Sparland Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Events
Residents recall Sunday visits from Charles Gapen and Harold Smith while Mrs Jarman and son Harry toured Chillicothe. C B Cartwright hosted friends, and Rev Chessman delivered a fine sermon. Leslie Barr spent weekend with family from Peoria. Community reports praise abstinence pledge and Captain Hoofstettler's talks. School superintendents mapped an annual contest to Washburn with Sparland next year. Misbehavior at the depot led to police action and fines.
Washington Birthday Oration and Sparland Lecture Highlights
Sparland readers heard Rev. H W Burger defend Washington's legacy with fresh gems in a stirring farewell address. The Sparland Lecture Course closed with Beilharz entertainers Jane Hudson Beilharz and Noah Beilharz praised for musical education, stage presence, and prolific performances.
Local Notes and Social Nods From Small-Town Life
Miss May Gillett recovers and stays alone again. Ladies Aid met with Mrs. Dunlap. Bessie Ray hosted Elgin of Peoria. Nettie Porch visits relatives, Oscar McLaughlin family with Mrs. Harvey near Chillicothe. New smokestacks mean miners enjoy a half holiday. Wade Tanquary visits Henry with Curt’s parents. Otto Frank works at the lumber yard. Beitzs visit from Pekin to see Mr. Trumpeter. Mrs. Francis attends church. Mabel Gehr back from Henry. Town board met in session. two topics Temperance and Dancing. Electric lights out Tuesday. residents light lamps. Gypsies pass through town northbound. Saloon ready for business. town debates potential dry year. Bertha Christman at home. Lizzie Simpson stays with her. Joe Robinson’s family leaves for Iowa. Bert McLaughlin takes an idle day. true to habit at times. Thunder shower Friday. rain needed to replenish cisterns. Mary Tanner returns from Kewanee. Sparland favored by many. Mrs. Della Thatcher and daughters from Lacon visit Aunt Phoebe Emler. like coming home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Gillett
Ladies’ Aid Society
Dunlap
Bessie Ray
Mr. Elgin
Peoria
Nettie Porch
Wyoming
Oscar McLaughlin
Harvey
Chillicothe
Wade Tanquary
Henry
Curt
Otto Frank
Will Beitz
Pekin
Trumpeter
Orrin Frisbey
Joe Robinson
Iowa
Bert McLaughlin
Mary Tanner
Kewanee
Sparland
Della Thatcher
Lacon
Phoebe Emler
Local notices and community events in Minooka update
Mr Barr ships to East Peoria Edward's Station and other points as weather hints at planting potatoes. Ruby Olson recovers slowly from a serious fracture. Mystic Workers hold a special meeting this winter. Temperance meetings continue with broad interest. Bart Schafer receives five stitches after a stone hit during marble play. Mr DelValle seeks 25 for a fall injury claim. Walter White moves to Mr O'Leary's and a new implement house is planned near Bert McLaughlin's shop. Community activities fill evenings with revival, temperance, band practice, lodges, and socials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter White
Mr. O'Leary
Rooney
Nebraska
Mattie Walker
Verna
Simpson
Minooka
Helping Hand Society
Bart Schafer
Peoria Visit Highlights Local Social Roundup
John Pringle and Miss Jennie Pringle visited Peoria while Beulah Reynolds returns from Normal for spring vacation. Eunice Durham stayed with Lacon relatives and Ada Aitchison travels to Toulon. A. J. McCartney suffers la grippe. Rev. Peterson lectured on Ben Hur at the town hall. Hester June Collins is ill. James Burnett hosts March 9 reception. Edith Morrison and Elizabeth Manock visit from Los Angeles. Lois McCulloch travels to Chillicothe. Christie Reynolds noted among local greetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beulah Reynolds
Herbert Wilson
Edith Morrison
Elizabeth Manock
Los Angeles
Cal
Charles Scoon
