Sparland Area Briefs and Community Notes 1912
Local residents in Sparland Henry and nearby towns are cited in a series of social notes. Visitors include Miss Dease O Leary and Miss Anna McFarland from Peoria, with Mrs. Sparr, Mrs. Corcoran, and Mrs. H Gehr among shoppers and guests. Church events feature Bethel MBE services June 2 and Children’s Day on June 9, plus a baccalaureate at the Baptist church led by Rev Klotche.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Calder
Gear
Dease O'Leary
Robert Rae
Henry
Hlsie Gehr
Anna McFarland
Peoria
Vivan Smith
Chillicothe School
C. D. Marshall
Wm. O'Leary
Sparr
Miss Campbell
Effie Rowley
Harry Marshall
Mills Walker
Verna May
Simpson
Bethel
Olson
Mrs Jessie Pringle Dies in Sparland After Long Life
Jessie Burns Pringle born January six 1838 in Jedburgh Scotland came to America at eighteen. She married William Pringle in 1861 and had five living children ten grandchildren and three great grandchildren. She joined the United Presbyterian church of La Prairie Center Marshall county Illinois and remained faithful. After her husband's death in 1873 she lived on the farm and moved to Sparland twelve years ago. A service was held at her Sparland home on Saturday May 25 conducted by Rev. D M McLeish with hymns scripture reading prayer and remarks. burial followed at Law Prairie Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Pringle
Jessie Burns
Jedburgh
Scotland
America
William Pringle
Pesbyterian Church
United Presbyterian Church of
D. M. McLeish
M. E. Church
McLeish
Mabel Gehr
Bessie McCartney
John Marland
Fred Gehr
Law Prairie Presbyterian Church
Steuben News Highlights Local Deaths and Community Events
The Steuben column notes the funeral procession of Mrs. Pringle of Sparland to La Prairie cemetery. Emery Justice remains ill, prompting concern from his grandmother in Henry. A Sparland Chautauqua gathering gains momentum with notable speakers planned. Charlie Benson recovers and works on a Steuben farm. Reuben Colwell from Starbuck relocates to the John Newell place for his future home. Mary Hayden, three, undergoes a repeat operation at St. Francis hospital for a right ear abscess. A small Baptist church attendance dresses by rain, while Rev. Hodson delivers an eloquent sermon. Wilbur Hastings is among those serving on the petit jury at Lacon. Maud Crocker visits home near Chillicothe during a county farm vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Newell
Mamie Jacobson
Chicago
Little Mary
Michael Hayden
St. Francis Hospital
Baptist Church
Hodson
Chillicothe
Wilbur Hastings
Petit Jury
Lacon
Maud Crocker
La Prairie Social Roundup Features Visits and a Church Event
Local residents host relatives and friends including Mrs Wombacher, Mrs Hannah Greene, and Miss Lucie Calder. Visitors arrive from Lacon Peoria Chillicothe Clarinda Spain and Henry. The U P church will showcase a juniors and choir entertainment on Sabbath evening June 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Davidson
Hannah Greene
Clarinda
Webster Greene
U. P
Lucie Calder
Elsse Gehr
Saratoga Weather Delays Corn Planting And Local News
Last night’s heavy rain slows corn planting with some planters finished and others plowing. Mrs. Salisbury of Henry visits. Mike Landers’ child suffers a facial cut. Gertrude Holmes breaks a arm. Holmes family guests from Canada rest here. Decoration services next Sunday at 3 pm led by Rev. Busby. Public notice of Chamberlains Liniment sale by Segraves and Ironmonger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga
Wm. Salisbury
Henry
Mike Landers
Alfred Holmes
Gertrude
Harry Holmes
Canada
Camp Grove Notes Showers Dance and Social Visits
Sunday brought a shower and light social activity in Camp Grove. Mrs. C Wolfe recuperating in Peoria after surgery visited by Mr. Wolfe, while local residents and visitors from Bradford and Peoria joined relatives here. A rainout canceled Camp Grove La Prairie baseball. a club dance drew a good crowd. Several residents were out visiting, courting, or shopping in Peoria and Henry. A. J. Tronmonger reports Foley Honey and Tar helped a cold.
