Sparland Departant News Summary and Local Notices
Local rep J R Bouton of The Henry Republican handles news for Sparland. Mrs Craver and Mrs Murdock ill last week. Walter Luft in Peoria. Fine Dewey of Annawan visited. Walter Miles recovering from illness. Barker left shaft to husk corn. Milby Marshall family visited. Barker and boys in Lacon. Indian Summer brings dry but pleasant weather. John and William Shaw did mason work on Kinney cistern. Mrs Charles Duncan had visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craver
Walter Luft
Peoria
Murdock
Dewey
Annawan
Harry
Walter Miles
Barker
Milby Marshall
T. Reilly
Malone
T. Bell
Dan Hufnagle
Willetta
John Tully
Chatsworth
Wyoming
M. B
Lounie Frarry
Wiles
George Clusky
Dewey Valley
Kelley
Henry
Gust Soderstrom
Norris
Buljleyment
Tiskilwa
Lou Rowe Alexander
Eddie Collins
Lacon
James Colgan
James Winne
Dave Ross
Charles Seelye
Whitefield
Camp Grove
Lulu Otto
Sam King
Robert Fitzsimmons
Chicago
Dakota
Autumn Social Notes and Local Visits Across Streator
The column lists visiting relatives and locals in Streator including Miss Ethel Webster, Essie Hoadley, Irene McCormick, and Mrs. Emma Keifer. It mentions farm labor by the Frisbey boys, the Mystic lodge gathering Friday, and a Chicago excursion by Frank Van Antwerp and Thomas Marland. Community events include Methodist apron social and ongoing sewing clubs with prayer and business meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Streator
Jake Frank
Delavan
Harry Marshall
Ethel Webster
Iowa
Essie Hoadley
William Smith
George Frank
Frisbey
Mystic Lodge
Will Kinney
Irene McCormick
Henry
William Berwick
Chicago
Andrew Jackson
Larson
Lars
la Prairie
Olson
Emma Keifer
Frank van Antwerp
Thomas Marland
Rock Island
Beggs
Marquette
The
Methodist Church
Town Hall
A. W. Bradford
Mystic Workers Meet and Town News Bulletin
A weekly notice outlines a Mystic Workers meeting next Friday, local births, marriages, and relocations. It notes Mrs Jessie Parsons offering sewing, Jennie Newell’s health recovery, Will Wild moving, Parker sisters traveling, and Saggars’s 70th birthday. A new Baptist preacher candidate is coming, social talk, band plans, and miners’ holiday memories are covered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mystic
Jessie Parsons
Jennie Newell
Will Wild
Theuius Hollow
Mr. Ga
Lacon and
Sparland
Warsaw
Ind
Addison Tanquary
Chamberline
Myron Newell
Thomas Kelley
James Parsons
David Anderson
Myron
Virden
Ianthus Newell
Loren Francis
Jessie Tanner Barnes
Waughn
Chris Jacobson
Chicago
Mayme Mathias
Methodist
St. John
High School Lecture Course Tickets Announced
Reverend H. V. Adams leads a high school lecture series with season tickets at 1.20 and single tickets available at Waugh's store for purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. V. Adams
Waugh’s
Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription Promoted as Alcohol Free
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a non alcoholic medicine for women's ailments with ingredients printed on the bottle wrapper. It highlights endorsements from medical writers, offers free endorsements by mail, and urges readers suffering periodical headaches backaches and pelvic discomfort to try the remedy along with Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a laxative and bowel regulator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N.Y
J. Pierce
Osakis Lecture Wins Praise for Adam’s Tonic
Oct 29 admission 35 cents for adults and 20 cents for children at Steuben Town Hall. A recent MFE church lecture on Adam’s Tonic rendered in Osakis as a witty, wise literary treat, one of the best entertainments of the season. attendees left amused and impressed by humor and common sense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steuben Town Hall
MFE
Osakas
La Prairie Community Notes and Local Happenings
Henry McCartney of Gresham Nebrum spends time at the old homestead with relatives. Winnie Edminster inherits a piano from aunt Mrs. L. A. Wood of Chillicothe. Church activities include a window gift plan and parsonage rejuvenation. Camp Grove sees wedding talk, snow, sales posters, and a busy social scene with rides to Peoria and Henry.
Community Notes From South Whitefield Gatherings
South Whitefield residents report visits among neighbors including Mr and Mrs David Dwyer and son Bernard with Mr and Mrs Julius Meister and Leslie Waughop family. I W Waughop and Effie took a Chicago business trip while others enjoyed a wood sawing spell and Nut collecting season amid widespread colds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Whitefield
David Dwyer
Bernard
Julius Meister
Leslie Waughop
Henry
Huot
Guy
Nellie Moore
H. Marshall
I. W. Waughop
Effie
Chicago
Phenomenal Kraus praised by Chicago business dinner speaker
A Chicago dinner delegation lauded Phenomenal Kraus and his Peoria clinic after open demonstrations and patient endorsements. A three member committee, drawn from Chicago’s physicians and a banker, visited Peoria to verify methods and patient cures. They reported open, scientific practice and endorsed the institute, hinting at possible Chicago and New York branches with support offers.
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Chicago
Peoria
Kraus
South Adams Street
United States
New York
Local Social Rounds Report Christenings and Visits
Whitefield Center mentions Mr and Mrs Spencer Ketchum of Hen try visiting Vernon Ketchum. Mr and Mrs Will McAtee were guests at T A Seelye's. Mrs Tim Landers and three children from near Bradford visited her sister Mrs Harry Shorts. Miss Mabel Blankenship visited Ethel Seelye. Miss Jennie Higgins of Henry visited Lara Bourdette. Thomas Ryan dedicated his new barn with a dance. a good crowd attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitefield Center
Spencer Ketchum
Hentry
Vernon Ketchum
Will McAtee
T. A. Seelye
Tim Landers
Bradford
Harry Shorts
Mabel Blankenship
Ethel Seelye
Jennie Higgins
Henry
Lara Bourdette
Thomas Ryan
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J. R. Bouton
Henry Republican
Sparland Personals
Charles Duncan
Hamilton Barr
Mrs. Astley
Ed R. Hannum
H. J. Pritchard
J. Magoon
James Slattery
Dr. Pierce
Smithson
Lola Bellong
Mr. Williams
Oliver Coffman
Mary
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Onarga
M. E
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M, EB
Alice Monier
Mildred Kelley
Hull
Ed Manock
John Winne
Ellen Flynn
Mrs. Dugan
Bert Walsh
Alice Gubbins
Mesdames King and McMullen
W. B. Kirkpatrick
Mr. McBully
Joliet
Wm. Maddox
Limestone
George Aitchison
Miss Aitchison
Hobart Kilgore
Dan
Mike O’brien
Frank Calder
M. Oliver Finch
la Congiyial Party
Wiliam Klein
Henry Central
Wm. Farling
Chillicothe
Scott Osborne
Charles Sellers
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Svice
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