Local Briefs Highlight Ills and Travels of Residents
Doris Simmons very ill while Lieut Ray L Simmons visits family in town. Dr E C Beck and Mrs Beck left for Chicago. Mrs Nina Peck on business trip to Chicago. Roy Stanferry and son visited Libertyville. C L Cox returned from Seymour. Laura and Elizabeth Bock visiting grandmother in Burlington. Catherine Smutz week with Hillsboro friends. Z T Moore visiting Ohio relatives. Rachel Mason and Lillie Layne guests of Katherine Hunter. Otto Messer and family guests at Adam Messer home. Ada Kirkpatrick of Kenta visited Dr Ray Kirkpatrick. Sadie Dill left for Wisconsin. Mrs John Frush called to Dubuque for grandson Frederick Nelson ill with infantile paralysis. Eva Elder and daughter Reva visited O S Weaver home. Lieut Ray L Simmons from Camp Dodge in city. Roy A Anderson arrives from Detroit for mother’s death. Jeanette Bryan May Shearer Camilla Rider near Henry Rider house. George Simmons, Birmingham and R V Lawson Keosauqua visit. C H Fisher and daughters Doris Thelma from Porterville arriv ed for illness of mother N J Anderson. Pearl Gardner resigns Fort Garage stenographer for government work. Clarence Anderson to Puget Sound for mother N J Anderson’s death. Elmer Anderson of Great Lakes Training School attends funeral. A J Brier moves to Mulenix barber shop. H H Moyer Jr commissioned as second lieutenant in France.
Whiffs From the Community Kitchen Campaign
A community kitchen plans a food saving drive not for profit. A 12 percent handling fee funds jar caps and canning supplies for Red Cross sales. Starts Wednesday August 7 at nine in the morning with prep at home and voluntary committee work.
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Red Cross
Griswold
Harold Wamondson’s Rainbow Division Letter Home
A message from Harold Waldmondson of the Rainbow Division in France to his parents in New London says the Columbus Junction boys in the division are all right.
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Harold Wamondson
Rainbow
France
New London
Columbus Junction
Doctor Dunkel Attends Mayo Surgical Clinics
Notice that Dr G F Dunkel has traveled to Rochester Minnesota to attend Mayo Surgical Clinics and will return on Tuesday, August 13.
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G.F. Dunkel
Rochester
Minn
Mayo
Classified men cannot be released for Navy or Marines
With the exhaustion of class one draft men in Iowa local boards refuse to release any deferred men for enlistment in the Navy or Marines. The order, issued by the War Department two months ago, operates in Iowa through the original men. Deferred men may obtain release to enter an Army Officers' Training Camp, Col. Lasher says.
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Iowa
Navy
Marine
Des Moines
Lasher
War Department
Mexicans Told to Go to Work or to War in Fort Madison
In Fort Madison on August 4, about 200 Mexican laborers who walked out of Santa Fe shops after wage demands were refused faced an ultimatum from State's Attorney J. M. C. Hamilton and Sheriff J. B. Watkins to work, go to war, or return to Mexico. Authorities warned the strikers their threats and loafing would not be tolerated, and urged them to work or leave the country. The action followed grievances over the government’s wage raise exclusion bias toward the workers.
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Fort Madison
Mexico
Santa Fe
J. M. C. Hamilton
J. B. Watkins
Mt Pleasant Readies Largest Fair Crowd Next Week
Mt Pleasant prepares for the biggest fair crowd in its history with entries in all departments. Shows music vaudeville and entertainment galore. Races to meet Mt Pleasant standards, electric fireworks set for Wednesday and Thursday nights. Full racing program Tuesday through Friday.
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Mt. Pleasant
Iowa's First Labor Draft Quota Assigned to Virginia Ports
Des Moines reports Iowa's initial labor draft quota of 1000 men split with 500 to Richmond and 500 to Newport News Virginia for shipbuilding. Labor Commissioner A L Urick says recruitment should happen within ten days. Workers will be drawn from villages and industrial centers to protect farmers and miners.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Richmond
Newport News
A. L. Urick
United States Employment Service
Local Briefs Mention Visits and Travels
Dr Myrick was called to Camp Dodge on business this afternoon Glen Murdock of Ottumwa visited relatives yesterday in the city J B Trent of Batavia is in the city A H Neller returned home from a two week trip in the east for Louden Machinery Clarence Hanks of LaHamptr and Clarence Reiss of Joliet Illinois returned home after a weekend visit at Walter Hanks home
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Dr. Myrick
Camp Dodge
Glen Murdock
Ottumwa
A. H. Neller
Louden Machinery Company
Clarence Hanks
LaHatgpe, Tr
Clarence Reiss
Joliet, Il
Walter Hanks
Dan Cupid Musical Comedy to Perform at Orpheum
Fairfield theatergoers may see the Dan Cupid Musical Comedy Company at the Orpheum for a single performance tomorrow. The Burlington troupe, en route to Des Moines, travels with 25 members, an orchestra, and full stage setups, with favorable press notes suggesting a large crowd.
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Fairfield Theater
Dan Cupid
Orpheum
Burlington
Des Moines
Henry County Reports 61 Men Left in Class One
A Henry County survey shows sixty one men remaining in Class One of the draft. The eligible pool includes men from the 1917 and 1918 registrations.
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Henry County
Reserved Seat Sale for Dan Cupid Opens at Orpheum
A musical comedy titled Dan Cupid arrives at the Orpheum Theater with reserved seating on Tuesday evening August 6.
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Dan Cupid
Orpheum Theater
Railroad Time Tables West and East Bound Services
A scrambled timetable list shows C B and Q routes with west bound trains including No 5 from Chicago to McCook at 12 58 am and No 15 Fast Mail at 3 33 am. also east bound services from Denver to Chicago and Chicago to Omaha with assorted arrival times and train numbers.
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Chicago
McCook
Denver
Peoria
Fast
Ottawa
Creston
Omaha
POON
Coeee Sbt
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Doris
Ray L. Simmons
Mrs. E. C. Beck
Nina Peck
Roy Stanferry
Libertyville
Laura
Elizabeth Bock
Catherine Smutz
Hillsboro
Z. T. Moore
Ohio
Rachel Mason
Lillie Layne
Pekin, Il
Katherine Hunter
Mrs
Otto Messer
Oskaloosa
Adam Messer
West Broadway
Ada Kirkpatrick
Kenta
Dr. Ray Kirkpatrick
Sadie Dill
Wisconsin
John Frush
Dubuque
Frederick Nelson
Eva Elder
Reva Elder
S. Weaver
Roy A. Anderson
Detroit
Jeanette Bryan
May Shearer
Camilla Rider
Henry Rider
George Simmons
Birmingham
R. V. Lawson
Keosauqua
C. H. Fisher
Thelma
Porterville, Cal
City
N. J. Anderson
Clarence Anderson
Puget Sound, Wash
Elmer Anderson
Great Lakes Training School
A. J. Brier
South Side
Mees
Mulenix
H. H. Moyer, Jr
Wyoming National Guards
Miss Griswold
Seee HK
ED. Davis
C. A. Fulton
Dan Stout
A. J. Boyd
J. B. Trent
Batavia
Paramount Pictures
Wallace Reed
The
C.B
Wm. S. Cox
John T. Davies
George P. Loesch, L. F
West
Burlington St
ST. Paul
W. A. Blair
Davenport
Minneapolis
Northern Steamboat Co
Out
McIntire Dray Line
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