Sparland Notes and County News of May 11 1916
Sparland social items report visits by Mr and Mrs Coomrine and daughter, Mrs Griswold’s death, school staff changes, and a dual meet with Putnam Consolidated. Highlights include Velma Campbell teaching Yankee Street and Center schools, Rev Walls receiving a church call, and a Sparland High School annual to publish a school history since 1848. Ernestine Everett dies after long illness. funeral at county farm with burial in Lacon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam School
Putnam
Sparland High School
Sparland School
Dennis
Epworth League of
Sparland
Doan's Kidney Pills Labeled Best Kidney Remedy
Backache signals weakened kidneys and Doan's Kidney Pills are recommended. Michael Milan of Wenona reports relief after using Doan's for backache and nocturnal urination, claiming it the best kidney medicine he used. Price 50 cents at dealers, Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Doan
Michael Milan
Wenona
Dean
Milan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
The Aches of House Cleaning Ad Liniment Use
Suffer no more from cleaning pains as Sloan's Liniment soothes bruises strains and neuralgia. Apply to areas like sofa spots rub lightly and enjoy restful sleep. A user calls it worth its weight in gold and recommends keeping a bottle for soreness and bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sloan
Speer social notes and church events highlight May activities
Peoria shoppers Mrs H C Merrill and Mrs Corda Even visit Speer with daughter Helen while Mr and Mrs Frank Messersmith of Castleton dine with P E Phillips. The Ladies' association plans a May 18 church meeting and reports electing officers. Mothers Day services at Speer Congregational Church are noted with 9 am Sunday school and 10 am preaching.
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Burton Green
C. M. Wilmot
W. J. Scott
la Prairie
Ladies’ Association
Copley
Wookey & Co
James Smith
Peoria
W. S. Root
Cyrus Root
Emily
W .S. Root
Wm. Gruner
Champaign
Elmer
Raymond
Nellie Kimble
P. FE. Phillips
Speer Congregational Church
Carrie Gruner
Belle Merrill
Minnie Root
Louisa Phillips
Emma McCraw
John Spencer
H. C. Merrill
S. Root
Thomas Collins
Jeffrey
James Collins
Wm. Long
Ham Phillips
Harold
Charles Russell
Ben Davis
Speer
Princeville
Frank J. Wilkins
Pekin
Camp Grove
Frank Bogner
Nathan Corington
Camp Trove
Bogner
Adolph Renzi
Chicago
Eighth Grade Examinations Held in Lacon Rural Schools
Eighth grade final examinations for rural Marshall county pupils occurred Friday in the Lacon court room under County Superintendent Nichols and a teacher committee. A list names Turnbull, Sparland, Crow Creek, Lacon, Varna, Toluca, Wenona, and other schools, with many pupils.
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Marshall County
Lacon
Nichols
Turnbull School
Harold Root
Edelstein
Pleasant Grove
Mae Crocker
Sparland
Crow Creek
Irene T. Hahn
Garfield
Freda Laible
Center
Margaret Russell
Union
Forrest Hocker
Henry
Pattonsburg
Cecil Snow
la Rose
Red Town
Leslie Wabel
Niblock
Park McAllister
Floyd Baker
Merritt
Conrad Neuhalsen
Sawyer
Rol Schlosser
Whitefield
Percy Swift
Judd
Floyd Evans
Wenona
Hamilton
Leland Lormis
Strawn
Frank Kunkle
Fairview
Raymond Jesse
Varna
Shaw’s Point
M. Elvin Austin
Cecilia Daly
Toluca
Cecelia Wallace
Turnbull
Eugene Turnbull
Speer
Owen W. Hicks
Washburn
Ramsey
Frank Remley
Francis Fagan
Rutland
Antioch
Herman Schumacher
Signe Swanson
Marshall Gladys
Odell
Lillian Eigenbrod
Dell Carruthers
Burson
Vada Waughop
Spotland
Edith R. Herr
Harold Dean
Venena
Quinn
Roy Carlson
Magnolia
Harrison
Edna Gray
Putnam
Conover
Oral Swearingen
Bradford
Tax
Nettie Extrem
Lloyd
Ruth Carlson
Elizabeth K
Kaptaun
Royce Atkins
Virginia Blackburn
Saratoga
Elmer Cain
Camp Grove
Leonard O'Brien
Raymond Bench
Yankee Street
May Hart
Minnie Holmstrom
Gilbert McCully
Tremont
Florence Lindgren
Venona
Brown Run
Charlotte J. Long
Lillian Merritt
Threza E. Bly
Collins
Grace F. Mallman
Anthony DeWalt
Earl Head
Dunlap
Olan Newman
Broadmoor
Leo Driscoll
Sugar Grove
Margaret L. Thornley
Minnie Bentlin
Vera Rowe
Inez Maye Thompson
Green Bush
Glen Rithmiller
Samuel J. Buck
Fred Colgan
Conrad Held
Olga Swanson
Marshall Rowe
Raymond
Daniel Driscoll
Raymond Modre
Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey Ad Claims Cough Relief
An old advertisement touts Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey as a cure for cold symptoms and coughs. It emphasizes that the syrup combines honey pine tar and glycerine, soothes the throat, and is suitable for all ages with a 25 cent price at druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Bell
Broadmoor Births and Visits Highlight Local Social Notes
Broadmoor notes report the birth of a son to Siiay Brown and spouse on Monday May 8. G Rees, a Henry visitor, called Saturday on business. Roy Cole and family of Kewei visited local relatives Saturday. Bruce Stewart and wife stayed with Irvin Cappertune over Sunday. Mike Tyne and family of Providence visited Broadmoor relatives Sunday. Charles Moody and wife and A W Shriver and wife were Henry visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadmoor
Siiay Brown
RE. G .Rees
Henry
Roy Cole
Kewaiee
Bruce Stewart
Irvin Cappertune
Mike Tyne
Providence
Charles Moody
A. W. Shriver
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Adyt Ad claims cure for whooping cough
W McClinton of Brandon Springs Alabama reports giving Chamberlains Cough Remedy to his baby with severe whooping cough and notes a rapid recovery. The advertisement asserts availability everywhere.
