Local Briefs Highlight Funeral Travel and Visits
Mr and Mrs W S Shaw and Mrs Alice Stever went to Washington for the funeral of Mrs R L McGugin. Numerous residents visit relatives, attend red cross work, or travel for exams and visits across Burlington Lockridge Des Moines Ottumwa and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Shaw
Alice Stever
Washington
R. L. McGugin
Lewis Zillman
Burlington
Pearl Clapp
Lockridge
Red Cross
Erma Jackson
Cross Lanes
Charles Raines
A. Stewart
Libertyville
May Smith
Mt. Pleasant
H. Gustison
Moline
Maurice Laughlin
Hiram Heaton
Glendale
Pauline Adams
John Adams
Charles Angstead
Des Moines
Navy
Lawrence Emry
J. B. Whitham
C. W. Vermillion
Centerville
Ida van Horn
Rebekah
Gertie Singleton
Pieasant Plain
M KE Harlan
Hillsboro
Gail Whistler
Brighton
J F Stevens Writes From France About Food And Mood
Mrs Octavia Stevens receives a letter from Floyd A Stevens of Co D 162d Infantry in France. He reports good health appetite and morale noting French cooking and cheese while longing for home pies and American bread. He says he learns much daily and hopes family enjoys spring weather and news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Octavia Stevens
Floyd A. Stevens
Co. D
162D Infantry
France
Harper Vaught Case Set For Friday In District Court
Judge C W Vermillion opened the District court and scheduled remaining assignments. Pro bate docket items may be heard. Copeland v Fulton heard today. The chancery suit E J Vaught v Henry C Harper is set for tomorrow. The earlier action involved an assault on Mrs Vaught by Harper, a former tenant of Vaught.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Vermillion
District Court
Copeland Vs. Fulton
E. J. Vaught
Henry C. Harper
Harper
Mrs. Vaught
Vaught
Vivian Martin Reaches Apex of Her Career
Vivian Martin, famed stage and screen actress, began at age six in Cyrano de Bergerac and rose through Peter Pan and Father and the Boys. She now stars in The Barbarian with Paramount and is under long term contract, coming to the Orpheum on Friday April 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivian Martin
Grand Rapids
Mich
Richard Manefield
Edmond Rostand
Sone
Miss Martin
Andrew Mack
Charles Warner
Motion
Paramount
Orpheum Theater
Dance at Yeoman Hall with Frank's Orchestra Saturday
Dance event at Yeoman Hall on Saturday evening featuring Frank's Orchestra. Admission details marked War tax 278.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yeoman Hall
Satuday
Frank
Come Home Message From Mark Meller
A brief notice from Mark Meller urging recipients to return home. He asks those without funds to write and promises to send money, providing an address at 276 Chas, Meller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Meller
Chas
Meller
Montaville Flowers to Appear in Fairfield Lecture
Montaville Flowers, a noted forensic speaker and president of the Affiliated Lyceum Bureaus of America, will lecture in Fairfield next Wednesday at Parsons College in the Presbyterian church. He is promoting war ideas and postwar questions at a lecture coordinated by Parsons College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montaville Flowers
Fairfield
Lyceum Bureaus of America
Wilson
Parsons College
Presbyterian Church
Norma Talmadge in Ghosts of Yesterday at Fairfield
The Fairfield theater presents Norma Talmadge in Ghosts of Yesterday in six reels. The film, said to be her greatest, is adapted from Rupert Hughes Two Women and the famous play and book. The story is intensely interesting and promises to be highly successful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield Theater
Louis Selznick
New Pictures
Norma Talmadge
Rupert Hughes
J W Stallman Offers Hauling Services With Motor Truck
Notice states J W Stallman of 265 offers hauling and moving services using a motor truck for city and country jobs. Contact by phone 1106.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J W. Stallman
Old Settlers Quartette Sings at Ottumwa Today
The Old Settlers Quartet led by Ralph Lamegon Hiram Heaton Dr T L James Henry Pumphrey and B T Raines will perform at Ottumwa's Grand Opera House this afternoon before the agricultural lecture by Hon Carl Vrooman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Lamegon
Hiram Heaton
T. L. James
Henry Pumphrey
B. T. Raines
Ottumwa
Grand Ocrera House
Carl Vrooman
Soldiers Pass Through Rock Island in Train to France
Fairfield residents gathered at the Rock Island depot as a troop train moved through at about 7 PM. Troops from Camp Still Oklahoma, en route to France, tossed postcards and packages to eager onlookers while the train did not stop. The crowd found the mood light despite the looming war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Rock Island Depot
Co. M
Camp Cody
N. M
Camp Still
Oklahoma
France
Money to Loan on Emploved City Property Thoma and Thoma
A brief notice indicates a loan offer secured by city property held by Thoma and Thoma. The text references an arrangement involving money to be loaned on the property, with no further terms detailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thoma & Thoma
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South B Street
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West Side Square
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