Local Briefs Highlight City Visitors and Returning Residents
Miss Florence Taylor of Libertyville and Miss Flora Lamson of Des Moines visit the city. Mrs Hattie Stephens arrives en route to Mt Pleasant for hospital care with a nurse. E D Y Cullertson travels to Primghar after Christmas. Mrs Frances Sears returns from Minneapolis due to daughter Bertha’s Spanish influenza illness. A baby boy born to Mr and Mrs Carl Garmoe on East Adams. The Turners return from Lockridge. Lamont and Black family guests join Mr and Mrs F J L Black. Mrs Charles Glotfelty returns from Birmingham. Frank Higby resumes work in Davenport after Christmas. The Connor family from Kahoka, Mo visit. Mrs Harry Kennedy and daughter Helen spend a day in Ottumwa. Mrs Joe Robinson leaves for Des Moines to visit her mother. Mr and Mrs William Neibert spend Thursday in Ottumwa. Clair LeBarr returns to Brooklyn after leave with his mother. The Lamson family hosts John Lamson and son Jack from Chicago. Mr and Mrs E B Kearns and daughters visit for death of Frank H Simpson Jr. Mrs Everett Fry visits Libertyville. First Sgt Wade Flinspach returns from Flying School in Memphis to spend Christmas with family. Sgt and Mrs R Glenn Whitmer back from Madison for holidays. Whitmore, enlistee last spring, sought a commission in Washington. honorably discharged Dec 24.
Allies to bar neutrals from peace talks
Paris dispatch says neutrals will not join the peace conference. They may file claims to a special body formed by the conference and may participate in deliberations on a rescue of nations. Major powers expect to decide admission with broad recognition plans for new states and entities emerging from the war.
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Paris
United States
Great Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Czecho-Slovak Republic
Siberia
Finland
Ukraine
Esthenia
Russia
Austria
Turkey
Palestine
Mesopotamia
General Conference
Pay for S A T C Expenses
Equitable financial adjustments will be made by the War Department with educational institutions that suffered losses from demobilization of the students' Army Training Corps. Maj. Ralph Barton Perry notes that many students will face hardships, but no man inducted into S A T C was promised government funded education, only military training with service needs in view.
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New York
War Department
Army Training Corps
Ralph Barton Perry
Committee On Education of
Army General Staff
Merchants’ Association
Army
Luxemburgs Hopes Divided Over Luxemburg Union
Paris reports a Luxemburg government delegation stirring talk on the state’s future. The middle class leans toward Belgium union while workers favor France alignment. Both powers would welcome Luxemburg inside their borders, but no conflict has emerged. The final decision rests with the Luxemburgers.
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Paris
Luxemburg
Belgium
France
Luxemburgers
Italy's war losses total 2.8 million in new report
New York reports Col Ugo Pizzarello of the Italian army arriving on a government mission cites Italy's combined wartime losses at 2.8 million. He says disease caused about 800,000 deaths in the war zone, with 500,000 killed and 2,000,000 wounded missing or imprisoned.
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New York
Italy
Ugo Pizzarello
JAPAN ENVoys REACH AMERICA FOR VERSAILLES TALKS
Baron Nobuaki Makino head of the Japanese delegation arrived in San Francisco from Japan aboard the Tenyo Maru. The party includes high government officials and will depart for New York for the Versailles peace conference.
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San Francisco
Nobuaki Makino
Japan
New York
Hobey Baker Killed Abroad in Plane Crash
Paris reports Hobey Baker, famed Princeton athlete and American army aviator, died in a plane crash while flying Saturday. The renowned World War I era flyer was killed in an accident abroad near Ton or at a distant location as tributes mention his service and athletic legacy.
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Princeton
France
Paris
Hobey Baker
Red Oak Soldier Receives Bravery Citation for WWI Action
Owen C. Hawkins of Company M, 168th Infantry, Red Oak, Iowa, earned a bravery citation after directing a platoon and seizing an enemy machine gun post with seventeen fighters near Fliery on September 12. He received a commission as lieutenant following the action and was one of three Iowa soldiers selected to assist in the third Liberty Loan campaign. He reported to his mother that war news reached them as they learned of the armistice.
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Red Oak
Owen C. Hawkins
168Th Infantry
Hawkins
Iowa
France
Fliery
I Will Do Your Plumbing and Heating
An advertisement stating prompt plumbing and heating service by C. E. Haynes located third door north of the Savings Bank with a contact at bey pall 408 28.
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C. E. Haynes
Savings Bank
Bey Pall
Heal Skin Diseases with Zemo Remedy
Treat eczema blotches ringworm and rashes with Zemo a penetrating liquid sold at drugstores for 35c or 1.00 for a large bottle. It soothes cleanses and heals skin quickly with no greasiness. Easy to apply and inexpensive delivered by The E W Rose Co Cleveland Ohio.
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E. W. Rose Co
Cleveland, O
Treasury recall of unsold 1918 War Savings stamps
The Treasury issued instructions to recall all unsold War Savings stamps of the 1918 series. In their place, stamps from the 1919 series will be supplied. Secretary Glass said holders will be redeemed at the $5 value in January 1923, even if the full $100 has not been obtained.
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Washington
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury Glass
Alcohol for cars price at Star Garage
An OCR fragment notes alcohol for cars priced at $1.00 per ar lon at Star Garage. Readable portion suggests a pricing or service line but lacks full context or complete wording. Further text is needed for a precise, publishable summary.
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Arlon
Star Garage
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Flora Lamson
Des Moines
Mrs
Ralph Lamson
Hattie Stephens
Mt. Pleasant
E. D. Y. Cullertson
Primghar
Frances Sears
Minneapolis
Bertha
Carl Garmoe
East Adams Street
James Turner
Lockridge
Mrs. F., L. Black
Ada of
Lamont
Mr. Black
F. J. L Black
Charles Glotfelty
Bimingham
Frank Higby
Davenport
John Connor
Dorothy
Kahoka, Mo
Harry Kennedy
Helen
Ottumwa
Joe Robinson
William Neibert
Clair LeBarr
Brooklyn
N. Y
Emma LaBarr
John Lamson
Jack
Chicago
South Main Street
E. B. Kearns
Margaret
Janet
Cedar Rapids
Frank H. Simpson Jr
Everett Fry
Wade Flinspach
Park Field Flying School
Memphis, Tenn
F. L. Flinspach
North Court Street
Sergt
R. Glenn Whitmer
Madison
Wis
Flinspach
Sergt. Whitmore
U. S. Army
University of Wisconsin
Washington, D. C
America
Baron Makino
Versailles
Frazers
Frank D. Kerrick
Tribune
John T. Davies
U. S
Cicago
Ilinois
Paris Exposition
JDER
Klume
Froth & Co
Unkrich’s Dry Goods Store
Unkrich
Fairfield
Formu
Brassieres
W.B. Forma Brassieres
W. B
W. B. Reduso
Weringarten Bros., Inc
Swift & Company
U.S. A
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