Local Briefs From The City Community Notes
Wilford Liming of Chicago visits relatives here. C J Gavin and daughters travel to Mt Pleasant for the death of Mrs J B Cormick. Ed Ulm suffered a stroke on South Third Street. Fred Bean of Wetmore Colorado responds to his mother Mrs E A Wright’s death. Herschel Carl visits Ottumwa. Mrs John Winn of Libertyville shops in the city. Wendell Glotfelty from Great Lakes Training Camp visits his mother Mrs Ed Leffelty. Mrs Clayton Nott hospitalized at Mt Pleasant. Mrs E E Watson and daughter Margaret return home after two weeks in Ionia Nashua. Mrs L E Koenig ill with tonsillitis bronchitis. Prof E E Watson preached in Brighton. Mrs James E Orton leaves for Portland Oregon to join Ensign James BE Orton. Hugh Bennett and baby Maxine head to Muscotah Kansas for holidays. Mrs A K Wilson of Topeka visits sister Mrs John Oliver. Wm D Junkin from Chariton attends funeral of aunt Mrs Ella M Clark. Harvey McCleary of Abingdon visits. Mrs Morgan Trewitt returns home via Germanville. Frank and Mrs Frank Glotfelty visit Libertyville. Lillie Gilchrist Libertyville and Charles Gilchrist Gildford meet Mrs T F McNew. Lucretia Miller Stewart paralyzed at home North Court. C C Griswold Allerton visits his mother Mrs J J Welday. John Goodell Germanville visits. Birth announced Alice Louise Clark December 18 Creede Colorado. Marriage licenses issued December 15 Emry Lamnam and Anna M Stump. Stanley Watts and Fannie Elde. Today Frank Danny and Awilda Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucretia Miller Stewart
North Court Street
C. C. Griswold
Allerton
J. J. Welday
John Goodell
Germanville
Alice Louise
D. BE. Clark
Creede, Cole
Clark
Sadie Gossick
Emry Lamnam
Elden
Anna M., Stump
Libertyville
Stanley Watts
Birmingham
Fannie Elde
Agency
Frank Danny
Eldon
Awilda Moore
Fredric
Various Society Meetings and Christmas Events at Local Homes
The W C T U meets at Mrs B B Parks home on South Fourth Street with Rev Keesey speaking. Young Weller Roxitory gathers at Miss Short’s South Court Street home to pack the Xmas box. Philathea Bible Class hosts a Xmas party at Miss Fern Hewitt’s West Washington Street home. A pie social and parcel post sale happen at Chandler School Buchanan No 3 Tuesday evening. Pythian Sisters hold a regular meeting with initiation and business. A Christmas party at the High School gym honors the faculty with a 16 foot tree and gifts. Senior girls host farewell dinner for Senior boys at Laura Light home with decorated rooms and a color-themed menu. Skating Rink opens tonight at the Airdome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wedell Roxitory
Miss Short
South Court Street
The
Methodist Church
Chandler School
Buchanan No. 3
Laura Light
Bessie Kemp
Florence Light
Exemption Board Sends 90 More Notifications
The Exemption Board today issued notices to the second group of men numbered 1 through 17 to appear for questionnaires. Saturday’s group of 1 to 80 had been notified. Those men have seven days to respond or appear, with the first eighty due by December 24 and the second by December 26. Daniel F Kirfman of Batavia was the first to appear today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exemption Board
Daniel F. Kirfman
Batavia
Civil Service Exams May Be Held In Fairfield
Assistant Postmaster L. Mc Chesney reports a letter aims to boost Fairfield civil service testing. Myrtle Coop of Fairfield, examined in Des Moines, has been hired as a clerk in Washington at 1100 dollars yearly, prompting talk of local exams to recruit four or five applicants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Myrtle Coop
Des Moines
Quartermaster General
Washington, D. C
L. McChesney
Civil Service Board
Burlington
Obituary: John DeMarsh Former Coal Merchant Dies at 75
John DeMarsh, long time coal yard operator in the city, died last night at his niece Mrs. C. FE. Sappenfield’s home in Valley Junction after poor health following his wife’s death in 1917. A Civil War veteran, he lived in Ottuma for years and returned to the city in later life. Remains to be brought here tomorrow at 6 10 PM with funeral arrangements announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John DeMarsh
C. FE. Sappenfield
Valley Junction
Mr. DeMarsh
Wishibee
Ottuma
DeMareh
Boys and Girls Asked to Join Stocking Club
Commissioner Frank collects stockings for Fairfield’s poor children. Boys and girls may join by paying a membership fee—a pair of stockings filled with Christmas cheer—at School Headquarters by next Saturday December 22nd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank
Fatarfield
Scoul
Nice fat ducks for Christmas
P. R. Wagoner advertises ducks for Christmas with contact via phone 4620. The listing reads as a household sale note likely from a local classifieds page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. R. Wagoner
Also Mentioned on This Page
Trelana
Wilford Liming
Chicago
C. J. Gavin
Mt. Pleasant
J. B. Cormick
Ed. Ulm
South Third Street
Fred Bean
Wetmore, Colo
E. A. Wright
Herschel Carl
Ottumwa
John Winn
City
Wendell Glotfelty
Great Lakes Training Camp
Ed.leffelty
Clayton Nott
E. E. Watson
Margaret
Ionia
Nashua
L. E. Koenig
North C Street
Presbyterian Church
Brighton
James E. Arton
Portland
Oregon
F. P. McGahan
Ensign James BE. Orton
U. S. No
Hugh Bennett
Baby
Maxine
Muscotah
Kansas
A. K. Wilson
Topeka, Kansas
John Oliver
Wm. D. Junkin
Chariton
Ella M. Clark
Harvey McCleary
Abingdon
Morgan Trewitt
Frank Glotfelty
Lillie Gilchrist
Liberty_ ville
Charles Gilchrist
Gild_ ford, Mont
T. F. McNew
Bb. 8S. Parks
South Fourth Street
Keesey
Pythian Sisters
Darrell Bradshaw
Willard Daggett
Alto
Gether
Ascaloped
Angel
Light
Dorothy Blake
Madeline Peterson
Mabel Lundquist
Nellie Scovel
Loretta McKee
Ada Greiner
Anna Roth
Kathryn Shelby
Grace Kemp
Gladys Workman
Sarah Bell
Ruth Taylor
Bruce Mellis
Orin Cop
Pock
Paul Ferrer
Calvin Leovil
Airdome
A. V. Frazey & Son FurNiture and Undertaking
North Court
J. M. Shoemaker
Jug
Howe
Brunswick Phonographs
Qumer Bros
Box Candy
Martha Washington
McLaughlin Co
Fairfield Theatre
Taxie
Earl Richmond and
Dorothy Kelly
Swamp
Adder
Joe Welch
U. S
R. H. Maxwell
CliMax Grocery
East Side
College Dramatic
Sudumann
the Maker
Downs
Dean Elizabeth Stanwood
Lea Buckles Roth
Jericho & Easton’s
John T. Davis
Undertaker
George Q. Loesch
L. E
Burlington Street
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