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Chamberlain
W. McClinton
Brandon Springs
Ala
Williams Treatment claims relief for kidney and bladder troubles
An old advertisement promotes The Williams Treatment for kidney and bladder diseases, rheumatism, and related pains. It offers a free 50c bottle for first use, no alcohol, and a parcel post delivery from The Dr. D. A. Williams Company in Hast Hampton, Conn, with conditions for obtaining a sample and paying distribution expenses.
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Dr. D. A. Williams Company
Depteisop
New Post
Hast Hampton
Conn
Local Social Notes From South Whitefield and Nearby
South Whitefield and Wilbur Hastings family visit Peoria on Saturday. George Hastings drives, Mrs Wm Ryan of Henry visits Hayline home and praised as handsome and skilled seamstress. Jesse Reinbeck and family call on Charles Sellers. Edward Baugh injures foot stepping on nail and rests days. George Johnson and Albert asked where to find wild mushrooms by the peck. Mrs Golden returns to Magnolia home. Miss Riddell closes Bonnam school May 5. Charles Hunt and family visit Frank Lidgard in Bureau county. Woodland blooms with abundant wildflowers. Mrs Lucy Stout anxious over illness of her mother, Mrs Josephine Ryan of Henry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Whitefield
Wilbur Hastings
Peoria
George
Ryan
Henry
Hayline
Jesse Reinbeck
Charles Sellers
Edward Baugh
George Johnson
Albert
Golden
Magnolia
Miss Riddell
Charles Hunt
Frank Lidgard
Bureau County
Lucy Stout
Josephine Ryan
Cottage News Notes and Community Visits
Earl Reynolds spent Sunday in Tis kilwa. Flora Peters of Henry assists Mrs. Lee Brokaw with housework. Mrs. John Farley of Maple Park visits relatives. Earl McKee and daughter Mabel ate supper at Frank Libeck's in Tis kilwa with friends. Chesney and Hunt families visit Frank Lidgard and Will Chesney's. Marion Charles family and Rodger Atkins visit Gus Ruberg in Bureau. Rubers's fifth anniversary noted. Mothers Day on May 14 to be observed at Cottage church with singing and speaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Reynolds
Tiskilwa
Flora Peters
Henry
Lee Brokaw
John Farley
Maple Park
Earl McKee
Mabel
Frank Libeck
Samuel‘Chesney
Putnam
Charles Hunt
Sparland
Frank Lidgard
Wm. Chesney
Clara
Ernest
Will Chesney
Marion Charles
Marguerite
Rodger Atkins
Francis
Gus Ruberg
Bureau
Advertise in The Republican and Get Results
STEUBEN As a Nightwonger has surplus seed corn for sale at a very low price. Mrs Archie Compton and several ladies met at the courthouse by request concerning the mothers pension. The corn planters are thriving with good weather. Mrs Walter Cook visited with her mother Mrs Wilson and family in their nice car. Mrs Anna Hawksworth of Saratoga visited last week with her brother Harry Nightwonger and family. Mrs Williamina Griswold died at her son Lewis home near Themus hollow after suffering from dropsy. Tena Everett, lifelong cripple and longtime patient at the farm, died Monday. Donations aided by ex superintendent W G Dorsey funded her interment in Lacon cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Nightwonger
Henry
Williamina Griswold
Lewis
Themus Hollow
Tena Everett
Tena
W. G. Dorsey
Lacon Cemetery
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B. EB. Royce
H. W. Ward
Cambridge
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Mamie Campbell
Lida Sparr
B. A. Kline
J .C. Ohiman
Kline
Walls of
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N. B. W. McCartney
Alfreta Bedford
Wm. McCartney
Izabelle
Susan Taylor
The
Rev. Walls
Lewis Webster
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Thomas
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John van Antwerp
O. C. McLaughlin
van Antwerp
Hmily Bonham Haver
Wm. Osborne
John Riddell
George Sneil
South Ward
A. L. McLaughlin
Church Street
Kiernan
McLaughlin
Senuchwine Consolidated School
Ernestine Everett
Tonica
Ill
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Jesus
Lillian Hickey
G. M. Pierson
D. J. Hickey
James Hickey
Frank
J. P. Hickey
John B. Colgan
Thomas Gubbins
Kathryn Harney
Bloomington
Ida McMullen
H. M. Dewey
John
EE. N. Bogner
Michael Ryan
Marvin ‘’Anquary
Bert Duncan
Charles McMullen
John Nelson
Dona LaMasters
Akron
James Murphy
Leo Murphy
Teresa Owens
M. W. O'Brien
Mary
C. J. O'Brien
Mayme McManus
Edn O
J. P. Siewers
W. H. Quiram
Lacon A
J. Kistler
Camp Grove A
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