Sparland News Roundup Reflects Visiting Friends
Sparland notes list Sunday visits to Peoria by Miss Bessie Ray Mr Frank Gapen Elmer Olson and his Peoria companion Mrs Carver’s Whitefield sister Mrs Culver Mrs Snell’s malaria illness and local activity The Helping Hand plans a meeting with Mrs Ray Newell Shingling at Mrs Emler’s house Mills Walker did the work for Mrs Simpson and daughters Lilly and Lizzie shop in Henry. A winter tease prompts thoughts on funds spent during hot weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Ray
Peoria
Frank Gapen
Snell
Ray Newell
Elmer Olson
Carver
Culver
Whitefield
Harry Compton
Missouril
Mabel
Eisse Gehr
Henry
Harry Luft
Bert McLaughlin
Local Notes from La Prairie and Surrounding Area
Residents of La Prairie and nearby towns share social visits and illnesses. Mrs. Annie Jacobson dies in Bartonville hospital. Various mentions include church meetings in Pittsburg, a birth, students and staff changes, illnesses, travel notes, and community events with names like Dunlap, Hayden, Tanquary, O Leary, Hoadley, and Speers. An October lecture by The Standard Quartet is advertised. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is recommended by local ad.
Local residents attend fairs and visits across towns
Robert Turnbull Jr visits Springfield for a few days at the fair while John Turnbull spends early week in Lacon and Frank Cavanaugh travels to Weona returning Tuesday. Mrs. Perkins visits Chillicothe. Lecture on Tahan the White Savage set for Oct 23 at town hall. J N Greene spends last week with wife at Hinsdale sanatorium. Sabbath school convention to be held all day at U P church with dinner by church ladies. Mr and Mrs Ethan Wilmot and Miss Ruth Greene were Peoria visitors. Laidies Aids society to host supper Oct 27. James Davidson of Messina visited his father in the past week. Burnetts attend Adam Burnett funeral at Loda. Mrs J R Davidson and Miss Mollie Smith visit Mrs Lucy Bradford in Lacon. Mrs Patterson injured in runaway near Linus Root home. Ellsworth e Weekley and Morgan Myers head to Archie Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Riddell
la Prairie
Dunlap
George Duncans
Annie Jacobson
Bartonville
Howe
Pittsburg
James Hayden
Porch
Bessie Tanquary
Rena Tanquary
Marie O'Leary
Peoria
Daisy
California
Davey Hunt
Indiana
van Antwerp & Osborne's
Wallace Headley
Mrs. Dawson
Mrs. Short
Chicago
Essie Hoadley
Ora White
Toulon
Charlie Hoadley
James McGinnis
Mrs Dawson
Seattle
Wash
Yukon Exposition
Illinois
Calvin Stowell
Adelbert Caldwell
Grand
The
Eastern Star
Esther
East Lynn
Sophrona Briggs
Albert Speers
Hdelstein
Speer
South Dakota
U. S. Land Office
Cheyenne
Central West Association
Congregational Church
William Moore
Wyoming
H. ‘Taylor
Avon
W. E. Cadmus
Men’s Brotherhood
James M. Finch
Edelstein
Finch
J. P. Huger
Galesburg
United Choirs
Woodmen Hall
Robert Turnbull, Jr
Springfield
John Turnbull
Lacon
Frank Cavanaugh
Wenona
Mrs. Perkins
Chillicothe
U. P
Ethan Wilmot
Ruth Greene
Laidies' Aids Society
M. BE
James Davidson
Messina
Richard Davidson
W. P. Burnett
Tom Burnett
Elizabeth Burnett
Loda
Adam Burnett
Burnetts
J. R. Davidson
Mollie Smith
Lucy Bradford
Patterson
Linus Root
Charles Scoon
Ellsworth E Weekley
Morgan, Myers
Archie, Mo
Camp Grove
John Connolly
Winne Bros
Hollis Dusan
John McGinn
Emma Colgan
Winne & Clark
Clark
Anna Connelly
Bocock
Mary Gill
Robert Fennell
Thomas O'Brien
Scranton
John Hickey
E. A. Fouts
Castleton
A. A. Webber
Mr. Crawford
Marian Sharkey
Bradford
Katie Hickey
Adolph Ruenzi
C. J. O’brien
John
Wm. Flynn
Mike O’brien
Minoak
Dr. Blough
John Philip
Indianapolis
Mary Blough
M. F. Fennell
Iowa
Dakota
Corpus Christi
Texas
Mike Landers
Samuel Thumma
Wm. McAfee
Peter Green
Dan Owens
Robert Fay
Jacob Zimmerman
Canova
S. D
Dan Banant
Michael McManus
Charles Justin
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
