Gehr’s Sparland Stove Sale Draws Record Crowds
In Sparland last Saturday a stove and chair drawing capped a 30 day sale by F H Gehr. The store issued 10 400 tickets in thirty days with a Jewel Range and Murphy Rocking Chair awarded to winners No 3425 and No 7468. A stove exhibition with Edna Thomas baking biscuits and free coffee drew large crowds as H L Clark and other staff assisted. The event, publicized in The Henry Republican, marked the largest sale in the village’s history and boosted Gehr’s reputation.
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Illinois
F. H. Gehr
Sparland
Detroit Stove Works
Murphy Chair Company
Detroit
Mich
Gehr
Ir. H. Foster
Edna Thomas
Mabel
Hisse Gehr
H. L. Clark
Peo- Tig
Mr. Gehr
Frank Anderson
Wil Frank
Ernest Klein
Randolph Tanner
M. C. Marshall
West Marshall County
Sparland Notes Include Visits, Socials, and Tragic Death
Sparland society pages report Mrs. Rae shopping in Henry and visits by Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs. Miss Jillett left for Chicago to aid an ill sister, and Mrs. Ray from Chicago erects a monument for her late husband. Church events, a Halloween Epworth League party, and local store sales draw crowds as deaths and weddings punctuate town life.
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Robert Rae
Henry
Michael Jacobs
James Tanquary
Jennie Anderson
Pennsylvania
Grandma Duncan
Mae Jillett
Chicago
Luella Nightwonger
Wm. Aitchison
Dave Shearer
Toulon
Lillie
Leila Maxwell
Rock Island
Harry Green
M. E
McLeish
Charles Wabel
Stapp Place
Wilber
Albin Gallup
Steuben
Duke Bros
Gara
F. H. Gehr
Sparland
A. Aitchison
Burt
I. H. Gehr
Epworth League
Mrs. McLeish
James Hill
Frank VanAntwerp
Wim
Frank
Local Social News From Camp Grove Area
Camp Grove notes show George Clucky of Peoria visiting with friends and families from Bradford Toluca and Peoria. Residents Mrs R L Breen Mr Samuel King and others hosted and visited. illnesses include Barney Colgan with inflammatory rheumatism improving slightly.
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Camp Grove
George Clucky
Peoria
Anton Mallman
Margaret
Leota Kissel
Sacred Heart Academy
R. L. Breen
Bradford
Samuel King
Barney Colgan
Addie Harty
M. McManus
Hattie Greggs
Bradford Nelson
Howard, S. D
Robert Fay
Toluca
Kate Herberger
Morse
Leona Bushawn
M. Ryan
Celectine
Community Notes From South Milo and Nearby
South Milo residents visit friends and neighbors including William Clement family and Swinemans. William Bentley and family traded in Henry and visited Wm Smith's. Mrs. Kate Austin hosted a social for Mrs. Kistler moving to Camp Grove, with a silver berry spoon gift. Navy Maud Hogate and Mrs Carl Barker visited Grandma McClane. Oliver Wright to sell hand-picked apples at 40 cents per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Milo
William Clement
Swineman
William Bentley
Henry
Wm. Smith
Richard Tremain
Charlie Reid
Kate Austin
Kistler
Camp Grove
Ladies’ Aid
George Barker
Navy
Maud Hogate
Carl Barker
Grandma McClane
Sarah Fosdick
Lydia Irwin
Guy Moore
C. Fosdick
Ye Scribe
Jesse Hufnagel
Adam Henkins
Paul Schammel
Carrie Moore
John Reid
Oliver Wright
Elliott Driver
Milo Corner
Cottage Visit Reflects Little Town Social Roundup
Claus Swanson and family visited Axel Borg near Providence. Sunday many locals including James Kirkpatrick family and Roy Bear visited Charles Day. Miss Wetzell of Sparland sews for Mrs. Chesney. Several others visited, conctrete work and social events noted alongside illnesses.
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Claus Swanson
Axel Borg’s
Providence
James Kirkpatrick
Roy Bear
Miss Wetzell
Sparland
Wm. Chesney
Herbert Goodale
Albee
Mrs. Smith
Zora Preston
Charles Doty
Sadie Dee
George Milner
George Quick
Henry Smith
Lettie Piper
Farley
Halladay
Burt Piper
Milo
Mrs. Molland
Wm. Perry
John O'Neill
Samuel Chesney
Maxine
Ernest Reynolds
F. M. Charles
Henry
Frank Jennett
O'Neil
Henry Charles
Sheffield
Lew Allen
Bowman
Lacon
Hiram Allen
Joe Loder
Frank Snicker
Jake Ringenbureg
Roy Maynard
Charles Anthony
Ralph Maynard
Warl Reynolds
Western Star
Tiskilwa
A. Doty and Son
John Doty
Bucklen’s Arnica Cream Cures Ulcer Man’s Foot
H. D. Bly of Bantam Ohio balked at doctors cutting his foot and suffered a four year ulcer. He treated it with Bucklen’s Arnica Salve, and his foot was soon cured. The ad lists the salve’s uses and sale at A. J. Tronmonger’s and T. J. Segraves’ drug stores.
