Miss Freeman to Speak Here Tomorrow at 3:30 and 7:30
Miss Ritza Freeman, a noted national war drives speaker, will address the High School Auditorium tomorrow in two sessions at 3:30 PM and 7:30 PM. She has campaigned nationwide for the Food Administration Fourth Liberty Loan and other war drives and spoke at the Chicago war exposition.
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Ritza Freeman
Miss Freeman
Food Administration
Chicago
Chicago University
Childen
Mrs Georgia Strello Dies of Spanish Flu in Denver
A message from Saturday confirms the death of Mrs Georgia Snyder Strello in Denver Colorado after several days with Spanish influenza and pneumonia. She leaves four young children ill with the same disease and was the daughter of Mr and Mrs David Snyder once residents here. Burial will be in Denver.
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F. G. Chidester
Georgia Snyder Strello
Denver
Colorado
David Snyder
Uncle Tom's Cabin film at Orpheum with Marguerite Clark
The Orpheum screens Uncle Tom's Cabin starring Marguerite Clark in matinees at 3 00 and after school, then 7 15 in the evening. Army officials praised Clark for permission to film inside Jackson Barracks New Orleans for Liberty Loan and war relief work. The production uses historic sites including the St Louis Hotel and auction block.
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Orpheum
Marguerite Clark
Little Eva
Topsy
Jackson Barracks
New Orleans
The
Star
Liberty Loan
St. Clair
W C T U to Meet. local weddings surprise Ottumwa readers
The W C T U will meet Tuesday at 2 30 with Mrs J B Gantz on N Third St to make comforts for Camp Dodge soldiers. Ottumwa Courrier reports a Thanksgiving wedding mix up in Fairfield and Ottumwa with soldier John Gibson and Florence Sayles wed in Ottumwa after a train meeting.
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Ottumwa
John Gibson
Fairfield
Florence Sales
Mme
Mabelle Wagner Shank
Fleming
M. BK
Fleming Sisters
Mendelssohn
Mme. Shank
Rowena Circle
KE. L. Stephenson
West
Darlington
Local Briefs From Ottumwa Area Include Births and Travel
Multiple hometown items note residents visiting Ottumwa on business and relatives, with trips to Casper Wyoming and Des Moines. A marriage license was issued to Hearschel Carl and Naomi Lynn, both 19. George Anderson, naval serviceman, returned for a 15 day furlough as 14 ships carried wounded at New York.
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Hearschel Carl
Naomi Lynn
George Anderson
U.S. Navy
Brest
France
New York
Big Nine Declamatory Contest at F H S Thursday
The Boy's Declamatory Contest for the Big Nine League will be held at the High School Thursday evening December 5 at eight o'clock. Contestants include Clyde Herriott Warren Mitchell Albert Thornberry Clifford Crail and Roy Huddleston. The winner will represent the High School at the Big Nine contest in Oskaloosa on Friday December 13.
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Clyde Herriott
Warren Mitchell
Albert Thornberry
Clifford Crail
Roy Huddleston
Oskaloosa
Henry E. Jackson Speaks at Fairfield Community Club
Henry E. Jackson, chief of the Community Welfare Bureau, will address Fairfield at the Armory during the Community Club dinner. Dinner is set for 6 30 with the speech at 7 30 and a large crowd is expected.
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Henry E. Jackson
Community Welfare Bureau of
United States
Armory
Mr. Jackson
Fairfield
United Stas
London Times Demands Punishment For Ex Kaiser
The London Times argues the ex Kaiser deserves punishment as the chief culprit of the ruin he caused. It contends that pursuing justice may impart dignity to a detestable figure and warns against letting him escape accountability.
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London
London Times
the Times
No 85th Division Expected Back at Camp Custer
Battle Creek Michigan December 2 There is no evidence of preparations at Camp Custer for receiving major portions of the Eighty fifth division seen to return from France The exact units to come back are not stated The Thirtieth field signal battalion part of the Highty fifth is a Chicago organization under May Kiworge N Daley having been recruited there and sent to Custer
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Battle Creek
Mich
Camp Custer
Eighty-fifth Division
France
Thirtieth Field Signal Battalion
Highty-fifth
Chicago
May Kiworge N. Daley
Custer
Wilson insult suit against Aftonbladet ended
The American legation suit accusing Aftonbladet of insulting President Wilson was dismissed on technical grounds. The dismissal followed a decision by Sweden's minister of justice at the request of Ira Nelson Morris, the American minister in Stockholm.
