Our Sister Towns in COUNTY News Skim
LaPrairie resident W Green will spend a year in Denver with family. Mrs Griffeth sues for separate maintenance. Col J W McClanahan seeks pension via old comrade Miller. Joes Noll to join Wyoming electric light firm as night man. Olaude Doran injures head after falling from wagon. court adjourned to Sept 27. James Thompson owns 12,000 acres in 39, Rush County wheat set to fetch half a million. social club plans loom for Lacon. James Winters, 81, dies in LaCon. Effie Waughop injured drawing water but saved. L O McMurtrie to add iron awning on Fifth and Main. county board approves bills and sewer plan near courthouse. county farm supervised. Pekin visit noted. Varna and nearby towns report small events and local chatter.
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W. Green
LaPrairie
Denver
Griffeth
Pekin
Journal J. 8
Thompson
Eanoh
Rush County
Lacon
Effie Waughop
Whitefield
L. O. McMurtrie
Fifth and
Main
Board of Supervisors
Opewer
James Divilbise
Wightmsn
Hartley
Ibers
J. W. Potts
H. T. Ireland
Sparland Community News and Local One Liners
Frank Bates returns from Chicago for a two week vacation. Webster comes home from Virginia City. Marshball ships twenty horses. Residents attend Bakalo Sille show in Peoria. Maxwell arrives home by wheel trip. DeGlark and McCallum noted. Kelly Jr. moves opposite the Coal Co. office. Emmett Garrett visits Galenburg Buckley then Beaver Dam for schooling. Char dam fons Reporter sent by friend. Stella Gallup passes away after typhoid illness. Mrs Emmsa Wail and Mrs Harwood visit from Wyoming. John Plordon keeps poultry fancy. Work to begin on coal shaft overhaul within two weeks. Herrison praised as superintendent. Waugh to attend Detroit school. Mrs Waugh plans care at home. Fred Selbold and Shesley Carter head to Springfield for Shaly regiment reunion.
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Boston
the .Com
Stella Gallup
Weer Renee Sr Sane
Emmsa Wail
Mra Harwood
Wyoming
Zimmerman
John Plordon
Welogrn
Herrison
Peer Waugh
Dety
Wil
Waugh
Jonaly
Fred Selbold
Shesley Carter
Springfeld
Shaly Regiment
Hith
ML Cavalry
Bob Ingersoll
Sisiaalr Ground
Whitefield Center social notes and local changes
Whitefield Center notes list Will Nelson and family at Mr Worthington. Jamilier Blanche af Toluca visited Ta brothers of Wabel. Ed Jennings to take Hartley place. Stucker across river. Ladies Aid meeting with Mrs Hutani. Next meeting with Mrs J R Jackson on Wednesday Oct 6. Flora serves dinner at 10 cents for adults and children. proceeds to society. Baby Jax Jacobs returned home. Fleetwood and Mrs Tobias Whitmer visited Chillicothe. Ell and family visited. Ed Damm spent Sunday with Mir D's brother at Pern.
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Whitefield Center
Will Nelson
Worthington
Jamilier Blanche Af
Toluca
Ta Brothers of
Wabel
Stucker
Ed Jennings
Hartley
Ladies Aid ‘Society
Hutani
Mra
J R Jackson
Society
Flora
Nnlses
South
Whitefield
Jax Jacobs
Pleasant visit and farm news from Sparland area
Local notes report a cheerful trip with twins doing well and Marshall bringing in a carload of Western horses to Sparland. Various neighbors visit, weddings, letters from afar, and updates on homes, health, and school events fill the community bulletin, with rain finally arriving to ease the need for wraps.
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Marshall
Sparland
Hunt
Ola Hunt
Iowa
MyMr
E. Hofer
Anton Kuhn
Lewis Nightwonger
Afonahan Op
Nighswonger
Mrs Whitmer
Waughop
Loughop
L.W
Clara
Wunder
Anna
George Becke
Becker
Agin
Gilbert van Fleet
Nebraska
Saratoga Notes and Local Moves Highlight Dated Entries
Saratoga notes mention Joe Clark Jost racing last Friday as one of his best steeds. Walter Dodd travels west for a place, Lee Achriver visits Virginia on an eight day trip. Misa Maguire begins service in Coniter district. A P Webber and M G Conway attend Canton conference. Weather cools, gas feels like winter cloth. Tom Hubbel rents Sim Jacob’s farm for upcoming work. Charley Hawkworth’s child ill with inflammation. Wm Coulter families planning changes.
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Saratoga
Joe Clark
Walter Dodd
West
Lee Achriver
Virginia
Misa Maguire
Coniter
P—Webber
G_ Conway
Canton
Tom Hubbel
Sim Jacob
Charley Hawkworth
Wm Coulter
Local figures tied to a neighbor dispute and school visits
In a fragmented report, Petar Tella Work and Mrs Heminghouse appear in a dispute over Tom Soper's residence while Frank Ferling and W. Li. Pattergon are linked to family matters and school revisits. W. E. Herthorns moved from the township this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petar
Tella
Tom Soper
Local Notes From Magnolia and Vicinity
Magnolia and nearby towns report social events and visits. Condit and Parker attend entertainments in Ottawa and Peoria while church services, Sunday school, and the C E meeting are planned. Families host picnics, train travel to California, and preparations for bridge work continue along with various visits and recitals. Two readers praise Dr King s New Discovery for coughs and consumption with free trials offered.
