Sparland Personal Notes Highlight Local Travels
Miss Minnie Olson visited Chilli cothe on Wednesday. Fred Hill spent a few hours in Peru Sunday. Mrs. George Kear traveled to Moline last week to visit relatives. Minnie and Ruby Olson shopped in Lacon Friday. Ellen and Eva Hoadley visited relatives in Toulon this week. No Mystic meeting Friday evening due to no lights. Essie Hoadley is in the countryside this week helping Mrs. Wiley with housecleaning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Olson
Chillicothe
Fred Hill
Peru
George Kear
Moline
Minnie
Ruby Olson
Lacon
Ellen
Eva Hoadley
Toulon
Essie Hoadley
Wiley
Local notes from Peoria parish and area events
Dr Bourland of Peoria gave a missionary address at the M E church on Sunday evening. Numerous residents from Lacon and nearby towns visited relatives, with updates on illness recovery, trips, and social visits. A new automobile arrived in town and local merchants advertised goods and services while mail carriers welcomed earlier routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bourland
Peoria
M. E. Church
Armenian student shares customs and wedding rites in church
A young Armenian student in America spoke at the M.B. church on Friday and Sunday. He lectured free of charge and Monday evening with a 20c admission, describing his country’s customs and Turkey’s massacres that claimed two of his brothers and his escape to seek safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Turkey
Easter program and church notices in small town
Bruce Wilson shows steady improvement as Easter church program planned for Sunday with children and choir. Also announcements of concerts at Barnes Hall Camp Grove April 1, local sickness updates, housing moves, and a Republican caucus nominating a ticket for local offices.
Saved a Soldier's Life in the Civil War Tale
Kemp Texas resident J A Stone recalls choosing death over consumption until Dr King s New Discovery cured his chronic cough and loss of weight He regained to 178 pounds promising relief for colds la grippe asthma hemorrhage hoarseness croup whooping cough and lung trouble Trial bottle free 50c 1 00 guaranteed by local druggists A J Ironmonger and T J Segraves
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Stone
Kemp
Texas
A. J. Ironmonger
T. J. Segraves
March Weather and Local Happenings in South Whitefield
County Superintendent E F Perry visited schools in the area last week as March weather delights residents. Farmers kept busy shelling corn and sawing wood. Mrs Walter Holler and baby Glenn returned from a visit home. Eschorn family joined them for a few days. Mail delivery now arriving earlier, pleasing patrons. Anna Ely quit school to help with spring housework. R Waughop of Henry visited his sons here. Jimmy Ray is convalescing. his sister Janey undergoes another appendicitis operation in Peoria. The family faces ongoing difficulties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. F. Perry
Walter Holler
Baby Glenn
Eschorn
Anna Ely
R. Waughop
Henry
Jimmy Ray
Miss Janey
Peoria
Local notes on health, visitors, ducks and frogs
Sickness and anxiety affect several residents as visits occur between families in Canton and nearby homes. Joe Bly suffered eye injury risking loss of sight from a dry weed. doctors pursued saving the eye with uncertain outcome. Duck shooting resumes with uneven success while frogs sing early, hinting at cold waves ahead. A famous Lincoln shooter praised Foley's Kidney Pills after kidney and bladder relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev. Rist
Alfred Betts
H. Rowley
Opal
Canton
Charles Hunt
Horrom
Hunt
Joe Bly
Mr. Ely
J. VanAntwerp
Osborne & VanAntwerp
Osborne
Lincoln
Ill
Foley
A, J
Camp Grove Briefs and Local Notices
A sad accident near W James Owens home as Cliff Haws of Henry drove by and ran over Owens dog. The Camp Grove baseball club reorganized under Joe Clark president John King secretary and Wm Gill treasurer with grounds crew tidying the park and a repainted grand stand. Season tickets on sale and an Andrews Otto Concert set for April 1 at Barnes hall with 25c admission. Bradford Nelson to Canova South Dakota for work. Several residents in town and visitors from Peoria noted. Tax collector James O'Brien returned Saratoga tax books showing 11575.15 total and 275.60 delinquent. Funeral attendance for Mrs John Mellenti in Bradford. For sale 50 bushels Early Ohio seed potatoes. Eggs for hatching from a select Rhode Island Red pen this April and May 75 cents for 17 eggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Grove
James Owens
Cliff Haws
Henry
Brady Bros
Slumber Ridge
Andrews-Otto Concert Co
Barnes Hall
Saratoga
Bradford Nelson
Canova
S. D
James Burnett
Violet
Anna Burnett
Peoria
Charles K. Lombard
Broadmoor
Fischer
FR. Dietwig
W. H. Davidson
Ransom Kelley
James O'Brien
Lacon
John MelIntee
Bradford
Ohio
George Kruger
Rhode Island
S. H. Thumma
Sparland
Peoria Visitors and Local Travel Notes
SPEER E E Stisser was a business caller in Peoria Monday. Wm Wilcox and wife were Peoria visitors Friday and Saturday. John Davidson shipped a car of hogs to the Chicago market Wednesday. Charles Bishop was taking in the sights in Peoria Wednesday and Thursday. R Stocks and wife, Barney McCann and a wife were shopping in Peoria Tuesday. It begins to look as though spring was coming as several autos were in town Saturday. Mrs Henry Aman and daughter Alta drove to Peoria Saturday returning Sunday afternoon. Douglas Wiles and wife came out from Peoria Monday night to visit their son and family Richard Wiles. Mr and Mrs Sheridan Grove celebrated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Bishop
