Our Sister Towns and Nearby Happenings
Mrs Andrew Stephenson visits among friends and relatives as many attend the Hennepin reunion. Olson the Swede miner is sick but improving. John Farrel and wife report good health and enjoyment. Hanford Sparr has returned from Colorado and clerks for Frank A. Barr. Mrs Chronicle visits Bloomington and plans to join the Hennepin reunion. John Astley and family visit relatives in Barrs area. Mrs George Cumming visits Gard ner Rutland and points east. Harry Maxwell, a tailor, returns from Chicago and opens a shop. A. J. Parker expected home from Kansas homestead. A Sparland-Wyoming State ball game ends 18 to 10 for Sparland. A shooting match at Sparland driving park attracts 1000 black birds and live targets. attendees from Peoria Spring Bay Mossville Chillicothe. Henry and Lacon absent. Walbert Slim and Schritz win in single events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Stephenson
Hennepin
Olson
John Farrel
Hanford Sparr
Colorado
Frank A. Barr
Mra “Chronicle
Bloomington
A.J. Parker
Kenensin
Parker
Kansas
Wyoming
Sparland
Peoria
Springs Bay
Mossville
Chillicothe
Henry
Lacon
Wilson
Barr
Varna Notes On Social Rounds And Local News
Varna residents spent Sunday at Quaker meeting in Clear Creek and many attended Baptist services near Toluca. A Sunday night coon hunt yielded several pelts and lively fun. Louis Lenz, son of Mr and Mrs Andrew Lenz, died suddenly. funeral held at German Lutheran church. Teay McMeon delivered a strong sermon last Sabbath evening during his pastorate.
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Varna
Kvura Norton
Nor“Smal
Ill
C. A. Whitney & Co
Ong Bros
Hennepie
Clear Creek
Toluca
Kohler
M. Kohler
Familly
Joseph Myers
Koller
Woonona
Dear Park
Louis Lenz
Andrew Lenz
German Lutheran Church
McMeon
A Scrap of Paper Saves Her Life
A desperate patient told by doctors she was incurable weight less than seventy pounds found hope in a scrap of wrapping paper about Dr Kings New Discovery. She used a sample, then a full bottle, improving rapidly to 140 pounds. For fuller particulars see W H Cole Fort Smith druggist. bottles sold at Dr Powell's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Cole
Fort Smith
Dr Powell's
Deleeat
Local notes from La Prairie and surrounding towns
Adam Davidson’s child lies low while Isabella Easton visits Chillicothe. Jennie Robson drives through Lacon. Maggie Sawyer returns from Millar visit. John Phillips fell from a building injuring ribs. T E Bentt and Stella Root went to Peoria to buy a flag for the League. A F Leigh prepares barn materials. E M Briggs clears the cemetery. M E parsonage works underway. John Davidson campaigns for sheriff east of the county. Roy Miller attends conference and is urged to return. Ladies Missionary Society rain delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Briggs
M. E
Ojohn Davidson
John
Roy Miller
Ladies Missionary Society
Hall's Catarrh Cure: Internal Remedy for Blood and Mucus Action
Catarrh cannot be cured by local applications. It is a blood or constitutional disease needing internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, purifying the blood and acting on mucous surfaces. It is a respected prescription from leading physicians, combining tonics with a blood purifier to produce results. Bond for testimonials free. F J. O. Henry & Co., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by druggists for 75 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Onenry & Co
Props
Toledo
Grange Fair Nears Opening and Local Happenings
The Grange Fair starts Wednesday for three days with the Mattern Brothers from Mt Palatine operating a clover huller for Y A Glenn. Norris couple foresees no fall trip while Wenona fair was praised as grand. Oxbow notes plans for Big Bend reunion, Friends meeting draws crowds, Foster leaves OxBow for Cottage Hill, and Lambert may join Lizzie Bosley. Readers debate stale letters in The Republican and Y A Glenn shown with a wide smile Monday in Caledonia.
