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Sparland News Notes from the Fourth of July
Sparland area residents mark Independence Day with family visits and travels to nearby towns. Local weddings, births, and community events fill the week, including a spontaneous early morning marriage by Rev. Bowlin and updates on school staff, chautauqua planning, and harvest progress.
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Pelz
Anna McFarland
Allison ‘Garrett
Charles Fosdick
Chenoa
Ruth Webster
Ira Hodge
Bethel
Bowlin
Sparland
Henry
William Marland
John
Wesley
Johnson City
Ill
L. E. Dennis
Shannon
Dennis
Coleta
Denys
Robert Riddell
Mary GC. Riddell
B. W. Gwathmey
Peoria
Chicago
Riddell
Harold Aitchison
A. M. Bowlin
Tomax
Ira Bowlin
B. McCann
James Patterson
Orville Wood
Charles Scoon
Olive Scoon
Lacon
W. Burnett
B. J. Aitchison
John Moran
Andrew Bartlomia
Yankee Street
Chillicothe
John Nolan
Sarah Zimmerman
Lara Cress
Sioux City
Iowa
William Kinney
Sparland High School
Marshall B. Antle
Springfield High School
Knox College
Camp Grant
Riebslager
Washburn
L. B B. Dennis
William Aitchison
F. H. Gehr
L. N. Osborne
J. van Antwerp
J. C. Duncan
W. S. Osborne
Jane Rae
Oscar Peintner
George Frank
Fern
George Simpson
Lizzie Simpson
George Christman
Myron Lester
Clarence Marshall
D. R. Doerding
Viva Lester
Lawrence Wynes
Moline
Wynes
Peintner
Lester
Lynn L. Broaddus
Varna
Ellen Lippert
Magnolia
Fred Ford
Charlotte Duncan
Mrs. Della Nighsanger
A- Steuben
Hunter
Roland Kelly
Louis Pattison
Edna Wieland
William Williams
Frederick Vinton
Fred Garland
Emma Horner
California