Sparland News Highlights Thanksgiving Events and Local Visits
November 29 1917 Sparland notes include Mr and Mrs John Betts hosting Oscar Hills family and others for Sunday visits. Miss Nellie Tanquary leads league. the Bethel church plans a Thanksgiving supper. Mrs D McLeish visits Chicago. M and M club hosts Bertha Hastings with speeches on defense and food conservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Betts
Oscar Hills
BE. T., Harrieson
William Aitchison
Chicago
Halsey Monier
Mabelle Marshall
Bryan Chapman
Putnam
Henry Olson
Ruby Collins
Peoria
Minnie Barton
Bloomington
Barton
J. C. Ohlman
Jacksonville
Chester
L. A. Packenham
Logan Murphy
E. J. Aitchison
Wyoming
Nellie Tanquary
August Ohlman
Carrie
Earl of Steuben
Helen Belsley
D. McLeish
Roy Dobbins
McLeish
A. L. McLaughlin
Della Taylor
D. R. Taylor
the Baptist Church
F. A. Barr
Lacon
Barr
N. B. McCartney
Tesmer
Mesdames
Ben Russell
Guy E. Moore
Winnie Macon
Myrtle Hastings
Vinol touted as best tonic by Bedford doctor
Bedford Ohio rumor notes a doctor endorsing Vinol as the best medicine for weakness and nervous exhaustion. The ad claims Vinol, a cod liver and iron tonic, restored the author Mrs Frank A Harkey to good health and strength and promotes the product through A J Tronmonger Druggist. The column also lists local school and community notes, visits, and upcoming events such as a basketball game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Harkey
Ash St
Bedford
Ohio
A. J. Tronmonger
Henry
George F Root and the Lombards in Civil War songs
A historical reflection on George Frederick Root and the Lombards, praising Root for patriotic songs that supported Union efforts, and recounting the Lombards Frank and Jules in Chicago and their postwar fame at political conventions. It also notes Mary A. Blackmon's death in Nashville and Peoria funeral details, plus a state order urging snow removal to protect road surfaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
Isabelle McCartney
Bloomington
Charlotte Russell
Frank Anderson
Bella Rae
Parsons
Hastings
Edna Zellefer
Urbana
University of Illinois
Lacon
Dennis
Jefferson Hotel
Peoria
John van Antwerp
William Hawley Smith
Medill McCormick
Europe
Gulick
Otto
Marland
Delavan
Webber
Abingdon
Altoone
Havana
Internal Revenue
McCabe
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Washington
Congress
Custom House
Samuel Parker
Los Angeles Evening Express
Christian Science Monitor
Root
Appomattox
Mr. Root
Monitor
Chicago
Sheffield
Mass
West
George Frederick Root
Root& Cady
Young Root
New England
Boston
Henry Russell
John Philip Knight
Omaha
Frank
Jules
Rock Island Railroad
Frank Lombard
Old Shady
Nebraska
John Hubbard
Illinois Theater
Aga
Mary A. Blackmon
W. E. Littlefield
Murphy Avenue
Nashville
Harry
Springdale
Rey
Little
Second Presbyterian Church
Columbia Terrace
B. H. Piepmeier
State Division of Highways
Wis
Ilinois
Piapmeier
Inois
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Sparland Department
Thomas
Galesburg
Leonard A. Packenham
Floyd
Toronto
S. D
B. F. Packenham
White, M. D
Chillicothe
Packenham
George Wikoff
Leonard
Rose Middleton
Greenville
Ill
Chamberlain
Sugar Grove
Fred Ely
Cromwell
G. T. Nelson
Frank Hunter
Kewanee
Doris Bogner
Clyde Gregory
Lou Ely
Ivan
Lorn
Melva Blackburn
Keith
Thompson
Kansas
Sugar Grove Community Club
George Bean
Jane Steale
Elmer Hunt
Walter Lowenstein
James Burt
Charles Burrette
Beatrice Kuss
Mesdames Lawrence
Red Cross
Kansas City
Court House News
Pan Circuit Court
Minnie Arendell
John F. Arendell
L. D. Cassell
Peter Hupprich
Adam W. Shriver
Sylva A. Shriver
Harry Fisher
Francis C. Quinn
Bradford Exchange Bank
Citizens’ National Bank
Meehan & Finnegan
Elmer G. Rees
Hannah Stoner
Henrich T. Upts
Tzard O
Raymond Zilm
Alice May
Frederick William Zilm
Carrie Hitz
Elizabeth Saupe
Ramsey
Louis Freece
A. B. Brown
Pearl Arment
New Clover Leaf Casualty Co
W. J. Thomas
Henry, Ill
Western Live Stock Inc. Co
BSA
Bradford
United States District Court
Wilmington
Del
Donald Stephens
Arden
The
George F. Root and
the Lombards
Consultus
Thompson Farm Loans
Illinois
C. BE. Griffin
Continental Casualty CO
Otis M. Turpen
Magnolia
I. Otis M. Turpin
Allen A. Rouse
Geo
T. Phillips
Silas King
Wesley Kay
McNabb
August Johnson
Varna Z
Graves
Henry Lee Crider
Lee Crider
J. Bluell
Putnam J. H. Aukland
Henry J. H. Aukland
Henry Charles A. Barr
Lestar A. Longman
Henryy
P. Ketchum
Henry J. J. Malamphy
D. Mielkey
Henry F. M. Pike
M. Pike
F. B
McCuskey
John V
Mulvihill
Wenona
Lostant
Henkins
Clifford T, Steer
Thos
Bogner
John Kerner
C. E. Griffin
Chevrolet
Square Deal
Whitefield
Saratoga
Steuben, LaPrairie
Médina
Hallock Township
Ion
Square Deal Garage
Geo. M. Foote
Chillicothe, MI
Henry Opera House
Bluebird
J. Warren Kerrigan
Measure OF
Ford Weekly
Mary Pickford
Newport
Camp Grove Farmers’ Elevator Co
Camp Grove
United States
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