Local News Briefs Highlight Travel and Visitors
Miss Florence Light visits Washington while Richard Gentry from Ottumwa trips to the city. Leo Thoma returns from Indianapolis on business as Mrs. O. C. Thompson of Winfield visits relatives. Vern Samuelson of New London visits kin. Charles Cornick of Omaha spends Sunday with his wife here. Ina Gantz of Centerville weekends with parents. Gladys Norris of Rock Island visits relatives, Ferol Van Dorin of Pleasant Plain weekends with parents. Miss Laceja Montgomery, a Lockridge teacher, spent weekend at home. Emma Lewis and Sadie McClain of Libertyville visit Saturday. Josephine McConnell a Libertyville teacher, and Eda M Harreld of Moline spend weekend with relatives. Roy Castile and daughter Marjorie of Salina visit Gus Castile home. Mrs. Leslie Daggett of Rock Island visits relatives. Mrs. Ray Eckerman and son return home to Exline after a Brady visit. Ruth Shellabarger of Washington spends weekend with brother Paul. Glenn Wilson returns home after honorable discharge from Scituate, Massachusetts. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cornell and Mrs. Carl Griffith and children motor to Eldon to visit friends. Judge C. W. Vermilion arrives from Centerville after a Sunday visit. Mrs. M. E. Harkness and daughter Marguerite Buck of Creston are here for Nancy Armstrong’s death. Harry Medes and daughter Madelon return from Los Angeles. Birth announced of daughter Marjorie May to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stansberry in LaPorte Indiana April 11. Calvin Doughty returns home after honorable discharge from the radio service. he has been in Chelsea Mass. hospital.
Stormy session ends in Iowa legislature probing report
Des Moines April 21 after twelve hours the senate and house adjourned for the Thirty eighth general assembly dubbed the probing legislature The committee investigated charges related to delinquent young women in Des Moines Its findings said things were not as bad as they might be Yet the assembly approved the report and cleared all business Major actions included presidential suffrage for women a code revision order a good roads bill housing improvements repeal of non partisan judiciary laws patriotism courses in schools and a two semester requirement in history civics and state and nation education Also laws against anarchy and the red flag display.
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Des Moines
Senate
House
Thirty Eighth General Assembly
Assembly
Moore
McFarlane
Fell
Thirty-eighth
General Assembly
Etta Huston Dies in Oska loosa Obituary Notice
Mrs. Etta Huston died Saturday afternoon at her daughter Mrs O Flower’s home in Oskaloosa. Funeral services set for 10 a.m. tomorrow from the O E Kirby home with interment in Evergreen cemetery. She lived much of her life in Fairfield, moved from Monmouth Illinois as a child, and had been in poor health the past year from Brights disease. She leaves three children Hugh Huston of Oklahoma Ralph Huston of Lansing Michigan and Mrs C P Flower of Oskaloosa.
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Etta Huston
Mrs. O. Flower
Oskaloosa
0. E. Kirby
West Briggs Street
Evergreen Cemetery
Pauper Warrants Presented for Payment
All pauper warrants outstanding should be presented at once at the county treasurer's office for payment.
Knight's Templars Meet Tonight
A notice promotes an important meeting of the Knight's Templars to be held tonight. Attendees are urged to come and participate, with organizers F S Cummings and E C listed as contacts.
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F.S. Cummings
E. C
Burlington and Rock Island Rail Timetables Notable Trains
Railroad timetables list Eastbound Burlington trains No 2 Overland Exp No 4 Chicago Local No 6 Chicago Lim No 8 Fast Mail No 12 Chicago Lim No 18 Chicago Local No 178 Peoria Local and Westbound No 8 Overland Exp No 6 Nebraska Lim No 7 Fast Mail No 9 Colo Calif Lim No 17 Burlington Local No 15 Fast Mail No 17 Peoria Local with specifics on times and notes that certain trains do not carry passengers. Rock Island timetable shows No 12 Fast Express No 30 Local Passenger No 84 Local Freight No 11 Fast Express No 29 Local Passenger No 85 Local Freight with morning and afternoon slots.
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Burlington
East Bound
Overland
Chicago
Peoria
West Bound
Nebraska
Lim
tNo
Colo.-Calif
Rock Island
Loan Drive Starts With Canvassing And Bright Outlook
Treasury directs house to house canvassing on opening day of the Victory Liberty loan as communities aim to meet quotas in three weeks. Officials report bright prospects for raising 4.5 billion dollars. oversubscriptions will be rejected and demonstrations held nationwide. Also note Fairfield Chapter No. 39 C. E. S. annual event next Tuesday with a banquet at the Christian church at 6:00 p. m. Plates 75c, secured by Monday evening.
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Washington
Treasury
The
Federal Reserve Banks
Secretary of the Treasury
Fairfield
Christian Church
Phos phos Phos phos a remarkable comeback story
A young man credits Phosphated Iron with restoring energy and health after weeks of exhaustion. He describes sleepless nights, nervous strain, and rapid recovery including sleep, appetite, and weight gain. The notice urges buying only genuine phosphated iron in capsules and warns against pills or tablets.
First Rainbow Division Arrives in New York
The 117th trench mortar battery, first Rainbow unit to land in France and first to see action, arrived in New York aboard the Walter A. Luckenbach from St Nazaire. The unit fought at Chateau-Thierry and in the St Mihiel and Argonne sectors amid heavy casualties. Additional Rainbow units, including headquarters and several artillery and engineering detachments, sail for New York, Boston and Newport News between April 25 and May 13 aboard five transports.
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New York
Rainbow Division
France
Walter A. Luckenbach
St. Nazaire
Baltimore
Chateau-Thierry
St. Mihiel
Argonne
Boston
Newport News
Aeolus
Ossineke
Avondale
Philadelphia
Dakotan
14Th Engineers
Card of Thanks for Kindness After Illness and Death
Mrs. H. S. Angstead and Family express gratitude to friends and neighbors for help during the long illness and after the death of their husband and father, and for the beautiful flowers sent.
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H. S. Angstead
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Pleasant Plain
Laceja Montgomery
Lockridge
Emma Lewis
Sadie McClain
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Josephine McConnell
Eda M Harreld
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Roy Castile
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Ray Eckerman
Little Son
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Ruth Shellabarger
Paul Shellabarger
Glenn Wilson
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Harry Medes
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Fred Stansberry
LaPorte
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Mr. Doughty
Chelsea
Knight's Templars
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Wilson
Frank D. Kerrick
Triaane
John T. Davies
A. V. Frazey
Orpheum
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Clara Kimball Young
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