Local personals list many visitors and trips across towns
Mrs Lela Stapleton visits her mother Mrs G W Mintoyne in Moline Ill. Mrs Fred Greber moved to Davenport Sanitarium. Mrs B G Orris visits sister Mrs H E Bishop in Ottumwa. Mrs W A Root and Mrs Ralph Green visit daughter in Lucas. Ellen Anderson visits Washington. Mr and Mrs W H Mohr vacation in Hot Springs and Flora. E G Fligg attends Marco convention in Chicago. Roy Judd returns from Michigan business. C E Daniels of Des Moines in city on business. Mrs Alice B Booker visiting from Chicago visits Ottumwa. Baby boy born to Mr and Mrs Al Harper southeast of city. Rebekah district convention in Batavia. Rev H A Mosser attends Lincoln’s birthday gathering in Ottumwa. R E Schramm of Chicago on business. Vern E Myers of Waterloo visits C E Keltner. Pearl Gardner of Ainsworth visits Des Moines. C L Graham of Des Moines in city on business. Anna Sappenfield of Davenport visits. Miss June Chidester returns from Ames after Boys' and Girls' Club Work conference. Frank Martin of Douds-Leando in city yesterday. Miss Florence Howard of Chicago visiting Mrs G W Gaumer’s cousin. Frank Ward visiting with Rev and Mrs C E Ward. H A Snyder of Waterloo Grand Secretary of the Royal Arcanum in city. Ralph H Munro travels to Holyoke Colorado on business. L W Elmore of Pleasant Plain visits city yesterday.
Food Pinch Grows as German Diet Tightens in Berlin
A Berlin correspondent reports rapid food shortages and rising prices five months into wartime Germany. Potatoes limited to ten ounces weekly. flour scarce. long bakery lines form. Meat allowances fall to 5 to 5½ ounces weekly in Greater Berlin, with fats and oils scarce and expensive. Goose fat and hazelnut oil reach high prices. beer often unusable off premises. many items vanish from shelves. Prices for dried salt fish and smoked eel rise as shortages bite daily meals.
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Stockholm
New York
Germany
Associated Press
Berlin
Governor Harding as Guest Speaker at Pythians Banquet
The Knights of Pythias banquet in Forest City will feature Governor W. L. Harding as guest of honor on March 2. The event, delayed from February 22, will be the largest in the lodge’s history with limited tickets and guests allowed.
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Harding K
Knights of Pythias
W. L. Harding
Harding
Fairfield
K. of P
Order
Gasoline Thaw Fire Endangers Petersburg Shop Workers
In Petersburg Indiana on February 15 a dry cleaning plant explosion followed attempts to thaw a frozen gas line with steam. A fifteen gallon tank ruptured spraying flames sixty feet high. Frank Thomas owner and three workers were burned, Edwin Thomas seriously so, while Edmund Tom es and H H Tislow aided others. Edwin believed fatally burned.
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Petersburg
Ind
Frank Thomas
Thomas
Arthur Morrison
Edwin Thomas
Tislow
H. H. Tislow
Salem Hammond
Mrs James Hamilton Lewis Seeks D A R Presidency
Washington Feb 15 Mrs James Hamilton Lewis wife of the Illinois senator is reported as an administration candidate for D A R president general. Her entry follows three declared candidates and may gain backing from Mrs Story the present president general.
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Washington
James Hamilton Lewis
Ilinois
Story
Strange sails to Norway to wed amid war fears
Alfred Strange of Aurora leaves for Norway to marry a bride. He travels from New York aboard the Danish vessel Frederick VIII, the same ship Count Von Bernstorff, the former German ambassador, rides home on. The fiancé drew back at first fearing mines and torpedoes until a confirming cable from the passenger list eased her doubts.
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Aurora
Ill
Alfred Strange
Norway
New York
Frederick VIII
Count von Bernstorff
Strange
Loth
Cable
The Newly Rich and a Saving Hope in Home
A dramatic note on wealth and excess follows the Triangle play Home starring Bessie Barriscale. The production features Charles Ray and Louise Glaum and plays at the Fairfield Theater tomorrow.
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Bessie Barriscale
Miss Barriscale
Charles Ray
Louise Glaum
Fairfield Theater
Despondent Laborer Ends Life in Pennville
Richmond Ind Feb 15. George Medler eighty one a laborer and bachelor ended his life at home in Pennville by shooting himself with a revolver unused for thirty years. Coroner R D Morrow said he was injured five weeks ago by an interurban car. Despondent over his first illness the man shot himself.
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Richmond
Ind
George Medler
Pennville
R. D. Morrow
Guards Placed on Bridge Over Kaskaskia River
In Decatur Illinois on February 15 seven guards were stationed by the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad on the Kaskaskia River bridge south of Shelbyville. The bridge is Illinois highest railway structure and stretches about 400 yards with two United States secret service men accompanying the guards.
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Decatur
Ill
Chicago and Eastern
Wisconsin Fight Revenue Share Boost Bill Introduced
Madison February 15. A bill by Representative John P Donnelly Milwaukee seeks to raise Wisconsin’s state share of gross receipts from fights from 5 percent to 7 4 percent. The measure aims to increase state revenue from combat events held in the state.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
John P. Donnelly
Milwaukee
Guards Begin Home From Border Tour
The Fifth Maryland infantry at Eagle Pass the Seventy fourth New York infantry at McAllen and Batteries A and 60 Alabama field artillery at Douglas are scheduled to start home from the border.
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San Antonio
Tex
Maryland Infantry
Eagle Pass
New York Infantry
McAllen
Alabama Field Artillery
Douglas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lela Stapleton
Moline, Ill
G. W. Mintoyne
Fred Greber
Davenport
B. G. Orris
H. E. Bishop
Ottumwa
W. A. Root
Ralph Green
Lucas
Fred Nelson
Ellen Anderson
Mrs
W. H. Mohr
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Floria
E. G. Fligg
Chicago
Roy Judd
Michigan
C. E. Daniels
Des Moines
Alice B. Booker
C. W. Trowbridge
al. P. Harper
Rebekah
Jefferson County
Batavia
H. A. Mosser
Lincoln
R. E. Schramm
Vern E. Myers
Waterloo
C. E. Keltner
Pearl Gardner
Ainsworth
G. W. Gaumer
C. L. Graham
Mss
Anna Sappenfield
June Chidester
Ames
Frank Martin
Douds-Leando
Florence Howard
Harry Ratcliff
Frank Ward
Rev
C. E. Ward
H. A. Snyder
The
Royal Arcanum
Ralph H. Munro
Holyoke, Colorado
L. W. Elmore
Pleasant Plain
American Press Association
Benjamin R. Tillman
South Carolina
Senate Naval Committee
Mrs. Lewis
D. A. R. Head
Illinois
Bernstorff
Jon
Sole
DR. Reed
E. Anderson
Gaumer Bros
Ray Maxwell
Agqiio
Helen Holmes
Medicine Bend Western and Railroad D
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the Square
Ward Lumber Yard
Stubbs Building
Chiu
Haydens CederOil
Iby Gidh
Gaines Bros
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