Local Briefs From New Year’s City Notes
Numerous short items record visits and travel among residents of the city including Carl Adams in Mt. Pleasant, Mrs. Georgia and Mrs. Harry Lloyd of Brighton, Ruth Treland in Keokuk, and others. Birth announced for a baby boy to Mr. and Mrs. Sylvan Wilson. A variety of social calls, marriages licenses, and a public dance at Fraternal Aid hall are noted along with several local business visits and travel to Des Moines, Ottumwa, and Macon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Lloyd
Harry Lloyd
Brighton
Ruth Treland
Clarry Patterson
Keokuk
Joseph Morrison
Ottumwa
James Kilpatrick
J. M. Kilpatrick
Centralia
Harry Kilp
Fraternal Aid Hall
Earl M. Sense
Gunners’ Mate School
Great Lakes
John Peterson
Margaret
Florence Jones
Oskaloosa
C. A
W. C. White
Hugh Gaumer
Des Moines
J. B. Trent
Batavia
Infant Son Mainard Omar Hoskins Dies
Mainard Omar Hoskins, infant son of Mr and Mrs Omar Hoskins, died Sunday afternoon at 2 o clock at the Jefferson County hospital. The brief obituary notes the early demise of the child. Interment plans or funeral arrangements are not provided in the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mainard Omar Hoskins
Mainard
Omar Hoskins
Jefferson County
Hos
Alice Joyce in Her Secret at Fairfield Theater
A brief notice notes Alice Joyce stars as a stenographer in Her Secret at the Fairfield theater with Harry T. Morey as costar. The item highlights her attire and appeal in the blue ribbon Vitagraph feature. Also included are local notices of a December 25 1917 birth and funeral plans, plus community ads and a lodge meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vitagraph
Perry N. Vekroff
Fairfield Theater
Alice Joyce
Red Cross Gauze and Knitting Rooms To Close Briefly
The gauze and knitting departments at the Elks club rooms will close to the public Tuesday and Wednesday, reopening Thursday at the usual hour. A box of over 1200 surgical dressings was sent out last week, made the week before Christmas, showing the women’s loyalty. The letters urge instructors to wear white aprons with long sleeves and hair coifs. the Red Cross will place its emblem after a period of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Red Cross
Elks Club
Central Division
Chicago
Reverend C. T. McCampbell Dies After Illness in Fairfield
Reverend Charles Tilford McCampbell died at his Fairfield home on December 30 1917 at 11 p m from acute heart trouble following a five week pneumonia battle He was born January 25 1854 in Bethany Indiana and married Ida Bartlett on June 14 1877 Surviving are his seven children Robert Helen Bernice Esther Mildred Harriet Charlie two brothers J A and W A Billings and sister Ella Burial is planned in Muscatine Iowa
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Tilford McCampbell
North D Street
Fairfield
Bethany
Ind
Robert H
Elvina M. McCampbell
Ida B. Bartlett
Robert
Helen
Bernice
Esther
Des Moines
Mildred
Harriet
Charlie
Camp Cody
Deming
New Mexico
Paul
Myrtle
John
J. A
Minneapolis
Minn
W. A. Billings
Mont
Miss Ella
Orosia
California
Also Mentioned on This Page
Carl Adams
Mt. Pleasant
Sianahs
V. D. Koons
Camp Dodge
Frank Pierson
Bessie Bower
Cross Lanes
Sylvian Grimsley
Davenport
J. W. Grimsley
Atty. John F. Webber
Lois Glass
Monmouth, Ill
D. L. Glass
S. B. Wisecarver
C. FE. Carlson
Charles Gaumer
Jefferson County Hospital
Guy McCormick
Mary Cochran
Fred Kann
Ethel Emry
Winfield
Pital
Harold Henry
Tribune
Thoma & Thoma
Clinton Lodge
No. 15
A. F
A. M
Masonic Hall
Irishman
Harry T. Morey
Miss Joyce
Fairfield Steam Laundry
Down Town
Jericho
Easton
C. F. Long
Starci and
Cood Repairing
C. T. McCampbell
Muscatine
Iowa
Ous Squmer Bros, Sear
Frank
Kerrick
Kutory
Reduso
W. B. Reduso
Ail Dealers
Weingarten Bros., Inc
New York
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