Local Briefs Highlight Weddings Visits And Notices
Miss Anna Keller travels to Mitchell South Dakota for her sister Barbara's May 1 wedding. Pie social at Liberty No. 2 school benefits the Army Y M C A with a miscellaneous sale and coffee. Several residents report visits, births, licenses, and upcoming appointments across Ottumwa and surrounding towns.
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Anna Keller
Mitchell
South Dakota
Barbara
No. 2
School of Liberty
May Green
Parsons College Conservatory Musicians Give Washington Concert
Parsons College Conservatory of Music pupils Miss Margaret White Mrs Myrtie Pooler Mercer Robert Israel and Wilbur Keesey performed at a Washington Presbyterian church concert. It benefited the Presbyterian Christian Endeavor Society with net receipts shared with Parsons musicians to fund delegates to the Storm Lake Young Peoples conference next summer.
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Washington Journal
Parsons College Conservatory of Music
Margaret White
Myrtie Pooler Mercer
Robert Israel
Wilbur Keesey
Parsons College
Fairfield
Iowa
Presbyterian Church
Keesey
Miss White
Mercer
Israel
Mr. Israel
Presbyterian Christian Endeavor Society
Parsons
Storm Lake Young Peoples Conference
For Sale Two Piano Case Organs By McLaughlin Co
For sale cheap if taken at once two piano case organs one mahogany and one oak finish taken in exchange on player pianos H. P. McLaughlin Co.
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H. P. McLaughlin Co
Your Future Happiness Depends on Children, Guarding Their Future
A brief editorial urges parents to focus on protecting and guiding their offspring to ensure long term well being. The piece emphasizes early choices and behaviors shaping children’s prospects and happiness. It frames parental responsibility as pivotal to a secure and fulfilling life for the next generation.
Jefferson County Honors Third Liberty Loan Honor Flag
Jefferson county's Honor Flag for the Third Liberty Loan was received by Chairman O. F. Fryer this morning. The flag will be run up at the county courthouse on a clear day to proclaim the county's achievement as subscriptions near doubling the quota before May first. The current total exceeds $670,000 with more subscriptions daily.
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Jefferson County
O. F. Fryer
Court House
Wool Growers' Association Seeks Fleece and Sack Estimates
All members of the Wool Growers' association are asked to notify the secretary of the number of fleeces and the number of sacks needed. The notice requests prompt responses to gauge supply needs.
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Wool Growers’ Association
Local Film Seen Six Times by Wife Amid Warning
A notice states someone will not be responsible for their wife watching "The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin." She has seen it six times and only once. The remark hints at concern over the film’s impact and repeats the unusual viewing count.
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Berlin
Europe
America
Iowa Boys Likely Back In Trench War Again
The 168th infantry, made up of Iowa volunteers from this county, is expected to return to front line service in France after rest camp reports from Col. E R Bennett on March 30. Casualties have been light, with the Rainbow division, including the Sixty-Ninth Infantry, bearing the initial burden in Lorraine.
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168Th Infantry
Iowa
France
E. R. Bennett
Sixty-Ninth Infantry
New York
Lorraine
Pershing
Flanders
Coat and furs unclaimed at Nelson’s shop on North Fourth
Notice to the person who picked up a red child’s coat and grey furs in front of L. J. Nelson’s shop on North Fourth Street Sunday April 14. Please notify or return to L. J. Nelson at 305 West Kirkwood Street, either shop or residence, to receive a reward.
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Nelson
North Fourth St
L. J. Nelson
West Kirkwood St
Notice to holders of 1915 Funding Bonds and Water Warrant
Notice to all holders of Funding Bonds issued March 1 1915 numbers 54 and 55 each $500 and Water Warrant 5296 issued to Jefferson County Gas Oil and Mineral Co Feb 2 1915 for 437 85, present at city clerk Paul Coleson for payment as interest stops April 17 1918.
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Jefferson County Gas, Oil and Mineral Co
Paul, Coleson
War Front Maps Offered by Journal at 50 Cents
The Journal offers large scale Western Battle Front maps with an index of districts towns forts forests mountains rivers and a location key. Limited supply and available while they last for fifty cents each.
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Western Battle Front
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