Local notices and family updates from Lawn Ridge area
Mrs Laura Perkins and Gladys visit L J Wilson in Lawn Ridge while Little Mary Collins recovers from adenoid removal in Peoria. Mary Collins returns home as throat soreness lingers. Minnie Will visits from Junta Colorado for a week with relatives. Mrs Jennie Swann ill, niece Mrs Anna Moon assists. F D Nurss travels to Chillicothe then returns via Northwestern road. Ella Terryberry from Chicago attends cemetery marker work and visits friends. Mary Collins takes daughter to Peoria for ear operation, recovers well. John Estella reports planting corn underway in Rock Rapids area, crops look good though local prospects are weak. Weather improves, farmers work ground hard to crop corn. Rev A B Curtis absent at state Congregational association in Elgin. panel discusses pressing church issues.
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Lawn Ridge
Laura Perkins
Gladys
Peoria
L. J. Wilson’s
Mary Collins
Winnie Crady
Maria Cornell
Minnie Will
Junta
Col
Jennie Swann
Wilmot
Anna Moon
Trivoli
F. D. Nurss
Chillicothe
Northwestern
Ella Terryberry
Chicago
John
Estella
Rock Rapids
A. B. Curtis
State Congregational Association
Elgin
Broadmoor Social Notes Include Moveins and Visits
Robert Conover and wife visited Peoria recently. A daughter was born to Roy Kemp and wife on May 18. Ms Nettle Moore of Peoria visits her nephew Frank Thirkell. E G Rees and family were hosted by T A Nevitt in Bradford. M A Dally and wife of Putnam visited Broadmoor relatives. Henry Churchill and wife, formerly of Peoria, have moved to Broadmoor and will occupy Robert Mills’s former home. Sherman Hodges and others were Chicago visitors over Sunday. The Epworth League of Boyd Grove M E church hosts a lawn social at Wm Blackburn’s home Friday May 31 with ice cream and cake. all invited.
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South Milo
Charlie Reid
Chicago
Epworth League
William Blackburn
C. Colehower
Bruce Fountain
Thomas
Real
Julia
Bradford
Charlie Swineman
Walter Bentley
William Bentley
Lucile
Princeton
Jennie Chenoweth
Donald Bonner
Sauk Center
Minn
Burton Barker
Peoria
Vesta Wright
M. B
Boyd’s Grove
Harold Roe
Rey
Vandervoort
Harl Howe
America
Broadmoor
Robert Conover
Roy Kemp
Nettle Moore
Frank Thirkell
E. G. Rees
T. A. Nevitt
M. A. Dally
Putnam
Henry Churchill
Robert Mills
Sherman Hodges
Wm. Mielkey
John Driscoll
James McKean
Boyd's Grove
M. E. Church
Wm. Blackburn
Cottage Socials and Local Visits In Illini Township
Mr and Mrs Hiram Allen hosted a Saturday gathering honoring Mrs H H Allen and several guests including Mrs Robert Whittaker and daughters Hattie and Flora Whittaker, with a Cottage school program planned for Friday. Numerous neighbors and relatives visited homes across the area, weather permitting, including Henry Miller and family, the Minier party, and Velma Anderson visiting at Mrs Charles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Allen
H. H. Allen
Robert Whittaker
Hattie
Flora Whittaker
Mattie Schertz
Alex Albee
Emma _ Schertz
Hattie Hunter
Frank Doty
Theodore Borg
Alvan Anderson
Providence
Anderson
Lew Allen
Lacon
Hiram Hunter
Alden Hunter
Henry
Fred Farley
William Piper
Willard
Lee Brokaw
Tiskilwa
Henry Miller
Court House News Probate Finalized In Marshall County
Probate court actions include discharge of conservator for Commodore P Hamilton and executor discharges for Hoge and German estates. Final reports approved for Mary R Hoge Franz Pelz and Mary Berry with notices of adjustment terms. Information and plea in Reeves liquor case. jail term imposed. guardian and executor appointments and bond details recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah E. Dean
