Weather, Septic Dates, and Local Notices from Sparland
Sparland notes cool weather for the week and mentions Mary Knox preparing to move to Allie Gibson. Hypnotist QW. Zhamerman received notary public commission May 20 for four years. Cord. W. McClanahan died May 21 around 9 pm. funeral Thursday at 2:30 pm. Railroad timetables adjusted and school of the EE 8 opened due to a death. Kate Heath of Danville, grand lecturer, was to visit. school was not held. slated to run two days of instruction with a banquet planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Barris
Springfield
Mary Knox
Allie Gibson
G. W. Zimmerman
Zhamerman
Nieion
Cord. W. McClanahan
Eos
School of the
OQ. EE
Qetlsiahan
Partland
Mra
Kate Heath
Danville
Sto Days School of
Varna Society Notes and Local Visits Highlight Week
Delayed from last week Judge Richmond and a Varna caller share notes of visitors and gatherings. Residents from Chicago Eureka and near Lacon appear among guests at R. W. Justice’s. a surprise party for Mrs P. W Held. Mayes Home hosts Aid ladies serving ice cream and cake. W L Society held a lawn party with service at Mrs C Wright’s. Rev Wasmuth preached the Baccalaureate sermon to a large audience. teachers and students shown progress. Brateler visited Ottawa. Broaddus bought a new McCulloch. preparations for next year at school noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Varna
Richmond
Lacon
Jeff Traver
Sherman
Mr Brown
Eureka
Conklin
Norman
Chicago
A. B. Conklin
Taylor
R. W. Justice
Mra P. W
Louis Lineberger
Kent
B Wright
Dre Hickman
Fisher
Omas Kennedy
Aid
Mayes
W. L
Brateler
Ottawa
Various Residents Travel and a New Lacop Coach
Mrs M L Morton visited Lacon on Thursday while Shugegart of Washburn stayed in Varna on Monday. Alvena Quiram from near Toluca joined Varna on Saturday and Henry Rickets with Roy Kobler traveled to Henry on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Morton
Lacon
Shugegart
Washburn
Varna
Watchorn
Alvena Quiram
Near Toluca
Henry Rickets
Roy Kobler
Henry
Win Kobler and Sons
Wino Koch
Streator
Geo. Meyers
Norton
Peoria
Mark Gants
Wenona
Quajncey
Lir Fuller
el Pavo
Lacop
Alton
Rainy weather, events, and local notes in Whitefield area
Local items recount visits and travels of residents in Whitefield and nearby towns, a note on a new railroad near Norton Mometts, and a forthcoming Evangelist Sturgeon tent meeting. Highlights include Bertha Swift and Mertot Swift with relatives, a new meat wagon of Harry Bullyment, and a violin recital with Harry Runnells and Herbert White at Whitefield Corners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitefield Corners
Harry
Runnells
Herbert 8. White
Indianapolis
Local Rural Chronicle Notes Corn Oats and Community Affairs
Corn and oats look well as shelling begins. Al True's new barn is nearing readiness for raising. A progressing railroad promises an early locomotive run. Children’s day exercises set for Sunday in June with timing to be decided. Reverend Wileon, visiting from decades past, greeted old friends with his wife. Decoration Day services planned for June 2 at 2 30 p m with Rev. Hughs Gibson to speak. Saratoga cemetery cleanup scheduled for Monday May 27. Visitors from Pennsylvania discuss Nebraska trip. Bob Kelly’s horse fell ill in Sparland last Thursday. Dr Smith failed to save it. horse died Saturday. William Marshall, longtime Marshall county resident and father of Miss Milan Holmes, died in Lacon and was buried there beside his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al True
Wileon
Hughs Gibson
Monica
Saratoga Cemetery
Sam Thumma
Pennsylvania
Nebraska
Bob Kelly
Eick
Sparland
Smith
Wm. Marshall
Marshall County
Milan Holmes
Lacon
Emma Price Visltdd
Grace Benjamin
Studson
Sue Wierman
Lostant
Mra Fitlcraft
Green Lawn
Mr Jeffers
Center School
Abel
Joshua Miljx
Salena
Ind
Friends Quartery
Cath
Mattie Wilson
Sarah Martin
Verona
Eliza Price
Lincoln
Big Nine
McNabb
The
Mutual
Mt. Palatine
Parsons
Company
W. L. Mills
Theron Gallacher
Mason Wilson
Central
Mt Palatine
North Hopewell Social Notes Mention Family Visits
