Local notices from Sparland department
Local news notes detail travel visits births illnesses and recoveries in Sparland area. Mentions include Prof J R Bouton official paper representative Freida Frank and numerous residents such as Rob Duncan Willie Clifton Mrs Culver and the Duncan family plus travel to Delavan Toluca Assumption and Peoria. Village board plans a meeting next Monday with Labor Day postponement noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Bouton
Henry Republican
Freida V Frank
Delavan
Rob Duncan
Willie Clifton
Dr. McCartney
G. Duncan
James Duncan
Buckley
Lon Osborne
Maggie O'Brien
Toluca
Dunlap
Iowa
Wisconsin
N. W. Macon
Assumption
McCartney
Miles
Colorado
Tesmer
East Peoria
Mike Olson
Henry Olson
Ruby
Francis
St. Louis
Weekend visits and town news from Camp Grove area
Will Beitz visits Pekin family and sick father in law. Rain changes to heavy downpour. Union gospel meetings at Town Hall with local workers. many residents visit relatives in Peoria Wyoming Bradford and Dakota for fairs and church events. Local tradesmen move switches repair a Peoria auto and horse shipments to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Rogers and Son
South Dakota
Wm. King
Peoria
Big Bill Malon
Mr. Connors
Chicago
Camp Grove
A. B. Hoff
Wyoming
Hennessey
A. P. Freeman
Shane
Speer
Lawerence Hedstrom
Anton Mallman
Adam McCuean
Wm. Maddox
al True
Henry
John Generich
Buda
Sherry Kellogg
Fletch McVicker
Mr. Generich
Father O'Reilly
Father Remmels
Lacon
Bradford
Father Klein
Worth Dixon
Tessie Baker
Favorite Prescription Promoted for Women’s Health and Endorsements
Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription advertised as the sole druggist sold remedy for women’s weaknesses. It claims full ingredient disclosure on bottle wrappers and endorsements from medical authorities. Also promotes The People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser and Pierce’s Pellets for stomach liver and bowels with simple dosing guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. V. Pierce
Buffalos N. Y
Pierce
People’s Common Sense
R. ¥. Pierce
Miners Beat Business Men In Afternoon Game
A ball game between the miners and business men ended 11 to 0 in favor of the miners. A second match Sparland versus La Prairie finished 11 to 10 for La Prairie. Admission was 25 cents benefiting the band, with $35 added to band coffers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparland
la Prairie
W. E. Downey
Local Notes From La Prairie Center and Nearby
Miss Anna Stowell visited Miss Edna Miller in Wyoming. Miss Lucy Calder suffered a severe nosebleed last week and was very ill. Claude Calder and cousin Marsden went to Iowa Saturday. Claude will enter Des Moines college and Marsden will stay at Colfax sanitorium. Miss Agnes Burnett will attend State Normal at Normal this year. She resumed studies this week. Miss Grace Powell began the year's work as a schoolteacher at Coulter school Monday. Clarence Calder and wife visited their daughter and family in LaVerne Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Beitz
Pekin
Trompeter
Union
Town Hall
Bliss
Chessman
Scheick
Ira Parker
Chicago
A. J. Parker
Wallace Hadley
Ira
Marie O'Leary
Peoria
Brown's Business College
Walker
Lacon
Will Donovan
Henry
Mattie Walker
Nellie Thomas
Epworth League
Dakota
Cartwright
Wyoming
Peru
Sparland
Anna Stowell
Edna Miller
Lucy Calder
Claude Calder
Marsden
Iowa
Claude
Des Moines
Colfax
Agnes Burnett
Grace Powell
Coulter School
Clarence Calder
LaVerne, In
Minnie Marshall
Local Notes Highlight Yet Another Seminary Visit
Blanche Davidson and companions travel to Onarga for Grand Prairie seminary. Eugene Collins recovers after a near choking incident aided by his mother and a physician. John Turnbull adds a bedroom bathroom and front porch to his home. Prominent talks dominate Sabbath events as Rev. Dille and Rev. Martin address gatherings. Community mourns Green Hamilton Sr and honors U P visitors Rev Nesbit. School assignments announced for La Prairie township. A Bradford funeral closes this report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Davidson
Carl Leigh
Ralph Greene
Andrew Turnbull
Onarga
Grand Prairie Seminary
Eugene Collins
John Turnbull
S. A. Diehl
Dianito Express
Peoria District Epworth League
J. B. Dille
J. P. Root
E. H. Black
Dille
I Burr
Kent
Mildred Greene
Grace Marshall
Green Hamilton
la Prairie
Cruise
J. P. Nesbit
Philadelphia
U. P
la Prairie Township
Collins School
Ethel Smith
Lacon
Kellogg
Lucy Gallup
Greene
Caroline Ricketts
Varna
Center
Eunice Durham
Toluca
Smith
Nina Edminster
Turnbull
Leonore Crowder
Peoria
Forest Grove
Maude Smith
Hull
Myrtle HB. Hastings
Do Not Burn Off Old Paint Warns Against Burning
The note advises against burning old paint and suggests using traditional white lead and linseed oil for durable, uniform wear. It claims the old method avoids sealing that disfigures many houses and leaves paint ready for repainting without burning or scraping.
