Sparland and South Whitefield News 1916 Update
Sparland reports social visits and shopping trips with Mrs. Luft and Mrs. Zimmerman. School resumes after a week closure. D. R. Taylor sells nearly $500 in money orders in two days. The Epworth League event is canceled. Local families relocate and build new structures. Wm Clifton erects cattle and hay barn. A Chicago paper note announces Freida May Frank engagement to George W Driver. Community notes cover travel, schooling, farming, and local events across Sparland South Whitefield Milo and Henry areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Luft
Peoria
George
Frank
Henry
D. R. Taylor
Fonda Marshall
George Zimmerman
Mabell Marshall
Coggeshall
Epworth League
Wm. Kinney
Oscar Scholes
Martin Ross
Holler House
Green
Emma van Antwerp
Wm. Clifton
Brint Robbins
James Mellinger
E. A. Kline
C. D. Marshall
J. C. Ohlman
W. D. Williams
Chicago
Edna
Nellie Thomas
Samuel King
Elsie Gehr
Gilbert James
Robert Murdock
New Baden
O. M. McLaughlin
Royce
M. Club
Flora Sellers
May Osborne
N. B. McCartney
Maud Bonham
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Leonard Bonham
Ida Jeffries
Salina
Kas
Minnie
Nellie Tanquary
N. Kendale Avenue
Sparland High School
Rogers Park
Sparland School Notes Preview Season Activities
The Sparland school postponed Saturday’s walk due to rain and reports reopening lower grades after no scarlet fever cases. Seniors finish their play, public speaking begins in year three, and Earle Blackwell read the school gossip. A Hallowe’en Community Party at the school building is planned for Friday Oct 27 with 15 cent adults and 10 cent children admission and rewards, plus free attractions, meals, decorations, and witches and spooks. Florence Wiley sang at opening exercises, and the zoology class took a field trip to study insects. A new Boys Athletic Association scholarship rule aligns with state norms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparland
Farmers’ Institute
Varna
Earle Blackwell
Florence Wiley
Boys’ Athletic Association
Hallowe'en
Sentiments on a door notice at the exchange office
A friend left a note reading Them's my sentiments. The piece asks what readers prefer a mountain trip or a week by the sea, then muses that the mountains are high and the ocean is wet, suggesting staying home to avoid debt.
Young Women Told They May Avoid Pain With Remedy
Buffalo readers cite Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound easing monthly pains backache and irregular menstruation. Testimonial from Mrs. Matilda Kurtzweg lists relief and urges mothers and young women to seek help by writing to the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co in Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Kurtzweg
Buffalo
N.Y
Lydia
E.pinkham
Matilda Kurtzweg
High St
N. Y
Lynn
Mass
Court house notices and real estate actions from Stark County
Circuit Court proceedings list numerous estates including Laura Bellows and Mildred M. Thompson cases with heirship proofs and guardian discharges. Real estate transfers in Lacon and Toluca noted along with marriage licenses. Multiple divorce actions granted for cruelty desertion and drunkenness. fifteen total cases reported with high docket activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank N. Ireland
Charles H. Ireland
Frank N. Ireland & Son
A. M. Northam
Laura Bellows
Mildred M. Thompson
Guardian
John S. Thompson
John S
Clara BE
Cynthianw
Vernay
Charles E. Varney
Harry E. Luft
Conrad Luft
T. J. Longman
John Adams
Frank Bens
John Kapraun
Mary Etscheid
William J. Kapraun
Ellen Auster
William S. Bellows
George W. Cowan
City of Lacon
Secs
Lacon Township
David Dwyer
Nicholas Klein
Henry
Albert Jenkins
Lacon
Frank Gabati
Castina Sollamo
Toluca
Albert H. Halladay
Spring Valley
Ellen C. Strawn
Lillie May Hughes
Samuel H. Hughes
Jennie Newell
Lester Newell
John Merlin Gunther
Clara Alice Gunther
Myrtle Tatmen
Walter Tatmen
Myron Stratton
Margaret May Stratton
Bertha Barnes
Patrick Barnes
Roy Nighswonger
Eva Nighswonger
Steuben Community Notes Paint Local Visits and Moves
Steuben residents frequent visits as James Bigger and Edna Williams visit Chillicothe friends. Jennie Russell joins Judson Williams kin gathering while Mrs Clarence Doran hosts Mrs Walter Kline of Chillicothe. Oliver Johnson moves to Lacon for closer work at Public Service Co. Venona sees Helen Marland visit sister in law. ill health but improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna’ Williams
Chillicothe
Jennie Russell
Judson Williams
Clarence Doran
Walter Kline
Oliver Johnson
Lacon
Public Service Co
William Marland
Venona
Helen Marland
Village Notes From Sunday Calls and Local Donations
William Baggs called at Wm Williams on Sunday. The Griswold twins are a few weeks old and sick. Mrs. Griswold, with several other children, needs extra help. Mrs. Frank Makosi is ill and her daughter May tends the house. Fred Nighswouger returned Saturday from river government work. Wilbur Kelsey visited from the north after four years away. Clyde Doran from La Prairie visited, mentioning his wife’s recent serious operations at Peoria hospital and her recovery with Colorado parents aiding care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Whitefield
Grace Miles
Rickey School
Danny Chance
Thomas Lopeman
Addie Bickerman
Western Catholic Union
Joliet
Herbert
John Ely
Lopeman Bros
Henry
Prather
Iowa
John Hayline
Joseph Moody
Fred Ely
Peoria
E. B. Blough
Ely
George Eckhoff
Cromwell
George Bickerman
Duke Bros
Mammoth
Shores
South Milo
Ed Cohrs
Dave Wright
Alvin Wright
Will Phelps
Charlie Swineman
Mark Vail
Blanche
Princeton
Gertrude Carrico
Tiskilwa
William Bentley
Studebaker
Charlie Reid
Harley Reese
Aaron Hufnagel
Northwestern Insurance Co
Oscar Wright
Ladies’ Aid
Louis Griswold
Frank Makosi
May
Fred Nighswouger
Wilbur Kelsey
Clyde Doran
la Prairie
Clarence
Peoria Hospital
Colorado
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dr. King
Drugeist
Lipgatte Myers Tabacco
Chesterfield
Court House News
Marshall County Circuit Court
John G. Clemens
J. R. Petrich
Richard Anske
James M. Sherbourne
W. H. Lloyd
William J. Fort
Mary E. Colby
James M. Fort
George M. Kunkle
William K. Landis
William H. Stephens
Abraham Stephens
Steuben
Margaret Russell
James Bigger
Hughie Russell
Gorner Drug Store
Henry Opera House
Helen Holmes
Whispering Smith
Community Benefit Burial Association
G. BF
William Baggs
Wm. Williams
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