Sparland News From September 12 1907
Sparland notes report social visits and moves with Miss Leta Maxwell bound for Chicago Mrs McKenna at Walter Josephs home and many neighbors visiting relatives. Rev St John preaches last sermon before moving to Onarga. Will Frisbey’s son Willie returns home after years away. shotgun accident injures a child. Schools begin term and local events like harvest suppers and magazine subscriptions appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Schaffer
Peoria
Frances Fenton
Gertie Clancy
Marie
McCall’s
Onarga
Sparland
Willie Frisbey
Edna
Local Students and Visitors World Tour Notes
John Pringle visits Denver and Rocky Mountain area as Mrs. Barnes attends conference in Rock Island. Miss Eliza Patterson from Chicago visits friends in the area. Ralph Green travels to Onarga for school while Winnie Edminster goes to Knox Seminary and Ruth Greene to Chillicothe High School nearby.
Princeton Fair Attendees And Local News Bulletin
Miss Lucie Calder and Miss Ethel Calder attend the Princeton fair with Andrew Turnbull Charlie Scoon James Blackwell and Andrew Caller. Mrs John Russell Jr hosts Miss Cora Reynolds a visit to teach near Princeton. About twenty young ladies present. Ethan Wilmot travels to Iowa for business. Lelon Lane of Lacon teaches at Smith school. Rev Black family visit Sterling Kansas. Oats crop light and poor. Mrs Ann Bradford of Denver visits relatives. Threshing busy. School opens with Miss Bessie Goodwin in charge and guest Mrs Millie Sims. Church services resume with Rev F B Peter son. Miss Emma Schwarz of Burlington visits. Bert Moore and Nina Stevenson visit Stowell relatives. George and Miss Perkins visit from Peoria for Labor Day. Avery’s quiet on holiday. Lewis Strveitmatter repairs George Will house for T C Moody. Moody to move in. Wilbur Armstrong’s mare breaks leg. euthanized. Mrs Amelia Winkler visits Burlington relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pringle
Will Hill
Joe
Rutland
Dora Cox
Essie Hoadley
Toulon
Band Boys
Francis
Brown
Chillicothe
Porch
Frank VanAntwerp
Wyoming
Will Marland
Trompeter
Charley Ackerholm
Kiernan
Spring Valley
Clyde McLaughlin
Mr. Snell
John Riddell
Sparland
Lacon
St. John
Bessie Hill
North Dakota
Sam Parsons
Jerseyville
Tom Monier
Bethel Church
Mary Tanner
Chicago
Lucie
Ethel Calder
Andrew Turnbull
Charlie Scoon
James Blackwell
Andrew Caller
Princeton
John Russell, Jr
Cora Reynolds
Ethan Wilmot
Iowa
Businss
Lelon Lane
Smith School
Ann Bradford
Denver
Col
Bessie Goodwin
Millie Sims
Congregational Church
F. B. Peterson
Emma Schwarz
Burlington
Eva Winkler
Bert Moore
Ashton
Nina Stevenson
Stowell
George Perkins
Peoria
Avery’’s
Lewis EB. Strveitmatter
George Will
T. C. Moody
Calvin Stowell
Wilbur Armstrong
Amelia Winkler
Abraham Winkler
Hummy
Saratoga News Roundup Includes Local Visits and Weddings
Threshing season ends as fair weather shifts. Princeton fair attendance noted. School starts in District No 9 with Miss Marie Sutton. Marion Doyle visits at Karl’s. Murphy visit Edelstein. Clever Shearer returns to Peoria for schooling. Rob Daniels and James O’Brien note heat illness during threshing at Gubbins’. Kate Hughes and Ed Pugh wed at Peoria. Tom Salisbury trips to Indiana. Fanny stays longer. Bessie Holmes returns from Canada. County Sunday School Convention set for Sept 20 with basket dinner. Saratoga graveyard cleanup planned for Sept 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Marie ‘Sutton
Marion’ Doyle
Henry
Karl
James Murphy
Edelstein
Clever Shearer
Peoria
Rob Daniels
James O'Brien
Gubbins
John Burton
McNabb
John
Camp Grove
Kate Hughes
Ed Pugh
Tom Salisbury
Indiana
Tom
Fanny
Bessie Holmes
Canada
Harry
Joe Clark
Jennie
Karl Doyle
Charley Lollar
Murphy Boys
North Dakota
Saratoga
Griffin and guests visit Venona relatives this week
