Sparland News Highlights From November 1915 Sparland Items
Local notes from Sparland recount welfare street fair plans at the schoolhouse, church revival talk, and social events. Family visits span Henry, Lacon, Wenona, and Sheffield, with births, new neighbors, and a Halloween gathering noted. The community mourns Rev Daniel McLeish’s sudden death at the M E parsonage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royce
A. Kinne
R L
I W Waughop
Ward
Angie Baughman
Henry
S V Hodge
Advt
Lewis Webster
Depue
Ruth Webster
Frank
Theodore, Kaifer
E. BE. Royce
Theo Kaifer
M C Marshall
Charles Swanson
Wenona
Arthur Head
Arthur S Gibson
Steuben
Flora Osborne
Wm Osborne
Hdna Blanche
Lacon
Scott Osborne
Vo C
C Marshall
Mary A Marshall
Sheffield
Wm Squires
Eva Squires
Jesse Reinbeck
M R Harper
York
Ned
Sheriff Worth Dixon
May Gillet
Etta Hawk
Lanark
George Zimmerman
Hawk
Etta Howe
Sparland
John Ford
L . Osborne
Lizzie Simpson
Oscar Pointner
M. Line
Mills Walker
Geo Simpson
L. McLaughlin
Epworth League
Irma Riddell
M. E
Pine-Tar-Honey Remedy For Coughs In Children
Mothers praise Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey as a safe cold remedy for kids. It loosens mucous soothes throat and lungs and opens air passages with a pleasant pine and honey blend. The product is sold in bottles for 26 cents and claims growing popularity each year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell
Srewigg
Trinto
Witoré Ty
Country life notes and visits around Edmone area
Edmone Oklahoma resident Emory Olson visited relatives and spent a day at Carrie Cornwell Hunt's country home to view stock and share a good dinner. Ralph McLuskey settled at J Ase Nightwonger's hillside home. Hodges cider mill sees wagon and barrel wagons akin to old camp meetings. Mrs Wim Jackson of Pearl visits Newell house and recalls old friends. The quilt at Mrs Joseph Hirt's is nearly finished and Uncle Luther Williams enjoyed the day. A meeting at Mrs Louis Justice's is planned. McKinley Kear Y was detained by farmers for corn buying after hardly stepping off the train. Protracted meetings begin at Yankee Street church led by Rev Bagwill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stiuben
Emory Olson
Edmone
Oklo
Lacon
Carrie Cornwell Hunt
Ralph McLuskey
J Ase
Hodges Cider
Seune
Wim Jackson
Pearl
Newell House
Joseph Hirt
Luther Willams
Adam Davidson obituary and community notes in La Prairie
Adam Davidson born March 12 1832 in Roxboroughshire Scotland died last Monday evening after a long decline. He lived 43 years on a La Prairie farm with his wife Jane Rae and raised three surviving children Helen Smith Margaret Smith Richard Davidson previously of Colorado Springs and one brother James Davidson. Funeral attendance reflected his respected life in township service and bank presidency. The column also records a series of local social notes from South Whitefield Cottage Broadmoor and South Milo communities including visits, gatherings, vehicle purchases, and school staffing changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Davidson
James and
Margaret Davidson
Roxboroughshiire
Scotland
America
George Davidson
John Moffitt
Yankee Street
Jane Rae
Roxboroughshire
Jane
la Prairie
Helen Rae
Charles Smith
Margaret
James Smith
Richard Davidson
Colorado Springs
James Davidson
Davidson
Star Bank of
Dr King’s New Life Pills Ad Promises Quick Relief
An old advertisement proclaims Dr King’s New Life Pills as a satisfactory laxative to remove poisons from the system. It claims accumulated waste causes dizziness spots before the eyes and a general misery, urging a dose tonight for relief by morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Court House News Cir C Court updates on estates and transfers
Circuit Court action covers removal of cloud on title in Ramp v Ramp, probate petitions for Estate of James Burnett Theodore Lash Henry Felt and others, sales of personal property, heirship and final settlement notices, plus real estate transfers. Births marriages and local notices follow with obits and social items from Speer area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Probate Cort
James Burnett
Walter Burnett
Theodore F. Lash
Henry Felt
Henry Scheffelbin
George Shaw
Fred Merdian
Theodore Lash
Sarah E. Austin
Michael Kelly
Thomas A Connell
Henry A Schumacher
Carrie E J Schumacher
Richland
Leonard C Stock
John and
Kate Holler
Lacon
Beware of Chicap Substitutes in Keen Competition
Public notice warns against substitutes sold for profit. Chambariaints-Gorteh-Remedy claims to cure a lost remedy and is not approved. The publication notes the product’s questionable claims and advises seeking regulated treatments.
Unclear Text Fragment About Women and Fortune
Fragmentary OCR line hints at a man appreciating a woman in misfortune and a betting context. Details are unreadable, names, places, or dates missing.
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Sparland Department
Rexale
Ee - J. Jronmong
Hind
T. J. Segraves
Henry, Ill
South Whitefield
Ed Wishard
Ford Schupp’s
Conrad Apfel
Billy Merdian
Pete Apfel
George Johnson
Prather
Dorf
Ed Baugh
Rosie
George
Anna Ward
Cromwell Opal Sale
E A Rnine
Waughop Brothers
Ida Dwyer
Bonham
Anna. Riddell
Tiskilwa Med Church
Hiram Allen
Grandma Allen
Mirseilles
Hiraam Allen's
Harlan Fields
Bradford
South Milo
Wheat
Ella
Joseph Calhoun
Ben Pettegrew
Maxwell
Oliver Ene
Henry Smitleau
ChamUarsburg
Bradshawy
Colelower
Court House News
Circuit Court
Maude Doran Ramp
Doran HW
Sutphen
Cloud
George Noble Feweall
Linn Township
Woodford County
Alice Shreve
Bel Ptath
Guseppe Guidotte
Toluca
Joseph Frey
Whitefield
Dusan Obrudovwieb
Stlbivo Coldavi
Nicolo Pacione
F Vigneri
Ferdinando Boresi
Louis Kaplan
Levi Ricardi
Angelo Pidermone
Joseph Ranni
Grant Burdick
Deanrald
Speer
la Prairiie Moe
Bradley
Wm Smith
Peoria
Michael Ghert
Lawn Ridge
Rev. Best
Peorle
Peggle
Polly
Vyperteeljay
Zeeuyr
Zaeeve
Arnold
W. W. Quiram
I. J. Kistler
Camp Grove
A.W. Schriver
Broadmoor
Hobstardt&Longman
la Pentrie
van Antwerp & Osborn, Sparland
Wm. True
Harphy
Miner & Hall
Illinois
California Avenue
Chicago, Ill
Matthew Steele
Northern Illinois
Allen B. Smith
Furlorsa
Cshitwert
North American
Apisractory
Rea
Mehubert
Aceys
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