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Sparland Echoes from April 1919 Local Life and Events
Sparland notices speak of visits and moves, a Masonic conclave with 172 brothers, Easter baptisms on the river, church notes, and local social life. Gov Lowden support tally, hospital visits, and community members traveling to Peoria and Toulon appear among many small-town items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Adams
R. W. Barber
Toulon
C. C. McLaughlin
C. D. Marshall
Streator
Admiral D. Davis
Tesmer Campbell
Harry Mattison
Henry
Della
Delbert Taylor
Frank O. Lowden
Sparland
Guy Hatton
Arthur Head
Toluca
Charles Presley
Chillicothe
Watkins Garage
F. H. Gehr
Russell
James Russell
Speer
Frank Johnson
Zetta Gehr
O. M. McLaughlin
Lacon
Porter Wood
W. H. Day
Eureka
Peoria
First Presbyterian Church
E. A. Kline
Earl
The
Baptist Church
Frank Head
Emmet Rickey
Peoria Law
Ora Head
Proctor Hospital
Freida Marshall
Nickerson
Kans
Joseph Chesky
Santa Fe
Charles Sellers
Virginia
Edna Riddell
Jesse Reinbeck
Robert Rickey
Mrs. Taylor
Velma
Donald
T.P. G
Louise Osborne
Vivian Evans
la Verne Drake
Bernice Hoskins
Harry Swift
Chicago
Angie Baughman
Merton Swift
Whitefield
Clark Swift
Swift
Los Angeles
Cal
Newton Swift
Elmwood
Wenona
Rutland
Washburn
Washington
Galesburg
Bradford
Magnolia
Braidwood
Lostant
Tiskilwa
Putnam
Lawn Ridge
M. B. van Leer
Harry Thomas
Harry Kelley
Andrew Zimmerman
Grant Royce
Roland Kelley
Orrin Frisbey
O'Leary
M. E
Barber
the Baptist Church
Harry Seibold
Jack
Marie O'Leary
St. Mary’s