Sparland Scribes Share Local News And A Spring Wedding
Sparland items report visitors from Henry and Lacon, church activities, Red Cross work, school notes, and a February 27 wedding for Anna Mae Calder to Lyman Robinson of Blue Ridge. The couple, after a reception, left for Chicago and will settle on the Robinson homestead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev. Waters
Ayaa
Chillicothe
Chicago
Robinson Homestead
Blue Ridge
Anna Bradford
Denver
Cole
Lewis Armstrong
Peoria
Mabel Webber
Lacon
Julius Bullock
Princeville
Charles Timmons
Edelstein
Brown
Sparland School
Local Notes From Steuben County Visit and Illnesses
Frances Pearson and child visited family, carpentry at Mrs. Compton’s house, Ila Hodge recovered from measles, Fred Nighsanger’s Arizona letters note poor health. Grover Heckard and family dined with Mrs. Laura Heckard, Monier brothers ship cattle to Chicago, Callie Lane visiting Havana relatives, Lloyd Hoadley seriously ill with appendicitis at Henry hospital. Residents hope state roads and coal issues addressed. John Cornell gravely ill at Henry hospital. Lila Tanner Duncan reports Brown chills recovery. Amine, 16, boards with family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Pearson
Putnam
John Parsong
James Compton
Ila Hodge
Ola Hunt
Fred Nighsanger
Arizona
Grover Heckard
Laura Heckard
Lacon
Newell
Monier
Chicago
Callie Lane
Bernard
Havana
Louis Nighsanger
Lloyd Hoadley
Henry Hospital
John Cornell
Lila Tanner Duncan
Madison
Wis
Webb Tanner
Amine
Local notes from Lacon and vicinity on March weather and activities
Muddy roads hinder travel as residents report illnesses and community events. Amine excels in school while Miss Mary Dever donates a large block to Lacon public schools for a memorial, and Allen Ford prepares for Camp Dodge before serving in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Winder
Lyle Schupp
George Waughop
Grace Miles
Red Town
Fred Klein
Saratoga
South Whitefield
Alfred Betts
William Gray
Rowe Homestead
Kansas City
Prather
Edna Miles
Sparland
Bonham
Dwyer
Harrington
William Moore
Harold Ball
Pace
Co. E. Smith
Whitefield
Mary Clark
Lacon Journal
Lacon Public Schools
Mary Dever
Lacon
W.H. Ford
Allen
Camp Dodge
Iowa
France
Youngstown
Ohio
Phillip Doane
No. 11
Misa Maggie Thom
Alton
Streator
Woodford County
Miss Thom
Alfred Thom
Minoak
Richard Maxwell
Masons
Ed McMahon
Champaign
Fred Baker
Sullivan
Bradley Land Co
Peoria
Baker
George Schimp
William van Patten
Boarland
Court House News Roundup Confessions Transcripts and Estates
Court entries list several court actions including confessions in cases J A Simpson vs Retters Kathryn Selters vs Cusac and others, and transcripts in several Ryan related suits. Estates of Henry Zilm and William Oberholtzer proceed with appraisements and final settlements. administration and bonds set. real estate transfers and marriage licenses noted. Advertisements include a testimonial for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Simpson
John and
Mary Retter
Barnes, Magoon & Black
Sieg Iron Company
Francis Ryan
Tracey & Tracey
Kathryn, Selters
T. G
Cusac
Henry B. Jacobs
B. D. Richmond
Frank Colligan
F. E. Ryan
Lena Lakemper
Anna L. Conover
Almanac 1918 Practical Encyclopedia for Farmers
The International Harvester Company released the 1918 Almanac, a practical encyclopedia with hundreds of facts absent elsewhere. It covers war bread, cold pack canning, tractor horsepower, plow draft, valve grinding, and more, with a five color cover showing a modern farm scene and a ship inserted inside the cover promoting U S war savings stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Harvester Company
U. S
The Pareumonia Season Ad Page Warning
The cold damp weather of March favors pneumonia. Get rid of a cold quickly and take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy at first sign of a cold. Value of this preparation is well known from users. Ad suggests its use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Coal and Communion Wm Jones
Churches unite under fuel shortage urging wider fellowship. Downers Grove and nearby communities hold joint services to three months of shared worship while fuel limits push ecumenical cooperation in wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Downer’s Grove
Chicago
Our Methodist Church
New Hampshire
St. Johns
Baptist
Methodist
Aaron
Hermon
Zion
Jehovah
Supervisors to Meet in Lacon Illinois in March
The Marshall County Illinois Board of Supervisors will convene at the courthouse in Lacon on Tuesday March 12 1918 at 1 30 PM. Every bill must be itemized sworn to and filed with the county clerk by noon the Saturday before the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poe
Nevermore
Walter Smith
Milford Marshall
Vivian Evang
Woulie Osborne
Sree
Dolly Dimples
Toluca
Lacon
Board of Supervisors
Marshall County
Illinois
Court House
Lawrence D. Gregory
County
Clark
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the Republican
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Sparland Department
John Long
Yias
Minnie Tanquary
Florence Webber
Henry
G. &. Moore
Babes
Wc, Marshall
Mabelle Yirhall
Oene John Cornell
Tor
EB. T. Harmeson
Harmeson
Fay Harmeson
Block & Kuhl’s
Ixt
Peoria J
Margaret Webber
Hester Collins
Nellie Aitchison
LaVeta Root
Harold Roat
I Peoria
Snday School Board
F. H. Gehr
Della Taylor
Delbert Taylor
Vivian Evans
William Aitchison
Leila Maxwell
Venita Sparr
Bernice Hoskins
Mary Riddell
Monmouth
Frank Marshall
F H Gehr
Nellie Tanquary
Fred Blackwell
Maballe Gehr
C. D. Marshall
Elizabeth Marland
Jane Rae
Ethel Frisbey
William Hoadley
Dennis
Royce
Wes
Lloyd
Tenth Regiment of Home Guards
Springfield
P. A
Cecil Parsons
Mary Bussell
Winnie Macon
McCartney
Miss Hastings
L. N. Osborne
J. C. Ohiman
Grant Royce
Robert Bussell
Waters
LaPrairie M. H
Bethel
Epworth League
Deaconess Hospital
Bowlin
The
Red Cross
Epworth
Wallace J. Black
Schureman
Lacon Home Journal
Mark
League
Red Croass
M. EB
Red Cross Chapter
Sparland Marseillaise
Rouget de Lisle
Faust
Merle Gallup
Holy Land
B. S. Foster
Holy City
Tulinois
Oscar Retainer
Ethel Watkins
Marie O'Leary Robinson-Calder
Public Service Co
Northern
Marseillaise
Gounod Red Cross
Sand
Marie O’leary
Etda
T. J. Segraves
Henry Opera House
William Duncan
Vitagraph
Frank Daniels
Capt
Jink
Court House News
Circuit Court
William Oberholtzer
Frank—Lautaniwifte
Edgar Brunski
Wenona
Andre
Josephine Randich
E. Gaylord Ball
Santa Fe
Harry Bergenz
Dominick Antonacci
Duggan
Louis A. Howard
Frank E Moffett
Bond
Frank E. Moffett
John Extrem
A. E. Tracey
W. D. Smith
Susan Clark
Mary A. McMahon
Outlet 8
Wyman Robinson
Pune
May Calder
LaPrairie
J. &. Easley
Macon
Ill
Advt
Wm Jones
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