Jefferson County Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Accidents
Local residents visit relatives and attend the Jefferson County Fair with numerous travelers from Keokuk Libertyville Birmingham and Ottumwa. An auto bicycle collision on South 6th streets injures a boy while C W Cocking killed in a separate crash is identified as a Knights of Pythias member in Palestine Texas. Mrs Cocking remains hospitalized awaiting her son's arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Brody
Ottumwa
C. H. Tribby
Mt. Pleasant
J. E. Bowermaster
Rollie Stewart
Chicago
E. Lamberson
Lucile
Denver
Colo
Lelia Lamberson
J. F. Ready
Military School of Instruction
Fort Still
Okla
Everett and
Leister Daub
Amil Daub
Willis Frederick
Harrison Woodrow Thomas
C. V. Thomas
Iowa Children’s Home Society
Des Moines
F. M. Hunter
South 6Th Street
Langner
C. W. Cocking
Ivanhoe Lodge Knights of Pythias
Palestine
Texas
Unprotected Gardens Suffer Complaint on Garden Thievery
A citizen reports summer garden thefts from a lot in a housing addition. He notes the ease of growing produce and questions why thieves would risk detection for items that do not belong to them, calling it lazy and deplorable.
Fairfield Printing Co Office Closed For Two Weeks
Notice to patrons says the Fairfield Printing Co will close its office for two weeks starting August 12 due to need for rest and no competent person to take charge. All orders received this week will be attended to.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield Printing Co
Red Cross Unit R Men Taking Oath
Fifty young men joining Red Cross Unit R to serve in France as orderlies are being examined and sworn into federal service this week. First Lieutenant L A McGuire of Brighton administers the oath under War Department authority. Major J Fred Clarke directs examinations with Captain L D James and Dr H D Stepp. Supplies arrive and are stored at the Jefferson County courthouse basement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
France
L. A. McGuire
Brighton
War Department
J. Fred Clarke
L. D. James
H. D. Stepp
Linby
Jefferson County Court House
Clarke
Red Cross Hospital
Jefferson County Hospital
American Red Cross
Fairfield
Mt. Pleasant Mayor Sues County Over Son’s Death
Mt. Pleasant Iowa, August 11. Mayor Mills sues Henry County over the death of his son George Mills who was electrocuted on a county bridge while grabbing a telephone wire near Oaklands on the Skunk River. The county court opened the son's estate and quoted an asset claim against the county, though the exact amount is unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Pleasant
Mills
Oakland
George Mills
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W. N. Mintoneye
C. W. Mintoneye
Carl Riggs
Ti1lber. Swanson of
Libertyville
Jefferson County
Harlie Yost
B. F. Collins
Dave Collins
Birmingham
Louise Miles
Keokuk
Fred Wray
South Second Street
A. W. Crane
Colorado
Yellowstone Park
Wyo
Salt Lake Ity
Utah
Idaho
Montana
Louis Unkrich
Kilburn
Eva Cupp
Keota
Mary Gorman
Keosauqua
L. E. Whitney
Carrie Beardsley
Marion Patterson
Nettie Stucker
Burlington
Viva Valentine
Creston
Greenfield
Omaha
Neb
Chicker
Chow Die
Purina
Kent
Stuckey-Gossek Milling Ge
Sues
Henry County
KODAK
Gaumer Bros
East Side
Frany
Kerrick
Embalmer & Funeral Director
Iowa State Bank. Savings
Uae
Rane A
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