Local notes from Lacon and surrounding towns
Aunt Phoebe Emler visits Lacon this week with friends. Several residents travel to Peoria Henry and La Salle for shopping and family visits. The assessor completes work and returns books. Fishing is slow due to cool weather and high water. Mills Walker returns from Texas after four months away. Charley Simpson buys a Lacon saloon. M E parsonage construction proceeds. minister and wife may soon have a home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoebe Emler
Lacon
Fred Gehr
Peoria
N. W. Tanner
Henry
Mary
Hoadley
Henry Republican
Freida’ Frank
Curt Tanquary
Flora Trompeter
Mills Walker
Texas
Simpson
Charley Simpson
M.E
Community Notes From Lacon Illinois Area
John Riddell and family and Louis Osborne and families visited W Osborne in Whitefield. A baby girl was born to John Harvey Jr and wife. Elmer Olson nears full recovery. Emil Trompeter visited Peoria. Ruby Christman’s cancer worsens. Miss Bessie Tanquary's class outing. new barber shop opens. Velma Campbell injures hand. Baptist ladies bake sale and Sunday school Bible class reorganizes. Sparland High School commencement May 28 with three graduates and address by Prof. W. P. MacVey. old cannon moved by courthouse. R D Errickson advertises painting. local painters busy. new photographer at Rose gallery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Riddell
Louis Osborne
W. Osborne
Whitefield
Riddell
Osborne
Oscar McLaughlin
John Harvey, Jr
Elmer Olson
Emil Trompeter
Peoria
W. Beitz
St. Francis Hospital
Ruby Christman
Bessie Tanquary
Thomus Hollow
Billy Berwick
Chicago
Velma Campbell
Baptist Ladies
Bertha Newman
Lyla Tanner
Beulah Kear
Ruth Bolender
Lizzie Simpson
Marie Schaffer
Sparland High School
M. E
Elsie Lee Cumming
Mary Ethel Watkins
Lena Macon
W. P. MacVey
Hedding College
Fred H. Gehr
Rena M. Tanquary
Rev. Rist
Miss Ford
Wallace W. Grieves MacVey
Wiethpetelddtel
Fred H. Gear
Wallace W. Grieves
Rey
Elliott Males
al Atenivetetskeseihib
Mary Ethe
Watkins
Miss Mellon
W. P
Court House
R. D. Errickson
Jacon
Lacon
Rose Gallery
Lacon City Officials Sworn In as Old Council Adopts Sine Die
The old city council held its last meeting on Monday with the new mayor city clerk and aldermen taking seats the same night. Officers retained include city marshal Jimmie Fay night watchman Berch Thredght and bridge keeper Phil Riley. Contractor Dean fled town with bride to Varna amid cheers from locals. The Star theater offered free passes to men with wives. Fred Mowbray exits saloon trade to enter fishing business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmie Fay
Berch Thredght
Phil Riley
Jim McEntee
Dean
Mary Watt
Varna
GC & A
Star Theater
Fred Mowbray
Minstrels at Bradford Tuesday Draw Busy Effort
CAMP GROVE area notes a lively week with social events including a Bradford minstrel date on the 18th, a crowded dance, and a supper. Entertainments and local visits are reported, along with small accidents and town updates across multiple residents and nearby towns.