Nearly everyone is done planting corn. Roy Ransom and Alva Forrest visited Willie Ransom Sunday. Mrs Nellie McAleer called on Mrs Charlie Ravcom. Will Mobaugh and family spent Sunday with relatives. A stray small black and tan Shepherd named Ross was stolen from C. H. Ransom's premises May 16. If found inform Mr. C. H. Bencois or Miss Tou Ransom, Henry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bud Long
Will Crouse
Joe Mobaugh
Roy Ransom
Alva Forrest
Willie Ransom
Nellie McAleer
Charlie Ravcom
Will Mobaugh
Henry King
W ‘E
M:s King
Daniel Horrum
Ben Snell
Babe
C. H. Ransom
Ethel Swem
Mabel Remley
C. H
Willoufer
C. H. Bencois
Local social notes and family visits listed in Sparland area records
A compilation of names and brief events includes James Somers and Anton Fry shelling corn, Fred Darton attending Center services, Mr and Mrs Coulter visiting their daughter, John and Bertha Christan as visitors, Perry Dunn and children visiting relatives near Milo, Salomon and William Nighsonger cycling to Peoria, and a family death in Nebraska. Decoration Day services are announced at Center with Rev Tullis presiding. Numerous relatives from Ne braska and Ford County visit or travel, plus local mine workers and inspectors noted. Charlie Hubbell recovering from a broncho kick while Thomas Hud son and J A Daniels visit Sparland mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will
Nebraska
James Hobbison
Saratoga
Joseph Caley
Peoria
Rev Tullis
Elizabeth Aukland
Eddy Ketchum
Ye Rothe
Thomas Hupbell
M ‘Ases Eihina
Iva Devtela
Will Bell
Ford Councy
Darby Mill
Daniels
Daniel
Jertis Mallary
Mallary
Thomas Hudson
Galva
J. A. Daniels
Henry
Sparland
Thurwlay
Thomas Stubbell
Charlie Hubbell
Charlie
Lut
Altho
Local Notes Headline List of Town Visits and Events
Hennepin and surrounding area report a week of social visits and minor news. Wil Read travels to Hennepin. Metzenberg and Boulson of Chicago were in town. Geo W. Stouffer hosts from Tampico. J M Durley visits sister Mrs Mary G Cartier. Eddie Paxson and Delbert Wood enjoy new bicycles. Mark Durley trains for Peoria fire department, with first lesson last Monday. Oscar Bumgarner of Magnolia attends farm insurance matters. Mrs Annie Speer Marriott returns home after visiting Hennepin. local residents Tom Stanton and others take a pleasant outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wil Read
Hennepin
Henry Trendt
Metzenberg & Boulson
Chicago
Eddie Paxson
Delbert
Wood
Geo W. Stouffer
Tampico
S Lster
J. M. Durley
Kearney
Neb
Slater
Mary G. Cartier
Mark Durley
Peoria Fire Depera
Jesson
Oscar Bumgarner
Magnolia
Magnolia Mutual Ing Co
Annie Speer Marriott
Capron
Tom Stanton
Ggo Pearce
Waldo Hamm
Hilda Fay
Maggie Schermerhorn
May Monroe
Judge unable to reach decision in case in Norfolk
Judge Juteyvaugh could not reach Hennepin Jas Saturday to deliver a decision in the Mirloyd case but will be in Hennepin Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock. Mrs Henry Trendt’s relatives from Iowa left Wednesday after a short county stay, Percy McWhorter bought the Sycamore street house from Joseph Yaeger for 350 dollars, and wedding cards announce Miss Addie K. Durley and J. E. Barnard plan to wed May 28 at Des Moines. congratulations extended.
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Deer Par
Juteyvaugh
Hennepin
Jas
Henry Trendt
Iowa
County
Percy McWhorter
Joseph Yaeger
Sycamore Street
Scott Thomas
Percy
Addie K. Durley
J. E. Barnard
Granville
J. J. Hurterbower
Des Moines
Magnolia High School 1901 commencement noted at M F Church
Local notes recall numerous visits and social events across Varna Henry Toluca and Galesburg. A Magnolia High School twenty first annual commencement at the M F Church featured class motto Launched but Not Anchored and speeches by W E Hawthorne and Rev Schacht.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magnolia High School
M. F
Musle
Earle
Rev Schacht
Gelbel
Mayme Judd
L. Edith Law
Female Students Receive Flowers at Graduation
The students were elegantly dressed in white gowns with red roses and received many flowers and presents from friends. Instructors F.M Holluewas and Mary Ray earned due credit for their guidance.
