Local Briefs Highlight Visits Across Ottumwa and Surroundings
Ottumwa residents and visitors appear in a string of brief notes. James Parrett, Roscoe Ferrell, Joseph Robertson, and many others are listed as visiting friends or returning home from trips to Chicago Eldon Burlington Sioux City Center ville and Des Moines. A birth is announced for Robert William to Herbert and Mrs Killion in Des Moines. New Libertyville principal Mises Louise Kierville is named. Marriage licenses issued to Verna Samuelson and Hazel Scovel and to Joseph Hickenbottom and Minnie Goka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert William
Herbert Killion
Des Moines
Verna, Samuelson
Hazel C. Scovel
Joseph Hickenbottom
Lockridge
Minnie M. Goka
Funeral for Mrs W R Smith Held at Parsonville Church
Mrs Harriet Emma Toothacker died at Jefferson County Hospital after a hip fracture and pneumonia. The funeral was conducted Wednesday at 3 p.m. at Parsonville church, with Rev. P S Aprel and Rev. T S Pool officiating. She was born May 9 1851 in Des Moines County and married W R Smith in 1908. She leaves husband two sons Frank Hopkirk and Ernest Hopkirk mother Mrs F S Toothacker and sisters Mrs J R Parsons and Mrs Ida B Hartley.
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W. R. Smith
Jefferson County Hospital
Parsonville Church
P. S. Aprel
T. S. Pool
Mt. Pleasant
Glendale
Frank Hopkirk
Ruskin
Neb
Ernest Hopkirk
Ft. Worth
Texas
F. S. Toothacker
J. R. Parsons
Superior
Ida B. Hartley
Boring, Oregon
Clara Kimball Young Stars In The Reason Why At The Orpheum
Clara Kimball Young portrays Yvonne Marinoff a widow haunted by murder and a lookalike tragedy. She travels to London marries Lord Tancred of Wrayth Hall amid misunderstandings before confessing and restoring true love in this English high society photoplay.
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Orpheum
Clara Kimball Young
Yvonne Marinoff
London
Wuete
Lord Tancred
Wrayth Hall
Markrute
Cox son killed in action shocks Chicago weather chief
A telegram to Prof Henry J Cox chief weather forecaster in Chicago announced that his son Lieut Paul G Smith had been killed in action. Smith served as a second lieutenant in the Twenty eighth United States infantry.
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Chicago
Henry J. Cox
British Casualties Decline to 8308 in Weeks
London reports official lists show British casualties totaling 8308, the lowest in months, reflecting a decline from prior tallies published last week.
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London
Salvation Army War Fund Drive Urges Pledge Settlement
The Salvation Army War Fund campaign closes soon and asks all unpaid pledges be settled promptly. Within days letters will go to those with outstanding pledges, and subscribers are urged to help reduce postage and collection costs.
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Salvation Army War Fund
Public notice on weed destruction deadline under city ordinance
City of Fairfield orders removal of all noxious weeds within city limits by August 15 to 18 on all lands. Failure allows the city to destroy weeds and charge expenses with interest and penalties to the property, collected by the county treasurer. R. H. Munro, Mayor.
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Fairfield
R. H. Munro
Oiling Notice Requires Payment to City Clerk
The government will use no more oiling this fall for military purposes. Oiling done this year is due at the City Clerk's Office and must be paid within thirty days. Cost is 2140 per lineal foot or 1.48 for a 66-foot lot.
Iowa Savings in Wheat Flour Supports Soldiers War Effort
Iowa's campaign to conserve wheat flour boosted export capacity for U S troops. D G Thompson led the flour division under Food Administrator J F Deems, coordinating a state census and a six pound per month rule, saving over a million barrels of flour and earning praise from Hoover. New rules governed wheat pricing and distribution, with farmer freedom to sell or hold grain and options to ship directly or grind into flour for personal use.
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Iowa
United States
United States Food Administration
Washington
D. G. Thompson
J. F. Deems
Thompson
Deems
Mr. Hoover
Chicago
Congress
Deems Warns Iowa of Grain Fire Dangers
United States Food Administrator J F Deems of Iowa warns farmers and railroads about the threat of grain and hay fires along rail lines. He urges stacking away from rights of way and plowing 75 to 125 foot guards to burn the strip between furrow and tracks, noting sparks can travel 200 to 250 feet.
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United States
J. F. Deems
Iowa
Deems
War Time Sweeteners for Sugar Shortage Era
Wartime guidance on alternative sweeteners including maple sugar syrups honey and molasses. Substitutions explained for cups and tablespoons with adjustments to liquid. Emphasizes raisins dates figs dried pears fruit pastes marmalades jellies and fruit juices to preserve sugar and aid desserts and meals.
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Merica
Roosevelt asks papers for troops in French hospitals
Col. Theodore Roosevelt appealed for newspapers to be sent to American wounded soldiers in hospitals in France. He issued the request after receiving a letter from a woman serving in Red Cross Hospital No. 1 at Neuilly.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
France
Red Cross
Neuilly
School bonds called for payment by Independent District
Notice that bonds numbers 95 96 97 and 98 issued by Fairfield Independent School District are called in for payment. Interest on the bonds stops August 15. Secretary Fairfield Independent School District.
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Secretary
Fairfield
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Nilz
James Parrett
Ottumwa
Roscoe Ferrell
Burlington
City
Joseph Robertson
C. L. Parrett
Lelia Lamberson
Eldon
Clifford Way
Elsie Wilhelm
Sioux City
Mrs
John Wilhelm
Hilda Whitney
Mrs. Howard Woods
Mises Louise Kierville
Centerville
Libertyville High School
S. J. Welday
Mary Melchior
Florence James
Bernard Damm
Camp Dodge
Mike Damm
S. H. Manatrey
Creston
Ernest Sammons
Cromwell
Kate McClain
L. C. Garber
Davenport
Libertyville
Bertie Heston
Bettye Collins
Mrs. Latta
Batavia
Elmer Furslund
Omaha, Neb
Howard Leedham
Carl Garmoe
Capt
C. H. Stevenson
Florence Farmer
Grace
Villisea
Sarah Allender
South D Street
L. C. Graber
J. E. Johnson
West
Burlington Street
Don L. Teal
E. M. Blough
Fred Goehner
Bettye Lou
Sadie Goehner
Birmingham
Prof. Cox
Salvation Army
Dilinga
Omaha
Wichita
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Kurstedler & Baker
Rome
Withomfort
North Ma Street
Ford
Packard
the Star
Leggett Hostel
John T. Davies
George P. Loesch, L. E
Burlington St
Re Meir
Fiday River
ST. Paul
Hell
W. A. Blair
Northern Steamboat Co
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