Sparland and Rural News Reflect Wartime Community Life
Readable items from Sparland and nearby towns recount visits and illnesses, school notes, church matters, arrivals and departures, and local events during September 1917. Mentions include Rev. Ward, Rev. Shoon, the M and M club picnic, soldierly drafts, and local farewells amid wartime civic life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Thomas
Babe
Marland
Bryan Chapman
Saratoga Township
M. C. Marshall
Lawrence Wynes
Moline
Simpsons
Franks
Pointners
Lewis Webster
Do- Pue
Mr. Webster
Bussel
T. Harmison
Garrettsville
Ohio
Wilson Jarman
Kave
Meredosia
Jarman
Mr. Jarman
Iuper Intendent
Meredosia School
John VanAntwern
Matt Spar
Venita
H. B. Ward
Shoon
Roughman
Old Settlers
Lacon
M. FE
Della Taylor
Varna
Rutland
Wenona
LaRose
Colors of hat cords and civil military distinctions
A reader's note explains hat cord colors indicating units infantry blue cavalry yellow artillery red and gold and black for officers with similar rules in regular and state forces. Differences between regular and state troops shown by coat collar letters U S or state abbreviations. Also mentions Toluca school building upgrades costing 8000 dollars and obituary of A J Keedy 74. Customer testimonials for Chamberlain's Tablets conclude the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Toluca
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Henry, III
Sparland Department
L. N. Osborne
Henry
William Osborne
Walter Burnett
Sparland
Wyoming
Grant Coatney
Guy DB. Moore
Ellsworth Powers
Kewanee
Asteuben
William Johnson
Oklahoma
Fred Nighswonger
Camp Douglas
Ariz
Mary Williams
Oliver Johnson
Riddell
Beck
John May
Springfield
Lacon Mill
Elizabeth Marland
Howard Baggs
Emery Olson
Edmond
Okla
Illinois
Des Moines
Emery
Clyde McLaughlin
Asa
South Milo
Cavanaugh
Bertha Cohrs
Charles Austin
Chicago
William Shorts
Margaret Harris
George Barker
Rochester
Barker
Frank Barkman
Cicero Sparks
Walter Bentley
Opal Swearingen
Minnie
Virginia Blackburn
Reid School
Elsie Swineman
Bradford High School
Beulah Swearingen
Margaret Barker
Merrill Smith
Ruel Calhoun
Myra
Alden Bentley
William Wright
St. Joseph
Oliver Wright
Conover
Marjorie Smith
David Wright
Ernest Wright
Aurora
Dora Barker
Mitchell
Burton Barker
Agnes
Congress
Internal Revenue
J. L. Pickering
Pickering
Marguerite O'Neal
Peoria
Academy of Our Lady
Mr. O'Neal
William Chesney
Center Junction
Iowa
Ross Stingely
N. D. Haines
Macomb
Milan
Axel Borgs
Providence
Theodore Borgs
Soldiers and Sailors
Tiskilwa
Red Cross
Sam Chesney
John Julanders
Gowsie
Newton
Otto West
Jacob Kingenbury
É Cottage
Mabel Monier
Fred Farley
Everett Moore
Ben Matting
Pearl Smith
Draper
N. D
Cornelia Dexter
Raymond Farley
Marguerite Charles
John Thompson
Bureau
Hiram Oak
Green Oak
Ill
Herbert Martin
Ward
Rice
Mt. Sterling
Clee Worthington
Clifford Ireland
Commissioner of Pensions
Court House News
Bo Fa
Rose Keifer
Mary Sewards
Milford Kulch
Luigi Moreschi
August Bendlin
Michael Ford
Elizabeth Noll
Joseph O. Hill
Charles R. Jones
Jonas Maust
Wilbur F. Pettet
Eugene O. Jenkins
Perlene Taylor
Mary E. Jensen
Henry Mathis
Cora Mathis
Charles Wehe
Chillicothe
Cora Falk
Ernest Brady
Augusta Woodruff
86Th Regiment of Illinois Volunteers
H. H. Nurse
Addison Tanquary
Cyrus Rot
G. W. Snell
Orrin Frishey
Sioux Falls
Boston
Grand Old Boston
Dakota
Hell
Warren
Bunker Hill
Farnell Hall
Grand Army
Sioux Tales
Old City
Lexington Or Concord
Paul Revere
France
LaFayette
Ben Butler
Col
Thomas Henderson Brown
Town
Uncle Sammie
Illinois Life Insurance OG
Otto M
Augustin
Jeffer Peorin
T. J. Begraves Druggist
Telinots
Kinsey & Hover
Mayer Bldg
Peori
Dtyle Plus
Pathe
Styleplus
Hartwig
Tel
Green
Chevrolet
Square Deal
Whitefield
Saratoga
Steuben, LaPrairie
Medina
Hallock Township
Square Deal Garage
Geo. M. Foote
A. J. Keedy
Richland Township
G. A. McBride
Headford
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