Sparland District Notes Highlight Local Happenings
Sparland news covers visits and moves, births, travels to Chicago and California, and local church and school notes. A new Sparland school is praised for its construction with praise for Prof. J R Bouton and district directors. Reports of chicken thieves prompt vigilance and police cooperation in La Prairie area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Bouton
Sparland
Tus Henry Republican
la Prairie
Peoria Herald-Transcript
Lacon
J. R. Boutgn
Gentle Health Reform Promises for Women by Dr Pierce
The ad touts Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a modern remedy for nervousness backache sleeplessness and general fatigue in women. It offers a $500 reward for any uncurable case and cites a testimonial from Mrs Idelia K Houck of Hampstead Maryland praising the medicine and urging readers to request the medical book People Common Sense Medical Adviser with stamp payments.
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America
Pierce
United States
Idelia K. Houck
RF. D
Hampstead
Dr. Pierce
R. V. Pierce
M. D
Tifa
N.Y
Local Notes From LA PRAIRIE CENTER and Nearby
Social rounds include Hillebrand and chicken pickers in Peoria. Wilbur Casey of Lacon and William Bowman of Chicago visit the Calder family. Holtz and Aitchison visit Sparland then Denver and Welser Idaho. Epworth League lecture course planned. Calder returns from Denver. LeVeta Webber and sister visit Lacon. Hastings and Myrtle visit Normal. G P S Onarga students at Y M C A convention in Bloomington. Ralph Greene visits Evanston. district W M S convention at Chillicothe with Belle Calder and J B Dille on program. Morris sisters from Beatrice, Neb., visit Rey and Mrs. Martin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Hillebrand
Peoria
Wilbur Casey
Lacon
William Bowman
Chicago
E. A. Calder
Walter Holtz
Elizabeth Aitchison
Sparland
Denver
Col
Welser
Idaho
Epworth League
Alex Calder
LeVeta Webber
Wood
James Hastings
Myrtle
Anna Hasting
Agnes Burnett
Carl Leigh
Ralph Greene
Onarga
Bloomington
Hansalston
Iliff
Evanston
W,bf
M.S
Chillicothe
Belle Calder
J. B. Dille
Local Notes From YAN AEH STREET and Nearby
Street gossip records illness for George and visits by Miss Liza Ratcliff and Miss Kate Payton. Pupils Elmer Green Horace and Jessie Crocker show perfect attendance. Myron McLaughlin enjoyed a Peoria weekend. Frank Poignant is able to be out again. Mrs Ohliman’s sister-in-law visited town. Jake Staab builds a barn for James McDonald’s rental farm. Lorin Francis finishes work for John McDonald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Jump
Liza Ratcliff
Crocker
Kate Payton
Henry
Elmer Green
Horace
Jessie Crocker
Myron McLaughlin
Peoria
Frank Poignant
Ohliman
Pedennials
Jake Staab
James McDonald
Lorin Francis
John McDonald
Wright Farm and Property Sold at Masters Sale
The Byard Wright farm of 160 acres in Evans township and the Wright property in Wenona were sold at masters sale on Saturday October 28. Ross Crane cartoonist chalk talker and entertainer will headline Armory hall on Saturday November. Miss Katie Curry of Henry has been visiting in Wenona and Garfield line this past week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenona
Byard Wright
Evans Township
Wright
John Favre
Ross Crane
Armory Hall
Katie Curry
Henry
Garfield Line
Corn Picking Records Stir Camp Grove Weather Report
Fine cool weather spurs corn picking with notable yields. Tom Landers on the Hennessey place averages 90 bushels daily over eight hours and reached 128 bushels on Monday weighed on Allie Webber scales. Clyde Gregory builds a new corncrib and shifts the old structure to Henry Barfoot’s property while Callie Clawson buys the small portion. James Somers returns from northwest Iowa with a Laurens farm and a large corncrib erected. Peter Herberger arrives for a large saw to handle a patch of exceptionally large ears requiring a bigger tool.
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Camp Grove
Tom Landers
Hennessey Place
Allie Webber
Clyde Gregory
Whitefield
Henry Barfoot
Callie Clawson
James Somers
Iowa
Laurens
Peter Herberger
Local notes on law move and regional happenings in Lacon
Robert Smith of Sparland to join Judge Richmond in Richmond & Smith, a new law firm. W Cherry reports on a coal option setback for his railroad plan between Lacon and Henry but stays committed. Minonk begins bottling artesian well water for medicine amid health claims. A Richland farmer predicts corn may equal wheat value in 15 years due to expanding wheat area. Six Toluca youths fined $7.70 for railway flipping. jail boarding follows. St Anns church union fair at Klinger's theater set for Nov 18 to 20 with nightly entertainment.
