ruby Olson
Charles Dewey
Henry
Farm Equipment and Implements Sold Here
Full line of International wagons and manure spreaders, plows planters and implements. Includes Schroeder grain dumps dairy cream separators Peoria power washing machine cowboy tank heaters wire fencing buggies whips oils greases husking pegs pumps and tanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schroeder
Peoria
Local notes on visits, arrivals and society events
Wni Osborne and wife were in a country Tuesday at Scott Osborne's. Lawrence Tanquary of Springfield visited his mother Mrs Addison Tanquary who has been ill. Mrs Tanquary is a bit better now. Clyde McLaughlin family rejoice over a new daughter arriving last Friday night. They now have four sons and two daughters. Oscar McLaughlin with Edn Rheinbeck and James Wabel closed a deal in Peoria Saturday for a new Gilde car. Mrs Reba Anderson and maid Miss Millie Hopman came from Watseka to care for Rev McLeish and wife. Anderson later went to Chicago for the clay show at the Coliseum. Woodland Clay co exhibit at Watseka noted. Missionary society of Lacon Baptist church hosted nine guests from Sparland at Mr and Mrs F A Barr in Lacon. A vivid program preceded a two course luncheon with Waldorf salad and veal loaf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wni
Oscar McLaughlin
Edn Rheinbeck
James Wabel
Peoria
Messrs. Rheinbeck
Wabelecome
McLaught
Reba Anderson
Millie Hopman
Watseka
F. A. Barr
Lacon
Missionary Society
Lacon Baptist Church
Turnbull social and theater notes in Camp Grove
Social items from Camp Grove and nearby Peoria area list gatherings and visits. Mrs Barr and Mrs Leslie Barr assisted serving at a reception. residents include George Simpson Hleda Frisbey Elizabeth Buckley Horatio Campbell and others. Local events mention box social ciphering match plays raising funds and Chamberlain remedies touted in ads.
Quilting Bees and Local Moves Fill South Milo News
South Milo notes report an 18 woman quilting session at Mrs. Clara Monier’s, plans to finish the quilt, and a future all day meeting with Mrs. Gertrude Bentley. Local residents include Mr. and Mrs. George Barker visiting in Henry, Jacob Copple’s summer work, and farm labor changes with Ternus and Reid shipping hogs. Also mentions rheumatism remedies and a testimonial for Electric Bitters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Milo
Lester Reed
the Aid
Clara Monier
Jacob Copple
Charlie Swineman
Victor Robison
Amree Longman
Claude Snyder
George Hall
Harry Colehower
Fred Newton
Ternus and
Reid
Frank Austin
Burton Barker
Clarence Miller
Castleton
Roy Dally
Miller
South Whitefield News and Local Departures
James and Hattie Ray left Bonham school as their parents moved near Sparland. Miss Etta Wunder visited Henry and friends over the weekend. Willis Rickey and family spent Sunday with the Brown family. Richard Waughop was a country visitor Tuesday and called on Waughop relatives. Miss McGee and pupils planned a farewell for Alvin and Dorothy Hofer with gifts and refreshments. Cards from C A Jacobs in West Baden Indiana mention “the mud baths” and a 10 day stay. The community mourns the death of the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Holler, a sad loss for the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Whitefield
James
Hattie Ray
Bonham School
Sparland
Etta Wunder
Henry
Willis Rickey
Brown
Richard Waughop
Waughop
McGee
Alvin
Dorothy Hofer
C. A. Jacobs
West Baden
Ind
Oscar Holler
Bradford Notes and Society Happenings in Neponset Area
James Cooney and family moved to Neponset to begin carpentry work while Mrs. Anna Connell of Peoria visits relatives. Miss Jennie Cluskey called on friends at Camp Grove. Mrs. B. Reed and daughter Marcia shop in Chicago for Easter hats. Miss Ruth Fairbanks travels to Chicago to visit friends. Edith Reed hosts a dinner for McManus Swearingen clerks. Agnes Gustafson returns home from Toulon after osteopathic treatment. Henry Smith settles into his new home after purchasing the Steimle place. Bucklen's Arnica Salve praised for skin ailments and injuries with a testimonial from John Deye of Gladwin. Ad appears at 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
