Our Sister Towns in Lacon and Surroundings
Nellie Sims is very ill with consumption. Several locals visit relatives in Peoria Toluca and Chicago. Jennie Long becomes teacher in first primary. The Epworth League plans memorial service for John Wastre Ay Jotcresting program. Nettie Owensoo marries Wm Thorner in Lacon. Geof Johnson dies suddenly at the woolen mill. Peter Holler’s wife is found shot. murder charge bound over to grand jury. Funeral held for the victim at the Catd D alta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Sims
Gr. Blackstone
Peoria
Lacon
Moche
Washburn
Whiff
A. J. Bell
Manito
M. A. Smith
Ida
Bue
Ida Twist
Toluca
Howard
Joncas
St Louis
Alvah Drakes
Chicago
Susie Hastings
Jennie Long
Julia Green
Polly Miller
Mua
Ama
Court House
H. Thirkell
Btella
Minnie
West
Mia Piper
Pennsylvania
R H Myers
Johnson
Jos Theidohir
de Long
Epworth League
M. E
John Wastey
League
Nettie Ovensoo
Wm Thorner
Lacoa
Rey J A Johnson
Geof Johnson
Thia
Mra
R. B. Edwards
Peter Holler
AfcMurthie
Peter Soller
Local Notes From LA PRAIRIE CENTRE Center
Eva Eraking Burnett visits Chicago and T E Scott goes to Peoria. Dr Gale called from Lacon to visit Mrs Cald well. Helen Leigh hired to teach No 5 School and fill Jennie Long's Lacon vacancy. Will Scott returns from Views with cousin's wedding news. Stephen G Bradford dies after two weeks of suffering and burial set after a Sunday service. A bouquet rests on the casket as friends mourn the passing of a beloved figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Eraking Burnett
Chicago
T. E Scott
Peoria
Gale
Lacon
O. Caldwell
H. Simmons
Swegitman
Lawn Ridge
Helen Leigh
No. 5
Jennie Long
Miss Long
Will Scott
Williob Dodd
John Carter
Stephen G. Bradford
Ita
Miller
Local Advertisements and Social Notes From Sparland
Van Antwerp Co promotes new ware and notions with window shades at 25 percent cheaper prices. Mrs Ed Crebore visits with husband and friends. Mrs T E Gapen of Ottawa and Mrs Theodore Blackman of Peoria visit. A new flat train on CR I & P arrives mail from the west. Doctor H Teamer ill with malarial fever. Joseph Chamberlin moves tools to Zimmerman's shop for blacksmith work. Rev Bally preaches at Baptist church. praise for potential year. LaPrairie center watch presentation honors Richard Davidson of the LaPrairie Insurance Co. Miss Martin of Peoria sings at Baptist and M E services. a May tour is planned for further performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VanAntwerp & Co's
Ed Crebore
Bethel
van Antwerp & Co
T. E Gapen
Ottawa
Theodore Blackman
Peoria
H Teamer
T van Antwerp & Co
Sparland
Joseph Chamberlin
Zimmerman
Bally
LaPrairie Center
Richard Davidson
LaPrairie Fine
Local Sales and House Transfers Mark Week in Bradford Area
L M Ball sold a horse at Bradford last Monday and Fred and Frank Raymond bought a table and dishes at the Duffield sale. Dolt Shafer moved from the Hunt house to the Ilurrla place and Elmer Dolly vacated a house, with Peter Bell moving in. An entertainment by Sabbath school scholars is planned at Center during the last week in March with outside talent and a small door fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coere
Putnam News Mixed With Church Events And Local Incidents
Putnam reports visiting relative of Dr Bean in Chicago and a school closure in Henkies district with a move to Streator. A youth named Jerry Drake suffers head injuries from a road incident. No church preaching last Sabbath and a ME church box supper underwhelms. Senachwine grange eyes pasture rental near an Indian burial ground to pasture a goat amid warnings and dangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra Kelso
Drs Bean
Chi Ico
John Brackenbes
Henkies
Jerry Drake
Br Toad
Putnam
Putnam School
May Ray
Henry
Senachwine Grange
Goatahip
Reynolds Bros Ladies' Fine Shoes Sold In Henry Market
N. B.-J. H. Jones & Son remains the sole holder of Reynolds Bros Ladies' Fine Shoes in Henry, offering the brand at their shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. B
J. H. Jones & Son
Henry
Reynolds Bros
WCTU Talent Night at Christale Church March 19
