Funeral for Ellis Peebler Sunday
Funeral services for Ellis Peebler a former Libertyville resident who died Thursday at his Udell home were held Sunday at 11 am from his daughter Mrs R R Parkers southeast of Batavia with Rev Samuel Goughner in charge. He was over eighty born in Hancock Illinois. Survived by wife and children George B Batavia Ira and Dan Libertyville Lewis and James Batavia Mrs Nora Glenn Los Angeles Cal Mrs R R Parker Batavia and Mrs Ada Harper Lucas.
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Ellis Peebler
Udell
George B
Batavia
Ira
Dan
Libertyville
Lewis and James
Nora Glenn
Los Angeles
Cal
R. R. Parker
Ada Harper
Lucas
Big Dinner at County Home Feasts Inmates on Christmas
Inmates at the Jefferson County Farm enjoyed a Christmas dinner with roast chicken dressing mashed potatoes gravy buns cranberries mince pie doughnuts and coffee and milk. The meal marked the holiday celebration for residents.
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Jefferson County
Christmas program delights Free Methodist Church crowd
A crowded Christmas exercises program at the Free Methodist Church on West Monroe Street drew praise. H. C. Hoagland led the event with readings and songs, Rev. Behner offered prayers, and Miss Allie Stewart was lauded for her efforts. Children received candy, apples, and nuts as a closing treat.
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Free Methodist Church
West Monroe Street
H. C. Hoagland
Raymond Stewart
Behner
Allie Stewart
Stockholders meeting at First National Bank of Fairfield
The annual stockholders meeting for the election of a board of directors will be held at the bank in Fairfield Iowa between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Tuesday January 9 1917. Dated Fairfield Iowa December 12 1916. Frank S Boies cashier.
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First National Bank of Fairfield
Fairfield
Iowa
Frank S. Boies
Girl A Homesteader Miss Nettle Rogers Plans Fruit Farm
Mountain Home Ark Miss Nettle Rogers eighteen files a homestead claim on 150 acres at Flintridge to grow fruit and engage in truck farming. A Monticello Agricultural School graduate she is among the region’s few women pursuing rough Mountain land farming with grit.
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Mountain Home
Ark
Army Bans Watermelon In Gloomy Camp Report
Army camps in Bl Vaso Texas fear a pest outbreak after an order bans watermelons. An army fly expert claims watermelon rind cannot be burned or buried properly, causing concerns about disease spread.
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Vaso
Tex
South West
Breed Dineuse
Biggest Meeting Of Scientists Opens In New York
About six thousand attendees gather for the sixty-eighth annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Affiliated bodies join in convention as hotels fill with discussions on diplodocace and the fourth dimension. over four thousand talks will cover recent advances in natural philosophy and applied science.
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New York
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Endicott
Botanisix
McAlpin
Astor
University Hall
Columbia University
Prisoners Freed by Governor Crampton in Marion
Governor A B Crampton of the Soldiers Home released seventeen prisoners from the guard house in Marion Indiana on December 26. He delivered a lecture urging them to live right in the future and said he was extending a spirit of Him whose holiday season is celebrated.
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Marion
Ind
A. B. Crampton
Soldiers
Woman Acquitted of Forgery in Evansville Case
Evansville Indiana December 26 The jury acquitted Mrs Mabel Coleman twenty five years old accused of forcing a check on Frank Ireland Mackey Indiana cattle buyer who she said had represented himself as unmarried though he had a family in Mackey
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Evansville
Ind
Mabel Coleman
Frank Ireland
Mackey
Skaters Escape Wolves on Lake Super bor
Three trappers Charles Leonard George Weston and Bert Parior were pursued by a wolf pack over the ice on Lake Superior in Standish Michigan. They strapped on skates and reached a cabin after a three mile race for life.
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Standish, Mich
Charles Leonard
George Weston
Bert Parior
Lake Superbor
New Note Drive on Europe
Official copies of Secretary Lansing s two statements of Thursday on President Wilson s notes to the belligerents have been sent to all American diplomats abroad for the information of the governments to which they are accredited.
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Washington
Lansing
Wilson
Schwab to Endow St Franeta College in Pennsylvania
Mr. Schwab told Baltimore friends he will endow his alma mater St Franeta College at Loretto with 2 million dollars. The gift mainly funds new buildings to replace aging facilities and to add structures as the college grows.
Holiday visitors and events reported in Libertyville items
Local column lists many holiday visitors including Grace Glotfelty Mt. Morris Leela Linder Jessie Hoffman Isabell Bishop Cedar Falls Wyndon Davis Iowa City Lee Gallup Owen Linder Ames Jia Glotfelty Mt. Pleasant Ruth Fulton Roy Copeland Ottumwa Warren Glotfelty Parsons College Nellie Burnaugh Myra Grebe Iris Hoffman Fairfield Raymond Swanson Des Moines Floyd Harshman Albia and L. H. Haney of Alberta as guest of J. W. Haney Others attend gatherings at the Farrel and Shipler households. Community notices cover church events house parties and hospitalities with several guests from Albia Ames Burlington Bonaparte Yar mouth and beyond.
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Grace
Frank Glotfelty
Mt. Morris
Leela Linder
Jessie Hoffman
Isabell Bishop
Cedar Falls
Wyndon Davis
Iowa City
Lee Gallup
Owen Linder
Ames
Jia Glotfelty
Mt. Pleasant
Ruth Fulton
Roy Copeland
Ottumwa
Warren Glotfelty
Parsons College
Nellie Burnaugh
Myra Grebe
Iris Hoffman
Fairfield
Raymond Swanson
Des Moines
Floyd Harshman
Albia
Frank Hurst
Nellie Anderson
Lester Burnaugh Sr
C. W. Leppo
Harley Yost
The
Presbyterian Church
KE. W. Stodghill
Jacob Glotfelty
Rock Island
Clara Corbett
Burlington
Clarence Linder
Whiteley
Bonaparte
Edwin Linder
Yarmouth
W. V. Linder
Tanlac Promises Renewal for Tired Lives in Fairfield Ad
A Tanlac advertisement claims the tonic revitalizes the body by improving digestion and liver and kidney function. It targets run down men and women needing stronger appetite, steadier digestion, and nervous system support. It notes availability at Gaumer Bros. drug store in Fairfield.
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Fairfield
Gaumer Bros
Local notices and classifieds reader’s page highlights
A collage of small ads and notices includes property sales on easy terms due by March 1, job request for a bookkeeper and office girl, found money at the courthouse and on West Broadway, requests for false teeth buyers, a lost purse and money, rentable rooms on South Main, sale or trade of a Victor Victrola, and an exchange offer for raw South Dakota land with detailed acre prices and conditions from A M Kauffman of Fairfield Iowa.
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Tetfield
Scouts Main
W. McCinin
Tribune Office
Victor Vietrola
Banta
East Lowe
South Dakota
A. M. Kauffman
Fairfield
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Miss Briggs
Europe
Charles M. Schwab
Steel Master
American Press Association
Jesse L. Lasky
Marie Doro
Columbia Pictures Corp
William Nigh
Irene Hawley
William Fox
Robert Mantell
Genevieve Hamper
Virginia Pearson
People's
Journal
Bach
West
Burlington Street
Western Metal Company
Bloomington
Ilinois
West Broadway
Montgomery
Redick & Russell
Turney Wagon Works
Walker
William W. Walker
Frank D. Kerrick
Iowa State Savings Bank
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