Sparland and La Prairie Local Notes May 1918
Sparland activity includes visits from Elmer Frisbey and Mrs Gruener of Henry, sickness among Hodge children, Mother's Day coming, sermons on Home Marriage and Divorce, and updates on local people. Dr. Royce and Dr. Rutherford attend illnesses. Melange of social visits, school events, and regional travel noted across Sparland and La Prairie with mentions of scholarships and upcoming county interscholastic events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cliff Tuthill
Elmer Frisbey
Gruener
Henry
Sparland
Robert Duncan
Charles
N. W. Tanner
Hodge
Royce
Klotzsche
Benj Russell
Lee Bolender
Ernest Kline
Andrew Aitchison
Alex Russell
Chillicothe
Lacon
Anna Custer Hall
Holland
George Snell
Snell
Rutherford
Peoria
Ues
Bethel Church Notes Promotes Delegates to State Convention
Bethel Sunday school elected three delegates to the state Sunday school convention at Beardstown May 13 to 15. Miss Jennie Watkins, Mrs. Thomas Monier and Rev. D. McLeish will attend. Bethel plans church improvements after an apron sale and social last Saturday raised about 15 dollars. Sparland M E church was thoroughly cleaned last week with further improvements contemplated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel Sunday School
Beardstown
Jennie Watkins
Thomas Monier
D. McLeish
Bethel Church
Bethel
M. E. Church
Sparland
Wagons and farm implements advertised for sale
Local catalog highlights a full line of international wagons and manure spreaders Schroeder grain dumps dairy maid cream separators Peoria power washing machines cowboy tank heaters wire fencing buggies whips oils greases husking pegs pumps and tanks offered as specialty items for farmers and homesteaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schroeder
Peoria
Sunday school convention at Boyd's Grove
The South Milo Sunday school convention at Boyd's Grove drew large attendance both afternoon and evening with a good program. Several local residents were noted visiting or staying with family and friends through the week. Mrs Fuller died April 30 after illness. funeral services were held in Bradford. Joseph Hufnagel went to Chicago to buy an automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Milo
Boyd's Grove
John McClane
Beulah Barker
Henry
Gebhart
Charlie Swineman
Jesse Montgomery
Gertrude Bentley
Henry Mattison
Burton Barker
Boon Wright
Frank Barkman
Broadmoor notes on local visitors and exams
Frank Colgan visited Peoria while Mrs. Henry Churchill called on friends there. Miss Leona Bushawn of Camp Grove visited her parents, and Miss Nora McManus stayed with relatives in Camp Grove. Mrs. Clarence Perkins and children visited Normandy relatives. Miss Callie Turner of Moore's Hill Indiana visited EB G Rees. Ruth McKean and four pupils went to Lacon for eighth grade exams. all passed, with Olive Rees earning top marks from Saratoga township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Colgan
Peoria
Henry Churchill
Leona Bushawn
Camp Grove
Nora McManus
Clarence Perkins
Normandy
Callie Turner
Moore's Hill
Ind
EB. G. Rees
Ruth McKean
Lacon
Olive Rees
Saratoga Township
Visitors and callers at Frank Doty's this week
Local social notices list visitors at Frank Doty’s and Byron Allen’s homes across the week including Chesney family members, Misses Day and Foster, and several Bradford Whitefield and Princeton stops. Other items report Mothers Day plans, a funeral in Henry, and a new Galesburg factory project with auto starter invention by A W Knutson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Doty
Wm. Chesney
Esther
Clara Chesney
Byron Allen
Miller Lloyd
Ethel Miller
Fern Day
Harlan Field
Mendota
Walter Roenquist
Theo Borg
John Cotter
Donovan
Tiskilwa
Charles
Manningly
Wm. Fountain
Merna
Bradford
Davis
Mr. Hartley
Henry
Roy Maynard
Galesburg
A. W. Knutson
C. F. Hurburgh
Cure for stomach disorders advertised in 19th century ad
Chamberlain's Tablets claimed to prevent stomach disorders and achieve remarkable cures. Sold by T. J. Segraves and A. J. Ironmonger. Advertisement urging others to buy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Segraves
A. J
Local Notes From Lawn Ridge and Nearby Towns
Residents visit families and discuss community life in Lawn Ridge Peoria visits and trips to Decatur Champaign and Normal are noted Four inch tile shortages challenge farmer drainage Strong winds and heat impact corn planting Trinity parish hours updated and local notables teased with humorous misnomers and anecdotes
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Perkins
Peoria
Princeville
Curtis
Fannie Perkins
Trinity Parish
Champaign
Perkins
Decatur
Charles Laumer
League
Normal
Wm. Wilcox
Charles Goodrich
Samuel Perkins
Theresa Hosler
Margaret Dewey
Toulon
C. E. Stowell
Herman Boode
J. Emery Steward
Woman’s Gate Fear Ends With Pinkham Remedy
Munford Alabama Mrs F P Mullendore describes weakness and nervousness while passing gates. Her husband nailed rubber to prevent gate slams. She credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with relief from backache and stomach fullness and urges others to try it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munford
Ala
Lydia E. Pinkham
F. P. Mullendore
Alabama
Gloomy Mention of Local Counts and Notables on Line
