Sparland and Peoria News From November 1913
Sparland notes report visits and travel by local residents including Charles Schaff in Peoria, and numerous church, social and family activities. Hallowe'en events at Epworth League and Bethel, a sermon for children, and fundraising details appear alongside illness and home movements and local club notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Coatney
Lacon
Peter Craig
N. B. W. McCartney
Tesmer
F. A. Barr
Sparland
Barr
Bernice Hoskins
Allen Buckley
Peoria
Hallowe’en
Ralph Christman
Thomas Hoskins
Mr. Hoskins
Bert McLaughlin
Fred Blackwell
John Betts
Betts
Myron Newell
Oscar Pointner
Joseph Parsons
Klotzsche
Hallowe'en Social
Epworth League
Hallowe'en
Pi Beta Gamma Club
Bethel
Albert Watkins
Witchland
North Pole
Bridge of Fate
Machinery and Tools for Farm Needs
A full line of farm equipment including Case and Moline plows planters and implements. International wagons manure spreaders Schroeder grain dumps Dairy Maid cream separators Peoria power washing machines Cowboy tank heaters wire fencing buggies whips oils greases husking pegs pumps and tanks offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schroeder
Peoria
SOUTH WHITEFIELD COMMUNITY NOTES
Miss Etta Wunder spent the weekend with Henry friends and Frank Ely built a new wash house while visiting home folks. Wesley Ray and Benny Hunt with Miss Miller visited South Whitefield relatives. Little Richard Hunt recovers from tonsil and adenoid removal. Henry Schlosser suffers blood poison but expected to improve. Ernie and Rose Ely visited the La Prairie home of Frank Miller’s family. Jennie McGee and Ella Montonye were Henry visitors. Ford Schupp’s mother and daughter Clara of Varna visit the Schupp home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Whitefield
Etta Wunder
Henry
Frank Ely
Wesley Ray
South Whitlfield
Benny Hunt
Miss Miller
Havana
Richard Hunt
Menard
Ernie
Rose Ely
la Prairie
Frank Miller
Jennie McGee
Ella Montonye
Henry Schlosser
Gorn Day at Town Hall November Seventh
Local notes report Gorn Day to be held at the town hall on Friday November 7. Rev. Busby spoke at the Stark County Ministerial meeting in Wyoming Monday. The L G Calder farm sold to a Toulon party for 185 dollars per acre. Dr Agnew president of Hedding college will speak at the M H church on November 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Jones
M. E
Dwinell
M. B
Kyle
Monmouth
Thompson
Baby
Edelstein
Mollie Smith
Sparland
M. H
B. S. Busby
la Prairie
L. W. Root
Saratoga
J. H. Aukland
Camp Grove
Robert Kelley
Hdelstein
Lawn Ridge
Speer
Lawn Ridge News Briefs Mention Housekeeper and Moves
Fred Cornell hires a new housekeeper through a Chicago agency. The Stewarts leave their home for a farm near the cemetery, making two houses vacant awaiting buyers. An ice and snow spell and a stubborn hired man affect corn gathering and farm work. Ella Trim Terryberry visits from Chicago and notes changes in the old Ridge as she travels toward Peoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawn Ridge
Fred Cornell
Miller
Chicago
Emery Stewart
Hawkins
Ella Trim Terryberry
Sumner Perkins
Northwestern
Peoria
Ridge
Kickapoo Worm Killer Ad Promises Safe Worm Removal
An advertisement touts Kickapoo Worm Killer as a reliable candy form medicine for removing worms in children and adults. It claims to aid digestion tone the system and relieve constipation while boosting liver action. The ad lists 25 cents and mentions drug stores or mail order from Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co
Philadelphia
St. Louis
T. J. Segraves
