Sparland Drawings Draw Crowds Despite Weather
A Sparland drawing event drew 10 200 tickets after five weeks of sale with weather threats and a crowd gathered at Andrew Aitchison's dry goods store. Miss Ruth Hastings won a silk dress and Miss Hattie Van Dusen won a gent's suit as a churn drew the winning numbers. Aitchison, his wife Grace and family run the store, praised as a local success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparland
F. H. Gehr
Andrew Aitchison
Grace
Fred
Will
Leslie Waugh
Miss van Dusen
Lacon
Aitchison
Gehr
Timothy Gapen
Electric Bitters Back Kidney Trouble Warning
A South Rockwood man recalls his son’s attack by kidney trouble and credits Electric Bitters with a wonderful recovery after six bottles. The ad warns signs of kidney problems and urges use of Electric Bitters, guaranteeing every bottle, sold at local drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Bondy
South Rockwood
Mich
Bright
A. J. Ironmonger’s
T. J. Segraves
Sparland Obituaries and Community Notices Highlight Local Losses
The Sparland column records the death of Harty Marshall of Whitefield and the passing of A. W. Gallup. It notes funeral details, family tributes, and a card of thanks from Mrs. A. W. Gallup and family. Also mentions multiple weekend and weekday visits among local residents and extended kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel
A. W. Gallup
Cough Remedy Ad Ends With Medical Claims
An advertisement for Foley's Honey and Tar Compound promotes immediate cough relief, throat soothing, and healing inflamed membranes. It claims to prevent colds from becoming bronchitis or pneumonia and urges keeping it in the home with no substitutes. A. J. Ironmonger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
A. J
Camp Grove Social Notes And Local Movements
Mrs Belle Riel spent Friday in Peoria. The Duncan hall dance last Wednesday drew about 30 couples with music by an Henry based orchestra. John A Colgan father of Mrs Dr Blough is seriously ill in Valley with a Peoria trained nurse caring for him. Mrs Anna Culter Hall will give an entertainment at the M B E church Saturday evening Nov 18. Mrs M McManus shopped in Peoria Saturday. George Lombard was a business caller in Peoria Monday. Mrs Wm Sawyer and two sons visited her father Wim Gill this week. Death reached here Saturday of Rev William Murphy late of Beaver Crossing Neb 60 years old. He preached here 25 years ago at St Patrick parish when it was an out mission from Lac on. He later moved to Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Gallup
Lee County
Marshall County
Nellie Bobb
Merle
Gara
Dorothy
M. I
Bethel
Bro. Gallup
Camp Grove
Belle Riel
Peoria
Duncan's Hall
Henry
John A. Colgan
Blough
Valley
Anna Culter Hall
M. BE
M. McManus
George Lombard
Sawyer
Wim
Gill
Wm. Murphy
Beaver Crossing
Neb
Murphy
St. Patrick’s
Lacon
Nebraska
Why cough Stop it Daily action of the bowels urged
An ad warns that coughing is linked to constipation and urges readers to consult a doctor about constipation treatment with laxatives. It promotes Ayer's Pills from the J C Ayer Co of Lowell Massachusetts as the remedy, claiming relief from headaches biliousness nausea and dyspepsia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayer
J.C. Ayer CO
Lowell, Mans
South Whitefield News Highlights And Local Losses
Mrs Ed Trompeter and baby return to Peoria after Ed’s new position. Hog cholera devastates area with Fred Bly the heaviest loss. Prince the driving horse dies after illness. Mr Marshall remains gravely ill. funeral Wednesday. A drawing at Sparland’s Aitchison’s store draws crowds. Miss Hastings wins dress. Mock Ark touts Dr King’s New Discovery for lung ailments. Trial bottles free at local druggists.
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South Whitefield
Ed Trompeter
Baby
Peoria
Blanche Farling
Briski
Pride
Chicago
A. Frey
Lizzie
Fred Bly
Mr. Pride
Prince
Marshall
Hall
Henry
R. Waughop
I. W
Aitchison
Sparland
van Dusen
Hastings
Mr. Burt, Jr
South
Fred Schroeder
Local Notes on Health and Social Events
Julius Bullock has undergone another operation in Maryland about two weeks ago and is expected to return soon. EB Stowell hosted Rev Hume at a Sunday gathering. Stowell is now in life insurance and based in Bloomington. Calvin Stowell Sr. traveled to Peoria via Princeville, then to Savannah, Georgia with his daughter Mrs Bassett. Halloween social a success last of the 10 cent teas with chicken sandwiches, pickles, coffee and doughnuts, fish pond and ice cream, netting a small sum for the ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Bullock
Maryland
EB. Stowell
Hume
Bloomington
Calvin Stowell
Peoria
Princeville
C. T. Newell
Bassett
Savannah
Balked at Cold Steel and a Healed Foot
H. D. Bly of Bantam Ohio says a four year ulcer plagued him but Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured his foot without surgery. The salve heals burns boils sores bruises eczema pimples corns and is sold for 25 cents at local drug stores A J Tronmon ger and T J Segraves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D. Bly
Bantam
Bucklen
A. J. Tronmonger
T. J. Segraves
Local Social Notes From Cottage Area
Cottage residents record visits and moves over the week. Willy Chesney buys cattle near Magnolia, Frank Doty returns from Mendota, and Marshall Lidgard moves to Bloomsburg Pennsylvania. Several callers visit Chesneys, Pipers, Lidgards, and Merritts while Swanson attends a wedding at Stillman Valley.
