Sparland News Notes and Local Eras in May 1915
Sparland area social and business items from May 1915 include visits by Fred Seibold and Miss Alfreta Bedford, car deliveries of Holsteins and Herefords to Chicago, travel to Peoria, and multiple household movements. A Clean-up Day event involved schools, merchants, and volunteers. church notes cover Bethel Sunday school and Epworth League elections. Obituaries record Mike Hackett and Lydia Manock with U P church services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. W. McLaughlin
Chillicothe
F. H. Gehr
Irma Waughop
Chicago
Union Stock Yards
White Sox
Philadelphia
Lydia Manock
Michael Hackett
la Prairie
U. P
Childern
Bethel
Epworth League of
Sparland
Epworth League
Della Taylor
Leila Maxwell
Nellie Tanquary
Eula Hoskins
Vineta Sparr
Lula Kenney
Delbert Taylor
Nellie Aitchison
Mabel Gehr
McLeish
Mike Hackett
South Carolina
South
Ilinois
Davis
Nathanial Greene
Will Scott Place
United Presbyterian Church
Nesbit
God
Tussey
United Presbyterian Cemetery
Bonfire on the hill draws town’s evening crowd
In the evening a large bonfire on the hill attracted many residents. Weines were roasted with bread making a hearty lunch. Everyone enjoyed themselves though tired, and the town earned praise for its citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weines
Corn planting notes and county convention sparsely attended
The report notes steady planter activity and a promising crop outlook for glory vines. A county convention at Sparland drew few farmers and skipped key speakers. Local movements include Jack Gibbons's return to Henry and Samuel Johnson aiding his son Ephriam. A small party at Mr Kent's was postponed due to few ladies as rain arrives with hail causing no damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steuben
Jack Gibbons
Henry
Sparland
Samuel Johnson
Ephriam
George Wiley
James Wiley
Cuba
Florence
Baby LaVerne
Win
Sallie Charles
Mr. Kent
Back Pain Relief Ad Says Chamberlain's Ointment
A brief ad explains lame back usually results from muscle rheumatism and urges relief through massaging the back with Chamberlain's Ointment two or three times daily. It claims the remedy is obtainable everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
South Whitefield notes and community updates
Walter Holler captured a fox and collected the bounty in Lacon on Saturday. Wilder Brown wired in a new telephone line bringing total line phones to sixteen. Billy Daniels leads a force of men and teams preparing bottom land for corn. Mrs Wilder Brown and Dallas Sparland shopped locally. Miss Anna Ward visited from Spring Valley and Mrs W H Northberg of Chicago spent time here. A Saturday night wind and rainstorm caused damage with trees and outbuildings blown over. Leslie Waughop shipped black calves to Chicago. Charles Hunt roofed his tenant cottage. Farmers shell corn as M C Marshall of Sparland sells Reo and Briscoe cars and demonstrates them locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Seibold
Peoria
Alfreta Bedford
Anna Luft
C. McLaughlin
Avery
R. L. Waughop
Chicago
Marie O'Leary
Mesdames
C. D. Marshall
B. A. Kline
Edna Zeffhoefer
Wisse Gehr
Halsey Monier
M. C. Marshall
John DeWalt
Glenn Harreson
Arthur Kehlenbach
Sparland
Grant Coatney
Lacon
John Rooney
G. W. Snell
Missouri
Wm. Frank
Antony Trumpeter
Earl Harreson
Babe
Pekin
Delphia Bolender
Elizabeth Nightwonger
Beckley
Mabelle
Elsie Gehr
Hdna Zellhoefer
Frank Johnson
Henry
George Rickey
Saratoga
Olive Hastings
Rickey
Tesmer Campbell
Golden
Emma Orcutt
Royce
Harry Seibold
Vin. Hoadley
Buffington
John Troy
Elmer Olson
Springfield
Blanche Farling
John Riddell
South Whitefield
Walter Holler
Wilder Brown
Billy Daniels
Dallas
Anna Ward
Spring Valley
W. H. Northberg
Leslie Waughop
Charles Hunt
Reo
Briscoe
Mr. Marshall
DeWalt
Dr Kings New Life Pills Offer Liver Cleanse
Advertisement claims the liver purifies blood and darkens with impurities causing biliousness headaches dizziness and constipation. It promotes Dr Kings New Life Pills as a remedy to cleanse the liver and restore vitality with a price listed as 2fe at drugstores.
