Local Social Notes From Sparland and Peoria Visits
Sparland society records a string of visits and hometown news. Residents including Miss Dease Leary, Mrs. Riddell, Mrs. Duncan, Miss Ray, Mrs. Rowley, and the Marshall family are seen in Peoria, with others touring theatres, shows, and hospitals. Morris Holmes returns from Florida. several families plan moves to Florida or Iowa. town residents attend Odd Fellows events and church entertainments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dease Leary
Peoria
Wm. Riddell
Lottie Duncan
N. W. B. McCartney
Panny Ray
Anna Evans
Delbert Taylor
Odd Fellows
Harry Rowley
Henry
Delbert Marshall
Ed Tanquary
Steuben
Frida
Addison Tanquary
Leila Maxwell
Harry Seibold
Scott Osborne
Anna Suft
Helen
Henry Suft
Chillicothe
Waugh Dunlap
Murdock
Spring Valley
H. Campbell
The
Baptist Church
Morris Holmes
Florida
John
Wesley Marland
James Hill
MrHverett Simpson
Wm. Anderson
Woodland
Lamar
Varna
Delbert
Marshall
Chicago
Rocker Grate Company
Coliseum
Curt
Languary
Iose Duncan
Jesse
Young Men Banquet at Steuben Town Hall Sparland Event
Last Friday evening Sparland youths hosted a banquet for local young women at the Steuben town hall. The Gentlemen led the program with James Hill singing and dancing to enthusiastic audience response, followed by Everett Simpson’s bass solo A Thousand Fathoms Deep and a lively reading by Rev. McLeish amid hearty applause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steuben Town Hall
Sparland
James Hill
Everett Simpson
Thousand Fathoms Deep
Rev. McLeish
Sparland Concert and Local News Highlights
A chorus quartet entertained with Love's Old Sweet Song and a piano piece by Wesley Marland, with a lively Irish story segment and a five course supper hosted by Mrs. Olson. Postmaster Frank Van Antwerp toasted the ladies, Elsie Gehr recited a children’s poem, and Rev. McLeish led toasts. In South Whitefield a severe storm began the 14th, with seven inches of snow and rising creeks, while residents report recoveries and visits among Sparland locals including Miss Anna Ely and Mr. and Mrs. Milby Marshall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill
Marland
Smith
Fin
Wesley Marland
Everett Simpson
Wesley
Prof
St. Patrick
Elsie Gehr
Sparland
Efere
South Whitefield
Alex Wunder
Anna Ely
I’. Schupp
la’ Con
Sparland Pageant Toasts Our Girls and Boys at Celebration
A Sparland social features toasts by Harry Seibold praising progress, Miss Mabelle Gehr and Mrs. Halsey Monier giving tributes to the reporters and hosts, with musical entertainment by Hacker orchestra, St Patrick decorations, and late-night singing of America. Dr Kings New Life Pills advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Seibold
Sparland
Anna Suft
Mabelle Gehr
Halsey Monier
St. Patrick
America
Webbers Spend Saturday Night at Castleton Home
Ivan and Rena Webber were at their Castleton home Saturday night. Mrs. Carter Shearer has returned from St. Paul and is recovering well from her operation. A large yellow dog roaming west of town Thursday was thought to be mad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Miles
C. Hunt
Chesney
Ernest
Hunt
D. Marshall
Scott Osborne
Homer Whitmer
Bonham School
Frank
Gertrude Pearson
Julius Meister
Wheeler
Ind
Ivan
Henry Republican
Lacon Area News Highlights and Local Moves
Local notes from LA PRAIRIE and Lacon Journal detail incidents in Thomas Gubbins' yard and neighbor calls, a teacher resignation, medical operations in Peoria, and family visits. Social events include L. L. C. party plans, reorganized Ladies' Aid, and multiple visits, with a focus on new dwellings, a printing venture by Fred and Bob Hacker, and political notes in Marshall county.
