Reproduction:
Step 1: Set you render distance down for testing purposes
Step 2: Set up some item frames and mobs on the spawn chunks
Step 3: Take some distance from them till you can't see them +20 blocks
(in this step you are putting them on "lazy chunks")
Step 4: Come back to the spot and you will not see them
If you still see then when you come back try again distancing a little more
Remember to not go super far away and fully unload the entities
This same issue has once occurred with chests in 1.8's final snapshots.
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Same issue for mobs