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Sparland notes and local society updates in 1919
Sparland column records a flurry of visits and outings among residents including C. D. Marshall in Chillicothe, Mrs. Harry Frisbey in Peoria, and numerous Lacon calls. It notes church events, home moves, high school sports victories, illnesses, and social gatherings with brief mention of deaths and local engagements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. D. Marshall
Chillicothe
Harry Frisbey
Peoria
W. B. Duncan
Harold Root
Lacon
M. O
Scholes
Chicago
Charlotte Duncan
Jane Rae
Ethel Frisbey
Earnest Dover
N. B
W. McCartney
George Rickey Sr
Henry
C. B. Dewey
Emily Smith
Mary C. Riddell
M. C. Marshall
Edward Shaf
A. B. Harrieson
H E. T. Harreson
Lyman Vincent
Clarence Fleming
Dorothy Gallup
Letha Kimball
Frances Odell
Sybil Tanner
Fred Blackwell
Ed Myers
Joseph Myers
Fred Harvey
Fred Hill
Peru
William Hill
Luther Rae
Fanny Rae
Angie Baughman
Alta Bennett
M. B. Sparr
Herbert Pace
William Rickey
Saratoga
Little Son
Vera
Laura Rickey
Frederick
William Frank
Anna Bretz
Walter Pride
Carl Kincade
M. C. Marshall's
William Babbington
Myrtle
Lois McQuilquen
Leonard Bonham
Henry Bonham
St. Louis
Relief McLaughlin
M. & M. Club
F. H. Gehr
Mabelle Gehr
Anna Evans
Leonard Schaaff
Aileen
Wilbur Bowlin
Bloomington
M. EF
Minnie Ruth
Pearl Doner
Nellie Thomas
Miss Thomas
Bowlin
Cupy
Gilbert Frisbey
Joe Parson
F. H. Ger
Edna Thomas
Edna
John Pringle
la Prairie U. P
U P. Church
Mr. Pringle
Scotland
Robert Scoon
Denver
Colo
Andrew
la Prairie
Mary
Jennie
John
E. J. Aitchison
Janet Pringle