Local social notes mention visits and travel across towns
Bradfordfs spent the week with Mrs Alonzo McClain. Miss Marie Schammel visited Miss Ethel Reid. John and Alonzo McClane traveled to Canada to view the country. Charles Moore entertained cousins Earl Stucker Edith Garfield and Lina Béar Osceola. Dwight Ball and family Putnam and Mrs Rachel Talliferro Peoria spent Sunday with Adam Henkins. Will Milner attended the Kenanck tait. Miss Hattie Reid and Mabel McClane visited Mrs Carrie Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradfordfs
Alonzo McClain
Marie Schammel
Ethel Reid
John
Alonzo McClane
Canada
Charles Moore
Earl Stucker
Edith
Garfield
Carl Béar
Lina
Osceola
Dwight Ball
Putnam
Rachel Talliferro
Peoria
Adam Henkins
Will Milner
Hattie Reid
Mabel McClane
Carrie Moore
Probate Court Actions and Real Estate Transfers Summary
probate court schedules claims against estates of Sarah Russell Thomas Daly and Jesse C Mathis including dividends for widows and executors. Real estate transfers list multiple parcels exchanged or titled in Lacon Toluca and Belle Plain with named buyers and sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. L. Robinson
Sarah Russell
Neil Wilkinson
Thomas Daly
E. B. Stauder
D. Boland & Son
Anna Archer
Martin Bros
First National Bank of Lacon
Andy Huck
Jesse C. Mathis
Jesse
C. Mathis
Toluca Lumber & Hardware Company
William D. Smith
Charles F. Hacker
A. Porter Webber
Herman Webber
J. W. Green
Hattie Laird
Charles J. Conklin
Rebecca E. Conklin
Henry J. Devlin
Henry D. Roe
Emma R. Strawn
Jacob the
Lacon
Jacob Strawn
George L. Pearce
Ephriam van Dusen
Evaline Jones
John Downey
Venona
Stephen Merdian
Frederick Merdian
Davis
Henry
Bernard Yaeger
Elizabeth Balleway
Sophia Schuler
Colla Paolo
Toluca
Samuel P. White
Robert Peachy
Belle Plain
Marshall County Petit Jurors List for October Term
The Marshall county circuit court October term jurors convene on October 1. Names include Richland Walter Rediger Lacon Charles Roth Wm Bennett Hopewell R Ed ward Lane Saratoga G W Ward John Hoffer T E Hennessey La Prairie Hugh Hastings John S Barnes John Cartney Roberts D W Justice Charles Schwanke A A Lenz Harry Nott Henry James Briscoe William Bobby Ed Haddon Gust Meier Jacob Noll Whitefield Luke Gregory Frank Kapraun Anton Bogner Clark Ball A A Rouse Bennington Fred Klinger Max Bones Clark Mathis Robert Newburn D Spalding Evans P A Erie Wm Keefe Charles Carpenter Owen Barr W H Wilson Jerry Cain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall County
Marshall County Circuit Court
Richland
Walter Rediger
Lacon
Charles Roth
Wm.Bennett Hopewell
Antrim
Edward Lane
Saratoga
G. W. Ward
John Hofer
T. E. Hennessey
la Prairie
Hugh Hastings
John S Barnes
John Cartney
Roberts
D. W. Justice
Charles Schwa
Peoria Bishop Affirms People Rule in Presidential Candidacy
Bishop Spalding of Peoria argues the people decide presidential renomination not Roosevelt, stating the people’s voice is the voice of God. He emphasizes popular sovereignty in choosing leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop Spalding
Peoria
Roosevelt
Local Notices From Lawn Ridge Community
M P Sims leaves Wednesday for Nebraska to visit son Homer for two to three months. Rev W H Kent and wife stay with Mrs Burr while her husband is away and Mrs Kent has been ill. Grace and Flossie Leagug visit from Chillicothe with Sumner Perkins family. Methodist parsonage repairs underway. occupant for coming year unknown. Laura Stowell returns to Calumet Michigan for school duties. Emily Bragg at Peoria teachers institute. Hattie Miller manages household machine ry. Frank Mallory rents John Morris shop room for a chicken factory. telephone line instrument installed. To hear prices ring a cackle and two squawks on line 28. Saturday night a mare belonging to William Foster died after wire fence entanglement. Mrs Precille Stowell and Nellie Sisson go to Seattle with Prof E O Sisson. Health concerns linger since coming from the south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawn Ridge
M. P. Sims
Nebraska
Homer
W. H. Kent
Methodist
Laura Stowell
Calumet
Mich
Emily Bragg
Teachers’ Institute
Peoria
Hattie Miller
Frank Mallory
John Morris
William Foster
Precille Stowell
Seattle
Wash
Nellie
E. O. Sisson
The Better Way Cough Remedy Recount
The passage describes throat irritation and persistent coughing. A person tries a cough mixture which eases the irritation briefly before coughing resumes. The text emphasizes relief is temporary and hints at seeking another remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
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