Camp Notes From Company M Camp at Caldwell Park
Corporal Hart of Fairfield reports on daily life at Caldwell park with humor and camp weather woes. Illnesses and furloughs touch Pvt Loren Davis and others as Ottumwa offers quarters. Mascot Fluff the dog aids mess duty while cooks and troops mock the prune market and reminisce about southern rations.
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Corporal Hart
Co. M
Fairfield
Caldwell Park
Iowa Guardsman
Iowa
Brownsville
Sergeant Crail
John
Loren Davis
Ottumwa
Fairfield Company
W. R. Daum
Ottumwas
Jefferson Street
Smith
Soldiers Guard Bridges Near Rome
A Rome Iowa dispatch reports eighteen privates under a non commissioned officer have arrived and placed a guard on the river bridge east of Rome. The detachment is from the Burlington company. Another guard detail will likely be posted at the Skunk river bridge, encamped east of the depot there.
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Rome
Burlington Company
Skunk River
Armed Home Guard Too Busy Waiting for Duty
The speaker plans a trip to four mile bridge for an inspection of the camp today. Privates Curts and Davis recuperate at Ottumwa hospital and may report for duty soon. Private Rollie Nelson and Corp. Hamilton on the sick list, Nelson resting and Hamilton negged by a letter from his girl. Congress intends to linger as the fuse sputters.
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Curts
Ottumwa
Jeff Pence
Sopen
Sgt. Crowther
Fluff
Joe Norris
Joe
Uncle Sam
Four Mile Bridge
Wanted by LA lady for rooms and lodging
Classified column listing include WANTED-By lady, two unfurnished rooms down stairs with light housekeeping, phone BOARDERS WANTED West Stone street. WANTED-To rent an A typewriter. state price. various rental and sale notices follow including rooms, houses, farm and business needs across Ottumwa area.
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West Stone Street
Lost items notice and reward requests in Leader classifieds
Classified items declare a lost black clasp pin with initials R R on the back and a lost package containing white silk gloves with a finder’s return requested at Ruby Ryan in The Leader. A pocketbook with cash is reported lost by a woman needing money, reward offered at Court Hotel.
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R. R
Finder
Ruby Ryan
Court Hotel
Obituary of Martha Irene Allender Traxler
Martha Irene Allender Traxler born December 13 1862 in Henry county near Trenton grew up and taught school eight years. She married L A Traxler on March 27 1888, moved to Fairfield six years ago, and had been in poor health for a year. She died March 1 1817 leaving daughter Jessie Traxler two sisters and a brother Osbert Allender of Mount Pleasant and sister-in-law C C Stevenson. She was active in the Methodist church and Sunday School and was devoted to her daughter.
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Martha Irene Allender
Wesley and
Ellen Allender
Henry County
Trenton Township
L. A. Traxler
Fairfield
Lewis Kauf
Osbert Allender
Mount Pleasant
C. C. Stevnson
Mr. Pleasant
Jessie Traxler
Traxler
Coe College Faculty Sends Wire to Senator Cummins
At a special faculty meeting in Cedar Rapids the group sent an urgent telegram to Senator Cummins urging him and Iowa's other senator and eleven representatives to back President Wilson in the war crisis. The faculty adopted a patriotic program for the college.
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Cedar Rapids
Coe College
Cummins
Washington
Iowa
Wilson
Yeoman Lodge Members Asked to Return Benefit Tickets
All members holding benefit tickets must return them to Mrs. Ida Stephenson promptly.
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Yeoman Lodge
Ida Stephenson
The Town Slouch by Ellis M Clarke and Cy Dawkins
The column sketches writers and editors, remarking on the power of the pen and the stickiness of jail mites as a tongue in cheek meditation. It notes editors bound to stay and a girl who insists on wearing corsets as a quirky detail.
Bleakley Fined for Excessive Election Expenses in Pittsburgh
Representative Orrin D. Bleakley of Venango county pled nolle contendere in federal district court to excessive election expenses and was fined 890 dollars by Judge Thompson. The Republican representative resigned to Speaker Clark after sentencing as costs pushed the total penalty to about 2000 dollars.
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Pitsburgh
Orrin D. Bleakley
Venango County
Thompson
Nolle Contendere
Bleakley
Clark
Telegraphic appeal urged more food production in Indiana
Indianapolis April 6 telegraphic appeals were sent to organizations in every county to summon mass meetings on April 7 to discuss increasing food production in the state this summer. The committee of twelve urged farmers to plant more potatoes and corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Buffalo
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Congress
People’s Column
Nderwood
COC
S. J. Morris
West
Burlington Street
Leopold Desk Co
Burlington
9Th and
Kirkwood Streets
Iowa Malleable Iron Co
Hannah & Hol
Hudson
Oakland
Maxwell, Overland
Buick
Abbott
Detroit
Fords
International Gas Tractor
South Ottumwa Wrecking Co
Ward
South 5Th Street
East
Pancoast, Hendrickson & Ronk
Stubbs
Lui
Ellis M. Clarke
Cy Dawkins
U. S
Representative
Indiana
Mitchell Bros
East Adams Street
Pathe News
Molly Malone
Eddie Lyons and
Edith Roberts
Pearl White
Keystone Comedy
Modern Woodmen of America
Woodmen
Colorado
Frice
H. P. McLaughlin Co
F. F. Simpson & Son
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