James Cooney
Neponset
Anna Connell
Peoria
Jennie Cluskey
Camp Grove
B. Reed
Marcia
Chicago
Ruth Fairbanks
Edith Reed
McManus & Swearingen
Agnes Gustafson
Toulon
Henry Smith
Steimle Place
Sugar Grove Community Notes Move and illness update
Glark Ball moved to Henry on Monday and will be missed in Sugar Grove. Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Draper called at Clyde Gregory's and Mrs. William Duffield is recovering from pneumonia under a nurse and Dr Hess. Roland Doyle plans to move this week. The Falk brothers captured three wolves in Mr Clawson's timber. Miss Stephens led Washington's Birthday exercises with few visitors due to weather. Sugar Grove school enrollment declines from sickness. Ball children will join Henry public school. Mrs. Draper of near Putnam promoted music pupils in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sugar Grove
Glark Ball
Henry
Forrest Draper
Clyde Gregory
William Duffield
Hess
Roland Doyle
Falk Brothers
Box social, sleet storm, and village notices in Lawn Ridge
Miss Lillian Hosler visits from Rome and attends a village box social. Sleets and ice topple trees and telephone poles, with 28 poles broken and lines tangled. Theresa Hosler teaches at the school and a box sale funds the library. Mrs Wilder turns 99, spry and sharp in memory, as Miss Mamie Locke returns from missionary work in China and plans a Sunday visit. Marriage, travel plans, and sermons shift discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theresa Hosler
Curtis
Lucele
Coyil
Martha
Ann Arbor
Mich
Conservatory of Music
University
Mr. Curtis
Edelstein
Mamie Locke
Corbin
China
Caroline Wilder
County Supervisors Meet in Lacon March 11 1913
The Board of Supervisors of Marshall County Illinois will convene at the Court House in Lacon on Tuesday March 11 1913 at 1 30 PM. Each bill must be itemized sworn to and filed in the County Clerk's office by 12 noon the preceding Saturday. Bills not filed will be carried over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Marshall County
Ill
Lacon
Road Notice to Keep Highway Clear in Whitefield Twp
Commissioners of Highways Joseph Bogner J M Barnes and Roy Hill of Whitefield township Marshall County Illinois warn residents to refrain from leaving wood machinery refuse bottles glass hedge cuttings in the highway Hedge heights must meet legal limits and hedges along roadsides should be cut accordingly
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Bogner
J. M. Barnes
Roy Hill
Commissioners of Highways
Whitefield Township
Marshall County
Illinois
Third Annual Automobile Show Opens in Peoria Coliseum
The Peoria Automobile Dealers association hosts the third annual show from March 12 to 15 at the Peoria Coliseum. Officials promise the event will be the biggest and best yet, with a record crowd expected to view new pleasure and commercial cars, both gasoline and electric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria Automobile Dealers’ Association
Peoria
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Eaunt
Camp Grove, Ill
Sparland Department
Halsey Monier
Wm. Macon’s
Willard Rickey
C. D. Marshall
E. Jb’ Royce
Bert McLaughlin
Edn Shafer
Raymond
Missouri
Iowa
McLaughlia
P. H. Beck
Wakelee, Mich
T. J. Segraves
A. J
LA Prairie
Rupert Turnbull, Jr
Calla McCartney
Robert Hall, Jr
Andrew Turnbull
Anna Mae
Estella Calder
Wm. Scott
Woman’s Missionary Society of the
U. P. Church
Anna Madison
Violet Burnett
Speer
John K. Burnett
Mary Turnbull
Eugene
Cora Scott
Dorothy Scott
Lucy Gallup
Epworth League
Turnbull School
B. Reynolds
A. J. Ironmonger
Adv
Thomas Ryan
John Malone
Bradyville
James Murphy
Wm. Gill, Jr
Valley
Lenox
Mary
Elizabeth Malone
John McManus
Saratoga
Miss Rodgers
Marie Barnes
James Monier
Champaign
Sadie
Morgan Meyers
Nero
Rome
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Bloomfield, N. J
Charles B. Allen
Sylvania
Adyv
Bucklen
John Deye
Gladwin, Mich
Ady
Royal Baking Powder
Golden Medical ‘Discovery
Bradford, Ill
D. J. Owens
A. B. Foster
Carey
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