Lady Wilson and Elzea Rue Guests in La Prairie Area
Rural notes from La Prairie area chronicle visits and social rounds. Mrs James Wilson and Mrs Van Antwerp travel. many neighbors shop and socialize. local events include a bakery sale at Gehr's store and church activities. Timothy Van Antwerp plans Chicago trip. Elizabeth Nightwonger heads to Colorado for winter. school near Avonona closes briefly for scarlet fever. Miss Roggy attends Princeton visit. a Meffery touring car with Hastings couple draws attention.
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James Wilson
Oe Wilson Jarinop
la Rose
John van Antwerp
Tee MC Marshal
Ewer
Epworth
Gehr's
Spoon Root
Fehildren
Edw Shafer
Mae Gillett
Henry
Fanny Ray
Lacon
George ‘Frank
Frank Poignant
Aia Hebecca
Campbell
Freda
Hodge
J . Oblman
la Prairie
C D Marshall
N Bow McCartney
Timothy VanAntwerp
Chiscago
Henry Luft
Joseph Carver
Elzabeth
John Hastings
James Collins
E. Royce
Joliet
Rev
Pitts
Roy Dobbins
Chicago
S Musselman
Bloomington
Altchison
Wyoming
S McLeish
Frank Cumming
Mary Eleanor
Robert Murdoch
Wilbur Root
Speer
Charlotte ‘Duncan
la Prairie UP Church
Washburn
Andrew McCartney
Tussey
Orrin Frisbey
Mrs. Sargent
Missouri
Hen‘ry Sargent
Sargent
C. Ohlman
John Jribby
Lewis Justice
Alfreta Bedford
Yellowstone Park
Panama Exposition
Geraldine
Paul Richmond
Beloit
Wis
Judge Richmond
Clifford Bonham
White Bear
Minn
Olive Hastings
Bertha
Ruth
Village Notes on Sales and Visits Across Town
Local paper lists residents attending sales, visits, and social events. Names include McKinley Kear, Junie Johnson, Clyde Doran, Hattie Baker, John Russell, Elizabeth Land, Mary Williams, Frank Colwell, Arthur DeLong, Genevieve Colwell, Asa Nightwonger, John Grieves, and many families from Lacon Prairie, Henry and Milo visiting peers in nearby towns. Frequent travel to Chicago, Peoria, Geneseo, and Monmouth noted.
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Steucben
McKinley Kear
North Dakota
Junie Johnson
Hatfield
Ark Junie
Clyde Doran
Dunlap
Wyoming
Wiliam Hill
Misa Varah Charles
Hattie Baker
Henry
Newell
Henry Sargent
Maggie Reed Sargent
Alva
Missouri
John Russell
Dr Hall
Elizabeth
Mary Williams
Oliver Johnson
Frank Colwell
Arthur DeLong
Princeville
Walter Miles
Genevieve Colwell
Wm. Bocock
Peoria
Chillicothe
Lacon
John Grieves
Wm Colwell
Geneseo
Jesse Brown
Iowa
J W Greene
John Turnbull
Mollie Smith
Howard Greene
Donald Root
Lawrence Webber
Edna Calder
Margaret Webber
Abingdon
Tussey
Elmira
Minnie
Marshall
Monmouth
Jacobs
Elm Wood
H. and
Charles
Gon Robert
Princeton
Mobic Smith
South Whitefield News Morning Set
Ed Tomlinson returns from Minnesota prospecting. Local residents work fall tasks, visitants drop in, and farm life continues with reports of injuries, illness, and family updates. Community notices include box supper plans and local health ads.
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South Whitefield
Ed Tomlinson
Minnesota
Matt Hanson
Tony Bogher
Grant Traver
Georgg Holler
Thomas McLuskey
Walter Holler
Hunter and
Dunn
Wilder Brown's
Fred Schupp
Bon Durant
George Lckhoff
Fred Quebr
W Waughop
George Waughop
Emil Ely
Schlosser
Larry Lord
Marshall
Sparland
W Waughe
Fred Ely
Metamora
Aged Tax Collector Restored To Health By Vinol
Corinth Mississippi resident J A Paige, age seventy four, reports being weak and underweight before using Vinol a tonic described as liver and iron. After one week he saw improvement and gained twenty pounds, crediting Vinol with renewed strength suitable for older people. The ad promotes Vinol as a tonic for run down and weak conditions.
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Corinth
Miss
J. A. Paige
Court House News Probate and Estate Actions
Circuit Court actions include National Credit Co. vs Toluca Coal Co. Probate Court reports cover final settlements for Bridget Martin Anton Ebringer and others, with notices posted and estate allowances. Real estate transfers list multiple property deeds in La Prairie Wenona and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Credit Co
Marly
Concert at Cottage Church Pelday October 22 8 pm
A concert at the Cottage church in Pelday will be held October 22 at 8 p m featuring Miss Clara Waddell of Princeton as vocalist and whistler and Mrs Dr Hall of Henry as reader and pianist with son John Hardin Hell 9 years old on drums as accompanist Admission 25 and 16 cents This will be a good entertainment Mr and Mrs Lee Vunderwood are proud parents of a baby born October 6
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Pelday
Clara “Waddell
Princeton
Hall of
Henry
John Hardin Hell
Raverwoodye
eMra
Lee Vunderwood
Ict
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Elizabeth Marland
Mon- Séy
Anna Morgen
Marland
Anna Custer Hall
Aris
Mey
Oval Buard
Putnam
Stookeferry
Tow
Mabella
Smiter
Eire Fnier
Mise Smith
Yerriab
T. J. Segraves
Henry, Ibi
Henry Suft
Suft
John Newton
Irving
Chamberlain
Solth Milo
KKO Klub
Addie Barker
Charlie Swineman
Aaron Hufnagel
Grove
Walter Bentley
Alexander
Mina Reid
Longman
Ernest Dee
Hazel Zimmerman
Hsharker
Carl
Gideon Alspaugh
Sarah Reed
Conover School
Julia
Sloan
Augusta Chronicle
Thomas W. Louless
Frank
Superior Court
Georgia
J. M. Arnold
A. Quiram
Tfacon
A. J. Kistler
Camp Grove
W. Schriver
Broadmoor
Hichstaedt
Vau Antwerp & Osborn
Wm. Tree
Whitefield
W. S. Korphy
Court House News
Anton Ebringer
George Holler
Fred H Gehr
William P Burnett
George F Blough
Alexander McKee
Mary W Anderson
Hannah L Bidwell
Mary Etscheld
C Doran
Mary Etscheid
William L. Foster
A B Smith
J A. Willmerscheid
Bert W Rank
Schleb Bros
N. C Jepsen
John Iffert
Lucille Foster
Minnie Grieves
William Kelley
Lewis G Calder
Hugh Pritchard
Ben L. Owen
Richland
John B. Norton
L. M. Norton
Mary H. Norton
Roberts
Gustav Beckman
I. W. Torry
Block
Fowler
Wenona
Seee Litten
Rowe” Neres
Ben Prairie
Charles Neff
J. L. Smith
Block 2
Lawn Ridge
G. E. Fenwick
Jones
Segraves
Illinois
Toulon, Illinois
Great Orphan
Patsy Defender
Big Joe
Big Orpha
Depot
Are
E. C. Caverly
J .C. Hartley and
E. E. Cochran
Henry Opera House
Castle Square
Worthinstone
Tiskilwex
Hiram, Allen
Wanee
Aardy Senasy
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