Local Briefs List City Visits and Travel Notes
A round of short reports covers residents visiting Des Moines Ottumwa Chicago and Des Moines again. Names include J E Crail B C Shearer Rev W H Dillon Harold Spray Bertha Maxwell May Ketcham Margaret Whitmore Marie Whitmore Josephine Maasdam W H Clapp Lucille Allerdice O M Young W G Ross Jeff Pence W S Shaw Mary Melchior Mary Thoma Edmund Cullum Mabel Stauffer John Ward Hazen PeacockVanessa Warner and others with various trips and attendances. The Ladies Aid will meet Saturday at 2 30 p m with a church shower for the kitchen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Church
Union Labor Meeting Schedule Framed by Local Unions
The document lists regular meeting days for labor groups including Trades and Labor Assembly on the second and last Fridays each month, Federal Labor Unions on Wednesdays each week, Barbers Local No. 368 on the third Monday, and Cigar Makers Local No. 48 on the first Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trades and Labor Assembly
Federal
Barbers
Suffrage Meeting Set at Library Next Saturday Afternoon
The Jefferson County Equal Suffrage Association meets at the Public Library at 2:30 p m on Saturday August 11 with important business and large attendance hoped for. The My America Club of Locust Grove Township presents readings talks songs and recitations followed by a public suffrage discussion at Suffrage Headquarters Tent No 13 on the Court during ChaUauqua week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County Equal Suffrage Association
My America
Locust Grove Township
Mertie Sears
Pearl hunters thriving as buyers bid big in Indiana
Terre Haute reports strong pearl diving on the Wabash with a single buyer paying out $20,000 this year. Harry Williams near Vincennes found a pear shaped drop pear valued at $4,000 as nine buyers bid. The gem weighs eighty one and a half grains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Harry Williams
Vincennes
Court House Closed Friday Afternoon For Fair
The court house will close Friday afternoon in observance of the county fair.
Food Sale At Simpson's Market By Swedish Lutheran Ladies
A food sale is held Saturday morning at Simpson's Meat Market organized by members of the Swedish Lutheran Ladies Aid. The event aims to raise funds for church or charitable purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simpson’s Meat Market
Swedish Lutheran Ladies’ Aid
Notice for street oiling petition by property owners
All residents seeking oiling of city streets must obtain a petition signed by a majority of street property owners and file at the city clerk’s office. Paul Coleson, City Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Coleson
Card of Thanks for Kindness and Flowers
Acknowledges friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during bereavement and appreciation for floral offerings. Mentions Mrs. Elmer Anderson and daughter and Mr. and Mrs. John Lindbom, plus his sisters and brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lindbom
Chicago and Kansas City Live Stock and Commodity Prices
Market reports show hogs at Chicago receipts 25 000 with bids from 15.35 to 16.40 for various grades and cattle at 10 000 receipts with steers from 12.00 to 13.25. Kansas City hogs 9 000 receipts up to 16.60 and 12.00 to 14.25 for pigs. Cattle and sheep prices follow, with East Buffalo quotes for prime and butcher stock. grain and produce like wheat at 2.40 2.42 per bushel and eggs near 32 34 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Kansas City
East Buffalo
Company M Recruitment Ends Next Saturday
Recruiting for Company M will cease tomorrow evening as Lieutenant Robert L. Fulton is ordered to depart Saturday for Des Moines. Those wishing to voluntarily join before the draft army is formed should report at the Court House for examination immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Fulton
Des Moines
Court House
Also Mentioned on This Page
Oxford
Criefs
J. E. Crail
B. C. Shearer of
Winfield
City
W. H. Dillon
Crawfordsville
Harold Spray
Ottumwa
Bertha Maxwell
Washington
May Ketcham
Des Moinees
Margaret and
Marie Whitmore
Batavia
Josephine Maasdam
Pella
Marie and
Elizabeth Maasdam
Mrs. W. H. Clapp
Seymour
Ness
Malcolm Allerdice
Lucille
Glendale
O. M Young
Davenport
Mrs
George Young
W. G. Ross
Moraine Park, Colo
Jeff Pence
Ammunition Corps
W. H. Pence
W. S. Shaw
Lew van
Mary Melchior
Turney Wagon Works
Mary Thoma
Edmund Cullum
Unionville
Mabel Stauffer
Zion City
Ray Kirkpatrick
Keota
John Ward
Delta
Fairfield Motor Co
Emmitt Peacock
Hazeneacock
Vanilla Smith
Etta War- Warner
Nora Warner
Julia
Frances Dempsey
Ellis Peebler
Libertyville
Fedgar Bean
Oklahoma City
Okla
Colorado
J. W. Bean
Pmo Rees
Mary Sears
Lora T. Gitron
Yate
Madaline Humphrey
Aeak
Malissa Sammons
Florence Fresconi
Make Believe
Pearl Hunters
Wabash River
Germany
Gerard
Amsterdam
Cierard
Orange
Goudy
Elmer Anderson
Por Oy
North Pole
Eryobody
Richardson Hardware Coo
Shat Waisis
Anb Shires
Jefferson County
Brunswick Phonograph
Gaumer Bros
East Side
Capitol
Mt. Vernon
Rock Island Lines
Safety and Service First
T. F. McNew
Fairfield
Iowa
ETT
Tri-State Fair
Burlington, Iowa
AUUS
Great Republic Band
Ssi
Rene OL Ah
Krank D
Kerrick
Embaumer
Iowa State Savings Bank
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