Local News Briefs From Birmingham and Surrounding Areas
Local items note Prof. E. E. Watson preaching at the Presbyterian church in Birmingham. Numerous residents report visits, travels, and family updates from Taunton, Stockport, Bloomfield, Ainsworth, Avery, Joliet, and Davenport. A marriage license was issued to James Beaber and Teresa McDonald. A child in Libertyville dislocated a hip after an accidental fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Watson
Presbyterian Church
Birmingham
Irene Hammon
Galesburg
P. S. Apfel
Jefferson County Hospital
Harry Baldwin
Des Moines
George Lane
Burlington
James Br, Beaber
Mt. Pleasant
Theresa McDonald
Fairfield
Maude Miller
Libertyville
UNIT R NEAR LOCAL BOYS ON WESTERN FRENCH FRONT
Reports from March letters confirm Unit R and Company M near the same base hospital in France. Captain L D James notes a three and a half mile walk to the next hospital where two Fairfield boys were slightly wounded and glad to see home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rainbow Division
France
No. 32
L. D. James
Fairfield
Mt. Pleasant
Byron Dean
Henry County
Olinger
Alex Duffy
Duffy
Doan
Libertyville Girl Dies Suddenly at Home
Helen Couser sixteen daughter of Mr and Mrs Bert Couser died Saturday afternoon about 130 near Libertyville after a grippe illness. She was a Libertyville high school graduate and well liked. The funeral was held at 230 this afternoon, with community sympathy expressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Couser
Bert Couser
Libertyville
Grippe
Montaville Flowers to Speak at Presby Church Event
Montaville Flowers will lecture at the Presbyterian church next Wednesday with an admission price of 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montaville
Presbyterian Church
Ladies Auxiliary White Elephant Sale At Parsons College
The Ladies Auxiliary of Parsons College plans a three day White Elephant sale on April 25 26 and 27. The sale features desirable items including furniture and china and invites the public to save pieces for donation or call 1112 for pickup or pickup arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Parsons College
Wanted Salesmen with Car in Wapello Jefferson Henry Counties
Advertises $100 per month salary and commission for salesmen with a rig or automobile. steady employment and rapid advancement offered to men who can qualify on honesty and ability. Call at the Leggett hotel ask for Mr. Sweet through Saturday evening. After Saturday write Mr. Sweet care Ottumwa Hotel Ottumwa Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello
Jefferson
Henry
Leggett Hotel
Mr. Sweet
Ottumwa Hotel
Ottumwa
Miss Tappert to Head Soldiers Library at Camp Upton
Miss Katherine Tappert former Davenport public library staff member and sister of Mrs. Heer is placed in charge of organizing the library at Camp Upton New York. Headquarters are at the Red Cross convalescent home with a library for convalescent soldiers. She is on leave from Hagertown library and will likely work at Camp Upton over the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Tappert
Fairfield Highchool
Parsons College
Charles Heer
Katherine Tappert
Davenport Public Library
J. H. Tappert
Rock Island Street
Camp Upton
N. Y
Red Cross Convalescent Home
Hagertown
Washington County
Free Library
Camp Upton Hospital
Miss Tappert
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn
The Kaiser Beasts on Screen at Fairfield Theater
A sensational film portrays German atrocity as Capt. Von Hanecke terrorizes Ruth Clifford and Belgian civilians during the German advance. Julian Rupert stars as the German Emperor in this dramatic screen expose titled The Kaiser the Beast of Berlin, showing Monday and Tuesday April 22nd and 23rd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
von Gluck
von Hanecke
Ruth Clifford
Belgium
Julian Rupert
Berlin
Fairfield Theater
U S Flyers Win Od Crosses For Aerial Victories
Captain James Norman Hall of Colfax and Lieutenant Paul Frank Baer of Mobile were decorated with the Distinguished Service Crosses for shooting down five enemy aircraft on March 26 as leaders of a three aircraft patrol. Hall destroyed two seater and Baer killed one enemy plane while attacking seven on March 11 and two two-seaters on March 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
James Norman Hall
Colfax
Paul Frank Baer
Mobile
Ala
Wall
Baer
Reims
Italy's War Bill Reaches Seven Billion Dollars
Washington reports Italy's war expenditures up to March total about 7 billion dollars. The figure covers ten months neutrality and eighty three months of war, per an official dispatch from Rome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Italy
Rome
Money to Loan on Improved City Property Thoma and Thoma
Thoma and Thoma advertise a loan offer on an improved city property located at 809. The notice calls for interested borrowers to contact the lenders for terms and eligibility. This brief item appears as a legal notice-style advertisement in the public records section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thoma & Thoma
Come Home If You Have Not Got the Money
Short note from Charles Meller urging recipients to write if funds are lacking and money will be sent. Signed by 276 Chas Meller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Meller
Chas, Meller
Clemenceau Tours Front Visiting Allied Leaders
Paris reports Premier Clemenceau spent two days on the battle front visiting General Foch General Petain and the British troops to assess conditions and morale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clemenceau
Paris
Foch
Petjin
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Ed. Fisher
Taunton
EF. E. Watson
Margaret
Stockport
Helen Starr
Verle Teeter
Lake City High School
Samuel Sountain
Bloomfield
Walter Glotfelty
North Court Street
Ed. Coffman
Ainsworth
Ray Eckerman
Avery
Mrs
P. J. Brady
Ray L. Simmons
Camp Dodge
R. C. Sayers
Soiison
Ohio
James Hammon
O. F. Nixon
L. C. Graber
J. E. Johnson
West Burlington Street
George Speers
Blakesburg
Joliet
Ill
Philip Sauer, Jr
Charles McGuire
Soldiers
U. S. Flyers
Hall
Pence’s Machine Shop
North Fourth Street
C. E. Anderson
Emerson
Gaumer Bros
Stortz and
Taglauer
Fairfield Agents
C. G. Nelson and Son
Ottumwa, Iowa
Blatchford’s Milk Ash
J.w.oliver & Son
John T. Davies
George Q. Loesch
L. E
Burlington Street
U.S
Davyoir
Onn
Clara Kimball Young
Imago
Montaville Blowers
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