Mr and Mrs Charles Griffin and daughter Grace stay with Mr Griffin s parents in Venona. Mr and Mrs Joseph Phillips host them. May Harrington visits Ethel Seelye. Henry Rowe and George Hoffman shell corn. Jennie Higgins Bya Harrison and Frances Quinn attend church at Whitefield Center and visit Mrs Lara Bourdette. Rev A C Wood offers farewell sermon. Dud Hubbard s barn struck by lightning but suffered little damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whilefield Center
Charles Griffin
Grace
Venona Visting
Griffin
Joseph Phillips
May Harrington
Ethel Seelye
Lewis Lassman
William Johnson
Nellie Johnson
Henry Rowe
George Hoffman
Jennie Higgins
Bya Harrison
Frances Quinn
Whitefield Center
Lara Bourdette
A. C. Wood
Center Church
Dud Hubbard
Princeton fair attendees and local notes from last week
Elmer and Lawrence Hunt Jemel Ketchum Thomas Seelye Mr and Mrs Lewis Lassman and Mr and Mrs Joseph Bogner attended the Princeton fair from this area. Marie Aukland shows progress from rheumatism. Doctors Willet called on T A Seelye. Olive Dillman leaves for Chicago to live with relatives. Celestine Ryan to Peoria Academy of the Sacred Heart. T B Salisbury visits Indianapolis. F A Sager Edelstein transacts business. Mrs Alfred Dickworth left to visit South Dakota. Mrs James Fagan Annawan visited Flynn and Reilly families. Ellen Flynn visited Sterling. Patrick Colgan Wyoming visits. Thomas Conway at St Bede's college. Sept 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Elmer
Lawrence Hunt
Jemel Ketchum
Thomas Seelye
Lewis Lassman
Joseph Bogner
Golda Hubbard
Marie Aukland
Mrs. Willet
T. A. Seelye
Jos
Fennelle
Olive Dillman
Peoria
Chicago
Celestine Ryan
Academy of the Sacred Heart
T. B. Salisbury
Indianapolis
F. A. Sager
Edelstein
Alfred Dickworth
Wyoming
Charles Halsted
South Dakota
James Fagan
Annawan
Flynn
Thomas Reilly
Ellen Flynn
Sterling
Patrick Colgan
Thomas Conway
St. Bede’s College
Camp Grove Social Ball Invitation and Local Visits
A social ball at Camp Grove on September 18 invites attendees with Jos Fennelle’s Italian orchestra. The text notes Thomas Oonway’s return to Chicago via Crescent City, mixed travels of Mike Landers and Miss Minnie Conrad, and visits by the Hol landsworth and Bulleyment families, with other local greetings and visits to Peoria and Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Oonway
Thomas O’brien
Chicago
Crescent City
Camp Grove
Jos. Fennelle
Mike Landers
South Dakota
Dakota
Bureau County
Princeton
Lacon
Hollandsworth
Bulleyment
Wm. Cruthoff
Iowa
Peoria
Thomas Green
Henry Schmidt
Bradford
Minnie Conrad
C. J. O’brien
M. M McManus
Babe
Hattie Bull
Dr Pierce Publishes Full Ingredient List for Popular Medicines
Dr R V Pierce of Buffalo offers full ingredient disclosure for his Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription. A free booklet with medical endorsements explains ingredients, lack of alcohol or narcotics, and historic Indian use. Sold by all medicine dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
Pierce
Dr. Pierce
N. Y
Community Notices and Visit Highlights From Peoria and Peoria Area
Local brief items report Mr and Mrs Carl Doyle visiting Peoria on Friday. Rena McCormick Mable Hofer depart for Bloomington Normal School with Rena’s father Wm McCormick. Cleveland Shearer travels to Peoria for Brown's business college. L L Dugan visits Peoria Monday. Richard Kelley and Dr Blough head to Chicago for a few days. Eli Clark of Wyoming joins a party to Dakota land. Thomas Colgan of Wyoming delivers cattle to W K Monday. Margaretta Cluskey of Brimfield visits James Colgan's home. James and John Winne visit a sick sister in Brimfield. John returns, James stays for hospital visit in Peoria. Culton of Peoria visits Richard Kelley. Dance next Wednesday urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Carl Doyle
Peoria
Rena McCormick
Mable Hofer
Bloomington
Normal School
Wm. McCormick