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Stockholm
Legation
Aftonbladet
Wilson
Ira Nelson Morris
House Will Stay in Paris
Paris dispatch reports Colonel House, President Wilson's representative, will not travel to London for preliminary Allied conferences. He is recovering from influenza, able to handle correspondence and review reports, but still too weak to cross the channel.
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Paris
Nun
M. House
Wilson
London
House
Public sale at residence near Hedrick details livestock and gear
Auction at 10 a m on December 9 1918 will offer 350 head of livestock including 20 mules and horses 110 cattle 120 sheep 100 hogs plus 50 bushels seed and farming implements. Lunch on grounds. Terms ten months on sums over ten dollars or cash for smaller amounts. No removal until settled. J H Smith and Son W dt Cooper auctioneers F L Warder clerks.
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Chester
John Deere Gang
Hayes
Alsace Lorraine Plebiscite Seeks Union with France
A Strassburg dispatch reports that a plebiscite of Alsace Lorraine would reveal strong sentiment for union with France. The piece notes Germany’s deportations of Alsatians have earned hatred even among its own people and that Alsatians returning from Germany face pitiable conditions.
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Alsace-Lorraine
Dispatch
Strassburg
France
Germany
Villaists Routed in Fight Near Villa Ahumada
Wire reports confirm Wednesday clash near Villa Ahumada as Villa followers were defeated by federal forces. Colonel Mora, new garrison commander, issued the official statement detailing the rout.
Drake Clothing Co Advertises Coats and Suits
Overcoats and Mackinaws for men and boys at The Drake Clothing Co. Marguerite Clark stars in Uncle Tom's Cabin at the Orpheum tomorrow. Suits in all new styles for men and boys at The Drake Clothing Co.
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Mackinaws
the Drake Clothing Co
Drake Clothing Co
Bolsheviks Raid Norwegian Legation in Petrograd
Aften posten reports Bolsheviks raided the Norwegian legation in Petrograd and stole confidential papers belonging to Norway and Switzerland amid the ongoing turmoil in Russia.
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Norway
Petrograd
Christiania
Aftenposten
Drake Clothing Co Presents Uncle Tom's Cabin At Orpheum
The Drake Clothing Co promotes a children's matinee of Uncle Tom's Cabin at the Orpheum tomorrow after school. The event features Drake items like mufflers gloves mittens and underwear for men and boys.
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Orpheum
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Tom
Arthur Jordan
East Burlington Street
Pythian Sisters
Epworth League
Carl Stanford
South Fitch Street
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Mt. Pleasant
W. R. Keesey
Klebe Loote
Frank Gibson
Ida Munger
Barcel Car
Mark Baker
Out
Gideon
Lerge
West Broad Way
Herschel Carl
Louis Heston
Liberty
Vile
Carl
Fairfield High School
Jefferson County
E. Side
Thos Staves
George Robinson
Vera Samons
Rome
Mrs
Harry Sullivan
James Baugher
Camp Dodge
Harry Baker
Casper
Wyoming
Will Harris
Excelsior Springs, Mo
Delmar Frazey
D. W. Sauer
Trenton, Mo
James Erwin
Columbus Junction
D. A. Lowery
A. B. Rodgers
Dex Moines
Ella Swick
Brighton
John Lamson
Ralph Lamson
South Main Street
Northcliffe Paper
Select Pictures
Clara Kimball Young
Paramount
Bluebird Photoplay
Ruth
Matinee
Dorothy Dalton
Kaiser’s
FORD
Jack Pickford
Hedrick
F Parson
Martinsburg
Batavia
J. H. Smith and Son
W. Dt Cooper
F. L. Warder
Villistas
Villa Ahumada
the Orpheum
Xmas Perrin
Bunte
R. H. Maxwell
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