Sparland News Notes and Local Goings On 1915
Sparland society items from September 9 1915 report travel visits by Mrs BH Royce to Joliet and George Simpson returning from Texas. Misses Osborne OLeary and Roggy noted with family, teacher appointments at Sparland High School and Labor Day events. Epworth League bake sale successes, church services planned for Sunday and last conference before September 15, Kankakee. A lively ball game between Married Men and Single Men drew a crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royce
Joliet
Guy E. Moore
C. D. Marshall
Mary Osborne
Morgan Park
Irma Riddell
Normal
George Simpson
Texas
A. W. Letts
Saturny
Epworth League
Ray Stanley
Lacon
Oscar Pointner
Shaw’s Point
Myron Lester
Moline
Mills Walker
Dennis
May Condon
Chicago
Wm. O'Leary
Marie O’leary
Peoria
Mabelle Gohr
David Timmons
Vivian Evans
Janet Pringle
Jennie and
Mary Pringle
la Prairie
A. Aitchison
Scoon
Colorado
Earl Harmeson
Babe
Bethany
Harmeson
Thomas Hoskins
Edwin Randolph
Delavan
Andrew Aitchison
Randolph
Samuel King
F. H. Gehr's
BE. E. Royce
Calvin Royce
Wm. Oliver
Rudolph Steinfurth
Glenn
Mantau
M. C
Mary 4. Marshall
Steinfurth
Henry
Louise Osborne
Marie Kelley
Blanche Bagwell
Chillicothe
Louise
Nellie Aitchison
Sparland
Bethel M. E
Kankakee
L. B. Dennis
Coleta
Ruth Roggy
Princeton
Drake University
Des Moines
Porches and Plans Highlight Wyoming Home Expansion
F H Gehr secured the tin work contract for a large Wyoming residence porch extension costing nearly 2000 dollars. Gehr’s crew works this week with auto trucks transporting material. Robert Riddell left for California to attend Stanford, after graduation from Monmouth College, planning to study law while his mother plans to join him in October.
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F. H. Gehr
David Shearer
Wyoming
Mr. Gehr
Robert Riddell
California
Leland Stanford
Paula Alto
San Francisco
Robert
Monmouth College
Sloan's Liniment Emergency Doctor for Pain and Infection
Advertises Sloan's Liniment as a universal antiseptic that kills germs and poisons, stops infection, and aids healing with one application. Describes benefits including reducing congestion and restoring normal blood flow. Promotes 25c 60c and 1.00 sizes, stating the larger bottle contains six times the amount.
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Sloan
Tact and family life notes in South Whitefield column
South Whitefield column reports social visits from Mr and Mrs Peter Apfel and friends, calls by Frank Perry and family, births of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Henry Schlosser, and local jokes and notes on tact. It mentions Mrs Thomas Reilly’s accident, The Republican subscription, and library deliveries by W B Hunter.
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South Whitefield
Peter Apfel
Gertie Neuhalsen
John Deck
Leslie Waughop
Princeton
Ed Wishall
Wm. Moore
Frank Perry
Madge Q
Helen
Lacon
George Waughop
Henry Schlosser
Walter Holler
Pauline Quiram
Wilder Brown
Thomas Reilly
W. B. Hunter
People's Home Library
Billy Diverbiss
Hunter
La Prairie notes and regional market signals
Local notices report visits and hospital care for Leland Aitchison in Peoria and ongoing family travel to Chicago Indiana and Lacon. Evangelist Neil Stewart preached at La Prairie Center and Saratoga with upcoming services. Agricultural trade shows Kansas City stockers and feeders trends indicate a tall fall supply from Kansas Panhandle and Colorado amid shifting eastern demand and high breeding cattle quality.
