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Sparland and nearby notes bring community life alive
Local Sparland column reports visits and family news including Mrs. Ida Dwyer teaching a Sunday school, Minnie Tanquary's illness, new baby at Dominick Jiegler's, and a burglar alarm demonstration at Sparland bank. It notes church events, school routines, and social gatherings with Keenan, Jarman, and Holmes families among those mentioned.
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Tiskilwa
Sparland Bank
W. H. Barber
R. W. Barber
Chicago
Orchestra Hall
Zetta Gehr
Mesdames Marshall
Henry Sargeant
Albert Russell
W. W. Jarman
Lacon
Billy Muriel
Sparland
Kinney
William Hil
Fred Harvey
Babe
Chillicothe
Charles
Frederick
Fred Bliss
Aitte
Peoria
Sadie
Albertson
Henry
Meneniger
Addison Tanquary
Dan Allen
Princeton
Allen
Whitefield Township
Flora Frank
Walter Pride
Oracle
Edward Shafer
Robert Ingram
S. V. Hodge
Frank Wunider
Harry Frisbey