Soldiers Return Home From War In Local Area
Sergt Clarence Laughridge and Sergt Frank Gantz arrive home Saturday night with honorable discharges. Numerous locals and relatives, including Mrs. Picken and Mrs. Daggett, resume normal life after visits. Reports cover Presbytery meeting, family returns, and soldiers in transit via Fort Riley and Great Lakes. The lengthy wartime letter from W C Merckens details experiences in Is sur-Tille Longuyon Verdun and Luxembourg with the 24th U S Engineers in Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Merckens
U. S. Engineers
Germany
I Will Do Your Plumbing and Heating
An advertisement by C. E. Haynes offers plumbing and heating repair service with prompt attention. The listing notes location at the third door north of the Savings Bank and provides phone number 357.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Haynes
Savings Bank
European nations seek purchase of U S submarine chasers
European countries have shown interest in buying some of the 110 foot American submarine chasers now in European waters. Secretary Daniels said the ships were being sent to various ports for inspection and the navy department, while not eager to sell, would dispose of quite a number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Issur-Tille
Void
Toul
Ligney
Longuyou
Luxemburg
Rhine
Longuyon
Germany
Dun
Stenay
Verdun
States
Hollerich
Chicago
Washington
Daniels
Navy Department
Eldridge Battery Co Willard Service Station Seeks Winter Storage
Eldridge Battery Co advertises extensive winter storage with a 75 cent monthly charge, two charges per month, and flexible pickup. Paul Sheilabarger now manages the Willard Service Station at 123 N Court St, offering expert charging, repairs, and service to over a million battery owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard
Paul Sheilabarger
Minneapolis
Eldridge
Willard Service Battery
Eldridge Battery Co
N. Court St
Bricklayers Adopt 87 Percent Iowa Wage Scale
J H Mullenix attended the state convention at Ft Dodge December 2 3 and 4 as Fairfield Local 16 representative. A minimum scale of 87 percent of the cent per hour for all bricklayers in Iowa was adopted effective April 1. J B Richey of Des Moines is president of the state body. Des Moines Local No 2 voted for a Des Moines scale of $1 12 and a half cents per hour at a meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Mullenix
Ft. Dodge
Fairfield
Iowa
J. B. Richey
Des Moines
It’s for Everybody Baptist Church Tonight
A local notice invites attendees to a community event at a church fund drive. Drake Clothing Co. offers warm clothing items at 536 plus location 553A for mittens gloves and mufflers, supporting those in need tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Church
Drake Clothing Co
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EFS
Frank Gantz
Batavia
City
Clarence R. Laughridge
Sergt
Camp Pike
Ark
W. B. Picken
Osceola
Thomas Davies
Leslie L. Daggett
Selma
Ottumwa
Verne McGumber
Capp Dodge
Ben Parks
Kansas City
H. A. Mosser
N. W. Roth
Charles W. Wade
Burlington
Orville Coen
Baby
Mt. Pleasant
L. S. McGuire
Mrs. S. O’brien
Moline, Ill
William Patterson
New York
George Patterson
Joseph Provenzo
Davenport
Mrs. Provenzo
Mrs
Ivan Ipson
Townsend Schillerstrom
Fort Riley
Kansas
Salina
William Stever
Great Lakes
John Stever
Earl Carter
Little Som
Willard Daggett
Oklahoma
Ireland
Walter Ritmiller
Bloomington
John Lamson
Jack
South Main Street
Charles Fulton
Boston
Mass
Mrs. C. J. Fulton
Lister
Russell
Regt
Holqrs
Provisional Engineers
Third Army
A. EF. F
A. J. Boyd
Europe
U. S
At ‘Ag
Aeolian
Vocalion
Froth & Co
Eveready
Hannah
Formu
Brassieres
W. B
Reduso
Tvo
Weingarten Baros., Inc
Cimcaco
Frazeys
Ana Nv
Avery
John J. Davies
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