Local Briefs From Brighton And Surrounding Cities
A roundup of residents visiting, traveling, or attending events in nearby towns. Calvin Hoskins, Rollie Millhouse, Carl Riggs, B F Brinton, Homer Brinton, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cline, F Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mowery, Will Dyer, Mrs. Ivan Ipsam, Miss Margaret Bishop, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Despain, Mrs. Ethel Gorman, Miss Helen Droz, Floyd Smith, Miss Bessie Buchanan, Mrs. Will Gosick, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jordan, Charles Cummings, Reuben Gilbert, Delmer Frazey, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Despain, Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Bollen, G. C. Peterson, Ruth May Krumholtz, R S Torrance, Mrs. Harry Bollen, Verna Doberman, C Hartman and son Taylor.
Fairfield Soldier Loren Goddard Wounded Twice in War
Fairfield's Loren S. Goddard, first to be wounded in Co. M during the initial assault, reports in a letter from France that he is again in a hospital after sustaining injuries in the big Rainbow division drive. His family, including two other sons in service, awaits official word and Red Cross updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Co. M
S. E. Goddard
Loren S. Goddard
Marie
Davenport
Rainbow Division
Goddard
Red Cross
Deming
Harry Jolly
Jolly
France
County Price Interpreting Committee Report
Authorized by the Food Administration the County Price Interpreting Committee is listed with members W C Spaulding H C Erickson Walter Burns Ex Officio J H Stuckey Dean Taylor and a retail price of 35 20 20 22 may be noted in the record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Stuckey Dean Taylor
Standardizing Camp Shows Brings Liberty Theaters Union
New York Aug 22 Liberty theater circuits to be standardized nationwide to unite venues and book identical attractions, announced by the theater division of the War Department commission on training camp activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Liberty Theater
Theater Division
War Department Commission On
Piano Tuning Availability in Fairfield
Piano tuning service offered in Fairfield from August 26 to September 4 with orders left at Leggett House or Scheffel's music store or with E. J. Eisenhart at 961.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Leggett House
Scheffel’s
E. J. Eisenhart
Tyrant Fear at the Orpheum Tomorrow
Dorothy Dalton stars in Tyrant Fear a Paramount photoplay set in the far north at the Orpheum tomorrow. Allaine Gran det a Canadian girl endures captivity in a trapper den and later a dive keeper, finds courage, and escapes with Dane the pianist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Dalton
Paramount
Far North
Orpheum
Thos. H. Ince
Miss Dalton
Allaine Grandet
Allaine
Dane
Kaiser's Revolt Fears Spur Harsh German Measures
British dispatch from France reports Kaiser era officers fear a home front revolt after the war. General Ludendorff orders searches for soldiers on leave and weapons on departure. Other captured orders push obedience by force, even shooting, and condemn mistreatment of a downed German aircraft as unworthy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Germany
Ludendorff
Rhenish Westphalia
Forty-first Infantry Division
Yank troops guard vast Siberian railroad route
Vladivostok August 22. At General Dietrichs request the American commander in Siberia orders troops to occupy points along the railroad from Vladivostok to Nikolsk, to free Czech-Slovak forces for service on the Ussuri front and man the Trans-Siberian line toward Khabarovsk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vladivostok
Dietrichs
Siberia
Nikolsk
Khabarovsk
Ussuri
U S Surprise to Allies Highlighted by British Envoy
Lord Reading, Britain's ambassador to the United States, praised America’s rapid and splendid entry into World War I, noting it removed doubts about victory and steadied Allied resolve in a luncheon club address from London dated August 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
America
Lord Reading
United States
Largest aerial gunnery school planned at Fort Worth
Major Thorne Decel, commander of Talia ferro field, received authorization from Washington to lease 11 000 acres in one body near the three aviation fields in Fort Worth Texas for an aerial gunnery range. Targets and equipment have already been installed. It will be the largest aerial gunnery school in the world.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Thorne Decel
Taliaferro Field
Washington
Deserters Sentenced to Five Years Each
Four men convicted of desertion from the army were sentenced to five years at hard labor in Leavenworth prison. The defendants are Jesse F. Blakely C. C. Blakely Leo D. Martin and John W. Penrod.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
Federal Penitentiary
Leavenworth
Kaw
Jesse F. Blakely
C. C. Blakely
Leo D. Martin
John W. Penrod
Honor for Hoover at Old Iowa Home
All Iowa will be invited to honor Herbert Hoover at West Branch in the fall. Lewis Albin is named chairman to plan the observance with Governor Harding and other eminent men expected to participate. J F Deems of Burlington is invited to help, Hoover’s birth place is West Branch, 44 years ago.
