Sparland Notes and Local Activities in May 1917
Sparland diary entries show Mrs. Mabelle Simpson visiting Peoria, local illnesses, travel to Johnson City, and visits by Miss Elsie Gehr and Mrs. Rebecca Sparr. School plans include enlistment exams for Lyle Richmond, farm-work options for seniors, and a May 10 Clean Up Day. The M. and M. club hosted programs, egg social for charity, and a May 9 meeting at Mrs. Julia Royce’s home. a Sunday Baptist program precedes a preliminary contest at the Friday gathering with musical and declamatory performances.
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Blair
Cecil Hunt
Earl Blackwell
Dewey Reid
Neil Hoskins
Lester Monier
M. E. Church
Deaconess Hospital
Peoria
Anna Luft
Mesdames Mattie Shaffer
Ella Marshall
May Osborne
Pearl Reiter
Clara Marland
Lulu Jarman
Anna Risen
the Baptist Church
H. D. Hewitt
Miss Kellenbach
Dear Jerushy
Jessie L. Gayner
Hazel Frisbey
K. S. Clark
Fern Frank
Sparland May Day Festival Planned for School Grounds
Sparland School notes announce a May Day festival on Friday May 4 at 3 p.m. in clear weather or the following Friday if rain. Velma Odell, a junior, is Queen of May. Several students plan summer farming work and a group of Lacon men enlist in Chicago with training to start May 15. Intermediate room students catalog new flower varieties on a board naming finders.
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Sparland
Velma Odell
Neil Hoskins
Lester Monier
Cecil Hunt
Dewey Reed
Earl Blackwell
Lyle Richmond
Lacon
Chicago
Local notes and family visits from Steuben area
Mrs Duncan Cameron returns to Seneca to help family pack. Miss Ora Newell the John Betts house keeper, visited her parents. Mort Ross sold his white team to John Riddell due to high grain prices. Mrs Jennie Newell offers a first class incubator for sale. All day rain soaked the ground. The cold week warms to sunshine as residents welcome bright weather. Mrs Jessie Garlin of Henry visited relatives. Mrs Wm Marland went to Chicago for daughter Elizabeths graduation at Anna Morgan school. Elizabeth completed two years there and may pursue elocution. Mrs Asa Nightwonger Sr visited Sparland. A quip about war with Germany suggests plane attack and sauerkraut.
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Duncan Cameron
Seneca
Ora Newell
John Betts
Mort Ross
John Riddell
Jennie Newell
Jessie Garlin
Henry
Wm. Marland
Chicago
Elizabeth
Anna Morgan School
Asa Nightwonger
Sparland
South Whitefield Social Notes Share Local Visits
R Waughop and daughter Clara from Henry were country visitors and were entertained at Waughop homes. Ford Schupp and family spent Sunday with Ed Wishall. Scott Osborne and son visited Sellers. his son stayed several days. George Waughop, wife and baby, were Lacon callers. A new daughter Leota Arlene arrived for Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wherry. Effie Rowley and daughter spent the weekend at their country home. O G Hunt visited Wherry for Sunday evening. Henry Eckhoff helped with farm work. Ed Klein and wife called at Wunder home. Alden Hofer and Armilla Holler visit Henry relatives. Fred Klein visited Ernie Ely. Grace Miles ended her term in Rickey district school Monday.
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Mabelle Simpson
Peoria
Miles McCartney
May Gillett
John Marland
Johnson City
E. J. Aitchison
Miss Grace
F. H. Gehr
David Timmons
Little Charles Osborne
Flora Sellers
Guy E. Moore
Babe
Henry
Louis Frank
Wilson Jarman
Meredosia School
George Walls
J. 8. Walls
Decatur
Elsie Gehr
Frank Poignant
Lacon
Sparland
Lyle Richmond
Chicago
Sam
Bessie Hill
Alfred Betts
South Whitefield
R. Waughop
Clara of
Waughop
Ford Schupp
Ed Wishall
Scott Osborne
Sellers
George Waughop
Robert Miller
Benny Hunt
Earl Wherry
Leota Arlene
Effie Rowley
O. G. Hunt
Wherry
Henry Eckhoff
Ed Klein
Alden Hofer
Armilla Holler
Fred Klein
Ernie Ely
Grace Miles
Rickey
Court House News Roundup of Divorces and Guardianship Orders
Circuit Court listings include divorce bills for John Pfeister vs Zelma Pfeister and Willard E. King et al. Guardianship granted for Ida Cremer over minors Eliza H Cremer Greta C Cremer and Herman F Cremer after bond posted. Estate receipts, guardianship orders, and various estate transfers noted with locations and parties.