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Vivian Armstrong
Peoria
C. M. Calder
WildDur Armstrong
Alvin Calder
Anna Mae
Estella
Princeton
Edminster
Everett
Chicago
Anna Madison
Will
Harriet Wilson
Indiana
Will Turnbull
Mary and
Beatrice
Thiedohr
Erna and
Leloa
Lucy Hutchins
Catlin
Lacon
Richard and
Marjorie Carr
Chillicothe
Lois Leigh
H. N. Wilmot
Stagg
Wyoming
C. R. Scoon
Robert Pringle
Paene Scoon
Alice Scoon
Dorothy Scott
Linus Root
Webster Greene
Ruth Greene
Jeanette Scoon
Abingdon
Charles Loveridge
Walter Loveridge
Bertha
Louise Wetherell
Florence
Alice Loveridge
Dorothy Scott Sabbath
Andrew Turnbull
Ralph Greene
Lawrence Turnbull
Jeannette Scoon
Starved Rock
Neil Stewart
la Prairie Center
Saratoga
la Prairie U. P
J. H. Brush
Stewart
la Prairie M. EH
Kansas
Kansas City
Iowa
Illinois
Ohio
Kentucky
Missouri
Mississippi
West
Southwest
Panhandle
Colorado
New Mexico
Bis Fall
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsed by Mrs Joyce
A vintage health ad promotes Doan's Kidney Pills as a proven remedy for kidney troubles. Mrs. A R Joyce of Henry cites relief from backache swelling and nervous symptoms after use, urging readers to buy 50 cents at dealers, Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Doan
Henry
A. R. Joyce
East Park Row
Joyce
Foster-Milburn Co
Props
Buffalo
N. Y
Court Housed News and Estate Proceedings Summary
Circuit and probate court items detail attachments and divorces. Guardianship actions include Edward Lorenzoni and Axel Norman administrations. Real estate transfers list several conveyances. marriage licenses record multiple couples with ages and locales.
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Circuit Court
David M. Swain
Verne Swain
Herman F. Mehl
John Yamnik
Franco Yamnik
Charles R. Jones
Pio Battistelli
Christina Battistelli
Eddie
Alfred Lorenzoni
Guardian
Eddie Lorenzoni
Joseph Thompson
Axel E. Norman
Pasquale Vespa
Ann Thompson
Canning Cauliflower and Other Vegetables for Winter Use
The article explains home canning methods for cauliflower cabbage Brussels sprouts carrots parsnips and sweet potatoes. It details soaking blanching sealing sterilizing times and packing in jars with salt water noting variations for different vegetables and methods to ensure preservative quality.
War causes London street urchins to appear well clad
London police officials say war has improved the appearance of the city’s street urchins. The average boy on London streets is better dressed than ever, due largely to separation allowances for soldiers’ wives and to employers requiring boy workers to wear uniforms to stay employed.
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London
Illinois Health Board warns on typhoid prevention
Dr. Drake, secretary of the Illinois State Board of Health, warns that typhoid fever could rise in Illinois over the next three months absent prompt preventive action. The report cites infection via contaminated milk foods or water and urges public vigilance and stronger safeguards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois State Board of Health
Drake
Ilinois
England
Germany
France
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Oianne
Sparland Department
A.T. Ironmonger
Derby Red Barn
T. J. Segraves
Henry, Illinois
COURT
Edward H. Seaman
Rena A. Beall
John A. Carlson
Searex
Hopewell
Prairie Oil & Gas Co
Prairie Pipe Line Co
Richland
Patrick Sheridan
Venona
Evans
Henry Cemetery Association
Lizzie Oberholtzer
Block Co
Henry Cemetery
Spencer Ketchum
Cesidio Tucelli
Carmelo Vespe
Toluca
Bernard John Sunwald
Roberts
Leta W. Cusac
Bennington
Archie A. Call
Mildred Mae Corning
R. BE. Gustavison
Florence Steinborn
H. Field Morton
Jeffersonville
Ind
Elda French
Milwaukee
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Bloomfield
N. J
First National Bank Jones
W. S. Harrison
J. L. Jones
George McGillick
C. M. Jones, J. G. Cromwell
J. L. Jones, O. P. Carroll
the Conservation
Public Service Company
Northern
Franklin
Peoria Musical College
Cor. North
H. G. Gamber
Edison Avenue
Fayette Street
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