Local News Briefs From Lockridge and Surrounding Towns
Numerous residents including Miss Anna Starr Robert Parrott and a long list of travelers visit city friends and relatives. Licenses issued to M L Snider and Anna Hedges. others attend visits in Des Moines Davenport Bellplain and Stockport while families travel for work or bereavement.
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Anna Starr
Lockridge
C. J.gavin
Irma
Des Moines
M. L. Snider
Anna Hedges
Richland
Methodist Church Seeks Weekly Giving Increase in Canvass
The First Methodist church Official Board designates next Sunday afternoon 1 to 6 o clock for the Bevery Member canvass to secure the financial budget. Members will be visited by two canvassers per group and pledge weekly contributions. Each subscriber receives a 52 envelope pack to make regular gifts. The church urges all members to increase their weekly offerings despite higher living costs.
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First Methodist Church
Price Determining Committee Meeting for Food Supply
A state food administrator official will hold a meeting at the Armory in Fairfield Ia on Friday August 2 at 3 00 p m to organize a price determining committee for Jefferson county Dealers in groceries meat markets elevators and all food suppliers are urged to attend to address a vital question of food pricing J S McKenney and C A Spaulding county food administrators report the event title and purpose with emphasis on broad attendance.
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State Food Administrator’s Office
Burlington
Fairfield
Jefferson County
J. S. McKenney
Former Fairfield resident Charles Hoops dies in Oklahoma
O T Hoops reports the sudden death of his brother Charles Hoops on July 31 in Oklahoma City due to heart trouble. A longtime Fairfield area resident on a farm east of town, Charles leaves children Mrs. V. A. Root, Merton Hoops, and Mrs. Perry Montgomery. Funeral and burial will take place in Oklahoma City.
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V. A. Root
Ralph Green
Oklahoma City
Okla
Root
Charles Hoops
O. T. Hoops
Oklahoma Cty
Fairfield
Hs Brother
Merton Hoops
Perry Montgomery
Beatree
Neb
U. S. Buys 510 Locomotives for France War Railroads
The War Department ordered 510 Baldwin locomotives for military railroads in France at about 25 million dollars. About 10,000 freight cars for service in France costing roughly 13 million dollars will be ordered within days.
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Washington
War Department
France
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Sanitary inspector orders rooming house to cut tenants
In Gary Indiana on August 1 Sanitary Inspector Porter found 82 men sharing eight beds in a rooming house and ordered the proprietor to halve the number of occupants at once. He noted eight double beds with 16 per shift. Another site had 25 men in ten beds in one room.
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Fury
Ind
Porter
Mr. Porter
German Reply Favors Prisoner Exchange Conference
Amsterdam reports that the German government has replied favorably to the American invitation for a conference on exchanging civil and military prisoners, according to a Berlin dispatch.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
Brighton Boy Wins Distinguished Hero In France
Edgar Davison of Brighton located a large German gun shelling Paris from a tree in No Man’s Land and escaped unharmed to deliver maps to American lines. He enlisted in Company M, 183rd Infantry, later joined 168th Infantry in the Rainbow division. His mother and stepfather, Mr and Mrs Dick Cain, live in Brighton.
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Edgar Davison
Brighton
Paris
Davison
Dick Cain
France
Jefferson County
Dan Cupid musical comedy to play at Orpheum
The Dan Cupid company arrives at the Orpheum Theater Tuesday August 6 featuring twenty performers and its own scenery. A sparkling love story runs through twenty five big musical numbers in what is described as a high class production.
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Orpheum Theater
Free Methodist Quarterly Meeting Begins Friday
The Fairfield society of the Free Methodist church holds its last quarterly conference year meeting starting Friday evening and running through Sunday. Rev. H. L. Dalrymple district elder of the Burlington district will conduct services with evening sessions at eight o'clock. All are invited to attend.
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Fairfield Society of the Free Methodist Church
H. L. Dalrymple
Burlington
Dalrymple
Narrow Gange Barber Shop Moves to New Location
The Narrow Gange Barber Shop relocates to the building east and under EF R. Smith's law office. The shop is now open to serve old customers and will handle new business in a first class manner. G. P. Wright. 879
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Gange
EF. R. Smith
G. P. Wright
Auction of household goods by T B Allender
An auction sale of household goods will be held at 2 30 Saturday afternoon August 3 at 303 South B Street. Everything is practically new. T B Allender is the auctioneer.
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South B St
T. B. Allender
Announce Retraining Plan for Disabled Soldiers
Washington reports completed plans for reconstruction and vocational education of disabled soldiers in general hospitals. Three classifications guide treatment: those fit for full duty, those for limited service, and those needing vocational education for civil life. The federal board of vocational education will continue training after discharge.
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Washington
General Military Hospitals
Gorgas
Federal Board of Vocational Education
Army
Navy
Baseball Players Draft-Eligible If World Series After Sept 1
Washington officials say baseball players who participate in games after September 1 would be subject to the army draft under the work or fight rule. Provost Marshal General officials confirmed the status of ball players in this situation.
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Washington
Baker
Wilson Signs Revocation of National German American Alliance Charter
Washington August 1 President Wilson signed a congressional resolution canceling the charter of the National German American Alliance amid senate committee hearings that charged pro German activities.
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Hun Alliance
Washington
Wilson
National
Terrible Explosion at Shimonoseki Japan
A blast at Shimonoseki in July 41 blew eighteen carloads of powder and light bombs from a loading ship. Eighty people were killed and seventy injured, the ship wrecked, nearby houses flattened, a passing train damaged and several train passengers killed.
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Japan
Tokyo
Shimonoseki
Girls Club of Meyer Chapel Food Sale at Orpheum Building
The Girls Club of Meyer Chapel plans a food sale on Saturday at the Orpheum Building. Proceeds support club activities and community programs.
Meyer Chapel Girls Club Food Sale and Cupid Musical
The Girls' Club of Meyer Chapel hosts a food sale on Saturday August 3 at the Orpheum Building. Reserved seats are on sale for the musical comedy Dan Cupid coming to the Orpheum Theater on Tuesday evening August 6.
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Dan Cupid
Orpheum Theater
Campaign to stock Camp Library Books for wartime
The intensive effort to supply Camp Library Books is framed as a continuous wartime campaign lasting through the conflict. Citizens are urged to bring books to the Public Library for distribution to camps.
Red Cross seeks furniture donations at headquarters
The organization announces permanent HQ in the Stubbs building near Dr. Gaumer's office and requests contributions of rockers chairs a desk table and a couch. Call Red Cross Headquarters at Phone 2688 to offer items or assistance.
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Stubbs
Dr. Gaumer
Red Cross
Divorce Petition in Jefferson County Iowa
In Jefferson County Court, Fred J. Aldrich sues Helen Aldrich for divorce claiming desertion for over two years. Helen must appear by the second day of the next term commencing September 1918 at Fairfield Court House or a default will be entered against her. Attorney W F Kopp represents the plaintiff.
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Helen Aldrich
Jefferson County
Iowa
Fairfield
Town
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