Local notices and social notes from a midwestern town
Bridge out halts crossing. residents using skiffs. Mrs Tesmer and sister improve. Cartwright newborn daughter. Mayme Osborne Nellie Thomas return from Chicago University for vacation. Club teas raise about 25 dollars despite weather. Elmer Olson travels from Peoria weekly. Mr and Mrs Maxwell plan move mid next month. Mystic Workers hold 25 new candidates. refreshments served. Sunday preaching by Mr Chessman will resume Thursday. School district debate on governance noted in partial OCR remnants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tesmer
Canusa
Mayme Osborne
Nellie Thomas
Chicago University
Claude Cartwright
Claude
Willie Frisbey
Lacon
Elmer Olson
Peoria
Bedford
Lewis Webster
Chessman
Henry and
Weather and farm notes from Soute Whiterdeld area
Weather is fine and sowing oats will start next week according to local reports. The Meister farm hosts Jos Dlys while numerous residents share visits and letters from relatives in Kansas City Kan. Many names and small events reflect community life including gardening, decorating, and travel notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meister
Kansas City
Kan
Illinois
Milby Marshall
Chicago
Peter Apfel
Isaac Gilpin
Frank Wunder
Arthur Medearls
Thomas Dwyer
Hunter
J. McCall
David Dwyer
Lillie Compton
Sparland
Mr. Lopeman
Lacon Journal
Tester
C. Hacker
Mayme Osborne
Chicago University
No Use to Die Says Rushboro Woman on Dr King’s New Discovery
Mrs J P White of Rushboro, Pa, declares there is no use to die of lung trouble when Dr King’s New Discovery can help. She credits the medicine with easing coughs and curing lung disease even after prognosis. Sold at A J Ironmonger’s drug store with a guarantee, 50c and 1 trial bottle free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J Ironmonger’s
North Saratoga Social Roundup At Wm Yarger’s Farm
Residents and relatives gathered in North Saratoga for a local social week with visits among Hol Shorts Frank Holton and Mrs Reed of Cambridge. Attendees included Mr and Mrs David Huffman at a Mystic lodge banquet in Sparland and Mrs Willet at Ed Shorts'.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm Patterson
Hol Shorts
Frank Holton
Camp Grove
Elmer "Reed
Cambridge
Barney Relsmeyer
Barney
Roth
Joe Relsmeyer
Wm. Murphy
C. B. Griffin
Ed Balenseifen
Paul Schaibhel
Maggie Currey
Henry
Stelle Applen
Joe Cook
Wm. Yarger
How Cough Germs Multiply and Cure Claims
When you have a cold the mucous membrane is inflamed and the disease germs which you breathe find lodgement and multiply especially the pneumonia germ. Honey and Tar soothes and heals the inflamed air passage stops the cough and expels the cold from your system. Refuse substitutes. Sold by A. J. Ironmonger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Ironmonger
Local News Highlights In Lacon And Surrounding Areas
Smallpox cases near zero with quick recoveries. John Cone opens a photo gallery in the Green Building with expansions in Farmington London Mills and Toluca. The Lacon dining room reopens after fumigation. Willing Workers of the Baptist church held a quilting afternoon and served a fine luncheon. Berb Roth hosts music and dancing for youths, drawing several attendees. Miss Emma Mat Barnes Lena Schmidt attended St Patrick’s Dance in Wenona. Carl Hounton also went. A newborn son arrived to Mr and Mrs Charl Springer of Los Angeles. Mrs Lutis Myers returns home from a visit in Metamora with plans to tour Denver. Ten year old Jimmie Mowbray injured at Proctor hospital after accidental gun discharge. Mr and Mrs Joe Carney and baby depart for Chicago after visiting four weeks. Lacon schools prepared for fires with multiple exit routes and drills. Mike Blesy sells his stake in Sloey Hollenback barber firm to Mr Sloey. Mr Hollenback to continue at the shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Cone
Lacon
Farmington
London Mills
Toluca
Berb Roth
Tacon
Herb
Emma Mat Barnes
Lena Schmidt
Wenona Tiesay
St. Patrick’s
Carl Hounton
Charl Springer
Los Angeles
Cal
Proctor Hospital
Jimmie
Lincoln
Otto Dombart
Martin
Peoria
Joe Carney
Baby
Hd McMahon
Cotcago
Mike Blesy
Sloey & Hollenback
Sloey
Hollenback
Efand
Saratoga News Briefs on Local Sowing and Socials
Fragmentary notes report oats sowing, house cleaners prep, and a League social at Karl Doyle's. Mentions Will Coulters leaving for Iowa, local moves, a poke of illness, and upcoming election of Sunday school officers with scattered names and places.
