O’Shea’s Spicy Contribution to Springfield History O’Shea’s Spicy Contribution to Springfield History Tara McAndrew / Wednesday, September 28, 2022 0 1283 Article rating: No rating Springfield has had a romance with chili - or “chilli” as the Dew Parlor misspelled it in 1909, forever confusing local writers and editors – since the late 1890s. Read more