Personal notes from Ottumwa residents report visits and travels
Miss Elizabeth Brown joined Ford Motor Company as a stenographer in town. Several locals plan visits to Ottumwa and Lockridge. Indictments accuse two men of giving intoxicants to minors. Many residents travel to Mt. Pleasant Ottumwa Keokuk Batavia and Chicago for family business illness and funerals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elzabeth Brown
Howard Business College
Ford Automobile Company
Hedgie Leafgren
Lockridge
Frank Cooper
Ottumwa
Rebekah
Christine Elliott
Agnes McNamara
Vanilla Smith
T. J. Griffith
Mt. Pleasant
Samuel Hedden
W. A. Rickerd
Keota
Frank Fuqua
Frank Banada Andohn Melinski
O. L. Coen
Mt.Pleasant
Ted Kocher
Batavia
Charles Curtis
Harry Patterson
Keokuk
Wilbur Ireland
South Main Street
D. L. Baird
Ainsworth
Iowa City
John E. Crail
Bobby
Henry Hinkle
Germanville
Fred Neibert
Chicago
John B. Stever
St. Joe
Mary Lesher
Winifred Lesher
J. C. McCord
Ralph Rigby
Farmington
W. C. Smith
Izora Bishop
Libertyville
Sutton
M. M. Mitchell
Canada
Appointments of NCOs and Cor porals at Camp Hart
Captain Smith recommends non commissioned officers Ser geants Louis A Faulkner Byron W Hamilton Samuel M Bell Henry W Hart and William KE Shantz. Cor porals Ora C Williams David M Smith Leslie L Daggett Harry Perry Victor A Wicksell Clarence T Ristine Truman F Greenfield. Bert Davis the former cook returned to camp signing the oath after five days of civilian life. Corporal Hart in Courier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Louis A. Faulkner
Byron W. Hamilton
Samuel M. Bell
Henry W. Hart
William KE. Shantz
Ora C. Williams
David M., Smith
Leslie L. Daggett
Harry Perry
Victor A. Wicksell
Clarence T. Ristine
Truman F&. Greenfield
Bert Davis
Camp
Bert
Corporal Hart
Courier
Lutheran Baracas Enjoyed Banquet At Yeoman Hall
At the Yeoman hall last night the Sunshine and Builders Sunday school classes hosted fifty six Baraca young men from the Lutheran church. The Ladies Aid served a fine banquet while Mr Dillon Turney as toastmaster led greetings from Miss Reva Elder and Miss Anna Benson. Rev A H Anspach praised the Baraca class and urged unity and expanded Sunday school space. The event ended with music and games and was described as one of the most profitable occasions for the Lutheran Sunday school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunshine
Builders
English Lutheran Sunday School
Baraca
Ladies’ Aid Society
Church Council
Dillon Turney
J. A. Huglin
Company M
Sunshine and Builders
Pauline Woelhaf
Mabel Trail
A. H. Anspach
Lutheran Sunday School
Billy Sunday Opens New York Revival Campaign
Billy Sunday launches his largest revival in New York starting April Sth drawing twenty thousand listeners per session and up to eighty thousand weekly, with prominent city families hosting prayer meetings and businessmen drafting committees. The New York American will print his sermons daily and reports, offering a three month revival subscription for $1.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Sunday
New York
New York American
New York Daily American
C. F. Long
Death of Miss Elizabeth Arrowsmith in Burlington
Local news reports the death of Miss Elizabeth Arrowsmith at her Burlington home yesterday. The notice mentions her as well known in the city and lists visiting relatives and contemporaneous local events and notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Arrowsmith
Burlington
Miss Arrowsmith
Ercel Easton
Chicago
Ada
TI. W. Dyer
York
Neb
Elizabeth Dyer
South Main Street
Walter E. Prouty
Lockridge
City
Patriotism and Enlistment of Youths Urged
The article argues for voluntary military service over compulsion, urging youth enlistment to defend democracy against autocratic rule. It recalls Lincoln’s Civil War lesson and cites speeches by Dr. H. A. Mosser and Rev. W. R. Keesey condemning Kaiserism and supporting voluntary action over mandatory drafts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
H. A. Mosser
Wilson
W. R. Keesey
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Orphehum
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Frank Borgaze
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Chas Chaplin
Robert Warwick
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