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Tar ‘Condit
Charles
Sparland Sanday
J. Anderson Spekane
Jesse
Syme Parker
Varnaamis
Thoredsy
Triebel, Sons
Peoria
D. Warren Ie
Hanna
Nelson
W. J. Kelso
Downey
Undercliff
C. E
Thomas
Mary I. Boice
Po. W
California
Logan Jones
Omaha
Henry Dally
Lon
A. Ff. Warrell
Ebuid
Elsie
H. Condit
Charley Wheeler
Buffalo Bill
Ottawa
Dennis McEvoy
Joe Kelso
Howard Loomis
Levi Hynds
Dennis
S. E. Edwards
Edwards Bratton
el Hunter
Tiskilwa
Princeton
Joliet Bridge Company
Morgan Williams
Christian Church
Christ
Grange Fair and Local Travel Notes From Quaker Lane
Bits describe the Grange Fair at Quaker Lane and residents plotting travel to nearby towns. Adele George Watson and Joe Bumgarner visited Normal last week for schooling. Bernice Votar left recently for a business college in a nearby city and Addie Seete of Ow ar and Barry Soery of Cincinnati are staying locally.
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Quaker Lane
Grange
Weel
Gertrude Votar
Adele George Watson
Joe Bumgarner
Bernice Votar
Sorigid Nonce
OXBOW Social Visits and Local Notices
Lizzie Klein spent Sunday with her parents Nicholas Klein and wife. Isaac Camery and family visited Harry Camery and family last Sunday as the weather cooled. Mrs Phoebe Chance, daughter Gra and son Wilbur, called in Lacon Sunday. Lizzie Morse visited Varna Friday to Monday with Capps Ricketts. John Kraus Jr wife and daughter Mamie, Etta Steimle and Susie Wright of Henry County visited Andrew Mors and family last Sunday. Electric Bitters advertised as a tonic for general malaise and liver issues. 60c and 1.00 per bottle at Dr Powells Drug Store.
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W. Ke
Aa Murphy
Emer
McCulloch & .Norton's
Ohana
Jessica Farr
M. B
Roberts Grange
M. E
Mayme Parker
Putnam
Broaddus
Henry
Magnolia
Beaste Keller
Mamie Mitchell
Ladies Aid
Han Gurnea
Elia Kramer
Mame Ray
Hennepin
Emma Nelson
Aerr Lash
Buffalo Bill
Anna Hulme
Great Bend
Sas
Mra M
VanHorn
Isaac Camery
Harry Camery
Phoebe Chance
Gra
Wilbur
Lacon
Lizzie Morse
Varna
Capps Ricketts
John Kraus Jr
Mamie
Etta Steimle
Susie Wright
Andrew Mors
Dr Powells Drug Store
Social News from Clear Creek and Nearby
A series of local social updates from Clear Creek includes Dr Turner and wife visiting parts, Ch Ransom staying with Uncle Jin Shield, and Lizzie Morse visiting Varna with Capp Ricketts and Ad McCaleb. Ida honored at a party at M Perdew’s. birthday dinner for Joseph Sivell’s 18th birthday at Magnolia with many attendees and gifts. Also mentions a quack cure critique and Ely's Cream Balm advertised with testimonials from Rev John Reid Jr and Rev Francis W Poos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clear Creek
Turner
Ransom
Jin Shield
Lizzie Morse
Varna
Capp Ricketts
Ad McCaleb
Missouri
L A Forrest
M Perdew
Ida
Osker Kirtus
Charlie Grant
Mattie Philips
Ben Ransom
Wi Haws
Helen Roberts Ben Sivell
Ollie Brady
Deffenbaugh
Ely
Ely Bros
Warren
St.n. Y. Cty
John Reid, Jr
Great Fall Mont
Francis W
Onotral Pres. Church
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Henry and Streator baseball game ends in dispute
In the third inning a decision by umpire Frommel sparked a dispute between Henry and Streator in an otherwise drawn game. The contest closed with a tentative score of 4 to 4, unresolved as players could not settle the matter on the field.
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Misa Koloe
Peter Klein
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Geo Wable
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Lacom
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Aen Bae Ee
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Sony
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N. Y
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Philadelphia
Rock of Gibraltar
Henry, III
Marphley
Essex Place
Ware
Ohio
Webber
Kelly
John Kneeland
Peoria County
Amelia Bryant
Sons
Charles Darling
Adams
Bundasy
Win Wier
Annie McAtee
Willie Salisbury
Wm Smith
Mary Walsh
Trim
York
Neb
Chicago
Wm Cain
Starliver
Charley Darling
Eddie
John Corkhill
Galva
Brown
Kempton
Ford County
Henrr
Edward Kermeen
Corkhill
Will McAtee
A. Whiting of
Lostant
Dwight Morgan
Cook
Morgan Homestead
Morgan
Rev Thomas
May Condit
Marie Anderson
Lottie Soper
Excellee
J. Bogel
Shreveport
Ene
Gtr Repartmeatt
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanoogs
Tenn
J. Cooper
Lizzie Klein
Nicholas Klein
Castoria
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