Sparland Residents Update and Local Death Notices
Sparland residents receive notes of improving health including Mrs Gillette and Mrs Emier while visiting relatives from Braceville and Braidwood are mentioned. A. J. Baughman dies at home. two daughters survive. A marriage occurs at James O Garrett’s residence with Stinson of Valparaiso, Ind. and Viola Combs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparland
Gillette
Emier
George Cummings
Braceville
Pearle
Edward-Henry
H.—Gehr
N. W. Tanner
Towers
A. J. Baughman
Phurch
A. Bradford
Braidwood
A. J. Baughdad
James O. Garrett
Hitler B. K. Reynolds
Stinson
Valparasao
Ind
Viola Combs
Pungeat
Warner Combs
Town gossip and events fill a lively week
Miss Jenkins visits town while Miss Kennedy sisters travel to Henry for shopping. Mr and Mrs Whitten welcome a new daughter. The club meets with Maud Kennedy and O Bogardus visits for rifle shooting. The Dolsarto entertainment ebbed, a dear friend receives a photograph, and Bila Holustrom arrives from Wenona. The Lacon races draw visitors as town life buzzes with buyers and curiosities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bila Holustrom
Wenona
Wheeling
Tenry-ward
Tandal Miller
Sirllo noOoy
Night Birdsong Echoes in Silent Hours
An archaic fragment describes a night scene where birds sing, including catbirds, breaking the stillness with a strange yet cheerful song. The mood hints at amusement and contentment in the unusual hour.
Wenona Republican Newspaper Notes and Local Updates
Local items report James Murray a respected citizen and painter linked to a suspected lead poisoning death. Mrs Martin escaped injury when tossed from a canoe incident. W B Monser of Wenona Coal Co expects to return from the South as health improves. Crop prospects look bright. Karl Fosbender returned from the South for winter. Evand Township Sunday school convention drew large attendance with President Douglas Evans leading. Amy Evans named delegate and future association president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenona
James Murray
Karl
Hon
O. Fosbender
Fosbender
Evand Township
Presbyterian Church
Douglas Evans
Mualo
United Methodist
Amy
Evans
Evans Township
Association
Decoration Service at Whitefield Center M D Church
Decoration services will be held at Whitefield Center M D church on Saturday May 30 at 9 o clock a m. Rev Nesbitt will deliver the address with ringing by Whitefield Corners choir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitefield Center
M. D
Nesbitt
Whitefield Corners Ohoir
Residents Recall Visits and church plans in South Whitefield
The column notes visits from Grandma Fleetwood and Effie Waughop. Daisy Jacobs visited Issfle Waughop. families entertain at the Waughop and Marshall homes. A Sunday school is planned at Bonham schoolhouse on May 10 at 9:30.
Festival and Local News From A Rural Community
Mrs Cotney suffers severe heart trouble and is attended by Dr Willis. A strawberry festival is planned at the church next Tuesday evening May 19. Mrs Wm Cain remains ill with pleurisy but is slowly improving. Ola Mrs Conway dies Thursday night, buried in Catholic cemetery, aged over 100. James Burnette hosts a birthday party for his little girl with about 80 children attending. The week’s highlight is Waste Doyle’s team running away, breaking a gate and injuring horses. one died, another grazed, no humans injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cotney
Willis
Wm Cain
Ola
Conway
James Burnette
Doyle
Child’s playful bill of fare amuses mother in town list
A well known lady wrote a shopping list with items like Mosquito bar and Bread. Her teen son found the page added a fanciful bill of fare such as Grasshopper pudding and Rattlesnake pie, which surprised and amused the mother.
Whithfield Corners Local Notes and Updates
Mrs G Barker in convalescence at Whithfield Corners. O Fosdick family visited Steuben. Sunday preaching at 2:30 and Sunday School at 1:30 with Orpheus Knight painting a house. Mrs Bunch of Iowa visiting. concert well received. A town report of misfired shots at a meat shop and a brick thrown. no capture. Electric Bitters praised for female complaints and general health. Dr Powell's Drugstore sells large bottles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whithfield Corners
G. Barker
O. Fosdick
Steuben
Townsend
Wilfred
Orpheus Knight
Stephen Grady
Bunch
Iowa
Mirs Arthur Tree
G. Snell
Lake Charles
Bertha Swift
Saylor
Rae
Lewton Green
Saybrook
Clement
Brokaw
Peoria
R. Smart
Dr Powell
Local Notices From LA PRAIRIE CENTER and Vicinity
Alice Horn is at home again. The sick in the vicinity are improving. Packingham lost another horse last week. Alice Webber and Mrs Saratoga visited O. M. Calders. Mr and Mrs Wood of Lacon dined with A. P. Webber. Rottern and Lewcart from Edelstein called at the Center. Scott reports a Rock Island corn planter bought from Wm Evan of Lawn Ridge. Arthur Wilmot was home briefly and doing good business. Libbie Boyd visits relatives at the Manse of the Pines. Graham gave a chalk talk at the U P church and is a fine cartoonist. Scott says he enters Cyclone Wire Fence business with good prospects. Birkenhead of Peoria, state agent for Shoep Medicine Co, called. Will Calder returned from Chillicothe after treatment. Calder’s runaway with three horses damaged one horse near a barbed wire fence. Cora and Mary Scott’s buggy kingbolt broke but both escaped injury when the horse bolted and they fell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Nesbit
the Pines
Graham
U.P
T. BR
Scott
J. W. Birkenhead
Peoria
K-D-Wheeler
Birkenhead
Shoep Medicine Co
Racine
Wis
Will Calder
Chillicothe
Thomas
Cora
Mary Scott
Ted
Richard Martin
Ballard's Snow Ointment Ad Copy in 19th Century Form
Mrs Hamilton of Cambridge Illinois says rheumatism left her hand able to reach her head after using Ballard's Snow cat. Chas Handley of Lay and Lyman in Kewanee Illinois reports Snow Liniment cured his rheumatism. Claims it heals inflammation wounds sores cuts sprains and more. Sold at Powell's.