Local News From Camp Grove and Nearby Events
Louis Koenegsacker of Walsh Construction in Akron hosts a dinner. Residents travel to Peoria for events and weddings. A dog fight on Main Street stirs excitement. Dance crowds in Bradford and ongoing church activities include League officers and Mother's Day tributes. Memorial services postponed to the first Sunday in June with choir music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samp Grove
Louis Koenegsacker
Walsh Construction Co
Akron
Camp Grove
Dave Ross
Patrick
Herman Kroeger
James Murphy
Sara
Rochester
Minn
Bradford
Nellie Hickey
Katherine Herberger
O'Brien
Saratoga M. E. Church
League
Herbert Doyle
Grace Holmes
Howard Aukland
Anna Hawksworth
Lester Lewis
Kendall Smart
Leslie Aukland
Mary Hannum
Charles Salisbury
Gus Hawksworth
Karl Doyle
War on ground squirrels in Lawn Ridge
Morris Perkins traveled from Peoria to Lawn Ridge armed for combat against field corn pests. Local news notes visitors from Des Moines and La Prairie, farm construction updates, health woes from pink eye and rheumatism, a dry spell, and notable rural humor about real estate attitudes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawn Ridge
Morris Perkins
Peoria
George
James L. Root
Des Moines
N. E. Nurss
Cyrus
la Prairie
Emma Stowell
Johnnie Anderson
John Rapp
Speer
Lewis Chapin
Nelson Prichard
Emma D. Stowell
Maud
Princeville
George Sims
Here
Wyoming
Thomas Martin
Banner
Washington
Illinois
South Milo Socials and Local Health Notes
South Milo residents visited neighbors and reported Scarlet fever cases in the home of Carl Barker with his hired man ill but improving. Nurses and family care were noted as the Reid school closed and a tubed well was installed for Mrs. Fannie Reid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Milo
Floyd Holmes
Amree Longman
Carl Barker
Myrtle Hess
Albert Reese
Harley Reese
Charlie Reid
Roy Hill
Wm. Bentley
Reid
Charlie Schneman
Elsie
Mae Colehower
Harry Reid
Henry
John Tartar
Fannie Reid
Tartar
Frank Lidgard
Albert
Chambersburg
Oldest Civil War Horse Still Alive in New York
In Horseheads New York P. A. McIntosh a veteran of the War of the Rebellion shows a government brand I C 1865 on his horse. The aged animal believed to be 53 eats 12 quarts oats and occasionally drives his owner to town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horseheads
N. Y
P. A. McIntosh
McIntosh
I. C
Lone Tree Willing Workers Meet and Picnic Fun
Mrs Lindsey Anderson hosted the Willing Workers on Thursday with many members and visitors, ice cream and cake, and a warm day. Neighboring families visited relatives, Mother’s Day services at Whitefield were fine, and picnics near Lone Tree were enjoyed despite the wind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Tree
Lindsey Anderson
Bernice Kane
Carrie Anderson
Whitefield
Frank Anderson
Princeton
John W. Anderson
Court House News Highlights Multiple Probate and Real Estate Actions
Circuit Court covers trustee appointments and partition suits among Calder parties. Probate Court reports Virginia McVicker spendthrift finding with guardian ad litem and May 31 probate hearing. Real estate transfers include multiple lot and land conveyances. marriage licenses issued. births recorded in Henry and Evans communities. Sugar world supply note adds global context to wartime production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie G. Calder
Edna Calder
Charles Calder
James M. Calder
Veronica Sheridan
Macy Donnelly
J. A. Lewis
Agsumpasit
W. L. Bellys
Herman Zilm
Robert Johnson
Elizabeth Vadine
Rosa Spires
Carl F. Lundene
Alfred Johnson
Carl Johnson
Helga Johnson
Floyd Johnson
Theresa Johnson
Bill
Virginia C. McVicker
W. J. Black
A. J. O'Connor
Charles H. Jones
Margaret A. Wilson
Alfred I
Marshal
Stratton
A. Fine
John Scullans
Faty
Santa A
Toluca
James Thompson
George Remley
Richland
Ruth F. Broaddus
Edgar F. Nichols
Lacon
Ada K. Hunt
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
la Prairie
Edgar Stephens
Leander Stephens
Charles Burgess
Peter Zimmermans
Wenona
Milton Webber
Thomas R
Bertha M. Burgess
Ernest Fitzgerald
Lena Broughard
Logan Color-Brown Stallion Licensed in Illinois
The stallion Logan Color-Brown foaled in 1908 and weighing about 1794 pounds has been examined by Dr. H A Gebhardt and passed as free from infectious or transmissible diseases and unsoundness and is licensed to stand for public service in Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Gebhardt
Illinois
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Thomas Longman
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Thomas Manock
Lydia Hall
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Manock
America
Bussey
A. J. Ironmonger
A. J. Ironmanger
Moore
T. J. Segraves
Northern Illinois Co-Oper
IVE Burial Association
Allen B. Smith
Black Bones
Court House News
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Sarah C. Hurley
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Lila A. Bell
Richard Bowers
Thomas B. Foster
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