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Karl Doyle
Will Coulters
Iowa
Will
Owt Tuttle
John. Shearer
Anneal Roy- Rowe
Whitefield
Santa Harrison
Goose Lake
Gery Gyros
Kelley
Henry
Eimily
Martin
Green
Slaves of the Lamp Anay to date acetylene lighting
Device notes compare acetylene lighting to kerosene lamps in a home setting. Claims include easier installation, cleaner upkeep, and a modern look with wall brackets, while warning of maintenance tasks like wick trimming and chimney wiping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Averse
Brilliana Cétylenes
Wallay
Frescoing praise, chicks, and Shetland ponies in Lacon
Local notes celebrate Eliott Rose’s frescoing at Mayor Thompson’s home and tease John Shaffer’s plan to raise 5 000 chickens this season. Telephonist R C Stock rents land near Rowley nursery, while John Stout explores stock and farming options including Shetland ponies for markets in larger cities.
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Gentral-Illinois
Eliott Rose
Rose
Thompson
Mr. Rose
John Shaffer
Our
John Shaferg
John
Lacon
Johns
P. Stout
Rowley2
C-Stock
Stout
Alany
Washington
Ill
Shétland
Alwaya
Good For Everybody uses a tonic medicine claim
An OCR fragment describes Mr Norman R Coulter of Delbert Build ingy San Francisco as praising a tonic claimed to cure stomach liver and kidney disorders and build up the system. It touts Electric Bits as the best spring medicine and mentions visits to Karl Doyle's social evening with many attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman
Coulter
Delbert
San “Francisco
Mannerland
Local notes from Wil Stowell area events and people
Community items mention Mr and Mrs Arthur Morrislie, Lena Kunze visiting from Sisz county, Chris Musselman, L. A. Chapin, Mrs G W Perkins, Rev A B Curtis from Onondagan Michigan preaching at Ridge Eddlstein Speer churches, parsonage renovations, Alta Amen returning, Leroy Ghert with measles, Hawleys at Speer church, Charles Gaumer milling work, Perkins lot, social at Speer, Curtis speech, Garic Schurz memories, and desolation images in recent article.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lott
Arthur Morrislie
Wil Stowell
Lena
Kunze
Chris Musselman
Fasinren
Irye-S
Germany
Rob ,Breene
Michigan
Childre
L. A. Chapin
W. ‘Perkins
Henry Crady
Curtis
HPL
Alta Amen
Ey Leroy Ghert
Mike Ghert
al Hawley
Speer
Charles Gaumer
Brougtt
Sumner Perkins
Enpoyeas Rey
R Curtis
Young
Abe -Garic Schurz
Hendrik St Pistorror
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Marchay, Margh
Olaon
McCall
Havern
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Pup Ma Cranima Finneans
Feadeuehiny
Clisis
Privlexe
Wii Taste
Francis G .Blairs
North
Saratoga
Iced
Crea
Whigick Re Pengey
Carl and. Leis
Karl;Doyle
Andrew Mcartneys
Sue— ‘Manotkand
Nathan Manock
Sethe
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