Sparland and vicinity notes and social updates
Local column from Sparland detailing visits and moves among residents including Miss Mary Tanner’s Toulon trip, Will Frank and Flora Trumpeter rumors, and O'Brien family relocation to Peru. Messages cover church events, fairs, suppers, revival attendance at Chillicothe, sidewalk work, whooping cough, and cross-town visits among families in Sparland Lacon La Prairie and Ke-wanee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Tanner
Toulon
Will Frank
Peoria
Oscar McLaughlin
Curt Tanquary
Mr. O’brien
Vast Waterpower Aims to Make Illinois Valley a West Factory Hub
The La Salle Post notes a future when Illinois water power near Lockport Utica could reach 125 000 to 140 000 horsepower and be transmitted over distances. This would enable many factories to operate near La Salle as plans for a deep waterway progress, boosting clay and cement products transport by river to nearby markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Valley
Lockport
Utica
la Salle
Eerry
la Salle Post
Camp Grove Notes and Local News Highlights
Nov. 19 event at Grand Opera features moving pictures and songs. Birth announced of a son to Mr. and Mrs. James O'Brien on Nov. 10. Local cattle sale at stock yards last Saturday. Ed Ruenzi couple visited Friday. Peter Herberger injured finger at corn dump conveyor. Robert Harris traveled to Wyoming on business. Wyomin g visitors include Eli Clark and Thad Reil. Travelogue show slated for Camp Grove Opera House Nov. 19. Alden and Bulleyment relatives seen in Henry. Henry Ayers visits from Chicago to Camp Grove. Carlo E. Ruenzi marries Margaret S. Ayers at Sacred Heart, Peoria. they relocate to Chicago. Win King brings cattle for Webber & King, sold privately. Tom Green completes a new residence. James Murphy family reports illness. Japanese mousang coin noted as a potential church offering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Grove
Grand Opera
James
Brien
J. S. Bocock
Ed Ruenzi
Bride
Peter Herberger
Robert Harris
Wyoming
Eli Clark
Thad Reil
Camp Grove Opera House
Alden
Hattie
H. R. Bulleyment
Henry
Henry Ayers
John Hickey
Jong Lappy
Win
King
Chicago
Webber & King
Green
Tom
James Murphy
Ladies' Aid of Whitefield Center Hosts Comforter Day
The Ladies' Aid of Whitefield Center spent the day with Mrs. Wm larger completing five comforters and starting a sixth. Visitors included J. A. Williams and wife Mrs J O Hill both of Henry. Mrs Janet Campbell of Kearney Neb with daughter Mrs Frank Holton of Camp Grove. Miss Stella Taylor of Peoria. Twenty five dine. others visited. Mrs Yuarger thanks for the work. dinner funds added to the society. Stella Taylor, aunt Mrs John Dally of Broadmoore, visited two weeks. she returned to Peoria with Mrs Wm Yarger. James Chambers visited Ed Shorts' home Sunday. Miss Esther Wabel, Huffman school teacher, prepares for an entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitefield Center
J. A. Williams
J. O. Hill
Henry
Janet Campbell
Kearney
Neb
Frank Holton
Camp Grove
Stella Taylor
Peoria
James Chambers
Ed Shorts
Huffman School
Esther Wabel
Community box supper fundraiser announced for November
A local event invites all to a box supper on November 26 with a 10 cent admission for those without boxes. Those buying boxes get a 10 cent deduction. Attendees are urged to bring boxes and pocketbooks for a pleasant evening to support a good cause.
Miss Gilpin closes school for teachers meeting
South Whitefield notes a series of social visits and family happenings. Miss Gilpin shuts her school to attend a teachers meeting at Lacon. Danny Klein visits Henry, staying with Uncle George Moore. a trip to Peoria with Opal and Mrs. Wm. Jacobs. Julius Meister and children visit Riley Diverbiss. winter appears with light snow. Mrs. Martin, once a music teacher, shows waning health and her daughter Eva resembles her mother. family members suffer feeble health and deep sympathy surrounds the Webster home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Whitefield
Gilpin
Lacon
Danny Klein
Henry
George Moore
Opal
Wm. Jacobs
Peoria
Julius Meister
Riley Diverbiss
Martin
Eva
Webster
Lis
A Hard Debtor to Pay
A testimonial from G. S. Clark of Westfield Indiana praising Dr King’s New Discovery for a near fatal lung illness. He credits it with stopping a dry cough after one bottle and curing after three, claiming unmatched efficacy for coughs colds and throat and lung ailments. The product is guaranteed by A. J. Ironmonger druggist, priced 50 cents and 1 dollar with a free trial bottle offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. S. Clark
A. J. Ironmonger
Chillicothe Revival Sparks Unprecedented Public Interest
In Chillicothe a wave of religious conversions draws attention from nearby towns as evangelists promise a complete revival. A rough tramp incident shows lingering social tensions while David Parker of Fayette recounts Gettysburg wounds and praises Electric Bitters for stomach issues. The piece also touts Electric Bitters as a grand tonic for the aged, female complaints, and kidney pain, sold by A J Ironmonger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
David Parker
Fayette, N. Y
A. J. Iron
Importers ship 90 stallions to Wenona barns this month
Charles Burgess Jr receives a cablegram from Robert Burgess in France announcing the purchase of 90 head of fine stallions for Wenona barns and noting this as the largest single importation by Robert Burgess & Son. The firm’s August import was 60 head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenona
Index
Charles Burgess, Jr
Robert Burgess
France
Robert Burgess & Son
Hoge, Monser & Co
Arthur Kuhl
Harry Kuhl
Elwyn Gants
Elevator plans stir Speer farmers talk of a new elevator
The town of Speer hears strong talk of building a farmers elevator with a meeting set for Saturday evening November 9. Farmers are invited to attend. Several residents return from travels and visits, including Mrs. J B Smith ill at home and Rey Nesbit family preparing to move to College Springs Iowa for preacher duties.