Commodore P. Hamilton
Michael Dooling
Mary R. Hoge
Sidney E. Hoge
Chester G. Hoge
Charles F. Hoge
Guardian
Sidney J. Hoge
Ward
William H. German
Ada E. German
State of Illinois
William Reeves
Marshall County
Robert Small
Elizabeth C. Monahan
Andrew P. Magstrand
Franz Pelz
Mary Berry
Estate and real estate transfers in Lacon area docket
Multiple estates including Diana Feazel David Mathias Thomas Duke Eva Wunder Lucian Martin and W C White receive court actions. Guardians reports appraisals and bond authorizations paired with numerous real estate transfers, adoptions of claims, and probate hearings across Toluca Santa Fe Lacon and Venona areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forney & Wilcox
Michael Shea
Henry McBrail
Greens
Peter McKeon
Diana Feazel
David Mathias
Emiel A
Victor H
Emma E. Nilson
Guardian
Thomas Duke
Eva Wunder
Lucian Martin
W. C. White
Caleb M. Forbes
Thomas Monier
Charles Reichardt
Lucian
Champion
James Ramp
Henry Cemetery
Toluca Coal Co
Peter Lingl Tozi
Santa Fe Isladd
Toluca
Marie Senwald
Frederick C Kenith
Lucen
Thomas Southwell
Sarah E. Sliffard
Howe
Venona
Bond Library
Santa Fe
John Hutchins
Helen M. Held
Lacon
Lucy M. Hutchins
Emiel Nilson
Frank A. Yanochowski
Benj G. Hoyle
Nnar
Hopewell
Mark Sawyer
Charles R. Jones
Michael Fahy
Dominic Valesano
Pahy
Maggie Ziegler
Peter Yarguttz
Toto
Santa
Peter West
Edward R. Clouse
Lacon Township
Thomas M. Moran
Ann Tracey
Clara B. Fort
Elizabeth Specht
Ninth Stret
Prairie Avenue
Mary W
Charity D
Emily L. Litchfield
D. Ball
Bennington
Stephen Polish
Anna Tracey
Thomas Dintini
Dominick Turigilatti
Peter Costello
Tolusa
Supreme Court Limits Water Shutoffs By Cities
The Supreme Court ruled water services cannot be cut off for late payments. It warns such shutoffs can cause family hardship and threaten public health. The Peru News-Herald notes cities and water companies often preemptively cut water and charge a $1 reactivation fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Peru News-Herald
Pure Bred Shire Stallion Ilinois License Ad
The Pure Bred Shire Stallion Ilinois license No. A 8227. Foaled June 1 1900. Sire Moulton Irby by Lockinge Harold and Dam Florencia by Johnny Bull. Color dark bay with uniform dapples. Weight 2000 pounds. Sound and drafty with gentle disposition. License issued in regular form. Location Home Barn one mile east of Whitefield Corners. Terms 15 to insure colt to stand and suck. Charles McAllister.
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Shire Horse Stud Book
Moulton Irby
Lockinge Harold
Florencia
Johnny Bull
Willett
Whitefield Corners
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Henry, III
Sparland Department
George Snell
Orrin Frisbey
George Zimmerman
Soliders
Miss Jacobs
Bloomington
Ernest Klein
The
Klotche
David McLeish
Sulky
Litchfield
New Iowa
Marseilles
Chamberlain
T. J. Segravesland
A. J. Ironmonger
Camp Grove
C. Wolfe
Wolfe
William Gonrad
Robert Breen
Owen Sharkey
la Prairie
Hugh King
Barney Colgan
Ed Bogner
Bert Duncan
Adolph Renzi
Michael McManus
Michael
McDill
Bogner
Jake Bean
Fr. Hayden
Sweringen
Kline
J. A. Shanks
Lewisburg
Ind
Mr. Shanks
Foley
A. J. Tronmonger
Thomas Collins
Mary
Court House News
Colfax Mineral Springs
Carlsbad of America
Colfax
Des Moines
Rock Island Line
Rock Island Lines
O, G. Vale
Henry, Ill
Warren Cowles
Peoria, Ill
John Kraus
Martin L. Coan
Henry Cemetery Association
G. W
C. W. Helmandoller
Maud D. Ramp
Jabez F. Wairbanks
Rhoda Caldwell
Steuben
Delorous M. Ebright
William H. Burns
Wm. Humble
Liberty Street
Morris
A. J
Ladd
Postal Savings Banks
Bureau County
Buda
Wyanet
Charles McAllister
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