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H. D. Bly
Bantam
Bucklen
A. J. Tronmonger's
T. J. Segraves
Local News Note Plethora Of Family and Community Updates
Mrs. Marie Cornell returns from Peoria in good spirits despite frail health. Roy Wilcox shreds corn fodder for winter feed. Mrs. Wesley Nickerson visits Peoria with Mrs. Liz eiz Gaumer. Mike Hackett ill and stays with Ford Moody family. Mrs. VanTassel returns from visit with daughter near Rome. Fred Cornell and John Anderson tend farm chores and meals. Mead Nurss and wife attend a national Rebekah lodges convention in Kansas City. Lester Lamoret and writer attend Royal Arch chapter in Wyoming with several candidates. Frank Mallary dies aged about 40 from heart failure. coroner rules. Turnbull home hosts reception for Robert Turnbull Jr and wife after honeymoon trip. Attending guests travel from Peoria, Fairmount NC, Chicago, Chillicothe, Blue Ridge and nearby communities.
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Marie Cornell
Peoria
Roy Wilcox
Wesley Nickerson
Lizeiz Gaumer
Mike Hackett
Ford Moody
VanTassel
George Crady
Rome
Roy Foster
Fred Cornell
John Anderson
Mead Nurss
Bdwards
Kansas City
Rebekah Lodges
Nurss
Witherville
Lester Lamoret
Scribe
Wyoming
Royal Arch
Billie Hillebrand
Frank Hamilton
Eli Mallary
Speer
Frank Mallary
Altho
J. C. Blaisdell
Stark County
John Turnbull
Robert Turnbull, Jr
8. R. Stowell
Charles Pinkney
Fairmount
N. C
Mary Hall
Chicago
Edith King
Nellie Filmore
Chillicothe
Grace Marshall
Adaline Stevenson
Paul and
Clifford Marshall
H. EB. Stevenson
Blue Ridge
Toby's Honey and Tar Compound Advertised
For coughing dryness and tickling in the throat hoarseness and all coughs and colds take Toby's Honey and Tar Compound. Contains no opiates by A. J. Ironmonger.
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Toby
A. J. Ironmonger
Townsman Jonathan Street Celebrates 92nd Birthday
Jonathan Street observes his 92nd birthday Tuesday with cards flowers fruit and best wishes from Phoenix school teachers and children who visited him bearing souvenir cards. A Coppin and wife win multiple honey prizes at the Illinois state fair in Springfield including first prizes in extracted honey comb honey beeswax and related designs.
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Venona Index
Jonathan Street
Phoenix School
A. Coppin
Springfield
Probate Court Ledger Records Transfers and Orphans Court
Estate actions include oaths, bonds, and letters of administration for George A Toomey with appraisers named Simeon Doyle and others. Notice required for final settlement in William Salisbury estate. Guardian and insane case reports in minors and Foster case. Real estate transfers and marriages listed with names and locations. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy ad appears with local druggists Segraves and Tronmonger listed.
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George A. Toomey
Minnie Toomey
Simeon Doyle
B. F.ransom
George W. Pace
William Salisbury
Jesse V. Evans
Deceas
The
Therapeutic Gazette
P. B
Collier & Son
J. S. Burt & Son
Henry B. May
Katherine E. May
Guardian
T. B. Foster
Countryman and wife share morbid parting quip
A lifelong hen pecked countryman nears death and his wife offers solace saying she will follow him. The old man quietly replies that she need not hurry about it, revealing a stubborn humor in their final exchange.
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John
Mandy
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No. 10Th St
Ft. Smith, Ark
J. Ironmonger
Sulky
Litchfield
Iowa
Marseilles
DM Mglaughlim
Gehr’s
Sparland’ Department
Frappe
Everett Simpson
Rev. McLeish
John Noel
M. B. Church
J. D. Canhoun
B. T. Roe
M. M. Mallory
Central Illinois
James McGee
Elsie Rains
M. B. Parsonage
J. D. Calhoun
Anna West
Wm. Gapen
Charles Gapen
Charles Littlefield
George Luke
North
Jefferson Street
Calhount
Fuscola
M. 1
Lawn Ridge
Court House News
Judson T. Pickard
Jonas T. Ball
Josephine Pickard
Bennington
J. T. Pickard
James Shields
Martin Herr
Joseph Pickard
Santa Fe
Walter Foster
James A. Foster
North End
Roberts
Albert Foster
Marshall County
Herman I. Webber
la Prairie
Selma Schermerhorn
F. Z. Ames
Chas
Henry Maxwell
Anna C. Maxwell
Cotton
Sparand
Fred Rickey
Anna McIntee
Francis Turpin
Junction City
Ore
A. J. Tronmonger
Guar
Col
H. F. McVicker
United States
Barker Ave
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Johnson Lumber Company
J. E., Sparbed
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