Sparland Local News Highlights 1912
Sparland notes run of health updates and social events. Mrs Trompeter ill with rheumatism. Mrs Pringle very low under Peoria nurse care. A social at Mrs Waugh Dunlap’s featured a mock chicken theft trial with Rev McLelsa as judge and local residents as prosecutors and defense. Remnants mention local travel, school activities, baptist address, and war post ties.
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Trompeter
Delbert James
Remtclare
Wm. O'Leary
Peoria
Roland Kelley
Lulu Kenney
Henry
Jennie Young
George Rice
Farmington
M. GC. Marshall
Pringle
Tiskilwa
Bessie Hill
W. T. Smith
Smith
Anna Suft
Helen
Henry Luft
Steuben
Baptist Church
Klotsche
John Barber
St. Francis Hospital
State Hospital
Chicago
Chillicothe
Lottie Duncan
Oklahoma
Robert Smith
Roland O'Leary
California
James
Los Angeles
Thomas Hensley
Sparland
Elsie Cumming
Miss Cumming
Sparland High School
John McIntosh
Styles
Mt. Pleasant
H. W. Gehr
McIntosh
Gehr
Old Soldiers
47Th Illinois Regiment
McfWarland Post
No. 20
Liberty Furniture Company visits for a short stay
Liberty Furniture Company comes in and visits for a while, staying briefly while arrangements or demonstrations occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Furniture Company
Court hears Hen Stealing Case and local deaths
Jesse White as sheriff brought in James Hill and Harry Seibold charged with stealing six hens from Mrs. Dunlap. After a long trial with six witnesses for the prosecution and defense, the jury failed to reach a verdict and the case was dropped. The report also covers local obituaries, school events, and community notices including the death of Thomas Hensley and Thomas Reily, with details on their families and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse White
James Hill
Harry Seibold
Dunlap
Mrs. McLeish
Angie Baughman
Louis Osborne
Abe Ridenour
George Snell
Robert Buck
Alberta
Canada
Thomas Hensley
Sparland
Lacon
Illinois River
Hensley
Sparland High to Graduate Five In 1912 Exercises
Sparland High School will host class day exercises Friday May 31 at the Baptist church and commencement at 8 PM at the M B church. The five graduates Leslie Hunt Hula Matie Hoskins Leslie Watkins Aura Joy Duncan and Everett Simpson will participate in programs featuring solos poems orations and a class history and will receive diplomas in a Standard Orchestra accompaniment ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparland High School
The
Baptist Church
M. B. Church
Leslie Hunt
Hula Matie Hoskins
Leslie Watkins
Aura Joy Duncan
Everett Simpson
Elsie Gehr
Tice Coon
Bula Hoskins
Joy Duncan
Eula Hoskins
Feckererdennie
M. B
Rev. McLeish
New Spring and Summer Suits at Half Price
Bergner Store offers half price on a wide selection of new spring and summer suits. Light colored fabrics in whipcords diagonals and mixtures in brown tan and gray. Styles range from plain tailored to suits with fancy trimming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bergner
Navy Blue Suits on Half Price Sale
A store advertises a large stock of navy blue suits in serges whipcord and mannish suitings offered in plain or fancy effects. Regular prices range from 15 to 45 dollars with half price discount.
New Summer Merchandise Arrives at Bergner Store
In every department of the Bergner Store shoppers find crisp new summer merchandise. New dresses waists silks gloves hats and shoes fill the racks with cool comfortable daylight shopping. Experienced clerks provide prompt service in this large store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bergner
Railroad Fare Refunded on $25 Purchases
Community notes report spring weather and farm activity as Cora Darling recovers from appendicitis. Local families welcome a new baby girl to James Champions and a baby boy for Mr and Mrs Cleve Shearers. Church service planned for June 2 with flowers for soldiers graves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Darling
James
Thomas Reily
Camp Grove
Mabel Hauger
Jennie McGee
Miss Magee
Coulter School
T. A. Seelye
Tina Hawksworth
Bradford
Cleve Shearers
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S.lowly
G. Halbleib
Charles A. Blanchard
Andrew Aitchison
Klotche
Lawn Ridge
Edelstein
Everett Roll
Harry Perkins
Speer
Burt Greene
Etta Young
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Joseph Prich
Duck
Joe
Otto Symmes
Joliet
Otto
Curtis
Hdelstein
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la Prairie
Dr. Blough
James McManus
Tom
Dora Pearl
Miss Fields
A. P. Freeman
Murphy
Proctor Hospital
Thomas
la Prairie Township
Brian Reily
Bridget Fagan
Camp Grove Church
Hayden
McCusky
Mann
God
Chamberlain
T. J. Segraves
A. J. Ironmonger
PABergner @Co
Saratoga
Charley Smith
Charles Darling
Tanner and
Kline
Rev. Busby
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