Sparland Local News Notes and Upcoming Play
Sparland news covers business notices from Prof J R Bouton as local representative for The Henry Republican, plus residents selling tools, closures, building projects, schooling updates, a village constable appointment, and plans for the La Rose Dramatic club four act comedy at the Sparland Town Hall with the Sparland band providing music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Bouton
Sparland
Henry Republican
Nobie
Sparland Town Hall
la Rose Dramatic Club
Sparland High School
Gerald Weston
Jerry the Tramp
Louis Stuebing
Col
Matthew Lee
Charles F. Buck
James Blackburn
Frank B. Norris
Jack Worthington
Blackburn
Walter Zilm
Hazel Shepard
Sadie
Hazel DeVault
School Notes Highlight Notice of Oliver Johnson
Oliver Johnson has attended 13 school days since February, is 13 years old, and struggles in fourth grade work. The piece notes local concern over his education and mentions classroom activity with Mr Luft. Also referenced are questions on republican government, naturalization, and a voyage by Walter Wellman toward the north pole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Johnson
Grammar Room
Mr. Luft
George
Charlie Tyree
House of Representatives
Senate of the
United States
Courts of
Walter Wellman
Europe
Norway
Spitzbergen
North Pole
M. E. Church Ladies Elect Officers At Dunlap Home
The Ladies Aid society met at Mrs. Waugh Dunlap with officers elected: President Mrs Dunlap, VP Mrs J E Gapen, Secretary Mrs George Snell, Treasurer Mrs H Gehr. Invites all to attend meetings. Next Sunday evening leader Mrs Fred Gehr on Investing Our Lives. Prayer meeting Thursday evening and choir practice afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Church
Ladies’ Aid Society
Waugh Dunlap
Dunlap
J. E. Gapen
George Snell
H. Gehr
Epworth League
Fred Gehr
Local Dignitaries and Families Visit in La Prairie Center
Residents and relatives from Peoria Venonia Mineral Chicago and Lacon visit La Prairie Center. Miss Margaret Anderson ill with pneumonia continues to improve. Various confirmations of visits include Mrs Milton Webber A Porter Webber Myrtle Hastings Vada Webber Lucy Calder and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Margaret
Peoria
James Smith
Milton Webber
Venonia
A. Porter Webber
McKinney
Mineral
Reynolds
Hull School
Myrtle Hastings
Vada Webber
Chicago
Anna Stowell
Alvin Calder
Baby
Charles Casey
Lacon
Lucy Calder
Margaret Anderson
Marsden Calder
Will Scott
Dorothy
Henry
Milo News Roundup from Milo Iowa Wisconsin Farmers
Mrs Weil of Milwaukee visited her daughter Mrs Will Milner last week. Cold spell grips area. Concern over frost damage to fruit from Sunday night. George Smith and family visited Henry Smith. Tom Brown of Chicago staying at David Wright’s to oversee Rue farm. Jessie Milner and Lydia Hawkins seen with local residents. Women of the M E church plan to clean the church Wednesday. Emma Johnson and son visiting Milo. Garrison the Lombardville grocer delivers Mondays. Farmers busy planting corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milo
Weil
Milwaukee
Will Milner
George Smith
Henry Smith
Tom Brown
Chicago
David Wright
Rue Farm
Jessie Milner
Carrie Moore
Lydia Hawkins
Owen Sharkey
M. EB
Emma Johnson
Garrison
Lombardville
Speer Farm Blackmail Arrests Highlight Peoria Case
Federal officers captured two youths suspected of terrorizing farmers near Speer. Michael Gurt received threats demanding 3000 dollars. One suspect Rollie Donahoe released on hearing. Nicholas Miller held on $500. Miller alleged to have written the letters. A third suspect evaded arrest. Local notices mention Epworth League and church cleanups. Well diggers report 14 feet of water at Shorts school district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speer
Michael Gurt
Peoria
United States
Tripp Gurt
Nicholas Miller
Rollie Donahue
Miller
Guni
Epworth League
Whitefield League
Boyd's Grove
Npworth League
A. McKeon
Mabel McClane
Elsie Pearch
Alta Orwig
Elsie Bentley
Hattie Reid
Ira Robinson
Bertha McKeon
J. E. Bonner
Shorts
Poarch
Elsie
Scsmit Sun
Court House News Probate and Real Estate Transfers
Probate court grants guardianship to Rosa Whitfield for Olive Whitfield minor and approves bond. Estate actions include wills, guardians, appraisers reports and heirs in Iliff and Martin cases with hearings set. Real estate transfers list multiple conveyances in Lacon Saratoga and Whitefield with various lot and acre details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive
