Local Residents Noted in Weekend and Midweek Visits
Sparland resident Wm. Wilds spent Sunday at home. Francis did business calling in Peoria last week. Winnie Olson stayed at home Sunday. Minnie and Nellie Tanquary shopped in Henry last Thursday. County Superintendent E. Frank Perry visited schools Tuesday. Anna Shearer of Wyoming visited the Aitchison family. Mr. and Mrs. Milby of Marshall conducted business in Chillicothe last Saturday. Curt Tanquary and family visited Chillicothe Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Francis
Peoria
Winnie Olson
Minnie
Nellie Tanquary
Henry
E. Frank Perry
Anna Shearer
Wyoming
Aitchison
Marie O'Leary
Ed Trompeter
Milby Marshall
Royce
Chicago
Kline
Frank Anderson
Mr. West
Toledo
Lena Macon
Beitz
Theodore
Thelma
Ed Corcoran
Taylor
Cullen
Fosdick
M. E. Church
Oscar and
Clyde McLaughlin
Ralph Christman
Ben Packingham
Toronto
S. D
Sparland
Peter Jacobs, Jr
Camp Grove
Orrin Frisbey
Larson
Mr. Frisbey
Condon
Myrtle
Milwaukee
Wm. O'Leary
Stella O'Leary
Los Angeles
Cal
Nellie Garrett
McLish
Local notes from Sparland and vicinity
Miss Marie O Leary visits from Peoria while Ed Trompeter family moves to new rooms over the meat market. Various social visits, funerals, and church events are noted including a Ladies Aid supper netting $20, a teen birthday party, and an upcoming Epworth League event.
Surprising Home Welcome For Headley Family Sendoff
A Helping Hand society gathering at a church honors Mrs. Hoadley with a dozen silver teaspoons before she and her family depart Sparland after 32 years for a new home in Kewanee. The party included 20 or more members arriving in shifts, sharing music games and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Japan
Ireland
Germany
France
Helping Hand Society
Headley
Ce Ellen
Mr. Keadley
Kewanee
Sparland
Electric Bitters Promised as Health Builder for All
Health boosters claim Electric Bitters improve digestion and blood, aiding daily work. A. J. Ironmonger’s and T. J. Segraves dispense the tonic at 50 cents. Local items note burials, sermons, and visits, including Peter Jacobs Jr. buried at Camp Grove, Rev. Haines sermon debut, and Mrs. Stange's hospital death after an attempted operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Sherman
Cushing
A. J. Ironmonger’s
T. J. Segraves
King’s New Discovery Proclaimed for Lung Troubles
A testimonial style notice extols Dr King’s New Discovery as a home cure for coughs, colds, la grippe, asthma, croup and lung troubles. It claims wide success with a Calamine, Arkansas user and offers trial bottles free at local drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
W. R. Nelson
Calamine
Ark
A. J. Ironmonger
T. J. Segraves
Broadmoor Social Notes Mention Local Visits
Mrs John Cohrs has been sick for several days. Mrs Samuel Chenoweth visits relatives in Nebraska. Mrs Clarence Perkins was with relatives at Normandy last week. Alfred Holmes and wife visited Missouri. Nellie Fifield and her young daughter from Buda visit her parents Mr and Mrs Philip Cadell.