Hicks 1908 Almanac Sets New Beauty and Value
The Rev. Irl R. Hicks offers a 1908 almanac with a colored cover, detailed half tones, astronomical engravings and year long weather forecasts. Priced 385 cents by mail, 30 cents on stands. Word and Works Magazine at $1 yearly includes forecasts and almanac with subscription. Agents wanted. address Word and Works Publishing Co. St Louis Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irl KR. Hicks
Irl R. Hicks
Address Word and Works Publishing Co
Locust Street
St. Louis
Missouri
Money in Dead Letters at Washington Dead Letter Office
September letters in the Washington dead letter office contained 5351 dollars. Much of this money cannot be recovered by the owners. Return envelopes would have allowed these letters to be returned unopened. The Henry Republican offers return envelopes at about the cost of plain ones, a paying practice for senders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Henry Republican
Favorite Prescription Promoted For Women Health
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a safe non alcoholic tonic for nursing mothers and women with demanding duties. It claims to prepare the body for childbirth and to be a transparent medicine with a printed list of ingredients. It also promotes Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for constipation and urges sending for endorsements and free literature from Buffalo New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N.Y
Probate Court notes multiple decedents and guardianships
Probate proceedings list supplem ental inventories par tial distributions and final settlements for N B Whitney John Fetter Freda Newberg Salathiel Hunt Patrick Collins Isaac L Myers Henrietta Thiel Ivan D Smith Edna Whiting and John Herr with guardianship and administration actions. Real estate transfers include Charles Simmons to Horace J Hynes and others with detailed lot descriptions and heirs transfers in Richland Evans Camp Grove Henry areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. B. Whitney
John Fetter
Freda Newberg
Dean
Clarence Jarman
Salathiel Hunt
Patrick Collins
John Aimore
Isaac L. Myers
Henrietta Thiel
Irving Broaddus
Ivan D. Smith
Elizabeth J Smith
Edna Whiting
J. A. Swein
A. B. Perrig
Henry Sigber
G. W. Keller
John H. Herr
Charles Simmons
Horace J. Hynes
Richland
Samuel Ramp
Charles BE. Vernay
John Faul
James P. Hickey
Camp Grove
John Downey
John G. Schwanke
Evans
Timothy Hunt
Philip Steimle
Lacre
Henry
Local Notes From Lawn Ridge And Nearby Areas
Elmer Sims returns to his Nebraska home last Friday. Miss Jessie Timmons visits Mrs. J. B. Green with Sunday. A candidate minister spoke at Lawn Ridge morning and Speer evening. Mrs. Myrtle Wilmot and the baby stay with Mrs. J. B. Green this week. Ben Burbanks visits old friends here and Newton Bragg is back home from Nebraska farm work. Mrs. Morris Perkins in Peoria caring for her daughter Mrs. Fred Nurse and the newborn. The October Fireman Magazine features a detailed piece on the Quebec cantilever bridge collapse and praises Kinlock, the Chillicothe government inspector, for spotting the fault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Sims
Nebraska
Jessie Timmons
West Side
J. B. Green
Lawn Ridge
Speer
Myrtle Wilmot
Ben Burbanks
Newton Bragg
Morris Perkins
Peoria
Fred Nurse
Fireman’s Magazine
Quebec
Canada
Kinlock
Chillicothe
Illinois Supreme Court rejects non cross ballot marks
The Illinois state supreme court ruled that a check mark in a circle or square, not resembling a cross, is not a proper ballot mark and ballots marked this way are to be rejected. This decision settles the issue for election officials and lower courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois State Supreme Court
Edgar County
Supreme Court
Important Notice on Dr Reeder Medicines at J W Niece Drug
Dr Reeder's Herbal Medicines are now on sale at J W Niece's Drug Store. The Reader medicines are always safe pure and reliable from Reed er Medicine Co located at 114 S Washington St Peoria IL.
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Marseilles
McLaughlin Bros
ILL
William A. Smith
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Sana St Laren
the Republic
Zint
Maxwell
Clyde McLaughlin
al Ruth
Clyde
Della Thatcher
Emler
Mr. O'Brien
Peru
Flora Trumpeter
Hollow
Snell
Peoria Star
Scott
North
Saratoga
Ayer
J.C. Ayer Co
Lowell
Mase
Illinois River
Washburn
Toluca
Metamora
Mr. Nissus
West
Brooks Wiles
J. B. Smith
C. EB. Gaumer
John Speer
Cyrus Merrill
Stisser
Kansas
Rey
Ariosa
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