Cleveland Shearer
Brown
Business College
L. L. Dugan
Richard Kelley
Dr. Blough
Chicago
Eli Clark
Wyoming
Dakota Land
Thomas Colgan
Margaretta Cluskey
Brimfield
James Colgan
James
John Winne
John
Culton
Chamberlain’s Diarrhoea Remedy Praised by Greenville Firm
R G Stewart of Stewart & Co. Greenville Ala reports a one dose cure for diarrhoea with Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy after nine days without relief. He recommends it as the best bowel remedy known and notes it is sold by A J Ironmonger druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
R. G. Stewart
Stewart & Co
Greenville
Ala
A. J. Ironmonger
Walsh Bros Buy Devlin Mines at Auction in Sparland and Marquette
The Devlin coal properties at Sparland and Marquette were sold at public auction on Tuesday September 3 to Walsh Brothers of Davenport Burlington and Clinton Iowa. The sale price was 221000 against an appraised value of 804000, about 27 percent. The purchase includes two shafts 110 houses and lots and 7600 acres of coal lands. The Walsh syndicate planned improvements to operate mines at full capacity and secure local employment with good wages for Spring Valley miners, despite Marquette coal rights being largely exhausted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devlin Coal Mining Propertiens
Sparland
Marquette
Walsh Bros
Davenport
Burlington
Clinton
Devlin
Toluca
Toluca Star
Spring Valley Gazette
Walsh Syndicate
Devlin Corporation
Walsh
Spring Valley
Real Estate Transfers Hit Toluca Wenona and Lacon Districts
Real estate transfers list multiple deeds across Toluca Wenona and Lacon. Joe Olteno to Geosepina Troila lot 12 block 58 Toluca. James EB Porterfield to Joe Olteno lot 19 block 43 Toluca. James Porterfield to Mary Alteno lot 20 block 43 Toluca. Bridget Burke to Billa Stateler lot 6 block 6 Wenona. Louise Kraus to Emma Bierhalter lot 6 whf se qr see 9 Henry. Bridget Real et al to John W and Gertie Remley sublots 4 5 6 out lot 8 Henry. Howard Stanley et al to Frank Brosig hf lot 5 block 55 Lacon. Augusta Monaghan to Alice Wood lots 2 3 block 45 Lacon. Jerome Howe to A H Gregg wildlife? ne qr ex 26% a pt e hf ne qr w tr he hf e hf nw qr ex 131-2 a. nw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Olteno
Geosepina Troila
Toluca
James EB
Porterfield
James Porterfield
Mary Alteno
Bridget Burke
Billa Stateler
Wenona
Louise Kraus
Emma Bierhalter
Henry
Bridget Real
John W
Gertie Remley
Howard Stanley
Frank Brosig
Lacon
Augusta Monaghan
Alice Wood
Jerome Howe
A. H. Gregg
Evans Marriage Licenses Named Ponder and McBride
Nathan J. Ponder, 28, of Redkey, and Nellie McBride are listed in Evans on a marriage license record. Henry is noted in the sequence, with no further details provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan J. Ponder
Redkey
Nellie McBride
Henry
New Use for Mosquitoes Insect Food For Hens Idea
An eastern newspaper reports William A. Woodbury of Long Island advocates cultivating mosquitoes as inexpensive hen feed. He set a net near a light, collected vast numbers, fed them to hens and ducks, and claims poultry gained weight and egg production rose. He estimates about a ton of mosquitoes caught since summer and urges farmers to try this method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
New York
New Jersey
William A. Woodbury
Long Island
A Humane Appeal for Dr Kings New Discovery
Richmond citizen A D Williams appeals to readers to use Dr Kings New Discovery for throat and lung ailments. The remedy is praised as the only effective cure and is guaranteed at A J Ironmonger's drug store with trial bottles available. The Henry Republican notes it prints wedding stationery and calling cards on short notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Ind
A. D. Williams
West
Mainstreet
A.J. Ironmonger
Henry Republican
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