Alfred
Ralph
Wilde Whitfield
Rosa Whitfield
Charles N. Barnes
George O. Barnes
Michael Martin
J. R. Iliff
Charles A. Iliff
Ray Iliff
Mary B. Iliff
Mary RB. Iliff
Sarah E. Stock
Myron Lester
Lacon
Frank Daniels
J. G. Hank
Whitefield
William W. Feazel
Andrew J. Feazel
Hopewell
Patrick Martin
John Heim
Fannie E. Fenn
Mary F. Deaver
Kate A. Hickey
John Hickey
Saratoga
James P. Hickey
William C. Yarger
Nancy Jane Yarger
Robert M. Yarger
Holmes Morrison
Robert D. Shields
Morrison
Henry
Heacock
Lombard
Davis
West Half
Cynthia
Sowards
Ed Bennett
South Lacon
Ellis Kiser
Same
The Story of Life Insurance Explains Surplus and Scandal
Burton J. Hendrick’s May McClure’s series opens with The Surplus, the Basis of Corruption. It outlines life insurance’s system and reveals how large companies’ surpluses mask dishonesty while crediting honest, conservative men with safeguarding the sacred trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton J. Hendrick
May McClure
Hendrick
Exam results and teacher list from county eighth grade
The county reports the final examination for the Eighth grade held in Lacon on April 27. Sixty nine district pupils and 17 from Lacon total 86, with about 26 teachers assisting. the list names many teachers and their pupils across multiple district and town schools, including Whitefield, Sugar Grove, Red Town, Saratoga, and La Prairie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacon
Perry
Lst
Henry Harrison School
Gerald Wabhel
Wnitefield
Whitefield
Oscar Davis
Horace Herr
Viola G. Herr
Sugar Grove
Mattie Bickerman
Mollie E. Wallace
Lillian B. Duffield
Lynn Barfoot
Frank Wallace
Red Town
Bessie Wyckoff
Bernice A. Harrington
Kaiser
Estella Ebright
Ethel Dewalt
Bonham
Ida Dwyer
Evangel Nightwonger
Saratoga
Wilson
Bridgie McGuire
Hester Culton
Lloyd D. Browne
Coulter
Grace Powell
Maybelle L. Hanger
la Prairie
Greene
Nina Edminster
Ruth Greene
Turnbull
Lenora Crowder
Mabel F. Stowell
Forest Grove
Maud Smith
Lynn R. Edminster
Henry Hastings
Fat as cure for scrofula and consumption in childhood
The article notes scrofula in children and consumption in adults as diseases of thinness. It states both suffer from poor blood and need more fat. It claims fat as the best remedy, with cod liver oil described as a healthful aid to build fat and strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Let Nature Do the Cure and Health Advice
A health column advocates fresh air and rest when ill, recommending liquid food for colds, walks, solitude cures, and sleep guidance. It urges clothing outdoors, avoiding medicine until necessary, and emphasizes silence, restraint, and listening as key social and nerve-management rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Postmaster Robbed at River ton Iowa
Postmaster G W Fouts of Riverton Iowa reports in a letter that after a 20 year liver complaint and severe jaundice, Electric Bitters cured him and have kept him well for eleven years. He endorses the remedy for biliousness neuralgia and general weakness at Henry Illinois drug shop for 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Fouts
Riverton
A. Powells City Drug Store
Henry
Ill
Peculiar Northbound Train Accident Report
The accident involved a northbound passenger train where the front left axle of the tender brake axle let the tender down. The train was traveling fast and the broken axle wheel detached from the truck and rolled into the ditch beside the track.
Bucklens Arnica Salve cures long running sore in Wisconsin
A testimonial praises Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as far more uplifting than a mountain of gold for Mrs. Lucia Wilke of Caroline Wisconsin. The 2c box is advertised as a greatest antiseptic healer for piles wounds and sores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucia Wilke
Caroline
Wis
J. E. & F. A. Powells City Drug Store
Henry
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Erle Cavette
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Clara McGee
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Mayme Campbell
Freida Fecht
Antioch School
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