Ottumwa Traction Service Resumed After Fare Vote
Ottumwa street car service resumes after a 6 cent fare approved by the city council 2 to 1 with Mayor Leeny voting no. The Ottumwa Railway and Light Co. grants wage increases to carmen and light and power department workers who had struck, ending more than 48 hours of disruption. Commissioner Phillips supported the measure, citing misery from a prolonged stoppage and questioning the council’s overstepping of franchise rights.
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Ottumwa
Ottumwa Railway and Light Co
Phillips
Leeny
Carmen
Light and Power
Christmas Etiquette From War to Turkey Dressings
The piece jokes about Christmas during wartime, noting President Wilson eating in France while czars fall and Nicholas remains. It wittily weighs signs of Christmas wishes, such as a turkey’s age by teeth and Santa’s parcel post, with window shopping clues for gifts like a fountain pen, a check book, and a dust spot on Jimmy’s nose indicating a desired stocking surprise.
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Jimmy
Local News Briefs From Holiday City
Board of Supervisors adjourned their meeting until Thursday morning. Ottumwa district engineer Joe Morrison is in the city on business. Fairfield residents Charles Jaques and Nora Hendrix and Clifford Brown and Gladys St. Clair received marriage licenses. Various locals visit, travel, and illness notes including Spanish influenza cases and a funeral at Evergreen cemetery.
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Board of Supervisors
Joe Morrison
Ottumwa
Charles H. Jaques
Nora Hendrix
Fairfield
Clifford Brown
Gladys St. Clair
Ex Kaiser to Hold Christmas Sermon in Amsterdam Castle
London dispatch reports ex Kaiser William Hohenzollern plans a Christmas celebration in the Amsterdam castle drawing room converted into a chapel. Berlin refused permission for the court chaplain to attend. Hohenzollern will preach with a German missionary assisting. Counts, suite, and castle staff attend. gifts declined. features include turkey and plum pudding from an old English receipt.
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London
William Hohenzollern
Daily Express
Amsterdam
Ernest von Druander
Berlin
Holland
Herr Hohenzollern
Count von Bentinck
Amerogen
Victoria
Germany
Windsor Castle
Goose Fat Helps Colds Men-tho-Eze advertised remedy
An old fashioned goose grease remedy mixed with turpentine has been updated as Men-tho-Eze with wintergreen peppermint and menthol. Rubbed on the chest it aims to draw soreness from throat and lungs in about 20 minutes. Sold in opal jars 30c and 60c, available from druggists or by mail from Fort Dodge Iowa.
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Fort Dodge
Iowa
Baron Zorn von Buch leaves Strassburg for Bastien estate
Paris December 24 Baron Zorn von Buelach former secretary of state for Alsace Lorraine is invited to depart Strassburg and will retire to his Bastien estate according to the Temps.
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Bulach
Paris
Baron Zorn von Buelach
Alsace-Lorraine
Strassburg
Bastien
Eat Your Christmas Dinner at the Leggett
Telephone for reservations. John V. practical piano tuner. Phone 2412. 5-13.
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the Leggett
John V
I Will Do Your Plumbing and Heating Service
C E Haynes advertises plumbing and heating repairs with prompt attention. Located third door north of Savings Bank, phone 357. Address 408 28.
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C. E. Haynes
Savings Bank
Christmas Boxes Packed For Camp Dodge And Fort Des Moines
More than 1200 of the 5000 Christmas boxes prepared by the Red Cross are filled for soldiers in hospitals at Fort Des Moines and Camp Dodge. Trucks from Camp Dodge have transported the boxes to the cantonment for Christmas Day delivery.
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Des Moines
Red Cross
Fort Des Moines
Camp Dodge
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Czar
Nicholas
Russia
King Nicholas
Montenegro
St. Nicholas
Santa Caus
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John Glenn
Jefferson City, Mo
Mrs
George Mart
John Bartlett
Grinnell
Mina Fulton
Dayton High School
City
West Washington Street
Sergt. Goodban
Quantico
Virginia
W. F. Goodban
Upland
Calif
Mrs. L. S. McGuire
Moline
Inl
Glen Gantz
The
Great Lakes
Ed. Blakeway
Basin
Wyoming
Carl Head
Danville
Harriet
Edith Coleson
Burlington
Arthur Johnson
Frank Christy
Loudon Machinery Co
J. S. Howell
Winfield Howell
Wapello
C. J. Fulton
Washington
Katherine Stichter
George Miller
Evergreen Cemetery
Claude Laughlin
Odessa, Mo
Laughlin
Harry [. Ball
R. M. Day
Minneapolis, Minn
W. FE. Harris
Roy L. Coop
Quantico, Va
Mrs. al. Coop
Perlee
Ila Miller
Oskaloosa
J. A. Huglin
Kaiser
Dodge
Cascara
Mr. Hill
Frank D. Kerrick
Tribune
PHORE
T. Davies
Swift & Company
U.S.A
Frazeys
Emas
Richardson
Richardson Hardware Store
Pocket Knives
Sand Toys
Richardson Hardware Co
Vocalion
H. P. McLaughlin Co
Formu
Brassieres
W. B
W.B
W.b. Reduso
Wringarten Baros., Inc
New York
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