Local Ottumwa News Briefs Highlight Births Travel and Visits
Mrs. Perte Parsons rushed to Ottumwa for her sister Nellie Parks illness. A $14 pound baby boy arrived at Jefferson Co hospital to Bert and Mrs. Kann. Numerous visits and trips span Ottumwa, with births, weddings, travel to Texas, Chicago, and Missouri, plus local business and social notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perte Parsons
Ottumwa
Nellie Parks
Bert Kann
Jefferson Co. Hospital
Mabel Lusk
Geo. Q. Loesch
Lenora Thomas
Galveston
Houston
San Juan
Texas
D. W. Brown
Pearl Hemmings
New London
Myers Grocery
E. A. Howard
Chicago
Burlington
Ralph Nicolls
R. G. Gudgel
South Third Street
Bert VanTassel
West Stone
Yankee Way at the Orpheum Thursday
George Walsh returns to the Orpheum in The Yankee Way a William Fox feature where he travels to Lithunia to win Princess Alexia while aiding a revolt with American cash. The plot twists involve a missing Count Wortsky a box car escape and a final marriage to America. Richard Stanton directs for Fox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Walsh
Orpheum Theater
William Fox
George
Lithunia
Balkan
Alexia
Principality
Count Vortsky
States
Bulgaria
Count Wortsky
America
Van Buren County bond issue defeated in Keosauqua
In Keosauqua Iowa on December 5 the county bond election for a new county home failed with 649 votes for and 724 against. Three precincts remain to report and residents argue the defeat stems from debate over selling the 400 acre county farm for a smaller site, a confusion unrelated to the election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keosauqua
van Buren County
Wit and Wisdom Club Meets December 13
The Wit and Wisdom Club will gather Thursday December 13 with a program on cartoons. Mrs. H. E. Snyder will speak on the Original History of Cartoons, Mrs. E. F. Simmons on Napoleonic Period cartoons, Mrs. E. C. Bock on Civil War cartoons, and Mrs. Frank Fourt on Present War cartoons. Members should bring their favorite cartoons to share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wit and Wisdom Club
H. E. Snyder
E. F. Simmons
Irma Droz Piano Recital at Parsons College Conservatory
Ten year old Irma Droz pupil of Iva Scheffel will give a piano recital in Prof. Moorhead studio Thursday at 7 30 assisted by Fern Young contralto The program includes Bright Butterflies The Ferry for Shadow Town May Day Morn To A Wild Rose From An Indian Lodge and other works by Devaux Bliss MacDowell and Dick Slater with several errors in the OCR text fixed for clarity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons College Conservatory of Music
Prof. Moorhead
Irma Droz
Iva Scheffel
Fern Young
Sosess Schumann
MacDowell
Notice to Settle Accounts from Former Myers Grocery
Notice to settle all unpaid accounts now that the Myers Grocery stock has been disposed. The payer will be at the Fairfield Credit and Collection Agency office with C. M. Redick in Stubbs Building for payments. Phone 59. John W. Tull. Cedar chests offered by H. P. McLaughlin Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myers Grocery Tock
Fairfield Credit and Collection Agency
C. M. Redick
Stubbs Building
Redick
John W. Tull
Christmas Rockers and Gifts From H P McLaughlin Co
Lena Fisher shines as the unathletic heroine in the Red Cross Benefit play. The K S Class of the Christian church holds a food sale at Foote Crail Meat Market. Miss Burl Stephenson stars in Captain Joe at the High School. New taxi and livery service advertised by W A McPeek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Fisher
Red Cross
K. S
The
Christian Church
Foote & Crail’s
Katherine Fulton Stars in Captain Joe with Honor Guard
Katherine Fulton delivers a clever performance as the Little Fresh man in Captain Joe presented by the Honor Guard. The item includes a prompt taxi service number 4274 and a 15 cent price reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Fulton
Joe
Newly Weds Open Housekeeping Setup at Extra Bar Gains
A short ad notes a newly married couple ready to start housekeeping at Extra Bar Gains. It lists a phone number 2681 and address 701 as contact details for potential suppliers or clients. The item presents as a brisk classified notice for household setup services.
W J Kritzman Piano Tuner and Repairer
W J Kritzman is described as an expert piano tuner and repairer, also offering repair services for players. Orders are to be left with H P Mc Laughlin Co. and a contact phone is listed as 400.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Kritzman
H. P
McLaughlin Co
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E. A. Long
Brooklyn
Iowa
M. Paden
Belle Plain
C. E. Lambert
Columbus City
W. L. Lambert
Ollie
Jesse Pickering
H. D. Minster
C. E. Keltner
Lockridge
Edith Miller
Mt. Pleasant
Leo O'Neill
Shelbina
Rev. Heller
East Pleasant Plain
Truman Stansberry
Keota
Asaneva Petkiewicz
Muscatine
A. F. Wolfe
Pleasant Plain
Helen Hilbert
James Barnes
Dollie Wilkins
Ft. Dodge
Kk. A. Howard
Lieut
Eugene A. Howard
City
John Mosinski
Carl Copeland
United States
Savannah
Jay Copeland
Ames
Gail Dallner
Fred Dallner
Lockridge Township
Jefferson Country Club
Orpheum
Richard Stanton
Fox
Mr. Stanton
the Beast
Corps
Marshalltown
Daven,port
Flora Pond
McCord Chapter
Masonic Hall
Forest City Lodge
Clinton Lodge No. 15
A. F
A. M
C. Bock
Mrs
Frank
Fourt
Wilhelm Fink Bovos
Drmumars
Cueks
Devaux Puiugug
Ees
Devaux
Shadow Town
May Day Morn
David Dick Slater Fern Young
H. P. McLaugh
LIN CO
H. P. McLaughlin Co
W. A. McPeek
Ing Portraits
Browning Fairfield
West Broadway
C. E. Anderson
Arlo McPeek
J. M. McKain
Fairfield
Tial
Mazda
B. H. Elliott
North Main
J. Engel
Piano Tuner of
Scheffel’s Music House
James Hughes
Saumer
Ash
Fairfield Theatre
Earl Williams and
Corrine Griffith
FORD
J. W. Oliver & Son
Stiure
Sedgwick
Ralph H. Speneted
R. Stanton
John T. Davies
Undertaker
George Q. Loesch
L. E
Burlington Street
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