Joley's Honey and Tar Compound Endorsed for Coughs
An advertisement promotes Joley's Honey and Tar Compound as a reliable remedy for lingering coughs caused by cold and la grippe. It claims to heal the cause, soothe inflamed air passages, and check the cold, urging readers to refuse substitutes and keep the product on hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joley
A. J. Tronmonger
Court House News probate and criminal notes from Marshall county
Probate items include guardian report approval for Maupin minors and will admissions for Mary Berry and James A. Riley with bond. Adjudications in estate matters, conservator discharge petitions, and a 50 dollar cost security filing. Criminal cases have guilty pleas for Sanger and Coatney with jail time and fines. Real estate transfers listed between multiple owners in Marshall county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Maupin
Ora Maupin
Margaret Maupin
Guardian
David M. Hall
Cumberland Cemetery Association
George Ogle & Co
State of Illinois
Harley Sanger
Marshall County
Mary Berry
James A. Riley
Theodore Bickerman
Circuit Court of
James K. Wesner
Lovina A. Wesner
Grant Coatney
State of
Illinois
Harry Luft
Burnett quit claim deed to Monier in La Prairie
Walter Burnett and wife transfer warranty deed for section 1 in La Prairie to John H. Monier. The document notes A. Glossner of Rochester, New York, as recipient. Includes testimonial about Foley Kidney Pills curing a long kidney ailment, with claims of back pain relief and improved health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J
John H. Monier
Wilmino Monier
la Prairie
United States
Francis B. Drake, Jr
Steuben
Henry Marshall
John J. Flynn
Michael Engelbrecht
John Bngelbrecht
Lombard
Henry
Jenneth E. Hunt
Wm. H. Dunn
Lacon
Nels F. Carlson
John Prestin
Albert Foster
Thomas B. Foster
Evans
George L. Schultz
Via Hunt
Robert T. Scoon
Walter Burnett
Gerd Dornbush
John M. Dornbush
Bennington
Henry Dornbush
Hezekiah R. Trim
George L
Hopewell
F. F. Thierry
Bernard Haugens
Herman A. Reiners
C. E. Flesburg
Venona
Marian J. French
Dawson G. Judd
George H. Martin
Frank EB. Wilson
S Road
William W. Twist
Frank L. Carrithers
Wm. W. Twist
Carl M. Carrithers
Joseph O. Hill
George A. Burt
Willis Hugene Rickey
Mary E. Swartz
Mary F. Everly
Downey
Wenona
C. BE. Vernay
S. D
Thompson
Theodore Alfonso Seelye
Roger T. Rowe
Benjamin
Wm. Horrocks
Gus F. Hawksworth
Whitefield
James Burnett
Walter
C. A. Glossner
Ontario St
Rochester
N. Y
Foley
A. J.ronmonger
Lawn Ridge Community Notes March Happenings
Local items report Asa Jones a new baby boy born Tuesday March 5 to Mr and Mrs Asa Jones. Various residents move or adjust homes and farms including Harry Coyle moving to Beaton place with Mrs Coyle using crutches. Wm Budde buys Van Tessel forty for 3000 from Bourland of Peoria. James McQuilken baled straw. Samuel Perkins shipped cattle to Chicago. Neighbors market corn at Speer and Donath moves to Nurse farm. Jack Donath party arrives safely in Wisconsin. Irving Stevens baling straw for self and neighbors amid good prices. Estas Wilson visits Peoria triggering bachelor chatter. Newton Bragg visits Brimfield. Irv expanding harness business. Heavy late winter snow, ground hogs praised, spring nap forecast. Rev A B Curtis to preach Sundays April 7 and 14. townsfolk hopeful he stays if health permits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawn Ridge
Asa Jones
Harry Coyle
Beaton Place
William Wilcox
Charles Goodrich
Perry Wilson
Speer
Charles Donath
Jack
Jack Donath
Wisconsin
Irving Stevens
Peoria
Estas Wilson
Newton Bragg
Brimfield
Irving
Irv
A. B. Curtis
Safe gentle Rexall Orderlies urged for children's bowels
An advertisement warns against ordinary pills and purgatives for children and promotes Rexall Orderlies as the safest remedy. It claims the product causes no diarrhea or nausea, acts mildly yet positively on the bowel, and restores normal activity. Availability is at the Rexall store in Henry through A. J. Ironmonger with three package sizes priced 10, 25, and 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie White
Memphis
Tenn
R. Y. Pierce
Pierce
Rexall
Rexall Orderlies
Henry
A. J. Ironmonger
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the Republica
Sparland Department
Sulky
Litchfield
Iowa
Marseilles
DM. McLaughlin
Sparland, Tll
Milby Marshall
George Rickey
Dr. King
A. J. Ironmonger’s
T. J. Segraves
Scott's
Scott
Thomas Gubbins
Charles Winne
Milan Holmes
Canada
Harry Holmes
Harry
Ruth Turnbull
Hunter and Caldwell
Marshall and Stevenson
Blue Ridge
Ralph
Ruth Greene
Lucie Calder
Blanche Davidson
James Blackwell
Adelbert Caldwell
Glen Filmore
Ralph Greene
Camp
Grove
James Winne
Lucille Hannum
Leona Bushawn
Thomas O'Brien
Bernard Seminary
Patrick
Mamie Gill
M. Ryan
Celestine
Thomas Riley
Proctor Hospital
James Hickey
Blough
Ed Stang
John Spurybell
Lacon Journal
Fred
Bob Hacker
Indiana Harbor
W. H. Wilson
Wilson
Evans Township
Eliza C. Maleham
Joseph
Charles Maleham
Maleham
Parratt
Farmer City
H. S. Wescott
Georgia Ford
Jay Fairbanks
Miss Ford
M. Ong
Holgar Brask
Mrs. Brask
Court House News
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