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Grange
Mattern Brothers
Mt Palatine
Y. A. Glenn
Big Bend
Hennepin
Friends Yearly Meeting
O. Foster
Old OxBow
Cottage Hill
Cal Lambert
Lizzie Bosley
Foster
A. D. Hillabrand
Republican
Caledonis
Local notes on a clergy sermon and family news
The column notes Rev Elias preached his last sermon of the conference year at Caledonia and left for Pontiac for the next term. Also mentioned are the nomination for county judge, the arrival of a ten pound grandson at H. H. Broaddus’s home, and visits by Mrs Byron McElhaney returning to Elliott, Iowa after a stay with her mother on Quaker Lane, with Mr and Mrs Smith seeing her off at Mendota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Broaddus
Elias
Caledonia
Pontiac
Byron McElhaney
Elliot
Iowa
W.A. Smith
Quaker Lane
Smith
Mendota
West Oxbow local notes and farm updates
Mes Routh of Peoria visits. H Shields sowed winter wheat. Mrs Hank of Hopewell visited sick mother. Mr and Mrs Hatley hosted the Klines. Huot plans Peoria move. Mainerd aunt and daughter visited Hailey. School progress under Miss Alice Seaton. Mrs Nicholas Winn still ill. Martin widow and children hosted by Perdew. A red heifer, two years old, missing Aug 81st. marked crop and half ear. Reward offered for location by C Ransom, Henry, Marshall Co Illinois.
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Mes Routh
Peoria
H. Shields
Mra Hank
Hopewell
Nicholas Winn
Martin
Mage Marten
M. L. Perdew
Fair snake-charmer in Bowery dime museum tale
A New York correspondent recalls a beautiful snake-charmer in a Bowery dime museum. She explains her unhappy life with an abusive husband, says she entered the act for support, and reveals she now tolerates the snakes though she dislikes them.
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Bowery Dime Museum
New York
Boston Herald
Mquor
Abyssinia
Borneo
Jim
Arran
Dime Miseum
Sho
Life’s Work and Octogenarian Ministers in America
Feature on long lived professionals and clergy retaining vigor past eighty. Highlights Rev. William Slocum in Rhode Island, Rev. Peter Havermans in Troy, and Father Walker, plus notes on Japan’s modernization and social change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iam Slocum
Rhode Island
Exeter
Baptist Church
Peter Havermans
St. Mary’s Church
Troy
America
Holland
Tropic Port
Arctic
Father Walker
New York City
Orchard Nostalgia from Rowley’s Poem
The fragment invokes a traditional orchard scene with phrases like old fashioned and moss covered orchard. It features Rowley as the source or speaker, conveying fond memory and affection for the place.
A. A. Stevens Endorses Reid’s German Cough Cure
Rev A A Stevens, longtime Peoria Congregational pastor, lauds the Reid’s German Cough and Kidney Cure after its apparent success for his ill grandchild. He emphasizes honest motive, prudent economy, and trusted judgment as he testifies to the medicine’s relief and safety, noting it is harmless and sold by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central
Illinois
A. A. Stevens
Congregational
Peoria
Stevens
Reid
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Kersey
J. H. Jones& Son
South Adams St
Peoria. Ill
Kreider
Ada Kreider
Cora Bayne
Eureka
D. C. Wright
Bert
Trask
Wardy Broaddus
Spiritlake
West Oxbow
J. H. Jones & Son
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Furness
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Chevreuls
Peabodys
Montefiores
Charity
Slocum
Havermans
Walker
Union
Commonwealth
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Will
Robert J. Walker
Ireland
West
Sailorman
Japan
B. C
Yezo
Mexico
United States
Com. QC. Perry
Bay of Yeddo
Rotamerce
Supreme Court
China
Congress
J. TL. Beavis
Ayer
Harry Niece
Main Street
Helder
Horace F. Patterson
Amada J. Parker
Rowley
Lacon, IL
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