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Lacon Home Journal
Robert Smith
Sparland
W. Cherry
Lacon
Hennepin
Henry
Minonk
Richland
Toluca
St.Ann's Church
Klinger’s Theater
Son Lost Mother Through Consumption and Coughs
E B Reid of Harmony Maine credits Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption with saving him from serious lung trouble after his mother’s death. He began using it at the first sign of a cough or cold for five years, claiming quick relief and cure. Price 50c and 1.00, guaranteed at Powells City Drug Store Henry Illinois. Trial bottle free.
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E. B. Reid
Harmony
Dr. King
Mr. Reid
J. EB
F. A. Powells City
Henry, Ill
Cod Liver Oil Treatment Through The Ages
Doctors long relied on cod liver oil for consumption though early forms were hard to take. The patient then faced limited benefit, but improvements in preparation promised better tolerance and potential help.
Court House News roundup with liens and probate items
Circuit Court actions include Burke vs Toluca Marquette & Northern Railroad to enforce lien. Probate items approve inventories and reports for Susanna S BE Fisher Guy W Curtis estate minor guardianship discharge and Rowe moral character application. Real estate transfers list multiple parcels in Lacon Bennington Richland Sparland Venona and Marshall county Sheriff transfers. Marriage licenses issued for several couples including Hakes Shipp Antonacci Holtz and Aichisor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Burke
Toluca, Marquette & Northern Railroad Company
Teresa Benedette
Marquette Third Vein Coal Company
Walter A. Rosenfield
Maria Paganessi
Susanna S. BE
Fisher
Guy W. Curtis
William Rowe
Thomas Higgins
Samuel Buck
Henry Overy
Richland
Abner
Henrietta Crank
Albert McLaughlin
CG. H. Maxwell
Sparland
Abbie Gresser
Charles W. McManus
Henry
George W. Calhoun
Alexander A. Heflin
Sparland Builds Better Brick School for Less
The Herald Transcript notes Sparland completed a new school building costing 12 000 dollars, a better structure with modern conveniences, while the old building of similar size cost about 16 000 dollars forty years ago. The piece praises value amid rising prices and contrasts steam with the old cupola and plain design.
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Herald-Transcript
Sparland
Henry Republican
Afton seeks custody of Emma in Champaign case
Florian Afton, known for public notoriety, challenges the adoption of Emma Loyde, a five year old with Champaign foster parents. He previously won custody on a Chicago judge’s technicality. Foster parents Mr. and Mrs. Loyde and their Champaign home face a legal fight to keep Emma, with attorney A H Bryan gathering material for the Champaign hearing.
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Florian Afton
Afton
Champaign
Emma
Circuit Court
la Salle County
F. H. Loyde
Lloyde
Ottawa
Springfield
Little Emma
A. H. Bryan
Ottawa Journal
Cured Consumption Sparkles in Testimonial
Mrs B W Evans of Clearwater Kansas reports her husband recovered from a three month illness labeled quick consumption after using Ballard’s Horehound Syrup. She says a bottle has been kept in the home for six years and endorses its effectiveness for coughs and colds. Available at Powell’s City Drug Store Henry.
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B. W. Evans
Clearwater
Kas
Ballard
J. E. & F. A. Powells City Drug Store
Henry
Uncle Sam Grants Vast Irrigated Lands for Farms
Charles D Walcott of the United States Geological Survey states the government owns about 600 million acres of vacant land most arid and 6.5 million irrigated. water is available for more with Colorado and California leading irrigation. A $300 million program over 40 years could raise land value to at least $2 billion. Also notes Rain-in-the-Face, a Custer massacre figure, died at Standing Rock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
New Farms
Charles D. Walcott
United States Geological Survey
Colorado
California
Rain-in-the-Face
Custer
Standing Rock Reservation
South Dakota
Gen. Custer
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Central Illinois Methodist Episcopal Conference
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William Newburn
Leah Newburn
William W. Dean
Wallace J. Richardson
Katherine
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Thomas Cassady
Margaret Cassady
Bennington
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Sparland, Illinois
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I. Thompson
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W. H. Ford
Forbes
M.A. Hassenilu
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National Bread Co
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E. F. Hunter
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P. M
Bron~son
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J. BE. & FP. A. Powells City Drug Store
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