Social notes and family visits in Sparland area
A stream of visits and health notes fills Sparland and nearby towns. Frank Van Antwerp family news. relatives from Peoria, Chillicothe, and Washington visit, with a focus on Mrs. Williams death and community events. The Implement Fair in Peoria draws Spartana attendance, while locals plan a Friday October 13 social and restaurant meals.
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Frank
Ord
Toluca
Walls
Hett Howells
Thelx
Hp Ripley
Henry
Perry Root
Jay Barnes
South White
Chester Wergxover
Delphie Polender
Harry Selbold
Ifitleson
Harry Julian
Peoria
Sheen
Spartana
John VanAntwerp
Samuel. King
Fiora
O. M. McLaughlin
Wilda
Chillicothe
Rebecca Sparr
Ilvile
Campbell
Homie Oirs
Frennie
Sadie Stouffer
Woodman Hall
su¢Miss Blanche Farling
Deaconess Hospital
Marshall
Maud Bonham
Winnke
Ols
Relier Mcbargaine
Allen Ruth
Miss Bonham
St. Louis
Boarland
Zetta Gehr
Mabelle
Mig. F. Hs Gehr
Martha Tim- Hans
Rutherford
Moriday
Royce
John’DeWalt
T. van Antwerp
Messrs.,Caimp and
Merretto
van Antwerp
Sparland
Edward
Alva Okla
West
Emma.VahAntwer
Rupert
Idaho
Alva
Death Toll at Sparland as Rural Notices Era Crosses
A long obituary segment notes Mrs. Luft’s illness and death after a fall and surgery for gall stones, detailing surviving family members including husband, two daughters, and a stepson. mentions Harry Luft’s birth in 1891 and death in 1916, his service as mail carrier on Route 8, and a Sparland funeral with local pallbearers. includes Sparland school notes, local social visits, and medical notices.
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Harry Luft
Harry *Luft
Steuben
John’ Betts
Conray Lutt
Lacon
Aayss Heres
Sparland
Hall County
Ecenasec
Conrad Luft
Walter
Greenfield High School
Sarah “Marland
Congregational Church
Egerton
Sparland Post Office
D. R. Taylor
Fred Blackwell
Thomas Hoskins
Ralph Christman
H. Anderson
H. Aitchison
Local Notes From Granville Area Include Township High Plans
Local items report Bobbie Stevenson finishing the ball season and endorsing the new Township High School with Paxson in Hennepin. V. V. Wales of Pontiac visits Granville while entering Wesleyan Law at Bloomington this fall. Mrs Lonsdale Cherry has ton sils removed in Pontiac and returns home with her parents. Architect Payne of Carthage meets Granville board about the school project, contract set for Tuesday Oct 10. The Join Wornenton funeral is among the community's largest, autos filling the procession. John McCullough ships household goods to Sturgis Michigan after securing a position in a hardware store. Matt Ughlette of Standard dies at St Margarets hospital from a broken neck after a wagon accident.
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Bobbie” Stevenson
Henry Greys
Paxson War
Hennepin
New Township
Virgil V. Wales
Pontiac
Granville
V. V
Wesleyan Law School
Bloomington
Lonsdale Cherry
Payne
Carthage
Qgranville
Sturgis
Mich
Granvilld
McC
Matt Ughlette
St Ndard
St Margaret’s Hospital
Heav
Kept Us Out of War says Kaiser and German restraint
Colonel George Harvey argues in the North American Review that Germany restrained itself to protect its own welfare, not due to President Wilson. He claims U S neutrality was not a threat and cites faulty signals from the United States toward Mexico, asserting both warring powers could have attacked earlier if they believed the U S would act.
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Germany
Kaiser
Wilson
Moxtco
Tau
George Harvey
The
North American Review
Henry recommen dion Doan's Kidney Pills praised by Anton Frey
Forty thousand people publicly thank Doan's Kidney Pills in Doan's ads. Anton Frey of Henry says their pills cured his backache and kidney issues after swelling feet and dizzy spells. He bought two boxes for 50 cents and was cured. Read this Henry recommendation and insist on Dean's.