South Milo Social Notes Mention Visits and Plans
Charlie Gettle of Princeton spent Sunday with his aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Swineman. Bertha McClane and Ethel Reid visited Miss Blanche Mielkey. Uncle Thomas McClane travels from Henry to see his sons James and John. Typhoid cases in the T Harris family show improvement. The Ladies Aid met Mrs Olive Barker and will meet again weather permitting to finish comforters. They plan a Thanksgiving supper. Epworth League members will be entertained at Bertha McClane’s home Wednesday evening.
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South Milo
Charlie Gettle
Princeton
Swineman
Bertha McClane
Ethel Reid
Blanche Mielkey
Thomas McClane
Henry
James
John
T. Harris
Olive Barker
Epworth League
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Rides Confidence for Colds
A public notice touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as preventing pneumonia when colds or grip threaten. It claims the remedy has won reputation through remarkable cures and is sold by T. J. Segraves and A. J. Ironmonger, druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Segraves
A. J. Ironmonger
Court House News Probate and Real Estate Transfers Summary
Probate Court items include estate of William C White with hearings on inheritance tax and final settlement notices, and estate of John Kraus with noticeproof findings and discharge of executrix. Real estate transfers list wielu parcels in Toluca and Weona, including Guiseppi Battissella to Benl amio Di Fori, Mike Johannas to Maria Vaira, and coal and mineral conveyances in Steuben and La Prairie areas.
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Wm. C. White
John Kraus
Charles Spellman
Guiseppi Battissella
Beniaminio di Fori
Santa Fe
Toluca
Mike Johannas
Maria Vaira
Wm. A. Gilfillian
Erna Thiedohr
Steuben
William A
Kate Gillfillian
Adelia Kemp
Walter V. Howe
Bond
Wenona
Katherine T. Richardson
Hilda M. Prior
Lacon
R. H. Truitt Et al
Barr Coal Lumber & Power Co
Henry Truitt
Barr Coal, Lumber & Power Co
Frank A. Barr
Illinois Valley Coal Co
Sear
Margaret Salisbury
Fred ©. Dawson
R. R
Henry
James E. Reinbeck
George A. Burt
Joseph O. Hill
B. la Prairie
Michael Milan
Joseph Thomp
Deeds and remarks in a 19th century legal ad and quote
deed transfers record from James H Wabel to J R Chase and William V Morrow to Martha Ann Morrow. Coal Lumber & Power Co transfers to Frank A Barr with subdivision details. A quoted dialogue contrasts views on women and men with a cotemporary social remark.
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Wenona
James H. Wabel
J. R. Chase
Holmes & Heacock
Henry
William V. Morrow
Martha Ann Morrow
Township
N. R
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Gmoromomimoro
Omomoro Komi Es
Aitchison's
Eral
West Marshall County
Sparland Department
Marie O'Leary
T. Campbell
Taylor Smith
A. Aitchison
Mamie Campbell
Luther Ray
Wm. Bennett
Edith Monier
Stetchen
Woodland
Merriman Sidney Jacobs
Harty Marshall
Whitefield
George Snell
Harry
Father
D. McLeish
Jennie Watkins
Mabel Gehr
Watt Duncan
Res
F. I. Gehry
Gallup
Abingdon
Meyers
Milan
W. L. Mock
Mock, Ark
Dr. King
Ironmonger
Lawn Ridge
Samuel Chesney
Frank Lidgard
Henry Smith
Frank Lilgard
George Smith
Frank Doty
Mendota
Mr. Adler
Wm. Chesney
Willie Chesney
Magnolia
Wm. Piper
Farley
Hazel Parley
Gus Ruburg
Mary Thompson
Ella Johnson
F. M. Charles
Claus Swanson
Stillman Valley
Marshall Lidgard
Bloomsburg
Hiram Allen
John Bachman
Tiskilwa
Albee
Hunter
Matte Chesney
Maxine
Lark Lidgard
Stephen Merritt
Chicago Daily Record-Herald
The
Henry Republican
Court House News
Sulky
Litchfield
Iowa
Marseilles
Col
H. F. McVicker
United States
Barker Ave
Dr. Pierce
R.V. Pierce
M. D
Pres’t
Johnson Lumber Company
J. E. Sparbel
Camp Groye
Illinois
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