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Aouch
F.M Holluewas
Mary Ray
Local notes on painting, events, and church services
John Sparling freshens his residence with paint at the Crowgley house of G. W. Lawcen. Mrs T. H. Williams stays in Henry with sister-in-law Martha Woolly who is poorly. The Christian church orders a dew organ from Mr Allen of Princeton. School closed on Wednesday. A picnic at Wheeler's Grove on Thursday. Hay and oats prospects remain steeply limited with short supplies. Albert Chatten of Quincey visited Rev Chatten, a fine soloist, who sang at morning and evening services with Jennie Wheeler on the organ. Rev Ivins Chatten will give a memorial address at Putnam in M, BH church next Sunday morning People’s service at night. Evening services grow briefer yet more practical. young people urged to join the growing congregation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Brenn
J. C. Rolley
Henry
Varna
Leni Johnson
Henning
Toluca
Ramage House
Haws’ Woods
Peoria
Taylor
Stainbrook
John Thornton
Rev Schacht
Ladies Aid Society
G. A. Lawrence
Nttle Rebecca
Galesburg
J. H. McKirgan'a
Nan Gurnea
Mra Lash
Plokney Arnold
Cumberland Cemetery
Sue Wier
Lostant
Clem Flitcruft
Oak Park
Grace Wald
Normal
Beatrice Massie
J. E. Bowan
Quincy i
Schacht
Mr Heck
John Sparling
Crowgley
G. W. Lawcen
T. H. Williams
Martha Woolly
Christian Church
Allen
Princeton
Wheeler's Grove
Ois
Hay
Albert Chatten
Quincey
Rev Chatten
M. FE
Jennie Wheeler
Ivins Chatten
Putnam
McNabb Notes and Nearby Social Roundup
McNabb residents Curtis of Lostant visited Monday. Families and carpenters work on homes. Mrs Bert McCabe recovering from measles. D. R. Shinn and Pauline visited Peoria to enlarge dry goods stock. Strawberryville residents claimed. Danish Lutherans plan a June 16 church dedication with an English sermon inviting Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Lippert
D. R. Shinn
Pauline
Peoria
8. A. Blanchard
Streator
McNabb and
Mra McNabb
Exme
Davidson
Strawberryville
Toluca
Quaker Lane News Notes and Travel Snippets
Joshua Bundgarner visited home over Sunday while British Lane school closed for a picnic and entertainment by a local teacher. D R Bhinn and wife traveled to Pearl on bus business, with plans to visit Culview and relatives in Peoria and other towns. Angora goats arrived from Kansas, 160 animals. owner aims to clear brush, not feed on grass. M A Wilson and wife spent six weeks visiting relatives in Pennsylvania New Jersey and North Carolina, enjoying an ocean steamer voyage Philadelphia to Norfolk. They then rode to Washington with a stop at old Point Comfort, noting Norfolk harbor as highly fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joshua Bundgarner
British Lane
Achosure
Mas Putnam
D. R. Bhinn
Pearl
Busiess
Henry
Sud
Culrview
Peoria
Lou Sanit
Edoa Wilson
A. B. Wilson
Hans
Kansas
M. A. Wilson
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
North Carolina
Philadelphia
Norfolk
Salute at Sea and Local Social Activity Noted
The piece recalls a salute given as a boat took on 800 barrels of fish while noting two large hotels near piers at a summer resort. It mentions travels via Cincinnati and Indianapolis, with a stop at Kankakee Illinois. It also lists multiple social visits, school closings, and local meetings of telephone companies and a mutual association in Mt Palatine with officers elected and plans for a central location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Kankakee
Lone Trel Weather Sets Cool Tone for Children’s Day
Weather is cool for mid June as Lone Tree Sunday school plans Children’s Day exercises on the 14th. Oliver Downey builds a barn with George Johnson in charge. Town hall receives a new roof. Mrs J Williams and Myrtle stay with Mrs McKoon to help with sewing and to attend the Bloomington State Sunday School convention. David Wright hosts a birthday surprise for Alvin Wright, his 18th, with 27 guests enjoying a large dinner and well wishes for many more birthdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone ‘Ree
Oliver Downey
George Johnsoun
H. Wiliams
Myrtle
William
Bloomington
David Wright
Alvin
Yet. Bighter Exploits Gold Mine Investments
A terse exchange cites Bighter touting gilt edged investments in gold mines with Bitton noting prior losses in such ventures. The quote echoes a Philadelphia Press line about profitable but risky mining speculation.
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Bighter
Bitton
Philadelphia Press
Shy Suitor Paid Fifty Dollars in Chicago Tale
A Chicago Tribune blurb recalls a shy young man who visited a girl with blond hair and a girl with black eyes. He was shy about fifty dollars, and the father promptly examined him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
A Child Asks If Love Is a Disease
A father and son debate love as a disease with a wry line about vaccination. The Cleveland Plain Dealer presents a domestic vignette on love and wisdom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Music and Affection Illuminate a Baltimore Scene
A witty Baltimore note depicts Mr Sappeigh and Mr Woozem both smitten by a young pianist Miss Gabbelgh. The exchange plays on the proverb music hath charms and hints at social flirtation in a genteel setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sappeigh
Woozem
The Size of It
He-Women will ever be paid up much for lecturing as mien. She-Why not? Sie-Because they do too much of it for nothing. Chicago News.
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Chicago News
In the Front Row Sits a Wife and Husband Question
A humorous exchange about seating in the front row. The wife admits she sits there to be seen and to observe other women’s hats while the husband questions the habit. The snippet reflects a playful domestic moment.
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Syracuse Werald
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J. C. Hills
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Mra Wotth
Mertot Swift
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Wm. Fosdick
C Tanquary
Steuben
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Rochester
Ed Clark
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North Hopewell
Villetta V. Simonton
Herndon
Fe Rata
Inez V. Lundy
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Diplomias
Onediction
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Lone Trel
Imperial, Featherstone and Patee Wheels
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Hammar
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