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Ballard
Hamilton
Cambridge
Chas Handley
Lay & Lyman
Kewanee
Powell's
Doyle Buys 160 Acre Joseph Ray Farm Near Saratoga
Owen Doyle purchases the Joseph Ray place of 160 acres at Saratoga while Newton Webber of Chicago visits relatives. Decoration Day will be observed at the church on Sunday May 5 at 2 30 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen Doyle
Joseph Ray
Newton Webber
Chicago
Magnolia Notes On Visits And School Events
Magnolia citizens host visits from Geo Brooks and Mary Massie while Kate Ransom resumes teaching after vacation. Rev Zoll and Magnolia High pupils picnic at Starved Rock. Delegates Maggie Hannum Celia Spencer travel to Champaign for a union meeting. The Good Templars host a strawberry ice cream festival to benefit the Orphan's Home. The public school closes with exercises and program at Masonic Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magnolia
Geo Brooks
Massie
Le _ Kate Ransom
Zoll
Starved Rock
Hd Spencer
Ollie Re
John May
Bensor
St John
Triplet
St Louis
McNeil
New Bedford
Maggie Hannum
Celia Spencer
Champaign
Magnolia High School
The
Good Templars
Masonic Hall
Good Templar’s Orphan's
Merry Sings
Wallace
Henry
Tite
W. E. Hawthorne
Sweet Memory Hells
Gertie
Emma Ramsey
Ballard’s Horehound Syrup Promises Global Supremacy
An advertisement claims Ballard’s Horehound Syrup is the best cure for consumption coughs colds asthma croup whooping cough and throat troubles with a guarantee of unequaled quality. The claim targets consumers and druggists and cites Dr Powell’s as the source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballard
Dr Powell's
West Putnam Hogs Astonish A B Henkins Visitors
While visiting A B Henkins, the author is shown three pigs sired by Poland China, Maltese colored and described as strong stock. E H, senior member of a famed Inley firm west of Patnam, carelessly placed his derby hat over puppy Touser triggering a sleepless night and a visit from Dr Stipp. Neighbors urged caution for the puppy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Henkins
Poland
China
E. H
Inley
Patnam
Ngorane
Touser
Dr Stipp
Johnson
Puppy Touser
Quaker Lane Notes on Mills Family and Local Meeting
Mrs Oliver Mills is ill with the mumps and Mills plans to raise sweet potato plants for sale this spring. Mr and Mrs Brownly of Princeton attended our meeting Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quaker Lane
Oliver Mills
Mills
Brownly
Princeton
Local notes and health ad mix of community items
Chas Dennis of La Salle visits Bumgarner boys this week. George Dixon of Lown visits sister Mrs Abe Phillips of British Lane. A crowd from this place plans visits to Deer Park and Starved Rock next week. Center school closes Friday and Clear Creek Monday. The former school may keep teacher Marion Smith next year. Catarrh described as a constitutional disease. Hall's Catarrh Cure offered with 100 reward if it fails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas-Dennis
la Salle
George Dixon
Lown
Abe Phillips
British Lane
Deer Park
Starved Rock
Center School
Clear Creek
Marion Smith
Mt Palatine Social Notes and Local Visits This Week
8 visiting at Carri p e Gallacher's this week. Mr Johnson the painter has full work. Josie Koehler hosted a Friday evening party. John Travis bought a new corn shelter from Duke Brad. Charlie Dennis visited his cousin Irving Dennis. Henry Matern returns from New Mexico after seven months away. Dennis closed his school Wednesday with a woods picnic. A strawberry and ice cream festival will be held at the Congregational church next Saturday evening by the Ladies Circle. Admission at usual rates. Dr McGee amputated a finger for Bernard Pletch's cow last Sunday after an accident near a corn shelter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carri p-e-Gallacher
Johnson
Josie Koehler
John Travis
Duke Brad
Henry
Charlie Dennis
la Salle
Irving Dennis
Henry Matern
New Mexico
Congregational Church
McGee
Bernard Pletch
A Cure for Muscular Rheumatism Championed by Mrs Lamson
Mrs R L Lamson of Fairmount Illinois says Chamberlain's Pain Balm cured muscular rheumatism for her sister and keeps it on hand for aches and pains. She calls it the quickest cure for rheumatism muscular pains and lameness she has seen and notes it is for sale by Dr Powell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Lamson
Fairmount
Illinois
Chamberlain
Powell
East Milo Corn Planting Close But With News and Notices
Most of the corn planting is done in East Milo. Mrs Blimer Reese is on the sick list. Rev Martin of Galesburg is expected to preach at Milo on May 24. The YPSCE convention will be held May 2 at Wyanet or at Buda. The Whitefield League had a strong meeting led by Florence Fountain. Epworth League at Boyd’s Grove marks its 16th anniversary with services and a printed program next Sunday at 7 30.
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East Milo
Blimer Reese
Martin
Galesburg
Milo
YPSCE
Wyanet
Toy
Buda
League
Whitefield
Florence Fountain
League of Whitefield
Epworth League
Boyd's Grove
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