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Iowa
Herbert Hoover
West Branch
Lewis Albin
Harding
J. F. Deems
Burlington
Fairs Adopt Sugar Rules for Iowa Refreshment Stands
The food administration applies hotel rules on sugar and wheat bread to all fairground stands in Iowa. Sugar for lemonade iced tea is cut back. Stands may buy two pounds sugar per 90 meals. sugar bowls must be removed. applications go to W T McElroy Ottumwa. Beef and wheat flour regulations now apply to fairground refreshment stands.
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the Food Administration
Iowa
W. T. McElroy
Ottumwa
Cost of living survey begins nationwide data gathering
The bureau of labor statistics started a country wide inquiry to assist wage adjustments. Six agents began in Baltimore calling on representative families to collect annual expenditures on food clothing housing fuel furniture and miscellaneous expenses.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Baltimore
Classified Ad Promises Service While Away
Reuben Gilbert assures customers his wagon will serve them while he is gone from the city. Contact phone 38 971 for selling renting or trading items via the classifieds to reach results.
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Reuben Gilbert
Revenue tax cut announced for Iowa state year 1914
County auditor A C Turmeree reported the Bien state tax levy for 1914 shows a one mill reduction in the general revenue tax. The overall rate declines to 6.25 mills with a two percent capital extension tax noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Turmeree
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tips
Calvin Hoskins
Brighton
Rollie Millhouse
Carl Riggs
Liberyville
B. F. Brinton
Homer Brinton
Thomas Cline
Glasgow
City
F. Phillips
Birmingham
P. H. Fisher
Frank Mowery
Abingdon
Will Dyer
W. N. Gosick
Ivan Ipsam
Margaret Bishop
Rock Island
Theodore Despain
Ethel Gorman
Helen Droz
Batavia
Rebecca Teeter
Floyd Smith
Walier, Mont
W. R. Smith
Bessie Buchanan
Des Moines
Alice Clinkinbeard
Will Gosick
Charles Jordan
Charles Cummings
Reubén Gilbert
Delmer Frazey
Salt Creek
Wyoming
Joe Despain
George Despain
Harry C. Bollen
Mound City, Kan
Mrs. Bollen
W. A. Smutz
South Second Street
G. C. Peterson
Ruth May Krumholtz
East Pleasant Plain
R. S. Torrance
Eau Claire, Wis
Harry Bollen
Mound City
Kan
Jefferson County Hospital
Verna Doberman
Wyconda
PP. J. Brady
Mrs. C. Hartman
Taylor
Harman
Ottumwa Hospital
County Price Interpreting Committee
The
Food Administration
W. C. Spaulding, H. C. Erickson
Walter Burns
J. S. McKenney
Ray Maxwell
Louis White
E Ec
Ad Fligg
C. W. Wade
War Department
Kaiser
Royal
Prussian Ministry of War
Yanks Guard Russ Railway
U. S
Hoover
Old Iowa
Mr. Hoover
San Francisco
Leland-Stanford University
West
Australia
Belgium
DEEMS
Bureau of Labor
Eaotics
Gaumer Bros
Kodak
Gammer Bros
A. W. Switzer
Third Street
John T. Davies
George P. Loesch, L. E
Burlington St
Cruise
ST. Paul
Helen Blair
W. A. Blair
Minneapolis
Felder
Northern Steamboat Co
First Congregational
Newton
Swanson Bros
Alta Vista Ave
Ottumwa, IA
Vace
Kerrick
Tribune
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