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Sparland Notes of Visits and Local Happenings in 1919
Sparland residents and visitors are described attending services, auctions, sales, and social events across town. Local families travel to Peoria and Moline, buy cars, host gatherings, and plan school openings while noting health concerns and community notices. The piece records many names, trips, and weekly activities in August 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Guvenatti
Toluca
Mary- Osborne
Hodgwon
Bowlin
M. 4
Suneday
E. Moore
Benjamin‘ Russell
Peoria
A. M. Bowlin
Alta
Bennett
Lacon
Marland
Angie Baughman
Louise Osborne
Nellie Aitchison
Vivian Evang
Odell
Hazel
Velma
Frances
William Kinery
Melvin
Ogelsby
Ill
B. McCann
Dorothy van Antwerp
John van Antwerp
Henry Hospital
George Rickey Sr
George Rickey
Adolph Quiram
Blot Swan
Minnesota
Dakotas
Union
M. B
George Stouffer
la Salle
Anna Maxwell
Leland Monier
Proctor Hospital
Elizabeth Marland
la Prairié Center
Edna Thomas
C. D. Marshall
Henry
Thomas
Carrie Weatherly
Arthur Riche
Betty
Nellie
J. T. Jones
Dennis
The
Baptist Church
Buda
John
Van
Antwerp
Oscar
Peintner
George Simpson
George Frank
Mrax ‘Lawrenee
Walter 7Blaine
Department
Oscar Peintner
Blaine
Sparland
Myrs
Halsey, Monier
Robert
iWlhelmina
Weat
Thex
Monier
Mra Waugh-Dunlap
Riverside
Calif
tomaberdeen-Wash
James
Joe
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