The Women’s Christian Temperance Union presents a center talement at Christale church on Thursday evening March 19 with instrumental music board declamation and multiple performers led by Marshall Downey and others. The program includes singing solos by Myrtle Williams Laura Carrall and Mable Sparling among many acts ending with an amateur theatrical The Fruits of the Wine Cup admission 15 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nis
Wrange
WCTU
Chriatale Church
Marshall Downey
Millie Downey
Effie Bracken
Lillie Drake
Myrtle Williams
Mable Sparling
Mable Hunter
Laura Carrall
Belle
Shimel
Hiram Bracken
Joho Sparling
caal _ Chas Balley
W .A. Hunter
Alger
Jesimiah
Joho Bracken
Andrews Sam Bracken
Kate Hamilton
Mamie Parker
Sarah
Belle Condit
Mary Blanche Kelao
Flora Belle Shimel
Winter illnesses and local moves in West Oxbow notes
MraC H Ransom suffers grip like illness, Julia Kine and Nick Kline report minor ailments, Charlie Chance and others move homes. Calven Shields and Deassie Hoager recover, Lim and wife arrive, Seaton School closes with talk of reopening. Community sleigh rides noted and local hog butchering planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrac H. Ransom
Charlie Ransom
Julia Kine
Nick Kine
Deassie Hoager
Wm Ransom
Katie
Hennepin
Calven Shields
Ed. Phillips Sr
Henry
Nick Kline
Ben Law
Rob King
Mae Zoenor
Julia Kitne
Als Nick Kilne
Charlie Chance
Bays House
Lim
Misa Seaton
Calvin Shields
Wonder Worker Heals With King's New Discovery
Burlington Ohio man Frank Huffman once told two physicians his consumption was incurable. After using Dr King's New Discovery for coughs and colds he recovered from inability to walk to full health. Trial bottle free at Dr Powell's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Huffman
Burlington
Ohio
Dr King
Wedding Rumor and Local Notices in the Bow
Rumor hints a wedding soon in the Bow with Magnolia clerk able to confirm. Several residents move, teach, or recover from illness. updates include Lindsey Feaster back from Nebraska, Mre Ransom and Kate back from Hennepio, Mrs Witty ill with liver inflammation, Lulu Hillabrand recovering from chicken pox, and a string of school term updates in Mathis district and Union. Also notes about deafness treatment claim and Hall's Catarrh Cure promotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bow
Magnolia
Lindsey Feaster
Nebraska
Mre Ransom
Kate
Hennepio
Witty
N J Mathias
Lulu Hillabrand
Mr Davis
Silas King
Silaas
Hall
F. J Cheney & Co
Toledo
Local Happenings and Notices from Wenona and Nearby Areas
Community events include lectures by Oliver Wilson for the Grange in Mason County and a Modern Woodmen entertainment with a temperance drama. Local farming moves include Charley Danielson renting Everitt farm and several horse shipments to Nebraska. Obituary notes mourn Mrs Lucy Gibson of Evans Town, a pioneer of Sandy, with details of her marriages and descendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quaker Lane
David Wilson
Lara Stargrove
Wenons
Oliver Wilson
Grange
Mason County
C. Tomlinson
A. Given
A. Mills
M. A. Wilson
Henry
Clark
Nebraska
Isaac Wierman
Wenona
Henry Merritt
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Ing
South Adams
Ill
Henry Republican
Whitefield
H. Jones & Son
Mom
W Michioer
Barr
Ber Will Fodbe
Lake Bundey
Anne Sparling
Mathis
Jeasie Emens
Union
Mra W. C . . Forrest
Missour
Shela
Campbell Shields
Caladonia
Minnie Ray
Cook
Charley Danielson
Everitt Farm
Charley
Mangnolia Lodge
Magnolia Lodge
Grace Price
Center
Center Literary Society
Granville
Granville School
Lee Hodge
Wenonna
Streator
Muskatine
Iowa
Warren County
Beary
Stagnolia
Evans Town
Lucy Gibson
Mra Gibson
Bradford County
Sandy
la Salle County
George Martin
Aaron G
Sylvia A
Kirkpatrick
James Gibson
Bennington
Indiana
Isabel
Wm. H. Parkinson
Gibson
Lemuel Gaylord
Cumberland Cemetery
Ortwoere Gibson
Israel
Rebecca Wilkinson
Rownsvalley Ind
Powell Druggists
Henry Hi
Pitcher’s Castoria
Castoria
Tanie
Broan Remewer
W. Cole & Co
Black River Falls
Wis
J.B
F. A. Powel
South Adams St
New Orleans
Rio
Gillett's
U Motion Sketts Lee Leip
Buffalo
Olive
Ives Family
Harney Bros. Natural
Ivory
Kirk's
Japan
Sylvan Remedy Co
Main St
J H. Atkinson
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