Visit Ends As Relatives See Visitor Off Toward Boulder
After an extended visit with relatives in this vicinity, the party departed for their home in Boulder, Colorado, the first of the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boulder
Col
Local Moves Mark Changes for Coming Season
Several residents relocated their farms and homes for the new season. Notable moves include A A Webber to Castleton and Isaac Sutton to the Webber place, with subsequent swaps by Van Ostrand and Mannon. Also reported are injuries from farm machinery as Charles Loller returned home, and Riley Diverbiss suffering hand and finger injuries while operating a corn shredder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga
Charles Loller
Charles Holmes
Riley Diverbiss
A. A. Webber
Castleton
Isaac Sutton
Webber Place
Link van Ostrand
Sutton
John Mannon
Bocock
Stark County
Clarence Robinson
Robert Daniels
Robinson
Mr. Ballenslefen
Daniels
Lowry Copple
Indianapolis
Ind
Harrison House
Goose Lake
Frank Baker
Colligan
Camp Grove
Frank Klein
Henry
Joe Johnson
Klein
John Burton
Johnson
James Bundown
Valley Township
Fred Applen
Putnam County
Owen Doyle
Carl
Richard Kelley
Peoria
Glen
Anna Thumma
Robert Kelley
Will Smart
Missouri
Adam Staab
Charley Bonn
Chillicothe
Will
Charley Holmes
Mr. Hart
Dr. Blough
Local Notes Highlight Courthouse News And Socials
South Milo visitors and neighbors share notes on social visits and a forthcoming wedding. Probate matters appear with wills and real estate transfers listed, including multiple transfers in Lacon Toluca and La Prairie. A barber of notices closes with postal reform timing and a local ad for Woolford’s Sanitary Lotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Ludlum
Della B. Ludlum
Fillmore H. Calder
George W. McCartney
Baron S. Harper
Sherman Sperry
Sec
Belle Plain
Eli T. Way
Martin Locke
Lacon
Dudley M. Martin
Christina Marshall
Mary Riddell
la Prairie
Minnie Root
Charles Smith
James C. Smith
William Smith
Charlotte Duncan
Robert Smith
Robert E. Smith
James Smith
William A. Smith
W. G. Shafer
John W. Fosster
Luca
John Glant
Henry Siems
Hopewell
Clara Breen
Peter Peters
Toluca
Timothy Hunt
Flora Sweet
Henry
Theo. Barker
William G. Cahill
Saratoga
Mary Hoge
Wenona
Mary Donnelly
Catherine Birmele
Herman Hassler
Henry Fisher
D. H. Gregg
Ed Underwood
Michael Bohlander
Roy Farlin
Deer Creek
and _Netlie Sheppard
la Rose
Howard Stroup
Lottie Defenbaugh
Edward ‘Colson
Richland
Allie Carlson
Epworth League Plans Sunday Service and Kansas Sendoff
Epworth League holds service Sunday evening at 7:30 with Floyd Turner as next Sunday's leader. Miss Carrie Turner attended Sunday school at Boyd's Grove and leaves for Kansas Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Floyd Turner
Christ
Carrie Turner
Boyd’s Grove
Kansas
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DR. Kinc
F. G. Huntley
Oaklanden
the Burial League of the
United States Capital Stock
Office
Charles Clifford Doran
Henry, Ill
the Avery
Kingman
McLaughlin Bros
Ill
Chicago Veterinary
Chicago
Illinois
Sparland Department
J. R. Bouton
Henry Republican
Anan
Charles Gapen
Ottawa
Harold Smith
William Smith Sr
Jesse Reinbeck
C. B Cartwright
Clarence Jarman
Harry
Dorsey and Belsly
J. H. Hoofstitler
John Mitchell
United States
Andrew Aitchison
Texas
Hoofstettler
Will Green
Perry
Washburn
Chas
Elmer Olson
Fred Hill
Justice Zimmerman
Sniritz
Mrs
Washington
Rev. Burger
Town Hall
Beilharz
Jane Hudson
Professor Root
John Pringle
Jennie Pringle
New York
South Milo
Allen Moffitt
Clara
John McLane
Winnie Taylor
Edna Smith
Albert McKoor
Abingdon
Amree Longman
Alma Hill
Ella Shorts
Maud Moffitt
Thomas McLane
Lash
Eisie Bentley
Court House News
Woolford
Joh & F
A. Powell
Congress
Bears
Castoria
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