Local Briefs List Ottumwa Visits and Quarantine
W H Hall of Ottumwa was in the city Monday while Harry Keltner and George Samons also appeared on business. The W A Smith family on South Second Street is quarantined for Spanish influenza. John H Frush traveled to Kansas City and points in Kansas on business. The Hawkeye Rebekah Lodge will not meet until quarantine is lifted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Hall
Ottumwa
City
George Samons
County Line
W. A. Smith
So. Second St
John H. Frush
Kansas City
Kansas
Hawkeye Rebekah Lodge
Libertyville Briefs Reach Prescott and Other Towns
Mrs. R. O. Sherrick left Friday for Prescott Arizona and Los Angeles California to visit relatives. Miss Nellie Anderson has moved to Mt Pleasant for a bookkeeper and stenographer position. G F Swanson and O A Swanson went to Burlington to buy dry goods for their department store opening later this week. M B Williams and Orrin Fordyce were in Ottumwa shipping sheep and cattle. Mrs Earl Stewart Glen Harshman of Albia and Floyd Harshman of Ottumwa visited the Harshmans. Mrs T F Stansberry went to Mingo for granddaughter Maude Baker's funeral. Mrs Frank Fell and son Gerald are ill with the flu. A new gasoline lighting plant was installed in the M E church. Miss Elsie Hoffman assists in Birmingham telephone office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. O. Sherrick
Prescott
Arizona
Los Angeles
California
Nellie Anderson
Mt Pleasant
G. F. Swanson
O. A. Swanson
Burlington
I. O.0
M.B. Williams
Orrin Fordyce
Ottumwa
Earl Stewart
Glen Harshman
Albia
Floyd Harshman
Howard Harshman
T. F. Stansberry
Mingo
Iowa
Maude Baker
Frank Fell
Gerald
M. EB. Church
Elsie Hoffman
Birmingham
Red Cross Drive in Fairfield Reaches Full Swing
Fairfield reports a hearty response to the universal Red Cross membership drive underway since Monday. Canvass teams target 200 local business places and all factories aim for 100 percent membership, with the Court House nearing the goal. A soldier spontaneously enrolls after seeing others decline, underscoring the message be a soldier with a heart and a dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Universal Red Cross
Records
Roth & Co
Iowa
Iowa Fights Spirit Echoes in Tragic War Death Letter
Prof F C Ensign of the University of Iowa received a letter from Lt Col R C Phinney describing the death of Frank Grubb a former Iowa football and track star. Grubb was killed on the second day of the month while serving with H company near a machine gun nest. He carried a note reading They got me but I got two of them and remembered the Iowa Field war cry Iowa Fights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Iowa
F. C. Ensign
University of Iowa
R. C. Phinney
Frank Grubb
Col. Phinney
Notice on returning loaned bedding at Fairfield Hall
Civilians who lent mattresses comforts blankets etc are asked to call at the S A T C barracks Fairfield Hall to identify the items and have them returned. Robes for Men and Boys are available at The Drake Clothing Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield Hall
Drake Clothing Co
Christmas aid drive calls for baskets donations
Notice asks locals to contact ministers and bring food baskets to a building north of the Iowa State Savings Bank open Monday to Tuesday noon. Central committee will ensure no one is missed and avoid duplication. Rolland Butler and ministers oversee the effort with local merchants mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State Savings Bank
Central Committee
Rolland Butler
Rsse
County Price Interpreting Committee Report 1918
Week starting December 18 1918 price report shows present market price plus freight and drayage with Food Administration profit. Merchants may charge cost plus justified seller profit or higher if cost justifies but customers may demand the invoice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Food Administration
Postman Urges Early Christmas Parcel Mailing
The notice urges conserving manpower by mailing parcels early and shopping in advance. It advises depositing mail at the post office when possible, wrapping securely and addressing plainly, and placing the return address in the upper left corner.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Harry Keltner
David Lambert
Batavia
George Thompson
John G. Hughell
John McGlade
Cedar Falls
J. E. Cummings
South Court St
C. G. Taylor
Dallas
Texas
Charles Knowles
Charles Wisecarver
Sigourney
Mrs
Don Teal
John Wm. Boley
Roe Bernice Stewart
Fairfield
Perry Lewis
Liberyville
Helen Goehing
James B. Bailey
Chicago
France
Wm. Bidwell
Jefferson County Hospital
Cora Ball
Washington
Katherine Stitcher
George M. Ball
Libertyville
RED Cross Drive
Iowa Field
The
County Price Interpreting Committee
J. 8
McKenney
W. C. Spaulding
Louis White
H. C. Erickson
J. H. Stuckey
Ray Maxwell
E. C. Fligg
Walter Burns
Dean Taylor
C. W. Wade
Prunes
Ortt
Perkinsola
Dee
J. C. ‘Bradshaw Furniture Company
Man’s
East Side
the Drake Clothing CO
R. H. Maxwell
C. E. Anderson
Pillsbury’s
Plymouth Rock
van Camp
White 7
Formu
Brassieres
W.B
W. B. Comets
W.B. Forma Brassieres
Reduso
Weiocarten Bros., Inc
New York
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