Local Personal Notes From Mt. Pleasant And Nearby
A crowded round of visits and returns centers on Mt. Pleasant as residents near and far are noted. Doctors, teachers, and professionals such as Dr J Arthur Roth and Prof William Bell visit family homes while others travel to Cedar Rapids and Louisville. Local workers include Joseph Bradley back at Herring Co grocer, John Gossick returning to Crail Foote meat market, and Drake Williams heading for St Paul then Louisville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gossick
Crail & Foote
Community Christmas and Relief Funds Report
R F Wilson treasurer reports a small Christmas balance and 243.25 in the relief fund as of February 1 1917. Relief fund receipts 385.70 include subscriptions 384.85 and a coal refund 0.85. Disbursements total 142.45 in December January 1917 and a February 1 1917 balance of 243.25. Decorations and entertainment funds show 190.00 receipts with 176.77 disbursed leaving 13.23 on hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. F. Wilson
L. E. Kuhns
Chilcott
County
The
Eagles, Elks and Knights of Pythias
Citizens
Obituary of Minnie Dell Brenner of Perlee
Minnie Dell Brenner, born December 25 1883 in Illinois, died February 1 1917 at her Perlee home aged 33 years 1 month 6 days. She married Dean S. Simmons on December 24 1902 and had two children Dale and Irene. Survived by husband, children, her parents, three brothers Clyde Judd Frank, a sister Nellie Williams and two more sisters Mertie Morton and Bessie Byers. Funeral held February 4 at the Perlee home conducted by Rev. M D Webber. interment Antioch cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Dell Brenner
J. L. Brenner
Illinois
Perlee
Dean S. Simmons
Dale
Irene
Iowa
Christian Church
Antioch
Clyde
Judd
Frank
Nellie
Williams
Mount Rose
South Dakota
Mertie Morton
Bessie Byers
Monmouth
Teaching Indians Is This Woman's Hobby
Salt Lake City report profiles Elizabeth Molineux a former United States Indian service teacher who resigned from Shivwits Utah to head a missionary school in Ketchikan Alaska. She has eight years experience with Indians blending religion and the three R's to gain trust and regard her pupils as friends not subjects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Elizabeth Molineux
United States Indian Service
Pluto
Indian Department
Poor Lo
Unborn film to be shown at Orpheum with ladies matinee
The Orpheum Theater will screen The Unborn this week with a Thursday ladies only matinee. The film, featuring six prize winning babies from a New York Better Babies contest, presents a WWI era birth control debate as a wholesome lesson for women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orpheum Theater
New York City
Chicago
Probate of Will Notice in Jefferson County
Notice is given that a document claimed to be the last will of William E Cowan is on file in Jefferson County Clerk of the District Court. The court sets February 20 1917 at 9:00 a m for proof and final hearing. GiO M Ball Clerk of the District Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
William E. Cowan
District Court
Geo. M. Ball
Also Mentioned on This Page
Leland Lessenger
Mt. Pleasant
Rulie Walker
Joseph Bradley
North Court Street
Herring & Co
Frank Lawson
Keota
Robert Gumm
J. Arthur Roth
Rock Rapids
M. W. Roth
Cedar Rapids
Clarence Ristine
Lesserger
A. B. Rogers
Council Bluffs
Osceola
Arthur Julian
Burlington Schools
C. N. Walmer
Beverly, Mo
M. J. Clinkenbeard
West Adams Street
William Bell
Union County Schools
Jseph Burke
Stockport
Naomi Lynn
Harlan
Fairfield
Norman Bean
Ainsworth
Mrs. James Turner
East Briggs Street
Court House
J. P. Both of
Libertyville
Clinton Lodge
A. F
A. M
Masonic Hall
Ruth Ireland
Don ‘Teal
West Madison Street
Grippe
Wilson Turner
Rock Island
Mrs
Samuel Turner
Walter Prouty of
Lockridge
William Russell
Miss Lake Emy
Ottumwa
Business College
Leo O'Brien
Galesburg, IL
W. E. Thompson
Drake Williams
St. Paul
Minn
Louisville
Kentucky
Community Christmas Fund
J. E. Ireland
Public Service Co
Ker
Wees
Fairfield Public Service Co
Worley
Thiever
Ward
Tabernacle
Wildman
Myers Grocery Co
Ray Maxwell
Graham
Stanford, Coke
R. F,. Wilson
Mrs. Molineux
Red Man
Orpheum
Fairfield Theater
Chapter
Carew
Keystone
Ford
Wilfred Lucas and
Bessie Love
Austin
Louise Lovely
William Desmond and
Enid Markey
Lieutenant Danny
Charles Murray
Jack Holt
Thorne & Son
Nemo
Athena
Tan-lac
Gauumer Bros Seveiry
Ethel Byrne
New York
Pris
America
Orpheum Theatre
Fairfield Steam Laundry
Jouset Bis
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