Local Briefs Highlight City Visitors and Travel
Patavia resident J B Trent visits the city on business while Lloyd Talley heads to Lockridge. Loyd Fry reportedly arrives in France. Numerous locals including Mrs A Hook and Miss Nobie Ball visit family and friends. Plus births and travel notes from the region.
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J. B. Trent
Patavia
Lloyd Talley
Lockridge
Nobie Ball
Kirksville, Mo
Clyde Averill
Ft. Madison
John West
Excelsior Springs
Ben Turner
Ottumwa
Ian Crane
Deming
New Mexico
France
John Danielson
St. James County
Wisconsin
Carl Meyer
Mabel Gantz
Brookville
Walter Schaffer
Presbytery Endorses Parsons College Campaign
Council Bluffs Presbytery approved a report noting Parsons College has raised 200000 of the 500000 endowment goal. The resume urges Presbyterians in Council Bluffs Des Moines Iowa City to donate an average one dollar per member yearly for five years. The resolution allows Parsons representatives to circulate subscription forms in churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs Presbytery of the
Presbyterian Church
Committee On Colleges
Parsons College
Presbyterian Colleges
Synod of Iowa
Fairfield
Montgomery
Council Bluffs
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa City
Churches of the Presbytry
Will Preach on Sec Ond Coming of Christ
Rev Rolland Butler of the Baptist church announces a Sunday series on the second coming of Christ. August readings include God’s Unfinished Plan, When Jesus Comes Again, The Manifestation of the Anti Christ, The Glorious Coming of the King, Prophecy and the War, and The Doctrine of Our Lord’s Second Coming with practical value for Christian character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolland Butler
The
Baptist Church
Jesus
Two Flyers Lost in Sea Near Fort Rosecrans
Two army aviators in training at Fort Rosecrans died when a training aircraft plunged into the channel between North Island and the fort and sank amid a heavy ebb tide. Rescue attempts by army and tugs failed and missing identities could not be confirmed due to many aviators absent from the Rockwell field school.
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San Diego
Cal
Army
Fort Rosecrans
North Island
Tyivy
Rockwell Field School
War maps offered with index of front districts and features
Journal offers large scale Western Battle Front maps with an index listing military districts towns forts forests mountains and rivers and a key to locations. Each map sells for 50 cents while supplies last.
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Western Battle Front
Wool Growers Association Fleeces and Sacks Request
All members are requested to notify the secretary of the Wool Growers association the number of fleeces and sacks needed. This notice seeks a prompt tally from members for supply planning.
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Wool Growers’ Association
Notice on Funding Bonds and Water Warrant Payment
Notice to holders of Funding Bonds issued March 1 1915 numbers 54 and 55 each 500 dollars and Water Warrant 5296 issued to Jefferson County Gas Oil and Mineral Co February 2 1915 for 437 85 dollars to present at the office for payment as interest stops April 17 1918 by Paul Coleson City Clerk Also announce the White Elephant Sale by Parsons College Auxiliary on April 25 26 and 27 at 205.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County Gas, Oil and Mineral Co
Paul Coleson
Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin aired amid wartime curiosity
A remark about screenings of The Kaiser the Beast of Berlin reveals a husband and wife viewing dynamic. The wife has seen the film six times while the husband has only attended once.
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Berlin
Ice Cream Social at Bethesda Church
Bethesda Church hosts an ice cream social Friday evening inviting all community members to attend.
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Bethesda Church
Also Mentioned on This Page
Grey Hound
Oxford
Leroy Williams
Seymour
A. Hook
Pleasant Plain
Loyd Fry
Leonard Carlier
City
Miss May Mouck
Creston
Osceola
Ben West
Birmingham
Blanche Morrissy
Gus Unkrich
South Main Street
M. Mickey
Clarence Mickey
Albert Danielson
Four Corners
Helen Baker
South Sixth Street
Mrs
Cornell
Larned, Kansas
W. F., Miller
Son
Co. E. Heckethorn
Nevada
R. M. Caviness
East Stone Street
C. C. French
Monmouth, Lr
United Presbyterian Church
Hugh Bennett
Omaha
Neb
Kansas City
Roy Emry
George C. Woods
Batavia
Presbytery
Parsons
Christ
Meyer Shoe Store
West Side
Church of the Outstretching Arms
Parsons College Auxiliary
WW. Grant
North Main Street
West Broadway
Nina Peck
Gaumer Bros
Aea
F. F. Dalley Corporations, Limited
Buffalo, N. Y
Stortz and
Taglauer
Fairfield Agents
C. G. Nelson and Son
Ottumwa, Iowa
Spurgeon
Belin
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