La Prairie Social Notes Include Visits and Contest
LA PRAIRIE Miss Alice Scoon visits aunt Mrs Catlin in Lacon. Misses Anna and Agnes Burnett entertain L L C ladies on a Saturday afternoon. Owing to bad weather attendance is light but pleasant. Hastings siblings travel to Peoria and Henry Hastings places second in Chillicothe high school oratorical contest with topic Senator Thurston s Plea for the Cuban. Neighbors and visitors from Pierce Nebraska and Peoria stop by the Scott home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Scoon
Catlin
Lacon
Anna
Agnes Burnett
Ella
Anna Hastings
Peoria
Isaac Glade
Pierce
Neb
Cyrus Root
Mr. Glade
Mr. Root
Mrs. Simpson
Wyoming
la Prairie
Local Notes on Residents and Church Visitations
Chris Musselman under a doctor’s care remains confined to bed but shows improvement. Miss Veda Grove spent several days with Mrs. Coyle and Mrs. Brimmer. Roy Hodgess is welcomed by old friends at church and aids in singing. Henry Crady and family with May Winkler dined with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Perkins Sunday. The church chimney was repaired last week but strong wind caused issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Grove
Loth
John Sparkel
Peoria
H. R. Bulleyment
Fred Hall
Bradford
Dewey
Bert Duncan
Mary Cluskey
C. J. O'Brien
General Grant
Wm. Flynn
Fred White
Nora McManus
Broadmoor
Katie Kelly
Lacon
Jacob Kissell
Albert Conrad
John Winne
Bride
Thomas Monier
Francis Quinn
Henry
John Malone
Father Roach
Ben Hur
Dr. Blough
Harry Dewey
Anna Davidson
Teresa Owens
John McGillick
Bonery
Roy Martin
J. E. Rickey
Webber & King
J. C. Blaisdell
State
Pure Food
Lois Leigh
Princeton
Alice Russell
John Reynolds
C. W. Monier
Milo
Falk
Lone Tree
David Robinson
Robinson
Will Henkins
Putnam and Henry
Lola Benham
Indiana
Minnie Mallett
Pettigrew
Bertha Thirkell
Thomas Cray
Steimle
Tiskilwa
Thomas McClane
Bertha McClane
Iowa
Benton Harbor
Mich
George Watkins
Springfield
David Wright
Wright
Chris Musselman
Veda Grove
Coyle
Henry Crady
May Winkler
Harry Perkins
Memorial Day plans and local visits noted.
The audience room is cold due to broken windows. Wm. Wilcox buys a Ellington piano from Holgate and Willard of Wyoming. Mrs. Betty Braytone of Edelstein visits her mother Mrs. Cornell. Mrs. Harriett Stowell and sister Mrs. Dickinson of Galva visit Mrs. J. B. Greene. Mrs. Sarah Hawley returns from Des Moines area visit. Civil War veteran Isaac Glaze from near Lincoln, Nebraska, visits old comrade L. J. Wilson with H. H. Nurss. Memorial Day events planned with La Prairie male quartet, Prof. Frank E B Nurss expected to speak, martial music by John Grove and “Sandy.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Wilcox
Ellington
Holgate & Willard
Wyoming
Betty Braytone
Edelstein
Cornell
Harriett Stowell
Dickinson
Galva
J. B. Greene
Sarah Hawley
Des Moines
Isaac Glaze
Lincoln
Neb
86Th Reg
L. J. Wilson
H. H. Nurss
la Prairie
Frank EB. Nurss
John Grove
Sandy
Local Socials and Club Meeting News from Henry Republican
Miss Edna Hogan visits Peoria relatives while Knox College group attends a Bible institute in Galesburg. Families attend theater and visits with friends. Beulah Nickerson sick with tonsillitis. Town relatives host extended visits. Ladies association holds annual meeting with officers re elected and refreshments served. Extra copies offered by the Henry Republican office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Hogan
Peoria
J. B. Smith
A. J. Speers
Knox College Bible Institute
Galesburg
Hillebrand
R. Dunn
Prescott
Buster Brown
Majestic Theater
Arthur Merrill
Henry Aman
John Wilson
Iowa
Beulah Nickerson
Atchison
Ladies’ Association
James Speers
Jerome Willard
Fred Rapp
Hyens
Charles Gaumel
John Speers
Menoher
Probate court actions and real estate transfers in Sparland and La Prairie
In Probate Court Harold M. Hayline as guardian reports on a minor. estate of Bertha E. Dean seeks sale of real estate to pay debts with guardian ad litem B. W. Wright. People vs William W. Twist involves extension of inheritance tax and appraiser appointment. Real estate transfers include Frank A. Barr to Albert Parsons Lot 1 Sparland. Mary Ann Reed to Richard L and Elizabeth B Reed lots 100 and life half of 99 Henry. Charles E B Gaumer to J E Winnie Stewart SW QR SE QR See 11 La Prairie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold M. Hayline
Guardian
Bertha E. Dean
B. W. Wright
The
People
Wm. W. Twist
Cornelius Palmer
Frank A. Barr
Albert Parsons
Sparland
Mary Ann Reed
Richard L
Elizabeth B. Reed
Henry
Charles EB
Gaumer
J. E. Winnie Stewart
la Prairie
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