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Circuit Court
John Pfeister
Zelma V. Pfeister
Bill
Frank E. Wilson
Henry Jacobs
Charlotte Green
Willard E. King
Alice Eymann
Laura Green
Blanche Green
Gertrude Sutherland
Gertrude Harvey
William Harvey
Jessie S. Coggshall
H. T. Gebhardt
Tony Perrone
New Jerusalem
Henry Ve
John Howard Williams
E. R. Fairbanks
Nels Arthur Johnson
Herman
Eliza H
Greta C
Folker H. Cremer
Eliza H. Cremer
Greta C. Cremer
Herman F. Cremer
Ida Cremer
Catherine Dauber
Charles P. Heininger
Mary
Christopher Sawyer
Curtis M. Lucas
Henry
Bernardino Pasta
Esmondo Trinitopoli
Santa Island
Roberts
Addie M. Haines
Maud E. Dawson
Davis
Hayes R. Durflinger
Elizabeth Aitchison
George F. Aitchison
la Prairie
Prairie Rose delight at Camp Grove despite bad weather
Camp Grove residents enjoyed a performance of The Prairie Rose on Wednesday with fine crowd and strong players. A postponed Castleton show shifted to May 5. Funeral attendance for Samuel Roof drew many from Camp Grove and Saratoga.
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Camp Grove
John Malone
Whoris Reil
Peoria
Jack Colgan
John Barnes
Richard Fsowers
Sloan's Liniment for Sprains and Muscle Soreness
Relieves sprains strains and muscle soreness quickly with a clear liquid that penetrates without rubbing. Does not stain skin or clog pores unlike plasters. Handy for chronic rheumatic aches neuralgia gout lumbago and grippe pains. At all druggists 25c.
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Sloan
Dope Abuse Feeds on Paregoric Trend in Lewistown
In Lewistown addicts, unable to obtain morphine and heroin, have shifted to paregoric as a substitute. Reports indicate widespread use, with quantities consumed reaching wholesale levels in the area.
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Lewistown
Consolidation amendments to Island and Pacific Railway plan
A special meeting of stockholders of the Island and Pacific Railway Company was held to vote on amendments to the Articles of Consolidation. The measures seek to increase capital stock to 140 million dollars, restructure preferred stock classes, and revise director election rules with a slate of thirteen directors for a one year term.
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Island and
Pavia
Renee
United States Mail
Manhattan
New York
Chicago
Mllnois
Trump
James E. Gorman
Porge H. Crosby
United States Plans Big Airplane and Ship Production
The United States intends to manufacture 640 airplanes this year and 2500 next year. Returning aviators from France will train new pilots and crews in aerial warfare tactics. The government plans to build 1000 wooden ships for foreign commerce with General Goethals overseeing the effort and the Shipping Board holding 40 million dollars in funds.
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United States
France
General Goethals
Shipping Board
Tetter Salt Rheum and Eczema Cured by Chamberlain's Salve
One application relieves itching and burning sensation.
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Chamberlain
Advertising proves lowering prices through mass demand
Discussion by the Association of National Advertisers shows that widespread advertising lowers selling costs and enables price reductions. Examples span cameras, hats, breakfast foods, shaving sticks, and autos, with improved quality at unchanged or reduced prices amid rising inputs.
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Association of National Advertisers
Sullivan
Association
Beardless Beardstown Pays Overtime To Railroad Crew
Thirty five thousand dollars in pay checks for overtime from January to April were distributed among Burlington rail line workers at Beardstown last week. Lombard near Chicago, famed for German inhabitants, plans a large patriotic celebration to display loyalty to the United States.
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Burlington Railroad
Beardstown
Lombard
Chicago
United States
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