Epidemic and Church Notes From Sparland Area
Local column reports sickness and deaths due to a Spanish influenza outbreak. Edna Wieland improves while Edna Newell’s six year old son dies. Frank Fabershoski dies leaving Anna in mourning. Saratoga M.F. Church notes rally day plans, Sunday school flags, and Bible deliveries to soldiers in France. army letters and service changes due to illness are listed. October events postponed for health reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Wieland
Tesmer
Robert Blackwell
Bethel School
Charles Bourdette
Fe Tsa
Willig ‘Colwell
Harry, Ingram
Lester -Newell Buddie Colwell
Tena
Ride
Mary
Francis
Anna
William
Julia
Minonk
Hig
SARATOGA_M.F
Churh
Board of Sunday Schools
Ivan W. Lutes
Walter Forbes
Willis Taylor
France
Charles Anderson
Ings
Willis H. Taylor
Leslie C. Aukland
John Hawksworth
Emar Hawksworth Waler-Forbes
Prumair Reese
Hallie Moore
Leslie J. Montonye
Fragmentary OCR note on land use and Employment
The readable text discusses using lands for proper and profitable employment and mentions cooperation, future uses, and erection of a credit or investment. It appears as an incomplete record of a formal or legal notice about land use and income allocation.
Sparland influenza outbreak hits schools and families
The Sparland area reports a severe influenza wave causing many illnesses. Several residents including Miss Mabelle Gehr and Mrs. Freida Marshall travel for care while local schools close. Obituaries follow for Frank Fabershoski Reuben Colwell and Harry Anderson with details on burial plans and family losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gehr
Mabelle
Sparland High
Freida’ Marshall
Peo‘la
Ernest
Cecil Parsons Hag
Royce
Laverna Murdock
E. J. Ai
Fred Davis
Louis—Vincene
Ella ‘Newis
Frank Fabershoski
Reuben Colell
Harry Anderson
Local social notes and notices from South Whitefield area
Mr and Mrs James Wherry of Henry visited their children Mr and Mrs Earl Wherry. The Miles family suffer Spanish influenza with nine children ill though all are convalescing. Mrs E W Sale and daughter of Chicago spent Friday night at their country home. Miss Opal ill with Spanish influenza urged fresh air. I W Waughop escorted the party to Ottawa on return. Charles Jacobs returned from Wilmington Delaware then visited several homes and headed to Laurens Iowa. Mrs Willard Rickey visited a neighbor. Maxwell runabout noted. Obituary for Arlington, age unknown, mourned by family near Magnolia with military funeral planned Tuesday. Also small ads for Hog Powder and barbed wire remedies sold locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Davis
Missy Baggs
He Baggs
Sparland
Mare Toto
Teats
Ed Kear
George
William
Edth
Charles
Leslie
Andrew
Spard
Frank Fabershoski
Gerny
Charles Attery
Reuben Colwell
Unis
Wyoming
Gimlet
Holle
James Wherry
Henry
Earl Wherry
Hayline
Charles Hayline
Saratoga
Miles
E. W. Sale
Chicago
Opal
I. W. Waughop
Ottawa
Charles Jacobs
Wilmington
Delaware
I. W
George Waughop
Laurens
Iowa
Willard Rickey
Sort
Maxwell
Alarling
Baltimore
Magnolfia
Court House News and Estate Probate Notices
Court proceedings include administration for the estates of John Wesley Skinner, Ida I. Murphy, Charles Clifford Doran, Thomas Shaw, Margaret Tomlinson, and William Woolley. Letters of administration issued to Irene Antrim with $3,000 bond. Ralph D. McCulloch named executor for will of Ida Murphy with $25,000 bond. Guardian and guardian ad litem appointed. final reports and continuations noted. commissioners for Crow Creek drainage district named Jacob Jones Ellis Kiser and G W Smith with bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Bourdette
Velma L
Henry
W. Ha “Quiram
Robert Trowbridge
Casero
Wilbur-Hastings
James Manock
Gée
LaPrairie
Railroad
Addita
Smith
Dorsey
William Woolley
John
Wesley
Skinner
Irene Antrim
Ralph McCulloch
F. ‘Stoner
Charles Stateler
Ida I. Murphy
Ralph D. McCulloch
Ralph “Vv. Perkins
Guardian
Charles Clifford Doran
E. D. Richmond
Guardian Ad Litem
Geneiva Doran
Katherine Doran
Crow Creek
Jacob Jones
Ellis Kiser
G. W. Smith
Sugar Grove District Schools Closed for Spanish Flu
Temes Sugar Grove notes all district schools closed due to Spanish influenza. Viola Herr is home. Mrs. Stewart Lutes ill with pleurisy. Miss Irma Thirkell died. funeral held Tuesday with sympathy to her parents. Mattie Simonds visiting Terr Herr. Clyde Gregory returned to Boulder. Orman Rowe recovering. Gara Gickerman helps sister Mrs. Bogner during illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola Herr
Marseilles
Stewart Lutes
Irma Thirkell
Mattie Simonds
Iterr
Callie Clawson
Marvin Harrison
Clyde Gregory
Boulder
Colo
Orman Rowe
Gara Gickerman
Mrs. Bogner
Soldier Letter From Front Describes Hard Marches and News
A soldier writes to Sister Pearl from a frontline area, recounting long night marches, nearby gas alarms, and occasional battles. He mentions receiving letters from Gladys, Mike, and Wine, reports Marshall Field now commanding their company, and asks for periodicals and parcels. He notes Alan Ash's death and asks Cal to write often, while sending papers through Marshall Field & Co. and reporting limited mail access from the States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl
Gladys
Mike
Henry
Alan Ash
Lela
States
Marshall Field & Co
Paris
Marshall Field-er
Freeman
Cal
Taylor
Toluca
Bill—Fitus
Freemans
Bill
Funeral Director E Fenwick Adrt Notice
Adrt notice for 12 27 transmission lists editor E Fenwick Funeral Director. Public notice context unclear but records indicate obituary or funeral notice placement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Fenwick
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Steuben
United States
H. Bradley
New Lehman Vidg
Court House
Peoria
A “Watercott
Yanochowski
Lawrence Peterman
Vv. P. Turner
B. G. Hoyle
The
Sparland—Department
Vincent
Anigel
Lyman
Louis
Man- D
Ters
Harry
Frank Anderson
Gapen
Howard Anderson
South
Whitefield
Thomas
Prk
S. B. Weathers
Magnolia
W. HT Quiram
Lacon
T. E. Gapen & Co
M. Bio Henkins & Co
Put. Nam
Court House News
Temes Sugar Grove
Edison Mazda
Public—Service
Northern
Illinois
Allen B. Smith
Miles S. Fox
Eee Sew
Princeton, III
PD Cars Co.p
Brown
Tampa
Matthew Steele
Henry, Ill
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