Local social notes and events in Sparland area
Sparland residents and visitors are listed attending visits, family gatherings, and church events. Edna Zellhote principals and Everett Simpson guest at Lour School in Bloomington and Decatur respectively. Funeral attendances for John Cresswell and Capt. Wallace noted. A lecture series opened at M E church with upcoming Dec 8 program by Thornton Anthony Mills. A Halloween event by the W S League at the M church is described with minor accident during a rural carrier route incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. EB
Herald Square
F. A. Ganzer
McLeish
Thornton Anthony Mills
Fragmentary Names and Phrases From Reading Page
OCR fragment lists names such as Cumming Blackwell Busby Reading Mias Elizabeth Marland Hill and offers partial phrases. No clear event or narrative emerges beyond a string of personal names and scattered words.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumming
Blackwell
School Notes Chronicle October Activities and Visits
Primary room students craft October booklets with jack o lanterns and leaves while aiming for 20 stars to earn merit cards. Second graders prepare Brownie spelling books, and Vivian Evans and Agnes Rae earn perfect attendance certificates. Grammar grades receive Canada atlas gifts. eighth graders study post War of 1812 to Mexican War. Faculty visits and upcoming exams noted amid high school events and mathematics and science progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Nightwonger
Wm. Hoadley
Vivian Evans
Agnes Rae
R. H. Miller
Gilman
Canada
Rand, McNally & Co
Chicago
Miles McCartney
Hoadley
McCartney
I. A. Ganzer
Ois
Local La Prairie social notes and Halloween gathering
Social calendar from La Prairie covers L L C party at town hall with 60 guests on Oct 24, upcoming masked event at A J McCartney home, and church activities including an all day Missionary meeting. Community contests list corn and crop prizes for Nov 7 with age tiered awards and maps, poems, cakes, pies, and curios. Includes miscellaneous visits and quotes about government affecting interests.
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Bastamat
le L.C
Grace ‘Powell
Charles’Monher
Princeton
Werevin
la Prairie
Mary Turnbull
Cora. Scott
Peoria
la Prairie Town Hall
Beulah Busby
Wm. Scott
Speer
Wilmot
A J. McCartney
Woman's Missionary Society of the
U. P. Church
H. S. Edminster
la Prairie Township
Marshall County
Hiawatha
H. HH. Jackson
South America
Hair Beautifier Ad Claims Instant Shine and Money Back Guarantee
An old advertisement promotes a hair beautifier shampoo claiming glossy silky hair without altering color. It touts quick cleansing, no harshness, and a money back offer, with references to Harmony laboratories and international distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steading
United States
Canada
Great
Britain
Boston
Toflet
J Tronmonker
Henry
Court and probate notices from a county record
Circuit Court actions include attachments and guardianship petitions for minors and estates. Probate orders grant final settlements and letters of administration, with bonds set or approved. Real estate transfers and marriage licenses listed alongside guardianship filings and estate distributions.
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Circuit Court
Jerome Howe
M. B. Metz
Robert Burgess
State Bank of Speer
J.M. Calder
Oakford &Fahnestock, Incorporated
J. M. Calder
John A. Burcham
Elizabeth Weber
John S. and
Mildred Thomp
Guardian
Frank Latourette
Bond
James L. Stratton
M. J. French
Henry Fisher
Clyde A. Stoner
A. M. Stoner
Magdalena Specht
Clara B. Fort
Lacon Township
Lacon
Hiram Myers
David Samuel Myers
Roberts
John N. Betz
Fred R. Blackwell
Coal Company
Spainland
Frederick F. Schwanke
Ottilee Petrich
Lovina A. Wesner
Bertram V. Smith
Varna
W. R. Thorp
Margaret E. Dunlap
Lombard’s
Henry
Fred Wigin
Belle Randall
James ’Camfield
Alice Fitzgerald
Joel W. Carlson
Moline
Eva Simpson
Community Notes From Illinots As Harvest Jobs Begin
Local copy mentions a new dainty daughter born at the Roy Foster home near Princeville amid a throat illness scare of diphtheria in the area. The Shafer property sale on the 31st includes a lunch by the Ladies Aid, led by administrator Fred Rapp. Voter turnout increases via town auto service. Updates cover Nebraskan relatives visiting, farming plans, northern potatoes, corn husking, Speer transfer business, and a concert at Udell with local musicians and a nurse’s visit to Burlington.