Peoria
R. Stocks
Barney McCann
Henry Aman
Alta
Douglas Wiles
Richard Wiles
Sheridan Grove Cele
Wedding Anniversary Celebration and Local Movements
The article notes a couple celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary on Friday night March 11. Samuel Stowell returns to Peoria after time on a farm east of town. John and Julius Gehrt visit their parents in Cham paign area. Kelly Bros unload a 20 horsepower Nichols Shepard traction engine and ship an old Avery engine to Mrs Lizzie Buk and daughter Cora and her mother Mrs Shallow depart for St Charles Missouri to establish a new home. Henry Shullaw moves in with his brother William Shullaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Stowell
Peoria
John
Julius Gehrt
Champaign
Michael Gehrt
Kelly Bros
Lizzie Buk
Cora
Shallow
St. Charles
Henry Shullaw
William Shullaw
Dr King's New Life Pills touted as stomach and liver aid
Claiming to relieve loss of appetite indigestion nervousness and headaches the ad promotes Dr King s New Life Pills as the world s best stomach and liver remedy priced at 25 cents at A J Irondmonger s and T J Segraves drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
A. J. Ironmonger
T. J. Segraves
Anniversary of Mr and Mrs Sheridan Grove Celebrated
March 11 marked the 20th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Sheridan Grove with a 65 guest gathering at the hall. Rev Curtis presented an oak bedroom set, and Mrs Curtis chaired the event with musical performances by Edelstein and Philadelphia ladies quartet. About two hundred attendees enjoyed lunch and social time, praising women’s leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawn Ridge
Charies Perkins
Princeville
Musselman
Morris Perkins
Peoria
Sheridan Grove
Curtis
Grove
Edelstein
Collins
Timmons
Parrish
Speer
Philadelphia
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Quick Cure for Skin Eruptions
An old advertisement touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as the fastest remedy for boils ulcers and fever sores. It claims instant relief for burns cuts bruises sore lips chapped hands chilblains and piles with a price of 25 cents at local drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Ironmonger's
T. J. Segraves
Mile school records strong attendance and community events
Mr and Mrs Clark Righthouse visited the Kistlers on Sunday. James Caldwell from near Prophets Town attended Boyd's Grove church. John Kistler's trip to Dakota last Friday. Mrs David Wright traveled to Salisbury for her father's illness and learned he died. Easter services interrupted by council. Rev McCown to preach. A box social at the town hall raised 27.55 for the library. Mile school pupils Everett Edgar Mary Frank Leslie and Jessie had perfect attendance for the month ending March 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Righthouse
A. J. Kistler
S. James Caldwell
Prophetstown
Boyd's Grove
John Kistler
Dakota
David Wright
Salisbury
McCown
Town Hall
the Mile School
Everett
Edgar
Mary
Frank
Leslie
Jessie
Local School Records Note High Grades and Family Visitors
The column lists students with grades 90 and above including Lura Monier Elsie Wright Dewey and Jessie Wrecht Myrtle Sherman Gertrude Carrico Edna Shimmel Mary Carrico Nellie Monier Luella Hufnagel Francis Harney and others. Community members A J Kistler returned from Dakota and visited Milo families while Eli McClane and Mrs Irven were seen in town.
Tax Dodger Density in Chicago Tax Scene
The Anti-Saloon League response to a city comptroller claim shows millions in banks and corporations escaping taxation in Chicago. The piece notes bank deposits of $107 million in one institution and compares broader untaxed wealth to property and mortgage holdings, urging assessors to pursue full real tax payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anti-Saloon League
Chicago
Margaret Haley
Boards of Review
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G. O. Floyd
Kershaw, S. C
J. I. Case
Milwaukee
Keystone
M. McLaughlin
Sparland, Ill
William A. Smith
Chicago Veterinary College
Illinois
Sparland Department
Sparland Personals
Miss Lilly Simpson
Mary and
Lucy Barkow
Mrs. H. Marshall
Rist
Christy
Helen Luft
Bessie Hill
East Moline
Jimmie
Bob Davis
John Batchelder
Walter Luft
Bloomington
George Simpson
Lulu Frank
Myron Lester
Electa Garrett
Alice Fehr
Jennie Dietz
Myrtle Huffan
Frank van Antwerp
Jack Cumming
East Peoria
Bob Cumming
Harvey
Marguerite
Babe McLaughlin
Sam McLaughlin
Tena Wild
Elmer Olson
Miss Vesa
McGullivery
Baptist Church
Tim van Antwerp
Lilly Ohlman
Harry Marshall
Mary Heck
Mary Zint
Ayer
Ayer Co
Lowell
Mass
Bruce Wilson
Coon
Bessie Holmes
Alfred
Helen Winters
Rickey
Frank Spangler
Otis Sarver
Robert Kelley
Lagrippe
Jake Kissell
Rena and
Palmer Webber
Castleton
Joe Clark
Jesse Reinbeck
Joe Moody
John Hayline
Isaac Sutton
Carthage
Thomas McAleer
Herbert Doyle
Karl Doyle
Oscar Holler
Lewis Schultz
Frank Harmon
Andy Mallman
Jacob Kissel
Cleve Shearer
Bride
Carter Shearer
Rena
Hall
Robert Conover
Worth Dixon
Thomas Salisbury
Riley Diverbiss
William Hollingsworth
George Hall
Will Smart
Johnson
Whitefield
John Burton
Willis Rickey
Becky Scholes
Frank Dawson
South
Capt. Bogardus
Milo
Eldredge
Bosch Magneto
Bureau
LA Salle
Putnam
Marshall Counties
Automobile Supplies
G. A. Miller & Go
Spring Valley, Ile
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