John O'Rourke
Cleveland, O
Wm, Gill
Fatal auto crash near Buda kills one man
On Sept 30 an auto with three men was struck by a freight engine near Buda at the Burlington and Northwestern crossing. One Armstrong brother died, the other was fatally injured, and Archie Johnson, the ridee, had a leg broken. The dead man was taken to Buda for an inquest led by Coroner Malin. injured men were transported to Peoria hospital. A separate dispatch notes the Daughters of the Confederacy unveiled a monument to Major Henry Wirz in Andersonville, guarded after threats by negroes following General Foraker’s remark about dynamiting the shaft. The piece questions celebrating Wirz’s memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buda
Northwestern Railroads
Burlington and Northwestern
Armstrong Brothers
Quincy
Chicago
Archie Johnson
Kewanee
Armstrongs
Johnson
Malin
Northwestern
Peoria
Daughters of the Confederacy
Henry Wirt
Andersonville
Foraker
Wirz
Camp Grove News Roundup and Local Notices
A Camp Grove fragment highlights social visits from Peoria and Bradford residents, farm activity, and a church cemetery funeral. It notes Winne & Clark dissolving their design partnership and a stock sale at Camp Grove stock yards on October 20, 1909. Local residents, cattle sales, and travel to Peoria or Indianapolis appear among brief notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Grove
Ill
John Hickey
WM. King
H. F. McVicker
A. P. Owens
Court House News item of probate and real estate transfers
Grace Watson and Maria A. Dauber estates seek probate action with letters testamentary issued to Robert Doran and John Dauber respectively. Guardianship sought for Blanch and Florence Watson minors. Real estate transfers include Varna, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Co. deeds and multiple property deeds in Richland Whitefield areas. Also allowance of final charges for Dr. B. N. Wall Anna Ehringer and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Watson
Sarah York
Robert Doran
Maria A. Dauber
John Dauber
Lydia T. Cochran
H. G. Forney
John McKinney
John H. Jackson
B. N. Wall
Anna Ehringer
Blanch Watson
Florence Watson
Charles A. Do
Whitefield
Wyoming a booming small city with busy building year
The Wyoming town thrives with over fifteen painters at work and street upgrades including seven brick crossings and more than three miles of concrete walks this season. Feathery industry on North Side remains strong, while South Side commerce grows with new jewelry shops a butcher and a milliner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Foster
North Side
Miss Miller
Cosgrove
Ramsey
Washburn
Ill
White
William Macauley
Katherine Krapps
San Francisco
Cal
Blanchard
H. L. Ingram
North Dakota
Frank Schullan
Stark
Frank Hamilton
Lawn Ridge
Alfred Lindsey
Sturgeon
Wheeler Brothers
Wm. Wheeler
Charles
Umphry
Cosgrove & Ramsey
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the Republican
Henry, Ill
Sparland Department
Sparland Personals
Jos. Barnett & Co
Boynton
M. McLaughlin
Sparland, Ill
William A. Smith
Chicago Veterinary College
Robert Aitchison
Roy Wilmot
Walter Burnett
Agnes Burnett
Black
Ollie Scoon
Myrtle Hastings
A. J. Ironmonger
Scott
Dr. King
J. A. Harmon
Sizemore
W. Va
Court House News
Toyah Valley
Pecos
T. van Antwerp & Son
Alfred Wrigley
Mr. Wrigley
Rock Island Railways
Pasenger
Robert D. Errickson
Willie
Wm. Rapine
Kate Stimpson
Wm. Chesney
Wm. Monler
Stimpson
Kate
Mell Griswold
Hiram Allen
John Harris
Mr. Baumus
Seatonville
Farley
Hattie Main
Tiskilwa
Lydia Piper
Lettie Piper
Rudolph Miller
Aileen Lundeen
Leonard Hunter
Wm. Piper
Mary Allen
Miriam Albee
Francis Draper
Gertie Allen
Samuel
Omaha
William
Mesdames
Samuel Chesney
Minier
Wm. Minier
Elects Hunt
Sparland
Wm. Condon
Nannie
James Hannon
Addie Barto
Patsey Donovan
Mary Kane
Foley
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