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Roy Foster
Princeville
Ladies’ Aid Society
Shafer
Fred Rapp
Haiv
Harry
Aman
Nebraska
Alita Wilson
Ira Barton
Emory
Stewart
Peoria
Predmore
Northern
Potatoento
Speer
Door
Chris
Streltmatter
Udell
Majestic
Chalonér
Illinots
Social News From South Whitefield and Nearby
Edith South Whitefield visits at Peterz’s home while Isabelle Green stays with Mrs. Quimby and attends Niblock school. Della Klein spends Sunday with her sister Mrs. George Holer. Harriet Baugh helps at Henry’s home. baby attracts attention. Alex Brown of Henry and Wesley Doyle visit Alfred Betts’s country home. Anna Ely assists at Dr Blough’s Camp Grove residence. I W and Leslie Waughop attend a Peoria ball game. Michael Harper of York reports well and family back in Minnesota. T s Salisbury visits Henry, finding family well and liking Minnesota. Monard Hunt ill. grandma Chesney cares for him. Wm Baugh and Vera visit the Baugh home. Willis and Rickey visit with families. a new baby arrives Saturday at Ford Schupp’s. Mrs Swanson and Mrs Rouch visit Dewalt. Swanson cares for Vincent children.
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South Whitefield
Edith
Peterz
Wifeta
Isabelle
Green
Ed. Quimby
Niblock
Della Klein
George Holer
Harriet “Baugh
Rat
Henry
J. Colligan
I. W
Leslie “Waughop
Peoria
Chicago White
Chesney
Sunny
Wm. Baugh
Vera
Baugh
Robert Willis
Jake Rickey
Jake
Ford Schupp
C .Swanson
J.rouch
Dewalt
Lassie and laddie debate voting and home life
A dialogue-narrative explores a couple arguing over whether a woman should vote and still keep a home. The lassie insists a good home can be managed with voting and modern equality while the laddie worries about traditional roles and a wife’s place.
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Laddie
Tiskilwa Notes: Social Visits and Local News
Mr and Mrs Wm Perry dined at McAtee s in Tiskilwa. Otto Miller wed Miss Ella Wright at Princeton by Judge Pritchard. Roy Maynard and family visited Henry and Charles Anthony s near Providence. Mrs Chesney staying with daughter near Sparland. Monnard Hunt threatened with blood poisoning from a plow injury. Arthur Obermeyer and family at Ernest Reynolds s. Frank L Gard s hosted Samuel Chesney Henry Smith Joseph Calhoun and families plus Miss H Zimmerman. Byron Allen and Clarence Hay visited. Blanche Doty visiting Mendota. Cottage ladies entertained at Mrs Frank Doty s with about 20 from Tiskilwa. Dinner served by Cottage Tables Mindad: Mrs Wa Fountain to take daughter to Henry for appendicitis operation Wednesday. Please send cheer cards to Merna Fountain Hospital Henry, post card address listed.
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Wm. Perry
McAtee’s
Tiskilwa
Otto Miller
Ella Wright
Princeton
Pritchard
Roy Maynard
Henry
Charles Anthony
Providence
Wm. Chesney
Mrs. Hunt
Sparland
Monnard Hunt
Frank Doty
Tiskilva
Kidney remedy touted by drug store ad
A fragmentary ad claims Foster Milburn Co markets a kidney remedy with satisfactory results. It references public notice language and asserts benefits while listing a vague claim of a remedy used by others.
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Dean
Yolee
Lan Henty
Famiy Havertaken
Foster-Milburn‘Co
United States
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Deas Parland
Department
Charles
Edna Zellhote
Lour School
Bloomington
Tien Ve “ Everett Simpson
Decatur
Frank Johnson
Zetta ‘Gebr
Henry Olson
Minnie Barton
N. W. Tanner
Armine Tanner
Holmes
Tanner
Little
Charles ‘Onyun
C. D. Marshall
Marshall
Nellie Aid
Edn Tanquary
Mr. Tanquary
John Cresswell
Wm. Harney
Capt. Wallace
Charles Schaff
Charles Shouitz
Chillicothe
Shoutz
Henry Luft
Anna Suft
Helen
Mary Gillett
Mr. Harper
Worth Dixon
Saratoga Township
Harper
Asa Nighswonger
Nighswonger
Reuben Lapp
Gertrude Hacker
Chicago Heights
Anna Luft
Thomas Hoskins
Anna
Mr. Hoskins
Ralph
Christman
Hallowe'en
Hallowe’ En
Rpworth
Schroeder
M. McLaughlin
Sparland, Tll
Steuben
Pédtord Wa ‘Vlaiting Rss
Wilbert
Hastings
Margaret
Russell
Lillian
Jeriday
Halp
Halp Smpaylon
Paby
Torthem
Azaar
Ald
Joseph
Mrsz
Barr-Mattilag
La'Prairies
Atte Ats
Albert
Russell Aay
Theis Dinger
Mrs
Grover
Rov
Itrulyyo
Segraves
Beret
House News
Lawn Ridge
Pigase
Agdin
Jaddie
Alway
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