A. J. Ironmonger
The Republican Springfield Mass offers trial full editions
A promotional excerpt extols The Republican newspaper founded in 1824 by Samuel Bowles. It highlights daily and weekly editions, editorial pages, news service, special correspondents in Boston and Washington, and popular Sunday and magazine features. Subscriptions are offered with free specimens and trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Bowles
Republican
Boston
Washington
Daily Republican
Sunday Republican
New England
Weekly Republican
New
United States
The
Springfield
Mass
Smart Politics or the Democratic Aid Society
The state central Democratic committee urges Governor Dunne to recognize the Progressive party in Illinois for minority appointments. Critics warn this keeps cranks moving and may shift state control to Democrats for a decade, urging readers to see The Republican and get all the news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smart Politics
The
Democratic Aid Society
State Central Democratic Committee
Dunne
Progressive Party
Ilinois
Peoria Journal
Court House News Brings Probate and Real Estate Actions
Multiple estates face probate and inheritance tax actions in Circuit Court. Details include guardianship orders for Leslie Porter Wood minor, claims against L. T. Wood and James L. Stratton estates, and hearings set for December and January. Real estate transfers list numerous deeds. marriage licenses issued. local crime notes describe thefts and upcoming grand jury action against Tom Buffo and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Shafer
Lewis Griswold
Nellie Griswold
Peat Sok Harm H. Dahlback
Leslie Porter Wood
Guardian
H. J. Webber
Sidney Freeman
Roger T. Rowe
L. T. Wood
Charles Phoenix
W. H. Quiram
Herman Wichstaedt
Public Service Company
F. H. Gehr
Eliza J. Wood
M. LaVeta Webber
Anthony Hacker
Jennie Kinsey
James L. Stratton
M. J. French
William Hoskins
Roscoe Judd
Robert Mann
Michael Murray
State of Illinois
Joseph Stemac
James Lawless
John L. Lawless
James O’brien
James Campion
Peter Green
William Marland
Elizabeth Marland
Walter
Mary J. Mudd
Ralph D. McCulloch
Montroses
Venona
John Smithh
Ramona G. Scott
Lacon
James M. Calder
John Turnbull
la Prairie
Lewis G. Calder
John Rurnbull
Bartman V. Smith
Vivan Haws
Varna
Monefay
Smith
Edmund
Harney
George N. Harney
Whitefield
Henry
Jon
Anna Drummer
Jacob Ross Jacobsen
Burns
Rutland
R. H. Boyle
Santa Fe
Toluca
Sparland
Mary
Riddell
Louise B. Moore
J. Astley
Frank A. Barr
Cotton
Henry Roth
Charles Dille
Prairie Park Subdivision
Frank J. Kroski
Wvn
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Republic
Sparland Department
Charles Schaff
J. C. Duncan
Clyde McLaughlin
John Doner
Thomas Monier
New York
Henry Luft
Anna Suft
Helen
A. Campbell
May Gillet
Anton Trompeter
Frank
van Antwerp
Ben Bussell
Bussell
Wm. Seibold
M. E. Church Notes
Ladies’ Aid Society of
Sparl
League and Aid Society
Epworth
Bethel Ladies’ Aid Society
Jennie Watkins
Della Tanquary
Nellie Gallup
Margaret Swartz
Bertha Monier
Dr. King
A. J. Tronmonger
Adyt
M. McLaughlin
Ford Schupp
Court House News
Tom Ruffo
Spring Valley
Bureau County
Putnam County
Princeton
Gus Ernatt
Putnam
Michael Hicks
Buffo
Joe Giletti
Jerry Currens
Cherry
Grand Jury
Mr. Braatt
Emi
Shakespeare
Yours Truly
Blackburn
Poland
China
Henry, Tues
Blackburn & Hunt Bros
Illinois
David Llew Goliath
Metz
Glidden Tour
Minneapolis
Glacier National Park
Montana
Putnam and
Marshall Counties
J. O. Winship
Ill
Hubert
William Knight
Cgean’s
Iln
Meadow
M. C. Marshall
Tll
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