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Doan
Henry
U. S
Dean’s
Anton Frey
St. Henry
Dean
Foster-Bul. Nar Co
Bafrato. WN. Y
Big Money and Bank Scandals Describe 1916 Chicago Era
The article exposes vast church funding in 1916 with $740,000 through the Central Illinois conference and cites a $762,000,090 annual denomination total. It recounts a million two hundred fifty thousand dollar loan from Central Trust to the Lorimer era bank, and the ensuing scandal as the Trust Co faced losses and compelled repayment amid a wider financial swindle.
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Chicago
Adout Ma’ans
I—S
Episcopal Church
Central Illinois Conference
William Lorimer
National Bank
Central Trust Co
Pank
Trust Co
Siblack
Lorimer Bank
Lorimer
Record tenure and scout patrols mark local news
Miss Della Caldwell, an applicant for a teacher's pension, set a district record by teaching in Monmouth schools since 1868 for 47 years nine months per year, taught only second grade for two years. Colchester gains a Boy Scout patrol with 24 charter members, soon to fill two patrols the Junior and the Regular.
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Della Caldwell
Monmouth
Colchester
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Thorfias ‘Williams
Thomas Wiliams
Proctor Hospital
F. H. Gehr
Sparlang
Talnon
Ami
Yankee Street Bapist“church
JS So
Bertha Russell
Edna
Ross Williams
Louise Osborne
Louise Russell
Marland
South Whitefield
Warren Prather
Tiskilwa
Benny Hunt
Warren DeWalt
G. Hunt
Reeve
Richard Waughop
Caigh’e
Freak Funk
George Waughop
Mary Lane
Miss May
Walter Holler
George Holler
George Street
Etitel
Olive Hastinga
Amour
Leslié
Elmer
Hayinie
Claycombs
Putnam
Charles Selfers
Charles
Hacker
Lacon Home Journal
Indred
Rose Hayden
Journal
Dr. Bell
Dr-Bells
Court House News
Circuit Court
Philip Jacobs
Henry “E. Jacobs
Jacobs
Peter Jacobs
Joseph Jacobs
Mary Neuhalsen
Willam Jacobs
Michael Jacobs
Matilda Allen
Mary Jacobs
John—Charles Jacobs
Leonard Joseph Jacobs
Margaret Marie Jacobs
Paul Edward Jacobs
Lawrence Peter Jacob
Agnes Beulah Jacobs
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Tlips
L. Edgar Jerome
Western Bankers’ Trust Co
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Ellen Rowers
Lewis R. Phillips
Western Bankers Trust Co
Cara
Clara Lloyd Va
Abner Crank
Henrietta Crank
Julia Vijicie
Simo Vijicic
Maufie Holmen
Louis BR Phillips
Marsaell Jacobs
Mattias Allen
Harry J True
P J Irving
Richland
Arrrele
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ta—Gandido
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Toluca Leroy
Hartley
Henry Martriage
Guy E& Daviz
Magnolia
Dr. King
Meikez
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Varna
Aurth League
Pearis
Magnolia Grange
June Parrett
Farmer City
Malekam
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Skinnerig
Frank Donnelly
Ford
Warner Broaddus
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Pooria
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Washburn
Don Smith
Joliett
Smith
Curley King
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Eddie Schmidt
Itto van Laningham
Anna Sonwald
Frank McCuskey
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County Institute
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United States
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Chicago Herald
Henry Republican
Toulon
Illinois
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Depot
Oine
Sino State Fair
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Dinois
W. 8B
Duncan
T. I Cochran
J. GC. Hartley
Hho Ltahedee
Northern Illinois Co-Operative Burial Association
Allen
Pamiora
Hichester
Gorner Drug Store
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