The passage notes one of Andy Sheets tied to a wife, and mentions Frank Stone as not a hard man. It references the Root family obtaining meals without digging and a member of the Nurse tribe in the context of local society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Sheets
Frank Stone
Whitefield Corners community notes mix life events
Master Glen Young returns from Missouri to help grandma Fountain and Uncle Orie as Harry Snell tends ailing mother. A busy vet Dr Willett treats many horses as Sparland notes teacher Hans Otto leaving for next year. Sunday school convention at Boyd's Grove features Mrs O G Allen and Mr Hays music, with Rev Leech preaching. Crow Meadow reports new autos for Willard Hamm and James McAleer, a new barn for Hol Quinn, and hospital calls from Leam Hannum and Peoria visitations. Sugar Grove area items include teaching by Mrs Draper, auto gossip, schooling notes, and W W society gathering at Clawson home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitefield Corners
Glen Young
Missouri
Grandma Fountain
Orie
Harry Snell
Willett
Hans Otto
Sparland
Draper
Gilpin
Henry
Boyd's Grove
O. G. Allen
Hays
Boworth League
Leech
Crow Meadow
Willard Hamm
James McAleer
Henry Wombacher
Hol Quinn
Leam’ Hannum
Peoria
Miss Hannum
Elmer Quinn
Chicago
Lela Gray
Henry Township
Lacon
Hall
Lyman Adair
Hazel Zimmerman
Chesney
Tiskilwa
Putnam
Elsie Clawson
Wm. Hannum
Magnolia
John Diverbiss
Henry Merdian
Clark Ball
J. D. Quinn
C. L. Clawson
W. W Society
Court News Roundup From 1918 Peoria Court Records
Court dockets show divorces and quiet title suits, insanity and bastardy actions, estate administrations, real estate transfers in Venona and Toluca, marriage licenses, and births. Notable items include discharge of George B Horner from Peoria hospital, recommitment of Cassius M Wright, and a 1867 penny buried on Cottage Hill spire later unearthed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I Geared B. Horner
George A. Zeller
Peoria State Hospital
South Bartonville
George B. Horner
Cassius M. Wright
Charles F. Motter
Gold Medal for Earth Road Maintenance Composition
Government contest invites 10 to 15 year old rural students to write on repair and maintenance of earth roads for a gold medal awarded by Logan Waller Page of the U.S. Office of Public Roads. Entries due by May 16, 1913, must be one side of the page with name age address and school at the top.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan Waller Page
Office of Public Roads
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. GC
Page
Postmaster General Alerts on Postal Savings Bond Exchange
Postmaster General A S Burleson directs postmasters nationwide that postal savings depositors may exchange all or part of their savings for United States registered or coupon bonds in denominations of 20 100 and 500. Bonds bear 2 14 percent annual interest from July 1 1913 payable semi annually redeemable after one year and mature 20 years from issue in gold. Postal savings bonds are tax exempt by federal and local authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S. Burleson
United States
Advertising as Investment Not Expense in Business
Advertising is not mere expense but an investment in growth. Cutting advertising reduces the potential return, limiting future profits and value. In business terms, ads build demand, brand presence, and market reach, yielding greater long term gains than short term cost savings.
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Sparland Department
C. D. Marshall
Arthur S. Gibson
Marshall
M. C. Marshall
Mabelle
Milford
Harry Rowley
Sparland Pupils and Had A’ Part On the ‘Program, Mrs. Hanford Sparr
Pueblo
Marshall County
Venona
Marvel
Texas
Gale Reynolds
John Russell
Edelstein
Cora
Beulah Reynolds
Speer
Sabbath
Minnie
Gallup
A. J. McCullough
Indiana
Sadie
Lottie Collins
Mrs. Bradford
James Smith, Sr
Dorothy Scott
R. BH
Graham
Harm Supplies
Mr. McLaughlin
Sparland, Ilt
Broadmoor
Hdelstein
Lawn Ridge
Predmore
Morris Perkins
Gladys Perkins
Thomas Collins
Rev. Black
William Brown
Adam Gray
J. B. Greene
John Brush
Owen Hurd
Henry Lyon
Sandy Grove
William
Theodore Roll
Low Turk
Turkey
John Gallup
Gil Runner
W. R
Philip Peck
Charlie Rowe
Jake
John Custer
Albert Speers
John Reed
Robert Will
Fred Bragg
Jennie Swann
Chris Sinn
George Potter
Frank Betts
Moody
Lycian E. Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkhaim
Sugar Grove
Lillian
Verne Duffield
Brown Printing Co
Peorla
Court House News
Circuit Court
Goldie Crouse
Don Crouse
Bill
Wm. A. Rowe
John Dorff
Mabel Haase
Belle Robbins
Yan Lato
D. Ager
State of Illinois
Emily Jane Ray
Jno
Dewalt
Venice
Sause
Christiana Betz
Ed Reinbeck
Martha J. Phelps
Milton M. Phelps
Emma‘a. Kalb
Bradley Polytechnic Institute
Patrick Cartney
D. H. Gregg
Sarah D. Kemp
Fowler's
Amedio Banks
Primos Turino
Santa Feist
Toluca
Marvin G. Cotney
Phebe M. Cotney
Mary Ann Green
Tozier
Elijah A. Fouts
John Malone
Frederick C. Mueller
Barney Rinaldi
M. E. Shroud
Albert M. Jenkins
Barton W. Hedrick
Henry J. Hedrick
Lacon Township
William H. Dunn
Elijah OD. Richmond
Kathryn M. Jacobs
Sophia Bearne
Sophia Beare
Albert Dodge
Lenora Thompson Bellows
Elijah D. Richmond
Henthorn & Devore
Ball's
William Ih. Dunn
Henry R. Stillwell
Middletown
Alice C. Barton
Los Angeles
Cal
Ellsworth Keedy
Bennington Township
Wm. F. Craig
James Livingston
Cottage Hill
la Salle County
Sidney Norton
Paw Paw
Rovar
Bradford, Ill
D. J. Owens
A. B. Foster
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