Funeral for Ellis Peebler Sunday
Funeral services for Ellis Peebler a former Libertyville area resident who died Thursday were held Sunday at 11 from his daughter Mrs R R Parker's home southeast of Batavia Rev Samuel Goughner officiated the interment was in Dunkard cemetery Peebler over eighty was born in Hancock Indiana and spent most of his later years near Libertyville Survivors include wife and eight children George B Batavia Ira and Dan Libertyville Lewis and James Batavia Mrs Nora Glenn Los Angeles CA 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 Christmas Dinner for Inmates at County Farm
Inmates at the Jefferson County Farm marked Christmas with a large dinner. The menu included roast chicken with dressing, mashed potatoes and gravy, buns, cranberries, candy, mince pie, doughnuts, coffee and milk, and nuts.
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Jefferson County
Children Give Fine Program at Free Methodist Christmas Exercises
The Free Methodist Church on West Monroe Street hosted a crowded Christmas program Sunday evening led by H. C. Hoagland. Raymond Stewart read scripture with Rev. Behner giving the prayer, as children performed recitations and songs. Miss Allie Stewart received praise for training, and the program ended with a candy and fruit treat for teachers and classes including visiting children.
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Free Methodist Church
West Monroe Street
H. C. Hoagland
Raymond Stewart
Behner
Allie Stewart
First National Bank of Fairfield Holds Annual Stockholders Meeting
Notice announces the annual meeting of stockholders of the First National Bank of Fairfield Iowa to elect a board of directors for the ensuing year. The meeting runs 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday January 9 1917 at the bank’s building. Frank S. Boies cashier.
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First National Bank of Fairfield
Fairfield
Iowa
Frank S. Boies
Girl A Homesteader Miss Rogers Plans Fruit Farm
Miss Nettle Rogers, eighteen, filed a homestead claim on 150 acres at Flintridge in Mountain Home Arkansas to grow fruit and truck crops. A Monticello Agricultural School graduate, she is among the region’s youngest homesteaders and embraces rugged land farming with determined plans for future success.
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Miss Briggs
Mountain Home
Ark
Rogers
Monticello School
Army bans watermelons over rind disposal issue
El Paso reports that army authorities ban watermelons because watermelon rind cannot be burned or buried properly. An army fly expert cites rind as the only garbage that fails disposal methods and may fuel disease.
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el Paso
Tex
South West
Biggest Meeting of Scientists Opens in New York
About six thousand scientists gather for the sixty eighth annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science along with fifty affiliated bodies. Entomologists botanists zoologists occupy key hotels as papers and addresses cover recent advances. events run Wednesday through Friday at Columbia University with public access.
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New York
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Endicott
McAlpin
Astor
University Hall
Columbia University
Governor Frees Seventeen Prisoners With Lecture
Marion Indiana December 26 Governor A B Crampton of the Soldiers Home granted seventeen prisoners in the guard house their liberty and delivered a lecture urging them to live upright lives in the future. He said he extended the spirit of the holiday season.
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Marion
Ind
A. B. Crampton
Soldiers’ Home
Woman Acquitted of Forgery in Evansville Case
The jury acquitted Mrs. Mabel Coleman, twenty five, of forging a check on Frank Ireland, cattle buyer of Mackey Indiana. She alleged Ireland had misrepresented himself as unmar ried though he had a family in Mackey.
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Evansville
Ind
Mabel Coleman
Frank Ireland
Mackey
Skaters Escape Wolves on Lake Superior
Three trappers Charles Leonard George Weston and Bert Purier recount being chased by a wolf pack over the ice on Lake Superior. They strapped on skates and finished a three mile race for life to reach a cabin.
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Standish, Mich
Pec
Charles Leonard
George Weston
Bert Purier
Lake Superior
Note From Lansing Sent To Diplomats On Wilson Notes
Official copies of Secretary Lansing statements regarding President Wilson notes to belligerents were sent to all American diplomats abroad. The aim is to inform governments to prevent misconstruction of the President's aims.
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Washington
Lansing
Wilson
Schwab Plans $2 Million Endowment for St Franeta College
Mr. Schwab told Baltimore friends he will endow St Franeta College in Loretto Pennsylvania with two million dollars. Most of the gift funds new buildings to replace aging structures and to add facilities as the school grows.
Holiday visitors and local names listed for Libertyville
The column lists numerous visitors and residents home for the holidays. Grace Glotfelty and others from Mt. Morris Ill and nearby towns visit Cedar Falls Iowa City Albia Fairfield Des Moines Ottumwa and Mt. Pleasant. A Rock Island train incident injured Jacob Glotfelty and several local families host relatives and guests during Christmas season.
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Grace
Frank Glotfelty
Mt. Morris
Ill
Leela Linder
Jessie Hoffman
Isabell Bishop
Cedar Falls
Wyndon Davis
Iowa City
Lee Gallup
Owen Linder
Amellla 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
J. W. Hearst
Frank Hurst
Nellie Anderson
Ames
Lester Burnaugh Sr
C. W. Leppo
Harley Yost
The
Presbyterian Church
E. W. Stodghill
Jacob Glotfelty
Rock Island
Widespread Classified Ads Include Real Estate and wanted items
Listings show 80 acre near Verfield with house and barn for sale on easy terms by March 1. South Main street houses for sale or rent and various rooms for rent. Wanted bookkeeper and office girl at Tribune. Lost money and purse found. Buyer offers for dry wood and false teeth up to two dollars. Exchange offer for Raw South Dakota lands with detailed acreages and farm prospects. Contact A M Kauffman Fairfield Iowa.
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Verfield
Victor Victrola
Banta
East Lowe
Q. Depot
South Dakota
A. M. Kauffman
Fairfield
Tanlac Offered As Remedy In Fairfield Drug Store Ad
A promotional text discusses fatigue and sluggish digestion, praising Tanlac as a natural tonic. It claims Tanlac can revive dormant organs, improve appetite and digestion, and restore strength for run down individuals. The product is advertised as available at Gaumer Bros. drug store in Fairfield.
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Fairfield
Gaumer Bros
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Europe
Charles M. Schwab
Steel Master
American Press Association
Libertyvlle
L. H. Haney
Alberta
Canada
J. W .Haney
C. R. Swanson
Loren Pratt
Farrel
Frieda Goehring
Osceola
Laura Shiplier
Clara Corbett
Burlington
Clarence Linder
Mrs. Whiteley
Bonaparte
Edwin Linder
Yarmouth
W. V. Linder
People's
Tribune Office
South Main Street
Journal
Bach
West
Burlington Street
Western Metal Company
Bloomington
Illinois
West Broadway
Jesse L. Lasky
Marie Doro
Columbia Pictures Corp
William Nigh
Irene Hawley
William Fox
Robert Mantell and
Genevieve Hamper
Virginia Pearson
Montgomery
Redick & Russell
Turney Wagon Works
Walker
William W. Walker
Frank D. Kerrick
Iowa State Savings Bank
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