Nature’s cures start with Scott’s Emulsion
Nature makes the cures after all. Now and then she gets into a tight place and needs helping out. Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil with hypo phosphites can do just this. It strengthens the nerves, feeds famished tissues, and makes rich blood. Bend Co., name of paper and bin od. for our beautiful Savings Bank and Child's Sketch-Book. Each bank contains a Good Luck Penny. Scott & Bowne, 409 Pearl St., New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Ayer
J-C
Ayer Co
Lowell
Mass
Local Notes From Lawn Ridge and Prairie Communities
Lawn Ridge notes attend state fair visitors and local updates including Jessie Mitchell visiting La Prairie Grace Chapin’s taffy pull and church events. Outlooks on Rev Curtis moving to Jackson Michigan and Mrs Curtis dramatic entertainment with a 43 dollar take. Prairie items report surgeries, visits, travel to Peoria, Kansas City and West Baden plus upcoming Mozart Concert Co. in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.R. Foley
Trinity Parish
Marblehead
Edith
Hattie Crady
Sheridan Grove
Bertha Jennings
Dixon
John Grove
Adelbert Caldwell
Chicago
Order of Eastern Star
Speer
Wild Bill
T. C. Moody
Curtis
Myrtle Wilmot
Nettie Perkins
Hans von Smash
Harry Hinman
Hans
Duceh
Mrs. Curtis
Katie
Edna Hagen
Ruth Hinman
Pearl Maddux
Gladys Kidd
Speer and Surrounding Residents Noted in Weekend Visits
SPEER residents and neighbors are mentioned in a roundup of weekend visits. Mr and Mrs Swaby drove to Peoria last Sunday. Mr Phillips of Northampton assists in the store. John Russell and Currid family were seen in La PrairieBradford. Rev Foley preached at Speer. Dr and Mrs Wilmot visit Speer relatives. Mr Green and Mrs Green settled in a new Speer home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Henry Crady
James McQuilken
New Jersey
Roy Wilcox
Ruby Dunn
Hanna
Peoria
Price
Iis
Menoher
Speer
Mrs. Menoher
Swaby
Phillips
Northampton
John Russell
la Prairie
Miss Currid
Brad‘ford
Angelia Dawson
Foley
Marblehead
Wilmot
Flatt
Court House News Probate and criminal court highlights Toluca cases
Probate court deals with a sewer assessment dispute in Toluca block 86 Santa Fe Ist add hearing and confirmation. In People v Santogrossi assault case defendant pleads guilty pays a $60 fine plus costs. Estates of Sarah White and Henry L Peters progress with inventories and claims allowances listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House News
City of
Toluca
Toluca Lumber & Hardware Co
Santa Fe
State of Illinois
Beniamino Santogrossi
Sarah. White
John H. Downey
Frank Barrett
Henry L. Peters
Josephine Dille
A. Bauer
Estate Hearing and Real Estate Transfers in Toluca Ledger
Probate records list multiple estates with hearings on adjustments, notice postings, payments and claims. Real estate transfers include quit claim and warranty deeds in Toluca Wenona and Lacon, plus marriage licenses for Metamora and Wenona residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Metzger
Alvena Metzger
Downey
Wenona
Benedekt Birsa
Stephen Polich
Santa Fe
Toluca
Toluca Coal Co
Ghas
A. Brown
Everett L. Crocker
Ruth A. Ball
Bennington
Trene Warner
Ella Warner Scott
Lombard
Henry
S. G. Peterson
T. Z. Ames
Central Ill
Ind
United States
Jacob Myers
Evans
Chas. D. Thomas
City of
Lacon
Bert F. McCormick
Jno
IL. Thompson
Franklin D. Ball
M. E. Stroud
Irvin Baldwin
Paolo Pasini
Wm. H. Happley
Francis M. Robinson
Metamora
Emma G. McMurtrie
Frank Topolski
Rosa Levendowski
John Szynoslik
Agnes Misiovek
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New York
Bears
Castoria
C. M. McLaughlin
Sparland, Ill
Columbia Dye Works
Main St. Peoria
Sparland Department
Sparland Personals
Wm. Wilds
Castle Square
Thomas Nighswonger
M. 8
Nighswonger
Epworth League
Saratoga
Rose Reinbeck
Patterson
Haines
Fred Stange
Wm. Salisbury
Jennie Higgins
Charles Lombard, Sr
Bradford
Milo
Springfield
Jennie McGee
Thomas Martin
Simon Beck
T. M. Kennedy
Mark
Harvey Allen's
United States Senate Committee
Dr.price
James Young
Mary Fritz
Elizabeth Longman
Frank E. Wilson
de Bonis Non
Wm. Ong
Charles Fasbender
Wm. H. Mutton
Lewis M. Lincoln
York
Neb
Lewis Lincoln
Simon Smogojeski
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